Federpneus, an association that holds the tire specialist retailers, announced recently the results of a study in which over the past five years the number of motorcycles has grown considerably in our country, an increase equal to 27.81%.

In particular, just five years ago, in 2003, the number of motorcycles registered was 4,370,449 in 2007 motorcycles had already become 5,585,972.

The increase in the number of motorcycles covered, in particular, the region of central and southern ahead with the Molise with 44.52% followed closely by Lazio with 39.88% and the northern region of Piedmont with the 37.48%.

According Federpneus, this increase is due mainly to the difficulties of finding parking and traffic congenital that would push people to buy a motorcycle to move freely in city traffic.

The global economic crisis has severely affected the Honda, a Japanese company that recently announced intention to leave the world of Formula 1 for not having the necessary funds to continue the project.

The crisis is so high that Takeo Fukui, CEO of the company, announced in the last hour that the new NSX, the car that was supposed to revive the fortunes of the company, will no longer be achieved at the lack of necessary liquidity.

A decision that highlights, if ever there was need, the most serious crisis facing the Japanese company just think that 2008 will end with a profit far below those of 2007 estimated at around -67%.

A truly alarming situation that could lead to even more serious consequences if not reversed as soon as possible the negative trend.

As repeatedly said on these pages, the market for cars is experiencing a period of deep crisis almost everywhere with registrations in the last year that are significantly decreased over the previous year.

This situation does not seem to concern that Brazil appears as an island happy. If in 2007 the enrollment had increased by 27.8%, the first ten months of 2008 have reported very positive results with an increase equal to 23.2%.

A situation that might develop in the coming in contrast to what is happening in much of the world, especially in Western countries, where registrations are drastically reduced.

Moreover, according to statistics are a Brazilian eight still owns a car, then the margin of increase in registrations are still high.

As we said a few days ago, one of the main causes of road accidents that occur on our roads is linked excessive alcohol in the blood due to a glass of wine or beer too.

And ‘why Mario Calducci, Chairman of the House Transportation Committee, has recently submitted a bill that could insaprire further penalties against those who abuse alcohol before they get to drive.

In particular, the proposal provides for the reduction of the limit of alcohol in the blood permissible by law, bringing it from 0.5 today to 0.2 grams per liter.

A proposal which, if approved, could significantly reduce the number of glasses of wine or beer that every driver can drink before you get in the car without risking the immediate withdrawal of the license.

For more sentences could be further tightened to discourage drivers to drink before you get to drive. We shall see.

At the next Detroit Motor Show, Mercedes will debut a new eco-car specially designed to reduce air pollution, we are talking about the concept BlueZero.

The vehicle in question will be presented in three different declinations to meet the needs of all. We will, in fact, the whole electricity, called E-cell, specially designed for city traffic as it allows a range of 200 kilometers.

The F-cell instead provide increased autonomy, up to 400 kilometers, as fed dall’idrogeno.

Finally, the hybrid version, called E-Plus mobile, will have a double engine: electric and fuel autonomy while ensuring that even reaches the 800 km with just one full of electricity.

We just have to wait for the opening of the Detroit Motor Show to see nearby vehicles and know all the technical characteristics.