Porsche Of Quad Cities

Porsche Design has released a laptop that rotates 360 degrees and is rivaling the Macbook Surface Book. A laptop from Porsche may sound unusual, but the Porsche Design brand has steadily become integrated into the premium device market, and they unveiled their latest initiative just this week at the Mobile Congress in Barcelona. It鈥檚 worth noting the notebook鈥檚 hardware was finely done by Quanta, Intel, and Microsoft, the companies also responsible for helping develop and manufacture Amazon鈥檚 popular Fire tablets. Porsche Design鈥檚 Book One boasts polished aluminum housing with a flawless anodized outer appearance. The Porsche Design logo below the screen is surely distinctive, yet it鈥檚 tastefully understated enough to still be aesthetic. The laptop comes with a hinge design, similar to Porsche鈥檚 approach in crafting a sports car鈥檚 transmission, allowing the laptop to rotate 360 degrees while still unhinged. The Book One鈥檚 hinge also allows the display to close onto the keyboard with any gap. There are even small rubber stoppers to the hinge so that you won鈥檛 scratch the laptop in the various modes it flips to. The hinge is sturdy even when the tablet is locked into place. Inside, the Book One is an absolute power beast, featuring some of the newest and most powerful hardware around today. This includes Intel鈥檚 latest Core i7-7500U processor, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. This is all powered by a Li-Polymer battery that should provide up to 14 hours normal battery use, and can be fully charged in a mere two hours! The Book One runs on Windows 10 Pro, so you can easily integrate all of your favorite programs and services and sign in to the device using Windows hello and the front-facing 5MP camera. There鈥檚 also two USB-C ports and two USB 3.0 ports.

The Toyota Prius has been named the UK鈥檚 most accident-prone car, being involved in 111 crashes for every 10,000 examples of the model on the road. Data from GoCompare shows there were around 71,000 Priuses registered in the UK in 2016, with 787 accidents in the same year involving the model. Second place went to the Citroen Saxo, which had an accident rate of 106 out of every 10,000 examples. The BMW 330d was third with 102 out of every 10,000 being involved in a crash. In terms of brands as a whole, Vauxhall was the most accident-prone. There were around 3.6 million of the manufacturer鈥檚 models registered in the UK in 2016, with 22,490 accidents that year involving them - a rate of 62 out of every 10,000 examples. Meanwhile, Daewoo and SEAT were in joint second-place, each with an accident rate of 60 out of every 10,000 of their models. The second-worst overall region was Yorkshire and the Humber, with 47 accidents per 10,000 cars. While you might expect higher speed limits to result in more accidents, that wasn鈥檛 the case. In 2016, there were 79,569 crashes in 30mph zones - nearly 10 times the number that occurred on roads with 70mph speed limits. Are you surprised by these findings?

New performance coupe lives up to M name. The high-performance BMW M4 is all-new for 2015, a sleek, powerful coupe that takes its place alongside the venerated M3 sedan in BMW's track-ready M lineup. Based on the 4 Series, the 2015 BMW M4 replaces the last-generation two-door M3, in line with BMW's latest nomenclature that uses odd numbers to denote sedans, and even numbers for coupes. While the M3 is a great all-around sedan that can go from the track to the grocery store with daily-driver practicality, the M4 looks more like a true sports car. Unlike the M3's more upright stance, the BMW M4 is slightly leaned-back, with a signature BMW twin kidney grille that is ever-so-slightly lower and wider. Large front air intakes are functional and give the M4 an aggressive look. Vertical vents alongside the front fenders channel air down the sides of the car. A rear integrated lip spoiler keeps the car planted, while a smooth underbody and rear diffuser help the M4 to slice through the air with as little resistance as possible.

And although the M4 also has a backseat, it's the kind of car you'd prefer to drive alone, or with one great friend. Compared with the last-generation M3 coupe, the M4 is substantially lighter, thanks in part to a body that uses a greater percentage of aluminum and carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic. Like the M3, the M4 gets a carbon fiber driveshaft and roof. On M4 coupes, the trunk lid is also made of carbon fiber. Another significant change includes the switch to electromechanical steering. Fans of hydraulic power steering tend to complain that electric systems are numb and unresponsive, but we found the M4's feel precise and direct. Drivers can also select from three modes that adjust the level of steering effort, independently from suspension and throttle settings. Handling is aided by a new five-link rear suspension, which is mounted directly to the body, giving the M4 a stiffer ride and more direct road feel. Most components are made out of aluminum, rather than steel, shaving off more weight. The only downside with the new setup is that it produces quite a bit of road noise.