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Going Once, Going Twice: Do we hear any bids for MV Agusta?

Published: March 22, 2010

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Filed under: Performance , Europe , Motorcycle , Rumormill 2010 MV Agusta F4 – Click above for high-res photo gallery You can’t breathe a word about Harley-Davidson these days without being swirled into the rumormill. Even the financial analysts have chimed in to speculate about a possible buyout


Going Once, Going Twice: Do we hear any bids for MV Agusta?

Published: March 22, 2010

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Filed under: Performance , Europe , Motorcycle , Rumormill 2010 MV Agusta F4 – Click above for high-res photo gallery You can’t breathe a word about Harley-Davidson these days without being swirled into the rumormill. Even the financial analysts have chimed in to speculate about a possible buyout .


Video: BMW S 1000 RR pulls off the old tablecloth trick

Published: March 6, 2010

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Filed under: Performance , Videos , BMW , Motorcycle , Humor BMW S 1000 RR pulls off the old tablecloth trick – Click above to watch the video after the break Ah yes, the good ol’ pull-the-tablecloth-off-the-table-without-sending-dishes-flying routine. The oldest trick in the book?


California Scooter Company puts classic Mustang back on two wheels [w/video]

Published: February 4, 2010

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Filed under: Classics , Motorcycle California Scooter Company Greaser – Click above for image gallery When you think of a classic road-going Mustang , visions of Blue Ovals and good ol’ Carroll Shelby likely begin dancing in your head. But there was a highly collectible Mustang in America way before Ford decided what we really needed was an inexpensive sportscar for the masses. Instead of four wheels, the first Mustangs needed only two to get the job done.


Goodwood Festival of Speed featuring 135-foot monument to Audi

Published: July 2, 2009

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Filed under: Audi , Lifestyle , UK Goodwood Festival of Speed Audi Sculpture – Click above for image gallery of more GFoS sculptures The Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place this weekend, and every year the Earl of March, who manages the 12,000-acre Goodwood estate that hosts the event, commissions a giant art piece honoring that year’s featured marque. Audi is the featured marque this year, which is timely since the Ingolstadt-based automaker is also celebrating its centennial


VIDEO: Norton Commando Transformer is more than meets the eye

Published: July 2, 2009

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Filed under: Time Warp , Videos , Lifestyle , Motorcycles Click above to watch video after the break We didn’t much care for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen when we went out and saw it on opening night, but we’re still smitten by the concept of robots that transform into all manner of vehicular machinery.


Artist creates full scale F1 car from recycled styrofoam

Published: June 26, 2009

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Filed under: Etc. , Lifestyle We have no idea why Michael A. Salter wanted to create a race car out of polystyrene packing waste, and we guess it doesn’t matter — he did, and this is the result


Oprah nominated to save domestic auto industry

Published: March 16, 2009

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Filed under: Car Buying , Marketing/Advertising , Lifestyle , Celebrities In dire economic times like these, everyone needs a hero, and Detroit’s automakers are no exception. So, who better to anoint as a savior than the Queen of All Media herself, Oprah Winfrey?


AMS |Geneva Preview: Ford iosis MAX concept previews next-gen Focus

Published: March 2, 2009

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Geneva Motor Show , Hatchbacks , Ford Click above for image gallery of the Ford Iosis Max concept Take note North Americans: The Ford iosis MAX concept that will debut tomorrow at the Geneva Motor Show features the evolution of Ford Europe’s Kinetic styling language that will be featured on the next-gen Focus. Why should you care? Because Ford has officially stated that North America and Europe will once again be sold the same Focus when the next model debuts


Geneva Preview: Magna Steyr unveils flexible Mila EV concept

Published: March 2, 2009

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Hybrids/Alternative , Geneva Motor Show , Green Click above for high-res image gallery of the Magna Steyr mila ev concept Amongst all of the various concept and production-ready vehicles that major automakers will unveil this week at the Geneva Motor Show is a new concept from auto supplier Magna Steyr called the mila ev. This electric machine was designed from the start to eschew the carbon-spewing, petroleum-chugging internal combustion engine, so no compromises stemming from the conversion of a previously-gas-powered vehicle were necessary. For this reason, Magna says its concept is immediately ready for series production at its own manufacturing plants and could be configured to accept a natural gas, hydrogen fuel cell or hybrid powertrain.


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