World’s Fastest Trains (High speed train )

While impressive compared to highway speeds, that’s nothing next to what real high speed rail can do. Among the fastest in the world, these High speed train  regularly top 200 mph and even crack above the 300 mph mark.

Fastest Trains #1. CRH380A:

The top dog in the world of fastest trains is China, which broke the 300 mph barrier with the CRH380A. The 302 mph top speed makes this the fastest legal way to travel by land.

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High speed Train  #2. Germany’s Transrapid TR-09:

 This train uses mag-lev technology and is technically a monorail. However, the 279 mph top speed also makes it the second fastest train in the world.

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High speed train #3. Shinkansen

Japan is known for the bullet train, so it’s no surprise that the Shinkansen train has a top speed of 275 mph. Its nicknamed the “Duck-Billed Platypus” for its odd-looking, aerodynamic nose.

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High speed train #4. Shangai’s magnetic levitation (maglev) train

This Train floats above its track thanks to powerful magnets. It covers an 18-mile trip from downtown to the airport in just 8 minutes, hitting 270 mph.

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Fastest Trains #5. France’s TGV Réseau

236 mph capability matches IndyCar speeds. However, normal running is limited to 199 mph.

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Fastest Train #6. South Korea’s KTX 2

This train can carry only 360 passengers, but the 219 mph top speed means they get to their destination incredibly quickly.

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 Fastest Trains # 7. The THSR 700T

can move nearly 1,000 people through Taiwan at a blazing 208 mph.

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Fastest Train #8. The Spanish AVE Talgo-350

is this first on the list to break the 200 mph barrier. Its 205 mph top speed makes trips from Madrid to Barcelona go by in the blink of an eye.

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Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

 

Fastest Train #9. The Eurostar

connects London and Paris, traveling under the English Channel as fast as 199 mph.

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Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Fastest Train #10.  Italian ETR

With a top speed of 190 mph, the Italian ETR 500 goes from Milan to Bologna in an hour.

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Fastest Train #11. Belgium’s HSL-1

has been in service since 1997. The 186 mph top speed means it takes les
s than 90 minutes to get from Paris to Brussels.

Some animals are perfectly designed to be the ultimate speed machines.

Some of these fly through the air, others swim through water and some run on land. Most of the fastest animals are birds so our list below includes a selection of the fastest of all these different types of animals. Here are 10 of the fastest animals in the world.

Peregrine Falcon

The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird, and in fact the fastest animal on the planet, when in its hunting dive, the stoop, in which it soars to a great height, then dives steeply at speeds of over 322km/hr. It reaches horizontal cruising speeds of up to 90 kph.

Spine-tailed Swift

The Spine-tailed swift is the fastest bird in powered flight, with a top recorded speed of 171km/h.

Frigate Bird

The frigate bird speed of 153km/h is helped by having the largest wingspan to body weight ratio of any bird and they are able to stay aloft for more than a week.

Spur-winged Goose

The Spur-winged goose is the world’s largest goose and flies at 142km/h.

Sail Fish

The sail fish is easily the world’s fastest fish, speeding through the water at 110km/h.

Marlin

Marlin can swim at 80km/h, followed by Wahoo at 78km/h and Tunny at 74km/h.

Cheetah

The cheetah is designed for running down fast prey and can reach a top speed of 113km/h, three times faster than the top running speed for a human which is about 36km/h.

Pronghorn Antelope

The Pronghorn antelope is the second fasted land animal and at 98km/h can out-sprint predators.

Blue Wildebeest 

The Blue Wildebeest, Springbok and Thompson’s gazelle can all run at about 80km/h which almost exactly matches the speed of a lion.

Brown Hare

The Brown hare’s long back legs enable them to reach speeds of 77km/h, the same speed as their predator the red fox.

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World fastest bikes #1. Dodge Tomahawk

It is a Viper V-10 based motorcycle.Unlike other bikes it has four wheels and 500 horsepower engine. It forms a quadricycle and not motorcycle with two front and two back wheels. The two front wheel rotate independently, this movement is use the steer the bike. Only total ten same bikes were made all over the world and each of them was sold for a price upto $555,000.According to the specifications 0-60 mph times have been estimated at 1.75 seconds. this is the Worlds fastest bike

Features:

• Engine: 10-cylinder 90-degree V-type
• Top speed: 350 miles per hour (560 km/h)
• Power: 500 horsepower (370 kW) @ 5600 rpm (45 kW/L)

World fastest bikes #2.Suzuki Hayabusa:

It stands second in the list of fastest bikes.It’s name is directly translated from Pergerine Falcon – Japanese name.It points to the bird attributed of achieving speeds of over 200 m/h.It also refers to the predator of the Blackbird.GSX1300R was called the first generation of Hayabusa.It includes 1299 cc inline-4 liquid-cooled engine.this is  second Worlds fastest bikes list.

Features:

• Engine: 1340 cc (82 cu in), 4-stroke, four-cylinder, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 16-valve
• Top Speed: 248 miles per hour (397 km/h)
• Power: 197 horsepower (147 kW) @ 6750 rpm 147kW

World fastest bikes #3. MTT Turbine Superbike Y2K:

It is the world’s second wheel driven motorcycle powered by a turbine engine, created by Ted McIntyreit.It’s top speed has been recorded as 227 m/ph. It has been recognized as the “Most powerful production motorcycle” by the Guinness World Records. This beast ranks third in our world fastest bikes list.

Features:

• Engine: 227 miles per hour (365 km/h)
• Top Speed: Rolls-Royce 250-C20 turbo shaft
• Power: 320 horsepower (239 kW) @ 52,000 rpm

World fastest bikes # 4.Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird:

The title of the world’s fastest production motorcycle was ripped away by this bike from the legendary Kawasaki ZX-11.It was the founding bike in the hyper sport touring niche market.This market has expanded vastly.The Blackbird has an exceptional smoothness due to dual counter balancer shaft.Despite being much smoother than other bikes it was not sold in the U.S. This beast ranks fourth in our world fastest bikes list.

Features:

• Engine: 1137cc liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder
• Top Speed: 190 miles per hour (310km/h)
• Power: 114 kW (153 hp) @ 10,000 rpm

World fastest bikes #5.Yamaha YZF R1:

The redesigning of the Genesis engine to offset the crankshaft led to the amazing Yamaha’s YZF-R1.The true liter class (1,000 cc) was firstly introduced in this bike.When introduced, it took the class closer to a true racing motorcycle.The handling capabilities were increased to greater extend.his beast ranks third in our world fastest bikes list. This beast ranks fifth in our world fastest bikes list.

Features:

• Engine: Forward Inclined Parallel 4-cylinder, 20 valves, DOHC, liquid-coole
• Top Speed: 186miles per hour (297 km/h)
• Power:128.2 horsepower (95.6 kW) at 10000 rpm

World fastest bikes #6.MV Agusta F4 1000 R:

The bike was release to the market in 2006. Brembo Monobloc radial brakes was installed into the bike as upgrade.

The bike has Sachs rear shock absorber helping the bike in compression & rebound damping adjustable in high and low speed range with forged black Brembo wheels.

This is #6 on  world fastest bikes list.

Features:

• Engine: liquid cooled, inline, 4 cylinder, DOHC, 16 radial valves
• Top Speed: 185 mph or 299 kmph
• Power: 174 horsepower (128 kW)

World fastest bikes #7.Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R:

It occupies 7th place in the top 10 fastest bikes.There was a huge difference in marketing of this bike in North America from Rest of the World as the ZX-11 Ninja in North America and the ZZ-R1100 in the rest of the world.It remained as the World’s Fastest Production Bike for a decade. This is #7 on  world fastest bikes list.

Features:

• Engine: 11,352 cc (82.5 cu in)  4-stroke, 4-cylinder, DOHC, liquid-cooled
• Top Speed: 186 mph or 299 kmph
• Power: 108 kW (147 PS) @ 10,500 rpm

World fastest bikes #8. Aprilia RSV 1000R Mille:

For Aprilia, engine is built by the Austrian company Rotax.Aprilia RSV 04 from the Aprilia series  is also very famous. As the name suggests, Aprilia RSV 04 was built in 2004 itself. This is #8 on  world fastest bikes list.

Features:

• Engine: 998 cc 60 degree V-twin engine
• Top Speed: 175 miles per hour (281 km/h)
• Power: 105.24 kW (143.09 PS; 141.13 hp) @ 10000 rpm

World fastest bikes #9.BMW K 1200 S:

It gives a tough competition to Aprilia.On 25 September 2004, BMW globally launched the K 1200 S a radically redesigned , containing four-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine. So that is the 9th of top 10 fastest production bikes. This is #9 on  world fastest bikes list.

Features:

• Engine: 16 valves, 4 cylinders, DOHC, horizontal in-line, liquid cooled
• Top Speed: 174 miles per hour (278 km/h)
• Power: 164.94 horsepower (120.4 kW) @ 10250 RPM

World fastest bikes #10.Ducati 1098s:

It is manufactured by Ducati and is 1099 cc L-twin sport bike. It was announced on November 8, 2006. It claims horsepower of 160, 90.4 ft-lb torque.It weighs about 173kg.Its specifications gives the highest torque-to-weight ratio of sport bike.In case of top speed it stands at a difference of 5 mph from BMW. This is last but not the least on  world fastest bikes list.

Features:

• Engine: L-twin cylinder, 4 valves per cylinder Desmodromic, liquid cooled
• Top Speed: 169 miles per hour (271 km/h)
• Power: 119.3 kW (160.0 bhp) @ 9750 rpm

the newly released cars in india

1. Skoda Octavia

When to expect: 3 October 2013                                  

Estimated Price: ₹ 14.00 - 18.50 lakhs

Skoda recently launched the 2013 Octavia globally. This third generation model has been completely re-designed both inside, outside and has drawn inspiration from the Vision D concept. The new car from Czech manufacturer has a seeming resemblance to the 2013 European spec Skoda Rapide that is based ... Read More

Updated: Last Week, 

CarWale Confidence: Low 

2. Nissan Terrano

When to expect: October 2013

Estimated Price: ₹ 8.25 - 12.75 lakhs

The Terrano is the Nissan’s version of the Renault Duster. The Franco-Japanese alliance share more than just the facility in India and this is yet another product from Chennai with simple badge engineering. The Nissan Terrano has now been unveiled and here are all the details of variants, features, ... Read More

Updated: Last Week, 

CarWale Confidence: Low 

3. Tata Indigo eCS CNG

When to expect: October 2013

Estimated Price: ₹ 5.50 - 5.80 lakhs

Tata launched the 2013 model range of the Indica eV2, IndigoeCS, Nano and Tata Sumo under their new customer focused strategy Horizonext. At the same event the company also unveiled the e-max CNG variants of the Indica, Indigo and Nano confirming that the new versions will be launched over the next... Read More

Updated: Last Month, 

CarWale Confidence: Low 

4. Force Motors Force One 4x4

When to expect: September 2013

Estimated Price: ₹ 12.00 - 13.00 lakhs

Force has got it right with the One! It’s spacious, offers a gamut of features and a good ride and handling pack. The Daimler sourced 2.2-litre common rail engine with 141bhp on tap is also super smooth and offers ample power and torque.... Read More

Updated: Last Month, 

CarWale Confidence: Low 

5. Tata Nano CNG

When to expect: October 2013

Estimated Price: ₹ 1.60 - 2.35 lakhs

Tata Motors’ Nano, the world’s cheapest car, has been around for about four years and had been a steady seller for the Indian automaker till mid 2012. With competition increasing in the low cost segment with the Alto 800 and Hyundai Eon and the slow but inevitable economic downturn making its way ac... Read More

Updated: Last Month, 

CarWale Confidence: Low 

6. Jeep Grand Cherokee

When to expect: October 2013

Estimated Price: ₹ 25.00 - 30.00 lakhs

Jeep is an iconic brand in most places around the world, including in India, and not just because Mahindra used to assemble WW2 Jeeps.... Read More

Updated: This Month, 

CarWale Confidence: Low 

7. Toyota New Innova Facelift

When to expect: October 2013

Estimated Price: ₹ 9.51 - 14.47 lakhs

It’s a matter of great importance when the segment leader gets a facelift and more so when the vehicle is a major seller for its company. Such is the tale of the Toyota Innova which has been around for more than six years and that time has received two major facelift; one in 2005 and one in 2009. La... Read More

Updated: This Month, 

CarWale Confidence: Low 

8. Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2013

When to expect: October 2013

Estimated Price: ₹ 1.15 - 1.40 crores

The 2014 Range Rover Sport is a bit of Enigma. It bears all the hallmarks of the badge and has proved to be a capable off roader but still has sporty overtones to make it stand out from the standard 2014 Range Rover.... Read More

Updated: Last Month, 

CarWale Confidence: Low 

9. Fiat Punto Abarth

When to expect: October 2013

Estimated Price: ₹ 8.50 - 9.50 lakhs

Fiat is in process of revamping their business and image in India. The plan includes introducing the American brands Jeep and Mopar to India, along with models from their performance division Abarth. While the Chrysler Jeep has already got the SUV lovers taking, there is an interesting update for pe... Read More

Updated: This Month, 

CarWale Confidence: Low 

10. Chevrolet Beat Facelift

When to expect: October 2013

Estimated Price: ₹ 4.00 - 6.00 lakhs

Chevrolet unveiled the facelifted Beat at the 2012 Paris Motor Show earlier this month.This hatchbackis soldglobally as the Sparkbut with a few changes to meet international standards. In India it is called the Beat, mainly because General Motors also sells the previous generation Spark in India

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