Monday, May 31, 2010

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Car Companies Consolidating Brands

Posted: 30 May 2010 09:26 PM PDT

I guess it was just a matter of time before the car companies were forced to consolidate brands. It started with the demise of oldsmobile, then Pontiac and Hummer. Now it looks like Ford will follow GM's lead and say goodbye to Mercury.

Is it the fact that the new generation of car buyers despise companies that their parents supported? Or is it that these same companies were too slow to react to changing times? I think that the price of cars are out of control! Who wants to spend 40, 50, or even 60 grand on a piece of machinery that takes them to work? Yea, it is nice to go in style, but enough is enouph.

I believe it is time to work hard on a solution to our dependance on oil. The gulf is paying the price to our love of producing oil and it looks to have no clear solution in sight. Let me know what you think the problem is?


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SPIED: 2011 BMW M5 Super Saloon Sheds More Camouflage

Posted: 30 May 2010 10:10 AM PDT

Now that there's less reason for secrecy since we've already seen the standard versions of the new F10 5-Series on the road, BMW has started peeling off the psychedelic camouflage from its 2011 M5 prototypes. Key stylistic highlights of the new M5's look will include the four tailpipes, chunkier front and rear bumper designs, unique exterior...


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* Nissan To Make Quick Bucks Out Of Leaf Quick Chargers? - 1 messages, 1
author
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* 2010 Nissan Sentra Review - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Nissan To Make Quick Bucks Out Of Leaf Quick Chargers?
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Date: Tues, May 25 2010 7:01 am
From: willshak


sjmmail2000-247@yahoo.co.uk wrote the following:
> Nissan won't sell their much ballyhooed pure plug-in Leaf until December. But a successful launch wants to be well planned, and Nissan thinks of everything. They won't sell you the Leaf just yet. But you can already buy the charger. If you bank account is properly charged. In Japan, Nissan started sales of quick chargers for [...]
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> http://www.carshops247.co.uk/news/Nissan.html
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If you put a turbo charger on it, would that make it a Leaf Blower?

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TOPIC: 2010 Nissan Sentra Review
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Date: Sun, May 30 2010 11:09 pm
From: sjmmail2000-247@yahoo.co.uk


The Nissan Sentra is a compact sedan that offers much more than a first impression might suggest. It's bigger than it looks, so it opens up to a roomy interior. It offers a commendable level of features, sophistication, safety and technology. And...
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* Honda City Gurgaon | Honda Dealers India - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Will Scissors-Type Hydraulic Car Lift Kill Me? - 1 messages, 1 author
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Date: Thurs, May 27 2010 6:14 am
From: hondashowroomdelhi


Honda City Gurgaon | Honda Dealers India

Honda Dealers India - AutoMaxHonda provides 3S facility (sales,
service and spares) to our esteemed customers. If you have any
questions, please contact us. Our staff is happy to answer any and
all your enquiries in a timely fashion.

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Date: Sun, May 30 2010 7:38 pm
From: Travis


I'm thinking about buying a scissors-type lift to make it easier to do
work to the underside of my vehicle. What exactly keeps the car from
falling off these "home use" vehicle lifts, or what keeps the lift with
the car on it from tipping over?

Thanks,

Travis


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Sunday, May 30, 2010

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Dealer Selling Jean Alesi's Ferrari F1 Scuderia Tipo 642 Racer

Posted: 29 May 2010 11:55 AM PDT

If you're looking to buy a genuine Formula One race car this may be your chance. A Florida-based dealer has put up for sale a 1991 Ferrari F1 Scuderia Tipo 642 racer with chassis No. 126. The seller claims that the car, which is powered by a 3.5-liter V12 engine linked to a seven-speed gearbox, was used in the 1991 Formula One season by French...


New Skoda Superb Fastback Design Concept

Posted: 29 May 2010 09:31 AM PDT

With Volkswagen and Audi both featuring what marketers and advertising agencies like to call "four-door coupe" models in their range (the Passat CC and A5 Sportback respectively), one wonders why the German group hasn't added a similar model to their more mainstream brands, Seat and Skoda. Czech architect and designer Pavel Hrubyi decided to take...


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Date: Thurs, May 27 2010 11:09 pm
From: sjmmail2000-247@yahoo.co.uk


It was a gloomy April afternoon when I "won" my first "race". Hours before, I had stood among a nervous, shuffling group of men as Tommy Byrne, the mercurial, self-destructive, and inhumanly talented Competition Director of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, had explained what we would need to do to survive his "comp school": Don't [...]
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Date: Sat, May 29 2010 4:17 pm
From: "tww1491"


<sjmmail2000-247@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:CeadnQumI6G3w2LWnZ2dnUVZ7s6dnZ2d@bt.com...
> It was a gloomy April afternoon when I "won" my first "race". Hours
> before, I had stood among a nervous, shuffling group of men as Tommy
> Byrne, the mercurial, self-destructive, and inhumanly talented Competition
> Director of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, had explained what we would
> need to do to survive his "comp school": Don't [...]
> Read More:
> http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-last-good-honda-mid-ohio-retires-its-tsx-fleet/
>
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> Honda NewsHub: Latest auto news sourced from websites, portals and blogs
> http://www.carshops247.co.uk/news/Honda.html

The comments on the site are spot on. Years ago when I had a 5th gen
Prelude, it was my fond hope that Honda would ultimately import the R model
Accord sold in Europe. Of course, it came over to the US as an overpriced
Acura product which now is as ugly as the rest of the Acura line.
Somewhere along the way the idea was lost -- a high performance no frills I4
sedan. Fortunately, we still do have the Civic Si. As for the rest of the
Honda line-up, I saw a Cross Tour on the highway the other day -- ugh! At
least my 0-6 I4 Accord coupe has plenty of life left in it as nothing in
the Honda/Acura line-up does anything for me -- except perhaps the Civic Si

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

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That's Gotta Hurt: Tree Falls on New Aston Martin Rapide Sedan and Bentley Continental Supersports

Posted: 28 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Here's a sight that no driver would like to see his car in, even more so if the vehicles in question are a spanking-new $200,000+ Aston Martin Rapide sports saloon and a Bentley Continental Supersports. According to Joel Feder (the man who took these photos), the incident happened at the Midwestern Automotive Media Association earlier this week...


Designer Revives Ford Thunderbird with Hardtop Roadster Concept

Posted: 28 May 2010 02:32 PM PDT

The last time we saw the Thunderbird nameplate in Ford's lineup was in 2005, and from what we know, the Detroit automaker has no immediate plans to revive it. Nevertheless, this hasn't stopped Brazilian designer Eduardo Oliveira from coming up with a conceptual proposal for a new Ford Thunderbird model with a retractable hardtop. Although a...


VIDEO: Drunk Driver Simply Refuses to Stop, "Crashes" Serbian Parliament!

Posted: 28 May 2010 01:27 PM PDT

It may look like a commercial for the Citroen C5, but it's not. What you see going on here in this amateur video is an unbelievable incident that took place (literally) in front of the Serbian parliamentary building. It all started when a middle-aged man (evidently intoxicated) in a Citroen C5 drove his car on the opposite side of the road. A...


Spyker Searching for a Partner to Build Modern-Day SAAB 92

Posted: 28 May 2010 11:44 AM PDT

Saab's automobile range may be expanded in the near future with a new small car inspired by the Swedish firm's teardrop-shaped 92 model of the 1950s if the company's CEO Victor Muller gets his way. In a telephone interview with Bloomberg, Muller revealed that his company is in talks with automakers to share technology and a platform for the...


One-Off 1960 Pininfarina X Concept up for Sale

Posted: 28 May 2010 11:13 AM PDT

No, this isn't the real-life car of George Jetson. It's the 1960 Pininfarina X, a futuristic concept from the famous Italian design house for a four-door saloon with three wheels and an aerodynamically shaped body that was said to achieve a drag coefficient of 0,23. Pininfarina's concept model features a 43HP Fiat engine of the same era. We don't...


New Kia Soul Edition Irmscher 001

Posted: 28 May 2010 10:16 AM PDT

Another day, another special edition version of the Kia Soul. This one comes from Germany and it's the result of the cooperation between the South Korean automaker and the tuning house Irmscher. Called the "Edition Irmscher 001", the package adds a variety of features including two-tone leather seats with red or graphite-colored diamond quilting...


SCOOP: Opel's Sexy-Looking Three-door Astra GTC Caught out in the Open

Posted: 28 May 2010 08:29 AM PDT

The new Astra range continues to expand. Following a series of spy shots and videos of the Sports Tourer model, our man with the long-lens has snapped the dramatically styled replacement to the three-door Opel / Vauxhall Astra GTC while out and about in Germany. Due to be revealed at the Paris Motor Show in October before arriving in most...


New Alfa Romeo Giulietta Brochure

Posted: 28 May 2010 07:29 AM PDT

We've already brought you heaps of images of Alfa Romeo's new Giulietta hatch (click here for the gallery), but we thought you might also be interested in the car's official brochure. Unfortunately, the English version of the brochure was only 6-pages long, so we opted to upload photos of the Italian edition which is more comprehensive. Follow the...


VW Develops Customer Magazine as an App for Apple's iPad

Posted: 28 May 2010 06:40 AM PDT

Volkswagen is the latest automaker to jump into the bandwagon of Apple's iPad by developing a digital customer magazine as an app specially for the tablet computer. The magazine goes by the name DAS, which stands for "Digital Automotive Space". It will be published quarterly in five languages and will be accessible throughout Europe. "DAS is an...