Archive for April 17th, 2008

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Power Wheels are awesome. At least they are for the first couple weeks when you’re a 6-year-old. After that, the battery gets weak and you’re left wanting for more power. A solution to this need for speed? Why not just have your big brother tow you with his ATV? Oh, but make sure… »

PickupTruck.com – Ram Tough Choices: Other Designs Chrysler Considered for the 2009 Dodge Ram

Original post by Ray Wert… »

We love candy. Why wouldn’t we love candy? It’s candy. And while we sometimes feel like kids in the proverbial candy store when we go to auto shows, we’re also like kids when we go to actual candy stores (of which there are shockingly few given the prevalence of that particular cliche). That being said,… »

Well, whaddya know- an American Hell Project beat a French one in our most recent Choose Your Eternity poll, with the Malaise Corvette Limo winning by a small- yet significant- margin over the V8-ready Peugeot 404. Unprecedented! We need to honor this tremendous underdog victory by going with an all-American matchup, with a 71-year-old car… »

Monday we reported that the feds weren’t pursuing Unique Performance in the ongoing Unique Performance drama. We had some guesses for why federal prosecutors might pass on this particular case given the fact that a spokesperson said that federal crimes were obviously committed. Our best guess was that they looked at the 25 state felony… »

Toyota has recently announced a partnership with iBiquity, which will put HD Radio systems in a variety of Scion vehicles. What makes this partnership even funnier is the PR-speak Toyota used to announce the partnership.
“Since Scion customers are in tune with audio technology, it makes sense that we enhance our already outstanding audio offerings for… »

Just when the cheesy and flashy auto customization market couldn’t get any worse, a company with a horrible name like Sweetskinz has come out with artistic tires. If anything positive were to come from Sweetskinz, its the increased tire visibility, which is something maybe one person, somewhere in the world, may be interested in having…. »

Who doesn’t enjoy a good visit to the sauna? Apparently, Russians especially like to relax in the steam, so much so that they’ve built this mobile unit. Yes, this ex-military truck has been converted into the ultimate sauna on wheels. From these photos, it seems like it works quite well for weekend getaways in the… »

The Institute for Highway Safety has concluded a study that shows the crash avoidance technology like blind-spot sensors, forward collision automatic braking, lane-departure warnings, emergency brake assistance and adaptive headlights won’t significantly help prevent fatal car crashes and it is mostly due to the drivers. So much for PReVENT. The study shows that the crash-avoidance… »

Remember when we ran the spy photos of that not-so-much-sexy Chevy Volt mule yesterday? Remember how there was a certain assumption this one carried that all important E-flex powertrain? Well, according to GM E-Flex spokesman Rob Peterson, what we saw was only a ride and handling mule — this is the E-Flex equipped Malibu. Okay,… »