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Officially Official: Introducing the 2008 BMW M3 Coupé {Autoblog}
Apr 6th 2007 1:41PM so the question is... why is it hardly faster in 0-60 than the previous M3, even though it has 63 more horses? Is it that much heavier? worse torque curve? what?
One more time: VW Phaeton returning to U.S.? {Autoblog}
Mar 11th 2007 10:54PM I can see why it failed in the market, but that doesn't make it a bad car, in fact, it is a rather gorgeous and amazing car.
They could have differentiated it a liiittle bit more from the previous gen passat though (which in itself is a good looking design, unlike the current gen, which looks like the jetta).
I'm shocked how many car enthusiasts (presumably people posting here) are badge snobs. If Buick brought out a car tomorrow that was superior to a bmw along every possible metric except badge-value, I'd buy it over the bmw. And its not like VW is that terrible a brand.
Outlaw biker on Yamaha R1 posts video on YouTube and gets busted {Autoblog}
Feb 17th 2007 2:14PM "Take it to a trackday -- it's legal"
Indeed. Which brings me to a good point.. the idea of a "track day" seems not as widespread in the US as it is in the UK, at least when I google it I find hardly anything.
Any pages that have listings of tracks, track days, cost/rules and such for the US, particularly in my case the dallas texas area? I'd love to push my Z a little bit closer to the limit in a SAFE way.
Ford is not #4, still part of Big 3 {Autoblog}
Feb 2nd 2007 5:46PM It be more logical to say Mercedes is #3, since effectively they own the Chrysler group, not the other way around. Whereas for Ford, they own PAG.
When you talk about ranking, you are talking about which corporate giant is bigger, so it makes no sense to split one up on the basis of brands, and not the other. If you are going to do that, you might as well split up Chrysler and Dodge etc, and we all know that they are identical cars.
And to continue, they should not be ranked on sales, but on sales * average car price. There's a reason Mercedes is "big" even with a 10th of sales of Chrysler, because it is a lot more remarkable to sell a S65 than a Sebring (a 10x price difference), with margings skyrocketing.
It's on! BMW 1-series coming to the U.S. in 135i guise {Autoblog}
Jan 17th 2007 8:20PM Anyone any idea what the weight on this thing will be? because if its lighter than the 3 series, the twin turbo version will be one silly fast bmw.
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer revealed {Autoblog}
Dec 11th 2006 1:46AM the back looks like an alfa romeo (156?) crossed with the new lexus IS :)
LA Auto Show: Mazda Nagare Concept wedges into the spotlight {Autoblog}
Nov 30th 2006 1:25AM Well, that is a great looking car if it ever ended up on the road... esp the drivers seat/steering wheel.
But you know what, I am very bored with these kinds of concepts. They all look identical: the proportion of the wheels WAY up and the roofline WAY down compared to current cars, and none of them EVER end up on the road. The closest we have today to these kinds of concepts is the lambo.
And don't tell me "its what the future will be like" because I have been seeing this style of concepts for 20 years now. Something tells me that future cars will still have a lot smaller wheels and conventional lines compared to all these identical 14 year old boy wet dream designs.
Designers, please come up with car ideas that don't utilize the same stereotypes of macho looks.
Anyone see the same pattern?
