There is a problem with too many car brands and not enough auto buyers.
Auto-industry insiders are saying it's time for the weak ones to go. Should the well-known brand Ford abandon Mercury & Volvo? Is it curtains for the all-truck brand GMC facing $4 a gallon gas prices this summer? Would auto buyers even miss Pontiac if it dropped of the face of the planet? Not to forget the gas-guzzling beloved Hummer. What might even be a greater problem is laying off the workers who are behind the brands thus adding to the depreciating economy problem. What we got here is quite a pickle, which is hard to foresee anyone winning on both the retail & consumer sides.
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In celebration of Carroll Shelby's 85TH birthday, the three dominating Shelby American GT40 race cars will be reproduced. This special edition vehicle is as close to a race car as you can get to driving on the street.
There's always a great story behind the making of one of these historic cars and "og Big Daddy" does not disappoint, especially when he got the help of his 11-year old son. For Bert Mantilla, lowriding has been a way of life since he was a teenager. Bert's love of cars and his longevity with them have garnered him the name "og Big Daddy" among his friends. Early on, Bert went on to parlay his love for cars and customizing into a very lucrative business venture called The Tint Shop. anyone who has lived in SoCal or read this [lowrider] magazine years ago saw his ads.
To mark the 30th anniversary of the BMW M1 super sports car, BMW Group Design is presenting a homage to this legendary model as part of the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2008. The BMW M1 designed by Giorgio Giugiaro was a car of superlatives and a highly emotive vehicle that was uncompromisingly primed for the race track.
Fascinating shapes! Edo competition Motorsport GmbH, one of the top names in sophisticated modifications of Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche cars is now introducing the brand new "edo 630 Scuderia" aerodynamics package for the Ferrari 599 GTB!
For years traffic and fuel consumption in the US have been on the rise.
Not this year. As reported in the recent edition of Business Week,
traffic volume and fuel consumption have begun to fall...
"Preliminary figures from the Federal Highway Administration show
traffic levels last year fell 1.4%. Combine that with estimates of a
0.3% decline in consumption (the first decline in consumption since
1991) and it's clear that rising prices for fuel have begun to have a
tremendous effect. But using less gas is good, right? Not so fast. In
theory using less fuel is good, however in this case it's a product of
a larger problem. A slowdown in the economy, not because we're driving
more efficient vehicles. Automotive sales have fallen 8% so far in 2008
putting a strain on an already weakened industry. "
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Remember the old Ford Model T? Imagine Henry Ford jumping 100 years in time and seeing how his beloved Model T has evolved.
Ford Motor Company recently sponsored a contest with the goal of modernizing the classic Model T. The winner of the competition, a 24-year-old junior at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit named Dong Trang, came up with an electric crossover of sorts. Trang's design features solar panels on the vehicle along with an energy-capturing suspension design that would help recharge the on-board batteries. The seating arrangement is modular, allowing for up to four occupants or offering increased storage capacity. The rear hatch is also capable of folding away to offer a small pickup bed. Henry Ford would be proud.
Henry Ford's original Model T sat high off the ground and had a modular design, capable of hauling people and their stuff at the same time.
What the modern-day designs don't share with their forebear is retro looks. Each of the modern T adaptations features fairly sleek styling and alternative power that goes along with our modern-day energy and emissions problems.
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