Recent Comments:
Title Defender: Land Rover Series I dragster {Autoblog}
Feb 12th 2008 8:56PM And without question, I would much rather have an original series 1.
Title Defender: Land Rover Series I dragster {Autoblog}
Feb 12th 2008 8:56PM "I don't think anyone's objecting to this on the grounds that it's not "green" enough. I think most that object to this thing do so on the grounds that someone took a Series I and destroyed it."
I completely agree. My comment wasn't about any of the comments, but rather the wording of the original post.
"While the little green angel on our right shoulder prompts us to applaud cars that get good fuel economy, the Italian-racing-red devil on the left whispers how cool it is to waste gallons of irreplaceable fossil fuels on things like supercharged Land Rovers. Truth be told, we like giving in to the red one. We just feel guilty about it the next morning."
Title Defender: Land Rover Series I dragster {Autoblog}
Feb 12th 2008 7:37PM When did Autoblog become Autoblog green? This vehicle, like virtually all classic, modified, or non-street legal vehicles will spend very few hours actually burning "irreplaceable" fossil fuels. Supercars (and trucks) are exclusive and generally see very limited use. Their impact on the environment is negligable compared to that of hundreds of other, worse offenders (industry, meat consumption, household electrical use, etc etc etc).
When did car people start sacrificing their desires for performance and styling for fuel efficiency and practicality? Should daily drivers be fuel efficient? Absolutely. But classic, modified, and high performance vehicles are generally not daily drivers.
I read autoblog and other automotive to dream. To see cars which push the limits of style and performance. If such cars are fuel efficient, its a bonus.
Keep autoblog about the cars and please leave the Al Gore guilt trips to the mainstream, non automotive media.
And no, I am not a fan of this Land Rover or trucks in general (LM002 and FX45 as exceptions).
Spirit of the VW Camper van goes Element-al {Autoblog}
Feb 4th 2008 4:42PM I don't like the Element, but that is seriously cool!
Scottsdale 2008: Gooding & Co sells Ferrari California Spyder for $3.3m {Autoblog}
Jan 21st 2008 8:40PM Its so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.
Truly the ultimate car.
And yes, I do know the movie car was a '61.
Toyota needs big December to reach 200k Tundra sales {Autoblog}
Dec 10th 2007 10:24PM I'll take the cash... preferably without the truck.
SEMA 2007: Five Axis Yaris Club {Autoblog}
Oct 30th 2007 5:57PM Looks like that Yaris tried to drive under a bridge that was too low...
Fiat Uno low on horses, but full of bull {Autoblog}
Oct 26th 2007 1:56PM I read this on one of the news sites, so I'm pretty sure the story is real. The photo obviously is not...
Rumormill run Amok: Ferrari F599 FS Fuoristrada sport-ute {Autoblog}
Oct 25th 2007 3:52PM A Ferrari based SUV has already been done... do a search for Jerrari, essentially a 1969 Jeep Wagoneer with Ferrari 365 GT front end and drivetrain.
Not sure when it was built, but the idea of a Ferrari SUV was terrible then and is worse now. Hopefully this is all just nothing more than a bad rumor. With Ferrari putting their name on pretty much anything these days, who knows?
Price of exclusivity rising: Maybachs get $3500 price increase {Autoblog}
Oct 23rd 2007 3:27PM One word to increase sales: Excelero!
