Need for Speed: Shift First Look
Once, the Need for Speed brand set the standard for driving games with broad appeal and accessibility ... . That brings about a couple of big changes. All the city streets and production cars have been replaced with racetracks and purpose-built race cars. From what I saw (and later talked [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 02:12:00
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Yes, Virigina, There Is a Credit Crunch Going on
Shawn Langlois: GM, Ford post big October sales drops, so does Toyota: SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - General Motors Corp ... projections, as the struggling automaker blamed the nation's credit crisis for its 45% plunge in October ... vehicle sales plunged to 168,719 cars and trucks in October from 307,408 a year ago. The car side took [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 21:06:33
GMAC limits loans to buyers with 700+ FICO rating
Filed under: Car Buying, GMIf you're in the market for a new car, you'd better get your credit score in order first ... some sales, but according to credit information services company Experian, 74.3% of all auto loans went ... . Auto lending units are looking for top tier customers right now, and GM's captive credit arm [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 12:52:03
How much money have you put into your car?
Quote: wait, there's still people in Detriot? ... ... Quote: including the cost of the car im about $1250 in to the car. but after [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:10:47
Why GM Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon
Why GM Matters [As I indicated yesterday in the post " Why American Industry (And Its Future) ... ***** It’s time to cut through all the nonsense about General Motors “not making cars that Amrericans want ... nemesis, Toyota. Toyota’s cars these days resemble appliances [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 21:01:06
Bike to work — fashionably
So you want to commute to work on bike — but don’t know what to wear! ... a wardrobe change isn’t necessary! Many women profiled in the Car Free Mondays series didn’t bother ... for more Car Free Mondays interviewees . You no longer have to write a blog to participate, though [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:02:22
And yet another rendering of the 2011 BMW 5 Series
As we have said before, once the leaked photo of the new BMW 5 Series made its way onto the web, many car magazines or online media will come up with their own set of renderings. Just a couple ... like, followed a few days laterk by the fellows at Car Magazine UK . Today, I received an email [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 18:25:09
Zipcar Gets A Feature, 10 Parking Spots
Zipcar , which got a big feature in yesterday's New York Times magazine , will now be getting 10 parking spots around USC and UCLA, ... and use the money to embrace in a car-sharing program that could be used for both city employees ... Zipcar Curbed LA · City Makes Space for Zip Cars on Public Streets Streetsblog [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 22:59:35
New Fiat Bravo, £218.49 inc VAT
If you check my car leasing website, you will see I have just added a new cheap contract hire Fiat Bravo deal! ... the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different finance companies. Main dealers [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 17:44:52
Lower CO2 on my Ford S-Max
Don’t spend so much on fuel! If you get a new Ford S-Max Diesel 1.8 TDCi (128bhp) Zetec 5 speed MPV (7-seat) ... the finance companies like lots of ID. There are many protecting regulations. Photographic and signature ... nettle and is giving UK car buyers comprehensive environmental data on all new cars for sale [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 14:10:01
Migraines and Death
Not that migraines cause death, but I was reading about how migraine sufferers have an increased risk of stroke (vs. the general population) ... numbers for both cars (what if a car got stolen?) - Any debt information (credit card number [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:46:42
The Amphicar
It’s a car, it’s a boat, it’s an Amphicar! Designed to operate on land and in the water, ... , police used a few Amphicars for search and rescue. Apparently, it was even possible to water ski ... amphibious passenger car to be mass produced. Total production was 3,878 and some 3,000 were imported [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 05:56:38
Off the Record
Yesterday evening, I attended a panel discussion on the financial crisis ... that involved with financial firms. Another issue is transparency. In the used car market, if the government knew the true quality of every used car, then I presume [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 08:43:29
Green Filters on SLKStore.com
I was just looking for Green Filters when I noticed the big ad banner on our forum for Greens at the SLK store ... to send my credit car info out there unencrypted. Are you guys planning to make it HTTPS? P.S. Scratch that, the form doesn't ask for credit car info - how do I go about paying for it? [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 09:19:33
Bike 'Contrails' to Create DIY Bike Routes
Make Your Own Bicycle Path Design21's Power to the Pedal design competition has a lot of interesting entries ... to leave a unique mark on the road and to reclaim this crucial shared space. The old cycle: More cars on the road -- more percieved danger for bikers -- fewer bikers on road -- even more cars [more...]
Date: 2009-03-03 17:26:23
AUDI LAUNCHES R15 TDI
Posted 9th March, 2009 in Audi | Leave a commentINGOLSTADT, Germany, Mar 9, ... of Le Mans is particularly suited for this: Efficient and economical cars are especially required ... the development of production cars. For this purpose the regulations intentionally give the engineers plenty [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 22:58:45
Return a Hyundai: Further (Crazy?) Innovations from Desperate Carmakers
Remember the "Buy One, Get One Free" Dodge trucks? This rivals that in the we'll-do-anything-to-sell-cars category ... Assurance: Finance or lease any new Hyundai, and if in the next year you lose your income*, we'll let you return it. That's the Hyundai Assurance. Starting today you can feel good about buying a car [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 23:46:52
Confirmed: Ferrari going hybrid
Click above for gallery of the Ferrari 599XX One of the stated reasons that automakers send prototype race cars around tracks at high rates of ... of implementing will someday make it into production cars. According to Ferrari president Luca Cordero di [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 17:39:00
New Honda Civic Type-R, £267.38 inc VAT
If you check my car leasing website, you will see I have just added a new cheap contract hire Honda Civic Type-R deal! ... the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different finance companies. Main dealers [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 12:32:25
Burnout Paradise Boost Specials Coming This Week
Burnout Paradise , true to its racing roots, has started releasing downloadable content at a blinding pace ... cars will release this Thursday. The first vehicle is the Carson Extreme Hotrod, said ... preferred specifications. The cars are expected to be priced at $4.99 USD on the PlayStation Network [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 18:17:00
New Mazda 6, £271.39 inc VAT
If you check my car leasing website, you will see I have just added a new cheap contract hire Mazda 6 deal! ... other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different finance companies. Main dealers I use [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 16:51:58
MIT GreenWheel: Simply an electric bicycle revolution
One definition of the word elegant is "to be gracefully concise and simple ... , but in a world-economy that can't afford to buy cars the way they used to, the GreenWheel should ... this principle perfectly. From the MIT Smartcities team that gave us the stackable cars concept [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 11:35:16
Car Review: Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Manages 20 mpg
The 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid proves that a nearly three-ton SUV can manage 20 mpg ... the mid-teens. A little bit of the credit on my trek goes to the two-mode hybrid drivetrain and a lot ... unobtrusive: When a car comes up on your left or right blind spot, a warning icon appears in the side mirror [more...]
Date: 2009-02-16 19:03:14
New CO2 figure for the Audi TT Roadster
Updating the Audi TT Roadster 2.0 TFSI (200bhp) Convertible 2dr 1984cc Petrol Manual quickly is brilliant because Google loves to use me as the choice for listing these cars. You run this new car for 12, 18, 24 or 36 months depending ... the electric motor can be used to provide additional power during acceleration and high load conditions [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 18:10:01
The Daschle Debacle
daschle-obama-250-200.jpg As the Senate Finance Committee reviewed Tom Daschle’s financial records on Monday, ... the White House and his former Senate colleagues a lot more than a car and driver he forgot to report ... , Leo Hindery Jr. (which provided him with the car and driver); and at least $220,000 for speeches [more...]
Date: 2009-02-03 06:26:37
Opening Bell/Closing/President's Day Bell: 02.16.09
Chavez Wins Vote To Scrap Term Limits (FT) Venezuelans have given Hugo Chavez's "Bolivarian revolution" ... downturn; the German Finance Minister called us the "departure and focal point". They're ... Axelrod. Car Czar Replaced By Panel (NYT) The idea of the car czar didn't last long; what we're seeing [more...]
Date: 2009-02-16 13:25:35
Who Wouldn’t Want To Buy A Zamboni/Tiki Bar?
On Sunday afternoon, I went to a Chicago Blackhawks game ... seeping in through the car doors at any moment. Then my date and I got to the United Center, parked the car, and were soaked to the bone by the time we got inside. So we sat there for the next [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 19:00:09
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HatchbackReview: 2009 Nissan Versa 1.8 SL As the consumer’s thirst for conspicuous consumption wanes, so, too, ... to take a look at the Nissan Versa 1.8 SL – the big brother to the recently-announced cheapest car ... to get that new car scent. Shortly after Nissan’s announcement, Hyundaicountered with a stripped [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 19:53:20
Should the U.S. institute a vehicle scrapping plan?
Last month, Germany reported a shocking 21 percent improvement in auto sales, and the greatest driver in the uptick was a used vehicle scrapping plan that pays drivers 2,500 ... and drawbacks of replacing older cars with new ones. One one hand, new cars feature engines that generally [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 19:51:14
Pininfarina and Bolloré Taking Orders for B0 Electric Car
An Electric Car With Lithium-Polymer Batteries and Supercapacitors The B0 (B Zero) ... be considered carefully. On the other hand, I'm sure that someday putting solar panels on cars [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 16:51:39
GM Holden boss: ‘inevitable’ job losses ‘keep me awake’
The current economic climate, across the world and in Australia, would “inevitably” lead to job losses in the Australian car industry, ... in a climate where local car sales are dropping on average by 20 per cent a month, while in Europe [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:41:39
Profiting from the Weird and Wacky
eBay has become infamous for weird and wacky auctions ... radio DJ, sold her husband’s $50′000 Lotus Esprit sports car on eBay with a Buy It Now price of 50 ... it was the ‘final straw’ and immediately listed the sports car (which he had been daft enough to buy [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 11:05:40
Hybrid repair expenses roughly equal to non-hybrids
Repairing cars is never a pleasant thought, because it pre-supposes your precious piece of automotive machinery has been damaged ... more to fix than regular cars. It used to be that way - up through 2006, the cost of fixing a hybrid [more...]
Date: 2009-02-12 05:01:17
Honda Prices 2010 Insight Hybrid at $19,800
Honda has finally announced pricing for its 41 mpg Insight LX hybrid, the company's five-passenger, five-door powered by a 1.3-liter i-VTEC gasoline engine and a 10-kilowatt electric motor. The car will start at $19,800 ... for $21,300. That one adds Vehicle Stability Assist—a feature that should have been on the base car— [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:11:57
Halfords promotions and offers @ Halfords
March 10th, 2009 findmak Posted in General Deals | HalfordsHalfords Latest special deals and exclusive discounts at Halfords. Halfords for sat nav, bikes, car stereos, child seats, car cleaning, tents, roofboxes, trailers. More: halfords.comExpireLike this deal? Vote: (No Ratings Yet)Other offers by this storeBloc [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:23:10
New RM 5,000 voluntary scrapping incentive under RM 60 billion Mini Budget 2009
Today’s new Mini Budget stimulus package announced by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak totaled to RM60 billion and as expected, it includes the proposed voluntary scrap scheme. Anyone who scraps their cars which are older ... has a scrapping scheme running since the year 2007 called Proton XChange where old cars over 10 years old [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 13:25:01
Criterion reveals Boost Specials Collection for this Thursday
Criterion Games, the nutty folks who just can't stop tinkering with Burnout Paradise , ... rundown: The Boost Specials Collection DLC features two cars -- the Hawker Mech and the Carson ... for these new cars on PSN and Xbox Live Marketplace this Thursday. Essential reading: Joystiq [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 17:13:00
Cat Ring Remote Controls Car Door, Sure To Intrigue Alf
Just when I was starting to get comfortable with the idea of everything embodying touchscreen, ... m sure it will end up in some sort of automotive technology, like perhaps to open your car door (duh [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 18:28:45
ETech 2009: The Dotted-Line World
I presented a talk at ETech today. It links the capabilities of ubiquitous computing and intersects it with service design to come up with a ... happened to media, and to car-shared cars and shared bicycles in urban areas. When this happens [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:49:00
The Daily Wrap Up
Death of a Ghost Hunter Movie Review–Creepy If Inaccurate Even more Burnout Paradise DLC Car Buyers Shifting to Second Hand Cars Stealth Acoustics STX8 Dual-Channel Invisible Speaker Unveiled [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 00:31:18
Zagato's New Perana Z-One in Person at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show
Filed under: Wheels Of all the countries in the world producing sportscars, South Africa may not spring to mind first ... us the one-of-a-kind Ferrari 575 GTZ , the Spyker C12 concept car and the $1.7m Bentley Continental GTZ - the Z-One was perhaps the most beautiful new car presented at this year's Geneva Motor [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 21:04:00
Rendered Speculation: Return of the Smart ForFour?
Earlier this decade, Smart decided to expand it's lineup with the addition of aroadster based on the original two-seat city car and a four-door, ... . The so-called ForTwo + 2 would be meant to compete more directly with the numerous small city cars [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 16:54:22
Nissan BR23C robot can avoid accidents
Nissan wants to cut the rate of accidents by 50% by the year 2015 ... stands for Biomimetic Car Robot Drive. And the company’s inspiration for the bots? Bees ... utilizes this same principle by using laser range finders to “see” 180 degrees in front of the car [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 07:40:06
Car company in Malaysia looking for PR executive!
Calling for anyone with a Mass Communications or Journalism degree, or any related field! ... people. This is a favor for a car company that’s been a long time paultan.org supporter © 2009 Paul [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:13:21
Form For Hybrid Car Tax Credit
We've heard from some of you who purchased new hybrid cars this year and you're looking to collect on a tax credit -- but when you try to file, you're told the proper form is not yet available [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 12:20:45
Questions Abound With New Car Buyer's Deduction
MarketWatch: Driven to Distraction: Should You Take the New Deduction for Buying a Car?, by Andrea Coombes: If nothing else, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, affectionately known [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:30:00
Buenos Aires: Former Jewish center bombing investigator (Iranian PM indicted) says was abducted
YNET: Former investigator of 1994 terror attack Claudio Lifschitz says hooded men forced him into their car, ... television station that on Friday night, at around midnight, a passing car forced his client to pull over [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 21:09:00
The end is nigh: Toyota announces 0% financing on 11 models
Filed under: Car Buying, Toyota Further proof that no automaker is immune to effects of the sales downturn in the U.S ... has the cars, the means to finance them and just needs buyers. If you want in on the deal [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 20:14:16
How Electric Car Works
How Electric Car Works GS_googleAddAdSenseService(”ca-pub-0192347865020696″); GS_googleEnableAllServices(); GA_googleAddSlot( ... Hardware Computer Software Dating Directories Domain Names E-Marketing Ezines Fashion Finance Food [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 12:20:02
German car sales rise 21 percent; UK to launch vehicle scrappage plan?
Vehicle scrapping plans are likely to get lots of attention now that Germany's program has proven so effective ... to trade in and scrap their old cars, just so long as the displaced vehicle is at least nine years old [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 20:02:00
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