February 2008

2009 Ford Flex Pricing Announced

You can mark down today, February 27, 2008 as the date the Flex failed in the US marketplace.  What’s that, you say?  The Flex isn’t even going to be on dealer’s lots until the summer?  That’s right, and I’m already calling it dead in the water. Why the sudden pessimism?  Ford announced pricing on the [...]

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Lamborghini Gallardo LP550 Scans

Magazine scans of the upcoming Lamborghini Gallardo LP550 have surfaced prior to the official unveiling of the car at Geneva.  You’ll probably have to be a Lambo expert to really see the difference between the vanilla Gallardo and the LP550 though.  The front air damn is deeper, and there is what looks like a third [...]

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Maybach Landaulet is a Go

Meet the ultimate in indulgence – the Maybach Landaulet convertible.  Part limo, part droptop, all luxury.  For the princely ( kingly? ) sum of $1.35 Million dollars – that’s 1,350,000 – you can drive one of the most luxurious automobiles on the road today.  With such features as reclining rear seats, a 612 HP twin [...]

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BMW twin-turbo diesel hybrid X5

Both hybrid technology and diesel engines are known for their fuel efficiency.  What if you took the two and combined them?  That’s exactly what BMW has done with the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept – basically a diesel hybrid X5.  Under the hood is a twin-turbo 2.0 liter 4 cylinder diesel engine that puts out 204 HP [...]

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2008 Smart Fortwo Review

The first thing you’ll think when you see a Smart Fortwo is “Damn that car is small”.  Don’t worry, there’s no controlling that.  It’s an extremely tiny vehicle, and it’s only built “For Two”.  Parents need not apply.  People afraid of small cars need not apply either, because this is a really, really small car.  [...]

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2009 Nissan Murano Review – TTAC

TTAC reviews the 2009 Nissan Murano and has mixed feelings – ‘Despite its newfound speed, the Altima-platformed Murano’s feather-light steering and body float leave no doubt that corner carvers need to step up to (and stump up for) an Infiniti EX (better platform despite similar size), or consider Mazda’s CX-9. The Murano LE’s 20″ wheels [...]

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Loremo – 150 MPG Diesel

Low resistance mobile – that’s what Loremo stands for. And that is precisely what it is – the Loremo was designed with only one thing in mind – the lowest possible coefficient of drag, and thus the highest possibly efficiency. By cutting drag everywhere possible ( including the doors – there are none! ), the [...]

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New Models Don’t Always Mean Sales Increase

When an automaker introduces a brand new vehicle, they always hype it as much as possible, and say how it will increase sales. For example, Brand X sells 200,000 vehicles per year. They introduce the brand new Ultra Mega Crossover, with a sales goal of 40,000 units per year. With this in mind, they expect [...]

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