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Chanel customizes the Segway

Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Cars & Autos

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Karl Lagerfeld, creative director for Chanel, may choose to ride about town in a trio of larger-than-life HUMMER H1s, the largest of all the mil-spec SUVs, but the design house is apparently thinking a bit smaller on behalf of its customers with a new take on the controversial Segway Personal Transporter. The pairing may actually make some sense considering that Dean Kamen's Segway has taken on iconic status since its inception back in 2001, though perhaps not quite to the point of the classic Chanel 2.55 handbag that adorns the handlebars of this self-balancing machine. Other tidbits unique to this model are quilted handgrips and mudflaps in matching black leather and Chanel badging on the wheels, steering head and handlebars. Top speed is listed at 12 miles per hour and range stands pat at the same 12 mph as the rest of the Segway line.

[Source: Yatzer]

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Tags: chanel, chanel 2.55, chanel segway, Chanel2.55, ChanelSegway, karl lagerfeld, KarlLagerfeld, segway

The Uno

by Laura Malesich (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Cars & Autos

There's a new bike in town and it isn't like any you've seen before. The Uno is a visual combination of a unicycle and the Segway -- certainly not your typical motorized bike though. Created by an 18-year-old Canadian, Ben Gulak, that wanted to find a better mode of transportation inspired by a smoggy trip to China, the Uno uses gyroscopic technology, balances automatically, turns on a dime and has only one switch to turn it on and off. It can even be brought indoors to recharge. Any investors out there looking for a great way to impact the environment and add some sweet new wheels to the road, Uno's inventor is waiting...

Gallery: The Uno Bike

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A $12,000 Ferrari?

by Erin Mays (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Luxury Cars & Autos

Dropping just $12,000 for a Ferrari might sound like a dream-come-true... but don't get too excited. The Ferrari you'd be picking up only goes 12.5 miles per hour.

In fact, despite its branded image, the Limited Edition Ferrari PTi2 apparently has no performance advantage over the original, though its leather-trimmed handlebars, classic Ferrari red paint and Scuderia Ferrari logo certainly make the personal transport vehicle look the park.

Like the original, the PTi2 can go about 64 miles on a single charge at speeds two to three times as fast as the average walker. Ferrari's employees apparently scoot around their Maranello plant on Segways quite a bit to save time.

[Source: Sybarites]

Thanks to RV for the tip.

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Tags: ferrari, scooter, segway