Archive for June 23rd, 2008

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For Ray Wert, too much is never enough. [via CarDomain]

Original post by Wes Siler… »

Sometimes you can bash away on your low-budget race car for a full dawn-to-dusk weekend, yet it’s still not ready. That’s when you need to take drastic measures…
It was clear that Belvedere Adrian’s ‘66 Plymouth Belvedere would need to have the front brakes upgraded from drums to discs if the team wanted to race… »

The flat-black bucket of badass that is the “Project ANGRIER” ‘69 Dodge Daytona replica, built to dominate this years Bullrun, has managed to throw snake-eyes only two days into the rally. For all the work that went into the car, a wheel failure has forced its retirement. But that hasn’t stopped the driver from continuing… »

There’s this friend who, when someone quotes popular television shows, purposefully laughs too much and then names the show. For instance, if someone responds to a bit of double entendre with “That’s what she said” he’ll let out an obnoxious chortle followed by “Ha… The Office.” At first it’s not particularly bothersome, but after a… »

The Mazda 1500 wagon combined parts-obtainment impossibility with nobody’s-ever-seen-one obscurity to beat the right-hand-drive ‘75 Nissan Fairlady in Friday’s Choose Your Eternity poll. We weren’t sure how well a non-rotary Mazda would fare in such a matchup, but the win was by a decisive 60/40 split. Today we’re heading to Detroit, which always presents certain… »

The new 2010 Ford Mustang had heard all about Ford’s plans to build vehicles down South. The new 2010 Ford Mustang really wanted to get out of Flat Rock, Michigan because the winters were so very cold. He wanted to roam an eternally sunny countryside where gas was cheap and subsidized.
So the Ford Mustang packed… »

Those of us who have been waiting to judge the styling of the new 2009 Ferrari California until we had non-studio photos to look at are in luck: Judgement day has arrived. These are the first shots we’ve seen of the brand new folding-hardtop Ferrari outside of the studio and not wrapped up in camo…. »

If you’re Eike Batista, the Brazilian steel, gold and oil tycoon gunning for Bill Gates’ spot on the world’s richest list, do you just drop some kind of fancy art or an Aston Martin love seat in your living room? Hell no. You park a Mercedes McLaren SLR in the living room as a display… »

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If you love the Maserati Quattroporte, these photos of the 2009 Maserati Quattroporte S should warm your heart. If you don’t love the QP, we’re sure with enough therapy you can turn things around. The Quattroporte S model gets a version the 4.7-Liter V8 out of the Gran Turismo S, detuned slightly to produce 425… »