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- January 18, 2011
- If You Park This, You’re Probably An Asshole
The celebration of the new book A**holeology The Cheat Sheet comes to a close with a gallery of awful parking jobs.
Bad parking jobs can ruin my day. Even when they don’t affect me personally. If I see someone parked like a d-bag, it just drives me nuts.
It’s usually because [...]
- January 16, 2011
- The 5 Dumbest Car Features of All Time
Probably the sole most moneymaker in the auto industry are the add-on features. Yes, we all know that if you live in LA, you’re going to want a sunroof, and that’s going to cost you a ridiculous $2,000+ dollars.
Or if you live in Boston, what’s a car without seat heaters? So maybe [...]
- January 15, 2011
- Top 15 Most Beautiful Roads in the World
The greatest driving roads in the world should have a perfect mixture between challenging and complicated bends, long fast straights, little to no traffic and especially breathtaking views!
These roads might have enough twists and turns to give you a headache but you’ll feel incredible after you’ve conquered them and you’ll surely [...]
- January 9, 2011
- First Drive: 2011 Aston Martin V12 Vantage
Sketched drawings of imaginary sports cars covered my notebook as an elementary school pupil.
Assembled in the ether of a daydream, each penciled design came from an imagination unrestrained by reality, with nary a concession to things like outward visibility, bumper heights or ground clearance. Engines were huge, tires were wide and bodywork was unbelievably sleek.
It [...]
- January 9, 2011
- Report: Honda Accord Crosstour to get four-cylinder option
When Honda originally launched the odd duck Accord Crosstour in late 2009, we were told that the only available powertrain would be a V6, but that plans for a four-cylinder hadn’t been completely ruled out.
Now, Honda fansite Temple of VTEC reports that a memo sent to dealerships states that a four-cylinder Crosstour is on the [...]
- January 9, 2011
- Prodrive develops supercharged Ford V8 for Falcon
The latest news from Oz comes courtesy of Prodrive, which has a close relationship with Ford Performance Vehicles.
Starting with a Coyote V8 engine block, Prodrive has created a supercharged V8 that’s lighter and more powerful than the naturally-aspirated unit it started with.
Known as the “Miami” engine, the supercharged V8 generates 449 horsepower at 5,750 rpm [...]
- January 9, 2011
- Report: Auto leasing making a strong comeback
Back in 1999, about one in four new vehicles purchased were leases. That number dropped throughout the last decade until the Great Recession put leasing on the endangered species list.
Automakers were losing money due to poorer-than-expected residual rates. At the same time, customers weren’t in the mood to spend money on [...]
- January 9, 2011
- Enterprise to offer Chevy Volt in California, probably ding you for bringing it back half-charged
Not one to be one-upped by Hertz — which already announced a plug-in rental program that’ll include the almighty Tesla Roadster and the diminutive Smart Fortwo — Enterprise Rent-A-Car has just announced that it’ll be the first to offer Chevrolet’s Volt later in the month.
The company’s Mark Christopher Auto Center in Ontario, California will [...]
- December 29, 2010
- Full details on the 2011 Chrysler 300
Chrysler has finally been kind enough to serve up a few official details on what buyers can expect from the innards of the 2011 300.
While we know that the company’s big bruiser will be available with either the new 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 or the familiar 5.7-liter V8, but the company has just now [...]
- November 23, 2010
- Sounds Familiar: Millionaire drops big bucks to build Lotus-based EV sportscar
We’re beginning to think that the real difference between a millionaire and a billionaire is simply whether or not one succumbs to the idea of building your own sports car.
The latest to fall victim to that money trap is Dale Vince – a man with a vision for an all-electric, 330 horsepower beast [...]
