Posts Tagged ‘Alero’

Guts of KITT’s new red light bar revealed

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
As one commenter put it, Autoblog has become KITT Central lately. Two Knight Rider posts in one afternoon? Seriously. But we thought this was particularly interesting, so we're sharing. The Muscle Car Blog sat down with Pierre Hoffman, President of Auto Indulgence, Inc., which was the company tasked......

Mean mom sells son’s car after finding hooch under front seat

Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Jane Hambleton of Des Moines had two simple rules for her 19-year-old son regarding the car he acquired around Thanksgiving: keep it locked, and no booze allowed. She wasn't asking a lot, so when she found some hooch in the ride, she got angry. Mrs. Hambleton is apparently not someone you want to ......

DECANO self-adhesive sunroof doesn’t let the sun shine in

Saturday, June 16th, 2007
Not all of us can afford to check the option box for a sunroof when buying a new car, but thanks to a guy and his dream, the days of cruising with unadorned sheetmetal over your head are over, even for the cheapest tight wads among us. The DECANO self-adhesive sunroof is a miracle of technology that......

DECANO self-adhesive sunroof doesn’t let the sun shine in

Saturday, June 16th, 2007
Not all of us can afford to check the option box for a sunroof when buying a new car, but thanks to a guy and his dream, the days of cruising with unadorned sheetmetal over your head are over, even for the cheapest tight wads among us. The DECANO self-adhesive sunroof is a miracle of technology that......

For the OCD in you: Ownersite lets you track vehicle history to a tee

Sunday, June 10th, 2007
Before I owned the '99 Alero, there was the '94 Protege. I had a habit of keeping the receipt for every drop of gas I put in that car. They were all stuffed in the glove box with the intent that I would plot a nice graph showing the Protege's gas mileage over time when it came to sell. Well, the P......

Movin’ on up… in a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
I am totally that guy. I'm the guy who calls you up on Thursday to see if he can borrow your truck this weekend to move out of his 8th floor apartment. Of course, I'm really asking for the truck and an extra pair of hands, because I need to get my Futon out of the apartment before I can haul it to t......

When eight ain’t enough: Rotora 12-piston caliper

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
The folks at Rotora, purveyors of all manner of high-quality stopping components, have just released their newest brake setup that employs twelve pistons, clamping either 15- or 16-inch rotors. The use of that many pistons ensures that pedal modulation, clamping force and an even distribution of pre......

2008 Maserati Mistral comes into view

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Maserati seems to be pertually operating at the brink, which makes the replacements for the current Italdesign-Giugiaro Coupe and Spyder a pair of ultra important vehicles for the historic automaker. Winding Road has commissioned a rendering that shows what it thinks the coupe, likely to be called t......

RR of the Day: What does a designer drive?

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Being avid auto enthusiasts, we often get pulled aside and asked, "So what do you drive?" It's flattering to think of our own rides as endorsements, but to date I haven't found many willing to follow my lead and plop down a few grand on a 1999 Oldsmobile Alero (it was a desperation purchase). Today'......

Whaaaa? BMW 770Li W12

Sunday, July 30th, 2006
A keen observer in the UK, sent the blokes over at PistonHeads the above pic of a BMW 7-Series with '770Li' badging and, even weirder, a 'W12' logo brandishing itself on the left corner of its pseudo-Bangled trunk lid.If this is authentic, and we're pretty damn sure that it's not, would BMW really t......