Posts Tagged ‘lots of money’

GM launching zero-percent financing sale, raises prices by 3.5 percent

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
During a dealer teleconference today, General Motors announced it would be launching a zero-percent financing sale beginning tomorrow, while simultaneously raising the prices of its 2009 vehicles.The "72-hour sale" will run from June 24th through the 30th, and will offer customers 0-percent interest......

Two real muscle cars destroyed for art’s sake… Art is mad

Friday, May 16th, 2008
Jonathan Schipper started grinding models of muscle cars into each other like tectonic plates as a way to express the "slow, inevitable death of American Muscle," and he's progressed to using two actual cars at an installation at Chicago's NEXT Art fair.Well, let us tell you, Jonathan: American musc......

Buyers dropping more coin on the 2008 Chevy Malibu

Sunday, March 30th, 2008
The 2008 Chevy Malibu has snatched up awards and media accolades, and JD Power data shows that customers are paying Chevy dealers handsomely to own one. The average transaction price of a Chevy Malibu is $22,358 -- $5,000 higher than the inherently uncool last-gen 'Bu. Twenty-one percent of buyers a......

Crazy rich guy attempts to legalize Ferrari FXX for the street

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Hey, wait a minute – we thought you couldn't actually purchase the Ferrari FXX, let alone take one out to cavort on the streets of Switzerland. The way it was originally explained, people with 2.5 million dollars to dispose of could purchase the privelege to plant their hindquarters in the driver'......

Ford Escort may return as 100mpg hybrid

Thursday, July 19th, 2007
What would it take for Ford to get you interested in a new Escort? In its heyday, the Escort was quite popular, but managed to build up a bundle of negative brand equity. In less than three years, Ford reportedly hopes to woo Escort buyers back with a 100 mpg plug-in hybrid model. Numbers like that ......

Condo business booming… car condos, that is

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
The Associated Press reports that autophiles with lots of money on their hands are turning to car condos to store and protect their precious automobile collections. While expensive parking spots are nothing new (a spot sold for over $200,000 in Boston recently and go for more in the major metropolit......

A 604 hp Mercedes sedan, does anyone care?

Thursday, April 28th, 2005
Seriously, this is getting old. German automaker puts big engine in sedan, it goes fast, costs lots of money. Great formula. But for some reason we like the BMW M series and the Audi S and RS lines but the latest batch of Mercedes muscle is leaving us flat. The new S65 was at the Chicago Auto Show b......

Seattle Supersonics’ pimped rides

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005
What do you do when you're 7'1, have a NBA contract and lots of money to spare? Blow it on your Hummer H2, what else. That's what Seattle Supersonic Jerome James did with this tricked out SUV. The rims have his number 13 etched in the chrome. The best part? The H2 was a gift after James signed a thr......