Autoblog http://www.autoblog.com Autoblog http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif Autoblog http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Mobileyes live traffic for the iPhone]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/05/mobileyes-live-traffic-for-the-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/05/mobileyes-live-traffic-for-the-iphone/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/05/mobileyes-live-traffic-for-the-iphone/#commentsFiled under:

The coding wizards at 3rd Dimension, Inc. have released an iPhone app that provides a live video stream of traffic in selected areas, allowing commuters to view conditions before they make the trek to and from work.

Currently, the application is only available for Detroit, Harford, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Knoxville, LA, New York and Washington D.C., but more cities will be added in the future.

The application is a free download through the iTunes store (search for "traffic" and you'll see the available cities), and after checking out the New York feeds, we're astounded at how many traffic cameras are available in the Big Apple.

[Source: 3rd Dimension via TCC]

 

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]]>3rd dimension3rdDimensioniphonelive traffic iphoneLiveTrafficIphone2008-09-05T16:32:00+00:00<![CDATA[If the Panamera succeeds... perhaps the Bugatti EB112 will, too?]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/if-the-panamera-succeeds-perhaps-the-bugatti-eb112-will-too/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/if-the-panamera-succeeds-perhaps-the-bugatti-eb112-will-too/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/if-the-panamera-succeeds-perhaps-the-bugatti-eb112-will-too/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,



What if in an alternate universe Bugatti says, "We're not going out of business, we're doing a new model in the same market as the Veyron," but it doesn't know what that model will be? There's another luxury car company in the family called Porsche that's looking to get into the 4-door game. So Bugatti says, "Hey, we did this design study of a 4-door wagon-y thing a while back, have a look," and Porsche takes a peek and says, "Hey, maybe we can work with this," and then Bugatti says, "If it all works out, maybe, you know, since you own us now we can share things and stuff and stop losing so much money on each car," and Porsche says, "Be quiet, we're working..." and, well, you get the picture.

There's no reason to think Porsche had the EB112 concept in mind when it penned the Panamera. But if Porsche did happen to be inspired by Bugatti's long gone concept, it would provide some sort of rationale for why the Panamera looks like it does. And that would be a start, no? For more of your own comparisons, EB112 vs Panamera. Thanks for the tip, Mike S.!

 

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]]>bugattibugatti eb112bugatti eb112 conceptBugattiEb112BugattiEb112Concepteb112eb112 conceptEb112Conceptpanameraporscheporsche panameraPorschePanamerasedansports carsports carsSportsCarSportsCars2008-09-04T18:59:00+00:00<![CDATA[Rent an R8 for $8,000 per day... not including the flight to Tokyo]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/rent-an-r8-for-8-000-per-day-not-including-the-flight-to-tok/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/rent-an-r8-for-8-000-per-day-not-including-the-flight-to-tok/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/rent-an-r8-for-8-000-per-day-not-including-the-flight-to-tok/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,



The Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong bought 13 Rolls-Royce Phantoms for shuttling guests around the city. The Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo has purchased just one car, and will leave the guest to drive himself. That car is an R8, finished in the hotel's trademark Brewster Green, with a gold Peninsula logo outside, and cognac leather inside. To avail yourself of it -- once you've gotten to Tokyo -- you'll need to book the Peninsula Suite, which goes for the ho-hum figure of ¥850,000 per night. That $8,000 U.S. every day to burble at single-digit speeds in Tokyo traffic, although you are allowed to take it outside of Tokyo. Come to think of it, the speeds probably don't matter -- if you have that kind of money, there's a good chance you've got an R8 or better in your own garage already...

[Source: Asahi via German Car Blog]

 

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]]>audiaudi r8AudiR8hotelhotelsjapanpeninsulapeninsula hotelpeninsula tokyoPeninsulaHotelPeninsulaTokyor8r8 peninsula hotelR8PeninsulaHoteltokyo2008-09-04T18:02:00+00:00<![CDATA[Dunhill creates luggage for Bentley's lords and ladies]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/dunhill-creates-luggage-for-bentleys-lords-and-ladies/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/dunhill-creates-luggage-for-bentleys-lords-and-ladies/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/dunhill-creates-luggage-for-bentleys-lords-and-ladies/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Click above for more images of the Bentley luggage collection by Dunhill

Dunhill, the English leather goods maker, has worked with then Bentley Design Team to create a five-piece luggage set. Huzzah! Not only does the fluting on the bags echo the fluting on your Arnage's seats, but the luggage trim is done in knurled aluminum. The entire set consists of a briefcase, large and small suitcases, a washbag, and a weekend bag. You can expect to pay £4,300, before options. But then, if you're an Arnage owner, you're probably more concerned with finding out if you can get leather to match your seats. Check out the gallery below for more photos.

Gallery: Dunhill Luggage for Bentley


[Source: Sybarites]

 

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]]>accessoriesbentleybentley accessoriesbentley collectionbentley luggageBentleyAccessoriesBentleyCollectionBentleyLuggagedunhilldunhill luggageDunhillLuggageluggagetraveltravel accessoriesTravelAccessories2008-09-04T16:59:00+00:00<![CDATA[Turbonines.com: Saab site takes forums to the next level]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/turbonines-com-steps-up-for-saab-enthusiasts-takes-forum-to-the/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/turbonines-com-steps-up-for-saab-enthusiasts-takes-forum-to-the/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/turbonines-com-steps-up-for-saab-enthusiasts-takes-forum-to-the/#commentsFiled under: ,



With TrollhattanSaab's future uncertain, Saabophiles may be looking elsewhere for their daily news and forum fix. The crew that brought you VWVortex, Fourtitude, MWerks and other make-specific sites has finally created a spin-off of Swedespeed to cater directly to Saab enthusiasts on the web.

TurboNines.com launched yesterday, taking the traditional forum template and replacing it with a cleaner, more intuitive design. Readers familiar with MotiveMag will undoubtedly see a resemblance to the online pub's format, with a news and features section, along with galleries, resources and the traditional discussion forum for users to talk smack and wax poetic on their favorite Swedish marque.

If you're already a member of Motive's other sites, you'll be able to login using your existing user name and password, and even if you're not, a quick visit to TurboNines is worthy of a few minutes of your Thursday.

 

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]]>saabturbonines2008-09-04T16:33:00+00:00<![CDATA[Finally, a Trabant that's worth something]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/finally-a-trabant-thats-worth-something/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/finally-a-trabant-thats-worth-something/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/finally-a-trabant-thats-worth-something/#commentsFiled under: , ,



Ah, the Trabant 601; endowed with a smoketacular two-stroke engine until its very last years and a body made of a toxic recycled plastic that's similar to what toilet seats are made of, though it's strangely edible. There's a lot of fondness surrounding East Germany's automotive leftovers, though maybe that's because you can't get rid of one unless you feed it to your goat. A Berlin stamp dealer has covered his Trabi with more than 3,000 pieces of postage, possibly adding a huge amount of value (i.e. some) to his hunk of Duroplast. The sticky-backed decorations have been presumably preserved with a clearcoat so that one good rainstorm doesn't wash it all away, and should Scharam Farahbakhsh ever want to travel with his car, he can ship it ahead of himself.

[Source: Spluch via oobject]

 

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]]>stamp trabantStampTrabanttrabanttrabant 601 stamptrabant stampsTrabant601StampTrabantStamps2008-09-04T11:27:00+00:00<![CDATA[Mobile Home: Motive presents a guide to in-car living]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/mobile-home-motive-presents-a-guide-to-in-car-living/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/mobile-home-motive-presents-a-guide-to-in-car-living/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/mobile-home-motive-presents-a-guide-to-in-car-living/#commentsFiled under: ,



Motive has the skinny on what you should know if you need to crash -- for a few weeks, that is -- in your car. Of course, the first advice is to get a minivan or SUV with tinted windows. However, if things have come to the point where reclining seats are your bed, you probably aren't in a position to double-down on a Vanagon. Some of the tips you might have guessed: get earplugs, don't subsist on the McDonald's dollar menu, and don't bathe in fountains. Others you might not have expected: put fabric softener sheets under the seats, park in Wal-Mart lots overnight if you need, and Panera Bread and Dunkin' Donuts have free wi-fi. And no matter what, don't try to hide your keys somewhere on the car and then think you can get blasted on two-buck-chuck inside the car. That's called Operating Under the Influence. Click the link for the other tips in a thoroughly entertaining read that you will hopefully never need to take advantage of.

[Source: Motive]

 

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]]>lifestylelifestyle changesLifestyleChangeslifestyleslivingliving in your carLivingInYourCar2008-09-04T09:58:00+00:00<![CDATA[Schumacher gets caught speeding off the track]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/schumacher-gets-caught-speeding-off-the-track/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/schumacher-gets-caught-speeding-off-the-track/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/04/schumacher-gets-caught-speeding-off-the-track/#commentsFiled under: , ,

More speeding in products from the Volkswagen corporate empire; only this time, the driver was smart and didn't try to run. The driver in this Italian incident, none other than Michael Schumacher, is probably capable of evading the Caribinieri -- though maybe he's not as adept at handling a real car as he is behind the wheel of a four-wheeled fighter jet. Schumi exercised fine judgement and politely accepted his 75 Euro fine, which carries a three-point penalty on his license.

The racing champ told German newspaper Bild that he was "very sorry" and that "it's out of character" because "speeding is for racetracks only." Maybe something's lost in translation, but we have this urge to say "now we know, and knowing is half the battle" after that sparely worded statement. Thanks for the tip, Ahmet!

[Source: F1-Live]

 

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]]>michael schumacher citedmichael schumacher finemichael schumacher speedingmichael schumacher traffic violationMichaelSchumacherCitedMichaelSchumacherFineMichaelSchumacherSpeedingMichaelSchumacherTrafficViolation2008-09-04T08:31:00+00:00<![CDATA[STUDY: Revving powerful engines makes women feel sexy]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/03/study-revving-powerful-engines-makes-women-feel-sexy/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/03/study-revving-powerful-engines-makes-women-feel-sexy/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/03/study-revving-powerful-engines-makes-women-feel-sexy/#commentsFiled under:



A new study in the UK confirms that women like fast cars, but apparently it's not the sexy curves of a Lamborghini, Maserati or Ferrari that turns them on. Researchers discovered that it's actually the loud sound of their engines revving that gets a woman's motor to hum. The study was conducted with 40 participants that included both men and women who were played recordings of a Maserati, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Volkswagen Polo engine. Afterwards they got their saliva swabbed and analyzed for the presence of testosterone. A higher level of the hormone in their spit indicated that the subjects were more aroused, and the results revealed that 100% of the female participants experienced a big jump in testosterone levels after listening to the Maserati. Chances are the Maserati engine was actually sourced from Ferrari, but we don't know if the results after listening to the Maranello mill were identical. And what happened after participants heard the Polo's wheezy motor? Testosterone levels fell across the board.

[Source: Telegraph]

 

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]]>engine turned onEngineTurnedOnrevving arousedRevvingArousedwoman turned on engineWomanTurnedOnEngine2008-09-03T17:58:00+00:00<![CDATA[Heaven bound and down - "Snowman" Jerry Reed dies]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/03/heaven-bound-and-down-snowman-jerry-reed-dies/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/03/heaven-bound-and-down-snowman-jerry-reed-dies/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/03/heaven-bound-and-down-snowman-jerry-reed-dies/#commentsFiled under: , ,



"Yo Jesus, you gotcher ears on, good buddy?" Cletus Snow has made his last crackly Tx on the CB. We know Jerry Reed best as The Bandit's Coors-hauling cohort, but Jerry Reed had a long and successful career that saw him rubbing elbows with greats such as Chet Atkins, Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, even Dexy's Midnight Runners (the great part might be debatable on that last one.)

The star of music, film, and television passed away in Nash-Vegas on August 31st of emphysema-related complications. Tonight, we're going to break out the LPs, crack a Banquet Beer and watch all three Bandits as we lament another gone too soon. Thanks for the tip, Kyle.

[Source: MSN]

 

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]]>cletus snowCletusSnowjerry reed deadjerry reed diesjerry reed pass awayjerry reed passes awayjerry reed smokey and the banditjerry reed snowmanJerryReedDeadJerryReedDiesJerryReedPassAwayJerryReedPassesAwayJerryReedSmokeyAndTheBanditJerryReedSnowmansmokey and the bandit actor diesSmokeyAndTheBanditActorDiessnowman deadsnowman diesSnowmanDeadSnowmanDies2008-09-03T11:29:00+00:00<![CDATA[Flying Bug: driver apprehended after 100+ mph chase in a VW]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/03/flying-bug-driver-apprehended-after-100-mph-chase-in-a-vw/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/03/flying-bug-driver-apprehended-after-100-mph-chase-in-a-vw/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/03/flying-bug-driver-apprehended-after-100-mph-chase-in-a-vw/#commentsFiled under: , ,


The above image is a dramatization. Bugs don't really have jet engines.

It's being reported as the second most incredible thing next to cold fusion - a VOLKSWAGEN traveling above 100 mph? What next? We suppose a bunch of kids from England will kick Elvis off the top of the charts. Welcome to the 21st century, out of touch news-ninnies. Volkswagen Beetles - proper air-cooled medieval rollerskates - indeed have a tough time cracking 100 mph in stock trim. A New Beetle, which is really just a modern Rabbit in drag, can easily crank that speedo right around to 125 with its 5-cylinder mill.

In this case, the news media is just piling its idiocy on top of a stupid driver who tried running from the police. It rarely ends well when a driver decides to run, and the case of Nathan Hurlbirt and his gray VW are no different. Hurlbirt and a female colleague were nipping along I-25 in Littleton, Colorado when a Sheriff's deputy took issue with the pair's 115 mph speed and attempted to pull them over. Hurlbirt took off, instead, and the deputy broke off pursuit shortly before the VW crashed after exiting the highway. Hurlbirt and passenger escaped injury, but not the long arm of the law. The lack of injuries is the incredible part; try crashing an old Bug and see if there's anything left to put cuffs on.

[Source: AP]

 

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]]>volkswgen beetle chaseVolkswgenBeetleChasevw beetle chasevw chasevw chase coloradovw high speed chaseVwBeetleChaseVwChaseVwChaseColoradoVwHighSpeedChase2008-09-03T07:29:00+00:00<![CDATA[Pump it up: Titan Air Jack blows itself up with exhaust]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/02/pump-it-up-titan-air-jack-blows-itself-up-with-exhaust/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/02/pump-it-up-titan-air-jack-blows-itself-up-with-exhaust/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/02/pump-it-up-titan-air-jack-blows-itself-up-with-exhaust/#commentsFiled under: , ,

If you've ever had the need to raise one side of your car, truck, RV or trailer a couple feet off the ground, the Titan Exhaust Air Jack is there to give you a lift. Quite simply, the jack is nothing more than a heavy-duty balloon inflated by the exhaust gas of your own vehicle. Once the deflated bag is placed under the vehicle, the Air Jack's inflation hose is connected to the vehicle's exhaust pipe. The engine is started and hot gasses are forced into the bag until the woven PVC-coated polyester bag lifts a vehicle a full 30 inches off the ground, which is plenty of height to get the wheels off the ground for most vehicles. With prices starting around $120, the device offers several advantages over traditional jacks. First, it can be used on soft surfaces (mud, sand, or snow) where other jacks just don't work. Second, it easily lifts one whole side of the vehicle at once, saving tons of time. Best of all, the low pressure bag doesn't require placement on normal jacking points so you more freedom to lift where you want and then place jack stands exactly where you need them. The military and emergency services have apparently been using jacks of this type for years, so the idea isn't just full of hot air.

[Source: CNET News via Crave Asia, Photo by Crave Asia]

 

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]]>Air jackair pressure jackAirJackAirPressureJackballoonexhaust balloonexhaust jackExhaustBalloonExhaustJackhot air balloonHotAirBalloonTitan Air JackTitanAirJack2008-09-02T19:28:00+00:00<![CDATA[Colin McRae tribute convoy reaches 30-miles long]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/02/colin-mcrae-tribute-convoy-reaches-30-miles-long/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/02/colin-mcrae-tribute-convoy-reaches-30-miles-long/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/02/colin-mcrae-tribute-convoy-reaches-30-miles-long/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Click above for high-res gallery of Colin McRae's tribute

Oh, those Brits. When they're not faking making corn circles they're writing a rally legend's name using 1,086 Subaru Imprezas as pixels. This, of course, was the finale to the weekend long celebration of Colin McRae's life, which saw over 1,100 Scoobys converge on Prodrive's test track in Warwickshire. Precisely how many cars took part in the ensuing 30-mile convoy is unknown, but if you don't have anything better to do right now, you can have a go at counting them in the video after the jump (and look out for the near miss at 6:42). Even the local constabulary showed up in a WRX pursuit car.


The half-mile-long sign you see above broke the Guiness World Record for, err, writing signs with cars by a cool 800, but more importantly Colin's fans raised over $80,000 for the McRae family's chosen charities.

Gallery: Colin McRae's tribute convoy

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]]>colin mcraecolin-mcraecolin-mcrae-convoycolin-mcrae-tributeColinMcraeconvoygatheringimprezaprodrivesubaru2008-09-02T08:29:00+00:00<![CDATA[First Australian <i>Top Gear</i> episode to air Sept 29]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/01/first-australian-i-top-gear-i-episode-to-air-sept-29/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/01/first-australian-i-top-gear-i-episode-to-air-sept-29/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/01/first-australian-i-top-gear-i-episode-to-air-sept-29/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Mark your calendars, gearheads. The Special Broadcasting Service in Australia has confirmed that the first episode of Aussie Top Gear will air on Monday, September 29. The show will apparently have a regular slot at 7:30 in the SBS Monday night line-up, featuring all manner of Holdens, Ford Falcons and Elfin roadsters crisscrossing their way across the Outback. All the while co-hosts Charlie Cox, Warren Brown and Steve Pizzati - along with their own Fosters-swilling version of The Stig - will be endeavoring to prevent the dingo from eating their babies lest the entire endeavor boomerang on them all. (Okay, enough making fun of the Aussies.) We'll be keeping an eye on FinalGear.com for their count-down before heading on over to Top Gear's YouTube channel to see the first of the eight-episode inaugural season in less than a month's time.

[Source: SBS via FinalGear]

 

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]]>aussie top gearAussieTopGearaustraliacharlie coxCharlieCoxsbs top gearSbsTopGearsteve pizzatiStevePizzatitop geartop gear australiaTopGearTopGearAustraliawarren brownWarrenBrown2008-09-01T15:56:00+00:00<![CDATA[In New York City, garage is spelled with a $]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/01/in-new-york-city-garage-is-spelled-with-a/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/01/in-new-york-city-garage-is-spelled-with-a/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/01/in-new-york-city-garage-is-spelled-with-a/#commentsFiled under: ,



We're sure there are plenty of reasons some people would want to live in New York, but it's hard to see why a car guy would want to. Forget the traffic, the kamikaze cab drivers and astronomic insurance rates. Even if you can put up with all that, where the heck are you gonna park a car?

The New York Times' story, "The Ultimate Luxury: A Garage," gives us even more reason to shun The Big Apple as a place of residence. Apparently, New York houses, condos and apartments with garages command about 5% more than those that don't. In some neighborhoods, add 25%. So that means if you have a condo worth $1 million, adding a garage could get you at very least $50,000 more than your car-hating neighbors. One real estate broker estimated that a six-bedroom townhouse he's selling will bring an extra $1 million because of its car accommodations. The townhouse is priced at $18.75 million.

So why aren't real estate owners on a garage-building spree? Because convincing the city's Department of Buildings that you need a curb cut is a long, trying process. The government agency approved only 54 new Manhattan curb cuts in 2008; three less than last year.

And then there's the anecdote of one family paying $6,600 a year to put their car in a public lot. That's enough to convince this bunch of car guys that there are better places to call home.

[Source: New York Times]

 

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]]>new york carsnew york citynew york garagesnew york parkingnew york parking costsNewYorkCarsNewYorkCityNewYorkGaragesNewYorkParkingNewYorkParkingCostsparking2008-09-01T14:58:00+00:00<![CDATA[Weekend Entertainment: "Car of Tomorrow"]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/01/weekend-entertainment-car-of-tomorrow/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/01/weekend-entertainment-car-of-tomorrow/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/01/weekend-entertainment-car-of-tomorrow/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Follow the jump to watch "Car of Tomorrow"

Hmmm, make that long weekend entertainment. Let's close out the theme of vintage car 'toons with one of the best of them all. Once again, Tex Avery dishes out the laughs with "Car of Tomorrow", an all-time great that, among other things, gleefully jokes about running down pedestrians ("Just let 'em try to get away") and pokes fun at those ever-decisive women drivers. Unfortunately, the embedded version after the jump is the censored edition of the cartoon. The P.C. police at Time Warner (which also owns this site's parent, AOL) evidently felt that America could no longer handle the Indian convertible (with a teepee top) and the "sport roadster that's popular in China" (it's a snazzy rickshaw) when the short aired as part of Cartoon Network's ACME Hour. Fortunately, you can still check out the original, uncensored version on the web; it's just not currently embeddable. Follow the jump to watch the final installment of this holiday weekend's impromptu nostalgia 'toon trilogy. This was fun. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

[Source: YouTube]

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]]>animatedcar of tomorrowCarOfTomorrowcartoonshorttex averyTexAveryvinatage2008-09-01T09:01:00+00:00<![CDATA[Tanner tests his Top Gear skills on the Lambo Reventon]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/31/tanner-tests-his-top-gear-skills-on-the-lambo-reventon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/31/tanner-tests-his-top-gear-skills-on-the-lambo-reventon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/31/tanner-tests-his-top-gear-skills-on-the-lambo-reventon/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,



One-third of American Top Gear, Tanner Foust, spent a day in the Lamborghini Reventon, and here's his verdict: "Thumbs up big girl!" The fractional bit of additional horsepower didn't mean much to him, but he did say the brakes were more capable, and, surprise, the car is quite wide and people like to stare at it. After six hours on Italy's B-roads, that basically sums up his impressions. Since he didn't have too much to say in print, we really do hope he's saving the zingers for the show...

[Source: AutoFiends]

 

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]]>american top gearAmericanTopGearcoupecoupeslamborghinilamborghini reventonLamborghiniReventonreventonsupercarsupercarstanner foustTannerFousttop gearTopGear2008-08-31T13:53:00+00:00<![CDATA[Ultimate rally car collection hits the block]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/31/ultimate-rally-car-collection-hits-the-block/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/31/ultimate-rally-car-collection-hits-the-block/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/31/ultimate-rally-car-collection-hits-the-block/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Click above for a gallery of David Sutton's rally car collection

In the eighties, the late David Sutton owned the company that prepared rally cars for Audi UK. It turns out he was collecting cars at the same time as he was preparing them, and putting them in his Historic Motors Ltd museum. The assortment includes seven Audis, some of which are Group B monsters, as well as an RS200 Cosworth, a couple of Lancias, a 1944 Volvo, and even a Skoda. Now the lot's being sold, 22 cars in all, through Morris & Welford. It's the kind of collection that, even if you had the time, money, and connections, would probably take you years to assemble individually. But you can have it all, right now... if you have what is likely to be an enormous sum of cash. Check out the other items on offer in the gallery below.

Gallery: David Sutton's Rally Collection


[Source: Motive Magazine]

 

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]]>david suttonDavidSuttongroup bGroupBhistoric carshistoric motorshistoric motors ltdHistoricCarsHistoricMotorsHistoricMotorsLtdmotorsportsrally carrally carsRallyCarRallyCars2008-08-31T12:09:00+00:00<![CDATA[Weekend Entertainment: "One Cab's Family"]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/31/weekend-entertainment-one-cabs-family/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/31/weekend-entertainment-one-cabs-family/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/31/weekend-entertainment-one-cabs-family/#commentsFiled under: ,


Follow the jump to watch "One Cab's Family"

Judging by your comments, watching "Susie the Little Blue Coupe" yesterday brought back memories for many of you. Another thing that became very apparent is that you also hold Tex Avery's 1952 short, "One Cab's Family" in extremely high regard, and commenter "raf 280z" stuck a link to it in the thread. Like Susie, the Cab family's story is an endlessly re-watchable classic. Mom and Dad taxi welcome their adorable little boy into the family garage (note the wallpaper border inside -- one of many great touches), but as junior gets older, he gets a little rebellious, and trouble follows -- big trouble. So, grab your kids, sit back and enjoy it after the jump. "Nurse, check his oil, fill 'im up with gas and we'll take him home!"

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]]>1952cab familyCabFamilycartoonmotornity wardMotornityWardone cabs familyOneCabsFamilyshorttex averyTexAvery2008-08-31T10:26:00+00:00<![CDATA[Tie a pork chop around its neck - Telegraph counts down 100 ugliest cars]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/30/tie-a-pork-chop-around-its-neck-telegraph-counts-down-100-ugli/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/30/tie-a-pork-chop-around-its-neck-telegraph-counts-down-100-ugli/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/30/tie-a-pork-chop-around-its-neck-telegraph-counts-down-100-ugli/#commentsFiled under: , ,



It didn't start off as a way for readers of England's Telegraph newspaper to engage in the popular pastime of bashing American cars, but it wound up that way. To be fair, there are plenty of odd and ugly vehicles from all over the place on the Telegraph's list of the 100 ugliest cars of all time, and the voters didn't beat up on the colonies too badly. With so much homegrown hideousness to choose from, we can see how they'd be reluctant to throw stones.

The usual suspects are accounted for, of course. The Pacer is there, as are the Cayenne, BMW's 1 and 7 Series, though we thought the Rolls Royce Camargue was conspicuously low on the list. C'mon, guys, stop going easy on it just because you've got hometown pride. The Camargue really was horrid, no matter how well it sold. There are also vehicles that don't belong; cars that aren't even remotely ugly. The Boxster, XJS, TR7, and Chrysler 300 don't strike us as repulsive. The readers were almost spot-on, though, voting the Fiat Multipla into the second place slot. Number one is a car that everyone loves to hate, but it doesn't strike us as uglier than the Multipla. That vehicle? Aztek. Seriously.

[Source: Telegraph.co.uk via Hemmings]

 

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