Posts Tagged ‘rearview’

eBay find of the day: 1964 Pontiac Banshee Prototype XP-833 Coupe, again

Friday, March 28th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 1964 Pontiac BansheeThe very cool 1964 Pontiac Banshee prototype is being auctioned off, again. Back in November of last year, the super-cool and svelte vehicle was put up on eBay with a Buy-It-Now price of $1.3 million. It didn't sell, so it's back up... wi......

Geneva ‘08 Video Preview: IED Maserati Chicane and Sfida concepts

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
With all the big debuts coming from the major automakers, it'd be easy to forget about the student-designed Maserati concepts being unveiled in Geneva next week. But it won't be after you check out this video.The computer-animated clip after the jump shows the Maserati Chicane concept, drawn up by s......

Geneva ‘08 Preview: First Fiat 500 Abarth official images leaked

Monday, December 10th, 2007
Click image for photo galleryThis morning, we brought you a Fiat-provided doodle showing a super-deformed 500 Abarth meant to give us a gist of what to expect when the Italian automaker pulls the cover off the Scorpion-emblazoned performance variant. What we didn't expect was that we'd be seeing off......

What you’ve all been waiting for: Nissan GT-R vs. Porsche 911 Turbo

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Performance on par with a Porsche 911 Turbo was a well publicized benchmark for Nissan engineers when designing the new GT-R. Nissan even flaunted its achievement of a faster lap time for the Nürburgring circuit as proof positive. While the information coming out of the manufacturer's camp was impr......

Crown Vic prepares to give up its scepter

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
click above image to view more pics of the Ford Crown VictoriaAccording to Ford sources who gossiped to Ward's Auto, the Ford Crown Victoria won't be available on retail lots after 2008. From 2009, the only folks who can buy one are police and taxi drivers. Even that frontier is being threatened, w......

SEMA-bound: Heico’s surf-themed Volvo C30

Friday, July 6th, 2007
While Frankfurt's in full swing right now, SEMA is just around the corner in October. Heico Sportiv has been busy pumping up Volvos in anticipation of the Las Vegas event. Standing alongside Heico's E85-fueled, turbo six-powered S80 will be this spicy little C30. The smallest Volvo is also the most ......

Go Speed Racer, Go: Movie Mach 5 debuts

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Click image for high-res versionWell, now you know what we'll be covering breathlessly post-Transformers. Shooting for the Wachowski brothers' live-action Speed Racer film begins next week in Germany, and Warner Bros. has released the first official pic of the Mach 5 hero car.Awesome.It's a modern t......

Car Costume: Audi 90 Quattro becomes Audi 90 IMSA GTO

Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Old Audis are cool, and old racing Audis are even cooler. A Swedish Audi fanatic seems to think so, too, and has gone to extreme lengths to transform a workaday Audi 90 into the IMSA GTO version of that car. Not wanting to go the stripe-and-bodykit route, this Audi's flares were painstakingly constr......

Midlife crisis? VW thinks the Passat’s just the ticket

Sunday, March 25th, 2007
The hilarious new "Midlife Crisis Retreat" advertising campaign lampoons the often loony behavior of men in their 40s trying to hang on to their 20s via two-decade-old slang, iconography and pop culture. We don't agree that the Passat is any kind of cure for the midlife crisis; it's pretty much just......

Dark Magic: HAMANN Ferrari F430 Black Miracle

Sunday, March 25th, 2007
Click image for high-res galleryBack in March, Damon reported on the matte finish fixation that was clearly evident among a number of specialty manufacturers and tuners at the Geneva Motor Show. Last week, Hamann unveiled its take on the prevailing trend with the Ferrari F430 Black Miracle.The spel......