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Slightly tweaking the popular adage, diamonds are a girls best friend, a Russian woman has apparently made them her cars best friend too. The now popular Russian instagrammer, Daria Radionova, showed off a customised Mercedes-Benz CLS 350 covered in Swarovski crystals. Oh and she also mentioned in a cheeky comment on Instagram, im not an arab guy lol, alongside the hashtags #blingbling #mercedes #swarovski #crystals #crystalcar #knightsbridge #harrods.

Porsche has expanded its Masterpieces Collection of Porsche Drivers Selection range of lifestyle products with the addition of a rim wall clock. The wall clock gives a whole new meaning to the phrase time is money, as owning it will set you back by Rs 2.15 lakh.

The concept of a car movie is one that excites us. They glorify heroes/heroines of a different kind. Not ones with superpowers, super strength or million-dollar budget developed technology but those with the skills and reflexes to tame and control various fossil- fuelled beasts. At the heart of every car movie lies the story of this character and their quest to achieve a certain kind of success that by the looks of the plot line, only the car can provide. The cars constant presence is across themes like family troubles (Gone in 60 seconds) and competitive spirit (Le Mans or the more Americanised, Days of Thunder. To honour this mechanical protagonist, we have decided to list out five of our favourite car movies, their plots and what makes them so appealing to the petrol head in all of us.

Gone are the days when buyers used to opt for diesel cars over petrol models considering the price of diesel to be lower than petrol. This trend will slowly diminish with the constant narrowing of the price difference between diesel and petrol. This will also mean the dominance of petrol cars over diesel cars will return and manufacturers will also introduce new petrol variants of cars. Even the utility car segment, traditionally dominated by diesel cars, might be affected with the share of petrol powered cars to increase in the Indian market.

Yes! You read it right. Next time if you plan to text your friend using your mobile phone while driving, make sure you think twice before you do that. You may soon be penalised for it and this time there will be no time to put away the gadget. American technology company ComSonics has developed a radar gun that cops could use to find out if people are texting while driving.

How far are you willing to go to avoid a parking ticket? Most of us would rather slip that money into the policemans hand or pocket and quietly zoom off, but this man in Walthamstow, east London, miffed at his car being towed away decided to take matters into his own hands. He got into his car on the tow truck and reversed straight off it.

The electrifying Formula Es first race took place last weekend on the streets of Beijing in the Peoples Republic. While Lucas di Grassi scored a pole position, our very own Karun Chandhok, driving for the Indian outfit Mahindra Racing, secured a fifth position in the race. The outcome of the race however, would have been completely different, hadnt it been for the racing tournaments first crash which took place in the last moments of the race.

The Dark Knight has always been a warrior without gifts. A man without super powers, his brand of justice over the decades has been meted out using brute physical force and in the modern times with effective and advanced technology.

Driving a gold-plated car anywhere in the world is no easy affair, but parking one in your living room surely will be a relaxing one. A third-scale replica of a gold-plated Aston Martin DB5 made for the iconic James Bond movie Goldfinger will soon be auctioned for charity.