By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

Watch as this driver scrapes the curb and backs into another car.  I wonder who has to foot the bill for this accident? Is it the dealership’s fault, or the driver? See more Bugatti Veyron abuse at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Back at the beginning of the 80′s, Ford set out to build a true “World Car”–the Escort–a version of which was to appear on every continent on Earth, making it a global vehicle in a way that hadn’t been earnestly attempted since the Model T. Though I continue to drive a Ford Escort (or two) just about every day, I’d sure never driven an electric car. But with its new global electrification strategy, the next-gen Focus already billed as the company’s next “World Car,” and the all-new electric Focus spearheading its varied fleet of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, Ford is embarking on something far more ambitious than the last world-car effort.

But forget about world domination for a second–let’s talk about the car. On the road, I found the all-electric Focus to be a total darling. Continue reading…

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By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

Proving to the automotive world that there’s more than just corn in Indiana, the Paxton-supercharged Avanti II with a full fiberglass body was quite a hit. Hailing from Studebaker’s South Bend assembly plant and still available today for an affordable $20,000 price tag, the Avanti II is for the handling class vehicle enthusiast. Read more about the road test at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

For many of us, it is a dream to drive a Lamborghini anywhere at anytime. To drive one at 180 mph through Maranello, Italy is just surreal. Captured on video for our viewing pleasure, watch as this fellow Lamborghini enthusiast pushes the test drive limit down the straights of Maranello at over 180 mph. Read more about the test drive at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Ryan Douthit

Drivingsports.com

You may have noticed the country is in a bit of recession. If you still have a job, you’re wondering for how long. If you already lost your job, well, sucks to be you. Either way, you’re probably not shopping for a luxury sedan. Because of that, I will assume only bankers will keep reading this review.

Thanks to the Fed’s recent bailout of Wall Street, and since no one seems to be able to track where, exactly, all that money is being spent, I will therefore suggest to our banker friends it’s an ideal time to consider a new executive sedan.

There is a possible problem with this, however. If you roll up to the office in a Bentley, the New York Times would certainly run your photo and pluck you out as the fall guy for the misappropriation of bailout funds. Your banker buddies would be more than happy to supply the press with made up tales of your faux financial philandering, to divert attention from their own recent purchases: like that island in Cuba Brokerage Bob just bought.

Therefore propriety demands you buy something sensible. Problem is, you want something sporty. That is a pickle… or is it?

Continue reading after the jump.

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