Posts Tagged ‘unobtanium’
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......
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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 ......
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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......
Tags: 1 liter, alcantara, Barracuda, carbon fiber body, charger srt8, chrysler, chrysler cuda concept, chrysler cuda concept sema, chrysler cuda sema, ChryslerCudaConceptSema, ChryslerCudaSema, concept, Cuda, deep pockets, grand canyon, magnate, orange paint, parts bin, pirelli, piston, private estate, production car, SEMA, sema 2007, unobtanium, verge, zenetti five
Posted in Aftermarket, Coupes, SEMA, Tuners, chrysler | No Comments »
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......
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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 ......
Tags: afterthought, automotive designer, AutomotiveDesigner, autoworld, boss, car designer, cars, chrysler, daimlerchrysler, design language, design term, designer dictionary, DesignerDictionary, DesignLanguage, DesignTerm, fashion, ford, ford source, george ford, goiter, j c whitney, launch, lingo, ralph gilles, rv, schiavone, unobtanium, virtue
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