Short sales, also known as REO (Real Estate Owned) properties are flooding the markets in all states and are a popular choice among investors and first time buyers. Whats the catch? Lets first define what a short sale is. It is when a bank decides to sell a property below the mortgage owned on it and accepts to take a…
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Aston Martin Rapide
The Aston Martin Rapide has moved into the final stages of its development programme, on course for a public debut in late 2009, with the first customer cars due to be delivered in early 2010. First revealed as the Aston Martin Rapide Concept at the Detroit Auto Show in 2006, the Rapide is one of the most eagerly awaited cars…
Best Ferrari Yet – F430 Scuderia 16M
The newest addition to the Ferrari family is by far the best, the Scuderia 16M. It is based off of the worlds best street legal race car, the Ferrari F430 Scuderia but it has one thing the Enzo will never have, the ability to put its top down. Beating its big brother the Ferrari Enzo around the track and offering…
Mercedes SLS AMG
For the new SLS, Mercedes-Benz and AMG have developed a puristic sports car interior that combines lightweight construction with dynamism and high emotional appeal. Opening the unique swing-wing doors reveals an interior of a decidedly sporty nature – and immediately brings an aircraft cockpit to mind. The central design theme of “aviation engineering” is reflected in the wing-shaped dashboard, the…
Bentley Arnage Final Series
Bentley has long been rumored to be considering the use of diesel engines. The torquey oil-burners would enable Crewe to continue offering the kind of freight-train muscle for which it has become known while living up to the mandate of offering improved fuel economy, and, with the latest developments in particulate filter technology, reduce carbon emissions, as well.
2010 Mercedes E63 AMG
Details of the engine are not too detailed with Mercedes-Benz only willing to divulge the car’s power figure of 386kW (525hp). Murmurs of “underpowered” were heard on many a fan’s lip when this figure was released because it clearly falls short of the Audi RS6’s 426kW (579hp). At this level of power the E63 AMG should only be able to…
Ulysse Nardin Smart Phone
Ulysse Nardin has just taken the wraps of its entire Chairman handset, which they bill as a “hybrid smart phone” — and actually seem to mean it. Ulysse Nardin surprisingly hasn’t skimped on specs here, there’s that fancy kinetic rotor system for passive charging of the phone, but no word on how much battery life that will actually get you….