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Harrington’s half-size classics to start pint-sized car nuts early
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Classics , Etc. , Mercedes-Benz , Toys/Games Harrington Group’s replica Mercedes-Benz 300SL – Click above for image gallery Want your little car nut to stand out from the neighborhood pack of wheeled terrors? Go for one of these fantastic looking half-scale classics from the Vietnam-headquartered Harrington Group , and wave goodbye to mediocre renditions of roadgoing vehicles as little Bobby (or Bobbie) cruises in style.
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Harrington’s half-size classics to start pint-sized car nuts early
MotoGP 2010: Don’t call it a comeback at Misano… just yet [SPOILER]
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports , Performance , Motorcycle , Celebrities , Racing When Dani Pedrosa left Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week, there’s little doubt he was the envy of his fellow MotoGP contenders. The Spaniard clinched victory, proving that he possessed not only the speed, but also the fortitude to truly challenge Jorge Lorenzo. The question on everyone’s mind was this: Could Pedrosa and Repsol Honda really mount a solid comeback?
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MotoGP 2010: Don’t call it a comeback at Misano… just yet [SPOILER]
Video: Audi channels ’50s street racing scene for A1 photo shoot?
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Europe , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Hatchback , Audi Audi A1 meets ’50s cool – Click above to watch video after the jump We’ll be honest: we have no idea what’s going on in the video after the jump. Near as we can tell, Audi wanted to work up a photo shoot for its new A1 subcompact, so the company dialed up two members of the band Tokio Hotel, packed a warehouse with 22 pieces of classic iron and went to town. Yeah, we don’t quite get it ourselves.
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Video: Audi channels ’50s street racing scene for A1 photo shoot?
Pushrods in Perpetuity
Posted by: | CommentsPushrods in Perpetuity The eternal small-block. Will pushrod engines last forever? Probably not, but in April, General Motors announced that it’s investing $890 million in a new, fifth-generation small-block V-8.
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Ariel Atom celebrates 10 years, shows off Atom 500 V8 to lucky few
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Coupe , Performance , UK , Specialty The Ariel Atom is a lightweight, high-performance sports car which started life as a design project by then-student Nik Smart. Ten years later, the Atom has progressed through three iterations, and there are plans to expand the Atom family with the creation of a motorcycle and the upcoming Ariel Atom 500 V8 . The bike is still being developed, but some lucky Atom owners got a sneak peek at the V8-powered variant. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, Ariel invited owners from around the globe to converge on their Crewkerne, Somerset headquarters.
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Report: Mitsubishi i-MiEV to be upgraded for the U.S.
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Hatchback , Mitsubishi , Electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV – Click above for high-res image gallery Mitsubishi is getting ready to roll out its electric i-MiEV in the United States, which is expected to arrive in late 2011. When it does land on our shores, it will be larger than its Japanese- and Euro-spec cousins. Gregory Adams, head of marketing and product planning for Mitsubishi Motors North America, states that the changes were required to meet U.S. crash regulations and to conform to our super-sized tastes
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