17
Nov
LA 2007: Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG stateside debut
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Over at the Mercedes pavilion, Los Angeles played host to the North American premier of the acclaimed Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG. The hotrod sport sedan from the Stuttgart is the three-pointed star’s eight-cylinder answer to the Audi RS4 and BMW M3, and […]
17
Nov
I have a soft spot for special edition Hondas. Unfortunately, so do a lot of people. They are more coveted by thieves than your Pay Pal password. An Acura Integra Type R or Honda Civic Si usually does a disappearing act when parked on dimly lit street. Apparently not even the latest generation Honda Civic […]
17
Nov
Porsche 997 GT3 RS named 2007 EVO Car of the Year
EVO magazine has picked its Car of the Year Winner: the Porsche GT3 RS, which we’re going to call The Orange Crush from now on. It only just beat out the Ferrari F430 Scuderia, and had only slightly more breathing between it and the third […]
17
Nov
Are Audi’s plans for world domination too big?
It seems like every carmaker has set themselves the goal of world domination. Toyota’s internal master-plan memos leaked out, and then there’s BMW nipping right along with lofty goals, too. Here comes Audi, deciding that they’d really like to sell 200,000 vehicles in the US market by 2010. […]
17
Nov
Are Audi’s plans for world domination too big?
It seems like every carmaker has set themselves the goal of world domination. Toyota’s internal master-plan memos leaked out, and then there’s BMW nipping right along with lofty goals, too. Here comes Audi, deciding that they’d really like to sell 200,000 vehicles in the US market by 2010. […]
17
Nov
Boeing Laser Avenger: Humvee with frikkin’ laser on its head
Boeing wants more government contracts, and it thinks lasers are the way to get them. The company’s Laser Avenger system is something it whipped together in eight short months, and it’s pretty impressive. Mounted on a retrofitted anti-aircraft Humvee, the setup is being demonstrated as a […]
17
Nov
Boeing Laser Avenger: Humvee with frikkin’ laser on its head
Boeing wants more government contracts, and it thinks lasers are the way to get them. The company’s Laser Avenger system is something it whipped together in eight short months, and it’s pretty impressive. Mounted on a retrofitted anti-aircraft Humvee, the setup is being demonstrated as a […]
17
Nov
LA 2007: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster in the flesh
It pains us to see a dead horse beaten so rigorously, but the folks at Mercedes have yet to stop. But then, they did paid a lot for that horse.
The SLR project that then-Daimler-Benz undertook in partnership with its F1 racing partner, McLaren, never went as well […]
17
Nov
2008 Porsche 911 GT2 introduction: The world’s best seats
Even with the world-class handling and amazing power of the 2008 Porsche GT2, a relatively mundane component stood out - the seats. Yeah, we didn’t expect to come back from Daytona and do an entire post just on seating technology, but yet here it is. Then again, […]
17
Nov
2008 Porsche 911 GT2 introduction: The world’s best seats
Even with the world-class handling and amazing power of the 2008 Porsche GT2, a relatively mundane component stood out - the seats. Yeah, we didn’t expect to come back from Daytona and do an entire post just on seating technology, but yet here it is. Then again, […]
