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Jeff Bressler

Trash Talk

January 18, 2008

No resale value I suspect.

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Resurrected

January 18, 2008

With all the talk about the concepts we saw in Detroit this past week, let’s travel back in time to the 2006 North American International Automotive Show and head towards the Aston Martin stand and the Rapide concept.
Ford’s then Aston Martin division showed a four door sedan essentially a DB9 coupe that has been [...]

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A Hot Electric Car

January 17, 2008

Global Electric Motorcars, a Chrysler company, that manufacturers NEV’s, or Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, might just have a hot property on their hands.
A GEM Electric Vehicle burnt to the ground yesterday on the University of California Riverside campus. UCR media relations were unaware of the fire and the campus Police Department said it [...]

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Volt Short Circuit?

January 17, 2008

Speaking to reporters in advance of his keynote speech to the Consumer Electronics Show a few weeks back, GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner denied that there have been glitches in the Volt development program. He said he believes that the company will deliver the plug-in electric vehicle to the market by its target date of [...]

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Hail Crown Victoria

January 17, 2008

If you own a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria you now own a little piece of history.
Ford confirmed that the 2008 Crown Vic, first manufacture red in the mid 50’s, will be sold only through its fleet network, mostly to taxi companies and government agencies.

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Cross Wheel Drive

January 16, 2008

One of the interesting tech stories at the North American International Auto Show this week, that has lacked coverage, focuses on Saab. They showed off, for the first time, Cross Wheel Drive.
XWD as it is known is said to offer capabilities that aren’t available on conventional all-wheel drive vehicles. In addition to [...]

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Will Dino Return?

January 16, 2008

The picture above is of a 1974 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS. The 2 and 4 stood for 2.4 liter and the number 6 stood for 6 cylinder. The Dino 246 was the first Ferrari model produced in high numbers.
This brief history lesson leads us to some European chatter about a successor to the [...]

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Keep Your Fingers Crossed

January 15, 2008

Let’s hope the Mitsubishi RA concept comes to fruition in some form down the road. This concept must be bleary eyed from all the photog’s flashes over the past few days. This is one of the true concept stars of the show.
Mitsubishi claims there are no plans to put this car into production. [...]

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CTS Fever

January 15, 2008

In a year devoid of concept eye popping, I’ve got to have that car mania; the Cadillac CTS coupe concept has garnered much admiration. The interesting story is how this concept evolved.
Jim Taylor the General Manager of Cadillac told us about the coupe variant of the highly acclaimed CTS. It seems the design [...]

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The Chinese Riviera

January 15, 2008

 
Buick marketing maven Maria Rohrer stopped by the radio side to gush about the Riviera concept, one of the most striking at the show. 
An important concept on a few fronts. Buick said goodbye to the Riviera some 8 years ago. A one time mainstay of the fleet, it might be an opportune time to resurrect [...]

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