Archive for December, 2009
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Motorsports, Rumormill
Ralf Schumacher entered Formula One six years after his brother Michael, with the same Jordan team that introduced his sibling to the grid. That’s about where the similarities end. After an 11-year career with Williams, Jordan, and Toyota, Ralf retired in 2007 and ended up in the DTM series. He was [...]
Kia and Microsoft set to debut UVO at CES, leave us wondering for now
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: CES, Technology, Kia
When you think Microsoft car technology you think SYNC, right? Perfectly natural, since it’s the only place Redmond’s bits and bytes have made much of an impact on the automotive scene. But SYNC is just Ford’s flavor of Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Technologies — naturally with plenty of customizations and functionality [...]
Piccolo Grande: Stretch-limo Vespa?
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Etc., Motorcycle, Specialty
A stretch-limo Vespa may still garner a fist to the face, but this attention-grabbing idea is better than the last flash of brilliance Vespa South Africa Managing Director Andy Reid put into action. That plan involved fake parking tickets being placed guerrilla-style on large vehicles to drive the point about [...]
AutoblogGreen for 12.31.09
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Study: Plug-in cars are cleaner than gas, hydrogen cars could be worse
But some hydrogen cars are as clean as EVs, say the study authors.
Gas To Electric, Santa Monica make [...]
Video: 9ff TR 1000 reaches 391.7 km/h at Papenburg test track
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Porsche
Click above to watch the 9ff TR 1000 reach 391.7 km/h at the Papenburg test track after the jump
There aren’t too many places you can cruise at over 200 mph in relative safety, but the Papenburg test track is one of them. The high speed oval located in Northern Germany [...]
KBB lists its "most researched" new cars and trucks in 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Car Buying, Etc.
Kelley Blue Book’s twenty most researched cars — Click above for a high-res gallery
Kelley Blue Book (KBB) strained the data from its voluminous cache to come up with the year’s 20 most researched cars, and the five brands that got the most attention. This will probably come as a surprise [...]
Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 12.30.09
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Review: 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10 reminds us we’re in the wrong tax bracket
Is it the penultimate everyday supercar or a defanged Lambo for two-thirds the price? We put the R8 V10 through the wringer for a week to find out if it deserves a top spot on our lottery list.
Video: Our Audi R8 [...]
Video: Audi Space on Playstation Home network the place for spiky-haired sky drivers
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Audi, Toys/Games
Audi Space promo video - Click above to watch video
Audi has released a promotional video for its Audi Space area on the Playstation Home network to the Internetz. It’s part Blade Runner, part Berlin discotheque and all e-Tron.
From where we sit, it could win a Truth in Advertising [...]
Report: Merit pay returns to General Motors
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Filed under: GM, Earnings/Financials
When General Motors was on the verge of bankruptcy, cuts were made to salaried workers’ pay and benefits. The move was important to help preserve as much cash as possible while also showing the federal government and the United Auto Workers that everybody in the company was making a sacrifice. Some might [...]
Zetsche reportedly says Daimler to pick new compact car partner by mid-2010
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Filed under: Budget, Mercedes-Benz, Smart, Renault, Rumormill
Despite rumors of Daimler and Renault collaborating on a four-door Smart model, no official tie-up between the two companies has been announced. That could change next year when Daimler will reportedly decide who its small-car partner will be. Daimler is getting even more heavily into the development of [...]
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