You’ve seen them – “Win a BRAND NEW CAR!” contests only to find out the “big prize” is a 2011 Toyota Yaris or Chevy Aveo. Screw that… Luckily, Raybestos gets it. They (and Chicago’s Hot Rod Chassis & Cycle) have souped up a 1964 Pontiac GTO to 700 HP then ran it down the quarter-mile [...]
Some days, I don’t know if I adequately express my love for automobiles in every post I authored. I am truly a car fan and it is an auto show that reminds me just how much I cherish that interest in automobiles. Knowing that so many Automoblog.net followers feel the same sense of emotion with [...]
Through 6 days of January, the 2011 Barrett-Jackson Auction offered a treat to the eyes and senses of any car crazy person. Antique, custom, historic, hot rods, sports cars and even race cars were sold in a field in Scottsdale, Arizona supplying a wealthof horsepower, flash and colour. Along with cars, personalities like actor Tim [...]
Effective February 1st of 2011, the GM Goodwrench Service signs will disappear from United States General Motors dealerships ending 37 years of the name’s usage for manufacturer-backed auto care and maintenance. Proceeding on from this upcoming February, the auto service and maintenance will be undertaken by brand identified Certified Service centers (For example, Chevrolet Certified Service [...]
Every year, SEMA attracts countless custom cars. From mild to wild, tuners show off their latest creations. Each hoping to attract orders for their bodykits/cars/wheels/restoration services. And since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you can always expect to find a few “misses” at the SEMA show. However, these entries are so hideous, [...]
At the beginning of the last decade, the sport utility vehicle (SUV) was the bread and butter of the auto industry. Wanting load-hauling abilities without the gutless performance potential of the minivan, customer interest in SUVs or early crossover vehicles required every automaker to present one such vehicle into the marketplace. For summer of 2000, [...]
For the 2010 model year, there was just under 70 brand new or heavily redesigned vehicles entering the marketplace. With thousands of parts combining to fabricate a vehicle, automakers are terribly concerned for their freshman products. Despite all the virtual and physical testing has been conducted prior to release within a vehicle’s development stage, the [...]
Put this story in the “Strange Bedfellows” department, but word has it that a resurrected DeLorean Motor Company is considering keeping the Pontiac Solstice alive and bringing it back to market by 2011. No, seriously. I’m not sure if this is either one of the most brilliant ideas I’ve heard for a while, or one [...]