Posts Tagged ‘hefty chunk’

First Drive: 2009 Hyundai Genesis

Friday, June 27th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Hyundai GenesisUnless you've been living in a mine deep in the hills of West Virginia, Hyundai's newest addition isn't coming to you as a surprise. Around these offices, we've been anticipating the rear-wheel-drive Genesis platform and its offspring of lu......

Moog tapped to produce Ferrari simulator

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Ferrari has placed an order with aircraft systems supplier Moog to build the Scuderia a new high-tech driving simulator for its championship-leading F1 pilots to be installed at the company's headquarters in Maranello, Italy. The system, which you can bet costs a fair bit more than a PS3 and a new b......

First Drive: 2009 Nissan Maxima

Friday, June 20th, 2008
Click above to view high-res gallery of the 2009 Nissan MaximaThe latest Nissan out of the gate is the sixth model to wear the "Maxima" designation and gets a significant redesign for 2009. Launched in 1985, the first Maxima was a praised departure from its predecessor, the rear-wheel-drive Datsun 8......

VIDEO: A dozen Carrera GTs take to the streets

Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Click above to visit SpeedAndMotion.com's gallery of the Carrera GT gatheringYou are one of those lucky souls who happens to own a Porsche Carrera GT. You love it: the way it looks, the way it sounds, the way it drives. So you're sitting in your garage, staring at your CGT, wondering what it would ......

Sales of premium fuel fall sharply

Thursday, June 19th, 2008
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that the national average for premium gas is now $4.48 a gallon, some 40 cents more than regular, and that drivers are just refusing to buy it.Truth be told, most people who've been buying premium probably don't need it at all, but even among those whose engines s......

Study: Bumper stickers = Aggressive drivers

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Photo by richardmasoner | CC 2.0 (click for above more)Colorado State University researchers have recently concluded a study on driver behavior revealing something that may or may not be surprising to you: drivers who personalize their cars with bumper stickers, custom plates and other such markings......

Philadelphia using 3D illusions of speed bumps to slow traffic

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
When is a speed bump not a speed bump? When it's a faux traffic calming device merely painted on the road. Philadelphia is trotting out "Drive CarePhilly," a program that simultaneously gets a raspberry for its name and its execution. The aim of the effort is to slow down speeding drivers, and one t......

Be a star in Top Gear’s reasonably priced car

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Attention all you Top Gear fans out there! While most of us will never be a big enough star to actually appear on the fabled British motor show as one of its "Stars in a reasonably priced car," the Top Gear website has added a virtual chance at fame and glory. Take a crack at the real Top Gear test ......

VIDEO: Taking McDreamy up the hill at Goodwood

Saturday, June 14th, 2008
Last year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed we spied our first Lotus 2-Eleven hypercar in the flesh. Turned out the owner was our friend, Patrick O'Neill, who had graciously agreed to be the lone Lotus representative in the supercar category. Apparently when Patrick lined up in the paddock to take h......

First Drive: 2008 Porsche RS 60 Spyder

Friday, June 13th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Porsche Boxster RS 60 SpyderOn paper, the Boxster RS 60 Spyder might seem nothing more than a limited-edition Boxster with some interior upgrades, a slight horsepower bump over the S model and a name picked from the company's rich racing history.Let's fir......