Southern Discomfort 24 Hours of LeMons Day 1: Cessna Road Racer Doing Well, Some Other Stuff Happened

When we saw that Speedycop and the Gang of Outlaws had raised the bar to stratospheric heights with their race car made from a Cessna 310 fuselage affixed to a Toyota Space Van chassis during the Southern Discomfort inspections on Friday, almost everybody at the track thought that the Spirit of LeMons would explode, or flip over, or something terrible as soon as its tires touched the race track on Saturday morning. Not so! As you can see in the above photograph of the Spirit of LeMons dueling with the C…

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Video: Audi fits paintball cannons to two Audi RS4 Avants, and this is what happened

Want some lunchtime entertainment? Audi has just released some videos of a little paintball competition that they decided to set up, featuring the all-new Audi RS4 sport wagon.

Click here for our original post on the 2014 Audi RS4 Avant that we don’t get.
Two RS4 Avants, one black, one white, were fitted with special high-caliber paintball cannons on the hoods, while one was fitted with paintball grenades and the other dumped paint a-la oil slick.
And of course, in classic paintball fashion, one h…

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What happened when I tried to buy a union-made Ford

I try to make that one big purchase count for something I believe in. Boy did I ever blow it this time.

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What happened when I tried to buy a union-made Ford

I try to make that one big purchase count for something I believe in. Boy did I ever blow it this time.

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What really happened to GM’s CMO

Joel Ewanick was a quickly rising star — and a trusted associate to CEO Daniel Akerson. So why was he unceremoniously fired? Fortune found out what actually happened during his last days at the country’s largest auto maker.

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Fake In China: The $6,700 Eight Seater Cadillac. Or: What Would Have Happened Without The Bailout

China’s most popular color
Forget the ATS. Now you can show that you are fiscally prudent and still project the Cadillac look.  All you need is a ticket to China and $6,700 in pocket money.  This will buy you the Guizhou Hangtian Chenggong (never mind) GHT6400. Says Carnewschina (buy Tycho a beer as a thank you for finding this Asian beauty):
“The nose of the GHT6400 is very Cadillac, the rest of the vehicle is very Chinese-minivan. Is Cadillac missing a market here yet again?”
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Lamborghini Gallardo T-Bones Shelby GT500, Mustang Continues Like Nothing Happened

Whenever you compete in a race and as much as any driver would like to avoid it, there is always the possibility that something might go wrong and you end up leaving your vehicle in shambles. Which is precisely what happened to a driver of what appears to be a fairly stock Lamborghini Gallardo during a recent racing event called 'Formula GT500 Copa' that took place in Medellin, the second largest city in the Republic of Colombia. Read more »Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com – All Rights R…

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What Happened To The 1957 Plymouth Belvedere Buried in Tulsa?

By Chris Haak Reading a story on Jalopnik this morning about how a 1985 Pontiac Fiero was removed from a Houston reservoir after 22 years underwater caused my mind to wander to the last rusty submerged car that I remember seeing in the news.  Of course, that car is the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that the [...]

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Guess What Happened To The Driver?

  I’m sure you know the stage trick where a woman is sawed in half and lives. Now, try the same with a Volvo and a truck loaded with masses of steel bars. Volvo S40 crashes into truck. Bundles of steel bars crash through the windshield,  exit on the other side of the car. What [...]

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What’s happened to cars in the last 25 years …

The Toronto Star's Wheels section, for which I write, turned 25 years old on September 27 (and a happy birthday to all!). The editor asked me to write three pieces on how cars have changed over the last quarter-century. You can find them by clicking on each one:
Convenience – Keyless entry, power accessories and navigation systems
Luxury – Seats, climate control and the roof (yes, including vinyl tops!)
Safety – Brakes, airbags and crash safety

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