Category: Auto Types

German tank bike tops all others

Filed under: Etc., Euro, Motorcycles

I ask you, who says the Germans don’t have a sense of humor? All right, so it can be an arcane, mystifying sense of humor, but it’s there, and that’s the point. Tilo Niebel and his gents at the Harzer Bike company in Germany, upon finding they had a tank engine […]

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Posted in Motorcycles on Nov 21st, 2007, 5:46 pm     

Lutz says Volt production by end of 2010

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Chevrolet, GM

Speaking at the Reuters Auto Summit in Detroit today, Bob Lutz stated that the Chevrolet Volt series hybrid will be in production by the end of 2010. What’s more interesting is that he told reporters employees working on the Volt “are becoming increasingly nervous” about meeting that deadline. According to […]

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Posted in Hybrids/Alternative on Nov 21st, 2007, 5:46 pm     

Nissan can’t prevent GT-R markups at dealer level

Filed under: Car Buying, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Nissan

Despite floating a plan that would attempt to stop the inevitable customer speculation in the GT-R by voiding the car’s warranty if it were sold in the first year, Nissan has come to the conclusion that they are, frankly, powerless to stop it. The company says it gave up […]

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Posted in Coupes on Nov 21st, 2007, 4:05 pm     

Nissan can’t prevent GT-R markups at dealer level

Filed under: Car Buying, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Nissan

Despite floating a plan that would attempt to stop the inevitable customer speculation in the GT-R by voiding the car’s warranty if it were sold in the first year, Nissan has come to the conclusion that they are, frankly, powerless to stop it. The company says it gave up […]

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Posted in Sports/GTs on Nov 21st, 2007, 3:45 pm     

Honda Fit named Japanese Car of the Year

Filed under: Japan, Hatchbacks, Honda
click above image for high-res gallery of the 2008 Honda Fit
The second-generation Honda Fit (a.k.a. Jazz in some markets outside the U.S.) has been named Japan’s Car of the Year. Reuters reports that the little Honda hatchback beat out such heavyweights as the new Nissan Skyline (a.k.a. Infiniti G37 in the […]

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Posted in Hatchbacks on Nov 21st, 2007, 2:48 pm     

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