Taxi Commission Passes Standards for New Type of Cab
In a 5-to-2 vote, the Taxi and Limousine Commission adopted the standards for the Nissan NV200, which medallion owners will be required to buy beginning late next year.
Honda’s Global Product Plans: Civic Type R, Beat Roadster, FCX Successors Confirmed
We would have expected Honda to formally announce future product plans at next week’s Paris Motor Show, but instead, CEO Takanobu Ito outlined a number of new launches while detailing Honda’s global corporate goals. From an automotive perspective, Honda hopes to sell 6 million cars annually by the close of the 2017 fiscal year, effectively doubling [...]
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1975 Volkswagen Type 2 microbus
Prices for first-generation Volkswagen Type 2s have been going through the roof the last several years, but that’s not to say you can’t enjoy a vintage Volkswagen microbus on a budget, as we see from this 1975 Volkswagen Type 2 for sale on Hemmings.com, set up as a daycamper and perfect for cross-country road trips. From the seller’s description:
Very hard to find 1975 VW bus loaded with options in must-see condition. Very good condition thru-out. Options include built in cooler, facto…
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Autoweek archives: Pontiac Firebird Type K wagon
This Autoweek archives piece comes from March 1980, when Bob Irvin and Bob Hall explored the fabled–and failed–Pontiac Trans Am wagon.
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New type of airbag unveiled by GM
General Motors will add a new type of airbag, one that pops up between the front seats, to some of its crossover SUVs next year.
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Bugatti Type 57C wins Best of Show at Glenmoor Gathering
Gangloff-bodied 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Aravis drophead coupe
It couldn’t have looked good on paper for the Off Brothers going into this past weekend’s Glenmoor Gathering in Canton, Ohio. Just last month at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the brothers – Bill Johnson and Ron Ellenbaas of Richland, Michigan – took third place in their class with their Gangloff-bodied 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Aravis drophead coupe; first in class went to a 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C Figoni et Fa…
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Honda CEO Confirms New NSX and “Hot” 2012 Civic Type R
[2003 Honda HSC Concept pictured above]Last April, we told you about Honda CEO Takanobu Ito's plans for a successor to the much-missed NSX supercar. Ito had then hinted that the “new NSX” would be more environmentally friendly, possibly using a hybrid powertrain like the Japanese firm's new small coupe, the CR-Z. On the sidelines of this year's Frankfurt Motor Show, Ito-San reaffirmed the company's commitment to build an NSX successor. “I spent part of my early career at Honda devel…
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2011 Frankfurt: Fisker Surf is a sporty, station-wagon, crossover type of model, coming 2013
Fisker Automotive is on its way to start making deliveries of the Karma plug-in hybrid sedan and to celebrate that long awaited moment – the company is unveiling a new model at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show today. Known as the Fisker Surf, the Ferrari FF competitor-looking model will be offered in all market around the world for the 2013 model year.
Think of the Surf as Fisker’s vision of a crossover between a sport car and a station wagon. Very early in the development of the Karma sedan, compa…
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Honda Bids Farewell to Current Civic with a 260HP Mugen-Tuned Type R 2.2 Special
With the world premiere of the all-new European Civic hatchback at the Frankfurt Motor Show right around the corner, Honda decided to bid farewell to the outgoing model with the development of a hardcore version of the limited run Type R Mugen that may be offered to the public. Confused? Allows us to explain. Last year, in collaboration with its in-house tuning division Mugen, Honda built 20 examples of the Civic Type R Mugen that features an uprated 2.0-liter K20 four-cylinder engine producing 240-hors…