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Swiss Group Attempts To Ban Just About Anything With An Engine And Wheels
Swiss hippies involved in The Young Green Party have collected 120,000 signatures to validate legislation aimed at banning SUVs, off-road vehicles and sports cars. The referendum on the topic will be held within 18 months and, as far as we can tell, is the most anti-fun, anti-free-market steaming pile of proposal ever considered. This, of course, would be a terrible blow for the likes of Swiss tuners Rinspeed, who build cars pretty much strictly from that list. More » -
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Swiss Junkyard Actually A Museum
That crazy Arizona wrecking yard had some cool stuff, but the forces of darkness have conspired to erase that yard from the face of the earth. Not so at the Historischer Autofriedhof Gürbetal in Switzerland, which keeps a big yard full of moldering Opels, Studebakers, and who-knows-what-all. You can't buy any parts there, but you can (apparently) shoot all the photos you want. Thanks to SOS10 for the tip! [foto.blick.ch, Flickr, Autofriedhof.ch]
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Wax On, Wax Off...Then Pay $2,800
The latest auto accessory to come out of Switzerland is — well, it's simply Divine. No, really — it's called Divine and it's a wax brought to you by the friendly people at SWIZÖL. Also, did we mention it costs 1,800 €, which translates to about $2,750 in Dubya-bucks? Seriously. And why wouldn't it cost that much given it's a wax formulated to match the exact color and type of paint the buyer provides to the company upon order? Not surprisingly, the Divine is what we'll call "exclusive." It's so "exclusive," you get a certificate of authenticity with your two jars of the stuff. Oh, and the certificates come on individually numbered and named plaques. More » -
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Geneva Project Hell? Aston Martin V8 Vantage
As we were exiting the incredibly trippy Schtroumpfs residential development, our eye caught something sleek and silver and slowly floating down the road on a flatbed. This Aston Martin V8 Vantage seems to be in the midst of a restoration and probably becoming a new man's Project Car Hell. We couldn't quite nail down the vintage, but it looks like early 70's for this lithe British beast. The fella with the Touareg seemed happy with the attention the car garnered, but we would have lost our minds driving that big trailer around the cramped streets of Geneva.
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DOTS Geneva: A Tiny Something Or Other
We have no idea what this is, but after the Peel Trident, this is probably the smallest street legal vehicle we've ever seen. And despite our best deciphering and sleuthing efforts, it remains unidentified. F-gobble-de-gook Tech was the best we could get out of it. How can someone get into this thing and feel fine about it? We'd rather take our chances on a regular scoot, at least there you can jump away from a wreck. But hey, this is a convertible and has those fancy, new fangled canvas doors.
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DOTS Geneva: Citroen 2CV
We haven't run the numbers, but there is an assumption the Citroen 2CV makes a decent showing when scored by our official guidelines. We caught this one parked alongside the Eglise Russa (Russian Church) and couldn't help but snap away like it was freshly unveiled. The French horse was tucked in tight and of course passers by assumed we were either French or insane while standing in the road admiring its underpowered glory.
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DOTS Geneva: Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
Wandering around Geneva, a couple of things become readily apparent. First and foremost, this is a rich-ass city. Banks and ultra high end luxury stores are as common as faux hawks, and the Audi RS4 is a commoners' car. Another thing you notice quite quickly is how a city situated between two mountain ranges at the bottom of a giant lake gets kinda windy. I'm not going to step on Chicago's toes, but there may be a lost ear on the Rue De Mont Blanc Bridge. The brutal cold wasn't enough to keep us from finding this Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano parked street side.
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Those Swiss and Their Chocolate
Now that we've got show coverage all but wrapped up for the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, we're thinking it's time to show you a bit of Geneva itself. The Swiss are famous for roughly two things: their unwavering neutrality and chocolate. What better cause célèbre for creating a chocolate car than the auto show? We found this stylized Audi TT and it's lesser automotive friends on display at a Chocolatier near the train station. Rumor has it the car is equipped with the exclusive new aero package and a candy coated dual clutch DSG system. BTW, the Swiss Franc trades roughly on par with the US dollar, so that's about a $120 confection. Yowch.
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news
No Men Allowed! Swiss Create Pink Parking Spaces
Some European countries, including Switzerland, have reserved parking spaces for women that are near the exists and under video surveillance. This is done to protect women from assault when getting into and out of their cars. Unfortunately, the unchivalrous men of Bern have been parking in these reserved spots. Since they can't legally stop men from using these spots, local garages are going to paint the spots in a way that discourages men from parking there. Above is our expert artist rendering of what these spots might look like. More » -
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Supercar Neutrality: The Weber Sportscars Supercar
While all of us plebes are getting ready for the Geneva show, some Swiss types are focused on the Top Marques show in Monaco. Weber Sportscars, for example, is working up a one-off supercar it says will be unveiled in Monte Carlo. The company best known for motors and other such materiel says it's concocted a super-rigid aluminum chassis that weighs only 143 pounds. It's also taken nine months to get the body suitably slippery. A mid-mounted 7.2-liter V8 of the company's own construction will provide motivation, along with a six-speed sequential semi-auto transmission. Stated performance numbers are suitably batshit for capturing the attention for bloggers trying not to watch yet another episode of "Arrested Development" on TiVo: Zero-to-62 in 2.7 seconds and a top speed of close to 250 mph. More »
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