Archive for April 22nd, 2008

Infiniti brought their brand new FX45-replacing bag to the Geneva Motor Show in the form of an all new FX, the 2009 Infiniti FX50. While we didn’t get a chance to check out the new 390-hp and 369 lb.-ft. o’ torque being put out by that new big n’ shiny V8 as well as what’s… »

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We know this has to be as painful for you to look at as it is for us to write about. Footage has surfaced of James Bond’s Aston Martin DBS after the Italian police fished it out of Lake Garda. If you recall, the driver of the car lost control while in transit… »

Unlike Chery, Geely or Great Wall, China’s Ghangzhou auto (GAG) isn’t well known in the west. This is because the company currently focuses on producing domestic market Accords for Honda and Camrys for Toyota. Though we’ve seen some wild concepts from the company, including the GAG A-HEV Hybrid, we haven’t seen much in the way… »

Any list of great WWII films is going to include Casablanca, From Here To Eternity or The Longest Day. All great films and deserving of placement on such a list. But there’s one film that sticks out in our mind today. Written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed, The Third Man explores the… »

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We know you’ve seen the 2010 Chevy Camaro plenty of times by now, but trust us, you haven’t heard it quite like this. It must be the fanboys at Camaro5’s response to Lexus trying to steal the spy video thunder with the LF-A video from earlier. Because thunder is exactly what the Camaro’s… »

Sounding as much like a purveyor of alcohol as an automobile, Captain Martin, that’s Captain James Vernon Martin to you buddy, was something of a fanatic about micro-cars and did his share of them in the early part of last century. His obsession saw the development of as many as six different tiny cars and… »

The Opel Flextreme looks like a bird o’ prey or something here, don’t it? This shot may be the only time we’ve seen the Flextreme look even remotely “cool.”

Original post by Ray Wert… »

At the tender age of 25, well before his work with the Auto Union Type C, Ferdinand Porsche entered the 1900 Paris World Exhibition with his all-electric car after developing the key systems for Jacob Lohner & Company. It was heralded as the “most innovative invention” of the show and consequently orders were filled for… »

Gee golly, I wonder what would cause a tear of this magnitude in the roof of a poor and innocent Lexus? Click for the answer, with a bonus video!
Oh, it’s because the owner, Frankie Rio, decided to use a Lexus GS350 for one of those subwoofer decibel competitions. You know, Frankie, there’s a reason beater… »

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AMS claim this is the world’s most powerful Evo, and they’ve got the dyno sheets to back it up. This Mitsubishi monster supposedly makes 1130 HP, and that’s not at the flywheel, but at the wheels. And we’re told it’s “true” power, no nitrous-oxide assistance, just a motor built up big as can… »