DCX's CEO Juergen Schrempp had his S600 Mercedes-Benz armored limo stolen while it was parked on a street in Stuttgart, Germany. The car, which was worth about 1 million bucks, has a broadcast service that is supposed to help locate the car. It hasn't been located yet. German sources say that it was the Russian mafia that stole the vehicle. Ha. This can also be filed under "Limo driver seeking new employment".
Just when you thought it was safe to start your car, Don Schumacher has announced another partnership to continue expansion in the National Hot Rod Association. Jeg Coughlin will now report for Pro Stock duty to Schumacher Racing with a fresh Jeg's Mail Order Dodge Stratus R/T. Ten-time Pro Stock champion Bob Glidden will serve as Coughlin's crew chief for the 2005 season in Schumacher's bid to catch Greg Anderson and General Motors.
I forget that the Crown Victoria/Grand Marquis is still for sale to the general public. Sorely outdated, the big rear-drivers were pretty much in a class of their own here in the U.S. until Chrysler decided to show up to the "Over the Hill" party wearing a hip set of duds. The Crown Vic still looks good done up in all black, but I'd head right to the Chrysler dealer if I was in the market for a big RWD sedan. There are still many that like the respect (fear of who might be driving) and ba
Having established a strong foothold in the United States, Toyota has turned it's
Edmunds just released a new study that more 2004 model year cars are staying on dealer lots than in previous model years. These cars are also making up more sales than before. 2004 vehicles were 54% of sales in October as compared to 45% of 2003 model year vehicles last year and 31% of 2002 vehicles a year before. The average days-to-turn time, how long it takes to get a car off the lot, also increased to 114 days for a 2004 model in October. The average overall was 75 days, up from 59 in
After a two hour protest outside the 47th Annual San Francisco International Auto Show a group of people stormed the Hummer exhibit inside, mounted an H3 exhibit and chanted ""Driving a Hummer Is Driving Us to War." The group called Code Pink was ushered out of the hall even though they bought tickets. Outside an auto show spokeswoman accused the group of scratching the H3. One person who took it all in summed it up best, "I think they're a bunch of morons," said Mike Silva of Riverbank,
