The Slovakian AeroMobil can fly 430 miles on a tank of petrol - and when its wings fold down, it'll fit into a normal parking space. AeroMobil says its third prototype is ready to be shown to the world this October 29th at the Pioneers Festival in Austria. ...read

The Elio (pictured) goes from 0-60 mph in 9.6 seconds and does 84 miles per gallon. Phoenix-based Elio Motors plans to start making the vehicles for the US market next autumn. More than 27,000 people have reserved one, and Elio hopes to make 250,000 cars a year by 2016. Because it has three wheels, the Elio is classified as a motorcycle by the US government. But drivers won't be required to wear helmets or have motorcycle licenses. ...read

With temperatures in the Gulf still baking hot, wealthy Arabs are seeing out the end of the summer in London's rather milder climes... and they've brought their customised supercars with them. This line-up outside the Dorchester Hotel (bottom left-right) of a gold-plated Range Rover, a Lamborghini, a Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé, a Ferrari, another Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé, yet another gold-plated Range Rover, and a Bugatti Veyron is worth at least £3.1 million alone. It is one of the many glitzy parades of cars lighting up the streets of Knightsbridge, Kensington and Mayfair alongside (top left-right) this gold-plated Ferrari, a red matte Ferrari, a Pagani Huayra, and an eye-watering lime green Lamborghini. But the spectacle has not gone down well with residents, who complain the drivers don't respect parking rules and rev their engines til the small hours. However, fans of the unusual cars - dubbed the carparazzi - make special trips to photograph the vehicles. ...read