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project car hell

Project Car Hell, Arc-Weld Your Soul Edition: Electric 911 or Electric Spitfire?

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, we saw the triple-'49-Mercury deal obliterate the six-four by what may be the biggest-ever margin in Choose Your Eternity Poll history: 80-20 for the Mercuries in the Low And Slow Edition poll. Today we've become so excited over the possibility that the $30,000 $40,000 Chevy Volt will be on the street in the not-so-distant future that we're going electric, and we're not talking about golf carts or even AMCs here- no, we mean electric vintage European sports cars!
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5:20 PM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,628 views, 50 comments

Latest by Van Sarockin: @junkman: About twenty years ago a friend of mine was knee deep in a project to convert a perfectly serviceable '70 Mustang to electric power. I think he planned to use about twenty standard lead-acid car batteries more »

tata nano

Tata Nano To Get Two-Cylinder Turbo-Diesel Power, Bajillion Miles Per Gallon

The Economic Times of India is reporting Tata has teamed up with German engineering firm FEV (who's also developing the hybrid system on the Mahindra Scorpio) to bring an 800 cc, turbocharged, two-cylinder diesel to the engine bay of the Tata Nano. Already blessed with a $2500 price tag and rumored to have a compressed air engine on the way, the story of the Nano just keeps getting more and more interesting. More »

1:00 PM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,501 views, 38 comments

project car hell

Project Car Hell, Low And Slow Edition: 1964 Impala or 1949 Mercury Trio?

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! In our last plunge into the Lake Of Fire, we saw the Alpine A310 stomp the Matra Murena like Napoleon pulverizing the Russians in the Battle of Austerlitz, with a decisive 70-30 split in the poll. Today we're going to go from PCH Édition Débâcle to something a little closer to home: Lowrider Project Hell!
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5:20 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,584 views, 46 comments

Latest by IamZardoz: Screw lowrider; Id make:1 "Cobra-Mobile",1 "James Dean-Mobile" and1 "Pharoah-Mobile!" more »

2008 detroit grand prix

Emerson Fittipaldi To Pace 2008 Detroit Grand Prix in E85 Corvette Z06

At today's NextCruise announcement, automakers dragged out their leanest, meanest, greenest vehicles as a backdrop for the action. Of course, the fact that they were all SUVs was a bit ironic. But also on hand was a hot Corvette Z06 modified for Detroit Grand Prix pace duty and sipping E85 fuel. While no announcement was made, racing legend Emerson Fittipaldi's name is planted smack-dab on the driver's side B-pillar, making it pretty clear who's going to be at the helm during the 2008 Detroit Grand Prix.

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4:00 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
709 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: Ok. Chevy tuned a Z06 Vette for E85. And? more »

2010 lightning gt

700HP Lightning GT Electric Sports Car Goes 200 Miles On 10 Minute Charge

With an electric motor at each wheel, the UK-built Lightning GT, unveiled yesterday at the British Motor Show, is said to produce a total of 700 HP. According to the company, the Lightning's nanotechnology battery pack will provide a 200-mile range on a ten-minute charge. Those are mighty big numbers to be throwing around, but with precious little known about the batteries, it makes it hard for us to validate the claims without independent testing. What we do know after the jump.

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10:59 AM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By Andrew Stoy
14,891 views, 82 comments

Latest by n/a: I'm not saying anything, I just wanted to try to stop the naysaying I see whenever anyone reports on an EV that might actually be decent. more »

retro

GM Firebird Turbine Concepts Visiting California, Pennsylvania

This fall, the General Motor Heritage Collection will be shipping all three of Harley Earl's turbine-powered Firebird dream cars, first to Pebble Beach and then to Hershey, PA. The 'birds normally reside in Michigan, so if you live near CA or PA, now's your chance to see retro-futuristic turbine optimism in the flesh. More »

5:20 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Mark Arnold
1,190 views, 20 comments

2009 nice mycar

NICE MyCar, A Study On How To Shrink A Suzuki X90

Meet the NICE MyCar, an all-electric runabout styled by the house of Giugiaro and expected to be on sale in the UK this fall. Debuting alongside the NICE Ze-O today at the British Motor Show, the MyCar is built around a tubular space-frame draped with a fiberglass body, all powered with electrons flowing through an unknown storage and motive apparatus. With charging times running in the eight-hour timeframe, a 40 MPH top end and a 40 mile range, the $17,882 Suzuki X90 rip-off will be a tough sell to all but the most smug of envirodorks.

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1:20 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
929 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: De Tomaso Mangusta, Maserati Ghibli .......NICE MyCar. How the mighty have fallen. more »

industry news

Lotus Boss Says New, High-Performance Mid-Engined Supercar Coming In 2010

Moments after unveiling the Lotus Evora, Lotus Group CEO Mike Kimberley announced the brand would continue its expansion with two more new platforms. This means Lotus will be shifting to a three-platform model, with the Elise and Europa on the smallest chassis, the Evora occupying the second platform and a new, high-performance mid-engined supercar on a third, expected to debut in 2010. To top it off, Kimberly stated all three platforms would be refreshed or debuted within the next five years. More »

9:40 AM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,697 views, 25 comments

Latest by Mike the Dog: @Mike the Dog: In light of today's Press release, it looks like my second guess wasn't too far off. [jalopnik.com] [scroll down to first press release] more »

project car hell

Project Car Hell, Debacle Edition: Matra Murena or Alpine A310?

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! I really wanted to call today's matchup Édition Débâcle, but the heads of our beloved Server Hamsters tend to explode when they're forced to deal with weird furrin letters in our headlines, and headless hamsters don't run on wheels. Never mind the English-only hamsters, though, because we've got to choose between two equally impossible desirable French cars.
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5:20 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,558 views, 50 comments

Latest by donkeyassman: Renault Alpines are fucking sweet. I think that dude with the mean sounding one in the video up top posts on a Peugeot message board I frequent.. Anyway like I always say I want both and theres nothing a whole more »

industry news

Avis Promotes European "Three-Minute Guarantee," Prepares To Hand Out Lots Of Vouchers

Avis car rental is planing to offer a three-minute guarantee for its "Avis Preferred" members at all European locations. Within three minutes of entering the premises, these premium customers will be guaranteed to be done with the rental transaction; if the elapsed time is over the limit, the customer will be getting a €30 or £20 voucher in the mail. The company plans to continue its three-hour, 33-minute guarantee at all U.S. locations for the foreseeable future. [NewsPress]

1:40 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
418 views, 10 comments

Latest by junkman: Last year, I waited 20 minutes for the Avis counter to open at CDG in Paris. Even though I was the first customer in line, it took them another 15 minutes to figure out they didn't have the car I more »

technicolor crap

The Ten Worst Production Car Color Combinations

Last week we asked you to imagine the worst car color combination. You came up with so many amazing responses of production cars with catastrophic color choices, we've used them to compile a top ten list of the best of the worst. Hit the jump to for the ten worst production car color combinations and see how far we've come since Henry Ford famously told customers they could have the Model A in any color so long as it was black. Also vote for your worst choice in the poll at the end. More »

Feature

1:00 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Matt Hardigree
23,113 views, 116 comments

Latest by n/a: There's one of those Golf cars around here - I never knew that was a production paint job! I just assumed it belonged to someone very quirky, or else someone frugal who wrecked their car and had to salvage parts more »

found on ebay

Want A Genuine EV1 Owner's Manual? A Million Bucks And It's Yours!

Whether or not you start boiling with rage at the mere mention of the EV1, you can't dispute the fact they were rare to begin with and are all but nonexistent now. So what's a genuine, original EV1 Owner's Handbook worth? How about a $1,000,000 Buy It Now price on eBay? We're pretty sure the seller is just shooting for a big offer, so the buyer who shells out $500 for it feels like he or she got a great deal, but who knows? Thanks to 57Sweptside for the tip! [eBay Motors]

12:00 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,482 views, 24 comments

Latest by deadatbirth: its a bargain now...$100k more »

2009 th!nk city

Th!nk All-Electric City Car Coming To US In 2009

Ever-struggling long-experienced electric car maker Th!nk is planning on bringing the City to our cities in the US next year, allowing you to go gas-free, Norwegian-style. The little car has a 126-mile range on an overnight charge, and if you give the batteries a workout, the City will top out at 65 MPH. It's going to take a while to get there, though: Despite its top speed, they've only listed a 0-50 time of 16 seconds, leaving us to assume their stopwatch doesn't read high enough to record a proper 0-60 time. More specs and full release after the jump. More »

10:00 AM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Mark Arnold
1,832 views, 44 comments

Latest by Bad Juju: @yellofury * * * * *: Thats not just the ZENN thats limited to 25, but anything classified as a 'Neighborhood Electric Vehicle' What steams me, though, is that they're allowed to drive on streets with up to 35 mph more »

2010 chevy camaro

First Driving Video Of The New Chevy Camaro!

Well, first driving video of the production version of the 2010 Chevy Camaro, anyway. Sure, there's been two-and-a-half years of spy photos, videos and what have you, but here's B-Roll of the real deal. It goes like a nice Chianti with the leaked photos revealed on Friday, some fava beans and the live reveal you'll see here tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 PM. Sure, we wish there were some sounds of the new Chevy Camaro to go along with the video. Unfortunately, some silly site* we liberated this GM PR video from (its from an 800-lb consumer site with the inside line on how to get video from Chevy) decided to do a voice over instead of giving enthusiasts the chance to really here that Camaro purr. Bad consumer site, bad! Whatever. Anyway, hit the jump for our galleries on the new muscle car from the General.

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10:18 PM on Sun Jul 20 2008
By Ray Wert
5,774 views, 56 comments

Latest by cobra007: SWEEEEET.........but what is the RS model v6 or v8? more »

2010 ford mustang

2010 Ford Mustang Leads Pony Parade At Road America

A heavily camouflaged 2010 Ford Mustang took to the track on "Ford Mustang Day" during the Road America festivities this weekend in the land of cheese and onions called Wisconsin. Ford's calling it a special public "debut" of the 2010 Mustang, which served as the pace car for the vintage racing field during the weekend's races. We're told the leather and fishnets it's sporting are its "special 'camo' package." Special? Package? Here we thought it was just to keep Ford design secrets safe. Now Ford's got us hoping this "special package" will become an actual for-purchase package for the new muscular pony car. But we doubt that dream will ever become a reality. What is a reality is Ford's trying desperately to blunt the huge wave of press for the 2010 Chevy Camaro accidentally revealed on Friday. Oh yes, and also to blunt the somewhat smaller wave of press generated by our review of the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8. We hope. OK, probably not.

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Spy Photos

4:30 PM on Sun Jul 20 2008
By Ray Wert
3,515 views, 36 comments

Latest by n/a: People! Everyone was ticked when GM started showing the Camaro too early, now there's complaints that Ford's not showing a naked Mustang....come on sheesh! /rant off more »

2010 chevy camaro

The New Chevy Camaro In A Skittles-Like Rainbow Of Colors, What's Your Favorite?

Although we've already seen the 2010 Chevy Camaro revealed in three colors, the crazy kids over at CarScoop have decided the new Chevy Camaro RS needs to be seen in more than just plain-Jane colors like red, yellow and silver. They've Photoshopped a veritable Skittles-like rainbow of colorgasmic flavors for the new Chevy Camaro. Check out the front ends over here, then head on over to CarScoop to check out the hot rear action. Although we''re partial to pink on the new mullet-mobile, what's your favorite flavor? Better question — anyone want to take a few moments in P-shop themselves to mock up what colors and decals you'd drop atop Chevy's new muscle car? We'll do a post showing off the best tomorrow afternoon before the official unveiling at 4:00 PM EST.

[via CarScoop]

10:53 AM on Sun Jul 20 2008
By Ray Wert
4,576 views, 134 comments

Latest by n/a: @CARBONFIBER: It could sure use some CARBON FIBER! more »

project car hell

PCH, Turbo Offenhauser Euro Sedan Edition: Peugeot 404 or Rover 2000?

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! In our last matchup, the big-block '72 Ford Torino took advantage of Graverobber's Mad Max-themed PCH Tirade™ to unleash the Lord Humungus' dogs of war upon the '70 Mercury Cougar. Today, we return to a couple of familiar themes rolled into one: the perennial Britain-versus-France PCH Superpower battle and good ol' Fun With Engine Swaps!
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5:30 PM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,909 views, 65 comments

Latest by n/a: Peugeot The Rover was made during some of the worst worker-management times in British motoring history. (say from 1910-2008 to be exact)Those that could not strike took it out on the cars they built. When a Frenchman strikes he stays at home more »

gibbs aquada

Gibbs To Set Up Shop In Detroit, Finally Build Aquada Amphibious Car

After the announcement earlier this month that Saleen is teaming with Gibbs for development and manufacturing work on their amphibious Gibbs Aquada, news comes down Gibbs is setting up their corporate offices in the Detroit Suburb of Auburn Hills. After a ten year development cycle, a million man hours of work, and $100 million invested in the project, the final steps are being taken to put the automotive platypus into production. More »

11:15 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,114 views, 41 comments

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