Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 12, 2007
[Image Source: Auto Express] Hyundai has fired a warning shot across the bows of Ford's European fleet in what UK car mag AutoExpress reports is a drastic shake-up of the South Korean...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 12, 2007
The BBC was at pains to dispute Jeremy Clarkson's doomsaying on Sunday by insisting that his television program - Top Gear - will go on with or without Mr. Clarkson. Top Gear has won an audience...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 09, 2007
The ford motor company is expected to close a deal today with ProDrive founder Sir David Richards for just shy of $1 Billion. According to UK automotive magazine Autocar, the final touches are being...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 09, 2007
[Image Source: RR] Rolls-Royce announced today that it has delivered 3,000 Phantoms since BMW re-launched the company and Phantom series in 2003. "London socialite" Mrs. Tchenguiz-Imerman...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 08, 2007
Big Oil is at it again, ladies and gentlemen. In California, many parts of America's largest state are already seeing prices north of $3 for a gallon of gasoline. And in the rest of these United...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 08, 2007
[Image Source: Geneva Autoshow] Not nearly as famous as BMW's own M division, but in many ways every bit as potent, Alpina has been making Bimmers go from fast to frightening for decades. And if...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 07, 2007
While the AP copy shed little light on the details of the scenario, "Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, is recalling Crown Victoria Police interceptor sedans to fix wheels that...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 07, 2007
Parked. Will fuel costs met with Federal legislation reduce today's giants of horsepower to mere fossilized relics of automotive history? Perish the thought! Though certain members of the United...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 06, 2007
[Source: BMW] Billed as the "Vision of The Ultimate Driving Pleasure," BMW released the official photograph of what is the next M3 concept that's on display at the Geneva Auto Show. The...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 06, 2007
2009 BMW Z4" border="0" src="http://www.4driversonly.com/50226711/BMW_Z4_spied.jpg" /> [Image Source: CAR] British automotive monthly CAR magazine is convinced that the above spy shot of a BMW...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 06, 2007
[Image Source: Autoblog.it] Funny what a decade or so will do to a car company and its reputation. If in 1990 you said that Jaguar would stand as one of the most reliable luxury marques and...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 05, 2007
The iconic Alfa Romeo spider - the model as a brand, specifically - has lived through days of glory (think as everyone does, The Graduate) and days that will live in infamy (the bubble-met-rectangle...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 05, 2007
Chalk this one up to the obsessive compulsive pursuit of finite detail. Last summer, someone @ "American Honda Motor Co., Inc." (otherwise known simply as "Honda") sounded the...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 05, 2007
[Image Source: The New York Times] When in his 2002 comedy tour Robin Williams likened the Republican catchphrase "compassionate conservative" to a "Volvo with a gun-rack," little...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 02, 2007
How about a showroom fresh Saab 9-3 Convertible? It's an '06 model but you'd be her first owner. From last year's 'round about $40K pricetag, Saab will give you $6,000 cash....
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 02, 2007
The General posted strong sales growth in February according to the Detroit News. GM's retail figures advanced 3.7%, gaining ground on Motown rivals Chrysler and Ford whose sales fell last month...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 01, 2007
GM's Car Czar "Maximum" Bob Lutz is going on the blogosphere record (a shaky record, that) assuring us that the Chevy Volt is more than just GM "greenwash" - cute term....
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on March 01, 2007
It's a sour day @ FoMoCo. Senior executives of the ford motor company are set to pay themselves "cash payments" despite scrapping the controversial bonus program that would've...
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