I’m one of more than 30,000 people who put down a refundable $99 deposit for a smart, the two-seat, small-S micro-compact from Mercedes-Benz. I’ll take a red convertible, I said, with heated black leather seats, a clock and rain-sensing wipers.
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The inaugural race of the 24 Hours of LeMons season just concluded and we’re being told it looks like the winner’s Krider Racing in their Integra. Murilee will have more shortly from Altamont but he predicts our very own Team Black Metal V8olvo will come in somewhere in the top 20. Give ‘em all a… »
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We watched the first part of the Turkish Grand Prix this morning and after the first corner featured some serious car over car accident action and the Ferrari/Mercedes slap fest, we got a little bored and sought out better things to do with our Sunday. Our mistake. We missed the Bruno Senna stray… »
On April 27th, 2008, automotive enthusiasts from across Southern California converged on Pierce College in Woodland Hills for the Motor4Toys SWAT Support Charity Car Show organized by Dustin Troyan. The purpose of this show was to raise money for the families of Randal Simmons and James Veenstra, LAPD SWAT officers who were killed and injured… »
Just received the following text message from Murilee: “[Team Black Metal V8olvo has] gone from 44th place to 19th so far today.” Continue following the team’s progress along with all our coverage here.
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Looks like the MSM’s finally gotten ahold of the crash story at Altamont. Our expectation is the rest of the bandwagon will show up momentarily. Look boys, carnage! [CBS5]
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So we put in the Loverman followed by Viergangfuchs this morning and started knocking off some quick laps, passing like crazy and moving up to the 20s in the standings; Mr. Baruth has our best lap time, with 51 seconds. Now the Evil Genius is driving, and he’s also fast as hell. However, the level… »
There was definitely a sense of gloom hanging over the pits this morning, but just about everyone here felt that we ought to go out and have fun doing what the late Mr. Summerfield loved doing: racing. The number of cars out on the track is quite a bit smaller than what we had yesterday,… »
While Murilee and the rest of Team V8olvo musters on with thoughts still on yesterday’s tragedy at the 24 Hours of Lemons race at Altamont, we here at the Jalopnik Detroit bureau are lending a helping hand with coverage. We’ve just received news from the Gulf 39 team on the identity of their teammate behind… »
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