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Ford Fiesta Coming Back to the US in 2010
2008-06-01 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief My buddy in high school used to buy and trash Fiesta s. I think he went through at least three of them and did multiple engine swaps. They were fun little cars and have been missing from... More About: Ford , Back , Ford Fiesta
Goofy Nissan Pulsar Commercial
2008-06-01 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Personally, I think the idea of a modular car is cool, but that doesn't make this 1988 Pulsar commercial any less goofy. Don't you think someone should have asked the narrator to tone it down a... More About: Nissan , Commercial
Path To An Automotive Dream Job?
2008-05-31 00:00:00 By Ron aka WayTooFurious Let's be honest: amidst all the layoffs and dwindling sales, getting started in the automotive industry isn?t exactly the easiest thing to do anymore. In fact, in my Australian hometown of Geelong, we're going to lose... More About: Automotive , Dream , Path
All-Ford Nationals At Carlisle, Just A Week Away!
2008-05-31 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor CarDomain's going to be sending me to cover the Carlisle All-Ford Nationals on the weekend of June 7-8! The Ford Nats hold kind of a special place in my heart?last year, it was the first car... More About: Week
You Don't Have To Be Rich: Best Cheap Four-Banger Convertibles
2008-05-31 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor Car and Driver is running a list of what it calls "frugal" summer convertibles. Frankly, I've always had a fantasty of picking up a junkyard ragtop and running it for a summer or two, so I... More About: Rich , Cheap , Convertibles
Ode to the Valiant
2008-05-31 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief Seems like Darts and Dusters get all the Mopar A-body glory, but Valiants are pretty cool, too. Ok, so I'm partial--my first car was a '63 Valiant vert. So does this Elise look nervous or what?...
Silverado Crushes the Tundra on CarDomain
2008-05-31 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief The Silverado beat the Tundra by a 3 to 1 margin in our latest Showroom Showdown. That means it gets to face the Ram in our "final" full size truck match up. We'll hold that next...
Turdbiodiesel Hydrogen Sh*t Hybrid
2008-05-31 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief Entwerfer des Audis over at VWVortex has come up with an excellent alternative to our dependence on foreign oil. I'll let his words and design sketch speak for themselves. Our addiction to oil has gotten completely... More About: Hybrid , Hydrogen
Old-Timer Attempts Getaway, Runs Over Cop Car
2008-05-31 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor After being written a traffic ticket, 70-year-old Henry Raskin probably though he'd show his discontent with a badass peel-out in his Camry. What he didn't know is that his ride was in reverse, and he ended... More About: Getaway , Timer , Runs
Fiero Trouncing Camaro in Black Magic Face Off
2008-05-31 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief We're in the final round of voting in the Black Magic Face Off and Steven's Fiero is killing Joe's Camaro . Voting ends June 8, so Joe still has a shot, but with almost 300 votes Steven... More About: Black magic
All Mopar Spring Round-Up This Sunday
2008-05-31 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief John, Jen and I will be at the All Mopar Spring Round -Up on Sunday at XXX Rootbeer in Issaquah. I'm bringing my Satellite and Jen is bringing her Eagle (AMCs are welcome). It was a great... More About: Round Up
Caption Contest: This Week's Winner!
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor This week, some people commented that this picture was fake, and that a shopping cart couldn't possible have have inflicted this damage. To them, I'd like to say that inhalants don't just make your breath smell... More About: Contest , Winner , Caption
Motorized Motivation
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By David aka Highspeedhijinks We all know those people who like to adorn their cubicles with those cheesy motivational posters that show a circle of skydivers titled "Teamwork" or a cat falling out a tree under the caption "hang in... More About: Motivation , Motorized
Michael J. Fox Selling Hondas in Japan
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief Way back in... 1991? Accompanied by Huey Lewis, no less. More About: Selling , Japan , Michael
Latest From Rolls Royce
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By Ron aka WayTooFurious Rolls Royce has released some teaser pictures of their new RR4 model that is due to be released in 2010. According to the official press release, it will be smaller than the Phantom and will be... More About: Rolls-Royce
Ever Used N2 or CO2 to Fill Your Tires?
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Regular old air works fine for most people, but racers and off-roaders often use nitrogen or CO2 to fill their tires. The theory is than since those gases are inert, the rubber will be less susceptible... More About: Fill , Tires
User Error: Or, Why Audis Are Always So Expensive To Fix
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor CarScoop found this discussion on Audi Forums in which a member by the name of Powrd1.8 supposedly decided to try a DIY port-and-polish that involved dumping a 25-pound bag of sandblasting sand into his intake?while the... More About: User , Error
Flatmobile
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief The Flatombile is the world's lowest street legal car. Since it's in England it doesn't have to worry about being run over and crushed by a Donk. It's also got jet power, which is extra cool....
This Just In: New on the Net
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Tomorrow, I'm taking the day off, and for once, I'm not using the time to fly to Florida and see my folks. I enjoy going down there and everything, but sometimes, it's nice just to stay...
Is It Possible To Have a Rational Discussion About Gas Prices?
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief Thomas Friedman, a columnist in the New York Times, is delighted by the current high gas prices--so delighted that he is proposing that the US government establish a "price floor" to make sure gas prices stay... More About: Gas Prices , Rational , Discussion , Prices
More Details on the Toyota/Subaru RWD Coupe
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief Edmunds is reporting that we will only get the Subaru version of the jointly developed Toyota /Subaru RWD Coupe slated for 2011--the Toyota version will be sold exclusively in Japan. The new 2+2 coupe will be powered... More About: Details
Two Door Charger
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief I still don't get why Dodge never built a two door Charger based on the LX platform. It seemed like a total no brainer. Heck, they could have done a nice low buck, two door Super... More About: Door
Big-Block Pierce-Arrow on eBay
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor Here's something you don't see every day. These cars are usually restored to stock and parked in museums, not resto-rodded! With a Chevy 454 big-block under the hood, this gangster Pierce -Arrow would be a force to... More About: Ebay , Block
Photos From Indy Live!
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor I had a blast at the Indy 500, but getting pics of the actual race was practically impossible. The credentials departments at most tracks seem to dismiss anyone who writes for anything internet-based, and to be... More About: Photos , Live
Junk Wagon Jump
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor Watch these dumbasses launch a partially-crushed wagon over a giant heap of garbage, punting a bicycle into the air in the process. The angle the car comes down at actually looks steep enough to be fatal,... More About: Jump , Junk , Wagon
New Challengers Sent to the Crusher!
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief Well, ok, they're cars with major defects, test mules or other vehicles that can't legally be sold. Still, it makes me want to cry. More at CanadianStreetCar.com. More About: Crusher , The Crusher
2009 Maxima Begins Production. Do You Still Hate It?
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor Those new Maxima s that you guys love to hate started rolling off the assembly line at Nissan's Tennessee plant earlier this week. A lot of new cars look pretty non-descript, but the "aggressive-looking exterior" of this... More About: Hate , Production
Caption Contest!
2008-05-30 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Sure, the paint job is a little goofy, but something about the way this van's legs are positioned just creeps me out. Doesn't it kind of look like this beast is stalking something? Yikes. Anyway, you... More About: Contest , Caption
Kids These Days: Cars That Teens Want, According to Forbes
2008-05-29 00:00:00 By Jen Dunnaway Editor Everyone knows that kids these days are just so sensible and pragmatic, and not at all deserving of the bad rap they always get in the popular culture. Forbes Autos reports on the top ten cars... More About: Kids , Cars , Teens , Days
Half Motorcycle, Half Robot Concept Looks Sick
More articles from this author:2008-05-29 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Most of the time, I think vehicles with three wheels are lame. But design student Jake Loniak's Deus Ex Machina Concept is cool enough to make me look beyond that. While I still don't think it... More About: Robot , Motorcycle , Sick , Half 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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