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October 5, 2010
Supercharged V6 Fiero
By Karan Singh
StreetFire.net
We’re not entirely sold on the aesthetics of the car–clearly the most remarkable thing about it is the engine compartment. Wow!
Pedestrian Thrown 40 Feet
By Jen Dunnaway
Editor
Yet more incontrovertible evidence that roads are for cars. Speaking of which, check out that tough silver wagon on the opposite side of the street.
Official Pics of the 2011 Dodge Charger
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
I’m still on the fence about whether I like this new version better than the old version. How about you guys? Which do you prefer? See more pics and read the press release after the jump!
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The Greatest Collection for 4×4 Van Videos the World Has Ever Known
By Brian Lohnes
BangShift.com
We were tipped off to this pretty cool site that has a collection of videos featuring four wheel drive vans from the mild, like stocker Quigley conversions all the way up to van monster trucks. Obviously vanning is a subculture in the gearhead world, but we’re wondering if these big four wheelin’, mud slingin’, rock crawlin’, vans fit in with the ‘slammed and hot roddy road going vans we see making a comeback.
The van is certainly on of America’s yoeman vehicles, transporting kids, plumbing equipment, awesome murals with naked chicks on them, drugs, electrical equipment, and musicians and equipment all over the place. The four wheel drive is a real rarity, even in our New England eastern headquarters location, you simply don’t see many. The few we do see aren’t sporting six wheel drive, massive amounts of lift, or the ability to crush cars. This website shows the best of the best, and vans doing some truly crazy stuff.
Jet-Powered Scooter Races Lamborghini Gallardo
Tampa Sports Car Examiner
Which is more crazy? A jet engine on the back of a scooter, or the fact that engine is held to the scooter by a wooden box? Racing a jet powered Vespa against a Lamborghini Gallardo, this has to be one of the craziest races of our time. Truth be told, the scooter does a pretty good job. Check out more jet powered anomalies at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.
Toyota’s Electric Plan: Roll Out The EV’s, But Better Batteries Will Cost You
By Ted Berner
GTwildfire
Toyota has revealed plans to make a non-hybrid, all-electric Prius available in 2012, and will also be rolling out other Toyota EV models in pretty significant numbers. The Prius should offer a more cost-effective option for those ready to take the plunge, edging out the Leaf and easily underbidding GM’s Volt with a pricetag around $28,000. This is good news for the advancement of electric cars, efficiency and energy independence.
However, in the press release on the announcement, Toyota’s product development chief was quoted as saying that “Over time, we would like to offer consumers the option of paying more for a bigger battery and longer range, but that won’t be possible with the first version.” I guess that’s the future of battery technology at Toyota in a nutshell? Bigger + heavier = farther? And you have to pay more for it? The lack of room for thinking about better battery technology in his revelation alone managed to curb my enthusiasm, but battery issues aside, I’m looking forward to Toyota’s new lineup. No doubt the next generation of EV garage modders will again be improving on Toyota’s design.
Credit to Kevin Krolicki and Reuters for this informative article.
Big Bad Benz Truck
Atomicalex
While Mercedes-Benz is known best as a luxury car maker in the US, in Germany, they make and sell everything from tiny city cars to giant city buses. And if it wasn’t raining over here all the time, I might be able to get a decent pic of some of their big stuff. This truck sure deserves one – it’s a purpose-built road-and-rail truck that, you guessed it, runs on train tracks as well as the road. This one is used to clean the rails and the clips and plates that secure the rails to the sleepers and rail ties. A pic of the custom hydraulics for the rail wheels after the jump…
Riding in the Electric Lotus
Neuwerks
A couple of weekends ago I got a call form a close friend who shares a love for European cars, and is also a moderator of a large site devoted to the VW Passat. At the time I was working at a friends local Audi Shop, and I had a strange question asked me when I answered my phone. “Hey I got a Tesla for the day, Wanna go for a ride?” Who would say no to that??
NASA National Championships
By Rob Krider
Racerboy
The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) held their fifth National Championships at Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, Utah. Over 350 drivers raced for glory and over 1.1 million dollars in prizes during the event. You can see photos of all of the 2010 NASA National Champions at Jalopnik. If you want to check out lap times and official results click here.
