The Jaguar F-type

The Jaguar F-type is a two-seated sports car, based on a shortened platform of the XK convertible, produced by Jaguar Cars from 2013. The car was launched initially as a soft-top convertible, with a coupe version expected to be launched in 2014.
Aesthetically, the F bears no family resemblance to Jaguar’s last great sports car, the E-type, allegedly endorsed by Enzo Ferrari as the most beautiful car ever created. The 2014 F looks more like a son of the C-type, the Jaguar racer that won LeMans in 1953. When you top a large front-mounted vee engine with a supercharger and intercooler, then add a layer of pedestrian protection, the result is chunky proportions. The high hood and beltline make the F-type look like it’s wearing a turtleneck. The cockpit respects both trendy and traditional design views. A touch screen flanked by eight buttons provides a full menu of navigation, car setup, and communication and entertainment programs. Substantial knobs and toggles operate the climate-control system. The polished and painted metal and the double-stitched yard goods that line the F-type are tastefully finished. Seats pirated from the XKR-S hug you in all the right places.
Soothing ride motions and polite manners, two traditional Jaguar virtues, are absent here. The F-type’s suspension is so taut and the body structure so rigid that every misaligned grain of pavement sends notice to the cabin, making this the roughest-riding Jaguar ever and a roadster ready for track day. There is no roll in the bends, no brake dive, and not a hint of squat during a full-bore leap forward. Jaguar’s earnest intention is confirmed by the lack of Comfort or Normal settings for the F’s adaptive dampers. This Porsche in a cat suit pounces on apexes and keeps all paws planted.
Jag engineers resisted the move to electrically assisted power steering, instilling the F-type’s fat-rimmed, leather-wrapped wheel with a slack-free, on-center connection, a useful rise in effort with increasing lock, and a ratio quick enough to deliver agile cornering response. Unfortunately, they neglected to finish the job with feedback. When the front end begins to slide at the adhesion limit, word of what’s going on at the tire patches arrives through the seat and to your ears, but no such message is telegraphed via the steering wheel.
The entry-level F-type uses Jaguar’s new 3.0-litre V6 supercharged petrol engine, good for 340HP at 6500 rpm, 0 to 100 km/h in 5.1 seconds, and a top speed of 259 km/h with maximum torque of 450NM at 3500-5000 rpm. In the middle comes the F-type S, with the same engine tuned for 370HP at 6500 rpm, a top speed of 275 km/h, and 0 to 100  km/h in 4.8 seconds with torque of 460 NM at 3500-5000 rpm. The top of the range model is the V8S, with Jaguar’s 5.0-litre, 488HP supercharged petrol engine. The 488HP is available at 6500 rpm with maximum torque of 625 NM available at 2500-5500 rpm. The layout is front-engined, rear-wheel-drive. The gearbox is an eight-speed automatic with paddle-shifters offering manual override. There is a mechanical limited-slip differential on the V6 and electronic limited-slip differential on the V8. The prices start from 52 000 euros. The average fuel consumption is about 13 litres/100km, it depends on the specific model. The following pictures are all the property of thecarconnection.com

Volvo Concept Coupe sports car

The Volvo Concept Coupé has been revealed ahead of its debut at the Frankfurt motor show next month. It is the first of three concept cars that Volvo says will reveal its future design direction.

The Concept Coupé was partly inspired by the P1800 coupé of the 1960s, according to Thomas Ingenlath, Volvo senior vice president of design. He said: “It is a car designer’s duty to reflect and incorporate design signatures that are vital parts of the company’s heritage. The P1800 is an iconic Volvo, renowned for its beautiful forms and detailing.”

Elements that refer to the P1800 include the shape of the front grille and rear wings, and the kinked line that runs from the rear panels to the door handles.

New design features that could be seen on future Volvo models include T-shaped daytime running lights within the car’s headlights, U-shaped rear lights and a “floating” front grille.
Inside, the Concept Coupé has a leather-trimmed instrument panel, “aged wood” inlays and machined metal details.
A large touch-screen – in portrait format – dominates the dashboard and there’s also a head-up display for the driver.
Volvo says the Concept Coupé has a plug-in hybrid powertrain that combines a supercharged and turbocharged 2.0-litre petrol engine with an electric motor on the rear axle, to give a combined output of about 400HP and more than 600NM of torque.
Rather than previewing a production model, the Concept Coupé is more likely to hint at the overall look of Volvo’s next generation of cars, all of which will be based on its new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), a modular platform that can be easily adapted for vehicles of different sizes and types.
Thomas Ingenlath said: “The new architecture enables us to create the great proportions that are important to achieve a premium look.
“The dash to axle ratio is more generous than any other architecture I have worked with before. This gives us the opportunity to be up there among the top premium brands when it comes to proportions.”
The first of Volvo’s cars to use the new structure will be the XC90 SUV, which will go on sale next year.
It's a 400HP two-seater plug-in hybrid. It is a great piece of art and I hope that this will be released into production in a few years time.

Money making lessons you can learn from Monopoly

THE goal in Monopoly is to cause total financial destruction to everyone around you.
The world's leading expert in the game concedes that that's a little harsh. But Monopoly man Philip Orbanes also says there are a lot of parts to the game's strategy that can help people make money in real life.
Mr Orbanes, who has served as chief judge of world Monopoly tournaments for more than 30 years and is the author of the recently released Monopoly, Money and You, has picked up on many tricks world champions use to win the game, and says they are just as useful for building long-term wealth.
"Most of us really don't get good financial training during our schooling, we have to learn as we go and that means we make financial mistakes, especially in investing," said Mr Orbanes, who worked as a senior vice present at Parker Brothers, the company that released Monopoly.
"If you know what works in Monopoly you can use your experience to ground your decisions."
Spread your wealth
Monopoly teaches people the importance of diversifying their assets, says Mr Orbanes.
"You start the game with only cash, but you cannot win Monopoly if you stay in cash," he said.
"It's the same in real life, if you just have your money sitting in a bank at some paltry rate of interest, you're not going to make much money."
In Monopoly, you need a colour group of properties in order to accomplish anything in the game.
"But you also need some income production assets, like three or four train stations," he said.
"They provide the income you need to build up your investment group."
Mr Orbanes said in real life, you have to spread your money across a number of things – such as stocks, bonds and real estate - to build real wealth.
"You need to have a balanced approach for the long-term game because if you put everything into the best or hottest investment you could lose everything."
Don't buy into fashionable investments
Mr Orbanes said one of the great fallacies in Monopoly is that the two dark blue properties, Park Lane and Mayfair, are the best properties because they are expensive and prestigious.
"In reality the best to own are the three oranges - the oranges lie the ideal distance from jail and players go to jail frequently throughout the game so they land on them all the time," he said.
With investments - Monopoly or otherwise - you have to think about location, value for money and how it will perform in the long-term.
"Just look at the stock price of Apple, a year or so ago everyone was so enamoured with the stock, wondering when it was going to hit $US1000," he said.
"Now it's just $US420 and not much has changed in the company but it went out of fashion very quickly."
Don't sell your investments short
Mr Orbanes said every investment has an ideal amount of money you should put into it.
"In Monopoly the ideal investment once you have a colour group is three houses on each square," he said.
"If you look at the deeds for any property in the game there's an incredibly big increase in rent between two houses and three houses.
"If you were going to stay on just two you would be really underutilising the rent potential."
Mr Orbanes says this teaches an important lesson about return on investment – you need to make sure you invest enough in your assets so you get the maximum pay off long-term.
"You have to get more money for what you're investing if you want to grow your nest egg and reach your goals," he said.
Don't be ostentatious about your wealth
In every game of Monopoly there comes a time when you've got to make deals in order to get the properties you want. This is when your relationships with the other players become very important.
"You need to present yourself as the type of player that your opponents won't mind losing to," Mr Orbanes said.
"You don't want to lose to someone who is arrogant or who treats you with disrespect - that's a player you want to keep from winning at all costs."
Mr Orbanes says in order to be a good negotiator you need to understand what the other person wants and not let your ego get in the way. This will make people want to help you.
"Don't go to lengths to brag about what you accomplished or make people feel inferior because then people won't come to you with opportunities like a job offer or an investment tip," he said.
"You shut down those opportunities if you don't present yourself as someone who is thinking about others."
Don't get complacent
Mr Orbanes points to the 2009 Monopoly World Championship as a cautionary tale about what can happen when you don't watch the market.
Players from the US, Russia and New Zealand had just made a three way trade and they each ended up with a very good colour group; one orange, one green, one yellow.
Norway, who had been shut out of negotiations, then offered what seemed like an outstandingly bad trade. He gave Russia a red property in return for a less valuable a light blue square which meant Russia owned two colour sets on the board.
"It seemed like a waste, but it was the game winning trade," Mr Orbanes said.
"Even though other groups were far more valuable and powerful, it was all about timing and location.
"He noticed all the tokens were coming up on the light blues, and he had a lot of cash because he'd been locked out of the negotiations."
The Norwegian player built up houses and sucked the other players' spare cash so they couldn't develop their investments - a move that won him the game.
Lesson: If you're a good financial position, it doesn't mean you can stop paying attention to the conditions around you.
"Complacency is dangerous, that's usually when something expected hits you," Mr Orbanes said.
Like having to go to jail. Without collecting $200.

Make money through online content

Sell your music. A few years ago, Radiohead made headlines by selling its latest album via its own website and raking in the dough – for donations, no less. Though your act might not have Radiohead status (yet), many small, independent, and even big-name acts have followed suit: as it turns out, a handful of sales with no middleman adds up to a lot more than what most artists end up with once the record industry has gotten its “dues.”

Become a freelance designer. Create a website showcasing your portfolio and build a client list by finding work in the online classifieds. Though it takes more time to get established doing business this way, you can set your own prices and won’t have to share your profits with the graphic design house.

Sell stock photos. This is a good way to make money while pursuing a fun hobby. Since people search for stock photos by keyword, your work will be on the same playing field as everyone else’s, meaning you should submit any photo you think is decent. Once it has posted, your work is done, and while you won’t generally make much per sale, having a good number of photos can mean accumulating a nice monthly side income with virtually no upkeep. iStockphoto, ShutterStock, and Fotolia are a few good places to shop around.

Sell an ebook. eBooks are not for everyone, but if you’ve ever found an innovative solution to a desperate situation and wished you could have simply paid someone to give you the answer sooner, it’s likely there’s a market out there for an ebook on the subject. Shop around to see what else is available and look for people posting in forums with similar issues. Don’t waste your time writing an ebook about something someone can readily find answers to; it’s something you want to reserve for people who are at their wit’s end.

Sell an app. In a multi-million-person marketplace, $1 or 2 per sale can go a long way. If you have a great concept but no programming know-how, it might even be worth it to hire a programmer. Just make sure you shop around for similar ideas, find ways to one-up your competition, and comply with the rules of the company on whose devices you’d sell the apps.

Sell articles. Lots of small businesses, websites, and marketers need good written content and smooth keyword integration to help them get more traffic. Though you won’t make much to start with, most articles will only be 200 to 300 words, which are a snap to crank out. As you prove yourself to be capable, you can start charging more for your services. If you’re a skilled writer, you might even try submitting your work to formal publications.

Quick ways to make money online

Flip domain names. Domain names are valuable internet real estate and some people actually make a nice living off of buying and selling them. One strategy is to use Google Adwords to find keywords that are trending and use that information to buy domain names that you think may soon be in demand. However, since short, snappy, or straightforward domain names have already been mostly snatched up, you can also get lucky buying domain names that are random acronyms, as you never know when a person or company with those exact initials will decide to set up a website. (CPC.com, for example, sold for over $200,000 when Contract Pharmaceutical Corporation decided to go online.^[1] Not bad for three letters.) For more advice, read How to Buy a Cheap Domain Name.

Do online surveys. Online surveys won’t earn you much apiece, but they don’t eat up much time either and can add up when you need cash in a pinch. Read How to Make Money with Free Online Surveys for more advice.

Transcribe audio. Websites are getting better and better about providing written transcripts for the hearing impaired, meaning that transcriber jobs pop up fairly regularly. Transcribing is generally low paying but is also easy, fast, and doesn’t require much commitment. Check eLance or oDesk for current transcription postings.

Edit audio. If you have and know how to use sound-editing software, you can clean up webcasts and interviews before they go online. Again, look at a site like eLance or oDesk for opportunities.

Enter contests. Since you won’t get paid unless your entry wins, search for a wide range of free contests in a field where you’re already have a lot of possible entries (ex. photos, logo-making, background design) and submit your work to as many places as will have you. It might take a day to get through all of them, but even a few small successes (or, preferably, a great big one) will make up for it. The experience might even steer you in a new creative direction.

How to become a billionaire

Here are 4 real-life ways to become a billionaire.

Becoming a billionaire seems like a great goal, but it's only a dream for most of us, unfortunately. The thing is, many billionaires didn't start out as such. Some certainly had economic and educational advantages, but even without those, their smart decisions and business choices, plus a few characteristics that can't be overlooked, led them from point A to Point B (billionaire). So what can we learn about our own real-life options for becoming billionaires?

First things first: Find a way to make money. Four of the most oft-methods of money making in the world of billionaires are inventing, investing, innovating and being an entrepreneur. But also remember that how you pursue your billions is just as important as what you do to get them.
Do this: Invent Inventing is a tough road to take, but if you've got the smarts to successfully create, patent, produce and market a product that people need (and thus, will buy in droves), you can build your future billionaire life on it. Successful inventions aren't necessarily complicated or high-tech items, either. James Dyson invented a better vacuum cleaner, and Gianfranco Zaccai invented a better mop, the Swiffer. Seems like things that help people clean more efficiently might be a good market to pursue.
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Do this: Innovate Innovation is the fine art of considering a current mainstream market and finding a creative way to improve the current offering. Successful innovators will identify the real needs behind customer demands and will meet them with a smarter, better, more efficient product; with a service that provides more than its competitors; or with a business that works in a way just different enough to stand out from the rest.
IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad is a great example of innovation leading to billions. Furniture doesn't seem like a very exciting market, but his approach of providing modular, economical pieces with a modern flair from European designers and manufacturers to a global market has taken him all the way.
Don't do this: Think you know it all The moment you think you have nothing left to learn is the moment you kill your potential for becoming a billionaire. Especially if you're interested in building your wealth through inventing or innovating, you have to be curious, open-minded and always learning. Those qualities allow you to look at old things in a new way and to see the potential for change and profit where others see only what already had been done.

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Do this: Invest Warren Buffett, the self-made billionaire, is famous for his frugal ways and for his smart investments. Investing, of course, requires a little seed money and some accurate insight into what investments are smart and what are a waste of money. If you can follow in the footsteps of billionaire investors like Buffett, then this might be the route for you.
Don't do this: Make flashy investments The latest and greatest is always fun to talk about, and one of the pitfalls of would-be billionaires is to jump in on the "next big thing," which doesn't always turn out to be so big. Investors who make billions from their investments avoid flashy, fun and high-risk picks and instead choose those with long-term potential to provide great returns. Real estate, energy, steel, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and energy are among the smart picks, while high-tech and intriguing but risky options may go either way.
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Do this: Be an entrepreneur The third option for becoming a billionaire is in the time-honored tradition of entrepreneurial pursuits. Starting a business and taking it to success isn't always easy, but for those with good business sense and the ability to spot start-ups that have potential to be great, entrepreneurship can be the vehicle to great wealth.
Billionaire entrepreneurs might work in one of two ways: either by coming up with a great idea and taking it all the way, as in the case of Bill Gates and Microsoft. Or you can spot someone else's good idea and invest in it early on, helping to carry it to huge success. Both are viable ways to reach success that can get you into the billions of dollars when it comes to your own net worth.
Don't do this: Quit too soon Entrepreneurial types who succeed must realize that success rarely comes overnight. One business idea might not pay off, but the next might. Or your company might hit a low point, and you have to make the choice to hang on with it and bring it back or let your dream die and your debt increase. It's not easy to build something from scratch, especially when your something is a fortune of billions. Time is on your side, if you don't rush it.
The bottom line Of course, luck has something to do with success — it helps to be in the right place at the right time. However, if you don't know what to do when you're there, luck won't help you out much. Smart choices, smart investments and long-term learning and growing will.
Once you hit that first billion, remember you heard it here.

Top 10 of the richest people in the world

1. Bill Gates with 54.4 billion euros - No surprise. Bill Gates net worth: Bill Gates is an American business magnate, chairman of Microsoft, philanthropist, author, and one of the richest people in the world who has a net worth of $72.7 billion dollars. Gates co-founded the software company Microsoft with Paul Allen, and is known as one of the premiere entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973, scoring 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT, and enrolled at Harvard College in the autumn of 1973.With the release of the MITS Altair 8800 based on the Intel 8080 CPU, Gates and Allen saw this as the opening they needed to create their own computer software company. The creators of the new microcomputer, Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), formed a partnership with Gates and Allen using their Altair emulator that ran on a minicomputer, and then the BASIC interpreter. The trade name "Microsoft" was registered November 26, 1976. During the first five years of the Microsoft company, Gates personally reviewed every line of code the company shipped, often rewriting code as needed. On November 20, 1985, Microsoft launched its first retail version of Microsoft Windows.
   Gates and his wife combined three family foundations to create the charitable Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, the largest transparently operated charitable foundation in the world. Gates announced on June 15, 2006 that he would transition out of his day-to-day role at Microsoft over the next two years in order to dedicate more time to philanthropy.
   
2. Vladimir Putin with 52.4 billion euros - Vladimir Putin net worth: Vladimir Putin is a Russian politician who was born in the Soviet Union and has a net worth of $70 billion dollars. The current Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin also served as the President of the Russian Federation from December 1999 until May 2008. Successful in overhauling Russia's economic environment, he was often criticized for his handling of human rights and foreign policy issues.
   In addition to his net worth he's amassed a reputation as one of the most infamous politicians in the world, with many in the west calling the circumstances under which he has continued to hold office in Russia "undemocratic." Still, he has been fairly popular among the Russian people themselves ever since he began serving as president in late 1999 after the surprise resignation of Boris Yeltsin. Putin's career in politics began after serving in the KGB, being appointed head of the Committee for External Relations of the Saint Petersburg Mayor's Office. From there, his political fortunes continued to rise until he eventually won the 2000 Russian presidential election. His public image is fairly unique for a politician, largely characterized by his "macho," outdoorsy image, having been famously photographed shirtless and engaging in other dangerous or extreme sports and activities. He is also famous for his "Putinisms," aphorisms that come from his unique use of the Russian language (similar to how George W. Bush is famous for his malapropisms here in the United States). One example of a "Putinism" occurred during an interview with American journalist Larry King, who asked him what happened to a Russian submarine that had been lost in an explosion – Putin answered simply, "she sank."
   
   
3. Carlos Slim Helu with 50 billion euros - Carlos Slim Helu net worth: Carlos Slim Helu is a Mexican businessman and one of the richest people in the world who has a net worth of $66.8 billion. Carlos Slim Helu was born January 28, 1940 in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a businessman, philanthropist, and engineer largely focused on the telecommunications industry in Mexico. Slim has a substantial influence over the telecommunications industry in Mexico and much of Latin America. He controls Telefonos De Mexico, TelCel, and America Movil. He maintains an active involvement in the companies, but his three sons Carlos, Marco Antonio, and Patrick, run the firms on a day to day basis. Slim was able to raise money for a telecommunications business by purchasing standby letters of credit which allowed him to obtain guaranteed loans which provided the capital.On August 8, 2007 Fortune magazine reported that Slim had surpassed Bill Gates in wealth. This marked the first time in 16 years that the wealthiest person in the world has not been from the United States, the Middle East, or Europe and was from an "emerging economy". Slim has been awarded the Entrepreneurial Merit Medal of Honor from Mexico's Chamber Of Commerce. He is a "gold patron" of the American Academy of Achievement and a Commander in the Belgian Order Of Leopold II. Slim was named CEO of the year in 2003 by "Latin Trade" magazine, and one year later CEO of the decade by the same magazine.
   
   
4. Warren Buffett with 44.9 billion euros - Warren Buffett net worth: Warren Buffett is one of the richest people in the world who has a net worth of $60 billion. Warren Buffett is arguably the most famous and successful investor in history. If you had invested $10,000 with Warren Buffett in 1966, today you would have $300 million! That same $10,000 invested in the S&P would be $140,000. Warren Buffett has pledged to give away 99% of his net worth to charity. 83% of the money will go to The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. That equates to roughly $41 billion which makes it the largest charitable gift in human history. Buffett's philanthropy has inspired other billionaires to pledge at least 50% of their net worth to charity in their lifetimes as well, a truly remarkable accomplishment.The 78 year-old Warren Buffett is notorious for investing in products he actually uses. For example, he owns Fruit of the Loom because he enjoyed their shirts and underwear. Warren has made headlines recently after his love of a specific brand of suit led him to invest in the Chinese firms Trands Co. He's not the only powerful guy sporting Trands: Former Chinese President Hu Jintao and billionaire Bill Gates are also big fans of the brand. The Oracle of Omaha and CEO of financial powerhouse Berkshire Hathaway also recently made a video commemorating the apparel company's 30th anniversary and took the opportunity to gush about his nine Trands suits. The best part? Even though the cheapest Trands suit costs $880, Buffet hasn't paid a dime for his wardrobe though he claims he has asked for a bill. It's not a bad investment for Trands' founder and Buffett gal-pal Li Guilian, whose stock has risen 70% since the video went public.
   
   
5. Amancio Ortega with 42.7 billion euros - Amancio Ortega net worth: Amancio Ortega Gaona is a Spanish fashion executive and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $57 billion. Amancio Ortega has accumulated this net worth through many years in the fashion industry and is most notable as the founder and owner of retail store Zara. Amancio Ortega Gaona has been characterized by his extreme secrecy and low profile despite the fact that he is the fifth richest person in the world behind Carlos Helu, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Ingvar Kamprad, Bernard Arnault and Larry Ellison. Amancio is the richest person in Spain and the second richest person in all of Europe. Ortega has never given a public interview, and in contrast to his work in the world of high fashion is most often seen in a pair of blue jeans and a T-shirt. Make no mistake, though: His low profile does not mean that he is a "do nothing" executive. He is said to have a major hands-on role in his company the Inditex group, which includes such respected fashion brands as Zara, Massimo Dutti, Oysho, Zara Home, Kiddy's Class, Tempe, Stradivarius, Pull and Bear/Often and Bershka. At 75 years old, though, Gaona has shown signs of slowing down. He recently announced his retirement from the day to day operations of Inditex, and that by the vice president and CEO of Inditex, Pablo Isla, will be taking his place at the head of the company.
   
6. Ingvar Kamprad with 40 billion euros - Ingvar Kamprad net worth: Ingvar Kamprad is a Swedish businessman who founded IKEA and has a net worth of $53 billion dollars. Ingvar Kamprad was born in Sweden March 30, 1926. He went into business early in life and is known for his frugality and tendency towards penny pinching. Kamprad began his career as a salesman at a very young age, buying matches in bulk and selling them at a discount. From there, it wasn't long before he began selling other items, including fish, Christmas tree decorations, seeds, ballpoint pens, and pencils. Eventually he added furniture to the mix, and the largely mail-order business that would eventually become IKEA was born. Kamprad is also well-known for his surprisingly low-key lifestyle given his massive net worth. He only travels by economy class commercial airplanes, and is reported to recycle tea bags and keep salt and pepper from restaurants for himself. This fastidious sense of cost consciousness is reflected in IKEA, which is known for its cost saving measures and its low prices compared to other furniture dealers. It is also reflected in this quote from Kamprad, which also doubles as his personal and corporate philosophy: "It is not only for cost reasons that we avoid the luxury hotels. We don't need flashy cars, impressive titles, uniforms or other status symbols. We rely on our strength and our will!"
   
7. David Koch with 34.1 billion euros - David Koch net worth: David Koch is a chemical engineer, political activist, businessman, and philanthropist who has a net worth of $45.6 billion. David Koch is an executive vice president and co-owner, (with older brother Charles), of conglomerate Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in the U.S. Koch provides funds towards conservative and libertarian political causes, and is a patron of the arts. Koch is rumored to be linked to the right-wing conservative group the Tea Party movement, which opposes the majority of U.S. President Barack Obama's legislative agenda and policies. David Koch was the vice-presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party in the 1980 presidential election. As a philanthropist Koch has pledged and/or donated over $600 million to medical research, education, and the arts since 2000.
   
8. Charles Koch with 34.1 billion euros - Charles Koch net worth: Charles Koch is an American business magnate who has a net worth of $45.6 billion. Charles Koch (pronounced "coke") is a political activist, businessman, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Koch Industries, Inc. and co-owner (with younger brother David) of the Koch business. Koch provides funds towards libertarian and conservative political causes. Charles Koch is rumored to be linked to the right-wing conservative group the Tea Party movement, opposing much of U.S. President Barack Obama's legislative agenda and policies. Charles Koch supports and funds libertarian and free-market organizations. Koch co-founded the Cato Institute with Edward H. Crane and Murray Rothbard in 1977. Koch industries is the 2nd largest privately held company in the US. He is also an author and philanthropist and co-founded three charities.
   
9. Larry Ellison with 30.7 billion euros - What is Larry Ellison's net worth? Larry Ellison is the founder/CEO of Oracle with a net worth of $41 billion. Ellison's $38.2 billion net worth makes him the seventh richest person in the world behind Carlos Helu, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Ingvar Kamprad, Bernard Arnault and Amancio Gaona. Coming in as the seventh richest person in the world isn't the ideal outcome for an uber-competitive captain of industry, but in the case of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, he can't really complain. At least he can say he's the third richest person in America!Unlike pals Warren and Bill, Larry's consumption tends to be on the conspicuous side. He is an avid sailor, a love that he feeds as a major financer of the BMW Oracle Racing syndicate and former owner of the world's sixth largest yacht the $200 million Rising Sun. Ellison sold The Rising Sun to music mogul David Geffen in 2010. The Oracle database guru and licensed pilot also has a taste for highly expensive cars and planes. His collection includes a Maclaren F1 (only six of these cars are in the U.S.), an Audi R8 and a fighter jet.
   Ellison lives in a $200 million house in Silicon Valley. The mansion is modeled after a 16th century Japanese estate. It spans 45-acres and features a main house, a two-bedroom guest house, three cottages, a barn converted to a gym and a man-made lake and two waterfalls. After the local township assessed his property at a value of $173 million and handed Ellison the tax bill, he challenged the value and won, receiving a 60% tax cut on his "$70 million" property.
   Mr. Ellison's personal life is also a bit complex. He has been married four times and has a total of five children. His current wife, romance novelist Melanie Craft, is 25 years his junior and has produced three of his children in the last four years. Larry also supports his adult children David and Megan. In 2008, he reportedly purchased a $13 million home for his 20-something daughter in Los Angeles. You know, just a pied a terre. It all sounds a little excessive, but for the third richest person in America, there's plenty of money to make everyone happy. Except for Larry: he wants to be number one.
   
   
10. Christy Walton with 28.5 billion euros - Christy Walton net worth: Christy Walton is an American billionaire who is the richest woman in the world and has a net worth of $38 billion. Christy Walton was the wife of the late John T. Walton who was the son of the late WalMart founder Sam Walton. After the death of her husband John, Walton inherited his fortune of $15.7 billion dollars. Walton owns a stake in a solar power company First Solar, and holds shares of Wal-Mart. Walton currently resides in Jackson, Wyoming. Walton donated her seven acre San Diego home to Cross Border Philanthropy. Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer with 2 million employees and 7,300 stores, serving 200 million customers. Christy Walton is the richest woman in the world due to inheriting money from her late husband, one of the heirs of the Wal-Mart fortune, and from their investment in First Solar.
     
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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Lamborghini Aventador

The Lamborghini Aventador is a two-seater hyper sportscar and was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in 2011. The Aventador will replace the Murciélago and uses a 6.5-litre, V12 engine which produces 700 HP at 8,250 rpm and 690 NM at 5,500 rpm. This output is just enough to sprint the car from 0-100 km/h in just 2.9 seconds while blasting off a top speed of 350 km/h.
Lamborghini’s V12 replacement for the ageing Murciélago supercar, the Aventador is a big, low, squat and wide monster from the old school. Sporting a mid-mounted 6.5-litre V12, a 0-100 km/h time 2.9 seconds and a 350 km/h top speed, this is the meanest car in Lamborghini’s current range, built using a carbon-fibre monocoque and draped with aluminium and CFRP (carbon fibre reinforced plastic) panels. There’s a four-wheel drive, bespoke ISR 7spd paddleshift transmission and bodywork that scares small children. We love it dearly.
Three modes exist in the Aventador driving experience, all worked from adjustments to the car’s centre differential: Strada (road), Sport (er… sport) and Corsa (race). Strada is full of lazy gearchanges from the seven-speed ISR ’box and relaxed – as relaxed as the Aventador ever gets – suspension settings, throwing up understeer more often then not. Sport is the best compromise, allowing a little slip from the rear and snappier changes, while Corsa is a full-on track mode which smashes gearchanges and turns the Aventador into a lunging, scary, smoky monster.
The Graziano gearbox is new: ISR (Independent Shifting Rods) works a bit like a DSG, meaning that shift times in Corsa-mode can be as low as 50 milliseconds. The brakes are exceptional carbon-ceramics, hauling the 1,700kg car down from three-figure speeds without fuss, the steering is positive and accurate and the body control fabulous. But it never feels small and – one would assume – will be a bugger to parallel park.
Proper science fiction from Lambo means that the interior is a properly exciting place. Up front, there’s a digital dash that apes traditional dials, but can be configured to whatever spec you fancy, a pair of sports seats that are surprisingly comfy, and a starter button accessed under a big red ‘bombs away’-type arming flap.
There’s a distinct lack of anywhere to store anything – but who really cares? Plus there’s a front boot that should swallow a large soft bag should you be overnighting somewhere that requires fresh underwear. Which, given how fast the Aventador is on the road, you probably will need.
Remarkably, the Aventador has ‘gone green’ for 2013. It has both engine stop-start and cylinder deactivation (turning V12 into straight six), which helps improve economy by up to 20 per cent: officially, it’s 7 per cent better, now returning 13,8 litres per 100km. Lamborghini’s range-topper is currently looking at an 18-month waiting list – meaning premiums on used examples – even with a list price of 290 000 euros But the Aventador is a proper piece of street theatre – you’re doing the world a favour by driving it around and showing it off.

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