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24 November 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 3 views
Takuma Sato earns the big bucks You may be shocked and startled to find out that Takuma Sato is among the highest-paid drivers in F1. This despite his dismal driving record, reputation as an irresponsible driver, and inability to ho ...
Tags: cars, love, autoblog, honda, japan, f1, world champion, reputation, salary, jenson button, fernando alonso, earnings, fraction, takuma sato, premier racing, team mate, patrons, super aguri, sponsorship contracts
1 September 2006 posted in Car Buying 4 views
B-cars rule as gas prices become more meaningful Everybody thought General Motors was on crack when it launched the Aveo back in 2003. Not particularly attractive or powerful, it did exactly what it was supposed to do -- drive for cheap. Little did ...
Tags: toyota, trucks, gas prices, oddity, aveo, honda, msrp, nissan, detroit free press, general motors, honda fit, toyota yaris, element, crack, little cars, fraction, nissan versa, geo metros, cars rule
9 June 2006 posted in Trends 3 views
Brazil's flex-fuel vehicle market share drops - to May new vehicle sales in Brazil were up 25 percent year-over-year, but the market share of flex-fuel vehicles fell for the second month in a row, to a mere 76.3 percent of the total.The sale of flex-f ...
Tags: volkswagen, gasoline, automaker, reuters, new car sales, market share, producers, car market, brazil, tariff, fraction, ethanol fuel, bloomberg, flex fuel vehicle, lion, flex fuel vehicles, flex fuel cars, ethanol prices, sugar cane harvest, fuel models
31 December 2005 posted in Aftermarket 18 views
Motley Fool and the tale of stolen Toyotas This article by the Motley Fool points out why the back doors of certain Toyota vehicles are being boosted from their hinges on a regular basis. “Thieves have discovered that the car doors are i ...
Tags: gm, toyota, cars, ford, stock, thieves, car enthusiast, bad news, motley fool, quot, toyota owners, fraction, investor, hinges, impalas, toyota vehicles, rsquo, car doors, back doors, fools
2 December 2005 posted in Aftermarket 8 views
Return of the coachbuilt MINI If your knowledge of the "Swinging '60s" is limited to Austin Powers movies, you may not realize that one of the "it" cars of the era (at least at ground zero in London) was the coachbuilt Mini. And t ...
Tags: bmw, hp, brakes, wheels, minis, london, bmw mini, coachbuilder, 60s, fraction, austin powers movies, interior mods, cars of the stars, radford, peter sellers, george harrison, ground zero, beatles
2 December 2005 posted in Car Buying 11 views
DaimlerChrysler announces pricing on Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 It's faster than the Porsche Cayenne Turbo and the BMW X5 with a 0-60 time of less than 5 seconds, and yet it's a fraction of the cost at a mere $39,995 including $675 for destination. The only 4x4 SR ...
Tags: dodge, porsche, bmw, jeep grand cherokee, grand cherokee, lb ft, torque, hp, chrysler, 4x4, jeep, daimlerchrysler, bmw x5, porsche cayenne, 1 liter, dodge viper, fraction, dodge viper srt10, inferno
26 August 2005 posted in Convertibles 8 views
Oragami is Japanese right? Then this paper S2000 makes perfect sense. Dylan sent us this tip, and we couldn't resist. We're not to sure about the structural rigidity of this convertible, but we don't expect to run it over any r ...
Tags: s2000, perfect sense, rigidity, different colors, fraction, paper model, railroad track, fantasy, waiting for a train
5 August 2005 posted in Economy 10 views
DaimlerChrysler looking for 'smart' partners We're not certain if anyone who partners with DCX on their smart production is 'smart.' All puns aside, Dieter Zetsche may not have the same patience with the loss making smart brand as outgoing CEO J ...
Tags: mercedes, cars, speculation, puns, daimlerchrysler, ceo, dieter zetsche, dcx, losses, schrempp, patience, smart production, smart partners, shipping cost, fraction