Jaguar Releases Details, Single Photo of F-Pace Crossover Before Frankfurt Debu

Jaguar is late to the luxury-crossover game, but the new F-Pace crossover will pounce onto the scene next month, making its official debut at the Frankfurt auto show before hitting dealerships sometime during 2016 as a 2017 model. Jaguar isn’t waiting, however, to release a few details about the new cat’s claws—its chassis—as well as this image of the final product in a wild wrap, showing a few more details of the front end than we’ve seen before.
We can’t be sure it’s actually going quickly, since we take dynamic pictures like this all the time and it might only be going 10 mph. But let’s just pretend that it’s carving a hard left-hander at seven or eight times that speed, and that its freshly described double-control-arm front and “integral link” rear suspension setups are under full cornering load. If that is indeed the case, the trucklet’s flat attitude is impressive, giving credence to Jaguar’s claims that the aluminum-bodied F-Pace will handle with precision and control—or like the “ultimate practical Jaguar sports car,” to use the automaker’s terminology. Speaking of Jaguar sports cars, Jaguar says some of the F-Pace’s technology—specifically its electric power steering and brake-based torque vectoring—measures up to the stuff it developed for the F-type.

There are still many many more details to learn about the F-Pace, so we wouldn’t be surprised to see more tidbits trickle out of Coventry before the crossover debuts in Frankfurt on Tuesday, September 15, at 10:30 a.m. local time.

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Chevrolet’s New Camaro Is More Expensive Than Before Here’s Why That’s Okay

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Typically, when a new car is priced several thousand dollars above the base price of its predecessor, it is cause for ire. The fanboys will yowl in protest. Armchair car pricers—if there were such a thing—will declare it a bust, robbery on the highest order. Faces will melt like that guy’s in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Or will they? Chevrolet has just announced pricing for the sixth-generation Camaro coupe, and while it will cost more than the fifth-gen model, it’s really not cause for alarm.

For starters, at $26,695, the 2016 Camaro coupe is $1995 more expensive than last year’s base Camaro. But that price comparison ignores how last year’s base trim level, the 1LS, is now gone; compare the more similarly equipped 2015 1LT to the 2016 1LT (now the lowest-spec Camaro trim), and the 2016 model is actually $5 cheaper. The new 1LT comes with Chevrolet’s MyLink infotainment setup and a 7-inch touch screen, OnStar 4G LTE with Wi-Fi hotspot, a drive-mode selector, keyless entry with push-button ignition, a backup camera, automatic climate control, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, an eight-way power driver’s seat and a six-way power passenger seat, and LED running lights. Some of those bits were standard on the 2015 1LT, but most of those items are new and mark a fresh high-water mark for the Camaro’s value proposition. Heck, even the automatic-equipped 1LT comes with remote engine starting.

Also new to the roster is the 1LT’s standard 275-hp 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine; a heavily upgraded and more powerful version of last year’s base engine, a 3.6-liter V-6, makes 335 horsepower and is optional on 1LT and 2LT trim levels. Pricing for the V-6 option isn’t out yet, but we do know that the SS models, which come with a 455-hp 6.2-liter V-8 shared with the Corvette Stingray, will start at $37,295.

Of course, we can’t mention the Camaro’s prices without also bringing up that galloping equine in the room, the Ford Mustang. The base, price-leader Mustang V-6 starts at $24,700 (Ford makes its turbo four the optional upgrade, not the V-6); but we’ve derided that car for offering few options and even fewer standard features. The least-expensive turbocharged Mustang EcoBoost? That’ll set you back $26,200, still less than the Camaro, but again with fewer standard features. And now for the V-8s: The Mustang clobbers the Camaro with a $33,200 entrance fee to the V-8 party. Even factoring in equipment differences between the two (the Camaro comes with high-performance hardware such as summer tires, Brembo brakes, and coolers for the differential, oil, and transmission fluid—stuff that Mustang buyers must pony up $2495 for the Performance package to get), that’s a difficult hurdle for Chevy to jump when holding a $5095 price premium.

Price comparisons will only take this long-running battle so far—we’ll need to pit the various Camaros and Mustangs against one another to truly determine a winner. That time should come soon, since dealers are taking orders for the Camaro now, and Chevrolet tells us that the first deliveries will begin in November, with convertibles arriving shortly after that.

Audi Readies Electric SUV To Outcharge Tesla Model X

The age of Tesla not being taken seriously by German luxury automakers closed a couple of years ago — and in a few weeks at the Frankfurt motor show, we’ll see a number of salvos from established automakers building electric models for high-end customers.

First up in the new wave: Audi, which today revealed this sketch of what it calls the E-Tron Quattro SUV concept, the precursor to a mid-size, battery-powered vehicle the company plans to launch in 2018 for regular production. According to Audi, the E-Tron Quattro will have a range of about 310 miles, impressive for a vehicle that’s somewhere between a Q5 and Q7 in size, due in part to some of the slickest aerodynamics ever developed for a SUV. One hint about its layout may be that Audi specified it seats only four; it’s likely that passenger space had to be sacrificed for battery room at that range.

Audi has been tinkering with pure electric vehicles for years, but has never built them in any real volume; its R8 e-Tron project was sold only as a special order car for more than $1 million a pop to European buyers. With the Tesla Model X due out by the end of the year, and BMW, Porsche and Mercedes all stepping up their electric car projects, the market for luxury EVs will only get more crowded from here.  

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Steve McQueen's 1976 Porsche 930 sells for $1.95 million in Monterey

1976 Porsche 930, originally ordered by Steve McQueen. Courtesy Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted. Click here for link to original article.

Steve McQueen had a passion for fast cars and a love of Porsche automobiles, so when the German automaker announced a range-topping 911 Turbo Carrera model (internal name, Porsche 930), the star wasted little time in placing his order. Described as the last automobile special-ordered by McQueen before his 1980 death, the Slate Gray 1976 Porsche 930 crossed the block in Monterey last Saturday, selling for $1.95 million with part of the proceeds going to charity. 

The 1976 Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera came standard with a 3.0-liter, horizontally opposed and air-cooled six-cylinder engine, rated at 234 horsepower in U.S. trim. While normally aspirated 911 models could be ordered with a five-speed manual transmission, early 930s came only with four-speed manual transmissions. Performance was spectacular for the day, with the run from 0-60 MPH taking less than 5.5 seconds, on the way to a top speed of 155 MPH. 

1976 Porsche 930, originally ordered by Steve McQueen. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted.

Steve McQueen had a passion for fast cars and a love of Porsche automobiles, so when the German automaker announced a range-topping 911 Turbo Carrera model (internal name, Porsche 930), the star wasted little time in placing his order. Described as the last automobile special-ordered by McQueen before his 1980 death, the Slate Gray 1976 Porsche 930 crossed the block in Monterey last Saturday, selling for $1.95 million with part of the proceeds going to charity. 

The 1976 Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera came standard with a 3.0-liter, horizontally opposed and air-cooled six-cylinder engine, rated at 234 horsepower in U.S. trim. While normally aspirated 911 models could be ordered with a five-speed manual transmission, early 930s came only with four-speed manual transmissions. Performance was spectacular for the day, with the run from 0-60 MPH taking less than 5.5 seconds, on the way to a top speed of 155 MPH. 

McQueen’s car, chassis 9306800408, was ordered with a sunroof, dual mirrors, black sport seats and a limited slip differential. Upon delivery, its stock wheels (seven-inches wide in front, eight-inches wide in rear) were swapped for one-inch wider versions in all corners, and a manual switch was added to deactivate the rear lights in case the car’s under-the-radar hue wasn’t enough to escape detection.

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When the storied red and yellow Abarth shield appeared on the 2012 Fiat 500 at the L.A. auto show, we had high hopes it signaled an upcoming scorpion-led renaissance for the brand. Our initial enthusiasm was quickly tempered, however, with the realization that the 500 was the only car Fiat sold in the U.S. But Fiat has fleshed out its U.S. lineup with the 500L, 500X, and upcoming Fiat 124 Spider—the latter of which already rumored to be receiving an Abarth edition. The next in line? It seems that’s the 500X.

The word comes from Auto Express, where Alfredo Altavilla, Fiat-Chrysler’s chief operating officer, was quoted as saying, “Besides the 124 and 500, we are thinking about an all-new addition to the lineup,” adding, “The 500X is one of the options being considered.” Hoping to assuage any fears that a new Abarth model might be more focused on looks than actual performance, Altavilla was quoted saying: “We went a bit too far with the [European] Punto Abarth,” he said. “Now our customers won’t buy a fake. If the 500X becomes the addition to the Abarth lineup, it will be everything but a family version.”  We reached out to Fiat here in the U.S., but they could not confirm or elaborate on Mr. Altavilla’s remarks.

Should Fiat go ahead with plans to add a hotted-up version of the agreeable 500X, it would set its targeting reticles on the Mini Countryman JCW and Nissan Juke NISMO. To give it a fighting chance, it’s a given that Fiat would run any 500X Abarth through the sporting goods department, adding flares and bulges, a spoiler, and more aggressive front and rear fascias. The interior would also likely get heavily bolstered sport seats and special trim. Should the 500X Abarth send its power to all four wheels, it would give the Italian brand front- (500), rear- (124), and all-wheel-drive high-performance vehicles in its stable. No matter what, though, count on a delightfully aggressive exhaust note.

What Did Google Just Do?

So much for a slow news summer. On Monday, Google (GOOGL) surprised the market with a huge corporate restructuring announcement. But what exactly did the giant tech company do and why should investors care? Here are a few answers:

1. Google is changing its name to Alphabet? For real?

Not exactly. Google is forming a new holding company which will own all of the company's current businesses and initiatives. The holding company will be called Alphabet, but Google says it isn't planning to use that name for any consumer-facing products or services. All of Google's well-known services, like its search engine, YouTube video site, Android phone software, Maps and Gmail will remain part of Google. Google just becomes one unit in the new Alphabet company.

2. So what's the point?

Well, besides the classic Google businesses, the company also owns a hodgepodge of less famous, less developed and (much) less profitable units. It paid $3.2 billion for smart thermostat maker Nest last year. Two years ago, it started a brand new medical unit called Calico to take on the oh-so-modest challenge of extending human longevity by using data and biotechnology to maybe cure cancer. And, of course, it has myriad other experimental efforts, like self-driving cars, Internet balloons and fiber-optic broadband service.

Until now, all those expensive initiatives, which produce little or no revenue, were lumped in with Google's overall results. That muddied the analysis of how well Google's developed businesses were performing. But with the restructuring, the company is going to tell Wall Street for the first time just how profitable its core Google business is apart from all the money-losing startups.

3. Sounds like just rearranging the same old parts of Google into a slightly different legal structure. So what's really the point?

Well, yes -- co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are still devoted to all of their big bets on the future. And despite the creation of Alphabet, they say that they're not slowing down or cutting back. But Wall Street has been increasingly annoyed by the huge amount of money siphoned off on these "non-core" businesses. Alphabet looks like an attempt to answer the critics by revealing more information about the performance of the parts of Google that Wall Street and investors actually care about.

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Video Storytelling App Flipagram Raises $70 Million Scores Major Music Deals

For the first time since Google GOOGL -0.89%, venture capitalists and billionaires Michael Moritz and John Doerr have just joined the same startup’s board: Flipagram, a storytelling app where users can make music video-like clips with photos and videos.
The free, two-year-old social app announced on Thursday that it raised $70 million in a Series B round, led by Sequoia and joined by Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers and Index Ventures. Flipagram also said Moritz and Doerr are new additions to its board of directors. The app appears to be making a push to position itself as the social app that is best integrated with music. Flipagram also revealed it has secured deals with several major music labels and publishers, creating what it calls a ”comprehensive catalog” of millions of song clips, which users can include as soundtracks behind videos or buy through the app.
Flipagram, based in Los Angeles, Calif., had more 3o million monthly active users by the end of 2014, although it hasn’t released more recent figures. The app allows you to quickly combine photos, videos, links, text and music into short, edited video clips that are about thirty seconds long on average and can run up to one minute, longer than Vine or Instagram videos, but shorter than Facebook or YouTube videos, which often last several minutes. Flipagram’s goal is to allow users to make videos with narrative and emotional depth, while at the same time being extremely fast and easy to use, Mohit said. Flipagram plans to use its new funding primarily to attract top talent and support the infrastructure required to run the app, cofounder and CEO Farhad Mohit told FORBES.
Comparing Flipagram to other social apps, Mohit said YouTube videos can offer more involved narratives, but are usually more difficult and intimidating to make. On the other side of what Mohit described as a ”deep-to-shallow,” “easy-to-hard” spectrum, Twitter and Instagram are focused on quickly capturing individual moments, or in the case of Snapchat, glimpsing them temporarily. Mohit said Flipagram has a different use-case than all of the above. Flipagram, he said, is geared toward memorializing events — like a wedding, graduation, or party — or making a self-expressive collage that are built to be saved and can be shared with friends or celebrities. As a result, the creation process on Flipagram is a little bit more involved than sending a tweet or a snap, he said. However, features like the video editor, which automatically breaks down users’ videos into one-second clips that they can quickly string together, make the process easy. Songs and photos can be added with a few taps, and the finished clip, called a Flipagram, can be shared, liked and commented on both within the app and elsewhere online.
Before starting Flipagram, Mohit founded shopping search engines Shopzilla, which was acquired for $525-million in 2005. His intent with Flipagram is to bring it to the masses, both by working around language as a barrier to sharing, and by making the app extremely intuitive, he said.
“We believe that storytelling is the path to deeper connections on social media,” Mohit told FORBES. “We might be onto the narrative object for the billions.”
More than 14 million Flipagrams were created per month in the first quarter of 2015, the company said. The typical user is under the age of 25 and female, and the majority of Flipagrams are made internationally. On Thursday, the Flipagram ranked seventh in the U.S. photo and video app category on iOS, according to app analytics firm AppAnnie.
“The partners really believe that Flipagram will be a major media creation and sharing company, on the order of a Twitter or more,” Doerr told FORBES.

Courtesy Flipagram

Music Deals
Flipagram’s licensing deals involve major players such as Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Musicand and The Orchard, among others. According to Doerr, these deals make Flipagram a unique, competitive player in the social space.
“Farhad, to cut all of the deals and the arrangements with the owners and get these complicated rights is an amazing accomplishment, and you just can’t take it for granted,” Doerr told FORBES.
Mohit argues that for the music companies, the app isn’t a threat but a tool through which musicians can engage more immediately with fans, as well as an opportunity for artists to expose their music to more listeners. A song a friend uses in the background of a yoga or cooking video – how-to videos are popular on the app – might prompt you to pay for the song by following links Flipagram includes within the app to iTunes and Spotify. Flipagrams can also link to other outside sites.
“Universal Music Group has a long track record of working with innovative new digital services like Flipagram to engage fans and provide new commercial opportunities for our artists,” Francis Keeling, global head of digital business at Universal Music Group, said in a statement. “We’re looking forward to watching millions of Flipagram’s users express their creativity in videos set to our artists’ music.”
The Community
In addition to the everyday user, hundreds of celebrities and shakers are on Flipagram. The app said it doesn’t pay stars to join the app, and that their presence on the app grows mostly organically. Deepak Chopra, Jessica Alba, Jamie Foxx, Britney Spears, Garth Brooks and One Direction are among the app’s big names. If an artist or influencer likes a fan’s post, the app puts a badge on the user’s post showing which star liked it. Beyond searching for specific friends or stars, users can also find Flipagrams within a number of channels such as animals, humor, dance and music, selfies and besties, food, art, family, sports, health and fitness. Famous or not, any user can create a profile where they can save their Flipgrams or share posts to their followers. Companies and brands can also create accounts and Flipagrams.
“The first time you share a Flipagram, the first time you tell a story, you get that thrill of ‘Wow, I’m a storyteller,’” Mohit said. The thrill of being able to quickly make something meaningful could very well be what Flipagram needs to stand apart from the pack.
Correction: A previous version of this article said more than 14 million Flipagrams were created in the first quarter of 2015. In fact, more than 14 million Flipagrams were created per month during that quarter.

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Video gamers win millions of dollars in Seattle championship

By Curtis Skinner

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Teams of video gamers playing characters ranging from wizards to monsters exchanged virtual punches, fireballs and lightning strikes over the past six days, battling at the main event of the Dota 2 International 2015 tournament in Seattle.

And by the end of Saturday's finals, five players, including a 16-year-old, became more than a million dollars richer.

Now in its fifth year and playing to a sold-out crowd in the 17,000-seat Key Arena, the International has grown every year in size, popularity and possible winnings for players. The tournament launched in 2011 with a then-groundbreaking grand prize of $1 million and now offers an $18 million prize pool.

Fans, handfuls of whom roamed the arena dressed as their favorite in-game heroes, roared as the team "Evil Geniuses" secured the championship, wiping out their enemies with an earth-shaking smash and a devastating blast of frost.

Video games have long been a moneymaker for the tech sector, forecast to generate some $111 billion in revenue this year by consultants Gartner Inc. But over the past several years, playing them has turned into a full-time job for a select few top-tier players, as interest and prize pools have ballooned.

According to Valve, the publisher of Dota 2, about 11.5 million users log on monthly to play the game, in which two teams try to destroy each other's bases in an online arena.

Players and teams came to the United States from China, South Korea, Ukraine, Russia and elsewhere to compete for a share of the prize pool - with roughly $6.6 million going to the winning five-player squad.

Though while the tournament was international in scope, the home team Evil Geniuses drew the most support, with fans chanting "U-S-A" and "E-G" with each spectacular play.

Syed Sumail Hassan, 16, who moved from Pakistan to Illinois chasing his dreams of being a professional gamer and is most known for playing a powerful electricity-based champion for the team, said after winning the tournament: "It just meant everything to me."

Tickets for this year's event sold out and hundreds have registered to attend so-called "Pubstomp" viewing parties at bars and internet cafes in cities from Los Angeles to Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Hundreds of thousands of fans have tuned in daily this week to watch streams of the event on sites such as Twitch.TV, while thousands more have packed into the arena to cheer on their favorite players live.

Ben Mussett, 24, drove two days from his native Ohio in a car packed with friends. He said he found watching video games, which he and other young fans refer to as "eSports," more appealing than traditional spectator sports like basketball and football.

"Traditional sports are kind of boring," Mussett said, "eSports are the future."

His pal, 24-year-old Becca Eagen, agreed: "I've never watched or enjoyed sports the way I've enjoyed this."

(Reporting by Curtis Skinner; Editing by Scott Malone and Digby Lidstone)

Floyd Mayweather Jr defends choice of Berto as his final foe

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. began promoting his final fight by doing what he does best.

Fending off every attack with defense that looks effortless.

The pound-for-pound king of boxing insisted Andre Berto is a worthy opponent for his grand farewell when they made a joint appearance in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, just over five weeks before they'll meet at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sept. 12.

"I don't know why, but I'm just training a lot harder for this fight," Mayweather said. "I just want to go out with a bang, I guess."

Mayweather also repeated his declaration that this is the last bout of his career, although he grinned broadly while saying it. Mayweather previously retired in 2008, but it barely lasted a year.

"They say they'll offer me a lot of money" to keep fighting, Mayweather said. "I have a lot of money. I'm OK. ... It's the end of my (Showtime) deal. I'm an old man now. I'm 38."

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Three months after Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) dominated Manny Pacquiao in the most lucrative fight in boxing history, the welterweight champion was in a noticeably upbeat mood as he began the difficult business of promoting his next bout with Berto. The former 147-pound champion has lost three of his last six fights, including two losses to fighters who have already lost to Mayweather.

Mayweather acknowledged the backlash from his choice of Berto (30-3, 23 KOs), but cited the challenger's aggressive style and his own determination as reasons to buy the fight. Mayweather, who has knocked out one opponent in nine bouts since 2007, even promised an exciting fight to fans who still feel short-changed by his technical display against Pacquiao in May.

"With the way he comes, and with the way I'm going to come, if it's not a knockout, there's going to be some knockdowns," Mayweather said. "A lot. And there's going to be blood. There's going to be knockdowns, and there's going to be blood. A lot."

Mayweather's last bout raised his profile outside boxing to new heights, but also exposed him to unprecedentedly widespread criticism, with his legal history of violence against women spotlighted throughout the run-up to his win.

Contrasting sharply with the contemplative persona he employed in May, Mayweather was playful in his return to public appearances. He even commandeered a selfie stick to take a photo on the dais during the news conference.

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Mayweather only turned serious Thursday when facing off with Berto for a photo opportunity. The fighters stared motionlessly into each other's eyes for an uncomfortably long period of time.

Berto and Mayweather have been casual friends for several years, yet Berto didn't disagree with the assertion that Mayweather is a boring fighter. Berto saw the fan reaction to Mayweather's bloodless brilliance against Pacquiao, and the challenger promised to make Mayweather work harder.

"I know how people feel (after the Pacquiao fight), and it's my luck that I come right behind that," Berto said. "If I would have paid that type of money, I probably would have felt some type of way, too."

Mayweather laughed off Berto's first verbal jabs.

"Well, he's fighting a boring fighter, but he's getting his biggest payday," Mayweather said.

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Mayweather also defended his choice to put the fight on pay-per-view, asking an expected $75 to watch in high definition. Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe said that putting the fight on free CBS was "obviously something that we explored," but the promotion didn't have enough time to put together such a deal before Sept. 12.

The bout will complete Mayweather's six-fight contract with Showtime, and he has repeatedly said he will walk away afterward. Yet Mayweather will face many temptations to continue, including the chance to surpass Rocky Marciano's 49-0 record as the headliner in May at the opening of MGM Resorts' $350 million arena on the Las Vegas Strip.

Mayweather previously quit his sport in June 2008, saying he had "decided to permanently retire from boxing" in his news release.

"We know that wasn't nothing but a vacation," Mayweather said with a laugh.

But even if he was returning to the boxing milieu for the final time, Mayweather projected an aura of calm before heading across the street to watch the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.

"They always tune in," Mayweather said of the haters. "They say one thing, but they do another."

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Question Of The Day: Why Aren’t Steering Wheels In The Middle?

Question: Why don’t cars have steering wheels in the middle? 

Answer: Well, some do. Like the McLaren F1, picture above. The BAC Mono. The Messerschmitt KR200. But these are hardly mass-market cars. Nearly every vehicle designed, assembled, and sold since the automobile’s introduction over a century ago positioned the driver on either the left or the right side.

Why are those positions the default, and why haven’t more vehicles been developed with center positioning in mind?

Right- or left-hand drive vehicles weren’t always the dominant strain on the road. In the beginning of the automobile’s life, a number of vehicles, such as the 1888 Benz Patent Motor Car, 1900 Oldsmobile Curved Dash, and 1904 Elmore Runabout, the driver did sit in the center. Other vehicles, like the 1905 Peerless 9, would place the driver either toward the curb to prevent bumps and scrapes. Finally, models like the 1907 Brush Runabout would position the driver next to the center of the road so they would have the best line of sight of traffic possible.

It was this center-of-the-road bias which ultimately won out, and has been standard since, though manufacturers have revisited the center-drive position one way or another over the decades, from oddities such as the Peel 150 and Nissan BladeGlider, to more conventional experiments like the Land Rover Centre Steer and the aforementioned McLaren F1.

Yet, the center-drive arrangement could be seen as the best of both worlds, as the driver would be able to see both oncoming traffic and the shoulder of the road equally. On the other hand, the arrangement would leave some visual information on the table, minimizing the benefits within the confines of a standard road car when compared to a track-day or more specialized vehicle.

Aside from possible engineering and safety challenges on a mass scale – along with their associated costs – why did center-position driving wither on the vine? Blame your right eye, for starters. Two-thirds of humans are right-eye dominant, proving beneficial in left-hand traffic since the stronger eye can better monitor oncoming traffic and the driver’s side mirror. In right-hand situations, the same eye can keep track of potential hazards, such as pedestrians, bicycles, and accidents.

The 1953 Alfa Romeo BAT 5 Concept Car had a center-mounted steering wheel. Photo: Flickr, Rex Gray. Aside from right-side dominance, cultural influences steered travellers on all conveyances to either side of the road. For example, in ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome, as well as Edo period Japan, movement was directed toward the left side of the road so as to allow two opponents on horseback to draw their weapons from the right, and to provide proper defense; in the case of Japan, it was so samurai could pass each other without clashing their own swords.
This gravitation towards the left became custom, then eventually law of the land, with physical evidence – such as a well-preserved path connected to a Roman quarry near Swindon, England – bearing this out. Additionally,those leading horses or horses pulling carts traditionally lead their animals from the right, using their left hand to hold the harness, and their right hand to calm the horse when needed. Further, those who drove stagecoaches and wagons drove on the left while cracking their whips with the right hand; left-side driving prevents the whip from snagging hedges et al on a given road’s boundary.

The World's Billionaires

The Richest People On The Planet 2015

Despite plunging oil prices and a weakened euro, the ranks of the world’s wealthiest defied global economic turmoil and expanded yet again. For our 29th annual guide to the globe’s richest, we found a record 1,826 billionaires with an aggregate net worth of $7.05 trillion, up from $6.4 trillion a year ago. The total includes 290 newcomers, 71 of whom hail from China. Youth are on the rise: A record 46 among the ranks are under age 40. One earthward note: The average net worth of list members came in at $3.86 billion, down $60 million from 2014.

Bill Gates is once again the richest person on the planet, a title he’s held for 16 of the past 21 years. His fortune grew $3.2 billion since last year to $79.2 billion, despite a gift of $1.5 billion in Microsoft MSFT +1.56% shares to The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in November 2014.

Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico comes in again at No. 2 while revered American investor Warren Buffett took back the No. 3 spot from Spain’s Amancio Ortega (now No. 4); not even the largest IPO in history was enough to beat the Oracle of Omaha this year. Buffett was the list’s biggest gainer, up $14.5 billion to $72.7 billion, thanks to Berkshire Hathaway’s rising share price. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg moves up 5 spots to number 16, his first time ranked among the world’s 20 richest.

Ma and three other Chinese are among the the biggest gainers and appear among the 50 richest on the list.

Zuckerberg is also the leader in a youth revolution that has minted 46 billionaires under the age of 40. The youngest billionaire on the planet is Evan Spiegel, 24, co-founder of photo- messaging app Snapchat. California, driven by Silicon Valley tech companies, has spawned 23 new billionaires, including cofounders of car-hailing service Uber cofounders Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp, and their first employee Ryan Graves. Elizabeth Holmes, who runs blood-testing firm Theranos, debuts on the global list as the youngest self-made woman at age 31.

The state now has 131 individuals with 10-figure net worths, more than any other country besides China and the U.S.

The year’s biggest loser in dollar terms is Aliko Dangote of Nigeria, whose fortune dropped to $14.7 billion from $25 billion last year, propelled downward by a weaker Nigerian currency and shrinking demand for cement, his largest asset. He still retains the title of Africa’s richest man. The country that was lost the most ground by far was Russia, which now has 88 billionaires down from 111, less than not just the U.S. and China but now also Germany and India.

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One hundred thirty-eight people from the 2014 list dropped out of the ranks altogether including fashion designer Michael Kors, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Zulily’s Mark Vadon and many Russians. Guatemala has a billionaire for the first time, and Iceland returns to the ranks after a five-year absence, the result of a comeback by Thor Bjorgolfsson, who’s now the only billionaire in Iceland’s history.

There’s no doubt that entrepreneurship is thriving globally. Fully 1,191 members of the list are self-made billionaires, while just 230 inherited their wealth. Another 405 inherited at least a portion but are still working to increase their fortunes.

Our estimates show a snapshot of wealth on Feb. 13, when we locked in stock prices and exchange rates from around the world. If a stock market wasn’t open on that day, we used the stock price from the previous trading day.

Shelby Offers “Disappointed” Hellcat Customers A Deal On A Supercharged Mustang

“You can’t park a voucher in your garage,” says Keith Belair, Shelby American Chief Operating Officer, in response to Dodge canceling 900 orders for Hellcats and forcing would-be owners to wait until 2016 for their 707 horsepower muscle cars. In an effort to try snag those “disappointed” buyers, Shelby swung for Dodge today by saying it can build its 850 horsepower Super Snake immediately, and in return for jumping ship, the Vegas-based tuner will even throw in some upgrades.

While the free upgrade has a value of $2,995, as far as we can tell, it’s merely some fancy leather seating. Called the “Katzkin Package,” the picture Shelby sent in its press release (below) is of leather-wrapped seats with some red on it. Its website has no further description of the package, and neither does its release. So what is Katzkin? Well, it’s a company that makes custom leather treatments, so yeah, it’s probably that.

Regardless of Shelby’s incentive, the car it’s offered within is mighty impressive — the 850 horsepower Super Snake. Based on a Ford Mustang GT, the Super Snake package adds a whopping supercharger, some bodywork upgrades and a wealth of suspension and exhaust tunings. It really is a totally new car, and while the basic Super Snake arrives with 750 horsepower, to get your free leather you’ll need to option the 850-hp upgrade. 

What will that cost? $54,995.

On top of that you’ll need to provide Shelby with a 2015 Ford Mustang GT. Even the cheapest GT retails for $32,300, so the bare minimum you’ll snatch a Super Snake for is a tick below $90,000. In all likelihood, you’d likely surpass that mark, and despite both the Charger and Challenger Hellcats receiving substantial dealer markups, that’s still around $20,000 in additional costs.

However you do get an extra 150 horses, which isn’t insignificant: “(Buyers) now have the chance to buy the car that would have likely left their Hellcat at the last traffic light,” says Gary Schechner, Shelby American VP of Marketing. “And now they’ll be able to do it from the more comfortable seats of their Shelby Super Snake.”

The word “Hellcat” made social waves when it was first released over a year ago, and even now, it still holds incredible weight. It’s no surprise, then, that Shelby American would try to capitalize on the virality of it all by offering “comfortable seats” and throwing a few weighty punches in Dodge’s direction. 

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