Mercedes car are morphing into speed racers

Mercedes has finally developed a luxury + suv coupe for drivers that want to experience the formulae one racing feel.

The Mercedes-AMG GT (C190) is a 2-door, 2-seat coupé produced by Mercedes-AMG. The sports car was presented on September 9, 2014 and was officially unveiled to the public in October 2014 at the Paris Motor Show.^[4] After the SLS AMG, this is the second sports car developed entirely by Mercedes-AMG.

The car is produced in two performance variations, with the GT S (C120) having a slightly higher performance. Both models went on sale in March 2015, with a GT3 racing variant of the car expected to be released in 2016.

And now the GTS version Arrives. A new, high-performance variant of the GT revealed at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in June 2016.

The GTS has several cosmetic changes compared with the standard car, notably the vertical slats in the front grille, a fixed rear wing, new front air intakes and new front and rear diffusers. The styling of the GT S is more comparable to that of the AMG GT3 race car. 

A more higher version named GT R will go on sale in November 2016, with deliveries expected in 2017

Step inside AMG GT, the performance racing division of Mercedes-Benz, and experience the legendary philosophy of One Man, One Engine firsthand.

Flying Hoverboards: The Future Is Here

• Technology

FLYING HOVERBOARDS: THE FUTURE IS HERE

The battle to create the world’s first working hoverboard just got harder.

Zapata Racing, a French company that specialises in hoverboards powered with water, released a video last week that showed a man flying 34 mph on a jet-powered board.

The Flyboard Air is a prototype hoverboard that has four turbo-engines and stabilises itself during the flight in a similar way to a drone. It has the ability to reach a top speed of 92.3 mph and fly to eye watering heights of 10,000 ft. In the latest video, the rider reaches 35 mph in four minutes. 

"My goal is to ride the clouds," said Franky Zapata, chief executive of Zapata Racing, in an interview with the Verge. "I like snowboarding in powder, but I want to do it in a cloud. That's my dream and I will do my best to realise it."

The team at Zapata Racing has been developing the Flyboard Air for four years. It has previously pioneered in water-powered hoverboards, which pump water from a lake below to power the thrust. 

At the moment the Flyboard Air has been in trials for four weeks and has only been tested over water, which the team deems to be safer. Zapata crashed the company's only board last week when it ran out of battery five seconds before landing.  Nevertheless, he said it should be ready to fly over land in the next couple of months. 

"It's impossible to ride it before you have a minimum of 50 or 100 hours in the original Flyboard with water," said Zapata. "If you want to try it, you must have seven lives, like a cat." 

Some users on Twitter are convinced the video is fake, but Zapata broke his silence to confirm the prototype is real.

Zapata Racing is simultaneously working on another board that will be more consumer-friendly. 

"We can use the technology to change the way people travel," said Zapata. "We've finished the research and development on a new project that will use the same kind of board and the same kind of technology, but will be much easier for the general public, for the army, or for security."