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Awesome Automotive Deals at Amazon.com
2008-05-09 15:15:00 I don’t normally do these types of posts, but I really thought some of you could use this. Amazon .com is holding some really good deals on automotive products right now. I’ll list a few of the best ones below, then a link to go look at all of them. There are almost 7,300 automotive products right ... More About: Awesome , Automotive
DWD (Driving With Dog)
2008-05-08 23:14:00 The first thing that struck me on reading this at Neatorama was, ‘Isn’t this against the law already?’ Surprisingly, and frighteningly, no. It would seem that it’s completely OK for you to go on a drive with a dog (assumedly of any size) sitting on your lap. If a cop were to see you, they couldn’t bust ... More About: News , Driving
Saleen Raptor Concept
2008-05-08 15:16:00 Looks like Saleen was serious about the supercar business. First came the awesome S7 and S7 TT, which is still one of the fastest cars in the world. To many though, the S7 was too big and too…umm…fishy, with all those gills all over the car. Now it seems Saleen’s next supercar venture will be the ... More About: Concept Cars , Raptor , Concept
Brits Say That Nurburgring Star GT-R Was Tweaked
2008-05-07 23:54:00 Well, well, well … the plot thickens. For those who have not been following, there’s been an ongoing, ahem, king-of-the-hill war being waged at the Nurburgring over the past few. The two primary players have been the latest uber-Vette ZR1 and the Nissan GT-R. Although the Nissan GT-R holds the current record, the full factory Vette has yet ... More About: Star , Brits
Escape - A Tale Of Woe
2008-05-07 15:38:00 I had a 2005 Ford Escape in the shop last week, it was a 3.0L Duratec V6 with two-wheel drive. Weirdest thing I’ve ever seen - there was a big hole in the rear for where the rear diff would be, as opposed to most 2WD trucks where the situation is the reverse. ... More About: Technical , Tale
In Car French Fry Holder
2008-05-06 23:48:00 Do we have a section for stories pertaining to “Semi-Useless Crap That Only Stupid Americans Would Buy?” If we do, here’s another addition for it. What you see here is a gizmo that allows you keep your French fries stationed close at hand using a cup holder slot. It even has a holder for ketchup. I can’t ... More About: Funny
Seattle Ford Dealer: Harris Ford
2008-05-06 21:28:00 This post is sponsored by Harris Ford If you’re in the Seattle metro area, surely you’ve driven by Harris Ford - the largest Seattle Ford dealer in the area. Looking over their website, it seems like they have quite a selection of new and pre-owned autos, although there were a few issues: First of all, when looking through ... More About: Misc , Dealer
Cadillac?s Bright Future
2008-05-06 15:17:00 GM has spent a lot of time and energy into the new Cadillac CTS, and from the looks of things, it has payed off. The CTS sedan has reinstated Cadillac as a contender among the top sport luxury brands, which include BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, and Infiniti. Now, however, there is an even better car, the ... More About: Future , Bright
International Racing Colours GP Engines
2008-05-05 22:53:00 Well now, this is something you should consider buying if you have the wall space (and the money and like vintage racing cars). Artist Paul Chenard has done a run of four limited edition prints of engine bays from F1 cars of the 50s. Specifically he’s done representations of Maserati 250F, a Talbot-Lago T26C, a Vanwall ... More About: International , Racing , Colours , Engines
Towing Cars In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2008-05-03 18:13:00 © Gearhead Media - Please visit Automoblog.net for more great content. ... More About: Video , Funny , Cars , Saudi , Saudi Arabia
Shelby Commemorative GT40
2008-05-02 20:59:00 This year marks not only Carroll Shelby ’s 85th year on this planet, but it is also the 42nd anniversary of when Ford finally won the Le Mans 24 hour race outright, in 1966. So why not celebrate both by putting out a special edition “continuance” version of the GT40? Why not indeed… Most car guys know the ...
Prius Convertible
2008-05-02 01:18:00 Now here’s a much better idea, a Prius convertible . Unlike a lot of gearheads, I don’t hold a grudge against the Toyota Prius. It’s a little bland and utilitarian for my tastes, but I do like the idea of using less gas, and the few times I’ve poked under the hood or driven them, the ... More About: Hybrid , Convertible
2 Cute 2 Tiny 2 Pointless: 1970?s Chevy & Dodge Vans
2008-05-01 01:36:00 From the fine folks over at Carscoop comes word of another disturbing wave of auto related cuteness from Japan (that should be a whole category unto itself, huh). What we have here is something inexplicably odd. Japan’s knack for taking anything and making it as small, non-threatening and cartoonishly cute is well known. They also have ... More About: Cute , Funny , Dodge , Tiny , Chevy
?Cougar Ace? Cars Are Being Destroyed
2008-04-30 17:20:00 Sad news today. The 4,703 Mazda cars and crossovers which were trapped in the Cougar Ace over two years ago have finally begun to be crushed and shredded. According to the Wall Street Journal, Mazda has decided to shred all the vehicles rather then take the chance of some of them reaching customer hands. The ... More About: News , Cars
ZR1= 638
2008-04-29 19:45:00 Sweet Jesus. That’s the HP figures for the upcoming Corvette ZR1: 638. That’s a lot, for a street car. That’s more than enough to move a car that weighs what a half-track does with great alacrity. Bolting a supercharger onto a big block (6.2 counts as a big block, yeh?) means you can crank out that kind of ... More About: Chevy
U.S. Postal Service To Release Tailfin Stamp Series
2008-04-28 18:43:00 The U.S. Postal Service (yes, the people you love to hate, but need on a daily basis) has been doing some interesting and fairly unconventional things for a governmental agency. Awhile back, the released a series of stamps featuring comic book super heroes, and now the USPS is releasing a series of stamps all about Tailfins. How ... More About: Series , Stamp , Release
Uno Unicycle
2008-04-26 20:02:00 Is this a joke … Nope, guess not. © Gearhead Media - Please visit Automoblog.net for ... More About: Funny
Virtual Wall: A Better Traffic Light
2008-04-26 03:10:00 Huh … this is a good idea, right? At first it strikes me as a good idea. I’m kind of jaundiced and think that most drivers in this country are frickin’ morons, barely able to bang two rocks together of questionable driving skill and even worse situational awareness. So, a system that projects a laser light show ... More About: Traffic , Misc , Wall , Virtual , Light
Dodge Viper Takes a 100ft Fall Off Cliff
2008-04-25 22:18:00 So we have a Dodge Viper racing a Ferrari 355 on a mountain road. The Viper passes the 355, starts to go around a turn, and the brakes lock up. This tends to be one of those things you don’t want to happen, particularly when you’re traveling at high speeds on a road named “Deadman’s ... More About: Video , Funny , Cliff , Fall
Gumpert Apollo Hybrid To Race At Nurburgring 24
2008-04-24 21:20:00 First let’s get the obvious out of the way: Gumpert is pretty funny name, and the Apollo is not the most esthetically pleasing of cars OK, now that that’s done, seems that the fine folk at Gumpert have added a hybrid drive train to their already prodigiously powered Apollo and are going to race the darn ... More About: Hybrid , Racing , Race , Nurburgring
Modesto, CA #1 In Stolen Cars
2008-04-23 23:28:00 What used to be the land of Curt, Steve, Terry ‘The Toad’ and John Milner (owner of the fastest car in the valley) now has another distinction piled upon it … yes that’s right, Modesto California is the number one spot for stolen cars in the U. S. of A. How did this happen? Good question … ... More About: News , Cars , Stolen
Florida Bans Truck Nutz
2008-04-22 20:14:00 I’ve mentioned these, er, decorations before, and it looks like they’re in the news again. Seems that paragon of jurisprudence and rational thought, Florida , thinks that having a pair of these on the hitch of your truck is a bad idea.As a matter of fact, if you scoff at this lw, and continue to display your ... More About: Funny , Truck
Danica Wins! Danica Wins! Danica Wins!
2008-04-21 17:34:00 Well whata-ya know, Danica Patrick finally won an Indy car race. I know this because I read it on the internet-tubes. Normally I would have known this because I obsessively watch Indy car races (as well as all F1 races and the 24 hours Le Mans) but this time I missed it. For starters, the race was ... More About: Racing , Wins
Nitro-powered R/C car does 200MPH+
2008-04-19 23:10:00 © Gearhead Media - Please visit Automoblog.net for more great content. ... More About: Video , Nitro
Mitsubishi v. Mazda v. Toyota: A Sport Compact Shoot-out
2008-04-19 00:18:00 Recently, my brother moved from the Big Apple back to Pittsburgh for a new job. Since he would walk, take the subway, or catch a cab if he needed to go anywhere, he never needed a vehicle in Manhattan. However, the sprawling suburbs of the Steel City have not been blessed with an adequate public ... More About: Toyota , Sport , Mazda , Mitsubishi , Comparison
Thorr Electric Sports Car
2008-04-19 00:10:00 Well, it’s close. Remember a while back I wrote a proposition here about and interesting & fun way to make a performance hybrid? Well, it seems like some enterprising Brits have done about half of that: check out the Thorr Electric Sports Car. I’m not sure why someone hasn’t done this sooner … the Lotus 7 (and all ... More About: Hybrid
Jack Nicholson Praises Hydrogen Car ? In ? 1978?!
2008-04-17 18:14:00 Wow, this is just stupendously weird. In a video from CBC (that’s from Canada) Jack Nicholson sings the prises of hydrogen fuel and demonstrates it in a converted Chevy. From 1978. Besides the whole time machine felling I get from watching this (is it now? am I staring into the past? did somebody put something in my drink?) ... More About: Video , Hydrogen , Jack Nicholson
Resto to Retro
2008-04-16 02:00:00 Ahhh….the sound of 454 cubic inches of raw untamed muscle coursing through my body, beckoning me to summon all of its inner demons with each crack of the throttle. Almost forgetting the laws of the land, I release the clutch, smash down on the “loud” pedal, and let rip every pony that existed in ... More About: Retro , Comparison , Muscle Cars
Ferrari?s New Nose
2008-04-15 19:28:00 Well, what have we here? Ferrari have been rumored to be working on a radical new nose for their F1 car, and a few days ago, they let it out of the R & D dept. and onto the track at Spain. To me, it seems pretty obvious what Ferrari is trying to accomplish with this new ... More About: Racing , Nose
Ferrari ? Leggenda e Passione for May
More articles from this author:2008-04-14 19:10:00 Normally, I’m not into car auctions; I think they are to cars what art auctions are to art: a cancer. But this auction sure is interesting. Every so often, there is a Ferrari only auction held at the factory in Maranello. titled Leggenda e Passione , the next one is coming up on May 18, 2008 and is ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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