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Right now, I’m cramming trying to get ready for the New York International Auto Show, and I’m super-stoked. The only bad part? I have to sleep on the plane. Hey, nobody said this was going to be easy. Here’s the news:

Nissan’s GTR has a history of winning races where it debuts, so the fact it took the checkered flag at Suzuka yesterday isn’t terribly surprising. But the brass still has to be stoked. Autoblog
Looks like Mercedes-Benz might shut down Maybach. The uber-luxury marque hasn’t been performing against chief competitors Rolls-Royce and Bentley, and has sold only 10% of what M-B thought it would. That said, will anyone notice it’s gone? World Car Fans
Tata is almost done buying Jag and Land Rover, and now the company is adding staff in Detroit. Who knew the company would actually have a presence in the Motor City? Freep
Since everyone in Seattle is pretty clueless about driving in the snow, I’ve seen some pretty stupid snow-related behavior. But nothing like this. English Russia

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Posted at 6:54 pm in GTR, Jaguar, John Coyle, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, New on the Net, New York, News, Nissan, NYIAS 2008, Racing, Range Rover, Skyline, Tata

Comments

GTwildfire
Mar 18, 2008 at 3:10 am

Maybach is just way out there in cost. They’re cool cars but you just reach a point where enough is enough. Also, it’s not like Maybach is well-known. You think uber-luxury, RR and other long-standing names come to mind. Even though Maybach is an old name for sure, it’s a resurrected, very old name with one brief comeback, still long ago and also unsuccessful… not the same.