IndyCar driver Danica Patrick has once again gotten rid of racing gear to pose for the Sports Illustrated’s annual swimsuit issue. Patrick’s last year appearance came right before her 2008 Indy Japan 300 victory – her first IndyCar win. She has also earned Rookie of Year for the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar [...]
So you’re probably confused on what to get your significant other for that holiday everyone celebrates on Feb. 14. Well Lamborghini is not coming to your rescue. These Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera heels are the fantasy product of photoshop artist Tim Cooper. But hey - we think a box of chocolates, some flowers and a printed out [...]
Saab, which pitches it cars as jets on the roads, announced today that it is teaming up with India’s Tata to build a version Gripen fighter jet. The $12 billion dollar deal is a chance for Tata to get in on the biggest fighter jet deal in the world in years. Executive Kjell Moller said that Saab [...]
Hoping to compete with the BMW 550i Security and the 530i Security, Mercedes-Benz has released its new 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Guard model continuing its 8 decades of expertise in the design and production of special-protection vehicles. Upgrades include replacing windows with bulletproof polycarbonate glazing, an underfloor area resistant to attack with a DM51 hand-grenade and 17-inch wheels [...]
According to Mini Vice President Jim McDowell, Mini is considering a diesel engine for the U.S. market by 2010 or 2011. He said that the diesels that Mini currently offers in other markets do not meet U.S. clean-air regulations so Americans will have to weight until the BMW brand comes out with a next-generation diesel [...]
According to insiders, General Motors and Delphi Corp. are in talks where the automaker will take back a half-dozen U.S. plants from the parts supplier and its former subsidiary. Sources say that the move is one of the many options GM plans to show Congress it can be viable in the long-term. Of course, by [...]
Toyota agents in Malta are handing out a free Blackberry smartphone with every Toyota iQ they sell. Where is this Malta place we speak of? Malta is a small chain of seven islands situated in Southern Europe about 58 miles off the cost of Sicily, Italy. Yeah, we had no idea they existed and had [...]
In a celebration of the inaugural Shelby 427 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Carroll Shelby Children’s Foundation will auction off a Ultimate Shelby 427 GT500 with a Super Snake Package on eBay Motors. The auction starts today and will end on Feb. 19, 2009. The winner will receive a 2009 Shelby GT500 in torch red with [...]
Former DaimlerChrysler employee Wolfgang Bernard will be return to Daimler AG heading up the company’s van business. Bernard left DamilerChrysler in 2004 just before he was to become head of the Mercedes-Benz Group division. “I am pleased that Wolfgang Bernard is back on board at Daimler,” Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche told Reuters. ”I value his knowledge [...]
Travis Pastrana, yes the guy that won nine X Games Gold Medals and has his own MTV show on Sunday nights, will get his own one-of-a-kind Subaru Impreza WRX STI at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show. Pastrana worked with Subaru to build his brilliant yellow “199″ liveried Impreza WRX STI to celebrate his 3rd consecutive Rally America [...]
