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Click above for high-res gallery of the Ferrari California
Some of the more hard-core tifosi have been whining that Ferrari has gone soft with the new California. It's pretty hard to justify that a car able to hit 60 mph in the three-second range is soft, but so be it. The nay-sayers point to the in......
Rumormill: Ferrari looking at turbo’d V6 to save fuel
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Dino fans rejoice, the rumormill is churning out plenty of grist about a V6 power unit in the offing for some future Ferraris. The California is already getting a V8, so Prancing Horse fans wishing for a "Dino II" will remain unfulfilled, but new approaches to high performance are key to keeping Fer......
VIDEO: Ferrari California’s fast-action retractable hard-top
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Click on the image above to jump to the videoIf you're on Ferrari's mailing list for the new California, you might have seen a new email in your inbox today with a link to another chapter (literally) opening up on the vehicle's dedicated website. Today's installment leads to a video of the Californ......
Ferrari California: new images hit the net
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Click above for hi-res gallery of the Ferrari California
For the unveiling of its first front-engined V8 sportscar, Ferrari rolled out a dedicated launch site. But up until now, the site (as well as the company's media portal) only gave us a glimpse at a handful of studio shots. Germany'sAutoBild, m......
Ferrari releases more photos of the California, now with the top up!
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Ferrari CaliforniaThe gang in Maranello is continuing to dribble out more imagery of the new Ferrari California roadster, now with the car now making its first appearance with its hard top up. This blue GT can be seen in the gallery below with the top up, d......
Officially Official: New Ferrari California exposed!
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Click on the Ferrari California for some wallpaper quality high-res shotsJust days after Ferrari launched the teaser site for its new GT, the first full images and details of the Ferrari California have been revealed. Even though the countdown timer on the teaser site still indicates there's a week......
Geneva 2008: Newest Lotus Exige 270E will run on anything
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lotus Exige 270E Tri-FuelWe posted about this latest Exige a couple of days ago and just saw it in Geneva. Not a lot different on the outside really besides the paint scheme that helps us remember that this is in fact a Tri-Fuel capable Exige 270E. Even the......
Will requiring flex-fuel capable cars free us from foreign oil?
Friday, October 19th, 2007
Robert Zubrin thinks so. Zubrin is an aerospace engineer and long-time advocate of manned missions to Mars. While going to Mars is a highly dubious proposition given the issues we need to deal with on our planet right now, making all gasoline engines flex-fuel capable as Zubrin promotes in his new b......
Never be late again: Street-legal Dallara Indy Car
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Click image to view more shots of the street-legal Indy carThe DuPont Registry is the car shopping guide many of us use for that mission-critical research on what to buy when the good ship Powerball sails into our lives. After all, you can never be too prepared for that sort of thing. The August is......
Suzuki unveils MIO: the fuel-cell powered wheelchair
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
From sister-blog Engadget comes word of an adorable new Suzuki that should have people rolling in the aisles. Not because it's funny looking, but because it will offer mobility to those who need the aid only a wheelchair can provide. And guess what? It's one of the greenest vehicles on the planet to......