Archive for July, 2009
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Friday, July 31st, 2009Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Marketing/Advertising, MINI, Humor
You’ve seen the license plate surrounds that read “My other car is an Enterprise Rent-a-car.” Well, in a Cash-for-Clunkers age, what if your other car is headed to the scrap heap because you wanted to buy something friendlier? Then Mini has a bumper sticker for you.
It’s part [...]
Lexus trademarks CT 200h, CT 300h and CT 400h for entry-level Euro model?
Friday, July 31st, 2009Filed under: Frankfurt Auto Show, Hybrid, Hatchback, Lexus, Rumormill
The gurus over at my.IS forums bring us more material to chew on today regarding the long-rumored C-Segment hybrid hatchback from Lexus due to go up against the likes of the Audi A3 and BMW 1 Series and expected to debut at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. [...]
REPORT: Ford to go after lux brands with new Taurus ads [w/VIDEO]
Friday, July 31st, 2009Filed under: Sedan, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Ford
Click above to watch videos after the jump
While the Taurus name still carries very strong awareness with customers, Ford needs to show the car-buying public that the 2010 model has an entirely new level of class and refinement. To accomplish its goal, the flagship sedan’s new marketing campaign is ignoring [...]
eBay Find of the Day: ex-Moonwalker video Stratos Zero replica
Friday, July 31st, 2009Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Etc., Europe, Celebrities, Design/Style
Moonwalker video Stratos Zero replica - click above for high-res image gallery
First of all, HA HA HA! Second, yes, this is the car used in Michael Jackson’s 1988 film Moonwalker. Now, even the King of Pop couldn’t get Lancia to cough up the [...]
REPORT: Cash For Clunkers to live through today, $2 billion more on its way [UPDATE]
Friday, July 31st, 2009Filed under: Car Buying, Classics, Government/Legal
Last night came the shaky, breathless news that Cash for Clunkers (C4C), the federal program to get older, more polluting cars off the roads by giving consumers between $3,500 and $4,500 rebates for their trade ins, had run out of money and was being shut down. Not so fast says [...]
2009 X Games Rally Car ride along
Friday, July 31st, 2009Filed under: Motorsports, Performance, Hatchback, Ford, Subaru
2009 X Games Rally Car ride along - Click above for high-res image gallery
If you’ve never been given a “hot lap” by a professional driver, let me try and convey what the experience is like. You’re usually dehydrated and have been standing on a [...]
Officially Official: Chrysler PT Cruiser to live on
Friday, July 31st, 2009Filed under: Hatchback, Chrysler
Chrysler made it official this morning: the PT Cruiser will cruise on — for at least another year. Earlier this spring, the PT Cruiser was one of several products slated to get the axe as Chrysler madly tried to boost it’s bottom line in a failed attempt to stave off bankruptcy. However, [...]
CARS tells dealers how to kill a C4C’s engine
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Filed under: Government/Legal
Cash for Clunkers can be a bit complicated, what with last minute rule changes and the multitudes of stipulations ingrained into the program. However, one aspect of C4C that leaves little to the imagination is what happens when a vehicle is turned in under the program: The engine is permanently wrecked, and the [...]
Goodbye, Gold Wing: Honda officially ends U.S. motorcycle production
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Honda, Motorcycle
2010 Honda Gold Wing - Click above for high-res image gallery
We knew the day would come when the final Gold Wing motorcycle would be built in America after Honda announced last year that it would eventually close its motorcycle plant in Marysville, Ohio. Apparently, that time is now, as Honda [...]
VIDEO: See how prototype Chevy Volt bodies are built
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Filed under: Hybrid, Plants/Manufacturing, Videos, Chevrolet, GM, Alternative Fuel
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Right now the crew at General Motors’ pre-production operations center at the Warren Technical Center is in the midst of building 75 Chevy Volt IVER prototypes. IVERs, or integration vehicle engineering release prototypes, are the last stage of prototypes prior [...]
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