Report: Hundreds of vintage VWs scrapped over Florida zoning [w/video]

Filed under: Classics , Government/Legal , Videos We certainly understand the need to scrap older vehicles. Not only is it impractical to preserve every car that’s ever been built, but why would you want to? That said, decisions to destroy old cars, whether under the auspices of a government program like Cash For Clunkers or by profit motive at an automotive recycler, should be made by informed individuals. That way, vehicles that may have potential as collectibles don’t unnecessarily vanish

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Video: L.L. Bean celebrates century of mucking about with Bootmobile [w/video]

Filed under: Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Design/Style The L.L.Bean Bootmobile is perhaps the diametric opposite of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile , promoting outdoor activity instead of consumption of sodium and saturated-fat-laden sausages. The well-known maker of high quality outdoor goods is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and the Bootmobile has been created as a way to celebrate the product that helped start it all. After being unveiled to L.L

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Report: Mercedes boss Zetsche offends Cubans with Che Guevara joke

Filed under: CES , Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Mercedes-Benz For every college student with a Che Guevara poster on their dorm room walls and a copy of Motorcycle Diaries on their shelves, there are plenty of Americans who remember the communist leader as a cold-blooded killer. That’s the problem with revolutionaries; they’re nothing if not divisive. Mercedes-Benz recently received a first-hand lesson in just how polarizing Guevara himself can be after the company used a massive image of the leader in the company’s presentation on car sharing at CES .

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Official: GM and Disney sign new deal to replace 13-year-old Test Track attraction

Filed under: Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Technology , Chevrolet , GM , Design/Style General Motors has announced that it will continue to work with Disney . The two companies have agreed to renew their long-term partnership to rework the Test Track attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.

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Official: GM and Disney sign new deal to replace 13-year-old Test Track attraction

Official: GM and Disney sign new deal to replace 13-year-old Test Track attraction

Filed under: Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Technology , Chevrolet , GM , Design/Style General Motors has announced that it will continue to work with Disney . The two companies have agreed to renew their long-term partnership to rework the Test Track attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.

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Bugatti Veyron does 1/4 mile in 10.1 sec against Nissan GT-R

Here's a video of the two vehicles at the Palm Beach International Raceway in Florida. As the story goes, the owner of Bugatti was actually at the adjacent road course before being persuaded to take a run on the drag strip.

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Bugatti Veyron does 1/4 mile in 10.1 sec against Nissan GT-R