On January 29, 1886, Carl Benz filed a patent application (number 37435) with the Reich Patent Office in Berlin Germany for his "gas engine-powered vehicle," a three-wheeled motor car. This marked the birth of the automobile. At the same time, Gottlieb Daimler was developing the first four-wheeled motor car. Working independently of each other, the two founding fathers of today's Daimler AG and its Mercedes-Benz brand laid the foundation for all present-day passenger cars, commercial vehicles and buses. In 2011, Mercedes celebrates the anniversary of the invention of the automobile under the banner "125 years of innovation."

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Odds To Win The 2011 Daytona 500

The 53RD DAYTONA 500 Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Palms Casino Race & Sports Book Las Vegas, NV

29 Kevin Harvick 6/1
14 Tony Stewart 7/1
18 Kyle Busch 7/1
1 Jamie Mcmurray 8/1
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr 7/1
24 Jeff Gordon 10/1
48 Jimmie Johnson 10/1
11 Denny Hamlin 12/1
99 Carl Edwards 12/1
33 Clint Bowyer 14/1
22 Kurt Busch 14/1
5 Mark Martin 17/1
42 Juan Montoya 20/1
20 Joey Lagano 17/1
31 Jeff Burton 17/1
39 Ryan Newman 22/1

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Buick Blackhawk

The Buick Blackhawk show car is a hand-built custom 2+2 convertible developed to celebrate Buick's 100-year anniversary in 2003. It's built from modified components and panels taken from various Buicks from 1939 to 1986. It includes a retractable carbon-fiber top, which is stored inside the deck-lid. The interior is hand-tooled using many 1996 Riviera pieces. It is powered by a 1970 vintage 455-cubic-inch Buick GS Stage III V8 engine. It produces 463 horsepower and 510 foot pounds of torque.

Chevy Cruze

Chevy Cruze arrives in the third quarter of 2010 (now - October) starting at $ 16,995. Engine a 1.4L Turbocharged 4cyl 139 HP 150 T. expected to offer an estimated 40 MPG highway.

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The 267+ MPH Oldsmobile Aerotech

The Oldsmobile Aerotech was a series of experimental high-speed vehicles created between 1987 and 1992 incorporating the latest in performance technology with the intention of breaking multiple automobile speed records. The first such car was driven by four-time Indy 500 winner A.J. Foyt to a world closed-course speed record of 257.123 mph on 27 August 1987 at the 7.712-mile test track near Fort Stockton Texas. Prior to this, on 26 August 1987, the car had posted a top speed over a mile of 267.88 mph. The car consisted of a March Indycar single seat chassis enclosed in an extremely efficient aerodynamic body shell. It was powered by a highly turbo-charged version of the 2-litre Oldsmobile Quad 4 engine. The Aerotech body was designed by GM Design staff and was one of the sleekest vehicles ever developed for use on a high speed track. The design of the Aerotech included the capability of adjusting underbody sections to control the distribution of downforce, front to rear. Oldsmobile produced three versions of the original Aerotech to prove the capabilities of the company's Quad 4 engine. Two were short-tailed (ST) versions and one was long-tailed (LT).

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Toyota FT-86

The Toyota FT-86 manufactured jointly by Toyota and Subaru. The vehicle consists of many design cues from the earlier FT-HS concept. All that is known about the car so far is that it will be a light front engine, rear drive, 4 or 5 seat coupe, with a new 2.0L Toyota-Subaru "D-4S" Boxer Engine. The FT-86 rides on a modified Subaru Impreza platform with 101.2-inch wheelbase, with length, width, and height measuring 163.8, 69.3, and 49.6 inches, respectively. A base price in the $20,000 range is expected when the car hits the market with the Subaru version following shortly afterwards.At the March 2010 Geneva Motor Show, Toyota announced that the production version of the vehicle will be released in November 2011.

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Stigza.com 2010 Car Of The Year

The Stigza.com 2010 Car of the Year : The BMW 135IThe 135i is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder engine that produces 300 horsepower and an incredible 300 lb-ft of torque from as low as 1,400 rpm. With its direct piezo gasoline injectors, twin low-mass turbochargers and air-to-air intercooling, optimum performance and economy is achieved with no loss in engine response. For the 135i Coupe, acceleration from 0-60 mph is 5.1 seconds and top speed is electronically limited to 155 mph.

The Stigza.com 2010 Car of the Year : The BMW 135I
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2010 Stigza.com Truck Of The Year

The Raptor is purpose-built for extreme high-speed sand runs, yet is designed to still be a capable daily driver.

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