Garage Condo: The Ultimate Man Cave [Garages]
Commenter Of The Day: Will Save You Money! Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
Every city has its local TV advertising celebrity. Maybe it's a car dealer who wears funny clothes or a mattress salesman who cuts them in half with a chainsaw. In Houston, we have both of those but the hero is furniture salesman Mattress Mac. A recovering drug addict who opened up a small shop with his wife, it grew into a Houston furniture empire fueled primarily by his tagline: "We'll save you MONEY!" It's awesome. Today we brought you the ban...
The Pontiac Trans Am Kammback [Custom Cars]
Mitsubishi to Wind Down Ralliart Division
Monetary woes are forcing Mitsubishi to scale down operations of its motorsports wing, Ralliart. As of April 1, Ralliart will stop supporting motorsports customers and cease production of new Ralliart-branded products. The downturn won’t affect Ralliart-badged production vehicles, such as our long-term Lancer Ralliart, because the Ralliart name has been licensed and can still be used on current (and possibly future) Mitsubishi products. In ...
GM and Opel?s Strange Love ? Feature
Or, how the General learned to stop worrying and love its German brand. Early last year, on the verge of bankruptcy, GM was so cash strapped that it was looking to dispose of its European subsidiary Opel, a brand it has owned for 80 years and which played an important engineering role. GM managed to save the brand, but the dust has only just settled enough to see Opel?s path through the desperate hours and what its future will hold. But let?s bac...
2010 Jeep Compass Limited 4x4 - Review
Ingreenuity is Poet's way to make ethanol more environmentally friendly
Filed under: Ethanol, Manufacturing/PlantsEthanol company Poet (formerly Broin) today announced something called Ingreenuity, a "new initiative to enhance the environmental performance of ethanol." The first step in the process is to decrease the amount of water it takes to make the biofuel down to 2.33 gallons per gallon of ethanol, a 22 percent reduction compared to today's water usage rates. Instituting this reduction, called the Total Water R...
Audi RS7: Design study shows future of Audi?
A design study called Audi RS7 shows some interesting elements, but is it the future of Audi?Audi RS7: Design study shows future of Audi? was originally published on The German Car Blog on Friday, March 12, 2010. Related posts:Volkswagen: Group design future revealed by Design Director Walter De Silva Audi A3 Clubsport quattro: Cool design study made for Woerthersee VW Golf GTI: Wallpapers for your desktop pleasure
Audi TT RS: Road test report
Nice road test report here of the Audi TT RS.Audi TT RS: Road test report was originally published on The German Car Blog on Friday, March 12, 2010. Related posts:Porsche Cayenne Diesel: Road test report VW Jetta TDI: Long-term road test report VW Jetta SportWagen TDI: Road test report
GM dealer limbo: 'I don't know what to expect'
The 661 axed auto dealers General Motors is offering to reinstate aren't ready to pop the champagne just yet. They're still waiting to find out about the terms they'll have to meet to regain their franchises.