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Maybach Zeppelin: Have they forgotten the Hindenburg

January 19, 2010

One of the core missions behind the ultra elite Maybach brand is to recreate the opulence of days gone by. In fact, the name Maybach was resurrected from a luxury brand that left the market many years ago. Perhaps though they could have come up with a less ironic name for their stunning new machine.

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Name that Mopar

January 12, 2010

If the curves behind the lovely lady don’t look familiar, you would not be unlike many of the journalists at the Detroit auto show over the past couple of days. The car is clearly not a traditional Chrysler, yet it is wearing Chrysler badging. There are no signs anywhere near it and no nameplate.Curiously, there [...]

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Chevy looks set to bring back small car performance with Aveo RS “show car”

January 12, 2010

Big honkin’ V-8’s are great fun, but they can be a little bit on the expensive side to operate as a track car. They tend to go faster (duh) and weigh more which means that disposable items like tires and brakes are, well, disposable. Also, their point of entry tends to be a pricier than [...]

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Girls of NAIAS Day 2

January 12, 2010

I’m beginning to think that I’ve delved into the depths of dirty old man-ness but I keep justifying it to myself by saying our readers like to see the show professionals.
Truly, there some booths have little else to offer other than girls and stickers. Of course we like stickers, but girls are better so the [...]

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NAIAS 2009: MINI Convertible breaks the ice

January 15, 2009

No matter how you look at it, MINI offers a whole bunch of fun. Perhaps the only way to crank up the fun factor would be to chop the top off for some real open air action. We drove the last generation MINI Convertible at Pocono Raceway and absolutely fell in love with the whole [...]

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Detroit ‘09: Audi Sportback Concept

January 12, 2009

Slippery sedans continue to be all the rage from Germany-First the Mercedes CLS, the VW CC, and now the latest concept from Audi, the Sportback. I will not bore you with Audi’s press release that speaks of a “new design vocabularly”. What we are seeing is a preview of the upcoming Audi A7. As opposed [...]

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NAIAS 2009: Chrysler reveals Circuit EV

January 11, 2009

In these days of forced political correctness in the automotive world, I’m almost embarrassed to say that the very concept of electric cars leaves me cold. They have a place deep within urban settings and it is fun to be silently motivated, but there is something missing from the emotional equation. Noise, smells, vibrations all [...]

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2009 International Car of the Year winners announced

January 11, 2009

At a gala dinner last night in Detroit, Road and Travel Magazine announced the winners of the 2009 International Car & Truck of the Year awards. Established in 1996, the annual award is judged by a panel of 16 nationally renowned automotive journalists and is given to the vehicle which most identify their target lifestyle [...]

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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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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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