Look what Autoblog fan Omar found for us on eBay. What appears to be just another 1970 Porsche 911 T is, in fact, the closest many of us would ever get to being near Michael Knight and Mitch Buchanan. That's right, this rare sunroof 4-speed car once belonged to DAVID HASSELHOFF! And the seller promises to provide proof of der Hoff's ownership, as well.
While glimpses of the new convertible might have you waiting to pull the trigger on a new MINI Cooper, be consoled that if you get the coupe you will get phenomenal fuel mileage along with your motoring fun. In fact, you might be able to get 40 mpg in it. Here's the breakdown for the '07 Coopers with their new PSA designed engines.
Michael Kadie of SSI Racing is taking the kit-car approach to building his electric vehicle. A Factory 5 Type 65 coupe, which resembles a Shelby Daytona, is the foundation. Instead of stuffing a hopped-up Ford small-block under the 1-piece nose section he has a TransWarp 11-inch electric motor mounted in transmission tunnel. Plans call for about 1,000 lithium ion cells from A123 Syste
Audi announced today that it plans to spend €11.8 billion on itself between this year and 2011, which in Yankee coin equates to around $15.6 billion USD. That's a hella lot of change for a luxury brand to invest over the course of five years, with yearly receipts totalling up to €2 billion once things get underway. Clearly Audi is serious about doing whatever it takes to ascend from the bronze medal podium in the German luxury car olympics. Being the perennial second runner-up behind e
Upon first seeing the Dodge Avenger Concept ahead of the Paris Motor Show this year, the first thing we wondered was how this design would translate into a production model. The concept was equal parts flash and production ready pieces, so we couldn't say for certain what the car would look like without the show trim and large wheels. Now we know. A pair of shots showing a preproduction version of the Dodge
Traditionally, before Colin Chapman introduced a Lotus 49 in colors of Gold Leaf Tobacco, racing cars were painted in colors based on the home country of the team running them. German racers were silver, Italian red, French blue and of course cars from the British Isles were always the legendary British Racing Green. Now the Jaguars and Land Rovers that ferry the future king of England (if he manages to out-live his mother, that is) will represent a new breed of green.
Not many green car presentations include explanations of Cypress, Robin Hood and electric frogs. But Edwin Black managed to weave these three items - along with dozens of other seemingly random topics - into a narrative describing the history of energy monopolies during a presentation Sunday at the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica.
