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Skoda brand has long been the butt of cruel motoring jokes - but an ingenious and in my opinion original lovely new advert for the new Fabia gives a new way to look at this marque. The 60-second commercial - which is reported to have cost up to £500,000 to make - shows a team of bakers, model makers and home economists as they set about creating an edible version of the car. 1. The first egg is cracked. Only another 179 to go. Plus 100kg of flour and 100kg of caster sugar 2. A huge vat of chocolate sauce, 30kg of almonds and 65kg of dried fruit make the 'crispy cake' mix for the car's bodywork 3. Now it's the turn of two bakers to make 448 Madeira 'brick cakes' to form the foundation of the car's chassis 4. With the precision of a Formula One team, the Skoda crew sculpt every crumbly cog and sticky spark plug of the engine 5. Cake bricks are layered with buttercream icing - a slightly bigger job than your average Victoria sponge 6. Next, the body work takes...

Henry Ford's dream is one step closer to being appreciated. John Bakker has put together a management team, and has found some initial backing, to develop the first PAL-V (Personal Air and Land Vehicle). The PAL-V can reach speeds of up to 200km/h on land and in the air. So if traffic is congested, fly, if the weather doesn't allow flying, drive. With the very short take off and vertical landing (VSTOVL) this car/bike/gyrocopter should work fine in city areas as well as rural (roads are luxury) areas. Prices are not known, but should be comparable to an executive saloon. The price one pay is great, because it’s a further step to have more precious, but remember that this also means one less excuse for making late for work!!! For more details check the official site: http://www.pal-v.com/ Press Release Personal Air and Land Vehicle After many years of pioneering with well-known parties as the Dutch Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) to create a flying and driving vehicle John ...