Sometimes news items just leap on the wordpress all by themselves… I guess the other cars of the world just didn’t have enough “bang” for the Buck ….. anymore.
I’m guessing they are using that Pinto design that was ahead of its time.
Looks like they will call this model…the “Proton”.. As names like..
“the Surge”,
“Boom”,
“Bam”,
“Terrorist” and
“Jihad”
were already taken by other car makers…
The features include (and as Dave Barry would say… I swear Im not making this up…)
Proposed by Iran, the collaboration would include installing features in automobiles such as a compass to determine the direction of Mecca for prayers, and compartments for storing the Quran and headscarves.
First link expired…
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071111/malaysia_islamic_cars.html?.v=1
This one should talk about it too. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Malaysian_car_maker_unveils_’Islamic_car’
.More on this as I get a chance…
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