Posts Tagged ‘car show’

NYC congestion charge gets blocked by state

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Manhattan's latest attempt at disguised taxation has ground to a halt in the most trivial fashion. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed congestion charge for cars and trucks headed into the city below 60th street was summarily ignored by lawmakers. Rather than a contentious fight in the state assembly......

First 2009 Cadillac CTS-V spotted in public

Sunday, November 18th, 2007
click above for more shots of the Cadillac CTS-V in the wild The mouthwatering new Cadillac CTS-V is an absolute celebrity in the American automotive industry. But while we got an eyeful of the supercharged super-sedan at its unveiling in Detroit, as any Hollywood buff could tell you, it's one thing......

KTM releasing Limited Edition “Dallara Series” X-Bow

Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Click the image above for a gallery of high-res pics of the KTM X-Bow.KTM, the bike manufacturer turned track toy purveyor, will be showing off the X-Bow in "Gleaming White" next week at the Autosport International Racing Car Show, and has announced that production will begin in Graz, Austria later ......

Ferrari F430 GT2 ready to take on all challengers in 2008

Monday, October 8th, 2007
Click on the image above to view in high resolution We used to think the Ferrari F430 was one of the most impressive supercars on the market, but that's only the start. The 430 Scuderia kicked it up a considerable notch. The F430 Pista, as raced in the Ferrari Challenge series, is even tauter, and ......

VIDEO: Jeremy Clarkson’s Supercar Showdown trailer

Saturday, July 28th, 2007
In addition to hosting the world's most popular car show, authoring a library of books and writing regular columns for a variety of magazines and newspapers, celebrity automotive journalist Jeremy Clarkson has turned out a tall stack of DVD specials.The video after the jump is a trailer of his lates......

American muscle flexed at Russia car show

Saturday, June 9th, 2007
An early '70s Chevy El Camino at a car show wouldn't usually get a second glance. Add a beautiful, airbrushed wild, wild west theme and it might get the judges' attention. But no matter how detailed the cowboy's Stetson, the painted pickup probably wouldn't rank a post on Autoblog.But take that Chev......

Frankfurt Preview: VW Golf BlueMotion gets over 52 mpg

Friday, June 8th, 2007
click above image for galleryFresh from ditching its collaboration with Mercedes-Benz on BLUETEC diesel technology, Volkswagen will be showing its newest economical diesel offering at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month – the Golf BlueMotion. BlueMotion is VW's own line of ultra fuel-efficient car......

Beauty in the Green Mountains - Hemmings Concours - HUGE Gallery

Thursday, May 24th, 2007
click the pic above to see the huge gallery of shotsLast weekend was a carshow smorgasbord for us. We got to hang out with the gullwing-afficionado Bricklin folks, and on Sunday, we headed up to Vermont's Stratton Mountain for the New England Concours D'Elegance. The event was put on in smashing st......

Callaway C16 Speedster to debut at Pebble Beach

Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Come August 19th, the C16 model line will grow from two models to three with the addition of the C16 Speedster announced today. Joining the Coupe and Cabrio versions of Callaway's Corvette-based supercar, the C16 Speedster is, in our eyes, the most equisite looking Callaway evar. It's appropriate th......

The most Bricklins we’ve ever seen in one place

Thursday, May 17th, 2007
click on the picture above to see a gallery of 15 shotsNo, we're not talking about what happens when Malcolm gets together with the rest of the clan, but it is a family gathering of sorts. The Bricklin SV-1, Bricklin's 1970s stab at a safety GT, of course has a cult following. How could you deny th......