Jalopnik: golf kart

Mini Ford Bronco Conquers All Pit Lane Terrain

Mark Arnold — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:40:00 EDT

What's an even cooler way to get around the pits than a Saleen Th!nk? How about a miniature Ford Bronco. We saw a few of these zipping around Milan Dragway last weekend, and we want one bad. We're not sure if these little things are at all capable off-road, but man, do they look sweet for cruisin' between your trailer and the staging lanes.

Trouble is, we can't find any for sale at what would be considered an affordable price, what with the fiberglass body kits running about $3000 or complete karts costing at least $9000. For that money we'll go browse the classifieds for an old Suzuki Samurai.

Electric Mini-Hummer Spotted In The Wild

Mark Arnold — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:45:00 EDT

Remember the electric Hummer H9T we found on Ebay? Well, during our review of the Mazdaspeed3, we came across another, this one just chillin' in a University of Wisconsin parking lot up in Madison. Okay, so this obviously isn't one of the General's official Baja-capable Hummers, but maybe something like this could actually benefit the brand. Well, at least as far as CAFE requirements are concerned. Though it'll probably just be easier for GM to sell off the brand.

Possible Hummer H9T Mule For Sale On Ebay

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Has there ever been much doubt the Hummer brand would continually march up the numerical ladder while downsizing its products? We started with the H1, moved on to the H2, and then the H3 and Hummer H3T. It seems inevitable there will be an H4, H5, H6 and...you get the picture. But we may have caught proof of the General's trickery early on with what we're speculating must be the Hummer H9T, based on relative size reduction between previous models. The cleverly designed mini-Hummer obviously takes advantage of the design heritage of the brand, but bucks at least two Hummer brand trends by making room for passengers and visibility a priority.

But the design does get an upgrade as we see an intelligent choice by GM to move away from the seven bar grille and that silly never-ending argument with Chrysler's Jeep division. Finally, this model purports to be the greenest Hummer yet, with an all-electric powertrain — that should get the envirocrats off of GM's back for a while, or at least reduce the number of H2 barbecues. [eBay]