Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 31, 2007
[Image Source: Rolls-Royce] Talk about an old-school reunion. One hundred years has passed since Sir Henry Royce oversaw the production of the world's first Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The luxury...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 31, 2007
Funny how TV works. Saw the gentleman who runs gaspricewatch.com on MSNBC this weekend past and figured that a worthwhile consumer advocacy site would be important to pass on to you, dear reader....
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 30, 2007
Well, we've heard of John McCain's "Straight Talk Express" which is actually a bus. Now, another soon-to-be-announced Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency - former US...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 30, 2007
The world saw its first Mazda rotary engined car - the Mazda Cosmo Sport - in 1967. More than 40 years have passed and the world has since seen an additional two million Mazdas powered by...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 29, 2007
[Image Source: Automedia via AutoExpress] Spy shooters for Automedia have caught this picture of a Hyundai Genesis test Mule out on the road. The significance of the Korean automaker's first...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 29, 2007
As EVO's scribe Henry Catchpole suggests, most concept cars are one-off, paper-lions that are all show and absolutely no substance. To use his words, "most concept cars are made of...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 25, 2007
[Image Source: AutoExpress via EVO] If it looks like an elongated 997 series 911, well, that's because it pretty much is. RUF, super-tuner to Porsches in a similar officially-unofficial capacity...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 25, 2007
I love these BMW videos. First it was the Rolls-Royce P.D.C. Then, it was the new BMW 3-Series convertible. And this morning it's the BMW 1-Series hatchback. In every single promo video, it's...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 24, 2007
[Source: CAR] lamborghini murcielago LP640 Superveloce. Go ahead. Just try and say it ten times fast. While you're practising, you should know that while the to-be-premiered LP640 SV is unlikely...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 24, 2007
In the face of what some say are America's highest average gas prices ever, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Federal Price Gouging Protection Act which permits the government to...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 23, 2007
[Image Source: CAR] Well, we knew that Fiat was reintroducing the fabled 500. What many of us didn't know and do now thanks to CAR magazine's spies, is that the Italian auto giant is creating...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 23, 2007
As if Britons weren't subject to enough Orwellian constraints on personal liberties, the British House of Commons is set to debate the age old adage that "nothing's for free" when...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 22, 2007
In the wake of the nasty divorce with Daimler-Benz AG, Chrysler is set to fire off its outsized and outstanding 2006 Imperial Concept as the marque's future flagship. The bad news is, consumers...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 22, 2007
[Image Source: Mazda] The latest in a series of four-door hatchbacks that was initially meant solely for the Japanese market is now ready for distribution worldwide, says Mazda Executive VP Robert...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 21, 2007
By solo, of course, Mercedes-Benz cars will be sold under the Daimler-Benz umbrella which includes Mercedes-Benz trucks, Maybach Manufactur, and SMART. Just no more acquisitions, according to a post...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 21, 2007
As magical a city as waterlogged Venice is, it must be troubling for Venetians not to be able to drive cars. Sure they've got powerboats and gondolas to get them to and fro, but there really...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 18, 2007
[Image Source: hemmings motor news] It takes an avid fan to pay the $12,000 price tag that's requested of this original "Tin Snail". The 1962 Citroën 2CV was (and to a degree still is)...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 18, 2007
[Image Source: AutoExpress] And who says that retrochic in auto design went out with the late 90s? VW's still selling the new version of the old Beetle. MINI's made a roaring comeback with...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 17, 2007
Cynics may just shrug their shoulders when a large corporation like Hyundai gives to philanthropy. It is, after all, a terrific public relations exercise that's meant to show what good corporate...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 17, 2007
[Image source: GM Canada] Let's be honest, the STS is Cadillac's current flagship. The DTS (formerly DeVille) seems to be getting as long in the proverbial tooth as Benz's Gelaendewagen...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 16, 2007
"'Made In Italy' excellence," is the catch phrase being tossed around by the public relations heads of world renowned designer giorgio armani and sportscar icon Alfa Romeo. This bit...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on May 16, 2007
Some small upstart team's prototype that they're calling the X1, which looks almost identical to the UK's Ariel Atom, was put to task in defeating a Porsche Carrera GT and a Ferrari 360...
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