After a long, cold, windy day of Michigan-style endurance racing, we’ve got a CRX in the lead, a Neon in second… and a Merkur XR4Ti and Ghostbusters Volvo wagon in the top ten. More
“It’s like a luge course at the Olympics out here at Sno*Drift…. bumpers and car parts all over the stages. And it’s only stage 4!” Wow! Submit this to Script & Style Share this on Blinklist Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Share this on Reddit Buzz up! Stumble upon something good? Share it on… Read the rest
Bullet Racing’s camera caught up with legendary endurance racer Hurley Haywood in the paddock and Haywood shared some cheerful advice with Kees. Submit this to Script & Style Share this on Blinklist Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Share this on Reddit Buzz up! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on… Read the rest
Filed under: MPG , Legislation and Policy , Green Daily , USA After a week of uncertainty and a lot of weighing in from all sides, C.A.R.S. (aka Cash For Clunkers) looks set to continue for another month, at least. The Senate confirmed the House’s $2 billion funding of the incredibly popular program yesterday in a 60-37 vote ,… Read the rest
Each year on the third Saturday in August, more than a million people and as many as 40,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector, and special interest vehicles idle their way along a 16-mile stretch of Woodward Avenue in a tribute to America's favorite classic car activity: cruising. Made famous during the post-war era, locals would cruise in their… Read the rest
At a time when the public is growing increasingly tired of government handouts, bailouts and rescues, the Obama Administration goes and hands out $2.4 billion for electric car and hybrid technology projects. This could be money poorly spent, since other like-minded programs such as President Clinton’s Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles and another Bush-era program for fuel… Read the rest
New General Motors Chairman Edward Whitacre is every bit a Detroit outsider. He’s a lanky Texan who ran a phone company. He speaks plainly in a drawl. He went to Texas Tech, not University of Michigan or Michigan State like so many Motown managers. He didn’t even get a Harvard MBA. But some of what he had to say… Read the rest
A stumbling economy caused GM to cut its vehicle leasing program last August. Now the manufacturer plans to restart lease availabilities in a limited pilot program. The 2009 Cadillac CTS, Chevrolet Malibu, and Chevy Traverse will all be available to lease, as well as the 2010 Cadillac SRX, Buick Lacrosse and Enclave, GMC Acadia, and Chevy Equinox. Only buyers… Read the rest
Filed under: Motorsports Audi R10 TDI – click above for a high-res image gallery When Roger Penske revived the Detroit Grand Prix in 2007, Michigan race fans turned out in droves and cheered the great job that was done on fixing up the Belle Isle facility. Over 100,000 people showed up for the Labor Day weekend races in both… Read the rest
Filed under: Truck , Auctions , Dodge , Specialty 1982 Dodge Rampage – Click above for photo gallery Listen, we’re not complaining here. Folks who restore old cars are to be applauded. Period. Mostly, the resto subjects are rides with mass appeal — cars everyone is familiar with. Those are great and all, but the really insane aficionados are… Read the rest