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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
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 ...
Segway Versus BMX Stunts
2008-04-12 18:46:00 The video speaks for itself. © Gearhead Media - Please visit Automoblog.net for more great content. ... More About: Video , Segway , Versus , Stunts
Caterham R500 Superlight
2008-04-11 23:44:00 Carrying on with my obsession with all things Lotus 7 comes official news about the Caterham R500 Superlight. As is Caterham’s habit, the thing will be powered by a Ford 4 cylinder engine. In this case a 263 HP 2.0L Duratec mated to either a six-speed manual or a way cool six speed sequential box. ...
What If GM Cuts Off An Arm & A Leg?
2008-04-11 00:05:00 AutoExtremist.com plays a a game of ‘What If’. In this instance, they speculate, what if GM were to keep only Chevrolet, Cadillac and Hummer going in North America. Buick would still be around, but for overseas markets only. GMC, Pontiac, Saturn? Gone. Vanished. Disappeared. Finito. And Saab (you do remember that GM owns Saab, don’t you)? ... More About: Cuts
Apartments Designed Around Motorcycle Ownership
2008-04-10 06:05:00 From space limited Japan, comes housing developed around motorcycle & scooter owners. A neat idea if you ask me. First, I’m a sucker for good design. Second, it seems really efficient, and besides, story any kind of vehicle outside makes me nervous. Essentially, the work of Japanese architects Yuji Nakae, Akiyoshi Takagi and Hirofumi Ohno works like ... More About: Motorcycle , Apartments
Graham Rahal Breaks Through, New Young Star On The Rise
2008-04-08 17:39:00 Congratulations are in order for Graham Rahal when he won the St. Petersburg Indy car race this past Sunday. It was a race that fell into “outright crazy” category, especially at the start. The first street race of the newly combined series started under a torrential tropical downpour. Rain always make for tricky conditions in a race, ... More About: Racing , Star , Young , Breaks , Rise
Happy Anniversary Daytona
2008-04-08 00:00:00 It’s a good weekend to be Ferrari (and what weekend isn’t?). Not only did Massa & Raikkonen kick ass and take names at Bahrain this weekend, but it’s also the 40th anniversary for the great Ferrari Daytona . Back in the late 60s, this car was it. Yes, yes, I know, Lamborghini’s Miura was a very ... More About: Anniversary , Happy , Happy Anniversary
Yes, We Also Talk About Cars
2008-04-05 21:16:00 OK, so head dude Chris and I will get into these conversations about cars via chat (since we live about 1200 miles apart), and we both thought, why not put them on the air (so to speak). One of my first concerns was what to call it … which lead to this conversation: Christopher: Like an “Around ... More About: Cars , Misc , Talk
Top 10 Most Outrageous Moments from ?The Transporter? Film Series
2008-04-05 01:36:00 I know, I know … “willful suspension of disbelief” and “it’s just a movie” and all that, but BOY does Hollywood takes liberties with both physics AND cars a lot. From tires screeching on gravel to Tom Cruise as a viable race driver, they sure like to play fast and loose with all ... More About: Movies , Film , Series , Moments , Outrageous
Premier4509 Announces Bentley Continental GT Aero Body Kit
2008-04-04 00:04:00 No. No, no, no, no, no. For starters, body kits are really iffy and subjective … it’s your car, sure, and you can screw it up all you want, but going down that body kit road is a very dicey proposition in the first place, and in this instance, it’s downright disastrous. If you want another example of ... More About: Body , Continental , Bentley
Preview to an Automotive Downfall, Or A Minor Setback?
2008-04-03 15:43:00 Chrysler, Ford and General Motors are still having problems selling their cars, trucks and minivans. The Big 3 continue to increase their unsold inventory that are parked outside their dealerships and manufacturing plants. That?s nothing new though. Anyone who watches television or reads the newspaper knows all about the struggling car market in the States. ... More About: News , Toyota , Preview , Automotive , Minor
World?s Worst Intersections & Traffic Jams
2008-04-02 23:21:00 Via Neatorama comes this rather entertaining look at the worlds worst pieces of road when turned over to you & me, the average motorist. Every town has them … those areas you just flat-out avoid because you know no matter when you try to go through them, it could be 4 in the morning, traffic will ... More About: World , Traffic , Driving , Jams
The Monaco Grand Prix Library by Roy Hulsbergen
2008-04-01 23:49:00 Racing fans seem to fracture at one level or another. For example, if yo ask us about our favorite race, some will say Daytona, some will say Indy, and for a lot of F1 fans, Monaco is their most favored. My brother LOVES the Monaco Grand Prix … collects tapes and artifacts and old magazine articles, ... More About: Library , Racing , Grand Prix
I?m Sorry, But It Has What Kind Of Engine?
2008-04-01 02:01:00 What’s that old joke about it being a good thing that England is an island because the British are, by and large, nuts? Well here’s example #645,643,985. The car in question is a Dax Rush, essentially one of umpteen copies of the seldom equaled Lotus 7. What differentiates this particular Dax Rush from all the others is it’s ... More About: Engine
Charlie Chaplin Was In A racing movie?
2008-03-29 19:22:00 Did you know that Charlie Chaplin was in a racing movie? He was, it was called “Kid Auto Races at Venice”. Near as I can tell, it has not one, but two races contained with in the movie. There’s both an actual automobile race going on, but in the last bit of the film, there is ... More About: Movies , Movie , Racing , Charlie Chaplin
2010 Volkswagen Robust
More articles from this author:2008-03-29 01:37:00 OK, so the folks over at Pickuptruck.com (yes, there actually is such a site) have interesting renderings about the supposed, rumored, and (some say) hoped-for VW pick up. VW used to make a pick up truck based on the Rabbit back in the early 80s. For a while they were real popular with tuners and ... More About: Volkswagen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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