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REPORT: Cadillac to base new sub-CTS on front-drive Epsilon II platform {Autoblog}
Apr 28th 2009 7:00PM Gross. Just gross. It looked like after all these years Cadillac was going to get serious, and now this news. I really like the CTS but it's just too big. The news of a smaller 3-series fighting coupe with that incredible styling had me excited and ready to take a hard look at dropping my BMW. If they truly revert right back to the soft, FWD absurdity which helped put GM in this predicament then it's assured the Bavarians will keep getting my money.
Chevy Orlando Concept reveals its rear {Autoblog}
Sep 16th 2008 4:45PM You beat me to it.
VIDEO: Riccardo Patrese takes his wife for a spin {Autoblog}
Sep 15th 2008 7:12PM Wow.. she, uh.. talks a lot.
Now That's Fast: UK Ford dealers take 1000 orders for Focus RS {Autoblog}
Sep 11th 2008 7:46PM Yeah, Americans surely wouldn't buy this Focus. No sir. We'd much rather have that rolling snoozefest Ford currently heaps upon us. Selling this thing here might undercut sales of the 87,000 Mustang variants currently on the market and we just can't allow that to happen.
Design student dreams up a Datsun revival {Autoblog}
Jul 30th 2008 11:12PM It's a nameplate. If Nissan released a kick ass car called the 510, I would know what it was, you would know what it was, and really we'd just be happy with another interesting auto on the road. Pontiac may end up with some weirdly named ute but we all know it's a Chevy El Camino.
Gumpert Apollo takes on America, foiled by speed bump {Autoblog}
Jul 27th 2008 2:30PM Speedbumps are the goddamn devil. My 330 has a KW suspension so it is lowered, but nowhere near this extreme, and I still have to avoid bumps unless I want to bang the hell out of my car. It's forced me to keep a mental list of every local road and parking garage with overly aggressive bumps.
Leaked slides preview GM's future {Autoblog}
Jul 18th 2008 2:37AM The Cruze is miles ahead of the weirdly shaped Cobalt so that's nice. But the fact that we won't get the Beat.. that is such a downer. I figured it was a no brainer that model should be offered here and had already tucked away into my future plans the idea of picking one up. But then I guess 'no brainer' is giving certain individuals too much credit.
British Army replaces Land Rovers with US-made Ridgback {Autoblog}
Jun 30th 2008 2:42PM I thought we had moved beyond the point where people believed there was a direct correlation between thinking the American and British governments are run by liars and megalomaniacal self-serving douchebags, and supporting the troops stationed there.
We went there for WMDs. No, wait.. we went there because al Qaeda and Saddam are buddies. No, wait.. they hate each other. We went there to free the people from Saddam. Yes, that was it all along.
Service members I am behind 100%, but I cannot understand how it is possible to not be pissed at being thrown into that situation by suits who can't even define a consistent reasoning.
As for my comment, this article was written in a way which lead me to believe that the British had not been using these vehicles at all. My mistake for not performing the necessary due diligence required after reading anything on Autoblog.
British Army replaces Land Rovers with US-made Ridgback {Autoblog}
Jun 29th 2008 7:13PM Not that I'm thrilled about the mess over there, but it's about time troops were given vehicles which weren't rolling with armor equivalent to a can of tuna. Of course it will probably take a decade before these things actually see field duty, at which point it will probably cost too much to fuel them.
Obama critizes McCain's $300m battery prize {Autoblog}
Jun 24th 2008 7:50PM Exciting, another shouting match. Like most sane people (read: not a career politician), the most obvious solution is finding some kind of compromise (read: legitimate compromise, not the two-faced crap we're fed daily). A reasonable ramp-up in efficiency *and* a prize to develop better batteries and methods of electricity generation. DARPA Grand Challenge has proved that if you dangle just a little cash in front of nerds and dorks (read: people like me), who are already interested in this stuff, the people with the means to fund their research will jump on board with the hope of recovering the costs.
$10m or $20m, hell $50m even, seems more than enough however. $300m seems arbitrarily high for something without very specific requirements at this stage.
