http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/ Luxist Comments for Speed, Style & Beauty: $760,000 Aquariva by Gucci http://www.luxist.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.luxist.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 14th 2010 7:43PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 14th 2010 7:50PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 14th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 14th 2010 9:30PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 14th 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 14th 2010 9:27PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 14th 2010 10:35PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Gucci can't even make a watch that keeps time.]]>Sep 14th 2010 10:55PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 14th 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/
Not to mention that, much like the Prius, it'll be a quiet eco-disaster. For example, a Prius starts life with a bigger carbon footprint than a Range Rover. How? The main reason being, that though it may run on happiness and emit nothing but sunshine from its exhaust pipe, the dorky looking thing's parts are outsourced all over the world. And they're heavy. So, transporting all of those parts, the electric motor, the battery packs, the low-rolling resistance tires, uses more fuel than the Prius could ever make up by being efficient. I'd imagine the Tesla must be the same way to justify it's seventy grand price tag.

What we really need here:
Manual Transmissions- Not to mention they don't drain as much power as automatics, manuals let you pick the right gear at the right time, thus letting you keep the revs where they need to be when they need to be. Add in that you can coast downhill and at lights, and you have a recipe for efficiency. And fun, that might actually get a few people off their phones.

Diesels- The clean diesels that are being smothered here get stupid good mileage in Europe. Again with Top Gear, the one host drove a Volkswagen Lupo (think slightly smaller VW Golf) Diesel and a Prius through the same route. The Toyota got 45mpg, the VW got 75 miles per gallon. Yes, 75.

Weight reduction- Lighter cars are less drain on the motor, meaning it needs to do less work to propel the car along. Less work, ala revs, is less fuel consumption. A smaller motor, in a small lightweight car, with a manual trans, can provide hybrid fuel efficiency for a fraction of the cost and while still providing more fun. Think of the old CRX Si' or even the failed Geo Metro, they got gas mileage figures twenty years ago that many new "hybrids" (Tahoe Hybrid?) can't come close to.]]>Sep 15th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 14th 2010 11:45PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 15th 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 15th 2010 12:34AMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 15th 2010 1:26AMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 15th 2010 5:03AMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/
Top Gear is a entertainment show. The host is very funny and he happens to dislike electric vehicles, and if he wants to keep his job and sponsors, he has little choice in the matter. He did however have to write a formal and public apology for pretending the Tesla ran out of power. It in fact had 80 miles charge left at the end of the test and he faked the whole thing for dramatic affect. Please see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/24/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-tesla-electric-car
The Tesla has been in production for over 2 years, has nearly 1500 vehicles on the road and has over 6,000,000 customer miles logged. The world's largest car company Toyota has given Tesla $50,000,000 to show it how to make vehicles again as did the world's oldest car company, Mercedes Benz. Both companies are now purchasing motors and batteries from Tesla to power its future vehicles, available in US showrooms next year. Toyota and Mercedes, powered by Tesla.

Fisker by contrast, was "showered with money" receiving $754,000,000 from the Gov't of tax payer's money, compared to the $430,000,000 Tesla got. The big difference here is that Fisker has 0 production cars, 0 working protypes, no finished schematics, the company they are using for their electrics have never been associated with nor produced a vehicle nor a working model and the hundreds of millions were ONLY to go to companies making ELECTRIC cars and the only car Fisker has on the board right now is a hybrid! Better yet, since the quarter billion dollar "loan" Fisker has boat a new yacht, mansion and can be seen advertising in every luxury magazine the world over, taking $50K deposits on a car it is likely to never produce. That my friend is real scam.

Tesla is made in CA, which some parts being outsourced, but the next vehicle will be made completely in CA, metal stamping on down. The Range Rover/Prius comparison is silly. Range Rovers are part Ford, part Mazda, part Jaguar. That car is a far bigger mut than the Prius.

Manual transmissions, and transmissions in general are obsolete. They are old technology designed for vehicles that have power and torque curves. They require servicing, fluid changes, seal replacements and need to be replaced or rebuilt. Electric motors have 100% torque at all RPMs, that is why the Tesla has no transmission.

Most Tesla owners power their cars with 100% solar power. Think about it. 250 miles on a charge, 0-60 in 3.7 seconds. It takes 3 hours to fully recharge it if you have gone 250 miles, otherwise you can just top it off nightly like a cell phone. No oil changes, no oil spills. one $600 annual service for a firmware update. Pretty simple.]]>Sep 15th 2010 3:51PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 16th 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/14/speed-style-and-beauty-760-000-aquariva-by-gucci/Sep 16th 2010 1:18PM