Posts Tagged ‘anchors’
Friday, October 19th, 2007
click above for more high-res images of the Mugen InspireWhen it's time for Bruce Wayne to hang up the bat costume and settle down with a wife and kids, he'll need a car with more rear-seat leg room than the Tumbler. We suggest he take the Mugen Inspire for a test drive (with Morgan Freeman riding s......
Tags: Accord, aluminum wheels, anchors, baby seat, bat costume, better breathing, dark knight, good measure, high res images, honda, honda accord, HondaAccord, inspire, latch, leg room, little ones, morgan freeman, mugen, mugen accord, mugen honda accord, mugen inspire, MugenAccord, MugenHondaAccord, MugenInspire, panache, rear apron, rear seat, rear spoiler, riding shotgun, sills, tumbler
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
Now that GM is officially Number Two, many Monday morning quarterbacks are popping up to "help" the general right the ship. Count Alex Taylor III, Fortune's senior writer, among them. In an interesting article, Taylor outlines reasons why GM should cut loose the anchors of Buick, Pontiac, HUMMER, GM......
Tags: alex taylor, Alex Taylor III, AlexTaylorIii, anchors, brand loyalty, BrandLoyalty, buick, buick pontiac, business sense, egos, eliminating brands, EliminatingBrands, emotional decisions, equivalent volume, fortune, gmc, good business, hummer, hummer gmc, killing brands, KillingBrands, logical plan, loyalists, monday morning, oldsmobile, pontiac buick, redeeming qualities, scion, toyota lexus
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Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
There are ramps installed on the shoulders of the highway. Lots of them, actually. And we're not talking about the exits and entrances you're supposed to drive on. We're talking about the anchors on roadside guardrails. Rather than leave the impaling end of the rail exposed, civil engineers slope i......
Tags: anchors, british television, civil engineers, competitor, concrete anchor, control source, disasters, fifth gear, guardrails, ramp, ramps, remote control, richard hammond, shoulders, slope, television program, thinking the same thing, top gear, winding road
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
Lotus has announced the availability of the Elise S, a new entry-level Elise the company hopes will place its lightweight sportscar in arms reach of the mass market. Powering the Elise S will be a Toyota-derived 1.8L four-cylinder producing 134 horsepower. While some gluttonous power junkies may sco......
Tags: anchors, elise, elise s, elises, europe, horsepower, japan source, lotus, mass market, north america, ponies, power junkies, power to weight ratio, pricetag, s, scoff, sportscar, tipping the scales, toyota
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Thursday, May 26th, 2005
A California child has found a side effect with the new LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children) system when she was nearly strangled by one of the car's unoccupied seat belts. Since the LATCH system does not use the vehicle's lap-shoulder belts they are left hanging free. Safety experts are r......
Tags: anchors, california child, car seats, free safety, lap shoulder, latch system, lower anchors and tethers for children, parents, safety experts, seat belts, shoulder belts, tethers, unoccupied seat
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