Posts Tagged ‘media critic’

Moscow 2008: The Models of Moscow

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Click above for high-res galleries of models from MoscowWhile Russia's auto industry is certainly not known for the beauty it produces, the country's stock of fashion models seems limitless. Standing next to each vehicle on display at this year's Moscow Motor Show was a maiden who, as you can see in......

It’s official: Team HUMMER driver Emily Miller is an Ironwoman

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Last weekend, Emily Miller of Rod Hall Racing was out to become the first Ironwoman in the history of the TSCO Vegas to Reno off-road race to finish the grueling competition solo. To do so, she'd have to drive the her H2 the entire 457-mile distance. She did it in a time of 16:40.30 after having los......

VIDEO: Time lapse build of Subaru rally car over 800 hours

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Click above to view video after the jump It's no secret that running a motorsports team is a lot of work, but probably most of us don't know how much time and effort it really takes. Just building the race cars can take hundreds of man hours, as evidenced by this stop-motion video created by the U.......

Sabine Schmitz coming to America, leaving the ‘Ring

Monday, August 11th, 2008
APR Motorsport, the racing arm of the APR tuning company, has brought Mistress of the 'Ring Sabine Schmitz to the U.S. for two rounds of the KONI Grand Am Challenge Series. Driving a Golf GTI in the Stock Tuner class, Schmitz is replacing Randy Pobst.Sabine's visits are for the round just completed ......

Next BMW M5 will nix V10 in favor of twin-turbo V8

Monday, July 7th, 2008
BMW may begin straying from its long held tradition of equipping its M models with rev-happy, naturally aspirated engines. According to a source speaking with Automotive News, the twin-turbocharged 4.8-liter V8 currently equipped on the new X6, will be fitted on future Ms, including the new M5, due ......

GM stock drops below $10 per share

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
After Merrill Lynch hinted bankruptcy concerns yesterday, and other Wall Street analysts spread additional gloom, shares of General Motors dropped $1.77 to close at $9.98 -- GM's lowest close in more than 50 years. While GM stock on Tuesday showed a bit of promise on the news that sales only dropped......

Man gets bored, builds Family Truckster

Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Click above for gallery of the remade Family TrucksterPeople have remade the iconic Family Truckster wagon from the movie National Lampoon's Vacation before, but we don't think many have done so well as forum poster ls1nova71 over at ls1tech.com. He's faithfully recreated the metallic pea (everythin......

Kerkorian asks for 20mil Ford shares, gets offered a billion

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
In late April, billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian made public his intention to have Tracindo Corp., his investment company, buy up an additional 20 million shares of Ford stock to up his ownership of the Blue Oval from 4.7% to 5.6%. He offered $8.50/share, which at the time was a small premium over......

European Union taking Germany to court over amended VW Law

Friday, June 6th, 2008
In a move that may undermine Germany's protection of Lower Saxony and its close ties to Volkswagen, the European Commission plans to review the case of Volkswagen Law in the European Union's top court. As you may recall, Porsche has been trying to take majority control of rival Volkswagen. However, ......

How Tesla is financing its future

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Tesla has big plans, and to finance them it plans to raise big money. How? First, with an influx of venture capital that could put 10-percent of the company in VC hands. There has also been talk of an IPO, which Chairman Elon Musk thinks could raise $100 million dollars, and Musk said he plans to ta......