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Car Vs. Apple iPad 2: Which One Wins?
Would you jump up and down on your iPad 2, smash it with a hammer and then drive over it repeatedly with a car? Chances are good that your answer to those questions would be “no,” yet that’s exactly what product tester and YouTube reviewer SoldierKnowsBest did in the video...
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Obama Limo Gets High-Centered: Today In Car Mishaps
While the President makes his way back home, avoiding Icelandic volcanoes and heading to view the destruction from tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri, he may want to look back at the screening process for hiring his Secret Service limousine driver. On a routine visit to the Irish capital of Dublin,...
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Saudi Arabian Activist Arrested For Urging Women To Drive
Break the law, go to jail. So it is here, often, and so it is too in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Even if the “law” is one not found in any other country, not officially codified in law, enforced only by self-appointed religious police, and viewed with emotions ranging from perplexity to...
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FBI: Motor Vehicle Theft Down Significantly In 2010
Despite a rise in demand and prices for used cars, rates for vehicle theft fell in 2010. That’s according to new numbers released this morning from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in a preliminary version of its Annual Uniform Crime Report, covering 2010. Motor-vehicle theft was...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto News, BMW, Mercedes on 05 23rd, 2011 | Comments Off
BMW 5 Series GT sales disappointing – 3 Series Wagon might stay
BMW 5 Series GT sales disappointing – 3 Series Wagon might stay
According to Automotive News , BMW of North America has been disappointed by the sales of the 5 Series Gran Turismo . Introduced last year as a replacement for the new 5 Series Wagon, the 5 GT has been one of the most criticized products in the past years. With a design idea starting from inside the...
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Council reclassifies pothole depth as UK’s worst roads are named
Filed under: Latest News A London council is eradicating hundreds of potholes from its streets in one easy step – by redefining how deep a hole has to be before it requires filling in. Previously South London’s Lambeth council classed a hole that was 25mm (0.98in) deep as a pothole that...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 23rd, 2011 | Comments Off
Red Bull’s Marko accuses Ferrari of spying
Filed under: Formula One Helmut Marko suspects Ferrari is using a method to secretly listen in on Red Bull’s race strategies during grands prix. Continue reading Red Bull’s Marko accuses Ferrari of spying Permalink | Email this | Comments See the original post here: Red Bull’s Marko...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News, Road Safety on 05 23rd, 2011 | Comments Off
Cat and Fiddle tops dangerous roads list again
Filed under: Latest News A stretch of road known as the Cat and Fiddle has been once again been named and shamed as the most dangerous in the UK, with crashes rising by 62 percent over the last three years. The 12km stretch of the A537 that runs from Macclesfield to Buxton through the Peak District...
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Video: Pagani Huayra filmed in action for first time
Filed under: Latest News No matter how much you love your job, you might get a nagging feeling from watching this video that someone out there has it a little bit better. That’s because this particular someone has recently spent the day playing with the new Pagani Huayra hypercar at the Adria...
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Obama rolls into London aboard 8-tonne ‘Beast’
Filed under: Latest News Given that the Autoblog UK office is filled with wannabe F1 test drivers, stately limousines appeal to us about as much as an episode of Glee, but President Obama’s so-called ‘Beast’ is a little bit different. In the age of international terrorism and eastern...
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Red Bull special could be in Infiniti pipeline
Filed under: Latest News Infiniti could use its new collaboration with Red Bull Racing to produce a high-performance road car. The brand’s partnership with the F1 constructors’ champion was only revealed in March, but a jointly-developed model could be on sale within 2 years. Continue reading...
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BMW unveils exotic 328 Hommage
Filed under: Latest News BMW has revealed a new show car in Italy which pays tribute to the classic BMW 328 of the 1930s. The original racing model is considered a milestone in BMW’s history, and the 328 Touring Coupe still holds the highest average speed record on the Mille Miglia circuit. Continue...
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Name That Shifter, No. 25
Click to enlarge It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win...
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2012 VW Passat Review, Toyota Prius V: Today’s Car News
We’ve taken our first drive in the 2012 VW Passat and wonder, should we finish it with “bless their hearts?” [TheCarConnection] We’ve also driven the Toyota Prius V station wagon for the first time, and as predicted, it’s pretty much a Prius wagon. Death to flying buttresses!...
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How to Get from ‘B’ To ‘A’? Ask Audi
Having had a relatively low stress day, I decided to ruin it by intentionally engaging in what I like to call “anger gardening.” It involves weeding my backyard, which according to some has become an unintentional exercise in biodiversity run amok. There are more types of weeds and plant-like...
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