With the rise of fuel prices and the ebb of the oil supply, searching for effective back up sources to power the automobile industry has become essential. Fortunately, green power supporters have put together some incredible achievements that highlight the use and effectiveness of renewable energy. From shattering speed records and spanning continents, these particularly constructed vehicles show that by using alternative energy, it can productively harness and relieve the penchant on oil used for transportation and better the environment by eliminating noxious carbon emissions.

Breaking Speed Records
The growing demand of popular vehicles like the Toyota Prius and the Chevy Volt has helped integrate using electricity to run cars as we go about our everyday lives. Most automobiles are not entirely electric, but are hybrids that depend on an internal combustion engine as their fuel source. Students from Brigham Young University took on the task of designing a vehicle that not only runs solely by electric, but would put to rest the typecast that electric cars all are feeble and slow. Their designed car, Electric Blue, could reach top speeds of 175 miles per hour and when it performed at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, the average top speed reached was 155.8 mph. This feat was high enough to set the world land speed record in its class. Hopefully, with the success of this project, it will help guide production on helping electric automobiles become faster, powerful and more appealing to be driven for residential use.

Cross-Continent by Biofuel
The Bio-inspired Ice Vehicle (BIV), funded by Winston Wong, recently completed the first ever land–based transantarctic expedition run entirely by bio-fuel at the end of 2010. Not only was this expedition created to illustrate the power of alternative energy, but also forged to counter the bitter conditions known to Antarctica, all accomplished while navigating a team of researchers across the entire continent.

Cross-Continent by Wind
To prove their point of using the power of wind as an energy source, a German team navigated the whole Australian continent using a vehicle that solely ran on wind in only 18 days. A mobile wind turbine was set up by the German team nightly where it would recharge the automobile’s battery to ensure it had plenty of power for the next day’s journey. Once the winds were powerful enough, a kite was attached to the vehicle which sent it down the road all while conserving power to the battery. With the success of the 3000+ mile trip under completion, the team had high hopes that the use of wind power would become an efficient way of land vehicle strength in the not too distant future.

Winston Wong’s reasoning behind the BIV’s daunting task to cross Antarctica was  “to do something that people can take notice [of] and say this is the future, the future of human endeavor” to preserve the planet. It’s clear that all the teams had a similar goal in mind when choosing testing their different alternative energy sources. By putting together all these evolving ideas, the concept of biofuel or hybrid, electric, and maybe even wind powered cars is much more viable.

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#5 Sexiest Rated Car for 2011 – Chevy Corvette – The Corvette is Americas very own premium sports car. It might not possess the handling of some of the European models that are designed to be driven on roads built 500 years ago, but then again, the US was not even a country back then.

However, if you want to do a little drag racing with it, the Corvette will blow away most of the European models that come close to being in its price range. For a meager $48,950, you can drive one of the fastest and sexiest cars presently being manufactured in the US. It lines are outstanding, and both the front and back ends are spectacular creations.

#4 Sexiest Rated Car for 2011 – Maserati Granturismo– This little beauty is a 4 seat coupe that is produced by one of the most famous and respected car manufacturers in the world. When you compare its price to some of its competition, it does very well, selling for only $118,900.

It comes with a stunning red interior made of leather, and its body’s design is everything that you would expect a Maserati to look like. Its V8 produces a very respectable 405 horsepower. Men read this sentence very carefully, 100% of the women that were asked if they would date somebody who owned one of these cars answered “YES”.

#3 Sexiest Rated Car for 2011 – Tesla Model S – Who says that you cannot build a car that not only looks tremendous, but is also great for the planet and the environment. It was certainly not the people that designed and produce the Tesla Model S. It is a full-sized battery electric sedan that not only handles superbly, but it also goes from 0 to 60 in less than 6 seconds, which is not so shabby.

They range in price from $60,000 to $109,000 and it can travel up to 300 miles after only having its batteries charged up for 45 minutes. This is a very smart car, with incredible lines that forces everybody close to it to take a second and third look.

#2 Sexiest Rated Car for 2011 – Mercedes Benz SLS AMG – This one of a kind creation sells for approximately $200,000 and comes with 10 spoke forged wheels, a V-8 that produces 563 horsepower, carbon fiber trim, and an out of this world Bang & Olufsen stereo. Not only does it look marvelous, it performs superbly as well.

#1 Sexiest Rated Car for 2011 – Aston Martin DDS Volante – Nothing in the world is better than driving down the road in a convertible that is so astonishing that everybody just stops to watch you go by. If you want to own one of these gems it is going to cost you $284,000, and it comes with a V-12 engine that generates 510 horsepower that goes from 0 to 60 in a mere 4.3 seconds.

There you have it, the top 5 sexiest cars for 2011. So, please explain what are you waiting for, it is time to run to the nearest dealer and drive away with the car of your dreams.

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1993 Mustang

Story- I bought it about 8 or 9 yrs ago as a 1 owner 4 cyl, with a blown tranny and faded paint, bought the car for $1,200.00.. and thats how it all started.. car was all built by me through all these yrs.. car still wears its orignal paint.. was able to bring the paint back to life with a lot of TLC.. car makes over 700HP.. its a 331ci with a vortech YSI supercharger,with lots of other one off goodies and all polished by Botch’s Metal Polishing.

Owner- Matt in Patchogue, New York

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