Archive for 'Opel'
Recall Alert: 2011 Toyota RAV4
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
Toyota is recalling 427 Toyota RAV4s from the 2011 model year because of a defect involving the side curtain airbags, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The affected vehicles, which were manufactured from Nov
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Guilty Pleasure: Acura Vigor
Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by admin.
The last few weeks of Guilty Pleasures have gone Ford, Oldsmobile, Infiniti… but, really, the Detroit-to-Japan Guilty Pleasure ratio has been way more skewed in Detroit's favor than just 3:1. The problem is that Japanese cars in recent decades have tended to be heavy on quality (which weakens the "Guilty" part) and light on lovableness..
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Engineer Don Halliday Joins AJ Foyt Racing For 2012 INDYCAR Season
Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by admin.
One of the most respected engineers/designers/inventors in the racing business, Don Halliday has joined AJ Foyt Racing as chief engineer of the No. 14 ABC Supply Dallara/Honda/Firestone IZOD Indy car driven by Briton Mike Conway. The alliance came about with Foyt's premier former driver Kenny Brack, who won the Indy car championship in 1998 and..
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Ex-Obama Chrysler 300C Appears On eBay: Start Bid $1 Million
Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by admin.
It's not often you get to sit in the same seat once used by a United States President.
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DiRT Showdown Preview Gallery, Gameplay Video
Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Racing meets destruction derby meets hooning mayhem: DiRT Showdown, coming this May, promises all of these things. From the look of the images and work-in-progress gameplay video, it may just live up to the promise. Excellent graphics, detailed damage, and three gameplay modes promise entertaining fun for fans of motorsport and destruction alike...
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Guilty Pleasure: 1986 Ford Taurus
Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by admin.
The passenger pigeon was once one of the most common birds in North America, but the last one died in 1914. The first-generation Ford Taurus might be our automotive passenger pigeon; oh, sure, everyone recognizes the first Taurus as an important car, but has anyone thought to preserve any super-original examples? The last time I counted Tauruses...
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Guilty Pleasure: Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais with Quad 4 Engine
Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by admin.
We've seen a late-80s Oldsmobile in this series, and I'm still looking for a nice Trofeo for my personal collection of cars that cause the owner equal measures of pride and shame. The big problem with the Trofeo, however, was its lack of a screaming, way-over-one-horsepower-per-cubic-inch Quad 4 engine. Yes, GM--which, at the time was still..
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Lotus-Parent Proton Sold To Malaysian Conglomerate DRB-Hicom
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Malaysia’s state-owned Khazanah Nasional Bhd has sold its 43 percent stake in Proton, a maker of economy sedans and hatchbacks, to fellow Malaysian firm DRB-Hicom in a deal costing more than $410 million. DRB-Hicom is a conglomerate dealing in automotive services, transport and power generation, and is currently owned by Malaysian...
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Guilty Pleasure: 1990-1993 Infiniti Q45
Posted on 12. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Nissan was a bit behind Honda and Toyota with the introduction of a German-fighting luxury marque for North America, but the very first Infiniti was quite a machine. Based on the mighty Nissan President (a car so majestic that I find myself scanning Japanese car classifieds and searching for customs/registration loopholes in order to bankrupt...
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2013 Buick Encore Live Photos: 2012 Detroit Auto Show
Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Making its debut this week at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show is the 2013 Buick Encore, which hits U.S.
