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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The Boss Is Back

Meet the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 – said to be the quickest, best-handling straight-production Mustang ever offered by Ford, based on the strong foundation provided by the 2011 Mustang GT. The model has been upgraded in nearly every aspect including engine output,( 5.0L V8 440 HP ) brakes, suspension, interior and exterior all examined to optimize weight, aerodynamics and track performance. Ford will offer a limited number of Boss 302 Laguna Seca models for those interested in more on-track driving. The 302 Laguna Seca has increased body stiffness, a firmer chassis set-up and an aerodynamics package carried over almost in its entirety from the Ford Racing Boss 302R.

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Camaro, Mustang, Challenger Sales

Camaro, Mustang, Challenger 2010 Sales YTD (Jan-Nov)

Camaro 75,685
Mustang 68,264 -7,421
Challenger 33,461 -42,224

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Do you No What a TPMS Is ?

Do you recognize the symbol here? It lights up in your instrument panel and looks like a U-shaped pictograph with treads and an exclamation point in the middle. Do you understand what it means now? If you guessed a low tire-pressure warning, you are right. If you didn’t recognize the symbol, that’s also understandable because one out of three drivers do not, according to Schrader, a company that makes tire pressure monitoring systems. The warning for the TPMS lights up when one or more of your vehicle’s tires is 25% below the manufacturer’s recommended pressure. The system is now required on all vehicles starting with the 2008 model year. The issue here seems to be that the public hasn’t been properly educated on the warning symbol, which is supposed to be “idiot proof” and understandable across a wide variety of cultures and languages. Yet 46% of drivers couldn’t figure out that the icon represents a tire and 14% thought the symbol represented another problem with the vehicle entirely, according to Schrader. As we said earlier in the week, properly inflated tires are vitally important to your safety. Low pressure will affect your braking, acceleration, stability, cornering and fuel economy. The government instituted the TPMS mandate after the Bridgestone/Firestone tire failures on the Ford Explorer in 2000, a controversy that was partly attributed to inadequately inflated tires.

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Chinas 62 Mile Traffic Jam

BEIJING : Thousands of vehicles were tied up in a 62-mile traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted NINE DAYS. The Beijing-Tibet expressway slowed to a crawl on August 14 due to a spike in traffic by cargo-bearing heavy trucks heading to the capital, and road work. The jam between Beijing and Jining city had given birth to a mini-economy selling stranded drivers water and food at insane prices.

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Chrysler Group LLC is recalling about 367,350 Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans, citing airbags that may inadvertently deploy. Chrysler said it is recalling some of the 2008 model year minivans because water leaks may cause the airbag warning light to illuminate and the airbags to inflate. The recall was posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Web site today.



Volkswagen AG is recalling 377,286 cars in the United States, citing fire risk from fuel-supply lines that may chafe and leak. VW is recalling Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, Golf, Rabbit, New Beetle and New Beetle Convertible cars, it said in a letter posted today on the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Web site. “It’s a voluntary safety recall,” said Kerry Christopher, a spokesman for Volkswagen at its U.S. headquarters in Herndon, Va. “There haven’t been any reports of injuries or fires that have resulted from this.” The recall applies to model years 2007 to 2009 of Jettas, Golfs and Rabbits and model years 2006 to 2010 of Beetles. Some Jettas from the 2009 model year are also under investigation by the U.S. auto-safety regulator after it received reports of engines stalling without warning while the cars are moving.

Aptera 2e

The Aptera 2e. Aptera executives call the Aptera the world's most efficient vehicle. With a 100-mile per charge range and an expected price tag between $25,000 and $40,000, the Aptera 2e could be the future of efficient and affordable motoring.