Monthly Archives: August 2009
- August 20, 2009
- What would a modern Fiat pickup look like? One designer has a theory…
Picture it: you’re on holiday in Ericeira, Portugal and wouldn’t you know it, the Vespas you rented to take to Sintra won’t fit in the back of the Peugeot.
You bang on your Brit ex-pat neighbor’s door to see if you can borrow his Ford Transit, but he’s not home and the suspiciously young Hungarian lady [...]
- August 20, 2009
- Little kid parks car like a budding Ken Block
At this point in the calender cycle, we’re probably all familiar with Ken Block’s Gymkhana videos (if you’re not, don’t feel left out – watch here).
Naturally, as acts of controlled hoonage grow in popularity, younger and younger kids are going to become fans. And like monkeys, kids see, kids do.
Obviously, without the aid of a [...]
- August 20, 2009
- Porsche unveils sportier 2010 911 GT3 RS
Hot on the heels of introducing its latest 911 Turbo model, Porsche has unveiled details and photos of its 2010 911 GT3 RS.
The new model gets a host of upgrades that should make it even more potent, including an additional horsepower from a naturally aspirated 3.8-liter flat-six (previously 3.6-liter) that brings total output to 450 [...]
- August 20, 2009
- Pontiac G8 Sedan, Wagon and Ute to be sold… in Australia
It’s sad enough that the dizzying, platform-sharing, don’t-call-it-rebadging upcoming product extravaganza General Motors unveiled to the Twitterati and media last week did not include the terms Zeta, Pontiac, G8, or any derivative thereof, but if a new report out of Australia is accurate, Holden is about to pour salt in America’s wound – with [...]
- August 20, 2009
- Motor Trend gets all techy, picks their top 10 favorite driver’s cars
In a truly heroic effort that’s not only daunting in scope but utterly jealousy-inducing in execution, the hot shoes at Motor Trend have once again teamed up with pro-racer and 24 Hours of Daytona winner Randy Pobst to put ten of the hottest performance cars currently on sale up against each other at Laguna Seca [...]
- August 20, 2009
- 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
Going into the 2010 model year, the Corvette lineup is growing to four models with the revival of the Grand Sport nameplate that slots in between the base and Z06 models.
This is the third iteration of the Grand Sport, the first being a run of just five race-ready cars built by original Vette chief engineer [...]
- August 20, 2009
- Ferrari 458 Italia “Concept & Innovation”
We’re eagerly counting down the days until the Frankfurt Motor Show, if for no other reason than to finally get a glimpse of the all-new Ferrari 458 Italia. The first clean-sheet redesign of a production mid-engine Prancing Horse since the 360 Modena (on which the outgoing F430 is based) debuted a decade ago, the 458 [...]
- August 17, 2009
- What did we learn from this videos?
Tredegar Comprehensive and Gwent Police Present a half hour drama ‘COW’ Taster 001, featuring Jenny Davies, Amy Ingram, Laura Quantick.
