Thursday, July 30, 2009

AutoWeek: Ferrari 458 Italia...

AutoWeek: Ferrari 458 Italia
Ferrari has drawn from the visual spirit of the Enzo to create a power-packed replacement for the F430 that shuns the rounded curves of its past V8s in favor of chiseled, unmistakable aggression. It boasts a new 4.5-liter V8 engine, a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox and a 202-mph top speed. 0-62 mph (100 km/h): Less than 3.5 sec.

Ferrari 458 Italia - The New Dream Car [PICS]
The new Ferrari is badged 458 Italia and has a mid-mounted V8 like the F430 it will replace.

Disqualified Cash For Clunkers Cars: Is yours on the list?
Jalopnik brings you this exclusive first full list of the disqualified cash for clunkers vehicles. Below, the cars recently made eligible and ineligible after the EPA "refresh."

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Texting While Driving Increases Crash Risk 23 Times Fold...

Texting While Driving Increases Crash Risk 23 Times Fold
Drivers of heavy trucks who were texting while driving were at a 23 times greater risk of a crash or near-crash than those who were not, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute reported.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Rolls-Royce Unveils the Ghost, a Recession-Ready Limo...

Rolls-Royce Unveils the Ghost, a Recession-Ready Limo
"How can a rich man stand such times and live?" He could buy a smaller car, for starters, such as the about-to-be-released Rolls-Royce Ghost, the first lower-cost limousine to be produced by the world's luxury automaker in more than a decade.

HUGE
Irony at it's finest.

Student-Built Electric Car Charges In 10 Minutes
Using a 2010 Mercury Milan hybrid and 7,905 lithium iron-phosphate batteries, the car fully charges in about 10 minutes. The car will go from 0 to 60 in just 9 seconds and has a top speed of 100 mph at 12,000 RPMs. And each “ten minute” charge will get you about 200 miles before you’ll need another.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Speed Kills ... But Does Speeding Still Kill?...

Speed Kills ... But Does Speeding Still Kill?
Fourteen years after states were allowed to begin increasing their highway speed limits from 55 MPH, debate continues about what, if anything, should be done to curb the number of speeding-related traffic fatalities. One study actually showed that states that raised speed limits from 55 to 65 MPH showed a decline in fatalities.

Can Tesla (& its Brash Founder) Compete Against the Big Boys
The Paypal founder, Tesla head & serial entrepreneur, Elon Musk, wants to change the way we drive -- and he's got a couple years to prove he can do it.

Cash-for-Clunkers Dealers Kill Engines to Stop Fraud
Dealers in the U.S. “cash-for- clunkers” program are being forced to disable trade-in vehicles with a chemical under new rules to prevent those who take the government subsidies from reselling the cars. Dealers must replace the oil in the “clunker” with two quarts of sodium silicate solution and run the engine for up to seven minutes.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Amsterdam Craze: Tossing SMART Cars Into Canals...

Amsterdam Craze: Tossing SMART Cars Into Canals
Amsterdam police are deeply concerned about a new craze in which vandals toss parked Smart brand cars into the city's canals. It is not clear how many Smart cars have been vandalized this way, but an employee of Smart Center Amsterdam confirmed the company has recently been confronted with it 'a number of times.'

NY Couple Arrested For Stealing Traffic Cams w/cherry picker
"According to the NYPD, pair of thieves allegedly spent the better part of a month trolling the city in a pickup truck with a cherry picker, raiding red-light camera for their valuable innards, including the Nikon cameras that actually take the photos."

Saturday, July 25, 2009

$999 to roll like the A-Team (Mr. T not included) [PIC]...

$999 to roll like the A-Team (Mr. T not included) [PIC]
In 1982, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Pacific Northwest underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, & if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A Team

Stretch Limo in San Francisco FAIL [Pic]
Hysterical photo of a stretch SUV stuck on a San Francisco hill. Do they really think they can push it back up? Let’s hope they got a refund.