What"s every car designer"s...
What"s every car designer"s dream? To start their own company. And Aston Martin"s recently departed Henrik Fisker, seen in the image with his AM V8 concept, has done just that. Based in California, Fisker Coachbuild will produce exclusive supercars, with each production run limited to 150. A prototype of the firm"s first model will arrive later this year.
More and more farmers...
More and more farmers are taking advantage of a planning loophole and renting out parts of fields for ads. They can do this because posters on vehicles are exempt from advertising laws. Firms selling the space are charging corporate clients up to í‚á£1,200 a month, delighting landowners.
But they"re now facing the wrath of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the Highways Agency, which claim the ads are distracting to drivers and a blot on our countryside. Councillors in Bury, Lancs, are taking the lead, and forced Cumbrian farmers to tear down boards along the M6 earlier this year.
Meanwhile, researchers in America have found sexy images can make you blind for a split-second. The effect is called "emotion-induced blindness", and has sparked calls to ban certain poster ads from roadside hoardings.