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We resisted the temptation today to pull our own shenanigans, mostly because tearing the wraps off a fake photoshopped Ford Ranchero was too obvious. Similarly, calling a fold to the sham that is Chryslerberus would have just been plain mean. Luckily, we knew the online automotive world would pick up the slack. Sure enough we were right, and we quickly found ourselves inundated with all kinds of April Fools' hijinks. Without further ado, below are the ten most amusing automotive hoaxes of the day. Make sure to vote for your favorite.
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Ten Best...Or Worst...April Fools' Day Automotive Gags
We resisted the temptation today to pull our own shenanigans, mostly because tearing the wraps off a fake photoshopped Ford Ranchero was too obvious. Similarly, calling a fold to the sham that is Chryslerberus would have just been plain mean. Luckily, we knew the online automotive world would pick up the slack. Sure enough we were right, and we quickly found ourselves inundated with all kinds of April Fools' hijinks. Without further ado, below are the ten most amusing automotive hoaxes of the day. Make sure to vote for your favorite.
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8:25 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
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Latest by n/a: It looks like an additional apostrophe escaped from your ass there, Mr. Senior Editor. Ray, your mother is a fine woman, I doubt she wear's anything inappropriate, and I was so personally touched by that puff piece in New York about more »
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[UPDATE: Also check out our top ten list of the best...or was it the worst...April Fools' Day automotive gags.] Occasionally, an automaker likes to have a little fun on April Fools' Day by announcing a car so ridiculous it couldn't possibly be real. Unfortunately, what happens more often than not is that an automaker will announce a car so ridiculous that it couldn't possible be real... and it is. Some are poorly-styled and ill-conceived, while others seem to fill no foreseeable niche other than a need to show they're doing something, anything. Below is our list of new cars that are punch lines to jokes no one ever told (i.e. the least dragon-able new cars). [UPDATE: We've added a poll so you can proclaim the most foolish car of them all]
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Seven New Cars We Wish Were April Fools' Day Jokes
[UPDATE: Also check out our top ten list of the best...or was it the worst...April Fools' Day automotive gags.] Occasionally, an automaker likes to have a little fun on April Fools' Day by announcing a car so ridiculous it couldn't possibly be real. Unfortunately, what happens more often than not is that an automaker will announce a car so ridiculous that it couldn't possible be real... and it is. Some are poorly-styled and ill-conceived, while others seem to fill no foreseeable niche other than a need to show they're doing something, anything. Below is our list of new cars that are punch lines to jokes no one ever told (i.e. the least dragon-able new cars). [UPDATE: We've added a poll so you can proclaim the most foolish car of them all]
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3:16 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Matt Hardigree
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Latest by n/a: The Routan is so named because Volkswagen had the letters already moulded from their Touran badges. As to the BMW X6, the AMC Eagle SX/4 did the whole coupé-Jeep crossover thing so much better. more »
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Truckers Stage April Fools' Day Slowdowns, Strikes
A wide swath of small trucking companies and independent truckers everywhere will be staging a protest of sorts today. Truckers will be slowing their rigs down and parking them as a protest against both fuel prices and perceived industry unfairness. They're mad as hell about the meteoric rise in the price of diesel fuel over the last two years and they're not going to take it anymore. Making things doubly maddening is the odd way in which diesel — a more crude product which requires less refinement and delivers more gallons per barrel — is rising in a decoupled manner from gasoline, first surpassing gas prices and then leaving them in the dust. We suspect the sort-of-a-strike will fall on deaf ears, but we understand the sentiment. [NYTimes]
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What's The Best Car Prank You've Ever Pulled?
Historically speaking, April Fools Day is an opportunity for horribly unfunny people to be even less funny. We thought April Fool's Day had been cancelled this year so we didn't bother coming up with silliness for you. Which is probably a good thing because really, who wants to read made-up stuff when we can hear about what type of auto-related pranks you've pulled. We're looking for primo prankage here. Everyone has put a car on blocks, covered the windows with embarrassing shoe-polished messages and saran wrapped it like so much leftover Christmas ham. More »
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Allroad Fools Day? Volkswagen's Alleged Cross Phaeton
Of course, we're suspicious of the timing of Autoweek.nl's reveal of the alleged Volkswagen "Cross Phaeton." The shots indicate a new Phaeton with a body kit and higher ground clearance, along with a 220-hp 2.0-liter TDI. They say it'll be revealed at the New York auto show this week. We say they should have added a periscope and a bust of Ferdinand Pi ch as a hood ornament. Then again, they could be using it to announce the return of the Phaeton in the US. That would be sheer madness. More »
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Spy Photos: Henry Ford To Debut New "Horseless Carriage" In New York This Week?
We've been covering this whole "horseless carriage" phenomenon for some time, but we're hearing this guy down the road from here's got a new way of making them. He's calling it "mass production" and it sounds like the cat's meow. In fact, with an emphasis on making workers jobs on this "assembly line" totally unimportant and meaningless, it's going to drop the cost of making these newfangled people-carriers to even the point that you or I can pick one up. And they're efficient — we're hearing the car, powered by a four-cylinder engine, will hit speeds of up to 45 miles an hour, and get 25 to 30 miles per gallon. Our spy photogs snapped the machine, which he's called the "Model T," and the machine's main man, Henry Ford, outside of his Dearborn-based "Motor Company" — hmm — we wonder. If he ends up calling it Ford, maybe we could start calling it Fo-Mo-Corp, or something like that. Anyway, we've no idea whether he'll be bringing it to New York this week — but we'll be on site in case he does, flash powder at the ready! More »
3:34 PM on Sun Apr 1 2007
By Ray Wert
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Latest by TPSreports: Gasoline in 1908 cost about 20 cents a gallon. Inflation-adjusted, that would be $4.20 a gallon today. Oh, and most gasoline didn't have any tax back then. more »
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B-List Action Figure Found Dead on Lawn in New Jersey
Action figure Steve Houston was found dead in his "Earth Speeder" vehicle at a residence in Montvale, New Jersey early Sunday morning. Houston, who was once described as "sucky" and "who the hell is that?" was purchased from P&J's Stationary in New Brunswick on December 25, 1978 by a local man. Sources say the man, Uncle Jeff, now 60, had been out drinking with his girlfriend the evening before, and allegedly chose Houston's "Intergalactec [sic] Playset" over a bag of Crazee Novelty pick-up sticks and a copy of Teen Beat featuring Leif Garrett. The Montvale Coroner's office has yet to rule out foul play, but a spokesperson said suicide was likely the cause of death. Acquaintances say Houston had been despondent for years, after having been deemed "lame-ass," and spent the next 27 years in and out of the attic, emerging only once a year for an annual tag sale. In his later years, Houston did enjoy a resurgence in popularity when he was featured several times on the eBay web site. But friends say he'd been unhappy with the "Buy it Now" offer that promised to banish him to a home in St. Louis, Missouri in April. Police ask anyone with information regarding the incident to just forget the whole thing ever happened and go on with their lives. More »
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