Archive for July, 2009

Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 7.30.09

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Big Wheel All Grown Up - SS Trike to enter AMD World Championship

Filed under: Motorcycle

Olmax Fabrication SS Trike - Click above for high-res image gallery
With the AMD Official World Championship for Custom Bike Building in Sturgis right around the corner, now’s the time we look forward to some real innovation coming from the American V-twin crowd - just not quite the kind of forward-thinking we see here. […]

Pics Aplenty: Mr. Norm’s 426 Hemi Challenger and Cuda Convertible

Filed under: Aftermarket, Convertible, Performance, Dodge
Mr. Norm’s 426 Hemi Cuda Convertible - Click above for a high-res image gallery
With Chrysler’s woes leaving plenty of room to go gangbusters with Dodge Challenger variants, Florida-based Mr. Norm’s Garage is determined to fill any gaps that need to be filled, particularly high horsepower and convertible models. The legendary […]

2010 Subaru Impreza pricing announced, Premium model $1,000 cheaper

Filed under: Car Buying, Budget, Sedan, Japan, Hatchback, Subaru

Subaru Impreza - click above for high-res image gallery
Good news for you folks in Colorado. Subaru has released pricing for the 2010 Impreza, and while most of the new models are the same price as the ’09s, one model gets a price cut. Not only that, […]

CARS tells dealers how to kill a C4C’s engine

Filed under: Government/Legal

Cash for Clunkers can be a bit complicated, what with last minute rule changes and the multitudes of stipulations ingrained into the program. However, one aspect of C4C that leaves little to the imagination is what happens when a vehicle is turned in under the program: The engine is permanently wrecked, and the […]

Spy Shots: Grand Bentley covered in camo before Pebble Beach unveiling

Filed under: Spy Photos, Sedan, Bentley, Misc. Auto Shows, Luxury

Spy Shots: Grand Bentley - Click above for a high-res image gallery
Like every big reveal of the past few years, Bentley has decided to dish outa seriesof teasers before unveiling its new model to the world. Thankfully, we’re only a few weeks away from the Grand […]

Live Reveal: 2010 Suzuki Kizashi unveiled!

Filed under: Sedan, Suzuki, Luxury

2010 Suzuki Kizashi - Click above for high-res image gallery
We’ve gone to some unusual places for new product unveilings, but today’s reveal of a new mid-sized sedan from Suzuki may be one of the most ironic. For some reason, the small automaker of mostly small cars chose a World War II […]

VIDEO: Young Jezza? Jeremy Clarkson gets his gangsta rap on… sort of.

Filed under: Videos, Celebrities, Humor

Jeremy Clarkson Rap - Click above to watch the video after the jump
We don’t have to tell you that we’re big fans of Top Gear, and lucky for us, most of you are, too. We’ve seen the show’s star, Jeremy Clarkson, do plenty of things ranging from clever to wonky in […]

REPORT: Cash for Clunkers could be dead tonight [UPDATE]

Filed under: Car Buying, Classics, Government/Legal

Congress allocated close to $1 billion for the Cash for Clunkers program. That’s billion with nine zeros. And all that money might be gone by midnight tonight. This, according to reports by both the Detroit Free Press and Edmunds AutoObserver. We learned earlier that the C4C program has proved to […]

Ruh Oh: Florida drops all charges against woman framed by police for traffic accident

Filed under: Etc.

Click above to view the video after the jump
This is just… well, decide for yourselves. A Hollywood, Florida police officer rams into the back of a woman’s car. Three other cops arrive on the scene and they concoct a fictional story about a cat jumping out of a car, and the officer thinking […]