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GM chief says public is past anger over bailout

Rocky — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:14:41 +0000

The American public has gotten past its animosity toward General Motors for taking a government bailout in 2009, the company’s top executive said Thursday.
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Plug-in Audi A1 e-tron not past trial stage

Rocky — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:20:14 +0000

Audi hands over the keys to 20 A1 e-tron prototypes for fleet trials in Munich

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Motor Trend compares muscle cars, past and present

Rocky — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:16:57 +0000

Filed under: Classics, Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Videos, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, GM

Old muscle versus new muscle – Click above to watch the video after the break

All day long, boys. All. Day. Long.

To what are we referring, you ask? Well, that’s how long all six muscle cars rounded up by the staff at Motor Trend will eviscerate their tires. Such is the nature of the beast, and, in fact, it’s why many automotive enthusiasts just can’t get enough horsepower at the rear wheels.

What we have here are Camaros, Challengers and Mustangs, gathered in pairs – one vintage example from the height of the muscle car’s reign of terror in 1969 and ’70 along with one 2011 model. This begs the question: Which era of American performance resulted in the better car?

Well now, that depends on just what you’re looking for…

There’s simply no arguing the fact that the 2011 Camaro SS, Challenger SRT8 392 and Shelby Mustang GT500 can accelerate (though the quarter-mile results would be closer if the old bias-ply tires were replaced with something more… modern), turn and stop better than their old-timer predecessors.

But, as the editors of Motor Trend found out, that’s not the whole story. Check out the video after the break to find out what we’re on about.

One last thing: Words cannot express how badly we want the keys to that 1970 Challenger. It’s nothing short of muscle car perfection.

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Our Favorite Automotive Journalists: Past, Present, Future

Rocky — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:18:56 +0000

This episode was supposed to be about the history of automotive journalism as a whole, but turned out to be a royal love fest about Alex and J.F.’s favorite journalists. But still, all in all, a good episode. Plus you get a teaser of FLD 1000, woo!
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DMC could be back from the past, Lexus LF-A Coming to Tokyo, McLaren MP4-12C Convertible Rumors, Shakedown – 10/08/2009

Rocky — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:28:07 +0000

DeLorean Motor Company could be back to the future, or into the past, or something like that, and they’re showing some interest in the Pontiac Solstice GXP, Lexus may be set for a debut of the LF-A at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, McLaren is rumored to be working on a Spider variant of the new MP4-12C, and Shakedown with Leo Parente and the girls of MotoGP. Hosted by Derek DeAngelis.
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