Archive for April 15th, 2008

Motive Long-Termers: BMW 135i and Audi S6

Original post by Ray Wert… »

By Jen Dunnaway
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Help me out here: I realize the whole Iron Cross thing is kind of trendy right now, thanks in part to the various chopper shows, but to be so committed to WWI-era German military imagery as to build a whole car replete with proto-fascist trappings—is that sketchy at all? And doesn’t a giant… »

All of a sudden it’s cool to be straightforward in your Craigslist car posts. Yesterday, we had the VW Cabrio owner who admitted to smells due to fornicating in a very uncomfortable place. Today it’s a 2004.5 VW Jetta GLI owner who is very “honest,” so “honest” in fact that he actually put “honest” in… »

We like the British idea of television which, in many cases, involves short seasons of only a few episodes. This episodic construction allows for shows to maintain their essence without having to worry about sudden cast changes, ratings drops or very special episodes. Examples include The Office, which was nevertheless made into a decent American… »

The Detroit (well, actually South Bend) machine put up a good fight against the Detroit-powered British Leyland product yesterday, but it’s tough to beat a PCH Superpower and thus the voters gave the victory to the V8/IRS MGB-GT in yesterday’s poll. But are we giving up on America as a credible PCH contender? Hell no!… »

Amusing, it’s taken a little over two years but the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 has gone from a concept revealed on the show floor of the 2006 Detroit Auto Show to parking on the roof of Cobo during the 2008 SAE World Congress. This shiny red one was parked staring straight at the GM RenCen… »

Amusing, it’s taken a little over two years but the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 has gone from a concept revealed on the show floor of the 2006 Detroit Auto Show to parking on the roof of Cobo during the 2008 SAE World Congress. This shiny red one was parked staring straight at the GM RenCen… »

Nary a week goes by where we aren’t forced to look at another affordable, crisp-handling, attractive and unattainable European Ford Focus or derivative and recite that all too familiar prayer of “Ford, if you’re listening, bring it over here” while trying to get excited about Bill Gates’ Focus Coupe. Sure, we could have purchased a… »

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We keep telling you the robot wars are going to happen any day now, and you just don’t listen. While this is more like some version of a robot dog nipping at your heels, we still don’t know what the mechanical marvel is going to do with that ball when he catches his… »

Now that the 24 Hours of LeMons shit-talking has begun, I find it necessary to present some more evidence to show that the V8-ified Volvo 240 is Your Best Race Car Value, even though it means giving away some tricks to our real competition (i.e., the other teams driving Swedish steel). You see, some teams… »