Archive | February, 2007

Cop gives himself a $235 ticket and four points

None of us like getting tickets and avoid it at all costs by either taking an upcoming exit or speeding away as soon as we see a cop before he comes out of his little cubby hole to catch us. But have you ever wondered who tickets the cops for driving violations? And if they [...]

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Sick of driving? Let Stanley the robot car take the wheel

Sick of driving? Let Stanley the robot car take the wheel

39-year-old Stanford professor, Thurn, of electrical engineering and his graduate students built the world’s first self-driving car called Stanley (a Volkswagen Touareg). The group won the DARPA Grand Challenge, a 131-mile robot car race across the desert near Las Vegas organized by the Pentagon.

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38 percent of new Mercedes sold consume fewer than 6.5 litres of fuel

DaimlerChrysler is flaunting their Mercedes group fuel consumption level saying that 38 percent of all new Mercedes cars sold in Europe consume fewer than 6.5 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres. While most of these Mercedes cars are from the A-Class and B-Class models, it’s still worth applauding Mercedes-Benz for this effort since a total [...]

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Saab freezes the 9-3 Convertible

Saab freezes the 9-3 Convertible

It’s been more than 20 years ago when Saab pioneered the concept of an open-top car providing everyday transport and to celebrate their 60 years of automotive manufacturing this year, Saab has frozen a new 9-3 Convertible for its Saab Ice Experience event at Sweden’s world famous Icehotel. Saab customers, VIP guests and dealers from [...]

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Stars drive up in “green limos” at the Oscars

Stars drive up in “green limos” at the Oscars

Celebrities attending the Oscars this Sunday will have a chance to select from 30 environmentally friendly cars to make a green statement at the red carpet. From a line of plug-in hybrid cars including the electric Tesla Roadster, celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Timberlake, Matt Damon and others will have a chance to select their ride from [...]

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Report: Acura back to the drawing board with the NSX

When Acura unveiled the new Advanced Sports Car Concept at the Detroit Auto Show, everyone went crazy saying that the car “dynamically styled concept which provides a preview of the design direction for the successor to the Acura NSX.” While it’s being said that Acura would unveil a full blown NSX concept with a V10 engine [...]

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Mercedes working on cheaper R-Class

Mercedes working on cheaper R-Class

While not many care for the Mercedes-Benz R-Class when they think of Mercedes, Mercedes is still looking to boost sales of the MPV. UK’s AutoCar is reporting that Mercedes is looking to produce a cheaper version of the R-Class with rear-wheel drive for all markets in order to boost sales. Currently Mercedes-Benz sold an average [...]

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Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE goes testing in the snow

Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE goes testing in the snow

Mazda has been working hard on their RX-8 Hydrogen RE for some time now and now took the car to Hiroshima to do some snow testing. In response to a request from the HRDB, a Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE is being used for the tests, which are scheduled to run from February 19 to 23, [...]

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BMW working on 6-Series with twin-turbo diesel engine

BMW working on 6-Series with twin-turbo diesel engine

BMW is working on putting its twin-turbo diesel engine into the 6-Series later this year. The engine is the same one that BMW uses in the 5-Series which pushes 0-60 mph in 6.5 seconds. The 6-Series is expected to have a 3.0 liter diesel engine pushing 272 horsepower but official details will be released later this [...]

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Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz GLK testing in snow

Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz GLK testing in snow

Seems like Mercedes-Benz is still hard at work getting the GLK ready to fight the BMW X3. The SUV was caught testing in the snow in Scandinavia. New information confirms that the entry level will be a 2.1 liter with 2-wheel-drive along with three V6 petrol and diesel engine variants.

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