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Superman Drives Me !

Fancy a superhero-themed hybrid car? Kia went for it. Kia Motors America (KMA) has teamed up with DC Entertainment and Super Street magazine to create an Optima Hybrid inspired by Superman’s strength and unwavering care for planet Earth. This Optima Hybrid is the continuation of a 10-month, eight vehicle partnership between Kia and DC Entertainment based on the iconic characters that make up the Justice League – Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg. An eighth and final vehicle will be an amalgamation of all seven Super Heroes in one. Influenced by the artistry of comic book visionary, Jim Lee, the Justice League-inspired Kia vehicles serve, according to Kia, as a force for good in the world by raising awareness of DC Entertainment’s “We Can Be Heroes” giving campaign, a relief effort to bring help and hope to people affected by drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. .

How to be Truly fast

• A Formula 1 car’s cockpit is so tight that it requires the driver to remove the steering wheel in order to get in or out of it.
• The drivers will typically change gear up to 2,800 times per Grand Prix. At circuits like Monaco, this number can increase to 4,000 times
• Normal road car tyres last 60,000 to 100,000km. F1 tyres are designed to last 90 to 120km.
• When a Formula 1 driver hits the brakes, he experiences deceleration forces comparable to a regular car driving through a brick wall at 300km
• 50 Formula 1 brake discs can exceed temperatures of 1,000 C.
• During a race, the average temperature in the cockpit will reach °In a street course race like the Monaco, the downforce provides enough suction to lift drain covers. Before the race all of the manhole covers on the streets have to be welded down to prevent this from happening.
• Once a Formula 1 car is traveling over 160 km/h, it can generate enough downforce to equal its own weight, which means it can actually hold itself to the ceiling of a tunnel and drive upside down

No Need to Fear the Safety Car is Here

In motorsport, a safety car or pace car is a car which limits the speed of competing cars on a racetrack in the case of a caution period such as an obstruction on the track. During a caution period the safety car enters the track ahead of the leader. Depending on the regulations in effect, competitors are not normally allowed to pass the safety car or other competitors during a caution period, and the safety car leads the field at a pre-determined safe speed, which may vary by series and circuit. At the end of the caution period, the safety car leaves the track and the competitors may resume racing. The first use of a pace car in automobile racing was at the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911.