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Brawn’s Barrichello wins 2009 Italian F1 GP

Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button took Brawn GP a significant step closer to both world championship titles at the 2009 Italian F1 Grand Prix in Monza on Sunday afternoon, in a race rendered dramatic by a last lap shunt for McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, as he was pushing hard in third place after Button. Continue reading »

Cash for Clunkers allows reservation of out-of-stock models

Car buyers wanting to use the cash-for-clunkers program but can’t find the vehicles they want due to stock shortages will be able to reserve models under a change in the program, as announced by the Obama administration today. Continue reading »

Ford Edge hit by lightning, needs medical attention

Theoretically, the safest place to be during a thunderstorm is inside a car. A woman in Georgia found that out in real life, when her Ford Edge got hit by a divine lightning bolt while she was driving, and she walked away without a scratch. Continue reading »

Beware of “Cash For Clunkers” scams

As of July 31, the initial $1 billion allocated to the “cash for clunkers” program had been nearly depleted and the House passed a bill to provide an additional $2 billion to the program. In the meantime, the program remains in limbo with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the agency that administers the program, unable to confirm or deny if the program is currently operating. However, White House spokesmen have assured consumers that the program continues to run and can still be used. Continue reading »

Suzuki: Celebrating 100 years of small automobiles

Small automaker Suzuki celebrates its centenary this October. Back in 1909, Michio Suzuki founded the Suzuki Loom Company in Hamamatsu, Southern Japan and it was while manufacturing looms for production of plain white fabric he learned that weavers wanted looms that could produce cloth with vertical and horizontal stripes. So he developed a unique loom capable of weaving patterned cloth from dyed yarn. Suzuki’s new innovation represented the start of an uncompromising focus on creating products that meet people’s needs and realize new lifestyle possibilities. Continue reading »

1975 Lorinser Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 up for sale

By 1975 the USA had long mothballed its moon vehicles, as with the Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9, W116 series the Germans unveiled a road rocket, whose thrust felt like it could easily rival a Saturn V rocket. Continue reading »

Report says giving up SUVs will power the poor

According to the World Bank’s yet-to-be-released World Development Report 2009, there are between 25 million to 40 million gas-guzzling SUVs in the United States today. The report says that if the entire U.S. were to shift to more fuel-efficient cars en masse, more than 1.6 billion people in the world currently living in the dark can be provided electrification without any increase in the levels of greenhouse gases that lead to climate change. Continue reading »

2010 Toyota Camry tops American-Made Index

Cars.com has come up with an American-Made Index that rates vehicles built and bought in the United States. Factors include sales, where the car’s parts are made and whether the car is assembled in America. Models that have been discontinued are disqualified, as are those with a domestic-parts content rating below 75%. And the results are surprising. Continue reading »

Guinness world record attempt for largest Subaru gathering

Subaru of America will attempt to set a Guinness world record for the “Largest Parade of Subaru Cars.” The attempt will take place on July 11, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. The parade will start at 500 Park Boulevard in Itasca, Illinois. Continue reading »

Schumacher the Stig drives Ferrari FXX on Top Gear track

Top Gear recently caused a lot of hype by revealing “The Stig” to be Michael Schumacher. Real or staged, he did apparently drive the Ferrari FXX on the Top Gear test track in the same episode, and the results are astounding. Continue reading »

2009 International Engine of the Year awards

Volkswagen has secured overall honors at the 2009 International Engine of the Year Awards, winning the accolade for the first time in the company’s history with its diminutive yet powerful 1.4L TSI Twincharger engine. The unit is offered across much of the VW model range, including the Golf, Scirocco and Eos, and is used to good effect by Seat in the Ibiza Cupra. The turbocharged and supercharged 1.4L also won the 1L to 1.4L category and was voted Green Engine of the Year, beating both Toyota’s and Honda’s new electric-hybrid powerplants. Continue reading »

Peugeot one-two win at 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans

In only their third year of participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the French Peugeot 908 diesel prototypes managed to maintain a very high pace and ended Audi’s decade-long dominance of the event. Continue reading »

Man wins 2010 Bumblebee Camaro in Campton

Scott Colgan of Campton, New Hampshire was the winner of a 2010 “Bumblebee” Camaro last year as part of an online contest to promote the DVD release of the live-action Transformers movie. The customized car has finally been delivered to its ecstatic owner. Continue reading »

Saab bought by Koenigsegg and other investors

Swedish TV reports suggest that Koenigsegg, maker of extremely high-end exotic supercars, along with a group of Norwegian investors, have signed a letter of intent with Saab to buy out the ailing brand from General Motors. Continue reading »

Chrysler out of bankruptcy as Fiat becomes owner

After overcoming various obstacles, from disgruntled dealers to old-fart pensioners, the sale of Chrysler to Fiat is finally complete. The deal took 42 days, but the sale is now official. Fiat now owns most of Chrysler’s assets and will receive $6.6 billion in “exit financing” from the federal government. Continue reading »

2010 General Motors U.S. product list

General Motors has made an official announcement on what cars they will offer for the 2010 model year. GM will focus on four brands, namely Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC, while Pontiac will die out after 2010, Saturn has been sold to Penske, and Hummer has been sold to some Chinese heavy machinery outfit. Continue reading »

McLaren F1 burns, may get restored

An exotic McLaren F1 caught fire last week in California, after the owner took it out for a spin, having let it sit for six months without driving it before. The rare supercar will now be sent back to Britain in the hopes of having the car restored. Continue reading »

House passes “cash for clunkers” bill in U.S.

The House has finally approved a “cash for clunkers” bill that aims to boost new car sales by allowing people to turn in their old gas-guzzling cars and trucks for vouchers worth up to $4,500 toward more fuel-efficient vehicles. Continue reading »

The most & least expensive cars to insure

Ever wondered how the insurance premium you are paying is compared to that of an exotic car? Insure.com has the answers, with a list of the 20 most expensive cars to insure in the United States. Not to be complacent, they have also provided a list of the 20 least expensive cars to insure. Continue reading »

Porsche to sell out to Qatar government

Like cheap two-dollar sluts, one after the other the premium European car manufacturers are selling out large chunks of their shares to temperamental-but-rich Arab countries. After the Kuwaitis have bought out Aston Martin and Abu Dhabi Emiratis have become large shareholders in Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari, Porsche is reportedly close to a deal that would see the Qatari government become a major shareholder to help Porsche pull itself out of debt that it so stupidly put itself in after trying to take over the Volkswagen Group. Continue reading »

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