Posts Tagged ‘1980’

The Stig: Some say he’s Lewis Hamilton

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
The producers of Top Gear have kept the identity of "The Stig" a closely-guarded secret. With such a wide audience and fan base, that's led to endless speculation over the true identity of the show's phantom test driver, and one British celebrity is now claiming he knows who it is. Guests on the sho......

MINI crossover dubbed ‘Crossman’ by CEO

Saturday, October 6th, 2007
The MINI has been on a growth spurt since the introduction of the second-generation model. With the 3½-door Clubman wagon on its way to dealerships, the new convertible set to follow, and even a sports-coupe derivative rumored to be in the works, the BMW division is focusing on the development of a......

Mix yourself a Ferrari

Saturday, May 26th, 2007
Some like it, some hate it, but you can find the Ferrari name on just about everything these days. The exotic Italian automaker, as is commonly known, has been pursuing and escalating a merchandising campaign that has accelerated its way into just about every market segment imaginable. Now it may su......

Sean John F1: Puffy wants a part of the action

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
An F1 team owned by a rapper? You've got to be kidding, right? Well, he might be, but Sean "Puffy" Combs is reportedly considering buying a team. If car manufacturers, retired drivers, clothing labels and even beverage companies can own F1 teams, why can't a recording artist? In the fast-changing wo......

Woodward Warm Up: Baby boomers take their classic muscle cruising on Gratiot

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
Click the photo above to see more than 100 high-resolution muscle car shotsAnybody that has looked at the prices of muscle cars from the '60s and '70s on eBay Motors or at a Barrett-Jackson auction knows that there is an unbelievable amount of coin changing hands these days. The prices of these cla......

RR of the Week - Poll results

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Last week's RR of the Day polling ended last night and in a close race, the 1983 Mazda RX-7 owned by Autoblog reader and Flickr member TactiBlue beat out David Moffitt's BMW 325is. A scant 64 votes separated the two after a total of 2,429 votes were cast, with as little as three votes separating the......

VIDEO: BMW 3-Series Cabrio folding roof in action

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
Shortly after bringing you the details and photos of the new 3-Series convertible, BMW has put out this video demonstrating its impressive new folding hard-top roof doin' its thang.Fortunately the video starts with a guy walking out of his house, because otherwise we wouldn't know how a BMW driver m......

Hamilton and Tung could bring some color to F1

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
Some observers criticize F1 (and motorsports in general) for its racial homogeny. Aside from the notable exception of some Japanese drivers (and Williams test driver Narain Karthikeyan) the field of grand prix pilots is almost entirely white, with the majority of drivers coming from Europe.McLaren p......

New Kid on the Block: the Vinci GT

Friday, August 25th, 2006
Cottage-industry exotic sportscar ventures never fail to keep us entertained. The newest: the Vinci GT, a one-off concept, built by a collaboration between the Center for Excellence in Auto Engineering and the Auto Museu da Maia, in the Portuguese city of Porto.Not much information is available at t......

New Kid on the Block: the Vinci GT

Friday, August 25th, 2006
Cottage-industry exotic sportscar ventures never fail to keep us entertained. The newest: the Vinci GT, a one-off concept, built by a collaboration between the Center for Excellence in Auto Engineering and the Auto Museu da Maia, in the Portuguese city of Porto.Not much information is available at t......