Spike is a TV station (and website) that tries to do things a little differently. They specialize in targeting the hugely desirable 18-35 demographic with half-naked women posing, half-naked men fighting, and half-baked stories of sports and celebrity shenanigans. Once in a while though, they come up with something interesting for us car guys and girls on their [...]
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Well there you have it, it’s official. Chrysler has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Bankruptcy Court of New York. The New York Times, and every other news publication under the sun, is reporting that the US government will be providing US$8 billion for the restructuring effort over the next few months. Mr. [...]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The WMSC convened earlier today to decide the fate of McLaren in the wake of Melbourne’s Liargate scandal.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
There’s something intensely satisfying about an object whose sole focus is to do one thing very well, whether that’s a delicate Swiss watch or a pit miner. While completely different on the surface, both share a complete lack of compromise. You wouldn’t expect the watch to do your taxes, nor expect the pit miner to [...]
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
We all like hooning around in our 600-horsepower Mustangs, 320 kph Mercedes, and 23 L/100 km Hummer H2s. Eventually, however, we will have to agree that even though resources may not be immediately short, they will probably soon be immediately expensive. It’s simple supply and demand – more people want more, adding up to less [...]
Monday, April 27, 2009
Fritzilla says: “RAWWWWR!” The Globe and Mail is reporting that 42% of Canadian GM dealerships will be closed by the end of the year. What they don’t mention is what percentage of those will be rural dealers and what percentage will be metro dealers. From what I understand, it looks like most of the rural [...]
Monday, April 27, 2009
The F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain took place this past weekend and saw relatively little drama occur on the track itself. Indeed, it was more remarkable for the fact that it almost became one of the very few races in the entire history of Formula One wherein all cars present on the grid actually finished [...]
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Well the details of the upcoming Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing, the spiritual successor to the 300SL, just keep on aleakin’. We now know that there will be a 6.2L V8 under the hood and that its power will be routed to the wheels via a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Oh, but there’s much, much more.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
For the last ten years, three men have been developing an entirely new kind of engine in Windsor, Ontario. Knowing that they were near completion, last year they started a company, Vengeance Power Inc., andfiled for $500,000 worth of patents worldwide. Recently, they brought it to Society of Automotive Engineers world congress. Clearly they think that they will be selling a few of these. They’re right. It’s light, small, powerful, and has ridiculous amounts of torque. It has so much torque that I can’t say it here. Hit the jump to find out.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
The Auto Insider, Jalopnik‘s mystery-shrouded-Stig-like writer has just attended the Shanghai Auto Show. This is the show where Stile Bertone and Jason Castriota unveiled the one-off Mantide to the world. Now, Jalopnik has published an interview between the Auto Insider and Jason Castriota that reads quite well. As you may be aware, we’ve covered the [...]
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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