Posted in Compact cars, Fiat, Sports cars on Aug 17th, 2012
The Fiat 500 will get a Turbo model to slot between the base 500 and the 500 high performance Abarth. For customers that don’t want the full sports car treatment that comes with the Abarth, and need more power than the sad-for-2012 100-hp that comes with the base Abarth, the Turbo will give you exactly […]
Posted in Buick, Compact cars, Luxury vehicles, Sports cars on Aug 16th, 2012
Buick has announced that the 2013 Buick Verano will start at $29,995. The Verano Turbo will use 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with 250-hp and 260 lb-ft of torque and will accelerate from 0-60-mph in 6.2 seconds. 2013 Buick Verano Turbo models will be rated at about 20-mpg city and 31-mpg highway. The Verano Turbo’s $6,000 price […]
Posted in Audi, Celebrities, Celebrity Cars on Aug 15th, 2012
Taylor Swift was blamed for a DUI on Saturday. When George Boedecker, founder of Crocs shoes, those multi-colored rubber clogs with the Swiss cheese style holes all over them that are so ugly you’ll probably start seeing them on hipsters any day now, was pulled over in Colorado on Saturday night, he told police that […]
Posted in Future Cars, Land Rover, Luxury vehicles, SUV on Aug 14th, 2012
The 2013 Range Rover has been revealed, unofficially. A few sites have leaked pictures of the redesigned luxury SUV and, as is to be expected, the new Range Rover looks gorgeous, luxurious and overall like the kind of place you wouldn’t mind spending a road trip to the country (and one of the better places […]
Posted in Celebrities, Celebrity Cars, Luxury vehicles on Aug 10th, 2012
When Dwight Howard moves from Orlando to LA to play for the Lakers next year, he’ll be riding in one of the most ostentatious, luxurious and safe (from attacks at least, I have no idea about the crash safety and I don’t know much about the truck’s crumple zones but I imagine they probably omit […]
Honda has released photos of the new 2013 Accord. Completely redesigned for the 2013 model year, the Accord will be smaller on the outside than this year’s model, while adding interior volume, according to Autoblog. The new 2013 Honda Accord Sedan will look a lot like the outgoing model. Conservative styling doesn’t mean the Accord […]
Posted in Celebrities, Celebrity Cars, Sports cars on Aug 8th, 2012
Parking tickets can be frustrating. Nobody likes getting a ticket, and a ticket for doing something as innocuous and ubiquitous as parking your car adds to the frustration. There are some good ways to deal with a parking ticket. Fighting the ticket in court could be successful. Arguing with the officer could be cathartic. Ripping […]
Posted in car shopping, Ford, Fuel Economy, Hybrids on Aug 7th, 2012
The 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid will get 47-mpg when it goes on sale later this year starting at $25,200. That’s 47-mpg city as well as 47-mpg highway, and unsurprisingly: 47-mpg combined. Normally Hybrids get much better fuel economy in the city, but it looks like Ford engineered the C-Max to accommodate most American’s highway habits […]
Posted in Celebrities, Celebrity Cars, Sports cars on Aug 6th, 2012
Andy Murray’s gold medal win over Roger Federer is one of the feel-good moments of this year’s Olympics. Murray lost to Federer in front of his home crowd at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, and then avenged his loss last week to win the Olympic gold. Since Murray won in front of the bigger crowd, I’m […]
Posted in car shopping, Comparisons, Cost of Ownership, Financing, Luxury vehicles, Mercedes Benz, Sports cars, Used cars on Aug 3rd, 2012
I spotted this 1990 Mercedes-Benz 560SEC on my local Craigslist and it got me thinking. While this car would make a good entry to a prominent auto blog’s daily feature about interesting cars for sale, I’m less interested in whether their commenters would rather spend the $15k on importing a South African Golf MK2 with […]
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