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Trophy wives rejoice! The 2012 Ferrari California will get you to Barney's that much faster thanks to an increase in power to 490 hp and a removal of around 66 pounds — or one Olsen Twin. They've also added a Handling Speciale package for those inclined to drive somewhere other than Madison Avenue. More »
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Dutch gearhead website Autogespot recently posted a set of pics that takes the hot-blonde-in-a-hot-car cliche in an endearing new direction: a Bugatti Veyron spotted in West Hollywood with a golden retriever in the passenger's seat. More »
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Heather Peters was successful in her small claims case against Honda, in which she alleged that the car wasn't getting anywhere near the 50 MPG she says the company advertised her car would get. Although Honda only has to pay her $9,687 for this particular ruling, Peters has essentially laid the groundwork for other owners to make similar claims that could ultimately cost the company an enormous amount of money. More »
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Police and firefighters were frustrated in their attempts to rescue a mom and her two daughters when their 3-series careened off the side of a bridge along the California coast. After hanging there for an hour, who happens along? A couple of SeaBees (Navy Engineers) with just the right forklift for the job. More »
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An 86-year-old woman attempting to park in front of a California bike store on Tuesday confused the brake and accelerator pedals, turning her Cadillac DTS into a barely-guided missile. While the store takes a beating, one customer shows she's quick on her feet — even with crutches. More »
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Monterey Auto Week brought out some of the best vehicles in the world, but they also lured this Maybach driver to a private concours in a Hilton's disabled drivers parking space. Maybe they thought it was for golf handicaps? More »
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Newly released development plans of Apple’s proposed corporate campus, which will look like a galactic portal and will be bigger than the Pentagon, hint at the company’s peculiar indifference to cars. More »
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Today, the California DMV released the following list of 100 banned license plates. The list, accumulated over the past few years, has some obvious offenders. Others, like "3MTA3," are a little trickier to decode. How many of them can you translate? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5830513&view=rss&microfeed=true If you've had a photo of your license plate taken by a Los Angeles red-light camera, great news: Not only is any fine "voluntary," but the cameras will be shut off July 31. Thank heavens. L.A. drivers are so cautious. More »
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The mistreatment of handicapped parking spaces by Los Angeles' celebrities has grown to include singer/actor/girlfriend mistreater Chris Brown, whose having trouble finding spots for his car fleet — including his famous custom-painted P-51 Lamborghini. More »
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It's been some time since we've featured a report from our continuing look at people parking cars like asshats — like L.A. Lakers center Andrew Bynum, caught here sprawling his BMW 650i convertible across two handicapped spaces. More »
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It's been too long since we've heard from Lapo Elkann, plaboy heir to the Agnelli family that controls Fiat/Chrysler. But being nose-deep in work at Fiat doesn't mean he's eschewed all fun — like having Ferrari build him a denim-interior California. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5821260&view=rss&microfeed=true The shutdown of Los Angeles' Interstate 405 this weekend has led residents to dub the ensuing traffic nightmare "Carmegeddon." One option: JetBlue's $4 flights for the 37-mile trek from Long Beach to Burbank on Saturday. Betcha someone checks three bags. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5820964&view=rss&microfeed=true The exemption for Toyota Prius owners to take the high-occupancy lanes of California freeways while driving solo expired today. Now only electric cars can qualify for the permit to reduce smog and increase smug. More »
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Is there a better way to show off a giant new freighter for potential buyers than loading two new Ferraris into the cargo bay at the Paris Air Show? Don't ask Boeing, because when they tried to load this Ferrari FF into its 747-8F cargo plane the equipment broke. How do you say "FAIL" in French? More »
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This was the scene earlier today at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia where the Japan GT was being held. Porsche Cayman S hits Ferrari 360, Ferrari 360 hits Ferrari California as a result, the crowd goes wild. More »
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A driver in a 1987 Chevy Suburban darted through a traffic light near Galveston, Texas this morning and struck a local developer in a Ferrari California. This occurred curiously close to where a certain Bugatti Veyron crashed. Anyone seen a low-flying pelican? More »
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The driver of what's left of this Lotus Exige collided with the driver of the overturned BMW 330ci convertible late last night in Huntington Beach, California. Both were taken to the hospital, yet both somehow survived. More »
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McLaren brought their MP4-12C out to the well known "Cars and Coffee" in Irvine, Ca yesterday morning. If like us, you are nowhere near Southern California and missed the McLaren, this video will have to suffice. More »
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Think of cars and Southern California and 1956, and the first thing that comes to mind is definitely not an infinitesimal Italian road racer. The photo archives of Orange County tell a different story. In those years of wild pastel paintjobs, one Abarth 207A Spyder made it all the way to Anaheim, California. More »
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An 83-year-old California man whose driver's license had been suspended drove on the wrong side of Interstate 5 near San Diego for several miles Friday before a crash that tore his Ford F-150 in half. More »
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For today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe: It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model built before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. More »
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A large chunk of California Highway 330 heading towards Big Bear collapsed Sunday after massive amounts of snow and rain weakened the ground underneath. We wouldn't park that close if we were that CHP. [KTLA] More »
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The Ferrari California is the "entry level" offering from Maranello. Captured here on the streets of London in classic red, its curves are sharply contrasted by the angular orange Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder lurking in the background. (Photo Credit: EdCallow[Torquespeak]) More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5710852&view=rss&microfeed=true Step 1.) Borrow Ferrari. Step 2.) Drive to Buffalo. Step 3.) Get challenged to street race by NYC traffic cop. [VanityFair] More »
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Say you open your '97 Grand Marquis and discover a homeless woman dead in your passenger seat. Do you call someone? Or do you get a box of baking soda and keep driving? A California woman chose the latter. More »
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Google's project to design driverless vehicles raised several questions about the future of driving. But it also raised a more topical question: Are Google's heavily-modified driverless vehicle prototypes even legal? We found out. More »
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Yvonne Still-Nichols' friends made jokes and refused to believe her when she said her car was sucked into a sinkhole near Richmond, California six months ago. The laughing's stopped. A construction crew just found her Honda buried 35 feet underground. More »
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A California couple faces DUI charges after their attempt to video a "ghost ride" with a rented Toyota Yaris ended with the car smashed and a companion hospitalized with head injuries. (H/T to ImmortalSix!) [NCTimes.com] More »
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California police are warning parents to avoid sexual deviants driving vehicles adorned with the creepy-cute Pedobear, mostly because they don't understand the popular meme is meant to describe/identify/chastise licentiousness, not represent it. Next week: avoid the Noid! [Gawker] More »
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This dramatic video shows a vintage car seconds after a rear-end collision trapped the unconscious driver in his burning car in Sherman Oaks, California. Witnesses suddenly appear armed with a crowbar and fire extinguisher to save the driver before disappearing. More »
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A California woman drove into a river while talking to her daughter on a cell phone Saturday. The woman asked her daughter to call the insurance company when the car began to sink. They found her body Sunday. [SFGate] More »
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Eyeball-rattling grunt and cars launched by the hand of God: Drag racing is one of the most awe-inspiring things on wheels. Wired.com's Chuck Squatriglia recently took a closer look at Top Fuel racing — the pinnacle of the sport. —Ed. More »
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If you've ever stood on a sun-drenched, crack-filled piece of lakebed, you'll understand. Even if you haven't, you probably will. Speed. Potential. Horizon. It's all there. I have dreams. God bless California for giving them to me. [via CoolisaColor] More »
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The word "miraculous" scarcely describes the survival of a Santa Maria, California police officer who wrapped his Ford Police Interceptor around a tree Sunday morning. It's what the local Police Chief calls the "worst accident he's seen in 35 years." More »
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In California, 85,000 owners of the Toyota Prius and two other hybrids were granted special stickers providing access to High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, even with a single occupant in the car. That all ends on January 1st. More »
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Harold Voelker didn't initially believe the California Highway Patrol officer who told him his 1956 F-100, stolen 38 years prior, was found in Modesto, California. The truck's got new wheels, new paint, and more power. (H/T to OA5599!) [AP/Chron] More »
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California's so broke. "How broke are they?" California's so broke its state legislature is voting on a measure to direct its DMV to investigate electronic license plates capable of displaying advertising on stopped vehicles. Poor much? (H/T to HDC!) [News10] More »
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