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5 Second Rule Spintensity Family Game – Review & Giveaway
Posted on November 12, 2020 by Fiona Martin
5 Second Rule Spintensity is the all-new, spinfully intense electronic version of the original 5 Second Rule game – one of my kids favourites. So I knew that this new version of the game by Interplay would be a hit with them and I certainly wasn't wrong. With a 5-second electronic timer to keep the game's momentum going, this really keeps everyone on their toes, shouting crazy, funny answers that everyone finds hilarious. With so much fun to be had this is perfect with friends, family or simply just the two of you.
400 questions (on 200 double sided cards)
6 pawns
Electronic timer (3x AAA batteries required)
Start/Finish markers
The game is aimed at ages 12+ although we also included my 10 year old in the game and he came out with some fabulous answers alongside my older daughter and us adults.
With a simple set you are ready to play almost straightaway. You can choose to use either the blue or green sides of the cards. Great to flick over between games so as to get a different variety of cards as you do move through them pretty fast.
They really do cover a wide choice of topics with something for everyone. Most subjects will suit all players but there are a few topics that if you don't know, then you really don't (more so when they ask you to name songs from an artist or certain groups of celebrities). We found it easier to allow players to pass on cards like this and simply move on. This led to swifter game play and more fun for everyone.
The bonus to the Spintensity version of 5 second rule is the Electronic timer which is central to this game and keeps the momentum going. It limits how long you have to answer questions and determines your next move.
Each turn in the game requires you to name 3 things in 5 seconds then press the timer to see what the spinner wants you to do next: name 3 more, 2 more, draw a new card or move on to the next player… or will the timer turn Red and sound you out!
If you successfully answer your question you keep the card. Then at the end of each round you move around the board according to the number of cards you have. The winner is the first to reach the finish point.
Spintensity Fun for all the Family
We found this game really simple to play and ultimately great fun. The kids just love the freedom of answers they can give to the questions. We allow most but do disallow any that really don't fit the bill.
I just love the constant laughs we have and upbeat atmosphere that this game creates for our family. Also it's not too long so can be played anytime, we've certainly squeezed quite a few rounds of this in over the last couple of weeks!
If you'd like to see the game in action then check out some clips of us playing below:
5 Second Rule Spintensity is available from most good toy retailers including Argos, Smyths Toys and John Lewis, this is certainly a great game to be had this Christmas and beyond.
For your chance to win a copy of 5 Second Rule Spintensity just fill in the gleam form below:
5 Second Rule Spintensity game
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83 thoughts on "5 Second Rule Spintensity Family Game – Review & Giveaway"
Pippa Ainsworth on November 12, 2020 at 6:28 pm said:
We're planning lots of movie nights, Christmas crafts, hot chocolate and stories. Lots of indoor activities to avoid feeling sad about lockdown!
Katie on November 12, 2020 at 8:45 pm said:
I'm going for walks, playing games and Facetiming family
ashleigh allan on November 12, 2020 at 9:21 pm said:
Lots of walking and board game nights!
Alana Walker on November 12, 2020 at 9:43 pm said:
I've started doing jigsaws again, and I'm trying to work through the huge pile of second hand books I bought to get me through lockdown!
Amanda W on November 12, 2020 at 10:11 pm said:
Weve been doing lots of crafting and playing games as a family. Also when the weathers not been too wet weve wrapped up warm and gone on some nice walks collexting leaves and acorns to use in our crafts!
Rachel Craig on November 12, 2020 at 11:23 pm said:
Arts and Crafts.
Tracy Nixon on November 13, 2020 at 5:16 am said:
Jigsaws, boxsets, games and walks mostly! And arts and crafts and baking!
Jane Willis on November 13, 2020 at 10:55 am said:
I'm enjoying my usual hobbies of cooking, crafting and reading, but delighted to have more time to do them
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Priscilla Stubbs on November 13, 2020 at 11:02 am said:
We enjoy board games any time but they have certainly come into their own at the moment. I do love a good jigsaw too, time passes quickly when concentrating on a puzzle
Claire Driver on November 13, 2020 at 6:31 pm said:
Doing some crafts, baking, walking, bike rides, family board games, colouring and putting out grown toys away
fiona waterworth on November 13, 2020 at 6:42 pm said:
we are playing loads of games and my dads teaching the children to cook and bake
Linda Ford on November 13, 2020 at 7:18 pm said:
We are playing board games and baking alot!
Angie McDonald on November 13, 2020 at 11:20 pm said:
Lots of crafting activities and baking
Suzanne Croft on November 14, 2020 at 12:02 pm said:
Board games, puzzles, movies!
Michelle Smith on November 14, 2020 at 12:08 pm said:
I am still working through lockdown but over the Christmas period I will be doing a lot of reading and watching netflix
Janine Phillips on November 14, 2020 at 12:25 pm said:
Lots of walking, reading and baking x
Holly King on November 14, 2020 at 1:33 pm said:
Lots of bike rides and walking
Helen Arlow on November 14, 2020 at 4:42 pm said:
We've been going for lots of walks, playing board games and baking x
Kay Broomfield on November 14, 2020 at 5:19 pm said:
We are doing home workouts and lots of DIY. I've also used lockdown as an excuse to get my Christmas decorations up!
TonyG on November 14, 2020 at 5:43 pm said:
Lots of jigsaws
Iain maciver on November 15, 2020 at 12:06 pm said:
Margaret Gallagher on November 15, 2020 at 3:42 pm said:
Games baking and nature walks – we will have fun
claire woods on November 15, 2020 at 4:15 pm said:
Walking, baking, board games.
Sally Collingwood on November 16, 2020 at 11:10 am said:
Doing lots of walking, playing games and watching movies
Andrea Upton on November 16, 2020 at 8:52 pm said:
Going for long walks in the countryside, games and crafts
Jodi Hill on November 18, 2020 at 8:32 am said:
Lots of arts and crafts, we've been making our own wrapping paper with brown parcel paper & potatoe stamps, we've made paper mache, playing games, windy knickers and soggy doggy 🙂
Rachael McCadden on November 18, 2020 at 5:07 pm said:
Christine Caple on November 18, 2020 at 5:59 pm said:
Going for walks, reading, online Christmas shopping.
Ruth Harwood on November 19, 2020 at 10:08 am said:
We've been making Christmas cards xx
Gayatri Gogoi on November 19, 2020 at 6:33 pm said:
We play card games like Queen
Adrienne McGroder on November 19, 2020 at 9:19 pm said:
Walking, cooking, watching movies and playing games as a family xo
claire willmer on November 21, 2020 at 12:49 pm said:
We are doing lots of art and playing games and baking.
sharon larman on November 22, 2020 at 7:01 pm said:
we have dug out old family games this one looks good fun
Kelly Cooper on November 23, 2020 at 1:32 pm said:
Lots of jig saws and also started to do cross stitch which me and my daughter enjoy.
Emma England on November 24, 2020 at 7:52 pm said:
We are doing lots of festive baking and arts and crafts.
Karen Emma Usher on November 24, 2020 at 10:41 pm said:
Baking, board games, school work, cleaning…….cleaning the childrens rooms completely out!
Natalie Crossan on November 24, 2020 at 11:00 pm said:
Lots of walks, arts and crafts
Ellen Stafford on November 25, 2020 at 4:15 pm said:
Walking the dog, playing board games and crafting
Fiona Rennie on November 25, 2020 at 6:24 pm said:
We are going to be snuggling up watching Christmas movies
Lorraine on November 29, 2020 at 11:09 am said:
We will play lots of board games and hopefully go for lots of walks
Maria on November 29, 2020 at 6:49 pm said:
We have been going out for more walks, baking and playing all the old board games
Rebecca Walker on November 29, 2020 at 11:29 pm said:
nothing, still working!
Gemma Rutt on November 30, 2020 at 9:34 am said:
We have been doing lots of Christmas crafts we have glitter everywhere
Chantiece Bates on November 30, 2020 at 11:28 pm said:
Jigsaws! 🙂
Charlie Larby on December 2, 2020 at 10:31 am said:
We are diving into Christmas headfirst with our lockdown activities we have made mince pies paper chains snowflakes for the windows amongst other things
Sarah McIlvenny on December 3, 2020 at 2:44 pm said:
We play hunt the present and hide them in really difficult places so that the children don't open everything all at once and then it's over. We give a little clue and it lasts for hours.
Jennifer Rhymer on December 3, 2020 at 6:05 pm said:
We have baked lots, mostly cakes but also sausage rolls, quiche and cheese & onion pastries. We've played all the board games we have and Cookie, our lovely little dog, has been getting extra walks x
Katie Milench on December 4, 2020 at 2:01 am said:
Were currently making christmas crafts
Aaron Milne on December 4, 2020 at 12:58 pm said:
Playing Chess
Elizabeth Yeates on December 4, 2020 at 5:18 pm said:
Making Christmas cards
Sheri Darby on December 4, 2020 at 7:51 pm said:
Baking, reading and going for walks
Patricia Avery on December 4, 2020 at 9:20 pm said:
Long walks outdoors, reading lots of books indoors
lynn neal on December 4, 2020 at 11:26 pm said:
Lots of reading. baking and arts and crafts!
Christopher Read on December 4, 2020 at 11:34 pm said:
Drawing and designing Christmas cards to send out to friends 🙂 Thanks for running this giveaway
Adrian Bold on December 5, 2020 at 3:22 am said:
Lots of board games, jigsaws and walks.
Karen R on December 5, 2020 at 8:43 am said:
We're playing board games, and watching tv programmes together – like I'm a Celeb xx
Jen Allford on December 5, 2020 at 9:47 am said:
We have definitely played more board games together, got more creative and I bought some lovely new jigsaws too.
Kim M on December 5, 2020 at 3:11 pm said:
Lots of baking and I'm having a go at breadmaking x
Adeinne Tonner on December 5, 2020 at 7:20 pm said:
We do crafts. Baking, board games and watching films.
Jayne Townson on December 5, 2020 at 8:27 pm said:
Brisk country walks, baking and tidying the garden.
Pauline Burroughs on December 5, 2020 at 9:50 pm said:
Baking and jigsaw puzzles
A.E. ADKINS on December 6, 2020 at 4:03 am said:
Crafts , reading and generally sorting out stuff that has accumulated
Victoria Jardine on December 6, 2020 at 7:36 am said:
Lots of board games, baking and jigsaw puzzles
michelle o'neill on December 6, 2020 at 8:07 am said:
what a fantastic prize! we have been doing alot of baking and alot of walkling!
Kelly steer on December 6, 2020 at 9:44 am said:
Crafts and outdoor walks
Helen R on December 6, 2020 at 10:02 am said:
We're doing lots of jigsaws and playing games.
Stef Acaster on December 6, 2020 at 10:15 am said:
Board games and jigsaw puzzles have kept us busy.
Kate B on December 6, 2020 at 10:38 am said:
We'll be playing board games, doing some 'zoom' quizzes with the family, and cwtching up in the warm watching films.
Lindsey Martin on December 6, 2020 at 11:33 am said:
We're trying to go for as many walks as possible while the weather allows. Then it'll be baking and family games.
Faye Long on December 6, 2020 at 11:39 am said:
Board games and Netflix!
Jennifer Toal on December 6, 2020 at 11:54 am said:
Lots of walking
Carly Belsey on December 6, 2020 at 12:25 pm said:
Lots and lots of games. My daughter love Dominos at the moment, we have been playing it constantly for two weeks. Help haha.
Susan B on December 6, 2020 at 2:54 pm said:
Short walks but only if it is dry! Board games. Books.
Bought filler and paint to decorate but haven't got as far as using them yet.
Laura Pritchard on December 6, 2020 at 3:49 pm said:
Paint by numbers, World of Warcraft figures, entering competitions, reading etc
Alex McKay on December 6, 2020 at 3:55 pm said:
We've all been learning a musical instrument. It can be painful! But is good for us all.
Amy Doyle on December 6, 2020 at 4:01 pm said:
Walks and crafts
Kim Neville on December 6, 2020 at 6:07 pm said:
board games, walks, baking and binge watching netflix series
Kelly Hirst on December 6, 2020 at 7:54 pm said:
Lots of walking and also some puzzles and a bit of arts and crafts too
Sandra Fortune on December 6, 2020 at 8:01 pm said:
Entering competitions and doing crafts mainly
Peter Nickson on December 6, 2020 at 8:54 pm said:
Eat, drink, watch TV and play games
Lyndsey cooksey on December 6, 2020 at 9:11 pm said:
As its Christmas, it has to be board games, cards and Monopoly!
Lia Burns on December 6, 2020 at 11:27 pm said:
All the arts and crafts and baking, We've done paper chains, snowflakes, snowmen, window painting and made a Yule log too x
Darren Bourne on December 6, 2020 at 11:29 pm said:
Watching boxsets and playing games.


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A Wisconsin girl who tried to stab a classmate to death while "communicating" with the fictional horror character 'Slender Man' has been sentenced to spend up to 40 years in a mental health institution.
Morgan Geyser and her friend Anissa Weier lured a classmate, Payton Leutner, into the woods outside of Milwaukee in 2014, prosecutors said. All three girls were 12 at the time. Urged on by Weier, Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times with a kitchen knife and left her for dead. Leutner survived and was saved by a passing cyclist.
Judge Michael Bohren of the Waukesha County Circuit Court said Thursday that Geyser, now 15, remains a risk to herself and others. Although the attack happened while the girls were young, "what we can't forget is this was an attempted murder," Bohren said.
Lawyers for Geyser and Weier argued the girls were mentally ill. In December, Weier pleaded guilty to being a party to attempted second-degree intentional homicide and was sentenced to 25 years in a mental hospital.
Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide in October in a deal with prosecutors to avoid prison time, AP reported.
A specialist testifying for the prosecution told the court that Geyser was still a danger to herself and others, despite making significant progress over the last three years.
"This is not a close call," said Dr. Brooke Lundbohme.
Geyser's attorneys argued that she suffers from schizophrenia and psychotic spectrum disorder, which causes delusions and paranoid beliefs. A psychiatrist testifying for the defense said Geyser believed she could communicate telepathically with 'Slender Man,' possessed "Vulcan mind control," and could see and hear fictional beings such as unicorns and characters from the 'Harry Potter' series.


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Q: How to execute command prompt command through java I am trying to download zip file from svn using java but nothing worked out.
Through command prompt it is getting downloaded so i thought of executing command prompt through java.
My java code is:
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class aaa {

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {

    String command = "svn co --username username --password pass http://interactive/svn/Test_Mariza/trunk/test/seatapps.zip /home/vaishali/aaa/";

    Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);

    // Read the output

    BufferedReader reader =
          new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(proc.getInputStream()));

    String line = "";
    while((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
        System.out.print(line + "\n");
    }

    proc.waitFor();

}
}

The command which i am passing as an argument is executing through terminal but not getting executed through java code.
Can anyone help me out.

A: To execute a command in Java:
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(" Insert command here ");

For references:
How do I run a batch file from my Java Application?

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Q: Add int and Class objects I'm trying to add a int and class together like 1 + Currency(1)
I get the error: TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'Currency'
If I do Currency(1) + 1 it works correctly.
Is there some way to convert the int into a class object or do I need to convert the class to an int object?
class Currency:
    "A general currency class"
    def __init__(self, kr=0, ore=0):
        "Input kr and ore, with default values 0"
        self.ore = round(ore + (kr * 100), 0)
        self.kr = int(self.ore / 100)
        kr_ore = kr + ore / 100

    def __add__(self, other):
        self, other = Currency.__check_type(self, other)
        print(type(self), type(other))

        total = self.ore + other.ore
        self.kr = int(total / 100)
        self.ore = total - self.kr * 100

        return Currency(self.kr, self.ore)

    def __check_type(self, other):
        if type(self) != Currency and type(int) != Currency:
            self = Currency(self)
            other = Currency(other)

        elif type(self) != Currency:
            print("RUNNING")
            self = Currency(self)

        elif type(other) != Currency:
            other = Currency(other)
        return self, other

    __repr__ = __str__

x = 100
y = Currency(1)
print(x+y)

A: You almost did it, if you printed y+x it would work for your code.
__add__ is called for objects on the left side of the + operator, for right side, the dunder method is called __radd__.
class Currency:
    "A general currency class"

    def __init__(self, kr=0, ore=0):
        "Input kr and ore, with default values 0"

        self.ore = round(ore + (kr * 100), 0)
        self.kr = int(self.ore / 100)
        kr_ore = kr + ore / 100

    def __add__(self, other):
        self, other = Currency.__check_type(self, other)
        print(type(self), type(other))
        total = self.ore + other.ore
        self.kr = int(total / 100)
        self.ore = total - self.kr * 100

    def __radd__(self, other):
        self, other = Currency.__check_type(self, other)
        print(type(self), type(other))
        total = self.ore + other.ore
        self.kr = int(total / 100)
        self.ore = total - self.kr * 100
        return Currency(self.kr, self.ore)

    def __check_type(self, other):
        if type(self) != Currency and type(int) != Currency:
            self = Currency(self)
            other = Currency(other)
        elif type(self) != Currency:
            print("RUNNING")
            self = Currency(self)
        elif type(other) != Currency:
            other = Currency(other)
        return self, other

x = 100
y = Currency(1)
print(x+y)


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1. What is an "Exclamation"?
DEFINITION: An exclamation (or interjection) is a short sound, word or phrase which is spoken suddenly to express strong emotion.
Exclamatory words that can stand alone as a sentence while expressing emotions or reactions are called exclamations (or interjections).
Exclamation mark (!) should be written after an exclamation. "Exclamation Mark" is called "Exclamation Point" in American English.
There are many exclamatory words (interjections or exclamations) which are often used in daily life. Some of these words express one strong emotion while others express two or more strong emotions. They do not have a grammatical purpose in the sentence and are not associated to the other parts of the sentence. They do not play the role of a subject or a verb. They can stand by themselves, or are placed before, after or in middle of a sentence to express a strong emotion or feeling.
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When you begin a sentence with an interjection you can place either comma (,) or exclamatory mark (point) (!) after the interjection.
Ah, what a wonderful gift!
Comma (,) after an interjection expresses less emotion.
Ah! What a wonderful gift!
Exclamatory mark (point) (!) after an interjection expresses more emotion.
Note: Both the sentences have exclamatory mark at the end.
Obviously, both are exclamatory sentences. But second one is more emphatic. Also note: if you put comma after an interjection then next word in the sentence will begin from small letter but if you put exclamatory mark after an interjection then next word in the sentence will begin from capital letter.
Important Note: You can also end the sentence with period (.) or question mark (?) to show mild emotion.
Ah, what a wonderful gift.
Ah! What a wonderful gift.
Oh, did you go there?
You can also use interjection in the middle of a sentence.
Hundreds of people, alas, feared killed in a massive landslide.
Albert Einstein was born in...er…Germany.
You deleted my folder…um…my file!
You can also use interjection at the end of a sentence.
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The mid-size Toyota Camry
A mid-size car— also known as intermediate— is a vehicle size class which originated in the United States and is used for cars that are larger than compact cars, but smaller than full-size cars.[1] The equivalent European category is D-segment, which is also called "large family car". Mid-size cars are manufactured in a variety of body styles, including sedans, coupes, station wagons, hatchbacks and convertibles.
2 Current definition
Rambler Six "compact" car later reclassified as an "intermediate"
1986–1989 Ford Taurus
The automobile that defined this size in the United States was the Rambler Six that was introduced in 1956, although it was called a "compact" car at that time.[2] Much smaller than any standard contemporary full-size cars, it was called a compact to distinguish it from the small imported cars that were being introduced into the marketplace.[3] By the 1960s, the car was renamed the Rambler Classic and while it retained its basic dimensions, it was now competing with an array of new "intermediate" models from General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.[4]
During the 1970s, the intermediate class in the U.S. was generally defined as vehicles with wheelbases between 112 inches (2,845 mm) and 118 inches (2,997 mm). The domestic manufacturers began changing the definition of "medium" as they developed new models for an evolving market place.[5] A turning point occurred in the late 1970s, when rising fuel costs and government fuel economy regulations caused all car classes to shrink, and in many cases to blur. Automakers moved previously "full-size" nameplates to smaller platforms such as the Ford LTD II and the Plymouth Fury.[6] A comparison test by Popular Science of four intermediate sedans (the 1976 AMC Matador, Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Torino, and Dodge Coronet) predicted that these will be the "big cars of the future."[7] By 1978, General Motors made its intermediate models smaller.[8]
1994-1999 Opel Omega: a European executive car, marketed in the U.S. as a mid-size car (Cadillac Catera)[9]
New "official" size designations in the U.S. were introduced by the EPA, which defined market segments by passenger and cargo space.[10] Formerly mid-sized cars that were built on the same platform, like the AMC Matador sedan, had a combined passenger and cargo volume of 130 cubic feet (3.68 m3), and were now considered "full-size" automobiles.[11][12]
Cars that defined the mid-size market in the 1980s and 1990s included the Chrysler K-Cars (Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant), the Ford Taurus, and the Toyota Camry, which was upsized into the midsize class in 1991; the Taurus and Camry came to define the mid-size market for decades.
Mid-size cars were the most popular category of cars sold in the United States, with 27.4 percent during the first half of 2012, ahead of crossovers at 19 percent.[13]
Current definition[edit]
(2016-present model shown)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Fuel Economy Regulations for 1977 and Later Model Year (dated July 1996) includes definitions for classes of automobiles.[14] Based on the combined passenger and cargo volume, mid-size cars are defined as having an interior volume index of 110–119 cu ft (3.1–3.4 m3).[15]
Car classification
Vehicle size class
^ "'Mid-size' car definition by Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary". K Dictionaries. 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ Auto Editors of Consumer Guide (5 September 2007). "1956-1957 Rambler". Retrieved 24 December 2012.
^ Corporate Strategies of the Automotive Manufacturers: An historical perspective on the automobile industry. U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 1978. p. 153. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ Severson, Aaron (25 December 2009). "What's a Matador? The AMC Matador, Rebel, and Classic". Ate Up With Motor. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ Lund, Robert (March 1976). "Detroit Listening Post". Popular Mechanics. 145 (3): 14. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ Dunne, Jim (September 1975). "Detroit Report: an intermediate step". Popular Science. 207 (3): 40. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
^ Dunne, Jim; Hill, Ray (February 1976). "Intermediate sedans - big cars of the future". Popular Science. 208 (2): 36, 38, 44, 46. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
^ Dunne, Jim (October 1977). "GM for '78: the intermediates are smaller". Popular Science. 211 (4): 92–95. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
^ Appel, Tom (25 October 2017). "Review Flashback! 1997 Cadillac Catera". The Daily Drive: Consumer Guide. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ "How are vehicle size classes defined?". fueleconomy.gov. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
^ "1978 49-state Fuel Economy Guide". fueleconomy.gov. 10 November 1978. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
^ Dunne, Jim (June 1977). "A Sneak Preview of the '78 cars". Popular Science. 210 (6): 78. Retrieved 27 January 2019. AMC plans to offer a more luxurious Matador model to compete in the full-size market
^ St. Antoine, Arthur (December 2012). "Comparison: 2012-2013 Midsize Sedan Comparison: Battle of the Best-Sellers". Motor Trend. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
^ "Code of Federal Regulations Sec. 600.315 - 82 Classes of comparable automobiles". U.S. Government Publishing Office. 1 July 1996. p. 733. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
^ "FAQ - How are vehicle size classes defined?". www.fueleconomy.gov. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
Vehicles listed by EPA class (1984-present)
T-bucket
(MPV)
(SUV)
Crossover (CUV)
Grand tourer
Voiturette
Brougham
Cabrio coach
Cab over
Cabriolet / Convertible
Coupé de Ville
Coupé utility
Drophead coupe (Convertible)
Landaulet
Multi-stop truck
Notchback
Quad coupé
Retractable hardtop
Saloon / Sedan
Sedan delivery/Panel van
Sedanca de Ville (Coupé de Ville)
Shooting-brake
Spider / Spyder (Roadster)
Targa top
Town (Coupé de Ville)
Specialized vehicles
Driverless (autonomous)
Gyrocar
Roadable aircraft
Tow truck
Electric (battery
NEV)
Ethanol (E85)
Gasoline / petrol (direct injection)
Homogeneous charge compression ignition
Hybrid (plug-in)
Liquid nitrogen
Two-wheel
Six-wheel
Eight-wheel
Ten-wheel
Twelve-wheel
Engine position
Layout (engine / drive)
Front / front
Front mid / front
Rear / front
Front / rear
Rear mid / rear
Rear / rear
Front / four-wheel
Mid / four-wheel
Rear / four-wheel
Engine configuration
(internal combustion)
Four-stroke
H-block
Single-cylinder
V (Vee)
W engine
Wankel
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Vehicles introduced in 1956
Car classifications
Car platform
A car platform is a shared set of common design and production efforts, as well as major components over a number of outwardly distinct models and types of cars from different, but somewhat related marques. It is practiced in the automotive industry to reduce the costs associated with the development of products by basing those products on a smaller number of platforms; this further allows companies to create distinct models from a design perspective on similar underpinnings. A basic definition of a platform in cars, from a technical point of view, includes: underbody and suspensions — where the underbody is made of front floor, engine compartment and frame. Key mechanical components that define an automobile platform include: The floorpan, which serves as a foundation for the chassis and other structural and mechanical components Front and rear axles and the distance between them - wheelbase Steering mechanism and type of power steering Type of front and rear suspensions Placement and choice of engine and other powertrain componentsPlatform sharing is a product development method where different products and the brand attached share the same components.
The purpose with platform sharing is to reduce the cost and have a more efficient product development process. The companies gain on reduced procurement cost by taking advantage of the commonality of the components. However, this limits their ability to differentiate the products and imposes a risk of losing the tangible uniqueness of the product; the companies have to make a trade-off between reducing their development costs and the degree of differentiation of the products. One of the first car companies to use this product development approach was General Motors for in 1908. General Motors used a single chassis for certain class of model across most of its brands like Chevrolet, Buick and Oldsmobile. Chrysler Corporation would use the same for Plymouth and DeSoto and Dodge cars. Ford followed the same principle for Mercury in US markets; the chassis unit was common with many shared mechanical components while the Exterior styling and Interior trims were designed according to its individual brand and category.
In recent years for Monocoque chassis, the Vehicle platform-sharing combined with advanced and flexible-manufacturing technology enable automakers to reduce product development and changeover times, while modular design and assembly allow building a greater variety of vehicles from one basic set of engineered components.. Shown below is the Nissan MS platform where vehicles ranging from 5-door hatchback, sedan to compact SUV and Minivan were built on common floor panel and many shared various functional assemblies such as engine and chassis components. Many vendors refer to this as vehicle architecture; the concept of product architecture is the scheme by which the function of a product is allocated to physical components. The use of a platform strategy provides several benefits: Greater flexibility between plants, Cost reduction achieved through using resources on a global scale, Increased utilization of plants, Reduction of the number of platforms as a result of their localization on a worldwide basis.
The car platform strategy has become important in new product development and in the innovation process. The finished products have to be responsive to market needs and to demonstrate distinctiveness while — at the same time — they must be developed and produced at low cost. Adopting such a strategy affects the development process and has an important impact on an automaker's organizational structure. A platform strategy offers advantages for the globalization process of automobile firms; because the majority of time and money by an automaker is spent on the development of platforms, platform sharing affords manufacturers the ability to cut costs on research and development by spreading the cost of the R&D over several product lines. Manufacturers are able to offer products at a lower cost to consumers. Additionally, economies of scale are increased. A "platform" was a shared chassis from a previously-engineered vehicle, as in the case for the Citroën 2CV platform chassis used by the Citroën Ami and Citroën Dyane, Volkswagen Beetle frame under the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia.
But these two manufacturers made vastly different category of vehicles under using the same chassis design at different years though the primary vehicle was still in production. In the USA platform sharing has been a common practice since the 1960s, when GM used the same platform in the development of the Pontiac LeMans, the Buick Skylark, the Chevrolet Chevelle, the Oldsmobile Cutlass. In the 1980s, Chrysler's K-cars all wore a badge with the letter "K" to indicate their shared platform. In stages, the "K" platform was extended in wheelbase, as well as use for several of the Corporation's different models. GM used similar strategies with its "J" platform. Subsequently GM introduced its "A" bodies for the same four divisions using the same tread width/wheelbase of the "X" body platform, but with larger body work to make the cars seem larger, with larger trunk compartments, they were popular through the 1980s, primarily. Cadillac started offering a "J" body model called the Cimarron, a much gussied up version of the other four brands' platform siblings.
A similar strategy applied to what is known as the N-J-L platform, arguably the most prolific of GM's efforts on one platform. Once more, GM's four lower level divis
Hot rods are old, classic or modern American cars with large engines modified for faster speed. The origin of the term "hot rod" is unclear. For example, some claim. Other origin stories include replacing the engine's camshaft or "rod" with a higher performance version. Hot rods were favorites for greasers The term has broadened to apply to other items that are modified for a particular purpose, such as "hot-rodded amplifier". There are various theories about the origin of the term "hot rod"; the common theme is that "hot" related to "hotting up" a car, which means modifying it for greater performance. One theory is that "rod" means roadster, a lightweight 2-door car, used as the basis for early hot rods. Another theory is that "rod" refers to camshaft, a part of the engine, upgraded in order to increase power output. In the early days, a car modified for increased performance was called a "gow job"; this term morphed into the hot rod in the early to middle 1950s. The term "hot rod" has had various uses in relation to performance cars.
For example, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment in its vehicle emissions regulations, refers to a hot rod as any motorized vehicle that has a replacement engine differing from the factory original. The predecessors to the hotrod were the modified cars used in the Prohibition era by bootleggers to evade revenue agents and other law enforcement. Hot rods first appeared in the late 1930s in southern California, where people raced modified cars on dry lake beds northeast of Los Angeles, under the rules of the Southern California Timing Association, among other groups; this gained popularity after World War II in California, because many returning soldiers had received technical training. The first hot rods were old cars, modified to reduce weight. Engine swaps involved fitting the Ford flathead V8 engine into a different car, for example the common practice in the 1940s of installing the "60 horse" version into a Jeep chassis. Typical modifications were removal of convertible tops, bumpers, and/or fenders.
Wheels and tires were changed for improved handling. Hot rods built before 1945 used'35 Ford wire-spoke wheels. After World War II, many small military airports throughout the country were either abandoned or used, allowing hot rodders across the country to race on marked courses. Drag racing had tracks as long as 1 mi or more, included up to four lanes of racing simultaneously; as some hot rodders raced on the street, a need arose for an organization to promote safety, to provide venues for safe racing. The National Hot Rod Association was founded in 1951, to take drag racing off the streets and into controlled environments. In the'50s and'60s, the Ford flathead. Many hot rods would upgrade the brakes from mechanical to hydraulic and headlights from bulb to sealed-beam. A typical mid-1950s to early 1960s custom Deuce was fenderless and steeply chopped, powered by a Ford or Mercury flathead, with an Edelbrock intake manifold and Collins magneto, Halibrand quick-change differential. Front suspension hairpins were adapted from sprint cars, such as the Kurtis Krafts.
As hot rodding became more popular and associations catering to hot rodders were started, such as the magazine Hot Rod, founded in 1948. As automobiles offered by the major automakers began increasing performance, the lure of hot rods began to wane. With the advent of the muscle car, it was now possible to purchase a high-performance car straight from the showroom; however the 1973 Oil Crisis caused car manufacturers to focus on fuel efficiency over performance, which led to a resurgence of interest in hot rodding. As the focus shifted away from racing, the modified cars became known as "street rods"; the National Street Rod Association began hosting events. By the 1970s, the 350 cu in small-block Chevy V8 was the most common choice of engine for hot rods. Another popular engine choice is the Ford Windsor engine. During the 1980s, many car manufacturers were reducing the displacements of their engines, thus making it harder for hot rod builders to obtain large displacement engines. Instead, engine builders had to modify the smaller engines to obtain larger displacement.
While current production V8s tended to be the most frequent candidates, this applied to others. In the mid-1980s, as stock engine sizes diminished, rodders discovered the 215 cu in aluminum-block Buick or Oldsmobile V8 could be modified for greater displacement, with wrecking yard parts; this trend was not limited to American cars. There is still a vibrant hot rod culture worldwide in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden; the hot rod community has now been subdivided into two main groups: hot rodders. There is a contemporary movement of traditional hot rod builders, car clubs and artists who have returned to the roots of hot rodding as a lifestyle; this includes a new breed of traditional hot rod builders and styles, as well as classic style car clubs. Events like GreaseOrama feature the greaser lifestyle. Magazines like Ol' Skool Rodz and Gals, Rat-Rods and Rust Queens cover events and people. Author Tom Wolfe was
In economics, cargo or freight refers to goods or produce being conveyed – for commercial gain – by water, air or land. Cargo was a shipload. Cargo now covers all types of freight, including that carried by train, truck, or intermodal container; the term cargo is used in case of goods in the cold-chain, because the perishable inventory is always in transit towards a final end-use when it is held in cold storage or other similar climate-controlled facility. Multi-modal container units, designed as reusable carriers to facilitate unit load handling of the goods contained, are referred to as cargo, specially by shipping lines and logistics operators. Aircraft ULD boxes are documented as cargo, with associated packing list of the items contained within; when empty containers are shipped each unit is documented as a cargo and when goods are stored within, the contents are termed as containerised cargo. Seaport terminals handle a wide range of maritime cargo. Automobiles are handled at many ports and are carried on specialized roll-on/roll-off ships.
Break bulk cargo is material stacked on pallets and lifted into and out of the hold of a vessel by cranes on the dock or aboard the ship itself. The volume of break bulk cargo has declined worldwide as containerization has grown. One way to secure break bulk and freight in intermodal containers is by using Dunnage Bags. Bulk cargo, such as salt, oil and scrap metal, is defined as commodities that are neither on pallets nor in containers. Bulk cargoes are not handled as individual pieces, the way heavy-lift and project cargoes are. Alumina, gypsum and wood chips, for instance, are bulk cargoes. Neo-bulk cargo comprises individual units that are counted as they are loaded and unloaded, in contrast to bulk cargo, not counted, but that are not containerized. Containers are the fastest growing cargo category at most ports worldwide. Containerized cargo includes everything from auto parts and manufacturing components to shoes and toys to frozen meat and seafood. Project cargo and the heavy lift cargo include items like manufacturing equipment, air conditioners, factory components, wind turbines, military equipment, any other oversized or overweight cargo, too big or too heavy to fit into a container.
Air cargo known as air freight, is collected by firms from shippers and delivered to customers. Aircraft were first used for carrying mail as cargo in 1911. Manufacturers started designing aircraft for other types of freight as well. There are many commercial aircraft suitable for carrying cargo such as the Boeing 747 and the bigger An‑124, purposely built for easy conversion into a cargo aircraft; such large aircraft employ quick-loading containers known as unit load devices, much like containerized cargo ships. The ULDs are located in the front section of the aircraft. Most nations own and utilize large numbers of military cargo aircraft such as the C‑17 Globemaster III for logistical needs. Popular commercial aircraft transformed to a cargo aircraft such as Saab 340A is designed for high revenue and profitability in short / medium haul operations. Trains are capable of transporting a large number of containers. Trains are used for the transportation of water, grain, steel and coal, they are used because they can carry a large amount and have a direct route to the destination.
Under the right circumstances, freight transport by rail is more economic and energy efficient than by road when carried in bulk or over long distances. The main disadvantage of rail freight is its lack of flexibility. For this reason, rail has lost much of the freight business to road transport. Rail freight is subject to transshipment costs, since it must be transferred from one mode of transportation to another. Practices such as containerization aim at minimizing these costs; when transporting point-to-point bulk loads such as cement or grain, with specialised bulk handling facilities at the rail sidings, rail mode of transport remains the most convenient and preferred option. Many governments are trying to encourage shippers to use trains more because of the environmental benefits. Many firms, like Parcelforce, R+L Carriers transport all types of cargo by road. Delivering everything from letters to houses to cargo containers, these firms offer fast, sometimes same-day, delivery. A good example of road cargo is food, as supermarkets require deliveries daily to replenish their shelves with goods.
Retailers and manufacturers of all kinds rely upon delivery trucks, be they full size semi trucks or smaller delivery vans. These smaller road haulage companies strive for the best routes and prices to ship out their products. Indeed, the level of commercial freight transported by smaller businesses is a good barometer of healthy economic development as it is these types of vehicles that move and transport anything, including couriers transporting parcel and mail. You can see the different weights of vehicles that are used to move cargo around. Freight is organized into various shipment categories before it is transported. An item's category is determined by: the type of item being carried. For example, a kettle could fit into the category'household goods'. How large the shipment is, in terms of both item size and quantity. How long the item for delivery will be in transit. Shipments are categorized as household goods, express and freight shipments: Household goods include furniture and similar items.
Small business or personal items like envelopes are considered overnight expres
AMC Matador
The AMC Matador is an automobile model line built and marketed by American Motors Corporation from 1971 to 1978. The Matador came in two generations: 1971 to 1973, a major redesign from 1974 to 1978; the second-generation four-door sedan and station wagon models were classified as full-size cars and did not share the distinctive styling of the Matador coupe, introduced in 1974. Factory-backed AMC Matador hardtops and coupes competed in NASCAR stock car racing with drivers that included Mark Donohue and Bobby Allison winning several races; the new Matador coupe was featured in The Man with the Golden Gun, a James Bond film released in 1974. Matadors were a popular vehicle for police, they were featured in many television shows and movies during the 1970s. The Matador became AMC's largest automobile following the discontinuation of its flagship, the AMC Ambassador, built on the same platform. Premium trim "Oleg Cassini" and "Barcelona" versions of the Matador coupe were positioned in the personal luxury car market segment.
Matadors were marketed under the Rambler marque in foreign markets, as well as assembled under license agreements with AMC that included Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos, as well as built in right-hand-drive versions by Australian Motor Industries. The Matador replaced the AMC Rebel, marketed since 1967. With a facelift and a new name, the AMC Matadors were available as a two-door hardtop as well as a four-door sedan and station wagon; the Matador was based on AMC's "senior" automobile platform shared with the full-size Ambassador line. The sedan and wagon models "offered excellent value and were popular", including as a prowl car. Matadors were offered to fleet buyers with various police and other heavy-duty packages. Government agencies, military units, police departments in the U. S. equipped Matador wagons with 360 cu in or 401 cu in V8 engines. The Matador received a redesign in 1974, in part to meet new safety and crash requirements, as well as a different model "to contend with the bull market for plush mid-size coupes that sprang up after the end of the muscle car era".
American Motors advertising assured that the new Matador was not just a name change and facelift, but in reality it was the 1970 Rebel restyled with a longer front clip. The 1971 model year Matadors acquired a more substantial front end look for all three body designs: two-door hardtop, four-door sedan, station wagon; the AMC Matador shared its basic body design from the firewall back with the Ambassador, built on the same platform, but had a longer wheelbase and front-end sheetmetal, a formal grille and luxurious trim, as well as more standard equipment that included air conditioning. Externally the 1971 model retained the same trunk lid chrome strip and rear-corner chrome garnishes as the 1970 Rebel; the rear bumper was the same as the 1970 Rebel but with a new tail light lens assembly of three-in-line square lenses with rounded corners. Interior wise, it shared the same dash, instrument cluster, steering wheel, arm rests as the 1970 Rebel. Reused was the 1967–1970 Rebel "Weather Eye" fan-heat control unit.
The 1971 model came with a split-bench front seat with individual fold-down center arm rests for passenger and driver seats. While "Matador" may have been a move away from connotations of the Confederacy inspired by the rise of the civil rights movement, it did not help solve the obscurity problem, as AMC adopted a "what's a Matador" advertising campaign; this self-disparaging marketing campaign "turned the styling of anonymity into an asset." Consumer-research polls conducted by AMC found it meant excitement to consumers. However, American Motors ran into problems in Puerto Rico, where "matador" has connotations of "killer" on the island where bullfighting was abolished when the U. S. took its control. The Matador station wagons had available rear-facing third-row bench seats, increasing total seating from six to eight passengers. In addition, all wagons included roof racks and two-way tailgates that opened when the rear windows were down either from the top to serve as an extended flat surface, with the load floor, or to swing open like a regular door hinged on the left side.
The Matador came with a number of V8 engines. Transmissions for the Matador included the Borg-Warner sourced "Shift-Command" three-speed automatic, a column-shifted three-speed manual and a floor-shifted four-speed manual. Continuing in the muscle car market segment, the "Machine" was moved from being a distinct 1970 AMC Rebel model to the new Matador only as a performance package option for two-door hardtops. However, the options could be ordered individually making it possible to equip the equivalent of a "Go Package" on a four-door Matador sedan or station wagon; the 1971 "Go Package" Matador two-door lacked the optional bold red and blue striping of its AMC Rebel-based predecessor, had no special identification or badging. Less known than the 1970 original, around 50 Matador Machines were produced for 1971; the package featured 15 × 7-inch slot-styled steel wheels with white-lettered "polyglass" belted tires, dual exhaust system, a heavy-duty handling package, power disk brakes, a choice of either a 360 cu in or the 401 cu in V8 engine with either a four-speed manual or a three-speed automatic transmission.
In 1972 the innovative AMC Buyer Protection Plan was introduced. This was 12,000 miles bumper-to-bumper warranty. American Motors started with an emphasis on quality and durability by focusing on its component sourcing, improving production that included reducing the nu
The Opel Omega is an executive car engineered and manufactured by the German automaker Opel between 1986 and 2003. The first generation, the Omega A, superseded the Opel Rekord, was voted European Car of the Year for 1987, was available as a saloon or estate; the second generation, the Omega B, was manufactured from 1993 to 2003. Rebadged variants of the Omega were marketed worldwide, including in North America as the Cadillac Catera, in Great Britain as the Vauxhall Omega and South America as the Chevrolet Omega. Reengineered versions were manufactured in Australia since 1988 as the Holden Commodore since 1999, which were in turn exported to South America as the Chevrolet Omega and the Middle East as the Chevrolet Lumina. Production of the Omega was discontinued in 2003, with no direct replacement, apart from the Australian reengineered versions that carried on until 2006 as a sedan and 2007 in other guises. After vacating the executive car segment, Opel tried to fill the market void with "expensive" versions of the existing Vectra and Signum ranges.
In the United Kingdom, Vauxhall reentered the market segment in 2007 with the VXR8. The original Omega went into production in September 1986, as a replacement for the final version of the Opel Rekord, in production since 1978. Sales began in November; the body was designed as an evolution of the previous Opel design theme engineered more towards aerodynamics in view of higher fuel prices and the general drive towards more fuel efficiency. The result was a remarkable drag coefficient of 0.28. The whole development program cost two billion Deutschmarks; the UK market version of the final generation of Rekord had been marketed as the Vauxhall Carlton, this nameplate was retained for the new car. Late in 1986, it was voted European Car of the Year for 1987, ahead of the highly-acclaimed new versions of the Audi 80 and BMW 7 Series. Compared to the Rekord, the Omega featured many modern technological advances, which were new to Opel in general, if not to the volume segment European automotive market.
These included electronic engine management, ABS, on board computer, air conditioned glove compartment and the fashionable LCD instrument cluster. More the Omega came with a self diagnose system, whose output could be read by appropriately equipped authorised service stations. All the Omega models used a longitudinally-mounted engine with a rear-wheel drive setup, with a five speed manual transmission or four speed automatic transmission; the engine range consisted of 1.8 L, 2.0 L and 2.4 L four cylinder units to 2.6 L, 3.0 L, 3.0 L-24v six cylinder units. The 1.8 L and 2.0 L four cylinder petrol engines were all based on the Family II design, whilst the six cylinder units and the 2.4 L four cylinder were based on the older Opel CIH family. In Brazil, the car was sold as the Chevrolet Omega and powered by 2.0 L I4 or 3.0 L I6 Opel engines until 1994. Since the discontinuation of the Omega A in Germany, General Motors do Brasil needed new engines to continue production and the 2.0 L I4 was replaced by 2.2 L I4 engine, the 3.0 L I6 was replaced by 4.1 L Chevrolet Straight-6 engine C41GE, tuned by Lotus and equipped with multi port fuel injection.
The Chevrolet Omega was produced until 1998. The four basic trim levels were LS, GL, GLS and CD; the base LS was intended for the fleet market, with the sedan unavailable to individual customers in some markets. The LS Caravan was available as a panel van with rear side windows covered, with body coloured foil rather than replaced by solid panels. For the year of 1991, the Omega A was afforded a facelift, which encompassed slight alterations to front and rear fascias, as well as interior materials and additional sound dampening; the until base 1.8 L engine was dropped. The LS and GLS trim levels were dropped, while the CD was joined by Club and CD Diamant; this options package was introduced in 1988, could be added onto the GLS, LS and CD trim version. It included alloy wheels, metallic paint, tinted windows, stereo with cassette player, various leather trim in the interior, as well as a painted grille and door mirrors, it sold well and the package was kept after the facelift and a similar system with the same name was used for the Omega B.
The Omega 3000 was the sports version of the Omega A model range. It featured twelve valve engine, which produced 177 bhp. Other modifications from the base model included a lowered suspension and limited slip differential, as well as different fascias and a rear spoiler; the car had a top speed of 220 km/h, accelerated from 0–100 km/h in 8.8 seconds. In 1989, the Omega 3000 was upgraded; the engine now had 24 valves, two overhead camshafts, a variable intake manifold. It used a more advanced engine control unit. Power increased to 204 bhp, which increased top speed to 240 km/h, 0–100 km/h time dropped to 7.6 seconds. In countries where the car was sold as a Vauxhall, the Omega 3000 was called the Carlton GSi 3000; this was limited series model produced together with Irmscher. It was built so Opel could compete in the DTM; the car had a three litre straight-6 producing 230 bhp. The car accelerated from 0–100 km/h in 7.5 seconds and had a top speed of 249 km/h
Personal luxury car
Personal luxury car is a car classification for American luxury coupés and convertibles produced from 1952–2007. The cars prioritised styling and a high level of interior features. Prior to the late 1970s, personal luxury cars were large, rear-wheel drive vehicles powered by large V8 engines; as a result of the downsizing trend in the American automotive industry since the late 1970s, many personal luxury cars have been produced as mid-size cars with six-cylinder engines and front-wheel drive. The popularity of the personal luxury car was increased by the sales success of the 1958 Ford Thunderbird, due to being lengthened from a two-seat car to a four-seat car; the Thunderbird was sold for eleven generations up until the 2005 model year. The longest running model of personal luxury car was the Cadillac Eldorado, produced for 50 years, beginning with the 1953 model year. By the 21st century, the personal luxury market had disappeared as consumers migrated to other market segments; the body style was a two-door coupé or convertible, with either no rear seat or a small rear seat not intended for regular use by adults.
Personal luxury cars were designed for the comfort and convenience, so they were highly equipped with interior features that were either optional or not available on other models. Although they used large engines, overall performance was blunted by the mass of the car; the cars were mass-produced and shared major mechinical components with other models from the manufacturer, in order to reduce production costs. The styling of 1950s personal luxury cars has been described as a "baroque excess". Amongst the first personal luxury cars were the Cadillac Eldorado, Buick Roadmaster Skylark, Oldsmobile 98 Fiesta and Packard Caribbean. All four models were powered by V8 engines; the Eldorado was based on the Cadillac Series 62 and cost US$7,750 twice the price of a base model Series 62. It represented 0.5% of Cadillac's total sales in 1953. The Buick Roadmaster Skylark was priced at over US$5,000, an increase of 50% compared to the standard Buick Roadmaster convertible. There were 1,690 Skylarks sold over its two years of production.
The Oldsmobile 98 Fiesta was released in the final year of production for the third-generation Oldmobile 98. Priced at US$5,715, there were 458 Fiesta; the Packard Caribbean's production total for 1953 was 750 cars. The Ford Thunderbird, released in 1955, was marketed as a "personal car" and is credited with playing a key role in the creation of the personal luxury car segment; the first-generation Thunderbird was a two-seat car with a V8 engine, suspension, designed for comfort instead of handling and available in convertible and roadster body styles. The 1955 Imperial Newport was a two-door hardtop built on a platform shared with the less expensive Chrysler New Yorker and Chrysler Windsor; the Continental Mark II was released by Ford for the 1956 model year. It was produced in the two-door hardtop body style and standard equipment included power steering, power brakes, power windows, power seats, power vent windows, leather interior and a tachometer; the only option was air conditioning for $595.
With a price of US$10,000, the cost was equivalent to a Rolls-Royce and 3,012 Mark IIs were sold from 1955 to 1957. The 1958 Ford Thunderbird added a rear seat, in response to Ford's market research that the two-seat layout of the first generation was limiting sales; the convertible body style remained, however the roadster body style was replaced by a two-door hardtop. Sales totalled 200,000 over three years and the Thunderbird received the 1958 Motor Trend Car of the Year award; the first model to appear as a result of the marketplace success of the Thunderbird was the 1962 Studebaker Avanti. The Avanti featured an optional supercharged engine and front disc brakes, it was marketed as "America's only 4 passenger high-performance personal car". The company built 4,647 Avantis before production ended in 1963; the first mainstream personal luxury car from General Motors was the 1963 Buick Riviera, which began life as the Cadillac LaSalle XP-715 concept car. However, General Motors management was not interested in the XP-715 concept for Cadillac and offered it up to a competition between interested divisions.
Buick won based on its marketing presentation. Total sales for the 1963–1965 model years was 112,244. AMC's first personal luxury car was the intermediate-sized 1965 Rambler Marlin; the Marlin was described as "unusual, distinctive and in a class by itself". The 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado became the first front-wheel drive personal luxury car; the Toronado provided the platform for the Cadillac Eldorado to switch to front-wheel drive the following year. Up until 1967, personal luxury cars were grouped together with muscle cars and pony cars as the "specialty cars" classification. Rather than marketing to broad income classes as with their standard models, each of these car classes was targeted by the automakers to smaller and more specific market niches while offering long lists of options to satisfy consumer demands for individuality. For 1967, the Rambler Marlin moved from a mid-size to a full size platform as a "larger 3+3 family coupe designed to appeal to the market's trend toward bigger cars with more appointments."
For 1967, the Ford Thunderbird was released, moving further upmarket and with a four-door pillarless hardtop body style being added. The Continental Mark III two-door coupe was introduced for the 1969 model year as the flagship
Toyota Camry [videos]
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2018 Toyota Camry Ascent sedan (ASV70R, Australia)
Celica Camry XT Super Edition (Japan)
Compact car [videos]
Compact car is a vehicle size class— predominantly used in North America— that sits between subcompact cars and mid-size cars. The present-day definition is equivalent to the European C-segment or the British term "small family car". However, prior to the downsizing of the United States car …
Chevrolet Cruze (2016-present model shown)
Ford Pinto (1970-1980)
1952 Nash Rambler 2-door station wagon
1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza 900 convertible
Full-size car [videos]
Full-size car— also known as large car is a vehicle size class which originated in the United States and is used for cars larger than mid-size cars. It is the largest size class for cars. The equivalent European categories are E-segment and executive car. — After World War II, the majority of …
2014-present Chevrolet Impala
1965-1968 Ford Galaxie LTD
1959 Plymouth Fury
1965-1968 Chrysler New Yorker
D-segment [videos]
The D-segment is the third largest of the European segments for passenger cars, and is described as "large cars". It is equivalent to the Euro NCAP "large family car" size class, and the present-day definition of the mid-size car category used in North America. Compact executive cars are part of …
Ford Mondeo Mk V (2014-present)
VW Passat B1 (1973-1981)
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Station wagon [videos]
A station wagon is a car body style which has a "two-box design": one for the engine, and the other a passenger area that includes a large cargo area and rear tailgate hinged to open from the back for access to the cargo area. The body style is similar …
2014 Renault Clio Estate
2009 Ford Mondeo
Station wagon Renault/Dacia Logan MCV 1.5 DCI with dual side-hinged tailgate
Hatchback [videos]
A hatchback is a car with a hatch-type rear door that opens upwards and often a shared volume for the passenger and cargo areas. — When the body style of a car is described as a hatchback, typically it is referring to a utilitarian small car; however hatchback doors are also used on several sports …
1986 Toyota Celica with liftback
1938 Citroën Traction Avant 1952 shape is shown
Convertible [videos]
A convertible or cabriolet is a passenger car that can be driven with or without a roof in place. The methods of retracting and storing the roof vary between models. — A convertible allows an open-air driving experience, with the ability to provide a roof when required. Potential drawbacks of …
1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
1967 Alvis TF 21 drophead coupé
1897 Daimler Grafton Phaeton
1929 Ford Model A cabriolet
Rambler Six and V8 [videos]
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1960 Rambler Six sedan
1959 Rambler Country Club hardtop with optional continental tire
1956 Nash Rambler sedan with right-hand drive in New Zealand
Ford Taurus [videos]
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1991 Ford Taurus GL sedan
1986-1991 Ford Taurus wagon
1990 Ford Taurus GL
1994–1995 Ford Taurus sedan
Rambler Classic [videos]
The Rambler Classic is an intermediate sized automobile that was built and sold by American Motors Corporation from the 1961 to 1966 model years. The Classic took the place of the Rambler Six and Rambler Rebel V-8 names, which were retired at the end of the 1960 model year. — Introduced at …
1965 Rambler Classic 770 convertible
1961 Rambler Classic 4-door sedan
1961 Rambler Classic sedan
1963 Rambler Classic 660 wagon
Car platform [videos]
A car platform is a shared set of common design, engineering, and production efforts, as well as major components over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of cars, often from different, but somewhat related marques. It is practiced in the automotive industry to reduce the costs …
Nissan Pulsar (N16) 5-Door Hatchback
Nissan Bluebird Sylphy G10 Sedan
Nissan Primera P12 Station Wagon
Nissan Wingroad/Nissan AD Van Y1 Station Wagon
Ford LTD II [videos]
The Ford LTD II is an automobile that was marketed and produced by Ford Motor Company between 1977 and 1979 in the United States and Canada. Deriving its name from the full-size Ford LTD model line, the intermediate LTD II consolidated the Ford Torino and Gran Torino model lines, with the Ford …
Ford LTD II S four-door sedan
Image: Ford Gran Torino Brougham 1974 (4921790873)
Image: Ford LTD II sedan
Image: 1977 Ford LTD II
Plymouth Fury [videos]
The Plymouth Fury is a model of automobile which was produced by Plymouth from 1955 to 1989. It was introduced for the 1956 model year as a sub-series of the Plymouth Belvedere, becoming a separate series one level above the contemporary Belvedere for 1959. The Fury was a full-size car from 1959 to …
1959 Plymouth Sport Fury 2-door Hardtop
Stunt car used in the movie Christine
1959 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible
Popular Science [videos]
Popular Science is an American quarterly magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the American Society of Magazine Editors awards for its …
Magazine Cover (February, 2014)
Image: Popsci 7
Image: Popular Science May 1949
AMC Matador [videos]
The AMC Matador is an automobile model line built and marketed by American Motors Corporation from 1971 to 1978. The Matador came in two generations: 1971 to 1973, and a major redesign from 1974 to 1978. The second-generation four-door sedan and station wagon models were classified as …
1976 AMC Matador coupe
1972 AMC Matador two-door hardtop
1975 Matador base model sedan
1978 AMC Matador sedan
Chevrolet Malibu [videos]
The Chevrolet Malibu is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet from 1964 to 1983 and since 1997. The Malibu began as a trim-level of the Chevrolet Chevelle, becoming its own model line in 1978. Originally a rear-wheel-drive intermediate, GM revived the Malibu nameplate as a …
1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS convertible
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe
1970 Chevelle Malibu 2-door sport coupe
1977 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Classic Landau Coupe
Ford Torino [videos]
The Ford Torino is an automobile that was produced by Ford for the North American market between 1968 and 1976. It was a competitor in the intermediate market segment. The car was named after the city of Turin, considered "the Italian Detroit". The Torino was initially an …
1970 Ford Torino Cobra SportsRoof
1968 Ford Torino Squire Wagon
1968 Ford Torino 2-Door Hardtop
1968 Ford Torino Pace Car Convertible
Dodge Coronet [videos]
The Coronet is an automobile that was marketed by Dodge as a full-size car in the 1950s, initially the division's highest trim line but, starting in 1955, the lowest trim line. From the 1965 to 1975 model years the name was on intermediate-sized models. A coronet is a small crown consisting of …
1968 Dodge Coronet 500 hardtop
1949 Dodge Coronet station wagon
1956 Dodge Coronet Lancer hardtop coupe
Opel Omega [videos]
The Opel Omega is an executive car engineered and manufactured by the German automaker Opel between 1986 and 2003. The first generation, the Omega A, superseded the Opel Rekord, was voted European Car of the Year for 1987, and was available as a saloon or estate. The second generation …
Opel Omega B2 sedan
Lotus Omega
Image: Opel Omega A1 CD sedan, Berlin
Image: Opel Omega rear 20071017
Executive car [videos]
Executive car is a British term for a large car which is equivalent to the European E-segment classification. Executive cars are larger than compact executive cars, and smaller than luxury saloons / full-size sedans. — The term has also been adopted by …
1977 Rover 3500
2012 Roewe 750
United States Environmental Protection Agency [videos]
The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970 and it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. The …
Same smokestacks in 1975 after the plant was closed in a push for greater environmental protection
Ruckelshaus sworn in as first EPA Administrator.
A bulldozer piles boulders in an attempt to prevent lake shore erosion, 1973 (photograph by Paul Sequeira, photojournalist and contributing photographer to the Environmental Protection Agency's DOCUMERICA project in the early 1970s)
OSV Bold docked at Port Canaveral, Florida
Plymouth Reliant [videos]
The Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Aries were introduced for model year 1981 as the first "K-cars" manufactured and marketed by the Chrysler Corporation. The Reliant was available as a 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan, or as a 4-door station wagon, in three different trim lines: base, Custom and SE …
1981 Dodge Aries coupe
1986–1988 Dodge Aries wagon
1982–1984 Dodge Aries coupe
Cargo [videos]
In economics, cargo or freight refers to goods or produce being conveyed – generally for commercial gain – by water, air or land. Cargo was originally a shipload. Cargo now covers all types of freight, including that carried by train, van, truck, or intermodal container. The term cargo is also used …
Very small freight transporter - a cargo tricycle
Animals used to transport goods - Mules carrying slate roof tiles in India in 1993
Container ship at the Port of Helsinki in Finland
Cargolux Boeing 747-400F with the nose loading door open
Car classification [videos]
Governments and private organizations have developed car classification schemes that are used for various purposes including regulation, description and categorization, among others. This article details commonly used classification schemes in use worldwide. — Classification methods — Vehicles …
2018 Aixam Crossline
2014-present Citroën C1
2012-2019 Renault Clio
A-segment [videos]
The A-segment is a category in the passenger car classification system defined by the European Commission. It is used for city cars, the smallest category of passenger cars defined. In Europe the term city car is also used.The popularity of the segment increased in the late 1950s, due to the …
2011-present Volkswagen Up!
Image: " 15 ITALY Fiat 500 restyling in Sempione Park (Sforzesco Castle) in Milan world premier 2015 Hatchbacks purple lounge and white sport 05
Image: 2012 Fiat Panda III 1.2
Kei car [videos]
Kei car is the Japanese vehicle category for the smallest highway-legal passenger cars. Similar Japanese categories existing for microvans, and Kei trucks. — The kei car category was created by the Japanese government in 1949, and the …
Smart K
Image: Subaru 360 1
Image: Mazda r 360 coupe 01
Subcompact car [videos]
Subcompact car is the American classification for small cars which is broadly equivalent to the B-segment or supermini classifications. — According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency car size class definition, the subcompact category sits between minicompact …
1971 AMC Gremlin X
1972 Ford Pinto Runabout
1973 Chevrolet Vega GT Hatchback
Supermini [videos]
Supermini is a British car classification or vehicle size class for a small car, usually in a hatchback body style. It an equivalent of the European B-segment or American subcompact categories.The term is also used by Euro NCAP for a size class including B-segment and the smaller A-segment cars. — In …
2009-2017 Ford Fiesta (2009-2017 model shown)
Vauxhall Chevette (1975-1984)
1983-1990 Peugeot 205
1990-1998 Renault Clio I
Custom car [videos]
A custom car is a passenger vehicle that has been either substantially altered to improve its performance, often by altering or replacing the engine and transmission; made into a personal "styling" statement, using paint work and aftermarket accessories to make the car look unlike any car as …
Arguably the most famous custom car in the classic style, the Hirohata Merc
The iconic "T-bucket" custom, with characteristic exposed engine, flat windshield, headers, and open pipes. Soft top (shown) is optional. Also features chrome five-spoke wheels, dropped tube axle, transverse front leaf spring, front disc brakes, open-face aircleaner, Weiand valve covers, and single 4-barrel (probably a QJ).
"Rat rodded" Model A with Edelbrock head and chrome carb hats on late-model flatty
'55-7 Chevy with fuzzy dice
Hot rod [videos]
Hot rods are typically old, classic or modern American cars with large engines modified for faster speed. The origin of the term "hot rod" is unclear. For example, some claim that the term "hot" refers to the vehicle being stolen. Other origin stories include replacing the engine's camshaft or …
A 1923 Ford T-bucket in the traditional style with lake headers, dog dish hubcaps, dropped "I" beam axle, narrow rubber, and single 4-barrel, but non-traditional disc brakes
T-bucket with early hemi, but aluminum radiator (rather than brass), rectangular headlights, and five-spokes (rather than motorcycle wheels) mark this as a later incarnation
1932 3-window with a classic-style flame job and Moon tank, reminiscent of Chapouris' California Kid
Ford Popular
Luxury vehicle [videos]
A luxury vehicle is intended to provide passengers with increased comfort, a higher level of equipment and increased perception of quality than regular cars for an increased price. The term is …
Rolls-Royce Phantom IV (1950-1956)
A Duesenberg, "one of the great luxury cars" with custom body by Willoughby
Italian Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A S LeBaron Boattail Roadster, a 1930s luxury car
Jeep Wagoneer (1986-1991 model shown)
Compact executive car [videos]
A compact executive car is a premium car larger than a premium compact and smaller than an executive car. Compact executive car is a UK term and a part of the D-segment in the European car classification. — They may have performance and comfort features, and thus are often viewed as status symbols …
Cadillac Cimarron (1982-1988)
1973 Triumph Dolomite Sprint
1987 Mercedes-Benz 190E
Personal luxury car [videos]
Personal luxury car is a car classification for American luxury coupés and convertibles produced from 1952–2007. The cars prioritised comfort, styling and a high level of interior features.Prior to the late 1970s, personal luxury cars were usually large, rear-wheel drive vehicles powered by large …
1989–1993 Buick Riviera
1954 Packard Caribbean convertible

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There is new camera or lens from Sony at CES. Nikon released to cameras the Nikon d5 and the Nikon d500. Both are action cameras with sophisticated af and high iso of 3,2 and 1,6 Million respectively. Both with 20 Mpix Sony sensors I guess.
Sony will buy Toshiba ?
Seems Sony will buy Toshiba's sensor division for 165 M USD. Sony had 40% market share in sensor business in 2014, while Toshiba around 2%. Sony's biggest rivals are Omnivision and Samsung, both with around 15% market share.
42 Megapixel Full frame sensor, fixed Zeiss sonnar 35mm f/2 lens.
Sony announced a new Sony A7 R II for 3200 USD. The camera has a 42 megapixel Full frame BSI CMOS (Back illuminated) sensor. High resolution, high dynamic range, in camera stabilizer. The camera has 399 autofocus points.
The lens is designed for Sony E mount. The lens feautures 10 lens elements in 8 groups. There are plenty of exotic glass here aspherical and Ed glasses as well. The minimal focus distance is 0.2m (7.87 inch).
The lens has 11 elements in 8 groups. The lens has an optical image stabilizer as well.
New versions of the Zeiss lenses for Sony. The lenses can be used on A-mount and SLT system cameras. The lens has new sealing against dust and moisture. The lens has two aspherical and two Ed elements for the better optical performance. The lens has 9 aperture blades. The filter size is 77mm and the lens has an SSM drive for better autofocus performance. The closest focusing distance is 34cm (1.12′).
This lens is also for Sony A-mount and SLT cameras. The lens has one super ED, one Ed and three aspherical lens element for better, higher quality imaginery. The closest focusing distance is 28cm (0.92 '). The ultra wide angle lens has much quicker focus, which is also an SSM drive as the predecessor according to the manufacturer. The lens weigth is 872g (1.92 pounds). The maximal magnification is 0.24x.
Sony A7 II, Sony A7 S, Sony A7 R, Sony A7, Sony A6000.
The new firmware support the new lenses below. The version numbers are ver. 1.2 ver 1.02.
Sony announced 4 new Full frame lenses. Sony was often criticized not manufacturing lenses, while other manufacturers makes good profit on lenses for Sony cameras. Seems they want to change this. These lenses seems quite nice from outside, one of them manufactured by Zeiss.
The Sony 28mm f/2 is a bright wide angle lens from Sony. The lens feautures ED, Asperical and AA (advanced asperical) elements as well for better imaginery. If the lens has a very good performance this lens is very interesting. For Canon or Nikon these type of lenses costs huge sums. The lens has a 49mm filter diameter. The price of the lens is 448 USD.
This lens is made by Zeiss, or at least Zeiss is written on the lens barrel. The 35mm is very useful especially on Full frame cameras, where it is a moderate wide angle. With the f/1.4 bright aperture it can be a very useful multi-purpose lens. The lens costs 1700 USD.
Sony company was founded in 1946. Sony is a giant company that makes Bravia TV-s, mobile phones, electronic games, playstations, laptops, chemicals and other products. I remember in the 80's the most cool thing was a Sony TV. It was like something as I consider a part of the top of the life experience. Later I bought one, not LCD, 50 hertz. The quality was very good, nothing needed to adjust just see it. Still working today, in excellent condition.
This article mostly concentrates on the newest Sony cameras, I also add some other Sony product news as well at the bottom of the page. Sony bought Konica Minolta in 2006. Older Minolta lenses are also can be used on the Sony camera system, such as the interesting 50mm f/1.7 or the fantastic Minolta 200mm f/2.8. Sony also collaborated with Carl Zeiss with some of it's lenses. Sony produces cameras in a very fast speed compare to other suppliers. Sony focus on innovation very much, and wants to give new solutions. Sony supply sensors for Pentax cameras as well, earlier for Nikon as well. Some Phase one camera also have Sony sensor. According to me the most interested products are the former Nex line and the Full format mirrorless cameras. The excellent Full format sensor gives very good image quality. In picture processing engine department I think Canon and Nikon has a little advantage over Sony.
Seems the new Sony a 7 II will be available 10th of December 2014.
Seems the mobile division struggle from fierce competition, as well for camera division also hard to grow in volume. The three leading areas though they expect to have bigger income for the following years.
Full frame, 5 Axis in-body image stabilizer.
Together with the Sony a7 II Sony announced the new Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II lens.
New Full frame mirrorless camera can come in 2015. There is no detail yet, if it will be a small 12 Megapixel camera with excellent low light feautures or 24 or 36 Megapixel camera with High Dynamic range for landscapes.
The very popular GoPro Hero camera newest incarnation will come soon. The GoPro Hero 4. If you want to make cool videos from the motorbike or ski this is what you need.
A new Full frame ultrawide Sony lens is coming, made by Zeiss. The price is 1349 dollar. The lens has ED and other special lens elements. The filter thread is 72mm. The lens has the Sony "E" mount. The lens has optical steady shot image stabilization.
The new professional Sony PXW-X200 XDCAM CAMCORDER has a 17x (29.3-498.7mm equivalent) zooms lens, three 1/2″ Sony Exmor CMOS sensors, HD 1920*1080 at maximum 60fps frame rate. The camcorder has dual Sxs memory card slots, and 10 bits XAVC Intra/Long and MPEG HD422, HD420, IMX, & DV Codecs codecs. The camcorder has Wifi remote control via the included module. The camcorder has 3G-SDI output, Genlock in, Timecode in-out functions. The expected availability is end of October 2014. No price information yet.
News Sony lens announced with Full frame coverage. The beginning price of the lens is 2499 dollar for pre-order. The lens has 9 circular aperture blades. The lens designed to fulfill 4k video requirements.
Seems two new Sony zoom lens is coming, the Sony 16-35mm F/4 ZA OSS made by Zeiss and the Sony 28-135mm F/4 G OSS lenses. The price of the new lenses are 1350 and 2000 EUR respectively. The both lens coming with a stabilizer, the second has a powerzoom option as well. Both lens comes for Sony E mount, with Full frame coverage. The camcorder has a Wifi remote control.
A new lens shaped compact camera coming from Sony. A lens shaped camera. If you want something fancy for your smartphone, here it is. The camera price will be 348 dollar. The camera has a focal length range of 24-750mm and features 1/2.3″ sized 20 megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor. The has Wifi and NFC connectivity, can record HD videos at 30/60 fps frame rate. The Camera clips for smartphone and shoots uncoupled. The camera has a Steady shot image optical image stabilizer. The camera can be controlled and adjusted from the smartphone. The camera has IOS and Android compatibility and uses Playmemories mobile app to use the smartphone for operation and composing the pictures.
If you want lenses, now you can buy much cheaper.
Zeiss lenses announced: Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* (899 USD) and Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* (1299 USD). The metal lens hood for these lenses must separately purchased for 84 dollars.
The new camcorder is coming from Sony.
A new Samyang cine lens is coming. In the US under the name Rokinon. In cine lenses the use T-numbers(transmission value) which is more precise, instead of f-stops. The price of the new lens is 549 dollar. The lens is available in multiple mounts: Canon, Nikon, Sony A and E, and Micro 4/3 mounts.
The lens is Full frame compatible. The lens design includes one Aspherical and one Hybrid aspherical lens elements. This is a manual focus and manual focus aperture lens as usual up to now from Samyang. The aperture can be adjusted between T1.5 and T22. The minimal focus distance is 1.5′. The lens has UMC multi-coating and de-clicked aperture control ring. The lens has a filter size of 77mm, and features 8 disphragm blades. The lens design included 9 elements in 6 groups. The lens weigts 575g (20.3 oz).
Seems a new Sony a5100 is coming for 700 USD with lens, 550 dollar in body only option, with the 24 Megapix sensor. The ISO range of the new camera is 100-25,600 insteaf of 100-16,000 of the older unit. This is the series formerly called Nex cameras. The 1080p HD videos can be recorded with frame rates of 60,30,24 fps. The camera has a pop up flash with a guide number of 4.
Compare to the older Sony a5000 camera, the newer camera has 24 Megapixel resolution instead of 20 Megapixel of the older unit, 921k higher res LCD compare to the older 460k dots LCD, and got the 179 point hybrid Autofocus system of the Sony a6000 camera. The 180 degree tiltable LCD is now a touchsreen. The new camera capable of the XAVC S video format as well.
A new 4K ultra HD camcorder from Sony. It is available for 1998 Dollar at BH. A new Sony camcorder has a 1″ Sony Exmor sensor, with 12x optical zoom, and 24xclear image digital zoom. The camcorder has a Zeiss Vario Sonnar lens. The camcorder has Wifi NFC connectivity, records XAVC S, AVCHD, and MP4 format.
The excellent Sigma 18-35mm lens is available for Sony. See my review on below link.
The new Tamron is simply excellent and much more affordable than the other options, see in more detail in the review. Now I checked the Canon version but sooner or later comes to Sony as well. The Canon version I checked is simply excellent, perhaps better than the Canon 100-400 L which is not a bad lens either. On top of that is much cheaper, unfortunately not so much in Europe.
A new Tamron superzoom coming for Sony. First for Canon. The lens is compact and has lots of exotic glass elements Vibration control, PZD drive, and Full time manual focus. The price is 849 dollar, the minimum focus distance is 0.49m. The filter size is 67mm.
Today's image sensors are flat. Sony now produce curved sensors, which they claimed better, because more adapting to lenses. They make a Full frame and smaller sized variant as well.
New Sony Bravia 4K TV's will have an accessibility to 500pix photo community to see the high quality photos on Bravia TV's in 4K format.
Newest Sony cameras the "α5000″ and Sony RX10 Sony α7 and Sony α7R" will be able to convert high resolution photo data into 4K (3840×2160) format on the camera and display it on a 4K TV via HDMI cable.
The photo data can also be transferred wirelessly to Wi-Fi compatible TV models.
Tamron 16-300 is now available in Sony A on B&H Photovideo for 629 USD.
Tamron 16-300 is now available in Sony E Mount on B&H Photovideo for 739 USD.
Sony has announced the new Sony RX-100 III camera. The new camera has a "1" (13.2×8.8mm) sensor.
Sony has announced the new Sony a77 II translucent mirror camera. The new camera has a 79 points AF system with a 24 Megapixel gapless CMOS sensor.
Sony lens lineup is surprisingly quickly broadened. Older Minolta lenses are also works flawlessly on newer cameras as well. If you want to find out which are the best Minolta lenses the below article can help.
The Sony alpha 7s Full frame cameras was just recently announced. It will be a 12 megapixel camera equipped with 4K video with an ISO sensitivity of 409,600. A very interesting camera. The camera is really small, only 489 gramm.
Sony made some interesting Full frame sensored mirrorless cameras. The Sony A7R has one of the best sensor available today.
The Sony A6000 is a successor of the Sony Nex6 camera. Sony gets rid of the Nex name, and calls this cameras Alpha instead. The new camera has Hybrid af system with 179 phase detection, and 25 contrast-detect focusing points. In most parameters the Nikon A6000 is better than the Sony Nex6, expect viewfinder quality, which is better on the older camera.
Carl Zeiss, Sigma, Tamron and Samyang also produces lenses for Sony mount.
-Tamron 180mm f/3.5 Macro for Sony a-mount.
Sony was founded in 1946. Sony also makes Bravia TV-s, mobile phones, electronic games, playstations, laptops, chemicals and other products.
Sony is a leading company of innovation. Sony run lots of projects.
– More than 7,000,000 PS4 (Playstation 4) unit sold worldwide(May 2014), this number grows very quickly.
– Sony develops pico projector module that enables smart phones to project "focus-free projection" high resolution crisp image on walls, or curved surfaces, the projector use laser beam scanning technology "LBS". Resolution 1920*720, 16:9 ratio.
"FDR-AX100" features a 14.2 effective megapix back-illuminated 1.0-type Exmor R™ CMOS sensor, and captures images with the realism, detail and depth that only 4K can deliver, all in a compact, handholdable body.
In addition to recording 4K footage, the FDR-AX100 is capable of down-converting 4K images to very high quality 2K (Full HD), using the enormous amounts of data in every 4K frame for spectacular results. It also allows the user to freely select and cut out part of a 4K image to be "trimmed" and then enjoyed on a Full HD 2K TV.
The new Sony Rx1 R has a 42 MP Full sensor and a fixed 35mm f/2 Zeiss lens, and the camera has a first-used variable low-pass filter.
The new Sony a7 II camera has a 24 MP Full frame sensor, with 5 axis sensor-shift image stabilization in camera.


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The Good in Tech prize selects every year the start-up that has developed a technology that is "responsible by design" or that has a positive impact on society or the environment. The Good in Tech jury is made up of sponsors from the Good in Tech research network.
Good In Tech 2021 award: congratulations to JobRepublik!
Congratulations to JobRepublik, winner of the 2021 Good In Tech award for responsible digital innovation. Stemming from the IMT-BS / Télécom SudParis incubator, the JobRepublik start-up is at the origin of a platform dedicated to the development of blue-collar careers. This great initiative gives them the Good in Tech prize on November 22, 2021 in Bercy, an award given by Christine Balagué, Caroline Deconde (Afnor) and Christophe Maillet (CGI) patrons of the Good in Tech Chair.
Good In Tech Award 2020: congratulations to Datafarm!
The Good In Tech prize, which rewards responsible digital innovation, was awarded to the start-up Datafarm, incubated at IMT. Kudos to them!Datafarm offers an original model of high-performance data centers while considerably reducing their CO2 emissions. The Good in Tech prize was launched in 2020 by the Good in Tech chair, as part of the IMT-Bercy prize. Christine Balagué, Mathieu Lhomme (Danone) and Sabrina Ritossa Fernandez (Sycamore) were part of the jury.


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Q: Local development on Mac M1 | Laravel & VueJs I've just switched to MacOs - never used it before and I'm using Macbook M1 Pro, so a newbie here. Also, I've only started with web dev so I'm fairly new in this field as well.
Now, how should I proceed in order to set-up a local development enviroment - I plan to use mainly Laravel & VueJs?
Things I've done so far:

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*Installed VS code

*Installe MAMP

*Cloned my Git repository with project I was working on (Windows 10)

*This is the part where I need help - I think I'm supposed to install Homebrew, but even if I follow the instructions on their website I can't get it working properly. It's installed but as soon as I close & reopen the terminal, it throws zsh: command not found: brew. The commands I'm used to - php artisan xyz or npm run watch don't work

Do you guys have some guide or step-by-step tutorial of what should I do in order to get my Laravel&Vue git project up & running on a localhost?

A: brew is installed in /usr/local/Homebrew/bin/brew (symlinked to /usr/local/bin/brew). Make sure /usr/local/bin is in your PATH, so that brew and newly installed Homebrew packages are available on the command line. This is typically setup by the ~/.zshrc file.
Troubleshooting steps:

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*Edit $HOME/.zshrc.

*If export PATH is not found, add the following line. The important part is to ensure /usr/local/bin is present (and that :$PATH is last) to give it higher precedence. If the export PATH line exists, but commented, uncomment it.
export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

*Restart your shell. .zshrc is loaded automatically at shell startup.

*Check for brew with the which command:
$ which brew
/usr/local/bin/brew

A: Update
This suggestion here fixed my issues: https://stackoverflow.com/a/66521797/9682588
So, what I did was:
echo "export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile


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Q: How to find all services/application owned by different groups and users What would be the way to print/list all services/application owned by different groups and users in the linux ? Which command supposed to use for that?
Appreciate for your help in advance
Thanks
Umesh Narayanan A V

A: They should be listed in /etc/init.d
or this may be help your question:
systemctl -l --type service --all

if they not works you can look at manual page of systemctl command.


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Elton John Announces His Retirement From Touring Following One Final World Tour [TICKET INFO]
by Hillary Luehring-JonesJanuary 24, 2018, 7:02 pmJanuary 24, 2018, 7:02 pmJanuary 24, 2018, 7:02 pmDaily Digest, News, News Feed >
Elton John announced his retirement from touring at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
ELTON JOHN TOUR TICKETS
The prolific musician is ending a 6-year Las Vegas residency in May, and he announced that he will be retiring from live music touring. The 70-year-old (will be 71 on March 25) has sold more than 200 million records throughout his career, and is one of the world's most in-demand live performers. Just last year, John was forced to cancel nine shows in Vegas due to a bacterial infection he contracted in South America.
The press conference aired in London and New York simultaneously at 12:30 p.m. EST. John and his management team had been teasing the announcement on social media. "You'll finally see where the future lies…" and "A wrinkle in time. Past meets present," were the taglines used to tout the event.
You'll finally see where the future lies…
Watch the #EltonEvent special announcement live tomorrow – 9.30 PT / 12.30 ET / 17.30 GMT on https://t.co/fEQsOiAsbm. pic.twitter.com/UstEL9Hu4k
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) January 23, 2018
A wrinkle in time. Past meets present.
A taste of things to come at the #EltonEvent today. Watch the special announcement live at 9.30 PT / 12.30 ET / 17.30 GMT on https://t.co/fEQsOiiRjO. pic.twitter.com/WLbNkT1EoJ
"I'm not going to be touring anymore," he told Anderson Cooper at New York's Gotham Hall at the live-streamed event. "I'm not going to be touring and traveling the world. My priorities have changed. I have young children." His last hoorah, however, will be a three-year, 300-date world tour, called "Farewell Yellow Brick Road." "That doesn't mean I won't still be creative," John added. "But I won't travel any more… I don't want to go out with a whimper. I want to go out with a bang… It'll be the most produced, fantastic show I've ever done."
The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour kicks off in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 8.
The yellow brick road leads to… The #EltonFarewellTour!
Get tickets for Elton's final tour and watch the incredible Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour launch video at https://t.co/fEQsOiiRjO. pic.twitter.com/pyiPP3KHuN
Currently, the star is working on a Broadway musical based on The Devil Wears Prada, as well as the live-action Lion King film and animated movie Sherlock Gnomes, which is produced by John's production company. The singer will also perform a duet with Miley Cyrus as the Grammy Awards on Sunday and will host a special concert in his honor at Madison Square Garden the following Tuesday, with guests including Sam Smith, Keith Urban, John Legend, Chris Martin, and Kesha.
While many artists have historically announced their retirement only to come back a few years later, John assured fans that this would not be the case with him. "I'm not Cher," he said. "I'm 71. I can't physically do the traveling anymore. I want to be at home. I really want to spend time with my children at home. I've had an incredible life, but life is all about change." He did not, however, rule out a possible future residency.
"I haven't had much time off in my life," the singer said. "I definitely want to make a couple more albums, but that will be easy since I can do that at home. I want to see friends. I want to spend time at my house and with my photography collection. I'm really looking forward to this tour and I'm really looking forward to the 300th date."
John's husband, David Furnish, told Music Week last year that "Elton must never stop performing. Some people relish the idea of a retirement where they do nothing [but] for Elton that would be purgatory." He also added, "I think given our commitments to our kids and our family – and now our boys are nearly seven and five and at that point where they need you present more than ever – it's important we're there to support them. So that will have an impact on what we do."
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