Super-car showdown at 2012 Paris Auto Show

First of all, the_Naptser team is back after a very long leave from the house. This time we're going to make proper changes to this forum making it useful for people from all the walks of life. Coming to the point, the avalanche of ideas, the pinnacle of driving pleasure and the virage of the ultimate of the ultimate is underway, the 2012 Paris Auto Show. The third most anticipated premium Auto Show of the calender. Loaded with the fury of driving pleasure, we are going to start to give you a round from super-cars section.

Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 

 












Starting off with this new face lifted Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4. With minor tweaks in the engine Gallardo now performs even better both on road and track. The new Gallardo is characterized by its typical Lamborghinish triangular schemes at the front and rear ends. Apart from the body work, the new Gallardo has been installed with Apollo's Aluminium  finished 18" wheels. It will be available in two more colors which are Matte Black and Pearl Yellow. The rear splitter has been redesigned to let more air pass around the exhaust which has further increased the down-force and hence also helps in efficient cooling of the exhaust.
Lamborghini Gallardo Edizione Tecnica 

 Then there it is, an exclusive example of engineering perfection, the lightened, tightened, hunkered down variant of Gallardo Superleggera called Edizione Tecnica. Its almost 30Kg lighter then the lightest Gallardo available which means a real deal in track performance. Now the Gallardo is available with six variants for the customers.
Mercedes SLS AMG Coupe Electric Drive 

 

The skunk-works at the AMG also have something to offer to add a fury to your wind pipe, get ready for an adrenaline shot cause what we have here is the fast electric super-car EVER MADE!!! Yup, after holding the crown of being powered by the most powerful naturally aspirated engine it has taken another one. The SLS electro does 0-60m/h in an electrifying 3.9 seconds and the AMG people have fitted it with four synchronous motors that provide enormous 1000Nm of torque.

The SLS has been given characteristic sounds depending on the state and place of driving, the car even has a characteristic starting sound to give a feel of a sports car. In addition to that, AMG has installed 'All wheel drive AMG torque dynamics' that efficiently transfers the power to all the wheels depending on over-under-steer condition. Jeremy Clarkson would probably hate this car now..!! but a big leap forward and something to give other competitors as a benchmark in manufacturing of electric super-cars.

Lewis out, Perez in!!!

Once again money wins over ambition, dream and commitment, Yes guys, Lewis Hamilton has signed a three year contract with MercedesGP team leaving McLaren after a life long attachment with the McLaren team. After meetings with Ross Brawn, the team boss of MercedesGP team, at Italian Grand Prix the news has been officially confirmed.
Lewis Hamilton, widely anticipated, hardly accepted, a pure bred racer, who came out of nowhere, first F1 driver from a non wealthy father but wealth changes everything. With a wanna-be beard and a diamond in his ear speaks the volume of his money approach. People are giving different reasons for the departure of Lewis, primary reason is the expiration of contract of McLaren with Mercedes for engines. For 2013, McLaren will have to pay full price for the Mercedes engines so they have to cut budget somewhere. 
Other reason being, as mention before, the fame for money. Moreover with the departure of Ron Dennis and arrival of Jenson Button hasn't been welocoming news for Lewis and the attitude of the team changed over time with Lewis. Lewis thinks with the entering of Ross Brawn in MercedesGP, the team has full potential of making him a world champion.
On the other hand, McLaren has been ducking around, rather, team has already signed a deal with Perez for 2013 season. A rookie who is still out there to make his mark. All McLaren now needs to do is to give her gunners a proper racing bred, out gunned battleship, Wishing McLaren all the best for 2013 season. 

HTC about to land with Windows8

HTC's Windows Phone 8 roadmap has leaked out, revealing three models with the freshly announced Microsoft OS in the pipeline. In a fashion, similar to the Android running HTC One series, the Taiwanese company will release an entry-level, upper mid-range, and a full-blown flagship handsets.

          The HTC "Rio" will sit at the bottom of the range. The entry-level device is expected to sport a 4" WVGA display, 5MP camera and 14.4Mbps HSPA. The CPU will from the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 line, coupled with 512MB of RAM.
          The HTC "Accord" will sit in the upper tiers of mid-range devices. It will feature a 4.3-inch 720p Super LCD 2, 8MP camera with 1080p video capture, 42Mbps HSPA+, and NFC support. The CPU in this one will be a dual-core Snapdragon S4 silicon, to go with a gig of RAM.
          The HTC "Zenith" will sit on top of the company's Windows Phone 8 range. It will feature a 4.7" S-LCD2 display and 42Mbps HSPA+. The CPU will reportedly be a yet to be announced quad-core beast from Qualcomm. The rest of the "Zenith" specs will be in line with those of the "Accord".



          We heard the news earlier that HTC is not going to launch its smart-phones in the emerging markets as they think it would decrease the reputation of the brand. The news caused a great fall to the sales of HTC smart-phones in few Asian and African countries. According to CEO HTC, to get profit out of the emerging markets, they'll have to decrease the quality of their smart-phones by a large amount, a discipline where HTC has never compromised. The new windows range of HTC with Windows8 promises an increase in the sales once again for HTC. For comments you've the space below...


Source : www.gsmarena.com

Is Pakistan still worth it?

I was being told from fifth to tenth grade that Pakistan is our beloved country, we have taken it after uncountable sacrifices. Its our motherland and we should do everything to make it prosper and shouldn't even back-up even if it demands our life. BUT I SERIOUSLY DOUBT WE CAN DO IT ANY MORE..!!


Let me tell you my routine, I wake up just to discover there is no electricity, I go to wash room to find out there is no water because the supply water didn't come. I call for the water tanker and the water guy demands for 4-5 times the price mentioned on the rate list for water. If you ask him "Why?" and you get an answer I'm giving you the water so I'll decide the rate. OK FAIR ENOUGH! I NEEDED WATER. Head to the kitchen for breakfast and find out there is no gas coming in the stove because the CNG stations have sucked up all the natural gas we had in reserve. Ok after all that cock up I somehow get ready and reach my office...


The boss first bursts on you, well, because he is your boss, its their nature to burst spontaneously :) of course! but the people of lower ranks doesn't follow your instructions and if you are a government employee (Boy O boy!) they ask for bribe for even bringing you a cup of tea....


Office hours pass by and you come back home and switch on TV (Of course if you have electricity) and all you witness is the DISTRACTION, CHAOS, DIVERSION and DISORDER, the politicians on every channel are babbling around, trying their level best to make people psycho. 


Well it was just my daily routine and then the chaos around us is just out of control and people are well aware of that, my point of this post was just to ask if this country is still worth giving life? 


I give taxes on everything, up to 33% on basic commodities and what I get back in return is load shedding of over 15 hours (YES! I typed it with all of my five senses working), waiting of over 2 hours for refilling CNG in the car, and then please don't make me open my mouth on inflation...
Is that the same Pakistan which our ancestors left us? 


After all that, just for a pump-up there is a song for our OVER  EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT,





I've also got the same thing to say, we need our rights back, give us our rights back and we'll give our lives for this country...


For thoughts, you've got the space below :)  

Competition of elegance...

Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este is a renowned elegance competition for classic and vintage cars. It has taken place every year since 1929 during the last weekend of April in Villa d'Este on the shores of Lake Como, Italy. Since 2011 the event takes place at the second half of May. BMW Group has organised the Concorso, jointly with the Grand Hotel Villa d'Este, for the last ten years. Visitors can admire about fifty cars, all built between the 1920s and the 1970s, organized in different categories. Car makers also take advantage of the event to showcase some of their upcoming models.
The competition is also held for the latest concept cars by different elite and normal car manufacturers. Just like every year this year again ten elegant concept cars from all over the world participated in the competition. The winner turned out to be Alfa Romeo 4C.


Alfa Romeo 4C

Last year the competition was won by Aston Martin V12 Zagato, this year Aston Martin came with their AM-310 concept but it wasn't bonkers enough to keep the title... Your thoughts?

Lamborghini has joined in...

Lamborghini supercars... Lamborghini laptops and now Lamborghini has decided to enter a new dimension of technology, introducing latest Lamborghini luxury mobiles and tablet.

The first one on the right is named TL688 Spyder, it has a hand made leather body and a leather back. Has a 2-inch QVGA display, 3MP camera and 4GB internal memory. The complete designing of the mobile is done by the guys at Lamborghini.

Then we have this TL700 smart phone. It is powered by an Android Gingerbread but it can be upgraded to Ice cream Sandwich. The phone can either have leather back or crocodile skin back and the front is gold plated for a pure luxurious look. Other features include Qualcomm processor, 5MP camera and 3.7" display and 4GB internal memory.

 And the story doesn't end here, on the right is the Lamborghini Tablet L2800 also powered by an Android 2.3 but will be upgraded to 4.0 in the future. The tablet has got enough punch to keep up with other majors, 1.2 GHz Qualcomm processor, 512MB RAM, 9.7 inch screen and 4GB internal memory, to be honest the memory is the part where they should have worked out.


On the up side its encouraging to see another competitor emerging out of nowhere and indeed, a major company was needed to keep the competition alive. On the lows we are sorry to tell that the above mentioned products are only available for Russian market but you still can get one imported from Russia B-)
Now the prices, the TL688 Spyder will cost approximately $1850, the TL700 will cost around $2750 and L2800 tablet will cost around $2300. Hoping best for the Rampaging bull ;)
Source : GSMArena.com

New Unreal Tournament Engine

Its been very long since we heard from the brain-stormers sitting at the unreal desk. The last of the unreal instalment came back in 2007 which didn't get much fame as the old ones, mostly because of bugs while playing it over the internet. But now the company thinks that its time to strike back with something special and for that to happen, the ingenious minds at the unreal have developed a new game engine called 'unreal 4'. Check out the trailer and leave us with your thoughts about it! ;)