The Mazda MX-5 (aka Miata) isn't a car one would necessarily call "fat". But it seems the engineers at Mazda think the already-slim and slender MX-5 could stand to lose a pound, or 720.
There isn't much more we can say about this video other than: Hot Damn!
That's not the way the business usually works but that's because this ain't no regular car for sale. The 1985 Porsche 911 Targa you see in these pictures is available for whomever's got £10,911 ($17,513.30) lying around.
If Bernie Ecclestone were to bet a few dollars of his fortune on the outcome of the 2011 title, he would safely back his young friend Sebastian Vettel.
And on that topic, big isn't really in anymore, at least not in SUV form. As I write this line, I smirk thinking that Chrysler was well aware of this years ago when they began designing the new Durango. Previously, the Durango was a full-size SUV built on a ladder-type frame. In 2011, the big badass Durango is a friendly-neighbourhood CUV with steel unibody construction...
Pirelli is open to a tire war in formula one but doubts the economic climate is right at present.
Pedro de la Rosa has predicted a "very interesting" weekend in Canada.
Prince Charles knows about sustainable development. The British noble is planning to build a 700-home eco-village in the next 15 years called Knockroon, where each household will have an EV charger.
Jean Todt has admitted he considered banning Lewis Hamilton for six races after the McLaren driver's racial joke two weeks ago in Monaco.
Two seat DeltaWing will focus on innovation to achieve ultra energy efficiency and 24 hour performance.
The freshly stickered 2012 Buick LaCrosse with eAssist will start at $30,820, including destination costs, the brand said on Wednesday.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a new battery design for electric vehicles could be a lightweight and inexpensive alternative.
GM said prices for the 2012 Buick LaCrosse with eAssist, which is expected to boost highway fuel economy up to 25 percent over the current model, will begin at $30,820, including freight.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: A friend's utter disgust greeted me when I showed up in the 2011 Mini Cooper S. "I hate those cars," my friend said. I tried to explain the appeal of the Mini from a driver's standpoint.
Prices of used vehicles hit an all-time high last month as softer new-car sales brought fewer trade-ins that dealers could sell into a strong used market. The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index, which gauges used-vehicle prices, reached 127.
If drooling space-alien mutants hell-bent on creating a pleasure planet of intergalactic zombie love muffins ever come to Earth to steal our women, know that an entire generation of 18-to-24-year-old male gamers stands ready to defend us.
Chrysler said global automobile sales in May rose 11 percent from a year earlier, trailing the goal CEO Sergio Marchionne set for 2011. Global deliveries climbed to 160,144 last month, Chrysler said.
Prisoners, dead people and children qualified for a 2009 tax break to spur car buying, according to a U.S. report today that criticized the Internal Revenue Service for misapplying the refund in some cases.
Also in today's news: Corvette celebrates at Le Mans, Chrysler shuffles execs and the M-class gets an update.
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