Archive for May 19th, 2008

With its pronounced grille and sharp trunk line, the 2009 Acura TL is like Waldo in a Caravaggio painting, easy to spot. We’ve parsed the rumors regarding the new TL and even seen some pics of the 2009 Acura TL last night. Thanks to Joe A., we now have more photos of a pair of… »

What do you do with your Ferrari 612 Scaglietti after you’ve just beat it to crap toured around India in a 72 day, 7,000 mile jaunt? Well if you’re Ferrari, you dump it to suckers on Ebay. The promotional trip known as the Magical Mystery Tour Magic India Discovery Tour was a journey around the… »

On this side of the pond we don’t hear a lot about Walter Bagehot, but the Victorian era journalist and thinker was an important part of the English historical school of economics. As the editor of The Economist, Bagehot was able to influence the thinkers of the late 19th century both in Britain and the… »

The $10,000 Acura NSX ran away with 62% of the votes in Friday’s Choose Your Eternity poll, though the Corvette put in a good showing (and it’s unfortunate that the late-in-day timing of PCH made it impossible to give Graverobber Commenter of the Day recognition for this methtastic Inland Empire tale, because he totally deserved… »

Our sources say this picture — it’s been floating ’round the fan-forums for the past few days — of a GT3, an RS4 and an F430 Spider sitting pretty on the El Toro airfield is in fact the first on-set picture from the new NBC-BBC-whatever team for the ‘merican market. Call it “Gear,” or call… »

In order to tout their record of environmental achievement, the good folks at the Honda F1 Team launched the MyEarthDream campaign, which involves individuals pledging to do something for the environment and then having their name printed on Honda’s new F1 car. The screening system isn’t that great as Jalopnik reader Alex Saretzky was able… »

Ferrari has teamed up with Meridian for a some Auto Branding Adventures with the F80 home entertainment system. And by “home entertainment system,” we really mean it’s just a glorified clock-radio. The details are limited but it seems this home entertainment system has radio, CD and auxiliary input support. Probably the most important feature is… »

What do you call a Honda Civic made into a rip snorting mini-truck-car? Of course it’s easy to differ to the classic ‘camino’ suffix, but that feels like phoning it in. As far as we know there aren’t any historic ties to either Ford or General Motors, so both -chero and -amino both seem forced…. »

There’s been some pretty high-tech solutions to the on-going problem of sleeping drivers, but this device tries to simply the process. The Anti-Sleep Driving Alarm is an alarm worn around the ear. If it senses the head tilting 30 degrees or more it will sound a high-pitched alarm. It’s as simple as that. The funny… »

With forthcoming competition in the form of the Porsche Panamera and the Aston Martin Rapide, Maserati has apparently decided it’s time for the Quattroporte to get its game face on. Behind the saggy cladding on this tester is said to be a new face with a grille similar to that found on the Gran Turismo… »