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15 May 2007 posted in Podcasts 6 views
Autoblog Podcast #66 The last couple of days, we've all been inundated with news of Chrysler's sale to Cerberus, and that's what we lead Podcast #66 with. As much as it makes analysts and pundits foam at the mouth, news a ...
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29 April 2007 posted in Auction Action 8 views
Ex-Steve McQueen Ferrari to be auctioned in Monterey In addition to being one of Hollywood's coolest actors, Steve McQueen was also a racer and car collector. This stuntman-turned-actor liked to play hard, and his personal vehicle collection showed that ...
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5 April 2007 posted in Time Warp 6 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
18 March 2007 posted in Etc. 1 views
Toolkit Upgrades Round Two - more fun toys A while back, we expounded on some simple items that brought more joy to the automotive arts. Spring is just around the corner, and we've compiled a big ol' list of things to address in celebration of ...
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27 February 2007 posted in Etc. 4 views
Reclaim the bathroom with Highway Tiles Just in time for those Spring remodeling projects, American artist Jim Termeer has a beautiful set of ceramic tiles featuring some of the most complex and graceful curves ever engineered by the world' ...
Tags: favorite cars, freeway, complexity, silhouettes, istanbul, transport trends, fluidity, niteroi, famous racetracks, public works projects, graceful curves, head gaskets, ceramic tiles, departments of transportation, artist jim, interchanges, remodeling projects, satellite images, american artist, prague
14 February 2007 posted in RR of the Day 177 views
RR Of The Day: Merkur XR4Ti Merkurs are some of our favorite cars. Flickr pool member sncollins has a nice '88 XR4Ti he's been wheeling around for the last 20,000 miles or so. Powered by the tough-as-nails 2.3 liter turbocharged ...
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29 December 2006 posted in Hatchbacks 2 views
Suzuki Swift Sport leaves reviewer wanting One of our favorite cars to pop up on the show circuit this year was the Suzuki Swift Sport. It managed to capture our hearts with its chunky Mini-like bulldog stance. No normal Swift, this 126-hp ver ...
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27 October 2006 posted in Etc. 35 views
The car as art: Leepu Awila's RMX-1 Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. One man's artistic expression in vehicular form may make another man vomit uncontrollably. While this particular vehicle probably falls on the latter end of ...
Tags: chassis, lamborghini, favorite cars, top gear, side windows, sheet metal, functional concept, eye of the beholder, replicas, car markets, volkswagen beetle, countach, liking, creative juices, lamborghini countach, artistic expression, thing of beauty, leepu, calibra, uncontrollably
21 October 2006 posted in Aftermarket 12 views
Stare at your own risk: Maaco's Medusa Mustang It appears that the theme of this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas will be "Gratuitous Tuning," the time honored art of adding plastic body kits, big wheels, lethal sound systems and origami doors to our ...
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3 May 2006 posted in Trends 3 views
Jerry Flint on Mazda: Who's Zoom-Zoomin' who? Automotive curmudgeon critic Jerry Flint puts Mazda in his crosshairs for his latest column, Backstreet Driver. He addresses what is a well-known issue about the automaker: There has been no growth in ...
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30 April 2006 posted in Etc. 10 views
Esquire magazine picks its '10 Most Awesome Autos' As Esquire magazine appears to have forgotten to post its "10 Most Awesome Autos" feature from its May issue online, Terry Box at the Dallas Morning News has been kind enough to accommodate ...
Tags: subaru legacy, legacy gt, lotus elise, mitsubishi lancer, favorite cars, mazda, bmw 3 series, missing something, mazda 6, lotus, ford f 150, audi a3, infiniti g35, quot, mitsubishi lancer evolution, infiniti g35 coupe, chevrolet corvette, chrysler 300c srt8, dallas morning news, esquire magazine
4 January 2006 posted in Sedans/Saloons 7 views
Audi's arachna-filled new RS4 commercial Audi is running a new TV spot for the RS4 that chills me to the bone. I hate spiders, so imagine my utter horror while viewing this commercial in which one of my favorite cars is portrayed as an evil, ...
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28 December 2005 posted in Trends 7 views
Cars to be Seen In Lucire, a New Zealand-published (but international) fashion magazine, has listed its pick of favorite cars for the sixth year. This theme is “Cars to be Seen in” (as in 2006): what vehicle ...
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17 September 2005 posted in Podcasts 11 views
Autoblog Podcast 14: From Frankfurt Not so Live from the Frankfurt Autoshow! We recorded this podcast on the last day of the Frankfurt Autoshow. We recap the show and the craziness in Europe. We had a less than ideal recording environme ...
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13 October 2004 posted in Sports/GTs 13 views
Koenigsegg CCR: how Sweden does a supercar No, it's not a Swedish Creedence Clearwater Revival cover band, you damn hippy. But it is one of my favorite cars right now, an 800+ horsepower sex machine that aims to become the fastest road car in ...
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