Posts Tagged ‘new suit’
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
Fisker Tramonto shown for demonstration purposesAlthough it barely registered on most of our radars when it was announced a few weeks ago, Fisker Automotive is set to debut an all-new hybrid vehicle. Best known until now as a custom coachbuilder that adds a new suit of custom tailored duds to Merce......
Tags: aston martin, autobloggreen, automotive history, bmw 6 series, chief designer, coachbuilder, detroit auto show, duds, Fisker, Fisker Automotive, Fisker hybrid, FiskerHybrid, glimpse, hall of fame, henrik fisker, HenrikFisker, hybrid vehicle, market source, mercedes sls, naias, new suit, plug-in hybrid, Plug-inHybrid, radars, series cars, z8
Posted in Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, detroit auto show, green | No Comments »
Monday, June 25th, 2007
With Frankfurt just around the corner, a lot of attention will be focused on some flashy new concept cars being shown to the world for the first time. Hardly noticed, but vitally important to the overall impact of these show cars are the tires. Slapping a set of off-the-rack tires on a futuristic dr......
Tags: concept car, concept vehicles, continental design, continental press, Continental Tire, ContinentalTire, dream car, emotional responses, futuristic dream, main attraction, new concept cars, new suit, old shoes, right car, road traction, show cars, specialist team, sports cars, tire company, tread patterns, wheel arch, wheel wells
Posted in Tech, concept cars, frankfurt auto show | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
The Model A Ford pickup you see above will play the Joker's Clown Car in the upcoming Batman sequel, The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger will play the Joker to Christian Bale's Batman (who gets a new suit, incidentally), but he unfortunately gets stuck with this very unimpressive (and very purple) truck t......
Tags: batman, Batman Begins, batman sequel, BatmanBegins, christian bale, ChristianBale, clown car, comics, dark knight, DarkKnight, filmwad, ford, ford mustang, Ford Mustang II, ford pickup, Heath Ledger, HeathLedger, illustrator, intersection, model a ford, new suit, sketchbook, t bone, the joker, TheJoker, tumbler
Posted in Etc., Trucks/Pickups, ford | No Comments »
Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Here's another one of those eBay finds that makes us reach for our wallets. It's a rare 1998 Saleen Explorer XP8, the famous Ford tuner's first foray into the world of SUVs. While some might argue that performance tuning should never be applied to these beasts of burden, Saleen went the extra mile t......
Tags: beasts of burden, body kit, ebay, extra mile, fenders, foray, ford explorer, ford tuner, FordExplorer, horsepower, new suit, performance tuning, prime example, pristine condition, racecraft suspension, rear hatch, rear spoiler, rocker panels, saleen, saleen explorer xp8, saleen xp8, SaleenExplorerXp8, SaleenXp8, supercharged version, wallets
Posted in Aftermarket, Auction Action, SUVs, ford | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
As I settled in to read what I knew would be yet another harrowing column by Paul and Anita Leinert I was not prepared for how awful this week's take on the Ford Five Hundred would be. For some reason Paul equates the car to a boring yet practical suit. Fine. OK. But after the two go back and forth ......
Tags: anita, awd, bargain, designer suit, ford, ford five hundred, new suit, radio segment, rear angle, reason paul, shopping habits, single mother, upbringing
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