March 11, 2009
Filed under: Car Buying, Supercars, Lamborghini Lamborghini Reventon - Click above for high-res gallery When Lamborghini announced its Reventon luxury exotic with a production quota of 20 copies, we assumed the €1 million supercar would be snatched up quickly by the rich and hidden from the res...
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February 25, 2009
Filed under: Etc., Chrysler, LLC., GM, Earnings/Financials Back in November, a New York Times columnist thought it would be a good idea for Apple CEO Steve Jobs to come to the auto industry's rescue. Jobs is worshiped by many in the tech world, and many feel that he pretty much saved Apple in the 19...
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February 12, 2009
Filed under: Coupes, Sedans/Saloons, Sports/GTs, Etc., Ford In case you haven't noticed, there will always be a place in our hearts for the Taurus SHO, and news that the car is headed back to production has at least one staffer in something approaching a dream state. But if you ever really thought a...
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February 06, 2009
Filed under: China, Etc., Safety, Humor Most people pass the driving exam on the first try, with a select few failing once or twice before finally getting it right. In South Korea, one woman has been trying to pass the written test since 2005 and has yet to pass. In all, the 68 year-old woman, known...
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February 03, 2009
Filed under: In the Autoblog Garage, Trucks/Pickups, Ford Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2009 Ford F-150 Platinum 4x4 The Blue Oval delayed the introduction of its all-important 2009 Ford F-150 by two months late last summer. The company claimed it could save some cash by postponing t...
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January 18, 2009
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos Click above to watch videos after the jump For the past few Super Bowls, internet registrar GoDaddy.com has spent a sizable portion of its annual ad budget on one or two commercials. The tradition lives on for 2009's big game, and racing's most famous femal...
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December 29, 2008
Filed under: Tuners, Supercars, Nissan If the Nissan GT-R's 478 horsepower twin-turbo engine isn't powerful enough for you, the tuners at Power Enterprises has some hardware to put Godzilla over the top. PE has two kits available and a third coming to the Tokyo Auto Salon in January. The 35GTR 560 (...
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December 28, 2008
The severe economic downturn here in the US has lead to all sorts of bad news. Layoffs, business closings, and bailouts dominate the headlines, and good news can be hard to find. One of the only reasons to hold our heads high has been the unprecedented drop in gas prices. The recession has caused a ...
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December 23, 2008
Filed under: Coupes, Videos, Nissan Click above to watch video after the jump The Samurai Speed Nissan GT-R you see above (the one on the right) is a total bad ass. With over 600 horsepower and several other performance-enhancing tweaks, it can do a 10.5-second quarter mile run at a ridiculous 128.4...
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December 11, 2008
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Audi Lately, our monthly By the Numbers post has resembled a blood bath, with just about every automaker's sales lower than they were the same month in 2007. Audi is no different, but has experienced far less blood-letting than its competitors. In fact, Audi's lux...
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