Funky Cars: November 2008 Archives

Funky Cars > November 29, 2008

Auto Review: Army Jeep History

[Auto Review] During World War II, both Ford and Willys continued to build the Jeeps each producing over 300,000 units for the Army, but toward the end of the war, Willys began to manufacture a civilian model, the CJ-2 also known as the Agrijeep. While there were just over two dozen Agrijeeps made, it marked the beginning of a new era for the vehicle.

TYWKIWDBI: Jeep advertisement

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November 29, 2008

Auto Review: Army Jeep History

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TYWKIWDBI: Jeep advertisement

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November 28, 2008

F1 News > Ferrari looks to a new generation

[Grandprix.com Current News] Ferrari has long had Italian test drivers, notably Luca Badoer but also the likes of Gianni Morbidelli and Nicola Larini but it has been a long time since an Italian last raced for the Ferrari on a regular basis, that being Ivan Capelli back in 1992.

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F1 : Young charger impresses Ferrari - FERRARI - F1-Live.com

[F1-Live.com] Formula 1 on F1-Live.com 24/7. Young charger impresses Ferrari F1-Live.com is the motorsport portal for those who have passion for the sport.

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November 27, 2008

New Transmission 09 - Smart Car of America Forums

[Smart Car of America Forums] The new 09 Transmission is alot different you can paddle shift while still in drive and it does not have the rocking horse effect. It only makes you go back when it shifts, but not foward it shifts a lot smoother!

Posted at 10:05 AM

MAKE: Blog: Smashing a remote control Smart Car

[MAKE Magazine] Seriously, what is not to love about this video? Proper accents, a remote control car crashing into a concrete barrier at highway speed, lots of camera angles, slow mo replays, picking through the wreckage in the post-crash analysis.

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November 26, 2008

For Sale: Smart 2008 Smart Fortwo - Smart Car of America Forums

[Smart Car of America Forums] US $16000.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Nov-26-2008 9:21:21 PST Buy It Now for only: US $17495.00 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list See more.

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Batman loves Smart Cars - Smart Car of America Forums

[Smart Car of America Forums] Smart Cars of America, LLC is not affiliated with, authorized by, associated with or have any connection with G&K, Zap, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz AMG, Mercedes-Benz McLaren Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, smart Canada Division, DaimlerChrysler, Chrysler LLC, DaimlerChrysler AG, Maybach, smart gmbh, a division of Mercedes Benz LLC, the manufacturer of SMART automobiles, smart USA Distributor, LLC, a division of Penske Automotive Group, Inc, the exclusive authorized U.S. importer and distributor of the smart vehicle or any of their official dealerships

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November 25, 2008

HowStuffWorks "How Hybrid Cars Work"

[HowStuffWorks Daily Feed] Any vehicle that combines two or more sources of power that can directly or indirectly provide propulsion power is a hybrid. Most hybrid cars on the road right now are gasoline-electric hybrids, although French car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen has two diesel-electric hybrid cars in the works.

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Electric Cars in LA Limelight: Nissan, Mini E, Chevrolet Volt ...

[HybridCars.com] Carlos Ghosn, CEO of both Nissan and French carmaker Renault, gave the keynote address to kick off the show’s media days. After nodding to the severe financial pressures facing all carmakers in the current market slowdown, he reiterated Nissan’s plans to offer an electric vehicle in the US and Japan in 2010 for commercial customers and large fleets, with showroom sales to consumers in 2012.

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November 22, 2008

Pentagon Clears Flying-Car Project for Takeoff | Danger Room from ...

[Danger Room] Hey all you haters and whiners...if it wasn't for DARPA, you wouldn't even be reading this page, and you wouldn't be using your computer...it's a fact, warfare and defense breed innovation...hypocrites, you lust after the technology, but complain out the otherside of your mouth because it is used for the military...I'm sick of your whining and banal, redundant complaints..

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Ferburton - The Flying Car

[Ferburton] The Flying Car. Nov. 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 AM. Spider. Mood: amused. Tags:. movies,; nerdy,; science · Leave a comment · Add to Memories · Tell a Friend · Link. Tags. anime · art · blu · boingboing · comics · crap · creepy · digg ...

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November 21, 2008

Auto bailout hinges on restructuring plan - BloggingStocks

[BloggingStocks] Auto bailout hinges on restructuring plan. Posted Nov 20th 2008 3:08PM by Peter Cohan Filed under: General Motors (GM). Congress just announced that if the automobile industry comes up with a restructuring plan by December 2nd, ...

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Greg Mankiw's Blog: A Sustainable Auto Industry

[Greg Mankiw's Blog] Well, it looks a lot like the automotive industry run by "foreign" car companies that insource jobs into the U.S. In 2006 these foreign auto makers (multinational auto or auto-parts companies that are headquartered outside of the U.S.) employed 402,800 Americans. The average annual compensation for these employees was $63,538.

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November 20, 2008

Los Magnificos Car Show - Calendar - Houston Presspage 1 - Houston ...

[Houston Press | Complete Issue] Check out the Los Magnificos Car Show for a day of cars, music, hydraulics, bikini-clad models, cars, and did we mention, cars? There’s 25K in prize money for the best car, truck, bike and bomb (in car show-speak, a bomb is a car that was made before 1957).

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Virtual Globetrotting: Car show

[Virtual Globetrotting: Latest Google Maps] Car show · No Thumbnail · Google Maps Google Maps · Birds Eye Birds Eye · Yahoo Maps Yahoo Maps. By: neotrix @ 2008-11-19 06:56:13.

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November 19, 2008

Youtubing: Ken Block Gymkhana Practice (MY06 Subaru WRX STi ...

[Thushan Fernando's FeedBurner Blog] httpv://au.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-jAImScms Now thats what I call skills, Gymkhana encapusulates everything to show your true skills in handling a car - in.

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WRX/STI's In OREGON?! - ClubWRX Forum - Subaru Impreza WRX and STi ...

[ClubWRX Forum - Subaru Impreza WRX and STi Community and Forums] My names Jerry (B)andito and i live in west portland area (beaverton hillsboro) any one else in the 503/971. always lookin for other subie's to go smashin with.

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November 18, 2008

Porsche GT3 by GMG Racing - Top Speed

[Top Speed] * Eibach ERS springs * GMG WC- Sway bar kit 5 way front 3 way rear * GMG Dog Bone kit * GMG Toe Steer kit * GMG Thrust arm kit * GMG Bump Steer kit * Adjustable cup control arms rear. * Adjutable sway bar end links * Rolex Motorsport Uprights.

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Porsche GT3 carbon fiber roof transplant by GMG Racing - worldcarfans

[worldcarfans] California based Euro tuner / service shop / motorsports team, Global Motorsport Group (GMG), has taken a standard 2008 Porsche GT3 and converted it utilizing a range of self branded GMG World Challenge products. These GMG WC products have been specially developed from their experience contesting the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championships and beyond (see press release below for specs).

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November 15, 2008

GMANews.TV - GM may run out of gas before Obama arrives - Business ...

[GMA News.tv] DETROIT - In recent months, General Motors has been burning through about $3.1 million an hour, or $52,000 — the price of a well-equipped Chevy Tahoe sport utility vehicle — every minute.

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Car Biz: GM insurers, analysts head for the exits - BloggingStocks

[BloggingStocks] It's interesting to note that at GM's current share price of $3, the company has a market cap of less than $2 billion. Providing more than ten times that number in aid is not exactly an attractive proposition.

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November 14, 2008

Wet Weather Driving Tips | WRBL - News 3, Columbus GA and Opelika ...

[Weather News for WRBL - News 3, Columbus GA and Opelika-Auburn AL] During a dry period, engine oil, grease, and debris build up on the road over time. When light rain or drizzle falls, the road becomes extremely slick very soon after the first few drops fall.

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DetentionSlip.org: Teacher gets second drunken driving charge

[DetentionSlip.org] Nothing sounds more tempting than going on a drunk drive with one of your teachers. I wonder where in the lessons plans this homework assignment can be found.

Posted at 10:38 AM

November 13, 2008

Great Hybrid Car Info: The Ins and Outs of Europe Car Rental

[Great Hybrid Car Info] The modern yet still quite laid-back lifestyle that Europeans have been known for has always fascinated tourists, from being true-blue sophisticates who are very much adept to fashion, literature, history, culture and the arts, this is why a lot of people have been drawn to Europe’s simple yet elegant charm time and time again. Of course, traveling around Europe will be really much of a hassle if you don’t have the proper transportation to quickly and conveniently take you from one spectacular tourist destination to another.

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Hybrid Cars - The Function And Benefits

[Saving Gas] Hybrid Cars - The Function And Benefits Nowadays people are looking for new ways to save on a number of things, especially on gas. With the poor economy that is being experienced around the world, the gas prices are at their all time .

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November 12, 2008

BioFuel Powered Flying Car Expedition 2009 : TreeHugger

[TreeHugger] Everyone dreams of a Jetson car. If a practical flying car became reality, overcoming friction and traffic jams could be part of the equation for a fuel-efficient future.

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Fan powered flying car - Boing Boing

[Boing Boing] Charles Platt pointed me to this Times Online article about a fan-poweerd flying car. The British inventor is going to fly it from London to Timbuktu.

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November 11, 2008

smart car wraps - Smart Car of America Forums

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For Sale: Smart : SMART FORTWO PASSION 2008 SMART FORTWO PASSION ...

[Smart Car of America Forums] US $12200.00 (19 Bids) End Date: Monday Nov-10-2008 18:00:43 PST Bid now | Add to watch list See more information about this car at eBay...

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November 08, 2008

Harley Smearer dancing up a storm at Fred's Fall Frolic car show ...

[Uploads from redvette] Harley Smearer dancing up a storm at Fred's Fall Frolic car show.

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foto_decadent: Car Show

[avant-garde fashion photography] I feel its because of the low grade photographers flooding the market... And the over polished skin is also rather annoying to see these days.

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November 07, 2008

New Subaru Impreza WRX SPT images

[ZerCustoms] At the time the company announced the Subaru Impreza WRX SPT it released only an image of the custom car. Recently the company released new Subaru Impreza WRX SPT images.

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SEMA 2008: Subaru trots out Forester XTI concept and tweaked WRX ...

[Autoblog] Joining the Forester on the show stand is a five-door 2009 WRX tweaked by Subaru Performance Tuning (left) with a cat-back exhaust, short-throw shifter, OZ Botticelli III 19-inch wheels, a lower chassis brace and strut tower brace. The 2.5-liter four has gotten a 10-hp boost in output (from 265 to 275 hp) and an additional seven lb-ft of torque, and sitting beside that guy is the STI that's making its big screen debut in the next installment of the Fast and Furious franchise.

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November 06, 2008

Smart Cars, Cool Cars: 2008 Mercedes Benz E-Class

[Smart Cars, Cool Cars] The 2008 E-Class is a 4-door, up to 7-passenger luxury sedan, luxury sports sedan, or luxury wagon, available in 6 trims, ranging from the E350 Luxury Sedan to the E63 AMG Wagon.

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Net Traveller: Smart Cars Stacked in Sydney Again

[Net Traveller] Smart Cars Stacked in Railway Square In 2006 a company stacked six Mercedes "Smart Cars" about 12 m high in Sydney to promote their carsharing scheme. These schemes are becoming popular for people in the inner city who want occasional .

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November 05, 2008

Smart Madness at the SEMA show 11/3-11/9 - Smart Car of America Forums

[Smart Car of America Forums] We are at the SEMA show this week in Las Vegas with our Smart Car. If you are heading to the show check out our Smart at the 303 Products booth in the main hall.

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Electric Smart cars head to Denmark | Cleantech Group

[Cleantech Group - Latest clean technology news] Mercedes-Benz becomes latest carmaker to enter Danish market in response to tax exemption for electric vehicles.

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November 04, 2008

Automobiles Articles | Are Private Number Plates a Good Investment ...

[Latest Articles from BharatBhasha.com] Personalised number plates are easily available from under £100 up to several hundred thousand pounds. It is also worth noting that these days a number of serious business people are becoming aware of the investment value of personalised number plates and there is an active market in the buying and selling of in demand plate numbers with values in the UK sometimes going into the...

Posted at 10:03 AM

A Veggie Life with Jenny nine-toes: Train and Planes and Automobiles!!

[A Veggie Life with Jenny nine-toes] VT had to take his car to the garage in Southport this morning to get a service and something else done. he got up early, and the plan was, to take the car, and come back on the train and have breakfast.

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Funky Cars > November 29, 2008

Auto Review: Army Jeep History

TYWKIWDBI: Jeep advertisement

November 29, 2008

Auto Review: Army Jeep History

TYWKIWDBI: Jeep advertisement

November 28, 2008

F1 News > Ferrari looks to a new generation

F1 : Young charger impresses Ferrari - FERRARI - F1-Live.com

November 27, 2008

New Transmission 09 - Smart Car of America Forums

MAKE: Blog: Smashing a remote control Smart Car

November 26, 2008

For Sale: Smart 2008 Smart Fortwo - Smart Car of America Forums

Batman loves Smart Cars - Smart Car of America Forums

November 25, 2008

HowStuffWorks "How Hybrid Cars Work"

Electric Cars in LA Limelight: Nissan, Mini E, Chevrolet Volt ...

November 22, 2008

Pentagon Clears Flying-Car Project for Takeoff | Danger Room from ...

Ferburton - The Flying Car

November 21, 2008

Auto bailout hinges on restructuring plan - BloggingStocks

Greg Mankiw's Blog: A Sustainable Auto Industry

November 20, 2008

Los Magnificos Car Show - Calendar - Houston Presspage 1 - Houston ...

Virtual Globetrotting: Car show

November 19, 2008

Youtubing: Ken Block Gymkhana Practice (MY06 Subaru WRX STi ...

WRX/STI's In OREGON?! - ClubWRX Forum - Subaru Impreza WRX and STi ...

November 18, 2008

Porsche GT3 by GMG Racing - Top Speed

Porsche GT3 carbon fiber roof transplant by GMG Racing - worldcarfans

November 15, 2008

GMANews.TV - GM may run out of gas before Obama arrives - Business ...

Car Biz: GM insurers, analysts head for the exits - BloggingStocks

November 14, 2008

Wet Weather Driving Tips | WRBL - News 3, Columbus GA and Opelika ...

DetentionSlip.org: Teacher gets second drunken driving charge

November 13, 2008

Great Hybrid Car Info: The Ins and Outs of Europe Car Rental

Hybrid Cars - The Function And Benefits

November 12, 2008

BioFuel Powered Flying Car Expedition 2009 : TreeHugger

Fan powered flying car - Boing Boing

November 11, 2008

smart car wraps - Smart Car of America Forums

For Sale: Smart : SMART FORTWO PASSION 2008 SMART FORTWO PASSION ...

November 08, 2008

Harley Smearer dancing up a storm at Fred's Fall Frolic car show ...

foto_decadent: Car Show

November 07, 2008

New Subaru Impreza WRX SPT images

SEMA 2008: Subaru trots out Forester XTI concept and tweaked WRX ...

November 06, 2008

Smart Cars, Cool Cars: 2008 Mercedes Benz E-Class

Net Traveller: Smart Cars Stacked in Sydney Again

November 05, 2008

Smart Madness at the SEMA show 11/3-11/9 - Smart Car of America Forums

Electric Smart cars head to Denmark | Cleantech Group

November 04, 2008

Automobiles Articles | Are Private Number Plates a Good Investment ...

A Veggie Life with Jenny nine-toes: Train and Planes and Automobiles!!

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