Honda issues a recall on more than 400,000 of its 2007-2008 Odyssey
minivans and Element crossover vehicles due to possible brake problems.
WRC's Craig Melvin reports. (NBC News Channel)
You might have the engine in the front of your car, but not for the Spyker. The Spyker is equipped with a fully independent suspension controlling the vehicle beautifully. Under the rear hood you get over 400 horsepower with a V8 six speed transmission. This exotic hand built speed demon will blow you away with performance features. Enjoy Whipnotic’s buddy Mr. Mobile from AL & Ed’s Autosound giving the full tour and specs of this fine iron.
Earlier
we looked into the case of the el cheapo Challenger and told you two
sides of the story. Today we've got a third side to add — eBay's.
We contacted eBay's PR team and had them look into what Glenn E Thomas
Dodge is alleging — a fault in their system which allowed the
reserve to disappear when they lowered the "buy it now" price down to
$43,400. eBay looked into the auction and, no surprise, didn't find any
problems, saying:
Lowering the Buy It Now price does not trigger the reserve price to
disappear. There are no other reported cases of this happening. If the
Buy It Now price is lowered below the reserve price, the latter is
reduced to the same amount as the new Buy It Now price. The help pages
on our web site provide more details around lowering a listing price:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/lower_price.html. Not knowing the
details behind how this particular listing was changed, we are not in a
position to comment on the result of the transaction. As a marketplace,
eBay brings millions of buyers and sellers together every day, and have
guidelines in place to ensure transactions occur in good faith. We hope
the buyer and seller reach a mutually beneficial agreement on this...
The findings of a new scientific study might not surprise anyone, but
researchers found that women find men more attractive when they are
driving high-end cars. KOB-TV's Jeremy Jojola reports. (NBC News
Channel)
BYD,
as we know, stands for Build Your Dreams. But, if your dreams include
electric vehicles (EVs), there might not be too much building going on.
According to a report in Bloomberg citing the South China Morning Post,
the Chinese automaker has scrapped plans to begin mass production of
electric cars this summer. The company has an order for 100
all-electric e6 cars that will be used as taxis in Shenzhen, some of
which have already gone into service.
If, and here's the kicker, those taxis perform well, then more vehicles
may be produced, according to the report. A BYD spokesman said in late
February that e6 production would not be delayed, though, so there's
some hope still. Maybe. We've asked the company for an updated
statement on the matter.
Remember the Yamaha monocycle concept and the Rollersphere?
This is kind of the same thing only that the rider isn’t
protected by the elements like in the previously mentioned cases. What
makes the Hornet, as it is called, special is the fact that it is the
closest concept to a one-wheel superbike and this turned it into winner
of the VACC competition.
Designed by Liam Ferguson, the Hornet
single-wheeled concept superbike is powered by two in-wheel hydrogen
fuel-cell six-phase Neodymium-Iron (Nd-Fe) electric motors developing a
claimed 74 hp. Also considering its 388 lbs weight and that of the
rider’s, the listed top speed is of 146 mph.
But this
concept has its fair share of ingenuity too. For instance, it balances
gyroscopically when parked thanks to two side-by-side small wheels and
tilts forward to run on the central wheel when accelerated. Also, the
bike features a series of computers that examine data such as attitude
and rider input in order to always offer stability regardless of rider
weight and vehicle momentum...
Even if you have a Lambo it is rare to actually max-out and explore the car's raw power. The Ultimate Lamborghini Experience offers Lamborghini owners a chance to push their cars to the limits on the track in a professional race environment.
The Detroit Free Press reports this AM
that in an anonymous email last month to the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, a tipster (who signs his email "a concerned
scientist") said the specific design of Toyota's microprocessors,
memory chips and software could make them more vulnerable than those of
other automakers. He then went on to say that the phenomenon can
trigger software crashes that come and go without a trace and "may be
one reasonable explanation for incidents of sudden acceleration."
Apparently the auto industry hasn't yet adapted the techniques used
by aircraft firms and, you know, space ships, to prevent problems from
solar radiation...
Could cosmic rays from space be to blame for Toyotas that uncontrollably speed out of control? Could such cosmic rays put you in danger of becoming a bright orange superhuman rocky man-Thing?
These are the questions that a number of researchers are suggesting
need a closer look to see if electronic glitches could be the root
cause of Toyota's unexplainable rash of unintended acceleration.
Before you dismiss the cosmic ray theory, consider that the issue has
been known since the 1950s, and airplane and spacecraft manufacturers
design in safeguards that triple-check all data as a defense from such
interference from space. Later, in the 1970s, researchers found that
small amounts of this radiation does indeed make it down to the surface
and can cause problems with small electronics like cell phones and
computers.
STEVE PARKER'S THE CAR NUT SHOW
Saturday, 2/27, LIVE @ 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern on www.TalkRadioOne.com
Toyota is finding out it's not the crime, but the cover-up, which screws you. They should have studied Richard Nixon's presidency. That car-maker's saga drags on but car sales are up across the board, at least compared to last year. F1 legend McLaren unveils a supercar to rival Ferrari -a bargain at just $229,000! China's Geely says their purchase of Volvo from Ford may not go through after all and the JD Power 2010 reliability ratings are out with some surprises. And how could we do a motoring show without discussing Uber Idiot Jesse James? Plus your calls --- 213-291-9410!
STEVE PARKER'S WORLD RACING ROUNDUP
Sunday, 2/28, LIVE @ 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern on www.TalkRadioOne.com
F1 and IndyCar got their seasons underway last weekend and we'll provide standings and analysis; you're invited to call-in with your take, too! Already underway NASCAR starts their short but often thrilling two-race short-track season, with Sprint Cup and Nationwide cars on the ½-mile bullring in Bristol, TN. Next week all three NASCAR pro series pick up the chase at the circuit's only other ½-mile fighting pit in Martinsville, VA. Coming up also - F1 in Australia and IndyCar on the street circuit of St. Petersburg, FL. Join in at 213-291-9410!
Toyota and federal investigators say they were unable to replicate the
sudden acceleration and brake issues James Sikes says he faced while
driving on a California freeway. NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports. (Today
Show)
The Alfa Romeo Club is a collection of Alfa enthusiasts and owners who meet regularly to share in our enthusiasm for this grand marque. Among our group are exotics and plain Janes, who are owned by both Master and Checkbook mechanics. What they all have in common is the love of these unique Italian thoroughbreds.
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