<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Trident]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Trident]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/trident http://jalopnik.com/tag/trident <![CDATA[Trident micro car is the (most recent) one that got away]]> Finding affordable microcar projects like this Taylor Dunn Trident that sold on Ebay yesterday is a rare occurrence. Spending time lusting after obscure Ebay finds with regret after they have found a new home is unfortunately anything but a rare occurrence. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5783697&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Military Is Secretly Trucking Hundreds Of Nuclear Warheads Across The U.S.]]> Nondescript 18-wheelers are secretly transporting nearly 1,000 of the U.S. Navy's 100-kiloton W76 nuclear warheads from a submarine base near Seattle to a plant in Texas. Worse news? It's by an agency recently investigated for problems with alcohol abuse. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5702510&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[So You Want to Buy A Messerschmitt]]> Microcars are like aged cheese - some people find them absolutely confounding and a little disgusting, and the loonier of us can't get enough. The problem with microcars is they don't really make em like they used to. Oh sure, you've got your Smart FourTwo and your Toyota iQ and your Tata Nano, but those are monstrosities compared to a Peel Trident or a Messerschmitt KR200. Would you believe reproductions are available of all your favorite tiny wheeled wonders? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=356454&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[More Fast Oil-Burners: The Trident Iceni Headed to Monaco on Single Tank of Biodiesel]]> A slithery GT coupe powered by GM's 6.6-liter Duramax turbodiesel? What's next, a Navistar-powered TVR? A Cummins 610 Turbo Morgan? Not so fast — the Trident Iceni is for real. And with 375 hp and 520 lb-ft of torque, it can get up and go from zero to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds and top out at 170 mph. The company's taking orders on the six-figure sportster now. But before it does, it wants to prove the Iceni's fuel efficiency and eco-friendliness, so it's driving one of the cars from the UK to the Top Marques show in Monaco this week on a single tank of biodiesel. That's 900 miles on 26 gallons (and the filler will be sealed, so no clandestine fillups. Let's see a Duramax Silverado top that. – Mike Spinelli More »
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