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June 28, 2010
Top Ten Vehicles That Need to Come Back
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Most of these vehicles should never have disappeared in the first place, but all of them need to come back. Now. Let me know what you think of my list. What did I miss?
Ford Bronco
I really don’t know what Ford is waiting for. Seems like a no brainer to me.
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June 22, 2010
Cheap Porsches
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Ryan and I were just talking about the rumor that Porsche might be working on a successor to the Porsche 928. Which led me to this hilarious Top Gear episode. I still really like and miss the front engine Porsches from the 70s and 80s. And yes, you can get them cheap…
June 18, 2010
Nice Work Hyundai
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
A few days ago Porsche rightly snubbed Mini after Mini challenged them to a race. Well, now Hyundai has jumped into the mix and has challenged Mini to a race. This I want to see.
June 10, 2010
Human Powered Car: Ferdinand GT3 RS
Tampa Sports Car Examiner
A cross between going green and setting a new record around Nürburgring, the Ferdinand GT3 RS is totally human powered. Fast in appearance but slow in real life, the Ferdinand version of the Porsche GT3 RS is capturing audiences of the human powered car all around the world. Is this thing a joke, or is it for real? Read more about the Ferdinand GT3 RS at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.
June 1, 2010
Farming Out Work
Grassroots Motorsports
I know that most of us like to work on our own cars, but sometimes you need to call in an expert. I recently scored a used duck tail for my 911, but to be honest I don’t have the time and skill to R&R it myself. It’s situations like that that warrant an expert. Tom Prescott, owner of The Body Werks, has been getting my new lid back in shape. In a perfect world, the painted lid and the car link up later today. Ah, progress.
April 30, 2010
Gold Porsche 996 Turbo on eBay
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
April 27, 2010
Porsche Museum
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Of course while I was in Stuttgart I had to stop by the Porsche Museum! Check out my walk-around video below and see all the pics in our events section! My friend Jean also took some great shots of the sliced up 911s in the design display.
March 30, 2010
Exotics at Redmond Town Center: Bringing Cars and Families Together On Sunny Saturdays
By Sam Barer
Sound Classics
I can count the number of Lamborghinis I saw driving on the road in Washington State in the 1970s and 1980s on one hand. Hell, I can count this on one finger–which represents the time in 1988 when I followed a red Countach up Clyde Hill in my 1977 Chrysler LeBaron.
But now, with Exotics At Redmond Town Center, at 8:30 AM on any given non-raining Saturday any of us can see more Lamborghinis in one day than I did in twenty years. The same goes for Ferraris, Maseratis, Lotuses, and other high end vehicles. Read on…
March 19, 2010
Eddie Bello Breaks Porsche Record
Tampa Sports Car Examiner
The standing mile run Porsche record was recently broken by Eddie Bello and his Porsche 911 turbo. Setting the new top speed at 236.61 miles per hour, Eddie is going to run again in the near future using more boost and larger injectors thanks to his new racing fuel “Ignite“. Read more about the record breaking at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.
March 5, 2010
Top Ten Automotive Things About Which I Disagree With Most Other Automotive Journalists
By Sam Barer
Sound Classics
If you read the major car publications it’s easy to get the feeling that all automotive journalists agree on everything. When journalists sing universal praise, throw jeers or are notoriously silent, it’s hard for readers to disregard.
There are plenty of conspiracy theories that blame editors beholden to advertisers scaring writers into not even trying to say something good about one car or bad about another. Personally, I buy more into the explanation of groupthink, as it’s easy to be confident in your opinion when others have come to the same conclusion time and time again.
I, however, being totally independent (not to mention subtle-as-a-chainsaw) have no problem saying where I differ from the rest. So here is my list of Top Ten Automotive Things About Which I Disagree With My Colleagues.
10) Chrysler 300C: I’ve owned plenty of Chryslers in my time, so maybe this is why I approached the 300C with a more critical eye. Consequently, I never liked the 300C (and its lesser variations) as much as the rest of the automotive journalists.
Everyone else saw a good-looking car with ample power from the “Hemi V8″. I saw past the nice styling and focused on a huge car with sub-Honda Accord-sized leg and knee room (courtesy of typically ultra-thick, but not very comfortable front seats). As nice as the Hemi (sans hemispherical combustion chambers) was, it couldn’t overcome the totally numb steering and spongy braking that made the car feel cumbersome. Plus, as someone who lived through Chrysler ownership, there was always the certainty that the 300C would be just like Chrysler’s other vehicles — engineered at low cost to ensure high failures, which would only be made worse by one of the most poorly trained dealer service networks in America.
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