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    Gumball Machine Inventor Recreates Mustang Mach III Concept For SEMA

    Volkswagen CC Eco Performance Concept Bows At SEMA

    Toyota Tundra Dually Returns To SEMA With Monster Diesel Mill

    "Big Daddy" Don Garlits' Dodge Challenger Drag Pack At SEMA

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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/06/08

    In reply to Gumball Machine Inventor Recreates Mustang Mach III Concept For SEMA
    Next, he will turn an Aston Martin DB7 back into a Jaguar XJ-S.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    11/06/08

    In reply to Gumball Machine Inventor Recreates Mustang Mach III Concept For SEMA
    I fondly remember this car from the greatest video game ever...



    ...and think it looks brilliant. I can't tell any differences from the original concept. (But then again, I only remember it from getting mad air in the Amazon track and flying off the bridge.)


    Why the hate? The concept was pretty slick, I still have it in the form of an RC car with a folding hardtop.

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    11/06/08

    In reply to Gumball Machine Inventor Recreates Mustang Mach III Concept For SEMA
    He left out the fat, smoking 19-year-old community college dropout girl.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/06/08

    In reply to Gumball Machine Inventor Recreates Mustang Mach III Concept For SEMA
    When will the Retro phenomenon bring the Mk 2 Probe back?


    Never? Oh!


    That's OK then.

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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    11/06/08

    In reply to Gumball Machine Inventor Recreates Mustang Mach III Concept For SEMA
    "Miata with a MailSlot"
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    Image of WheatKing WheatKing
    11/06/08

    @SeanKHotay: Umm... what do you call a dragon that swings the other way.. and.. really.. what does that imply???


    Perhaps I'd rather not know.

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    11/06/08

    In reply to Gumball Machine Inventor Recreates Mustang Mach III Concept For SEMA
    What's the Mandarin word for "Mustang"?
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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    11/06/08

    @smalleyxb122: 野马 (Yeh ma")


    I can find out what it is in Hindi too if you want.


    Multi-national companies are fun!

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    Image of bzr bzr
    11/06/08

    @SeanKHotay: Technically, that means "wild horse", as I don't think the language is specific enough to identify a species of horse that's nonexistent in Asia.


    Not nitpicking, but just sayin'.

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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    11/06/08

    @bzr: You are indeed also correct, sir...
    ...but 野马 (Yeh=wild, ma=horse) is indeed the translation for "Mustang" in the English-Chinese dictionaries (3 of'em) we checked.
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/06/08

    In reply to Gumball Machine Inventor Recreates Mustang Mach III Concept For SEMA
    I saw this car in person earlier this year at the Fabulous Fords Forever show. I have a 1/18 scale of the original and I have to say I think he did a really good job.


    It's not my cup of tea but it's certainly well done.

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    11/06/08

    In reply to Gumball Machine Inventor Recreates Mustang Mach III Concept For SEMA
    Should've stuck to designing Gumball machines.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/06/08

    In reply to Volkswagen CC Eco Performance Concept Bows At SEMA
    As to the styling, it looks to me like they went to the drawing boards and came away with a Malibu, minus the rear headroom. Way to go, VW!
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    11/06/08

    In reply to Volkswagen CC Eco Performance Concept Bows At SEMA
    Deal-A-Squeal.


    Tire squeal, that is.

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    Image of MarywithanM™ MarywithanM™
    11/05/08

    In reply to Volkswagen CC Eco Performance Concept Bows At SEMA
    So I went to MazdaUSA to see how this compared to the Speed6 and found:
    1. there is no 2009 Speed6
    2. the mileage for this is much better than the 2009 Speed3


    I like VW's and very much like Audi's, but I bought Mazda6 and think the Mazda3 and 6 are better looking than this VW, totally humble opinion.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/05/08

    @MarywithanM: I agree on all aspects except the Mazda grille. It bugs me.


    VW and Mazda are both in high esteem in my books. VW/Audi is making just a whole series of "holy crap, WOW!" engines, while Mazda is doing that with the whole rest of the car and giving them less inspiring engines. (Although the MazdaSpeed cars absolutely deserve respect!)

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/05/08

    @Deartháir: I agree with you aside from the 2.5 5-banger - unless you meant "holy crap, WOW that sucks!"


    The 2.0T (and the 1.8T that preceded it) can sleep in my garage anytime, though.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/05/08

    @FuzzyPlushroom: Yes, I agree, but I feel that is the exception that proves the rule. That would be a great engine in so many other automakers' lineups, but with VW, it's rubbish.


    I was thinking more of the RS6's twin-turbo V10, but as a 20V de-turboed Lysholm 1.8 is my next engine buildup over the next few years, I am forced to agree with you.

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    11/05/08

    @FuzzyPlushroom: The 1.8T is also one of the least reliable VW/Audi engines.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    11/06/08

    @layabout: 2.8 V6 FTW!
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    11/05/08

    In reply to Volkswagen CC Eco Performance Concept Bows At SEMA
    Gorgeous on the outside, but I would fear that the rear headroom must be severely compromised (like with the Benz CLS and the W211 rebody of the E-Class).


    At 6'6", I value headroom highly (pun intended).

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/05/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: Personally, I wonder if it would be. Look at the beltline. It's designed to deceive the eye into thinking it's a straight line, when it actually swoops upwards at quite an angle, making it look a lot lower than it actually is. I'm just over 6'1", and I sat in the back of the XF with tons of headroom to spare.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    11/05/08

    @Deartháir: I've got to admit, the proof of the pudding is in the eating...! I haven't sat in the VW CC or the MBZ CLS, and I have a friend who bought the newer W211 E-Class (black-on-black like my W210), and SHE commented about the rear headroom in her car. She's a petite woman, so it can't have been first-hand experience (besides, who rides around in the back seat of their own car...?)
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/05/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: I may have done that once or twice... I may also have spent time back there when the car was not moving.


    Well, not moving under its own power.

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    Image of DoctorNine's D9 Cat DoctorNine's D9 Cat
    11/05/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing:

    "..who rides around in the back seat of their own car...?"


    What? You not down with JFK, and Haile Selassie? Pfftt..



    "Give me rear seat Lincoln slab time, or give me death!"

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/05/08

    @DoctorNine: Or give him both. Y'know.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    11/05/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing:

    "...who rides around in the back seat of their own car...?"


    Oh please, a true Jalop does NOT have a chauffeur on the payroll... That would be like Donald Trump having a financial advisor... oh, wait...

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    11/05/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: i would imagine so... compromised headroom isn't good.... unless there is a wagon option... compromised headroom can make people buy a wagon... worked for my parents!


    300c's vertical glass caused my 6'2" brother (and the next one down... who was 5'11" at the time) to hit his head... so they bought a magnum... more or less exactly the same car.. but a lot more room in back...


    granted... my dad has always been a wagon man... i grew up with GM wagons (olds, pontiac, chevy, buick-- i think we had them all..)... and then graduated to the suburban a.k.a. 'the fat-man's station-wagon'... but with a family of 7.. and early 90's wagon offerings not being so great... who can blame him..

    (*wagon, wagon, wagon*)

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/05/08

    In reply to Volkswagen CC Eco Performance Concept Bows At SEMA
    You know, it's no secret I'm a VW/Audi fan. I like their designs, and even though I'm not completely nuts about the Gen V Jetta/Rabbit, they're still better-looking than a lot of other cars on the market.


    But really, why put this engine in the Passat CC? It's a big car, and with all that weight, it's not going to show off the potential of the engine as well as it could. As it sits, it ends up only slightly better than the G8 GT. Driving it carefully on the highway, and letting the fuel management system work as much as possible, I got around 7L/100km, according to the on-board computer. That's 33 mpg, from a bigger car with more peak horsepower.


    Now, if VW were to take this engine, and put it in, say, a two-door GTI, preferably with the R32 all-wheel-drive system...

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    11/05/08

    @Deartháir: ...then you'd have an A4.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/05/08

    @Mad_Science: A3, wouldn't it?
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    11/05/08

    @Deartháir: Hmmm...reading comprehension fades as the day wears on. You are correct, sir.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    11/05/08

    @Deartháir: Probably the next gen Audi S3 or it would fit in the A5.
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    11/06/08

    @layabout: last i checked the a3 comes with quattro only with the vr6, in america at least
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    11/06/08

    @will: There are several fwd A3's in Europe. I've never seen a VR6 powered A3 & that includes 4 years of working for Audi.
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    Image of NoneMoreBlack NoneMoreBlack
    11/05/08

    In reply to "Big Daddy" Don Garlits' Dodge Challenger Drag Pack At SEMA
    @Ash78: Actually, that looks like a set membership symbol. Math geek drag racers?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/05/08

    @NoneMoreBlack: Dudes, you know that's the MoPar "M", right? Right?!
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    Image of will will
    11/05/08

    In reply to Volkswagen CC Eco Performance Concept Bows At SEMA
    good idea: i would appreciate getting 33mpg most of the time but having 300hp on call if i wanted it. i'm hoping changing modes is just a press of a button? anything to prevent this system from working with a proper manual?
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/05/08

    @will: if the phrase 'german engineering' really means anything... i think it'll take 3 different sized proper (metric) wrenches, at least 2 types of screwdrivers (at least three, if including the drink), and well.. i know i've got that service manual somewhere around here...... damn..


    don't get me wrong... love VAG (and VW too)

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