I read that Volvo was designed a car for women.?

Anna v

Anybody hear about this?

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it's a concept car. called YCC

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2005/09/02/141942.1-lg.jpg

Volvo has no plans to put the YCC into production, but the company says many of its features will find their way into future cars

Volvo surveys show that women want a car that:

* has plenty of storage
* is easy to park
* has good visibility
* is easy to get in and out of
* can be personalized
* requires minimal maintenance


In 2002, Hans-Olov Olsson, president and CEO of Volvo Car Corporation, green-lighted the YCC project, and the team set out to create a car with all of the above attributes. More than 120 Volvo employees participated in the design, development and production of YCC, but all final decisions were made by nine women project leaders â two project managers, four designers, two technical project managers, and a communications manager â all employees of Volvo Car Corp. in Sweden.

The YCC made its world debut at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show. It features auto-opening gullwing doors (for easy ingress/egress), easy-clean paint, run-flat tires, an exterior washer-fluid filling point, interchangeable and washable seat covers, computerized parking assistance, automatic diagnostics and notification of needed service, a deep storage well between the front seats, a built-in wastebasket, and a customized seating position to give the driver excellent outward visibility.

what do u think of this car??

lara

ppl , wt do u think of peugot 2007 station (sw)??

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Do you mean the 207 Station wagon SW? It is a "concept car to be shown in GENEVA this year.
I think it will sell to young families with two children. A good vacation car. You can see a photo here and read a little about it.:::

http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshows/12592/peugeot-207-sw-outdoor-concept.html

the 207 SW Outdoor has a panoramic full-length glass roof, perfect for tracking your base-jumping buddies, and a rugged plastic rim around the base of the vehicle to protect you from all the cacti youâll be running over as you chase them down. A 107-hp, 1.6-liter diesel four-cylinder ensures that the SW Outdoor does its part to preserve the environment the driver so enjoys.

GOOD PHOTOS, text in French:
http://www.feline207.net/site/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=27

Photos, text in English:
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/spyshots/204395/peugeot_207_sw.html

One more photo and text in English:
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/first_official_picture.php?sid=466&page=1

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How many styles of the smart car will be available for sale in the U.S.?

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Q.

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From this morning's Yahoo News: "Three models will be available: The Pure with optional air conditioning starts at $11,000; the better-equipped Passion will cost $13,000 and the Convertible will be $15,000. A Brabus version with more power will be presented at the Geneva show in March. Roger Penske's UnitedAuto Group will be the exclusive distributor in the U.S., and they will be taking orders in about two months on their Web site, www.smartusa.com."

If the Smart coupe sells well, there may be a four-door and a speedster / sports variant in the near future, too.

You might also find these links of interest:
http://news.windingroad.com/category/auto-news/smart/

Quotes that demonstrate Republican bigotry?

Cold Hard

I already googled it and, believe it or not, I have not found much. Any help appreciated.

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"You cannot go to a 7-11 or Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian Accent."
-Senator Joe Biden


Mahatma Gandhi "ran a gas station down in Saint Louis."

-Senator Hillary Clinton

"You'd find these potentates from down in Africa, you know, rather than eating each other, they'd just come up and get a good square meal in Geneva."
-- Fritz Hollings (D, S.C.)

"Is you their black-haired answer-mammy who be smart? Does they like how you shine their shoes, Condoleezza? Or the way you wash and park the whitey's cars?"

-- Left-wing radio host Neil Rogers

Blacks and Hispanics are "too busy eating watermelons and tacos" to learn how to read and write." -- Mike Wallace, CBS News. Source: Newsmax

"Republicans bring out Colin Powell and J.C. Watts because they have no program, no policy. They have no love and no joy. They'd rather take pictures with black children than feed them." -- Donna Brazile, Al Gore's Campaign Manager for the 2000 election

(On Clarence Thomas) "A handkerchief-head, chicken-and-biscuit-eating Uncle Tom." -- Spike Lee

"He's married to a white woman. He wants to be white. He wants a colorless society. He has no ethnic pride. He doesn't want to be black."

-- California State Senator Diane Watson's on Ward Connerly's interracial marriage

Comments From The Past

"Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."

-- Former Klansman and current US Senator Robert Byrd, a man who is referred to by many Democrats as the "conscience of the Senate", in a letter written in 1944, after he quit the KKK.


"I am a former kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County and the adjoining counties of the state .... The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia .... It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state of the Union. Will you please inform me as to the possibilities of rebuilding the Klan in the Realm of W. Va .... I hope that you will find it convenient to answer my letter in regards to future possibilities."

-- Former Klansman and current US Senator Robert Byrd, a man who is referred to by many Democrats as the "conscience of the Senate", in a letter written in 1946, after he quit the KKK.

"These laws [segregation] are still constitutional and I promise you that until they are removed from the ordinance books of Birmingham and the statute books of Alabama, they will be enforced in Birmingham to the utmost of my ability and by all lawful means."

-- Democrat Bull Connor (1957), Commissioner of Public Safety for Birmingham, Alabama

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More details on these Lambo concepts?

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Sam

Miura concept
Zagato Raptor
Cala
Estoque
Urus

Just want to know HP, if they are coming out, approximate release date, 0-60, etc.

Thanks!

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miura concept is a non functioning car made to celebrate history. it has a lot of murcielago parts and possibly even its engine so if it ever did work it could have close to 600 horsepower.

the zagato raptor concept used a diablo base having 492 horsepower. it was meant to bridge the gap between the diablo and its non existant replacement. the concept was auctioned off at the geneva car show in 2000.

the cala was designed by italian design company italdesign. it was meant to fill the gap of the jalpa. it never came out and instead was replaced with the gallardo 3 years later. it had a 400 hp v10 and featured on the second need for speed game

(as you can see, lamborghini skipped out on a supercar and a hypercar generation between the diablo and jalpa to the gallardo and murcielago)

the lamborghini estoque was a prototype to see audience response to a 4 passenger GT lamborghini. news of production plans being stopped arrived in 2009 and since then lamborghini has scrapped the 4 door GT idea. it housed a 5.2L v10 (from the gallardo possibly downtuned to improved reliability and comfort) so it might have had close to 500 hp.

the urus was designed to restart the lamborghini SUV line (ended with the LM002). designed to compete with the porsche cayenne. it will feature a 584 hp turbo v8 engine from audi. and out of all of those cars mentioned it is the most likely to come out. the lamborghini CEO has mentioned that potential sales are close to 3000 units per year making it higher than the gallardo numbers.

performance numbers for all these cars are quite difficult to find since those are reserved to models being sold, approximate release date for the Urus is said to be close to 2017 (from autoguide.com) all others are not going to be released ever.

another thing to look forward to is the release of the replacement of the gallardo. being an old car it is no longer competitive with the new ferrari 458 italia and mclaren mp4-12c. with the current push for hybrid powerplants there is a great possibility that audi's logic will kick in again and make it a hybrid supercar (while people dislike hybrids for speed, they fail to realize that electric motors have instant response and can give off 100% of their available torque from a standstill making a car incredibly responsive as well as fuel efficient when you dont want to go fast. ferrari, porsche and mclaren are all working on hybrid hypercars and acura is making a hybrid supercar the nsx)

Why are Democrats not called out on their racist statements?

Jenny

This is the problem with the two party system. You get that many people on either side. At least a few will be total tools and you get lumped in with them.

You wanna run through Democratic idiocy as well?

"You cannot go to a 7-11 or Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian Accent." -Senator Joe Biden

âA handkerchief-head, chicken-and-biscuit-eating Uncle Tom.â -Spike Lee referring to Clarence Thomas

âI am a former kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County and the adjoining counties of the state â¦. The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia â¦. It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state of the Union. Will you please inform me as to the possibilities of rebuilding the Klan in the Realm of W. Va â¦. I hope that you will find it convenient to answer my letter in regards to future possibilities.â- Robert Byrd

âWhite folks was in caves while we was building empires⦠We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.â- Rev. Al Sharpton

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,...I mean, that's a storybook, man." - Joe Biden

"Obama is Electable Because he is Light Skinned with no ***** Dialect." - Harry Reid

âHymietown.â - Jesse Jackson describing New York City

"Listen he's a nice person, he's very articulate" this is what's been used against him, "but he couldn't sell watermelons if it, you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic." -Dan Rather

"I'll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years." Lyndon Johnson!

âA few years ago this guy would have been getting us coffee.â Bill Clinton

âI am not going to use the federal governmentâs authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnic homogeneous neighborhoods.â- Jimmy Carter

âRather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.â- Robert Byrd

"You'd find these potentates from down in Africa, you know, rather than eating each other, they'd just come up and get a good square meal in Geneva." -- Fritz Hollings (D, S.C.)

Mahatma Gandhi "ran a gas station down in Saint Louis." -Senator Hillary Clinton

âIn the days of slavery, there were those slaves who lived on the plantation and [there] were those slaves that lived in the house. You got the privilege of living in the house if you served the master ⦠exactly the way the master intended to have you serve him. Colin Powellâs committed to come into the house of the master. When Colin Powell dares to suggest something other than what the master wants to hear, he will be turned back out to pasture.â- Harry Belafonte

âJews â thatâs J-E-W-S.â- State Senator Bill McKinney explaining why his daughter Cynthia lost in 2002

"Is you their black-haired answer-mammy who be smart? Does they like how you shine their shoes, Condoleezza? Or the way you wash and park the whitey's cars?" -- Left-wing radio host Neil Rogers

Some junior high n*gger kicked Steve's ass while he was trying to help his brothers out; junior high or sophomore in high school. Whatever it was, Steve had the n*gger down. However it was, it was Steve's fault. He had the n*gger down, he let him up. The n*gger blindsided him." -- Roger Clinton, the President's brother on audiotape

Answer
Most minorities are incapable of making raciest statements according to most of them. After all since most well to do people that make it on their own they usually don't have time to think about race at all. Usually a well versed Minority spokesman is a lot of the time bigoted and will always call out a Caucasian on any out of color comment. It not really the race agenda it's who has done the most for me. The News media is very vindicitive on Conservatives. No question most of the media are out to get ratings and as of now calling Republicans anything or Conservatives anything is cool, but it proves how stupid the press really is, after all they fuel 90% of all Bigotry comments.

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