Pedigree of the Brands - A Different View of the Story... ...Many of us own cars which come from rather famous brands. Plenty of times, even if you hate to admit it, the badge is the main reason to look at a certain car and, in the end, it's the decisive reason in actually choosing the "perfect"model. OK, there ... Continue reading >
100+ years since the invention of the self-propelled car, three new engines battle for a place in the automotive future. Which one do you see in your car 10 years from now?
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One month+ after the devastating earthquake which struck Haiti, the needs of those left without shelter, food and water are far from being satisfied. Worldwide efforts to help the people in Haiti however continue and even expands, as fundraising events, auctions ...
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The Riverside International Automotive Museum (RIAM) decided yesterday to set up an award in the memory of late motorsports engineer/designer Peter Bryant, with the first presentation to take place during the "Legends of Riverside II" racing film festival on ...
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Now that Tiger Woods has apologized and all is fine and well in the golf world, the Garia LSV street legal golf cart is ready to meet its luxury customers at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show next week. The cart will be seen in the booth of Garia's partner, Valmet ...
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The Nascar Foundation announced today a $408,000 donation for the Victory Junction, a camp for seriously ill children in Florida and a member of Paul Newman’s Association of Hole in the Wall Camps, to be used to "help send critically ill kids to camp for ...
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MINI Countryman: Life Is Out There [VIDEO]U-TURNIf you are a MINI fan, then you must be used by now with the somewhat unconventional way the British carmaker chooses to advertise its vehicles. We are, but, we must admit, this video took us a bit by surprise (in a good way, that is). Needless to say, we stumbled upon this here video just when we needed it most. It was a dark, somewhat cold day here, at the autoevolution HQ, with lazy rain clouds cramming above our building and sending towards the group cold, rare droplets of water. With our tired eyes slowly scanning the web for new info from the auto industry and our ears tuned in to CNN, just waiting for the Congressional hearing on the Toyota recall to begin, most of us here were already experiencing the side effects of the monster party we threw the night before, right ... >> Read more |
What's up with Italian cars? For the last four years, vehicles belonging to Italy's Fiat Group have been selected by Ledorga, the organizers of a annual meeting for gay vintage car enthusiasts (yes, gay vintage car enthusiasts) as the European Gay Cars of the Year. ...
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The joint effort made by British carmaker Lotus and former supermodel Naomi Campbell to sell eight special edition “Naomi for Haiti” Lotus Evora sports cars for the sake of the Haiti relief effort is going extremely well apparently, as the carmaker ...
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The car used by one of the most prolific, well known serial killers in the world, Ted Bundy, has just become a museum piece, displayed for all to see in the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington.
The beige 1968 Volkswagen Beetle used by Bundy during ...
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For the third time, Audi will be the Presenting Sponsor and vehicle partner of the Unicredit Ladies German Open, scheduled to be held on the outskirts of Munich between May 13-16, 2010. The Ladies European Tour (LET) will be attended by 126 players who will compete for ...
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Kia’s North American division today announced its 2011 Kia Sorento CUV advertising campaign will also include the company's first digital magazine advertisement that spans 15 publishing groups through a collaboration with Zinio's Publisher Advertising Network ...
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Mercedes Benz has decided to expand the number of services perfected by its dealers via the company’s established network of hand-held dynamic PDA (personal data assistant), as Mercedes-Benz Financial will include the leased vehicles turn-in process among ...
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The upcoming Volvo Ocean Race, due to start from Alicante in Spain in the autumn of 2011, will make its first stop in Cape Town. The South African port will host the stopover for the eighth time. The rest of the course will be revealed before the end of March, the ...
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BMW has chosen a new ambassador who will represent the brand in Australia, in the person of master chef George Calombaris.
Recently, Calombarid took some his chef suit off and jumped straight into an M3 cabrio, enjoying the M Power experience. The chef, 31 years ...
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Fiat’s Chief Executive Officer, Sergio Marchionne, earned $6.5 million in 2009 (4.8 million euro), a figure which can be translated into a 41 percent increase, as Bloomberg reports, citing data from the automaker's annual report.
Marchionne, now 57 years old, ...
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China’s government has decided to introduce a new law, which will bring all the primary school buses to an imposed safety standard, in order to keep the kids safe on their daily journey, as Xinhua reports.
The authorities define school buses as vehicles ...
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As you already know by now, American manufacturer Chrysler decided to auction a Chrysler 300 vehicle, owned by Olivier Francois, the brand’s CEO and signed by hundreds of celebrities during the Golden Globe awards on January 17, to help the Haiti relief ...
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Caroll Shelby has lost the second lawsuit in which he is trying to forbid the Factory Five Racing to manufacture and sell kit cars resembling the 1960’s Shelby automobiles.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed Carrol ...
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Naomi Campbell’s Fashion for Relief charity fashion show was the venue for the auction of eight special edition “Naomi for Haiti” Lotus Evora sports cars which are meant to raise money to help the relief effort in Haiti. Bidding reached ...
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The Americans seem very happy with the way they managed to deal with the recession. On Wednesday, President Obama held a one-year anniversary of the Economic Recovery Act speech. At this speech, the administration also invited the ownership of The Smart Car Wash, which ...
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Having to deal with trash everyday doesn't mean you don't have to comply to the same set of eco-rules all other must comply with. In fact, a greener a garbage truck is (because we are talking about garbage trucks), the bigger the impact it has on the environment. ...
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