Monthly Archives: March 2009

Auto Trader Buyers’ Guide

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Isaac Adams-Hands

Free Auto Trader Buyers’ Guide Booklet… Find Specs and Prices on more than 370 new cars and trucks in this free Auto Trader virtual Buyers’ Guide. Continue reading →

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Yesteryears Automobiles: 1999

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Michael Schlee

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With the American Auto Industry in a crisis like it has never faced before, I thought we could take a look back at the past 100 years of American Vehicles to see the highlights (and lowlights) of an industry on the edge of collapse. Continue reading →

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a…..car

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Michael Schlee

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Downforce is a key ingredient for any race car. By increasing the pressure on the tires, a car is capable of taking corners faster.
How do you create downforce on a car? Continue reading →

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Faces of the Geneva Motor Show

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Isaac Adams-Hands

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A retrospective look at the hard working models of the Geneva Motor Show…

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Italy’s I.DE.A Institute to Intro ERA Concept in Geneva

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Isaac Adams-Hands

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Other than the wild and wacky Tokyo auto show, Geneva is the auto event where dreams become reality, or at least take on 3D metal and plastic form. In this particular case the creator is the I.DE.A Institute, an engineering and consultancy company based in Turin, Italy. Continue reading →

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Mazda3 i-stop

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Isaac Adams-Hands

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Engine stop-start systems are becoming more common and not only on hybrid-powered vehicles. Until now, carmakers had used the conventional starter or a starter-generator to restart the engine. Now Mazda engineers have come up with a simple, ingenious and effective way to do it better. Continue reading →

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Top 5 production Geneva debuts, with something to say

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Isaac Adams-Hands

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Chosen, semi-randomly, by Michael Goetz Continue reading →

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Spyker C8 Aileron – Calgary bound

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Isaac Adams-Hands

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At the 79th Geneva Motor Show, the Dutch car builder Spyker unveiled their new car, and it is a stunner. It’s called the C8 Aileron. While mechanically this new version isn’t any different from their previous offering, hence it still has an Audi sourced 4.2-liter, V8, producing 400 hp. Thanks to its 354 lb/ft of torque it can propel from 0-100 km/h in just 4.5 seconds, and onto a top speed of 300 km/h. Continue reading →

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Aston Martin – Three Divas on Stage

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Isaac Adams-Hands

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Aston Martin was showing three new cars in Geneva, in addition to the Lagonda Concept (see other story). Profitable for the past four years and led by a dynamic private consortium since 2007, it has obviously not been hit by the recessionary tide wave, yet. The guys from Newport Pagnell are even mounting an assault on Le Mans with a brace of Lola-Aston Martin LMP1 racers to try and repeat Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori’s historic win in a DBR1, on its fiftieth anniversary. Continue reading →

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Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Isaac Adams-Hands

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Maserati is committed to introduce a new model at every international auto show. That’s got to be a challenge for a specialty marque, like Maserati. So some shows will apt to get the “minor” revision reveals, and such was the case at Geneva. The new model on display was the GranTurismo S Automatic Continue reading →

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