Posts Tagged ‘gratuitous shots’

Put a Porsche in your driveway, well sort of…

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
If you want to see how that new Porsche is going to look in your driveway (or you just need to impress the women who frequent your favorite online dating service), our friends in Stuttgart have given us all the tools we'll need. Well, in a sense at least. Point your favorite browser here, and click ......

Cheap, stylish ride: Oxymoron or attainable dream?

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Is it possible to buy a car that's both inexpensive and ultra cool? Can a $22,000 Toyota Prius really get you the same respect from the valet as a $70,000 BMW? That's what "Wired Magazine" wants to know, and they're asking readers to decide which of five relatively cheap cars they would feel coolest......

Things that never were nor ever should be: The Plymouth Voyager Shorty Van

Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Click above for another angle of the shorty VoyagerWhat would happen if an old Plymouth Horizon mated with a Plymouth Voyager? See above. Despite the fact that Chrysler used to offer its minivans with two different wheelbases, this is a vehicle that was fortunately never released out of the factory ......

Ford Flex gets the woody treatment

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Well, that didn't take long. A company by the name of Auto Tech Plastics has gone and done what seemed inevitable and many a blogger feared would happen: endow the new Ford Flex's slab-sidedness with fake woodgrain. Make no mistake, we have absolutely no problem whatsoever with the classic woody wag......

C&D dreams up future Mustangs they haven’t made yet

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Click the Smokey and the Bandit Mustang for moreWe hear it from the peanut gallery every time we post about another new Mustang variation. It doesn't matter if the car comes from a small niche manufacturer, SALEEN, ROUSH or even Ford itself – people have gotten sick of Mustang mania. CARandDRIVER.......

Mechanic arrested for not giving up vehicle to angry customer

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Remember last week when we told you about a tuner shop in Florida that got stuck holding a $16,000 bill after customizing some broke guy's Toyota Celica? That shop is resolving its dispute through the courts and will likely end up selling the car to make its money back, but a mechanic in the U.K. na......

Dallas HOA prohibits parking F-150 in driveway; Lincoln Mark LT allowed

Monday, August 18th, 2008
Yet another example of a Homeowner's Association run amok... A Texas homeowner in Frisco (just north of Dallas) has been told by the Stonebriar HOA that this Ford F-150 isn't allowed to be parked in his driveway. The Association, established to protect Jim Greenwood's interests (that's the theory at......

Sunmotor to release electric car, beat it with ugly stick

Friday, August 8th, 2008
Click above for more images of the Sunmotor EVLovers of good car design: avert your eyes! The Sunmotor Group, an EV hopeful based in Boston, has announced plans to release its first all-electric vehicle before the end of the year. We wish they wouldn't because this sucker is über-ugly. Obviously ba......

Shaq buys smart fortwo, wears as shoe

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Standing seven feet and one inches tall and weighing in at 375 pounds, Shaquille O'Neal is one big dude. Must drive a big 'ol car then, right? Umm, not exactly. The Phoenix Suns star center has recently been spotted in his newest automotive purchase, a smart fortwo. Seriously. And, surprisingly enou......

Franchitti to stick to NASCAR, moves down to Nationwide Series

Monday, July 28th, 2008
Following the closure of his Sprint Cup ride last month, Dario Franchitti will run several races in the second-tier Nationwide Series before the end of the season. The Scottish driver was reportedly offered several options by Chip Ganassi, and chose to concentrate on NASCAR rather than move back to ......