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India Posted:Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:58:39 GMTOnly a few cars drive to your expectations. BMW?s new 5-Series is a tad close to the hype new-age sedans have generated on performance and power.
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US Posted:Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:23:27 GMT![Dan Akerson, a former CEO at Nextel, will take over from GM CEO Ed Whitacre in September.]() General Motors Co. has delayed its IPO filing until early next week as it updates its prospectus with the recent CEO change, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday.
Posted:Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:45:00 GMT![General Motors Corp. Chairman Edward Whitacre says he will be replaced by GM board member Daniel Akerson, the managing director and head of global buyout of The Carlyle Group.]() On the same day that General Motors reported a profit of $1.33 billion in the second quarter, the U.S. automaker announced that CEO Ed Whitacre will step down from his position.
Posted:Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:06:52 GMT![General Motors Co. CEO Ed Whitacre, seen here with workers at an event in April, hopes to be celebrating the company's initial public stock offering later this year.]() GM's second-quarter earnings are due this week, and the automaker is hinting at blowout results that could propel it toward a giant stock offering in the fall.
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Europe Posted:Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:33:00 ESTFiled under: Motorsports, Classics, Misc. Auto Shows, Celebrities ![The Quail - 2010]()
2010 Quail Motorsports Gathering - Click above for high-res image gallery
Every event staged during Monterey week has a unique flavor. The Concorso Italiano was populated with new money and regular folks just plain enamored with la belle macchine. The Quail, on the other hand, is a bit more formal, a lot more exclusive and always full of surprises.
This year was no exception, as a string of about thirty Bugatti Grand Prix cars thundered in from the nearby Laguna Seca racetrack. The drivers noshed, checked out some of the cars on display, said hello to some old friends and were back underway in a puff of blue smoke. What they left behind was an array of cars that the only event formally known as The Quail - A Motorsports Gathering can pull together. Rare and legendary race cars - as well as sports cars from automakers that cut their teeth in racing ( think Porsche, Ferrari, Bentley, Jaguar, etc.) - are the norm.
Along with all the Series I Pinin Farina Cabs and 275 GTCs, Ferrari even had a couple of new models on hand for the crowd to check out. One was a stunning blue 458 Italia, another was was the drop-dead awesome 599 GTO. Porsche didn't bring its new 918 Spyder, unfortunately, but it did haul out the GT3 Hybrid. Bugatti had some blue carbon fiber thing on hand, and several other manufacturers rolled out their shiniest new models as well. The old cars are really the stars, though, because almost every one of them has a backstory that would keep you enthralled for hours.
For instance, Carroll Shelby was honored at The Quail this year, and there were about thirty Shelby Cobras, Mustangs and GT40s there that Ol' Shel' had personally laid hands on, like the very first Shelby GT350 Mustang ever made. The very first Cobra was there, too - serial number 2000 - one lower than the first production Cobra, which is a past best-of-show winner here.
That's the magic of The Quail. Along with all the "free" food and drink (tickets are $400 after all, if you can get one), the motoring icons and the cars that made them legends are right there in front of you, ready to be adored. It's a spectacular event, and those of you who couldn't be there can check out our massive gallery of images by clicking below.
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Posted:Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:10:00 ESTFiled under: Motorsports, Classics, Alfa Romeo ![Alfa Romeo centenary celebration at Concorso]()
2010 Concorso Italiano celebrates Alfa Romeo centenery - Click above for high-res image gallery
The year 2010 marks the 100th birthday of Alfa Romeo, the great Italian automaker that has given us some of the most lust-worthy road and race cars of, well, the last century. It was fitting, therefore, that Concorso Italiano celebrated the occasion with gusto. They even let the Alfas spell out the annual message to the heavens: a simple "100." It would have been interesting to see them try to use 100 cars to do so; goodness knows there were at least that many Alfas on hand.
Check out the gallery and you'll see a small sampling of the great variety of Alfas on display. As much as we like the new 8C Competizione, we have to say our favorite Alfa Romeo at Concorso was probably John Shirley's 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B. Just take a look at that rear!
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Posted:Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:38:00 ESTFiled under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Ferrari ![Ferrari F40 birthday celebration]()
Ferrari F40s at the 2010 Concorso Italiano - Click above for high-res image gallery
Concorso Italiano threw a party for the legendary Ferrari F40, and the turnout was, well, almost as good as the car itself. Thousands of show attendees were treated to more than a dozen examples of Enzo Ferrari's final project.
As you probably know, the F40 was named to celebrate Ferrari's 40th anniversary, and the celebration at Concorso honored the 20th anniversary of the car's 1990 arrival here in the States. (Let's not quibble over the fact that Ferrari the company was actually born in 1947, meaning the F40 should have actually arrived in 1987. The show car was first unveiled in 1987 and that's good enough for us.)
The late arrival of what some still view as the ultimate supercar did nothing to dampen the spirits of the men and boys who fell in love with it at first sight and still carry a torch for it today. The F40 celebration was one great reason to go to Concorso Italiano this year. If you didn't have the opportunity to attend in person, hit the gallery below to see how the lineup of F40s looked at one of Monterey week's biggest exhibitions.
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Australia Posted:Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:03:00 ESTHONDA CR-V REVIEW There is no mystery behind the boom in sales in the compact SUV sector. Spend ten or so minutes behind the wheel of Honda’s all-wheel-drive CR-V wagon, and it all becomes clear. Economical, easy to drive, spacious, and equally at home on city streets as on the farm, Honda’s CR-V has a lot of appeal. It is also smartly styled, well put-together and comfortable. For a young family or couples looking for a versatile and roomy little wagon, the CR-V makes...
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Posted:Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:34:00 ESTJust nine months after replacing Fritz Henderson as CEO, Ed Whitacre Jr will step down from the top spot at General Motors on September 1. Later this year, Whitacre will also step down from his role the Chairman of GM's Board of Directors. "My goal in coming to General Motors was to help restore profitability, build a strong market position, and position this iconic company for success," Whitacre said today. "We are clearly on that path. A strong foundation is in...
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Posted:Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:01:00 ESTVOLKSWAGEN GOLF R REVIEW Displacement may be down, but the blistering new 2010 Golf R is - in every way - a much improved car over the Golf R32 it replaces. Power is up, torque is up and the R’s AWD system is more capable than the R32’s front-biased driveline. Not only that, but it’s cheaper than the outgoing model. What’s new? It may ride on the same platform as the old MkV Golf R32 (review here), but pretty much everything is different. The engine h...
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Japan Posted:Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:30:11 +0000PlastiColor Diamond Plate Grip Style Ford Steering Wheel Covers are the highest quality covers from PlastiColor. They are specially formulated to eliminate the strong rubber odor that is often associated with steering wheel covers. They are also stronger, and feature molded-in colors that will not discolor or fade. These covers provide a snug fit that [...]
Posted:Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:58:32 +0000Review Until the printing of this book, information on how to build a high-performance Mitsubishi 4G63t engine was only on the web. Offline sources of 4G63t information were very hard to find. Enjoy this book as it is very well presented. —Engine Professional, reviewed by Mike Caruso, Apr-June 2009 Mitsubishi’s 4G63t engine is among the [...]
Posted:Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:02:11 +0000Honda and Mercedes-Benz, step aside. Chrysler is next in line to report to a recall this week with its Town & Country minivans built from 1996 to 2007. According to a document submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, CURT Manufacturing has determined that vehicles built with an optional Class 3 receiver hitch, used [...] |
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UK Posted:Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:43:59 EDTFord brings back the Mustang Boss 302 in a limited edition package for the 2012 model year.
Posted:Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:13:13 EDTGeneral Motors is getting its fourth CEO in just under 18 months, as the company announced that Ed Whitacre will leave the post Sept. 1, to be succeeded by another auto industry outsider, former Nextel Communications CEO Dan Akerson.
Posted:Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:05:27 EDTGeneral Motors was winding up a regular quarterly earnings call with securities analysts and reporters Thursday morning when Chairman Ed Whitacre unexpectedly got on the line to announce that he was stepping down as chairman and CEO. |
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