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Holden, the Australian-born unit of General Motors, has gone back in time like Doc Brown, restoring its very first concept car — the 1969 Holden Hurricane. Not only does it still look insanely gorgeous over 40 years later, but the advanced technologies it displayed — a rear-view camera, route guidance system and digital instruments — show yet again why GM's down-under division was years ahead of its time. More »
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With Hurricane Irene barreling toward New York City, I've decided to stay behind in my Manhattan Financial District apartment — located smack-dab in the middle of "Evacuation Zone A." Keep refreshing this page as I live-blog the storm from my perch above lower Manhattan providing either the first pictures of Hurricane Irene New York City damage — or a whole lot of nothing. (LAST UPDATED - 8:17 PM EST) More »
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Below is a video of WTTG's Tucker Barnes casually giving a live report on Hurricane Irene today from Ocean City, Maryland while drenched in what he described as "organic matter" that "doesn't taste great." I wonder why it didn't taste great? More »
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This photo from the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) shows something never seen - and certainly not on what should be a busy Saturday afternoon in August: an empty Grand Central Station. With all transit in the New York area closed, the terminal is a big empty barn. If you're watching TV news they'll probably call it "Death Central Station." More »
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At its core, Holden's Hurricane concept used a tubular space frame to support a Holden V8 — all covered in an impressively attractive wedge-shaped fiberglass body. [Supercars via cartefact] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5702511&view=rss&microfeed=true Hurricane Earl could skirt the East Coast. Here's our automotive hurricane preparation guide. Step one? Read it. More »
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In car design, the wedge is something we can appreciate. Here's our list of the top ten most influential wedge-shaped designs of the 60s, 70s and 80s. More »
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Gas prices? Pshaw! Who cares? It's Deutschland tuning day today on Jalopnik apparently as G-Power's just revealed the successor to their G-Power M5 Hurricane with the G-Power M6 Hurricane Convertible. While the M5 got the big 730 HP BI-Kompressor, G-Power's used some kind of radical German-Power technique they're calling "softcharging" to provide 635 HP for the drop-top. That's still up from the 507 HP in the "standard" 5.0-liter V10 under the hood of the "base" model M6. Full power details in the press release below the jump, and all this can be yours for a mere 183,000€ ($285,387). Yes, the "base" M6 is included. Well, after the Neiman Marcus M6 sold out in 92 seconds, we guess it makes sense to up the price on an up-charged version — you know, supply and demand. More »
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Based on the electric powertrain of the Mixim concept, Paolo Martin's Hurricane sits much lower on a stretched wheelbase. The exaggerated proportions of the car are intended to make the Mixim's advanced technology more desirable and acceptable to the general public as well as drastically reducing the coefficient of drag. More »
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The German tuners all about powerful precision have put together one heckuva package for the BMW M5. They're calling it the Hurricane and they're claiming the $130,000+ package (or if you don't own the M5 already, just buy the package plus an M5 for a mere $352,584) makes the M5 the "fastest and most powerful street-legal BMW." It's hard to argue with those numbers when you've got a five-liter V10 engine under the hood with G-Power's own "EVO II" supercharging system capable of delivering a reported 730 HP and a top speed of 211 MPH. That's one fast M5. Full press release after the jump. More »
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In a move tantamount to selling the Brooklyn Bridge, the New Orleans public school system decided to sell off one of the 250+ school buses damaged from Hurricane Katrina. These are the same school buses which could have been available post-Katrina for evacuation of residents, but instead were parked in lots below sea level. Did we mention they were rendered unusable due to flooding? Yeah, they were. Like any enterprising scool district faced with leaving a great number of children behind, they put it up on eBay, figuring someone would decide the bus was their "it." Well, good move, cause the rusting wreck received bids approaching $6,700! Talk about money for nothin', right? Well, not so fast. In a Chertoff-like display of bureaucratic ignorance, the school system's lawyer nixed the sale temporarily due to an administrative oversight. Jeez...can't New Orleanians get a break just once? More »
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According to a report in the Detroit News, Ford plans to revive its torquey, 6.2-liter "Hurricane" V8 engine program for its trucks, after having cancelled it earlier this year. The engine, which had been named after the violent atmospheric disturbance that dare not speak its name, considering what it did to New Orleans last year (which, some say, is why Ford may not use that particular moniker), will make an appearence in F-Series and other trucks, making them competitive with Chrysler's 6.1-liter, 425-hp SRT8 Hemi. Of course, the real question is, what else will have a Hurricane? More »
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