Posts Tagged ‘unobtanium’

Big Block Fever: First Anniversary 427 Big Block ZL-1 on the block at Barrett Jackson

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Monster motors were the order of the day in the late 1960s, and GM's 427 was a part of that class. The drawback to a big-block's burly output was, and still is, the increased weight of the engine. While big blocks are a hoot for straight line shenanigans, a small block car is often a better all-arou......

Toyota develops violin-playing robot

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Though Toyota sells a helluva lot more cars around the world than Honda, sometimes we think it suffers from an inferiority complex with its cross town rival. C'mon, in addition to cars, Honda makes jets, motorcycles, generators, lawn mowers and ASIMO, the creepy walking, running, dancing robot that ......

SEMA 2007: Chrysler Barracuda Concept

Friday, August 24th, 2007
click image above for more high-res pics of the Chrysler Cuda ConceptUnless you've got an uncle on the verge of buying the farm or Grand Canyon deep pockets, you won't be able to pick up an actual 'Cuda anytime soon. According to a Chrysler exec on hand at SEMA, the Barracuda concept is a one-off pr......

RR of the Day - 1986 Mustang SVO

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Kicking off our forced-induction week with a tweeeeeee is Flickr member McTaylor's low-miles 1986 Mustang SVO. At least three of us Autobloggers are in love with this car. McTaylor prefers to keep his daily driver looking fairly understated, with only the really cool 2.3 fender badges giving a littl......

When the unobtanium gets too puffilated, cars take on the J.C. Whitney look

Saturday, May 13th, 2006
Courtesy of Ward's AutoWorld, the term 'Design Language' is rapidly taking on new meaning. The publication recently delved into the world of car designer lingo, mining minds like DaimlerChrysler designer Ralph Gilles for 'it' words.In addition to the oft-used "craptastic," a word used to describe a ......