Pirelli Calendar winner

Vying to win the world’s most exclusive calendar, entrants used wit, rhyme and – occasionally – reason to argue their case.

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Event Alert: February 2010 Calendar of Automotive Events

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Motorsports, Event Alert

Just like January equals Detroit, February means Chicago for auto show lovers. The major players will again descend upon McCormick Place in the Windy City, along the banks of the still-frozen Lake Michigan. Other auto shows in February include the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, plus regional shows [...]

Attention Kmart Shoppers: Buy 20 Hot Wheels, get a cool ‘62 Vette by mail

Filed under: Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Toys/Games

You know what we like almost as much as real cars? Toy cars. It’s gotten to the point where there mere existence of Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and the like seem like an ongoing conspiracy to suck an extra few bucks out of our wallets with every trip to the store.
Furthering [...]

Yamaha pulls the covers off 2010 FZ8 naked sportbike

Filed under: Motorcycle

The upper-middleweight naked bike segment, which currently has entrants from the likes of BMW, Aprilia and Ducati, is about to get an good ol’ injection of Japanese know-how as Yamaha readies its upcoming new FZ8 for production. Yamaha apparently sees room for a machine that splits the difference between the smaller FZ6 (and [...]

ThrottleGate: First class-action lawsuit filed against Toyota over pedal recall

Filed under: Government/Legal, Japan, Recalls, Toyota
With Toyota’s woes seemingly multiplying by the day, you knew it was just a matter of time before the lawyers arrived on scene. Cue two law firms, Parker Waichman Alonso and the Becnel Law Firm, that are joining forces in a bid to sue Toyota’s pants off.
The suit hopes [...]