July 31 2011 by
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Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Etc., Technology, Videos, Mercury
You read the title right, we’re talking about the Mercury Beaver XR-7. No, Mercury never officially built a car called the beaver. This is the brainchild of upstate New Yorker Chip Beam, who owns and operates Beaver Energy, LLC. It runs on gases created by wood pellets fermented [...]
July 31 2011 by
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Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Maserati
It’s hard to make a car as sinister-looking as the Maserati GranTurismo even more so. Maserati itself managed to do that with the GranTurismo MC Stradale, and now Anderson Germany has taken a crack at it with this new blacked-out GranTurismo S.
The aptly named Superior Black Edition swaps elements like [...]
July 31 2011 by
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Filed under: Etc., Videos
It appears to be pretty simple: the classic t-bone incident at an intersection, only this one involves buses. But that’s not the spectacular part. What’s most eye-popping is what happens after the crash. We won’t spoil the surprise tucked into the video after the jump, but just watch for the bolt of [...]
July 31 2011 by
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Filed under: Convertible, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class. That could be because the current model dates back to 2003, undergoing the facelift we know today back in 2008. But now we’ve got news, and it’s a mixed bag of good and bad.
The bad news first: word is, [...]
July 31 2011 by
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Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs
When Formula One opted to switch from the planned four-cylinder engine regulations to the new six-cylinder format, it came as good news (or at least, less bad news than originally expected) to just about everyone involved. With the possible exception of PURE.
As you may recall, former BAR-Honda team principal Craig Pollock started [...]