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Video: Memory Jog – Revisiting the Mercury Tracer
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Classics , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Mercury Classic Mercury Tracer – Click above to watch the video after the break “It’s peppy,” the salesman said as an enticement to buy… It’s not that the Mazda 323/ Ford Laser-based first-generation Tracer was a bad car, but the Escort apparently called stronger for our own hard-earned dollar, so we drove home in a brand new 1989 wagon. Ford apparently figured this out with the second-generation Tracer, which was joined with the Escort as part of a comprehensive redesign in the early 1990s. Must have been a step in the right direction – that car managed to make it onto Car & Driver’s 10Best list
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Video: Ken Block’s one and only Rally Focus test before Mexico
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Videos , Ford , Racing Ken Block testing the Ford Rally Focus before last weekend’s Rally Mexico – Click above to watch video after the jump A snowy, icy and muddy Greystoke Forest in England probably isn’t the best place for a new rally driver to practice for the WRC’s Rally Mexico , but that’s where Ken Block had to get his testing done, and he had just one day to do it. Follow the jump to watch the DC Shoes maestro getting to grips with his steed. Having already seen the results of the race , it appears he didn’t do all bad. [Source: Monster World Rally ] Continue reading Video: Ken Block’s one and only Rally Focus test before Mexico Video: Ken Block’s one and only Rally Focus test before Mexico originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST.
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Report: Audi working on successor to A2?
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Hatchback , Audi , Rumormill , Electric Audi A1 e-tron concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Seeing the Audi A1 and A1 e-tron concept at this year’s Geneva Motor Show provides proof that the quad-ring automaker is putting a much larger focus on its small car offerings. With that in mind, new rumors are cropping up about a possible successor to the A2 – the quirky little hatch that never came to the U.S. and only had minor success in Europe. “There’s clearly room for another product and another concept between the A3 and A1,” Audi CEO Rupert Stadler told AutoWeek during the Geneva Motor Show.
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Report: Audi working on successor to A2?
Who says Mustangs, Camaros and Challengers don’t race each other?
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Performance , Chevrolet , Dodge , Ford 2010 Ford Mustang Boss 302R – Click above for high-res image gallery Last week in The Wall Street Journal , writer Ben Austen publised an article in which he ruminates on why no one appears to be racing the Detroit Three’s neo-muscle offerings – the Ford Mustang , Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger . That the piece succeeds overwhelmingly at, however, is highlighting the myopia of America’s mainstream press when it comes to motorsports. Many people in media seem to be completely unaware that there are forms of automotive competition other than NASCAR, because the cars the WSJ article focuses on most assuredly are involved in active competition. NASCAR may be the big dog in terms of the number of races, sponsor participation, and even people at the track
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Report: ABC News faked at least one part of runaway Toyota report
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Recalls , Safety , Toyota Late last month we wrote a lengthy post about problems with an ABC News report that purported to show a Toyota Avalon racing out of control without setting a diagnostic fault code. While we primarily focused on the technical side and analyzed whether the problem was realistic, the crew at Gawker took a hard look at the video in question and noticed something fishy. It appears that an editor or producer at ABC felt they could pull a fast one on the audience and used some B-roll in the report showing the tachometer needle sweeping rapidly from near idle to over 6,000 rpm.
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Report: Mahindra to set U.S. Pik-Up launch date in next few weeks
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: SUV , Truck , Work , India , Diesel Mahindra Pik-Up – Click above for high-res image gallery Tired of waiting around for an official launch date for the hotly anticipated (in certain circles, at least) compact diesel pickup truck from Indian automaker Mahindra ? Good news, then. According to a report from Automotive News , the largest utility vehicle maker in India and its U.S.
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Report: Mahindra to set U.S. Pik-Up launch date in next few weeks