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2008 Cadillac CTS revealed (#)

„i have a cts and a 525 (and the crappy nissan) the cts is almost as fast, but i can carve a twisty way better with the cts for sone reason, and the beemer should be able to blow its doors off, with a good driver its a close call. oh yeah i have never flew out the window, so before you morons go bashing try driving it first. after having both cars for a while now i really dont care obout the extra wood trim the beemer has the caddy drives just as well for 20 grand less.“

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/08/2008-cadillac-cts/ - Cached

The Champs Climb Back - AutoWeek (#)

„Murmurs in Champ Car circles say Red Bull, which carries a personal services contract with Allmendinger, might like to see the young American in Nextel Cup, where it hopes to strike big in 2007 in partnership with Toyota. With so much money and fame up for grabs in NASCAR, it has become a challenge to keep promising open-wheel drivers away from the France family circus. It could prove difficult for Russo and Champ Car to hold onto Allmendinger, especially if he starts winning.“

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IZoom.com - the online home for auto enthusiasts (#)

„In conjunction with its initial year of sponsorship of the event, Toyota has brought over a state-of-the-art Formula One car and driver Richard Zonta to set a series of track records during exhibition laps between the vintage classes. Zonta has raced at Laguna - when it hosted a round of the FIA GT championships in 1998. In his hands, Toyota's F1 car easily erases the former track record held by a CART Indy car.“

http://www.izoom.com/ trip.aspx?article=pebblebeach2006.html - Cached

Second look: Ferrari P 4/5 by Pininfarina (#)

„As for how Ferrari came to bless this car in the latest Car and Driver Ted West goes into this in detail and I think he got it right. The short answer is that upon finally seeing the car they liked it and felt that it deserved to wear their badge. They have fully embraced the car and are offering full technical support to Pininfarina and stand by to provide any parts or technical assistance I may need.“

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/07/29/.../ - Cached

FlowCushion Travel Seat Cushion - Go With the Flow Travel Blog (#)

„Identification: Your passport, your driver's license, any and all picture ID cards should remain on your person. When you pass through airport security you will be required to have identification ready for inspection, and it is important that is stays with you and is not packed away in a case that won't be readily at your disposal. If you are traveling abroad and are using a passport, be sure to make copies of the identification page in the event your passport is lost or stolen.“

http://www.flowcushion.com/blog.html - Cached

2007 Lexus LS460 - Car Reviews & Road Tests - Automobile Magazine (#)

„In an era when manufacturers claim faster and faster development times, Lexus takes pride in the fact that developing the LS460 took four and a half years of concentrated work. One of the engineering goals was for drivers of the new LS460 to find the cars "seamless and intuitive" in use. Lexus spent as much time on the psychology of potential buyers as on engineering. Chief engineer Satoru Maruyamano approached the project as though his 1500-member team were creating a fine musical instrument.“

http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/sedans/ 0610_2007_lexus_ls460 - Cached

iZoom Site (#)

„* First-to-fourth lockout on manual transmission remains one of the most frustrating features in any car and forces you to drive like a racecar driver even if you simply want to cruise around town. Momentarily forget that the 'Vette gearbox goes from first to fourth unless you put the pedal to the metal as you pull away from a stop sign and make an uphill turn and you'll find yourself sitting still in traffic.“

http://www.izoom.com/2005corvette.html - Cached

Volkswagen : The 1 Liter Car (#)

„With a width of just 1.25 metres, the 1-litre car is extraordinarily narrow, the driver and passenger sit in tandem, the transversely installed engine is centrally located in front of the rear axle, the plastic bodywork has the highly aerodynamic shape of a teardrop. In close cooperation with numerous suppliers, existing components were examined, assessed and modified, and brand new concepts were advanced.“

http://www.autointell.com/european_companies/volkswagen/vw_marke/volkswagen-concepts/.../ volkswagen-1-literauto-02.htm - Cached

2007 Audi RS4 - Car Review & Road Test - Automobile Magazine (#)

„There's no sense in holding out. The truth is so important, it needs to see daylight right here and now: The 2006 RS4 is the purest driver's car from Audi in the past two decades. Although Audis have always been sporty machines, the company's reputation for harder-edged performance dates back to the 1982-86 Coupe Quattro. That car used the first iteration of Audi's Quattro all-wheel-drive system and housed a 160-hp turbo five-cylinder under its long hood.“

http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/sedans/0608_2007_audi_rs4/ - Cached

The 24 Hours of LeMons - AutoWeek (#)

„Fully engrossed in a late-night clutch swap, we missed the awarding of the People’s Choice Award ($500 in nickels) to the Black Iron Racing team and their Hoosier-shod 1986 BMW 535i. Likewise, we barely noticed when Car and Driver’s expensive-looking Northstar-powered Oldsmobile Aurora was attacked by an angry mob of sledgehammer-wielding women, or when it was gleefully flipped onto its lid by the same crowd that had just voted to give it the People’s Curse award.“

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UGS Sponsored Racing Teams Start the 2006 Race Season in Victory Lane (#)

„Joe Gibbs Racing and driver Denny Hamlin won the Budweiser Shootout, thetraditional kickoff to the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season, held the week before theDaytona 500. The field for the 70-lap non-point race consists of all of thepole winners from the previous season as well as past winners of this race.Hamlin, aided by teammate Tony Stewart, the 2005 NASCAR(R) NEXTEL CupChampion, became the first rookie to win the Budweiser Shootout in its28-year history.“

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FUMES (#)

„26, 2007. Fellows will appear at key Corvette marketing events and shows as his schedule allows, assist in driver development for a variety of GM road-racing programs, continue to drive for Team Cadillac in selected SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT races, and compete in several NASCAR events. "Ron has excellent relationships with the fans, with the media, and with the race organizers," said Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan ...“

http://www.autoextremist.com/page3.shtml - Cached

IZoom.com - the online home for auto enthusiasts (#)

„Brainchild of Phoenix area entrepreneur Jim McCabe, these quarter-scale racdrs carry in-car cameras. The driver sits at a control panel and sees the view through the windshield while maneuvering the car around the track "Forget virtual. Get real," says McCabe. "We use the term 'remote reality'," he adds.“

http://www.izoom.com/ racing.aspx?article=minifast.html - Cached

Volkswagen : Bentley Continental GT (#)

„Then again, to look at any element of Bentley performance in terms of need is perhaps to miss some of the point of the marque. It's true that many Continental GT drivers will spend much of their time allowing the transmission to shift itself or even using the Tiptronic function to lock the gearbox in a certain ratio and allow the engine's massive torque to carry the car along ...“

http://www.autointell.com/european_companies/rolls-royce-bentley/.../ bentley_continental-gt-03.htm - Cached

Autoblog (#)

„Introducing the "Pimp My Heart," a system that uses sensors in the steering wheel to gauge your heart beat as you drive and subsequently pump said heart beat through your car's audio system for the ultimate beats. Using his Heart Beat Bass Booster, inventor Takehito Etani offers up "Pimp My Heart" for the "ultimate unity between car and driver."“

http://www.autoblog.com/category/audio/ - Cached

IZoom.com - the online home for auto enthusiasts (#)

„With its twin-turbocharged and 300-horsepower engine, the 2007 BMW 335i is a wonderful car for the enthusiast driver. But this coupe also provides room for those riding in the back seat. And there's "snow" worries: the new 3 Series coupe is available with all-wheel xDrive.“

http://www.izoom.com/ auto.aspx?article=2007bmw335i.html - Cached

Champ Car Briefs - AutoWeek (#)

„Also dead is the Ford pace car program, again featuring Ford production cars and driven by a crew of female race car drivers. Davis said Champ Car wanted to replace Ford’s pre-race track activities with its own program of giving rides in two-seat formula cars.“

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IZoom.com - the online home for auto enthusiasts (#)

„An astute businessman, Goodman also offers a training course for mechanics. As part of their instruction, they help the drivers fit into the cars and strap them in. My mechanic, a petite young Oriental woman named Agnes, pulled the belts so tight it was hard to breathe.“

http://www.izoom.com/ racing.aspx?article=richard_racingschool.html - Cached

More Details on the Lexus 600h L Hybrid Powertrain (#)

„Large heavy vehicles with hybrid systems driven in an ordinary fashion have been shown to gain relatively few benefits from hybridization other than severe start-stop bumper to bumper traffic. Please see reviews such as Car and Driver, Road and Track, Consumer Reports, Popular Mechanics, etc ...“

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/09/ more_details_on.html - Cached

Found at a page of Mike Millikin, posted on 2006/09/28

2007 BMW 335i, 328i 3-Series Coupe revealed (#)

„The pics are real people, look at BMW's official website to confirm them. Also, Car and Driver Magazine is carrying many of these pics as well as being the Offical BMW 3-series coupe photos. No 325 or 330 so stop asking about that. There will be a 325i, a 325xi, and a 335i.“

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/21/.../ - Cached

Magna Attacking Vehicle Blindspots (#)

„In front of the vehicle, Magna offers its CornerVue camera system, integrated in the bumper to let drivers see around corners. The device, well suited for urban areas, helps drivers creep forward from between two parked cars and through narrow alleys.“

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Poor Design or Bad Driving? Report Indicates Car Brakes Wear Out Faster - AutoSpies Auto News (#)

„In the old days, drivers were taught to engine brake by down-changing the gears as they slowed down, however most new cars today are Automatic, and so brakes have to do all the work to haul up even heavier modern cars.“

http://www.autospies.com/news/.../ - Cached

GM sweeps North American Car and Truck of the Year awards - Autoblog (#)

„11. Car and Driver wasn't very impressed with the Aura.In their latest comparision test it ranked fourth out of six tested vehicles, ranking behind the Kia Optima,Nissan Altima, and winner Honda Accord.“

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/07/.../ - Cached

Face Off Friday: Germany Luxury SUV Battle: 2007 BMW X5 vs 2007 Audi Q7 - AutoSpies Auto News (#)

„The X5 is one of few latest BMW not to look ugly. But the Q7 is far from a bus, while no one has compared the two the Q7 destroyed all other 7 passanger SUVs in the Car and Driver test in handling.“

http://www.autospies.com/news/.../ - Cached

Early look: KTM-Audi X-Bow (#)

„S-60-driver - Real car enthusiasts are more open minded than just cars that have FWD and FWD basedAWD. None of the cars you listed are bad, but there is more to life than those.“

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/12/12/early-look-ktm-audi-x-bow/ - Cached

75% of Major European Car Brands Not Tracking to Meet Voluntary CO2 Reduction Commitments (#)

„The above would apply to the M1 class, i.e. 4-wheeled vehicles for a driver and up to 8 passengers, with a GVW The oil/auto cartel/investors and lobby groups have no >real incentive“

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/10/ 75_of_major_eur.html - Cached

Found at a page of Mike Millikin, posted on 2006/10/25

European Automotive Hall of Fame (#)

„After working as an apprentice for Italian carmaking pioneer Giovanni Ceirano and then as a race car driver for Fiat, Lancia started his own car company in 1906.“

http://www.autonews.com/files/euroauto/inductees/ lancia2005.htm - Cached

IZoom.com - the online home for auto enthusiasts (#)

„But Bill France didn't create stock car racing, though he certainly was one of its pioneers, both as a successful driver, car owner and race promoter.“

http://www.izoom.com/ book.aspx?article=rev.devil.html - Cached

AutoWeek (#)

„Dutch former F1 driver Jos Verstappen has ceased his negotiations with Champ Car teams, believed to be Forsythe Racing and Minardi Team USA... >> READ MORE >> “

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2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (#)

„October 8 - Mark Porter , New Zealand race car driver (racing accident) (b. 1975 )“

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006 - Cached

iZoom Site (#)

„Standard power-adjustable pedals, a tilting steering column and 10-way power seat adjustment help the driver achieve a comfortable position ...“

http://www.izoom.com/2004chryslerpacifica.html - Cached

 

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Posted at March 7, 2007 03:49 PM