Archive for December, 2008

The 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 replaces a scary beast of a car with a even more beastly but seemingly less scary car set to debut at the Detroit Auto Show.
galleryPost(’shelbygt500press’, 6, ‘2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Coupe’); When the first Shelby GT500 hit the streets, the accolades rightfully flowed – it was a… »

Filed under: Etc., Green Daily

Photo by glenn.batuyong. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.
Remember those $4 a gallon gas prices? They were costing America a lot, more than I realized. According to the chief oil analyst for Oil Price Information Service, Tom Kloza, today’s lower gas prices are the equivalent of Americans saving a billion dollars… »

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, USA
For those “eenthusiasts” who still hold out hope that EEStor will come through on it’s game-changing supercalifragilistic-capacitor pledges, a newly-awarded patent may offer some comfort. No, not the patent that EEStor itself was recently granted, but rather one that military application rights holder Lockheed Martin was just given for body armor… »

We’re looking forward to a 2009 as good as you helped make 2008. To prove it, come on back to Jalopnik right after the ball drops tonight for a very high horsepower gift!

Original post by Ray Wert… »

Before P.J. O’Rourke was a semi-serious libertarian columnist he was a Gonzo journalist who penned an article for National Lampoons entitled “How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink.” Though a work of satire, mostly, it’s not the kind of thing you’d see printed in any magazine… »

Filed under: Emerging Technologies
One of the primary reasons that current wind turbines have to be so large is that most of the energy is lost as the air flows off the end of the blades. That size increases the cost and reduces the density of turbines that can be installed. FloDesign has developed a wind… »

Filed under: Emerging Technologies
One of the primary reasons that current wind turbines have to be so large is that most of the energy is lost as the air flows off the end of the blades. That size increases the cost and reduces the density of turbines that can be installed. FloDesign has developed a wind… »

A true Jalop in every sense of the word; CoyoteGary has built what may be the world’s first Datsun 260Z with a fiberglass Shelby Cobra front fascia. Pictures and video below.
galleryPost(’260Zcobra’, 6, ‘Z With Snake Eyes’);
A true Jalop in every sense of the word; CoyoteGary has built what may be the world’s first… »

Chinese state news agency Xinhua is reporting Chinese automakers recalled 1.84 million vehicles since they created a recall process four years ago. But they swear it’s all the fault of foreigners.
Chinese companies have had a few issues with recalls in the past, so the news of just 1.84 million recalls in four years is a… »

Most racers see a blown head gasket as a huge setback, but not Tony, Tony, Tony, and Tony from the Italian Stallions Fiat X1/9 race team. They know it’s time to fix it again!
I predicted that the Stallions would finish just 27 laps before the race, though I was hoping they’d do better…. »