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5 April 2007 posted in Time Warp 7 views
New York Auto Show: Hidden basement treasures Sure, most of the folks here at the NYIAS are interested primarily in the stuff that hasn't yet appeared in showrooms, but one of our favorite cars of the show was a twenty-year-old gem tucked off in ...
Tags: chassis, gm, showrooms, favorite cars, buick, dinosaur, electronic controls, freak, new york auto, pushrod, flares, exact vehicle, likelihood, beginning of the end, nyias, sophistication, 1987 buick gnx, neutering, rebellion, occurrence
13 February 2007 posted in Tech 4 views
BorgWarner gets tapped to provide AWD system for Avenger Following on the heels of the successful AWD adaptation of the Chrysler Pacifica, Borg Warner has been tapped once again to outfit the Sebring and Avenger models with all-wheel motiviation. The Borg w ...
Tags: chassis, fuel economy, rear wheels, friction, chrysler sebring, sebring, chrysler pacifica, dodge avenger, adaptation, highway speeds, electronic controls, traction control, snow tires, safety feature, bw, borg warner, borgwarner, prnewswire, traction control systems, hardware update
16 February 2006 posted in Hybrids/Alternative 7 views
Army taps Quantum for hydrogen-powered Ford Escape The United States' Army's National Automotive Center has awarded Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide with the task of building a hydrogen-powered Ford Escape Hybrid for its use. The award isn' ...
Tags: budget, gasoline, fuel injection system, fuel injection, ford, ford escape hybrid, ford escape, hydrogen storage, car congress, green car, electronic controls, drivetrain, fuel systems, government contract, storage system, department of defense, national automotive center, quantum fuel systems technologies worldwide, escape project, united states army
25 January 2006 posted in Car Buying 5 views
German automakers stay above competitors' fray The German auto giants have sort of gotten lost in all the hype and hoopla of the auto show season beginning here in North America. Jerry Flint, columnist of the Backseat Driver for Forbes, returns re ...
Tags: auto industry, auto show, sedans, backseat driver, jerry flint, chris bangle, german automakers, hoopla, electronic controls, luxury cars, design director, domestic automakers, german auto, ferdinand piech, zetsche, world screams, heart of the continent, dumkopf, director chris, bustle
3 January 2005 posted in Garage 13 views
2005 Audi A6: In The Autoblog Garage Day 2 Like many new luxury cars these days the better part of the second day in the A6 was spent dealing with the MMI. The system isn't overly complex but still needs a real sitdown with the massive instruc ...
Tags: wheel, sports car, stack, images, environmental controls, a6, radio, heated seats, mmi, lcd screen, heated steering wheel, control dial, contort, electronic controls, luxury cars, base price, dozens, interface