Enough of the top ten lists, what’s your ‘Vehicle of the Decade’?
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Etc. In just a few hours, the Naughties will be no more.
Video: Dyer’s most eXtreme moments of 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Videos Click above to view the video after the jump Apparently Automobile and New York Times contributor Ezra Dyer took a fair amount of flack for his snowy Audi R8 escapades , so he’s compiled his greatest motive moments of 2009 into one predictably ridiculous montage. We’d describe the antics ourselves, but a chilled bottle of champagne is goading us from afar and Dyer does a far better job: Do not even watch this video if you have a heart condition or think you might be pregnant, for it includes the following graphic material: Goading Michael Schumacher into driving like a maniac in a Ferrari 599 GTB; shooting my Cadillac with machine guns, at night, using tracer bullets; jumping a Subaru; jumping off a sand dune without a Subaru; Lamborghini doughnuts; shots of speedometers reading x-tremely high speeds. And there’s even more
Report: Kansas to cease allowing motorists to have ‘duplicate’ personalized plates. Wait, wha?
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal Kansas is revamping the way it issues vanity plates, and it means a lot of residents are going to lose their ‘duplicate’ personalized plates. They’re not really duplicates, though: Unlike most states, Kansas allows people in different counties to have the same alphanumeric combination, so while the tags might appear to be copies, they are registered in different counties and that technically makes them different plates.
WCF Top 10 Production Cars of 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Closing the year out with the last article, we have compiled the WCF Top 10 Production Cars of 2009 as determined by WCF user visits (in a two week period).
Video: Electric scooter gets the Snow Kit Solution
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Videos , Motorcycle GOVECS electric scooter with Snow Kit Solution – Click above to watch the video after the jump Depending on where you happen to live on the planet, two-wheeled transportation may be anything from a year-round necessity to a few-months-of-the-year hobby. Right about now, at least half of all motorcyclists here in the United States have their scooters and motorcycles packed warmly away in the garage.
Lock Those Doors: New Year’s Day the worst holiday for stolen cars?
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Safety Maybe it’s the mass inebriation that makes it easier, but New Year’s Eve is apparently hottest holiday for car theft
America Needs to be Educated About Diesel Power
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Diesels in America? It's more likely than you think.
Ferrari 458 Italia Real Life Photos and Video
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Report: Spyker would preserve Saab product plans, could sell own supercars in select dealers
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Car Buying , Concept Cars , GM , Saab , Spyker 2006 Saab Aero-X Concept – click above for high-res gallery In a far-reaching interview with AOL Autos this morning, Spyker Cars CEO Victor Muller revealed some interesting tidbits about his company’s plan for Saab if they can successfully negotiate for its purchase from parent company General Motors .
GM exec confirms Cadillac XTS, GMC Granite, Chevrolet Aveo RS for Detroit via Twitter
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , GM , GMC 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe – Click above for high-res image gallery The North American International Auto Show is typically the big show for Detroit-based automakers and 2010 appears to be no different for General Motors .