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- May 27, 2007
- The Aston Martin DB-ONE
We certainly don’t want to be called out for complaining about Aston Martin’s current crop of designs. Were we to win the lottery tomorrow, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage would be high up on our list of cars to purchase the day after tomorrow. That said, we’ve lived with the Aston Martin’s corporate style for [...]
- May 27, 2007
- Schumi’s new job: Test driver for Ferrari
Michael Schumacher’s credentials run the gamut: 1995′s youngest double Formula 1 World Champion, most career wins, most wins in a season, most consecutive wins, etc. Now he can add a notch on his belt representing his role as test driver for Ferrari… or at least for a day.
Autocar spies caught a rare sight the other [...]
- May 25, 2007
- Sublime Smash ‘n Grab
Smash-and-grab robberies usually involve thugs breaking a car window, grabbing some desirable object left in plain sight (such as a purse or an iPod), and making tracks. A team of thieves in Shippensburg, PA, however, has clearly outgrown that JV stuff and moved up to the Varsity level by applying the tried-and-true smash-and-grab techniques to [...]
- May 25, 2007
- PhantomPark – Getting two cars in that one car garage
The PhantomPark is a really cool way to fit two cars in a one car garage. It’s also a very good way to hide that super expensive sport car from the IRS. I’m sure there are safeguards to prevent the PhantomPark from rising when there is a car on its roof.
The system won’t work where [...]
- April 25, 2007
- $126k Lexus goes on sale in Japan
Toyota launched the most expensive Lexus to date–the LS600hL hybrid luxury sedan–in Japan. Fully loaded, it costs a pricey 15.1 million yen ($126,000) and is easily the most expensive Japanese brand passenger car on the market.
Just as important, it’s also another warning shot to Mercedes Benz and BMW that Toyota is deadly serious about eating [...]
