| LeMons New England Inspections: Honda-Powered VW, Saab-Powered Nissan, Suzuki-Engined Saab |
May 16th, 2013 |
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We have returned to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the third annual Loudon Annoying 24 Hours of LeMons, where legions of BMW E30 3-series and E28 5-series race cars provide a sort of bland backdrop for the more brain-hurtingly weird hardware. Let’s see what we’ve got lined up for this weekend of wheel-to-wheel action. Three [...]
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| The Continental: The Autobahn is Safe, Mercedes Unimog Gets SL Grille, and VW and Lambo Tidbits |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. Whew—that wasn’t even close! An attack on unlimited speeds on the German autobahn has collapsed after [...]
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| The Concepts of Wörthersee: VW Group’s Pilgrimage to Austria |
May 16th, 2013 |
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The GTI meeting at the picturesque Lake Wörthersee in the Austrian state of Carinthia has turned into the VW Group’s annual adoration event. The entire company’s top brass, including Ferdinand Piëch, is present on location, embracing the culture surrounding the GTI. This year, VW, Audi, Seat, and Skoda will debut six concepts, and if the [...]
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| Aaron Robinson: Where Have All the Hobby Stores Gone? |
May 16th, 2013 |
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In January, my pal Paul Grusche and I drove the 94 miles to Kalamazoo, Michigan, for the Kalamazoo Thunderbirds R/C Club swap meet at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center. I’m only being specific because I like writing “Kalamazoo.” The large parking lot was jammed, and I was impressed until I learned that there was also [...]
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| Suppliers’ Hires: Where Automotive Partsmakers Are, By State [Infographic] |
May 16th, 2013 |
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It’s been a long time since America’s auto industry consisted solely of Clint Eastwood types hammering together Fords in greater Detroit. While our automobile-manufacturing base is spreading across the South, if you look one step beyond the automakers, their suppliers are even more geographically diverse. From a factory in Maine that makes suspension components to [...]
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| 2015 Jaguar F-type Coupe Spy Photos: Same Sexy Sports Car, Different Hat |
May 16th, 2013 |
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What It Is: The inevitable Jaguar F-type coupe, caught wearing camouflage on its roof designed to look like a softtop. It’s not fooling anyone, and it isn’t exactly a secret that Jaguar is working on a fixed-head F-type. Despite debuting as a roadster, the F-type was first previewed in concept-car form as the roofed C-X16. [...]
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| 2013 Volkswagen Jetta “Safety” Commercial: A Little Fresh Heir Is Good [The Ad Section] |
May 16th, 2013 |
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There’s an old maxim in advertising that says if you want people to pay attention to your commercial, show babies or puppies. Over the years a lot of research—from eye-tracking studies to serious neuroscience experiments—has confirmed what every mother already knows: Adults are fascinated by the cute little buggers. E*Trade has certainly taken this adage [...]
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| In Support of Lowering the Blood-Alcohol Limit to 0.05 |
May 16th, 2013 |
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When Roger Sterling takes a glass of vodka “for the road” on the television drama Mad Men, we laugh it off as another bit of black comedy. We’re smirking on our couches, nervously, from the reckless, carte blanche behavior seen on the show’s fictional 1960s setting. But five decades on, despite hundreds of laws on [...]
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| 2012 BMW 328i Sport Line Manual: 27K Miles of Enthusiastic Controversy |
May 16th, 2013 |
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Is the F30-generation BMW 3-series genuinely superior its E90 predecessor? That debate rages at Car and Driver and, after nine months and 27,000 miles on the road in a 2012 328i, we’re still straddling the fence on this subject. READ MORE ››
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| What I’d Do Differently: Dan Quayle |
May 16th, 2013 |
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C/D: Mr. Vice President, let’s get right to the fuzzy dice. DQ: I’m just on [Bell Automotive’s] board. I have nothing to do with their products. But I’ve had some dice and seat covers and steering-wheel covers in my cars. Not a lot. READ MORE ››
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