It seems that some of the populous in Bainbridge, Ohio were growing tired of the usual ways to embarrass themselves, so a couple weeks ago, Erin B. Holdsworth, 28, lead police on a 128-mile per hour chase. To, well, not exactly top it off, when Holdsworth stepped out of the car, police noticed she was [...]
A slow economy may be to blame for several poor performances at RM’s annual London Auction. A Lambo, Ferrari and an Aston failed to meet their reserve prices, but that did not stop the top lot from being sold: a ‘58 250 GT LWB “Tour de France” Berlinetta Ferrari fetched a cool $3.6 million. The [...]
Why doesn’t this sort of thing happen here in the ‘States? Tattoo artist Scott Campbell collaborated with Pirelli and brought us this: a tattoo design as a tire tread. Having never cut tire treads before, Campbell designed and then researched the best way to personalize a Diablo Rosso II tire on a special edition Ducati [...]
So here’s an interesting bit of news. As part of a ripple effect, all the influx of electric and alternative powertrain automobiles has the EPA hard at work to try and come up with a valid system to translate the range of electric powertrains into the industry standard’s “miles per gallon” system. And we can [...]
Pontiac has been dead since April in 2009. It was a rather unfortunate event, one that left many enthusiasts scratching their heads and even on their knees crying for it to come back. And because of Pontiac’s death, you’d think that the brand loyalists would lose interest in GM, thinking it was a bad move [...]
When the Nissan GT-R first came out, there was controversy as to how fast the GT-R truly was with inconsistencies in lap times on the famous and most difficult racetrack in the world: the Nurburgring. As a result, Nissan has been hard at work to make sure that the GT-R remains a vital player in [...]
Hyundai Motor Co. posted a third-quarter profit increase of 21 percent. The Korean automaker attributes sales of the Sonata and Tucson to the increase in profits. Hyundai’s net income increased to 1.92 trillion won ($1.7 billion) in the three months ended on the last day of September. Hyundai ended up beating the projections of 1.89 trillion [...]
Last week we brought you news of DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) working on an electric car. We now have a video showing the new in new Electric DeLorean prototype hitting up the track at Houston Motorsports Park. In 2013, you will be able to purchase the Electric DeLorean for somewhere around $90-$100 grand. Funny thing [...]
So OnStar is predicting that the Zombie Apocalypse will be happen during this upcoming Halloween—though not really. But just in case, OnStar and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have teamed up to create OnStar’s new “Monster Dodger” service. So in your travels, should be worried about running into zombies, campires, werewolves, witches, [...]
The next big show, even for the automobile industry, is the 2012 SEMA show in Las Vegas. And as an example, Mazda will be showcasing two special cars at the show this year: an MX-5 Miata Spyder and a turbocharged Mazda2. Starting with the MX-5 Spyder, it features a manual “bikini” soft top a la [...]
