Got Hood? Western Endurance Racing Championship Round 4 Results [Nasa]
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The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) Western Endurance Racing Championship (WERC) held Round 4 at Thunderhill Raceway. The 2-hour enduro pushed the limits of man, machine and… hood. More » — full article at jalopnik.com |
SIA Flashback – Flying on the Ground: Curtiss’ Wild Conversions
Many engine builders pursued customers in both the automotive and aviation fields, Lycoming perhaps the best known among them. It wasn’t for lack of trying that Glenn Curtiss is omitted from that list today, as we see in Keith Marvin’s story in SIA #76, August 1983, recording … — full article at blog.hemmings.com
Tokyo to L.A. – The Hard Way – In a Suzuki Kizashi: Day 7
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BELOGORSK TO TYNDA “He wants to know if he can come with us,” says our translator, Polina, nodding at the smiling, crew-cut young man in a faded blue uniform and ill-fitting bulletproof vest. He’s clutching what appears to be an AK-47 — well worn — yet we’re not afraid. After all, he’s … — full article at blogs.motortrend.com Related Stories: • VIDEO: Suzuki Kizashi Hits 200 MPH at Bonneville, Breaks Record — carthrottle.com • Mild-Mannered Suzuki Sedan Tops 200 MPH — wired.com • Tokyo to L.A. – The Hard Way – In a Suzuki Kizashi: Day 3 — blogs.motortrend.com • Suzuki Kizashi does 327km/h in Bonneville Salt Flats (video) — caradvice.com.au • Tokyo to L.A. – The Hard Way – In a Suzuki Kizashi: Day 2 — blogs.motortrend.com • Tokyo to L.A. – The Hard Way – In a Suzuki Kizashi: Russian Leg Begins — blogs.motortrend.com |
The Booth Babe Chronicles: Ad roundup
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I love video displays at auto shows. For example, I’m hoping and really looking forward to Toyota playing the Swagger Wagon video on heavy rotation all day, every day this auto show season. I’m sure it will only start to get old after the first 17 times in a shift. My sources tell me … — full article at thetruthaboutcars.com |
Bushranger 4×4 gear further enables your SUV
If you’re the owner of a soft-roader SUV such as a Toyota Rav4, Hyundai ix35, Mitsubishi Outlander or even a SsangYong Kyron, you wouldn’t be seen dead in a 4WD store. It would be the automotive equivalent of arriving at a Star Wars convention with your Country and Western gear, you … — full article at caradvice.com.au
2012 Honda Civic sedan alleged leaked image
Honda is working on next-generation 2012 Honda Civic sedan , we have here, courtesy of WoodysCarSite, a picture that supposedly leaked Civic variant.
— full article at latestcar.us
Related Stories:
• Report: Honda Canada discontinuing Insight and Civic hybrid — green.autoblog.com
• 2011 Honda CR-Z–Show me the mpg! — blogs.consumerreports.org
• Honda Civic Type R axed in UK — autocar.co.uk
Japan: Cities Will Pay You To Buy A Car
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The Japanese auto industry is staring at the calendar like rabbit at the snake. October 1, the rabbit will be dinner. October 1, government subsidies for purchases of “environmentally friendly vehicles” (read pretty much any new vehicle that passes Japanese rules) will be no more. According to … — full article at thetruthaboutcars.com |
Report: Honda Canada discontinuing Insight and Civic hybrid
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Honda Insight and Civic hybrid It’s no secret the revived 2010 Honda Insight has been a huge sales disappointment in North America. The once-robust sales of the Civic hybrid have also evaporated in the last two years. Apparently, things are far worse for Honda’s hybrids north of the … — full article at green.autoblog.com Related Stories: • 2011 Honda CR-Z–Show me the mpg! — blogs.consumerreports.org • Honda Civic Type R axed in UK — autocar.co.uk • Long Term Update 6: 2010 Honda Insight — motortrend.com |
Another Datsun King Cab Doomed, Lack Of Cup Holders Probably To Blame [Down On The Junkyard]
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Earlier this year, we saw this ‘79 Datsun King Cab pickup in a Northern California self-service wrecking yard. Here’s another one, in a different yard but with the same sad story: truly small pickups are just too small. … — full article at jalopnik.com Related Stories: • For $7,000, It’s the Parting of the Red Z [Nice Price Or Crack Pipe] — jalopnik.com |
Six Toyota Prius PHEVs go to Clean Cities in Syracuse
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Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery Toyota is continuing its deployment of 150 Prius plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) throughout the United States, with six of them delivered to the Clean Communities of CNY program in Syracuse, NY. The Clean Communities program … — full article at green.autoblog.com Related Stories: • Review: 2010 Lexus HS 250h — green.autoblog.com |