2013 Abarth 500 Review by Autoblog
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Archive for June, 2012
Motorcycle Rider Surprised By His Passenger – A SNAKE! at 155mph
Take a close look at the image above. Yes, it’s a motorcyclist, riding an orange motorcycle. Take a gander at the speedometer, and you’ll see he’s doing about 250 kilometers per hour, which equals about 155 miles per hour. But wait – what’s that yellow thing surrounding the digital speedometer? It looks like… yep, that’s [...]
2013 Toyota Avalon Hybrid FINALLY & Looks Nice! (Images)
Toyota has released more details on its 2013 Toyota Avalon flagship, which debuted earlier this year at the 2012 New York Auto Show. One of the biggest changes to the all-new Toyota Avalon, besides its appearance, is the availability of a hybrid powertrain, a first for the full-sized sedan. The 2013 Toyota Avalon gets an [...]
Toyota to build Yaris in France for North America
Toyota has already made it abundantly clear the company intends to scale back production in Japan in an attempt to combat the ever-strengthening Yen, and now it looks as if we know one of the ways the automaker plans to do so. Toyota has announced it will manufacture U.S. and Canadian-spec Yaris models in its [...]
2013 Ford F-150 Limited Luxury Truck (Pictures & Images)
The F-150 Limited is back – more powerful, more luxurious and more expensive than any other 2013 F-150. Ford Motor Co. is taking the wraps off the new Limited today in Dearborn. It will feature a unique look, a lush red interior and nearly every bell and whistle Ford can muster, surpassing the high-end Ford [...]
Volvo V40 and V60 Hybrid UK Debut at 2012 Goodwood FoS
More news from Goowood Festival of Speed 2012, and this time about Volvo, who’s playing the sensible guy this year by bringing a family hatchback and a hybrid estate. We’re talking about the new Volvo V40 premium hatchback and the V60 D6, the world’s first plug-in diesel hybrid. The latter will be going up the [...]
The 10 Best Places To Find Used Cars Online
You dream of the perfect old car, but you don’t know where to start looking. Well, Jalopnik readers are here to help with the ten best used car-buying websites on the internet. 10.) AutoTrader Why it works: There is a lot of hate for AutoTrader around here, and that’s understandable. Their listings attract people who [...]
Ford B-Max Production Begins In Romania
Ford’s new production plant in Craiova, Romania is officially in business, as the first B-Max rolls off the production line. In an event attended by Romanian President Traian Basescu, who also purchased the first new Ford B-MAX, the 675 million Euro facility begins making up the money Ford spent modernizing and upgrading it. Besides vehicles, [...]
Toyota and Nissan to Cut Japanese Production
No surprise here. Both Nissan and Toyota have moved to cut production in Japan, according to Reuters. Nissan has made it clear that it will will drop capacity from the 1.35 million units produced in 2011 to 1.15 million in 2013. In 2012, Nissan expects to produce 1.22 million vehicles in its home country, though [...]
Investigation Launched Over Biker Arrest by Dallas Deputy
Motorcyclist Chris Moore was riding on a Dallas, Texas freeway among a group riders out for Memorial Day. Moore was wearing a helmet camera which was capturing not just other riders, but a healthy police presence around the motorcade. The following patrol cars could be explained by stories that during the Memorial Day ride last [...]
Want to Get Paid For Staying Within The Speed Limits?
Parents know that sometimes the chance for reward is a more powerful child obedience method than the threat of penalty. “Clean your room or your grounded” can be less effective than, “Clean your room and we’ll go get ice cream.” A recent National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study shows that when the stick is combined [...]
Scion Explains FR-S Coupe’s Anti-Slip Differential (Video)
There’s no shame in not knowing what a limited slip differential is. After all, every budding car guy has a first time trying to parse Brian Beckman’s The Physics of Racing. (And many of us still don’t understand the entirety of it after multiple perusals.) So if you’re trying to wrap your mind around just [...]
Study Answers Question To Which Car Color Attracts Bird Poop
A new study has revealed red cars attract more bird droppings than any other color. The research, conducted by online retailer Halfords, revealed red vehicles made up 18 percent of cars marked by birds, while blue followed along in second place at 14 percent. Green vehicles got off the easiest, making up just one percent [...]
2014 Acura RLX Production Car From Patent Filing
If you’re looking for a phrase to capture the excitement of a new flagship sedan, “patent filing” is probably not it. Then again, the 2014 Acura RLX is the replacement for the Acura RL, the least interesting luxury sedan extant. (And yes, we’re including Lincoln in that assessment.) Car and Driver says these images were [...]
Vauxhall Corsa Black Edition Announced
The current Vauxhall Corsa looks way too cute and fluffy. And while that attracts girls to the car, it drives away male customers. To get around this problem Vauxhall announced launch of a new special edition Corsa in the UK called the Black Edition. The idea is by painting everything black, the Corsa would suddenly [...]
2012 BMW M5 “High Performance Art” (Driving Through Apple) Video
BMW calls this viral video for the 2012 BMW M5 “High Performance Art” as it goes shoots through an apple and pops a bunch of water filled balloons from it’s high speed.
2013 BMW M6 Coupe First Drive Car Review (Images & Video)
With the dust just settling on recent tests of the $113,995 BMW M6 convertible and the start of U.S. deliveries in late May, we now get to attack some traffic-free Spanish two-lanes and the 3.4-mile track at the Ascari Race Resort in the third-generation, or F12, BMW M6 coupe, which sells for the “discount” price [...]
