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Saab Automobile To Return To Racing In 2009

post from Saab History on 27 September 2008 11:59:15 AM. © Saab History

Photo Credit: Dealer SportI almost had heart failure as I heard this news as of late from the blog Touring Car Times.According to them, Saab Automobile is officially return to racing in 2009 beginning with the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) with a 2009 Saab 9-3 BioPower Sport Sedan in red.The STCC began in 1996 [...]

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Vote for the Winner of TTAC Muscle Car Writing
Contest Here

post from The Truth About Cars on 27 September 2008 11:06:24 AM. © The Truth About Cars

Thanks to all who entered the contest that asked “Does the American Muscle Car Have a Future?” Far be it for Justin and I to declare a winner of that debate, but we can submit the three top finalists’ arguments on the subject for your delectation. Frank Rogers has a very narrow definition of the [...]

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Muscle Car Writing Contest Finalist #2: Don
Gammil Wants You to Color Him Gone

post from The Truth About Cars on 27 September 2008 10:06:22 AM. © The Truth About Cars

Sounding every bit as superficial as the redneck poseur he portrayed, the expression on actor Warren Oates? face as he uttered those words in the 1971 cult classic ?Two-Lane Blacktop? spoke volumes about what a muscle car was and what it was built for.

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Muscle Car Writing Contest Finalist 1: Frank
Rogers Calls You a Nimrod

post from The Truth About Cars on 27 September 2008 10:06:22 AM. © The Truth About Cars

Yes, you little nimrods! The American muscle car does have a future! Detroit simply needs to stick to a few basic principles. The first thing it mustn?t forget is that any muscle car worth building will have a V-8, expensive fuel or no. To any camel admirers ready to start preaching the gospel of turbonium and other unnatural elements, I?ll just say that no other amount of cylinders or configuration can match the distinctive presence of a V-8 - especially a good ol? American one. Sound MATTERS. Nothing brings out the hairy chested, knuckle dragging Neanderthal in me faster than a carnivorous sounding V-8. If it's cammed up, it's all over. I'd be ready to run the Mille Miglia after a vasectomy.

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Muscle Car Writing Contest #3: Jarad Petroske
Says Rocky You Met Your Match

post from The Truth About Cars on 27 September 2008 10:06:22 AM. © The Truth About Cars

The first time I met an American muscle car, my friend Ben was encouraging me to carve the donut in the Sears parking lot just a little tighter and give it just a little more gas. He wanted to hear the 1977 Chevy Malibu's big block snarl like he knew it could when you pressed the pedal all the way to the floor boards.

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Happy Birthday Smart

post from Automoblog.net on 27 September 2008 09:56:06 AM. © Automoblog.net

Guess who just turned ten years old?That’s right Smart - and hey, lookit that, it’s about the size of a ten year old too! I kid I kid - but seriously, these things are tiny.Yet somehow, they’re still built like a Mercedes. They’re heavier than you’d think, and they’re remarkably safe for their size.When [...]

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Aston Announces Worlds Most Expensive Key Fob

post from The Truth About Cars on 27 September 2008 09:06:28 AM. © The Truth About Cars

We’ve resisted blogging the upmarket marques’ brand-extending marketing misegos: Bentley safes and laptops, Ferrari Barbies, Bugatti thongs, Pagani pagodas, etc. But this one takes the Maserati-shaped confectionery: a Jaeger-LeCoultre Amvox2 DBS Transponder watch. “The $37,900 timepiece, the first mechanical watch that serves as a car key, goes on sale next year,” Bloomberg reveals. Christine Giotto, [...]

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We continue to wonder how GM will continue to
remain in business given the tough credit markets and GMs aggressive cash burn

Speaking at the Reuters 2008 Restructuring Summit, default expert Edward Altman dismissed the impact of $25b in low-interest federal retooling loans and pegged GM’s chances of avoiding C11 at 50 - 50. Or worse: 55 - 45. “A bankruptcy filing may be the best option for GM to protect its assets and further [...]

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Bailout Watch 69: Collateral Damage

We’ve asked this question before: what collateral can The Big 2.8 provide to secure their share of the $25b worth of federal low-interest loans offered by the Department of Energy? I mean, Uncle Sam IS going to ask for some sort of guarantee that your tax money won’t disappear down a rat hole, RIGHT? If [...]

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Citroen C-Cactus Concept: Eco-Oddball

Citroen C-Cactus ConceptSay what you will about the aesthetics of French car design, and I’m guessing many see the C-Cactus concept as the automotive equivalent of a dry-heave, but if anything, they take bold chances. Very rarely are they accused of not making some kind of statement. But although the Citroen C-Cactus continues a French tradition of [...]

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