Monthly Archives: February 2008

Kings of the Road: What’s Wrong with Fast, Flashy “Supercars”?

Supercars are an insult to the environment in an age of climate change and growing oil scarcity. In fact, oil sheikhs buy these grandiose guzzlers by the truckload, and with good reason. A saving grace is that the Mr. Bigs … Continue reading

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How to own and race four Ferraris at once

No matter what kind of cars you’re into, it can’t be denied that there’s just nothing like a Ferrari. Even when they’re tiny. Yes, there are other remote-controlled cars that might even go faster, but they’ll always be pretenders to … Continue reading

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Ice 1000 From Sumvision: Bargain or iPod Imposter?

Sure, you may want an Apple iPod Touch, but you may not want to drop $300 on a music player.  You want the cool features, but you don’t want to pay the price.  That’s where the new Sumvision ICE 1000 … Continue reading

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Production of Porsche 911 halted

Source: The Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany – The luxury automaker Porsche AG said Monday that an explosion at the lone plant where 911 models are made has halted production of the popular cars for two to three days. Two workers … Continue reading

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Time Stands Still at 200 mph

Chris Chilton shares his words on the “back in the day” comparison between the supercars of Ferrari F40 vs. McLaren F1. His jaunt back into the day starts with the 80′s and then progressed to the 90′s. Catch some of … Continue reading

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New GT-R revs up interest in Nissan

‘Halo car’ expected to bring customers into showrooms By G. CHAMBERS WILLIAMS III • Staff Writer Nissan’s new supercar, the GT-R, goes on sale in June, but already it’s creating buzz in the automaker’s showrooms nationwide. Dealers were allowed to … Continue reading

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Over 1/5th of Bugatti Veyrons are in Dubai

You’d think that owning a car as expensive and exclusive as the Bugatti Veyron would ensure that seeing another one in your neighborhood would be an unlikely event. And it probably is for most of the 125 customers who’ve taken … Continue reading

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007 Racing Sets Unveiled

MI6 reports from the 2008 UK Toy Fair and unveils four “Quantum of Solace” racing sets from Scalextric…. Scalextric 007 Racing Sets Unveiled 24th February 2008 Scalextric fans can look forward to some incredible James Bond product releases in 2008. … Continue reading

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Crashed Astons get to live another day

A CRASH repair service is being set up at an Aston Martin workshop in County Durham. The Aston Workshop, in Beamish, has invested £500,000 in a paint and body centre to repair and restore crash-damaged Aston Martins. The equipment also … Continue reading

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AUTO CLUB 500 DELAYED BY WEATHER

NASCAR fans were not happy this past weekend as they saw the Auto Club 500 delayed at the start for over two hours.  Even when the event finally started, only eighty-seven of the scheduled two hundred and fifty laps were … Continue reading

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