The system is notable because it doesn't need an external air compressor or any other hardware. Just by driving around (a mile should be enough to compensate for a month's worth of normal air-loss, according to the company), you'll keep your tires at their ideal pressures. Obviously, keeping your tires at the correct pressure is good for safety, economy and tire wear.

The Self Inflating Tire is currently being developed for production by Coda Development. With the ability to be incorporated either in the tire sidewall or rim, it should prove cheap and easy to produce. Tire inflation may not be the sexiest aspect of car maintenance around, but it's both incredibly important and oft neglected. SIT will be launched at the SAE World Congress in April. [Via SIT]

You weren't there, so you won't understand, BUT, Ulrich spent a full two-minutes of his seven-minute speech explaining that no one, save James Bond, should ever sit on one of his beautiful cars. However, die Bez explained that the DB9 ragtop was actually designed so you can sit on the tonneau cover. And then he sat on it. Maybe the good doctor's English isn't so hot, or maybe we have lost our caffeine-ravaged little minds, but... he sat on the car!! In other news, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Convertible is so hot we're drooling. And will still be drooling tomorrow when you read this. For reals — the V8 is the best looking drop-top since the E-type. Sigh... will we ever stop falling in love with cars? No? So be it.

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