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26 May 2007 posted in Car Buying 9 views
Gadling digs up world's messiest cars Click the image above to view photos of some of the world's messiest cars At one point or another, most of us have a messy car. It might be because your schedule is crammed, you were just on a road tr ...
Tags: cars, autoblog, back seat, photos, road trip, debris, good chance, mountains, lunch, landfill, gadling, pig sty, trash cans, living in filth, health hazard, slop, digs, hygiene
4 May 2007 posted in Etc. 8 views
Don't forget to flush: 1,000 HP jet-powered port-o-potty Paul Stender is a former NASCAR and Indy Car mechanic that loves speed. In fact, Paul loves going fast so much that the internal combustion engine has taken a back seat to jet engines, and everything ...
Tags: jet engine, wheels, top speed, nascar, back seat, internal combustion engine, top gear, stink, drag strip, contraption, stockpile, boeing, toilet, thomas crapper, car mechanic, turbine power, hp jet, stender, jet engines, outhouse
1 May 2007 posted in Auction Action 7 views
eBay Find of the Day: Twin-Engine Toronado Most people that want to have prodigious amounts of torque and horsepower simply slap on a supercharger or a turbocharger or two and call it a day. Back in the 60's, a guy by the name of Grant McCoon, ...
Tags: four wheel drive, torque, supercharger, horsepower, ebay, back seat, license plates, turbocharger, tachometer, dozens, piston, two wheels, rust, piston ring, dents, blown engine, olds toronado, rare commodity, hp classic, prodigious amounts
24 April 2007 posted in Aftermarket 1 views
Tunage: Sportech gives a Golf 335 hp and 1,800 watts Sportech is a South African tuner with a penchant for German cars. Out to build the fastest GTI around, they are currently working on a people's missile called the P Cubed Golf. It will have, among ma ...
Tags: liter, south africa, paint job, top speed, back seat, ponies, gti, rear bench, german car, hasn, german cars, tablet pc, watts, wireless internet, seat passengers, rockford fosgate, penchant, sportech, castrol, missile
17 April 2007 posted in Etc. 2 views
You want WHAT shipped with your car? Top Ten list of odd auto transport requests Employees of automotive transport companies have lots of stories to tell. One story about a highly-secretive Corvette instantly leaps to mind as one story that perhaps shouldn't have been told. But so ...
Tags: job, cars, back seat, glovebox, corvette, full tank, wannabe, top ten list, james bond, shotgun, best auto, car top, auto transport, piranha, das auto shippers, fish story, dead fish, automotive transport, transport companies
17 April 2007 posted in Videos 7 views
VIDEO: AMG CLK 63 Black Edition in the flesh When we first saw the CLK 63 AMG Black Edition at the New York Auto Show, we were sold on the looks alone. While its appearance defines menacing, after a quick check of the spec sheet, the depth of me ...
Tags: liter, hp, brakes, flesh, top speed, back seat, hp v8, beast, twisties, amg, appearance, new york auto, new york auto show, air intakes, spec sheet, bad ass, benz, clk 63 black edition, blunt force, meanness
16 April 2007 posted in China 5 views
Chery Shooting Sport Concept revealed Click image for photo gallery Chery has released the first photos of the Shooting Sport Concept it will be unveiling later this week in Shanghai, and it's quite faithful to the sketches the automaker ...
Tags: white leather, toyota, shanghai, automaker, powertrain, back seat, production car, photos, sketches, prius, elements, marque, photo gallery, navigation system, shapes, shooting sport, mood lighting, powertrain info, costly materials
12 April 2007 posted in Spy Photos 2 views
No Sketches, Actual spy photos of BMW X6 appear No bogus photochopped sketches this time: Real-life spy photos of a lightly-camouflaged BMW X6 prototype have surfaced. For the first time, there are interior shots, and the back seat image clearly sh ...
Tags: bmw, gasoline, prototype, back seat, spy photos, sketches, powerplants, diesel, interior shots, cylinder engines, x5, bmw x6, frankfurt show, photochopped
26 March 2007 posted in Etc. 4 views
Billboard warns of not buckling up in the back seat Here is quite a hard-hitting image to remind people to buckle up, even in the back seat. We should all know the benefits of seat belt usage by now, but some people still seem to think they might be im ...
Tags: launch, back seat, surfaces, slingshot, billboard, rear seat, fly, billboards, velocities, seat belt usage, visual reminder
26 March 2007 posted in DaimlerChrysler 6 views
GM still possible suitor for Chrysler, but not going to the prom yet Not much has been heard about GM's acquisition of Chrysler recently, and with parts supplier Magna partnering with two private equity firms, the General has taken a back seat in the bidding. According ...
Tags: gm, chrysler, back seat, detroit news, daimlerchrysler, 1 billion, general motors, execs, dcx, automotive news, acquisition, magna, liabilities, gm stock, concessions, unions, suitor, private equity firms, fritz, going to the prom
24 March 2007 posted in Aftermarket 8 views
VIDEO: Muscat hard-top convertible Mustang GT Earlier in the week, we told you that a Maltan firm had developed an aftermarket hard-top convertible to be used on the Mustang, and now you can see it in action. Peter Muscat decided to put his own t ...
Tags: ford, volvo, mustangs, stock, back seat, stang, ford mustang, pony car, six years, ford mustang gt, mechanicals, volvo c70, side vents, vw eos, vogue, muscat, convertible mustang
11 January 2007 posted in CES 4 views
CES 2007: The Cars of CES Part III In Part III you get a Qvale, a Bentley, a speaker-and-LCD-filled Mercedes and a bright blue BMW that either has a horrible mass of malignancy growing in the back seat, or a speaker box that resembles, ...
Tags: west coast customs, nascar, back seat, bentley, excitement, highlight, jeff gordon, crowds, high res, decent shots, helmet, bill france, positive reinforcement, primer black, swag bags, speaker box, malignancy, usb drives, mace, btw
10 January 2007 posted in CES 4 views
CES 2007: Autonet mobile ISP not bad Earlier this month, we told you about Autonet, a new technology that makes your car its own Internet service provider. While at CES, we got a chance to talk to Autonet co-founder, president and CEO St ...
Tags: back seat, hummer h2, distraction, wi fi, business travellers, x box, internet radio, ces 2007, internet service provider, isp system, autonet mobile, avis rental cars, sterling pratz, entertainment option, cell tower, lcd television, cheap ass, cellular network, founder president, great entertainment
4 January 2007 posted in Sports/GTs 3 views
Honda S2000 successor being discussed, may seat four The Honda S2000 is one of those incredible cars that has been around for a while and which we never hesitate to recommend when somebody mentions the need for a fun ride. But the car never really appea ...
Tags: mercedes, cars, sports car, honda s2000, audience, back seat, honda, acura, hondas, halo, fun ride, market segment, heresy, senses, winding road, different market
22 November 2006 posted in Car Buying 2 views
Official Shots: Cadillac DTS-L click on image to enlargeWe told you last week that reports of Cadillac building a long-wheelbase version of the DTS were true, and now we have confirmation in the form of official shots of the long l ...
Tags: wheelbase, rear doors, chrysler 300, cadillac, back seat, aveo, general motors, lincoln town car, cadillac dts, pillar, l a auto show, chauffeurs, blindspot, enough space, seat passengers, prying eyes, chrysler 300 long wheelbase, rear seat legroom, entrenchment, tough cookie
10 November 2006 posted in Green 2 views
AutoblogGreen for 11.10.06 AutoblogGreen feature writer Ray Holan is back with a look at hypermiling, the art of squeezing as many miles as possible our of every gallon in your tank. Even if you don't want to take out the back ...
Tags: fuel economy, mileage, joint venture, back seat, daimlerchrysler, h2, research and development, isuzu, diesel engine, miles per gallon, ethanol, filling station, volvo c30, autobloggreen, holan, luxury rv, sustainability report, media awards, extreme sport, feature writer
5 November 2006 posted in Euro 4 views
Baby's Got Back: Opel Astra Sedan goes public in Istanbul Click to enlargeThe big deal about the new Opel Astra sedan we told you about earlier last month is that it does, in fact, have a full, traditional derriere (all the other Astras have hatches). The As ...
Tags: back seat, general motors, chief designer, siblings, world premiere, new opel astra, compact cars, derriere, compact sedans, additional photos, istanbul, ample space, bodystyle, formal debut, new astra, opel display, new opel astra sedan, dancing girls, astras, engler
6 October 2006 posted in Recalls/TSBs 8 views
NHTSA makes Toyota modify seat latch recall The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration continues to dog Toyota over a recall involving 157,000 Tundra Access Cab pickups sold between 2003 and 2005. The vehicles in question violate a 2002 ...
Tags: toyota, trucks, air bag, automaker, back seat, nhtsa, detroit free press, passenger seat, highway traffic safety, traffic safety administration, national highway traffic, national highway traffic safety administration, national highway traffic safety, airbag, switches, latch, child safety seat, child safety seats, parents place
2 October 2006 posted in Spy Photos 5 views
Spy Shots: 2008 Ford Focus coupe and sedan No, these aren't shots of Focus test mules running on the C1 platform that underpins the European Focus; we're still a long ways off from a true next-generation Focus. However, these shots do show the ...
Tags: car connection, ford, segment, wheels, small car, back seat, consumers, spy shots, fusion, vent, roofline, ford focus, next generation, car line, mules, fender flares, character lines, tip source, fascination, focus test
31 January 2005 posted in Auto News 3 views
No takers for this used Audi Richard Kral found himself in a very tough spot. He and his Audi were engulfed by snow in the Slovak Tatra mountains in Western Europe and all he had to live on were 60 or so beers in the back seat. R ...
Tags: back seat, western europe, beers, instincts, richard kral, tatra mountains, macgyver