Tag Archives: Offbeat
Porsche Headlights

Thieves in Amsterdam steal Porsche Panamera headlamps to grow marijuana (w/ Video)

Law enforcers in Amsersterdam have an interesting problem on their hands. In only one week around 20 owners of Porsche Panamera sedans and Cayenne SUV’s have had the headlamps stolen off of their vehicles. Amsterdam Police believe that the cause of such a jump in an off-beat crime is that the thieves are using the [...]

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1940 Ford Coupe Shell 4

Ford offering its 1940 Coupe’s steel body shell

Ford is digging into the past for Sema this year with the release of the 1940 Ford Coupe body shell. At the show, it has been revealed as a custom-built hot rod. While the styling is exact to the original model, Ford used current welding techniques and high-strength steel to construct the shells. “The 1940 [...]

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Hurricane Sandy Map

BMW, GM, Ford, Honda and Toyota help out in Hurricane Sandy relief efforts

Many automakers are stepping up to help out the thousands hit by the wrath of Hurricane Sandy. BMW of North America will give $1 million to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. “This donation will help the Red Cross give aid to the many who are in need [...]

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Babe Ruth – 1948 Lincoln

Report: Baseball fan is the new owner of Babe Ruth’s 1948 Lincoln Continental

We all have our dream cars, for some it’s the latest supercar, others a favorite muscle car, and a few of us lust after the classics. Lonnie Shelton of Pamapa is certainly the latter, although he is more of a baseball fan then a car fanatic. He recently purchased his very own dream car, a [...]

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TomTom lists some of the most congested cities in North America, Europe

Many drivers worldwide find themselves in traffic jams, whether it be a normal part of a daily commute or an incidental travel headache. To help provide a clearer picture of what is happening in the world’s more congested areas Dutch automotive navigation systems manufacturer TomTom has been compiling data from over 80 major cities worldwide. [...]

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Augusto Farfus takes his wife around the Nurburgring, freaks her out

Video: BMW’s Augusto Farfus takes his wife around the Nurburgring, freaks her out

‘Scare your wife at the track’ is an internet video meme series that captures drivers doing just that, and the lastest is Augusto Farfus, the 29-year-old BMW DTM driver that more then knows his way around a number of the world’s famed tracks. Farfus hits the Nurburgring with his wife Liri in a BMW M3 [...]

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Porsche Boxster turned into a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Roadster Front

Porsche Boxster turned into a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Roadster is a sad sight

Here we go again. Another car disguised as a superior vehicle listed on eBay created by someone with too much time that results in one too many bidders. Today’s model is particularly disappointing because it was a perfectly good Porsche Boxster to start, until someone decided it was a good idea to turn in into [...]

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Mercedes-Benz designed luxury yacht 7

Mercedes-Benz designed luxury yacht to enter production next year

In recent years Mercedes-Benz has been branching out beyond automotive design, their latest endeavor being a 125 year-old idea of building a boat. The first boat was built by co-founder Gottlieb Daimler, and now Mercedes reviving it with the upcoming luxury motor yacht design dubbed ‘Silver Arrow of the Seas’, a concept that was revealed [...]

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Chrysler Jefferson Plant

Chrysler plant worker stabs and kills another, Jefferson assembly line shutdown

Chrysler said this morning that its Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit will resume production on Friday after an altercation between two workers turned deadly. After a fight this morning at the plant, one of the employees stabbed another killing him on the spot. “Chrysler Group is deeply saddened by the events that occurred at [...]

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Burglars drive their BMW X5 through Apple store, get stuck

Video: Burglars drive their BMW X5 through Apple store, get stuck

After watching this video, you’ll realize that the burglars here didn’t really do their homework. According to the Riverside Press-Enterprise, a group of burglars in Los Angeles are being charged with driving their 2003 BMW X5 into the Apple retail store in Temecula, California. After driving through the Apple store lets down a security door [...]

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