Posts Tagged ‘big car’
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Click above to view high-res gallery of crash-tested Ford TaurusFord has been very quiet about what it will have onstage at the New York Auto Show tomorrow, but one vehicle we do know that will be under the lights is the Ford Taurus. While there will certainly be a number of Taurus models waxed, pol......
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click the image above for hi-res shots of the Peugeot 308SWThe Peugeot 308SW (for SportWagon), on the show floor, does not look like a big car. It certainly doesn't look big enough to swallow seven full-sized people. On the rotating podium, however, the car looked almost monstrous. Get inside, and ......
Tags: big car, geneva, geneva 2008, geneva auto show, geneva motor salon, geneva motor show, Geneva2008, GenevaAutoShow, GenevaMotorSalon, GenevaMotorShow, hatchbacks, hi res photos, lichtenstein, peugeot, peugeot 308, peugeot 308 sw, peugeot 308sw, Peugeot308, Peugeot308Sw, podium, rear hatch, sportwagon
Posted in SUVs, Wagons/Estates, geneva motor show, hatchbacks, peugeot | No Comments »
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above for hi-res images of the new 2009 Ford FiestaWe had to fly all the way to Switzerland to see it, and while it may not be until late next year, the new Ford Fiesta will be following us home. As we reported, the new Fiesta draws its styling from the Verve concept, which we saw the last ti......
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
It's amazing the adventures a broken tie rod in an unfamiliar town can lead to. Hokey Ass Message Board member Hotrodladycrusr was traveling from Michigan to Tennessee when her "cop car," a 1997 Grand Marque, suffered the suspension malady. She called a friend she knew only from the Internet who gav......
Tags: autoblog, big car, broken tie, cop car, dividers, jalopy journal, John Dixon, JohnDixon, kreuzer, malady, one of those parties, personal collection, porsche dayton, porsche engine, porsche logo, porsche warehouse, PorscheDayton, porsches, PorscheWarehouse, private events, Speedster, Taj Ma Garaj, Taj Ma Garaj John Dixon, TajMaGaraj, TajMaGarajJohnDixon, tie rod, unfamiliar town, vws
Posted in Etc., Sports/GTs, porsche, volkswagen | No Comments »
Sunday, January 21st, 2007
click for small high-res galleryWhen the Rolls-Royce Phantom went on sale in 2003, it was a pretty big deal. After the whole VW/BMW battle over the R-R/Bentley empire, BMW emerged as the owner of Rolls. Soon after, the Phantom was shown, making a huge statement about the future of Rolls-Royce. A bi......
Tags: bentley, big car, black phantom, car number, cues, foulds, gallery 3, glovebox, goodwood, high res, Ian Robertson, IanRobertson, london socialite, lucky number, maybach, milestone event, number 3, phantom, phantoms, plaque, rolls royce, rolls royce motor cars, rolls royce phantom, RollsRoyce, Stephen Foulds, StephenFoulds, Tchenguiz-Imerman, true competition
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Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Of course we knew what we were asking for when we posted on PeTA's decision to incorrectly call out the Chrysler Group as a primary sponsor of the Iditarod. We tried to keep the dicussion on the merits of PeTA erroneously referring to DaimlerChrysler as a sponsor of the Alaskan sled dog race, consid......
Tags: alaskan sled dog, alaskan sled dog race, animal rights organization, automaker, big car, car dealer, car nut, chrysler group, daimlerchrysler, dicussion, group ceo, iditarod, Ingrid Newkirk, IngridNewkirk, merits, narrow focus, o connor, offensive material, PeTA, president ingrid newkirk, professional motorsports, sled dog race, tom lasorda
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Any time there's any mention of how or what a car show on TV should be, we find ourselves invariably praising Top Gear. Cutting insight mixed with hilarious wit, drop-dead gorgeous imagery and a whole lot of fun and passion make it the perfect car show. When Top Gear does a Car Of The Year, we sit u......
Tags: big car, car of the year, car show, CarOfTheYear, choices, citroen c6, Clarkson, coty, dream car, drop dead gorgeous, ferrari, gallardo, imagery, insight, land rover, land rover lr2, nightmares, passion, s-max, The Stig, TheStig, top gear, TopGear, TV, tv show, TvShow, whole lot, wit
Posted in Etc., Euro, Trends | No Comments »
