2007 November - egmCarTech

Funny Friday: Startling Nissan GT-R Facts – Chuck Norris style

Posted: Nov 30, 2007

Filed under: Nissan

If Chuck Norris is the ultimate human being, apparently the new Nissan GT-R is the ultimate automobile. At least that’s what we’ve gathered after reading a list of shocking GT-R facts including:
“The Government is testing a new hypersonic spy plane in the Nevada desert…spies have reported seeing a black GTR with cardboard wings…
“Examination of Laguna Seca [...]

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Astron Martin DBS – now in Lightning Silver

Posted: Nov 30, 2007

Filed under: Aston Martin

We’ve already brough you the images on the Aston Martin Racing Green and Infa Red, and today we bring you the last batch of images of the sexy DBS in Lightning Silver.
So what’s your favorite color for the 510 horsepower DBS? Have your say in the comments section below. Don’t be scared; go ahead voice [...]

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Report: Chrysler to lose $1 billion in 2007

Posted: Nov 30, 2007

Filed under: Chrysler, Industry News

According to a report by a local newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the new privately owned Chrysler LLC will lose about $1 billion in 2007.
According to The Daily News article, Chrysler’s vice president of North American sales, Steven Landry, told a group of business students in St. Mary’s University that Chrysler will make $64 billion in revenue this [...]

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Spinelli steps down as Editor in Chief of Jalopnik

Posted: Nov 30, 2007

Filed under: Industry News

Over the last year and a half that eGMCarTech has been around, we’ve had the pleasure of meeting some very influential and wonderful individuals in the automotive blogging industry. We were introduced to Jalopnik’s Mike Spinelli by our friend Kenny Herman of Fast Lane Daily at the 2007 SEMA Show in Vegas. In the one meeting (and about [...]

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Finding Nemo: Citroen unveils Nemo Concept

Posted: Nov 30, 2007

Filed under: Citroen

Yes, we know we hardly post on Citroen news, but we thought we’d try a little something different, and interesting, today. Citroen is showing off their new Citroen Nemo Concept at the 2007 Bologna Motor Show, a car which Citroen says ” illustrates the astonishing closeness between the Citroen Nemo and its clown fish homonym.”
The [...]

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Rome chief of parking gets fired for…umm, illegally parking

Posted: Nov 30, 2007

Filed under: Industry News

Rome’s Chief of parking & traffic, Giovanni Catanzaro was reported by a local newspaper for parking his car in no parking and tow away zones. How did he expect to get away with it? Simple, he put an expired handicapped permit belonging to an 86-year old women on his Alfa Romeo Brera because officials don’t normally tow away [...]

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Toyota worker overworked to death, wife to get compensation

Posted: Nov 30, 2007

Filed under: Industry News, Toyota

Ever heard that saying, ‘don’t work yourself to death’? Well neither have we, but apparently it’s a rather large and growing problem in Japan, it even has a name: ‘karoshi.’ The government first recognized this issue in 1987 and it has grown ever since, hitting 147 deaths in the past year.
A middle-management Toyota Worker in charge of [...]

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Edo Comeptition takes Lambo LP640 to Nardo – hits 214mph!

Posted: Nov 30, 2007

Filed under: Lamborghini, Tuner Cars

In a very short-story-like press release, Edo Competition tells us about their adventure of taking their modified Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640 around the Nardo track in Italy. Officially called the Edo Competition LP 640 Versione Nardo, the car develops a total of 663 horsepower from a 6.5 liter V12.
To extract 663 horsepower, Edo Competition did some [...]

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2008 10Best List by Car and Driver

Posted: Nov 30, 2007

Filed under: BMW, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Honda, Industry News, Mazda, Porsche, Top 10 Lists, Volkswagen

Our writer Kap starting writing this post at the beginning of this week but it was just hanging out there in the “to be published section.” We have no idea why (we can’t ask him because he’s probably sleeping), but here it is.
Car and Driver’s January issue is now hitting news stands and mailboxes complete [...]

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Video: Audi A3 Cabriolet in action

Posted: Nov 30, 2007

Filed under: Audi, Videos

We just brought you all the info and images on the Audi A3 Cabriolet and now we bring you the video of the baby convertible Audi in action.
Besides the two boring TDI engines, the Audi A3 Cabriolet comes in to gasoline (or TFSI) engines that include a 1.8 liter TFSI produces 160 horsepower and a [...]