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I'm confused. This is someone named Rebel Wilson. Article states she's flaunting "super sculpted abs", despite her GOAL WEIGHT target being 165 lbs. I... I don't see ANY 'sculpting'. It's from 'Woman's Health' - is that supposed to be some sort of authority on that topic??? Is this one of those examples of 'saying without any evidence' I've been hearing so frequently? The below pic is the same woman. Towering kudos to her! Rebel is the pic on the LEFT in my opinion... and "super sculpted" is on the RIGHT. Right?

You can get a new, much more modern Mini with numerous safety features for $22K. Or you can get a fully restored vintage one for around $30K. This was stupid the moment it surpassed the latter by 15%. Yet another EV attempt that fails to grasp the consumer in their picture. A Sonic was an $18K car. Bolt is $38K. The pricing model is NOT sustainable.

AN $88,000 MINI AND A/C IS OPTIONAL?!?!?!? Un-frorking-believable.

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This next one is weird, Cell Phone Maker Kyocera has built this concept auto as a tribute to the auto industry history and to encourage new unique devices and systems for the mobility segment of the automotive market. This Japanese cell phone maker believes there is a market for a see-through dashboard on autonomous cars, even regular driven cars where people want to see everything right in front of their auto. Thoughts? https://www.autoblog.com/2020/11/06/kyocera-moeye-autonomous-concept-car/

Seems that Formula E has continued to gain watching fans and they have decided to invest in Extreme E racing. Looks pretty cool to me. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/formula-e-makes-strategic-investment-in-extreme-e-off-road-racing-series/ Now this ICE custom build project is just ugly to me. But there seems to be people willing to order it up. Ram Trucks has a new customer in the form of Aznom Palladium SUV. A custom built auto. They took the V8, slapped two turbos on it and tuned it for 710 hp / 700 lb-ft of torque. The SUV weights 6,000 lbs. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/ram-pickup-aznom-palladium/ https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/ugliest-car-a-ram-pickup/

There are those that Love their original Mini Coopers that made the original movie Italian Job so popular as well as the modern remake of the movie. Now comes a company that is offering one of two ways to take your old Mini and modernize it. You can buy a fully refurbished Mini Cooper from the British Company Swindon Powertrian for $88,000. This gets you a 110hp, 24kWh battery pack, usb ports, heated front seats. Optional features available are AC, Power Steering and Navigation. or you can go the project route and buy the components from them and refurbish the auto your self. Current Kit of component list and Price: Motor & drivetrain - $11,535 US Battery pack - $21,033 US Motor Controller - $5,074 Onboard Charger - $2,563 Total cost of kit - $40,205 US https://swindonpowertrain.com/documents/Classic_Mini_Kit.pdf https://swindonpowertrain.com/uk/index.aspx I honestly could not see spending this kind of money on an old Mini for the size, but some will I believe. If ya like adrenalin rushes, then this BMW powered Fly Suite is for you! According to this news story, it seems the first Yellow Tesla S taxi has hit the streets of New York. https://electrek.co/2020/11/06/first-tesla-model-3-official-nyc-yellow-cab/#more-154118

According to the latest news out of Bentley, they are changing their whole lineup to Plug-in Hybrid by 2026 with being full EV only by 2030. This comes after in 2019 a board member who is in charge of Engineering said there was no reason to spend any time with electrification. Bentley is the worlds larges manufacture of 12 cylinder auto's. It now seems that due to European and Asian changes supporting electrification and banning ICE that Bentley is seeing a need to change and with that changing fast for such a high end luxury auto maker. This does make me wonder about the CEO of Ferrari who said in his life time they would have a hybrid option but would not waste any time with electrification. Ferrari might not have a choice as governments move away from ICE to Hybrid/EVs. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1130208_bentley-plans-to-go-all-plug-in-by-2026-all-electric-by-2030

Iran is a cool country, would actually love to Visit. More true than you realize...

A couple of Montreal connections (maybe too political for some, so I'll omit naming names. I just learned about this tidbit of info from my wife today) Its the imagery of this video in the beginning that Im getting a kick out of and what Im thinking EXACTLY right about now. And last but not least, a song that I was just introduced to 2 days ago.