Speaking Of AMC Engines, Here's That 1982 AMC Eagle

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:20:00 EDT

Despite our apprehension at the idea of that rust free 1982 AMC Eagle from Craigslist yesterday, it appears to be real. We're still not sayin' it's cancer free because we aren't seeing rocker panel closeups but still, this thing looks like it was put in a garage in 1992 and forgotten about... wait, that's exactly what happened. From these images we got today, you can almost smell that AMC vinyl and the hose-ripened grease underhood. It's even got that AMC straight six we talked about today. Maybe four grand is asking a bit much as it isn't in perfect condition, but that's still a sweet machine.

BREAKING: Porsche Develops Four-Wheel Drive Gas/Electric Hybrid in Time For Brussels World's Fair!

Jonny Lieberman — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:30:00 EST

Only thing is, the Brussels World's Fair took place seventeen-years after the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Yes, Ferdinand Porsche, that tractor building, rear-engine luvin' German madman was designing (and racing) petrol-electric hybrids before Orville and Wilber ever set foot in Kitty Hawk. In his spare time, he very well may have invented all-wheel drive. These hybrids were slightly different than our contemporary dual-motivators, using a gasoline engine to run a generator to produce the electricity that powered the four electric motors attached to each wheel. Just image what the good doctor might have come up with had back then had decent batteries. To all the Cayenne haters who feel Porsche's modern off-roader has diluted the brand — what leg will you have to stand on when Porsche drops the Cayenne Hybrid bomb at the end of the decade? – Jonny Lieberman

The first Hybrid Vehicle by Dr. Ferdinand Porsche [hybridvehicle.org]

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Speaking Of AMC Engines, Here's That 1982 AMC Eagle

BREAKING: Porsche Develops Four-Wheel Drive Gas/Electric Hybrid in Time For Brussels World's Fair!