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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
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
These Hyundai Boys have Some Driving Skills!
2008-03-28 15:52:00 I must say…I never thought you could do some of these things in an old Hyundai . If you’re looking for the short version of this, just watch up until about 3 minutes into the video. It starts to get monotonous after that. Link: Youtube ... More About: Video , Driving , Skills , Boys
Damage Coming To Gran Turismo?
2008-03-27 20:29:00 That’s what Kazanori Yamauchi, the guy behind the Gran Turismo series says at any rate. “We’ve had a lot of discussions with the manufacturers and although at the beginning they hated the idea of deformation, now they’re slowly coming around to it. We’ve still got a few to convince, but we will. Expect deformation in the ... More About: Video Game , Gran turismo , Damage
2009 Solstice Gets a Toupe, And it Looks Good!
2008-03-27 19:33:00 To continue my fan-boy Pontiac posts (yes, I am a devoted follower of the pointy badge), a new version Solstice was unveiled alongside the G8 GXP as well as the new 2009 Vibe at the New York International Auto Show last week. Named the Pontiac Solstice Coupe, the two seater will still be able ... More About: Good
Checker Marathon Redux: Ford Transit Connect Taxi
2008-03-26 22:27:00 Or at least that’s what the good folks at Wired’s Autotopia blog say. I think the Ford Transit Connect could make a very viable taxi. It’s got a lot of what you want in a taxi: big on the inside, small on the outside (doesn’t take up much road), and it looks to be rugged enough ... More About: Marathon , Taxi
Why The Nissan GT-R Will Fail
2008-03-25 19:52:00 Well, that’s pretty bold statement relayed to me by the fine folks at Axis of Oversteer . They pointed to this story at a (new to me, but still very good) site called Speed Sport Life , that basically takes Nissan and the GT-R to task. To wit: “…What’s the Nissan GT-R’s market ...
The Next Move For Monsieur Todt
2008-03-24 19:38:00 OK, first there were rumors that Jean Todt, he of Ferrari team & upper company management, was going to get the boot (it’s really long and convoluted, but it has to do with the retiring of Schumacher, and a long running battle with Luca di Montezemolo). And then it turned out that those rumors are ... More About: Racing , Move
Oil Boom Diamond Kitsch
2008-03-22 17:34:00 OK, so there’s this odd, but interesting site called Oobject. The site is sort of like a cross between BoingBoing, the old Billboard magazine and a design forum, or as they say themselves: ” … like Billboard charts for gadgets.” Their latest posting is all about the rise, both in number and level of grotesquerie, of diamond ... More About: News , Funny , Boom , Diamond
Champ Car Teams Dropping Like Flies Following IRL Merger
2008-03-21 23:17:00 Or so says the folks over at Autoblog . Indeed, that IS true, some of the bigger teams from Champ Car , Forsythe, Walker Racing, and Minardi have dropped out of the now merged series. But here’s the bit from Autoblog’s story that I don’t get: ” … former Champ Car co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven will give it a ... More About: News , Teams , Flies , Merger
The BMW Concept CS - Dynamically Dynamic Dynamics
2008-03-21 14:21:00 Wow, they really let the marketing department have their way with this press release. If you read the recent press release by BMW about the new Concept CS (below,) you’ll notice that they use some variation of the word “dynamic” a ridiculous amount of times. Dynamic driving, dynamic length, dynamic flowing lines…they really laid it on ... More About: Funny , Dynamics
So Many Late 70s Cliches All In One Place
2008-03-20 19:22:00 Yes, eBay, the final repository for all that crap you should have gotten rid of decades ago. Today’s case in point: A 1977 Dodge Tradesman van with a custom Star Wars mural painted on the side. Located in Akron Ohio. Got to love th’custom interior - WITH drum kit (I’m not really sure if that’s included). Somebody out ... More About: Funny , Place , Late
The BMW Concept CS - Dynamically Dynamic Dynamics
2008-03-20 19:21:00 Wow, they really let the marketing department have their way with this press release. If you read the recent press release by BMW about the new Concept CS (below,) you’ll notice that they use some variation of the word “dynamic” a ridiculous amount of times. Dynamic driving, dynamic length, dynamic flowing lines…they really laid it on ... More About: Funny , Dynamics
Announced: Pontiac G8 GXP Comes in 2008!
2008-03-20 16:00:00 General Motors is wasting no time in producing a hot-rod version of it’s highly-anticipated G8 sedan, which will arrive in your local dealerships at the end of this year. GM and Pontiac unveiled the GXP at the New York Auto Show this week. According to their press release, which is chalk full of performance specifications, ... More About: 2008
Ferrari F2007 Featured In Gran Turismo 5?
2008-03-20 00:15:00 Oh really? This has been floating around for a couple of days, and I’ve got to say, at least it’s a step in the right direction. Sure, the handling “physics” will be cartoony, and there will be no damage or fatigue models (to be spun with the same tired old excuses of “the manufacturers blah blah blah,” ... More About: Ferrari , Turismo , Featured , Gran turismo
Ford Launches 2009 ?Warriors in Pink? Mustang for Breast Cancer
2008-03-19 06:46:00 Due to the success of the 2008 “Warriors in Pink ” Mustang , Ford announced today that it will be doubling their contribution to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation - now $500 for each car sold. They will be produced in limited numbers - 1,000 units total for this year, available at your local ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer
Kenguru: Drive-In Car for Wheelchairs
More articles from this author:2008-03-18 22:11:00 I know, what a great idea/weird idea, right? Funny thing is, I’ve seen a convertible version of this kind of, uh, conveyance … For those of you that don’t know, I lived on The North Shore for three years. One day, I’m out walking through my neighborhood, and I go down this street that’s in ... More About: News , Drive , Wheelchairs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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