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Honda has released an electronic version of its popular customer rag, dream. The pretty pictures and interesting articles are still there, but the fun begins when one delves into the interactive sidebars, chock-full of formula one cars, British scientific expeditions to Antarctica, and even a special appearance by an ASIMO. Thanks to the online functionality of the magazine, interactive features, including movies, sound bytes and virtual tours, abound.

The pilot of the magazine went out in January 2007, and Honda reports that readership was high, and a whopping 25 percent of readers provided feedback.

Features of this edition include:
  • Living at -80°C with the British Antarctic Survey and Honda's All Terrain Vehicles
  • Jenson Button's test drive of the new Civic Type-R
  • Review of the FR-V in Copenhagen
  • Built to Move - getting from A to B with innovation in the 21st century.
360 degree photorealistic views of the Honda Family as it is available in the UK brightens up the standard vehicle lineup page, as well. Check out the full press release after the jump.

[Source: Honda]

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Honda UK releases e-zine version of 'dream' customer rag originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 21 May 2007 10:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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On a Saturday in August every year, more than 1.5 million people and 40,000 muscle cars, street rods, exotics and collector cars descend on Detroit for the Woodward Dream Cruise. The Cruise is a 12-hour petrol-powered ode to 50s and 60s and the days when Woodward Avenue -- the Boulevard of Dreams! -- was the heart of Cruising, USA. Now in it's 12th year, the entire cruise and the satellite events that surround it during the weekend are being protested by a 63-year-old retired schoolteacher named Joellen Gilchrist.

Her complaint is that the Cruise is environmentally unfriendly, and her protest is part of the Step It Up campaign that has an admirable goal -- to convince Congress to reduce carbon emissions by 80% in time for 2050 -- that targets "the world's largest one-day celebration of car culture." The Cruise features vehicles from before the passage of the Clean Air Act, so they aren't sterling examples of eco-friendly motororing. But as AutoblogGreen rightly points out, most of the vehicles in the Cruise don't get many miles outside of events like the Cruise and the random joyride. While she aims to keep her protest friendly, even humorous, it might make more sense if she simply protested the commuters headed to and from work every day. This kind of enthusiast event, however, provides a target that will be sure to get some attention.

Intriguingly, even The Sierra Club has remained on the sidelines. The Club hosts a Green Cruise the weekend before -- sans motorized appliances -- and the folks who don't like the cruise simply spend the weekend out of town.

[Source: Detroit Free Press via AutoblogGreen]

Kill the Dream Cruise! Retired teacher wants to end Woodward's fun run originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A couple months ago we brought you emerging details and images of James Glickenhaus' Ferrari P4/5, a one-off supercar designed just for the collector by Pininfarina, at a cost of about $4 million. If you've got a similar wad of cash burning a hole in your pocket and want a truly unique supercar of your own, Pininfarina will gladly separate you from the former and provide you with the latter.

Andrea Pininfarina says that since unveiling the one-off Maserati Birdcage concept, the Italian design house has received a number of requests from interested customers who want their own dreamcars made to spec.

Pininfarina recently added another high-tech wind-tunnel to their facilities in Turin, this one a $4 million+ wind-tunnel specially for testing ground effects which, even more than the visible wings and spoilers that dominated sportscar design in the last century, are the key to designing modern supercars with 200-mph capabilities.

We'll start saving up now. In the meantime, we'll look forward to the next one-off project Pininfarina is commissioned to build.

[Source: Auto Express]

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Pininfarina: now taking orders originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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