kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
A 19-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty to carjacking Thursday in federal court. Demarko L. Collins admitted that he and Frederick Darrington pointed guns at a man driving a green Dodge Charger on April 9, 2007, and took his wallet, money, jewelry and car. Collins could face up to 15 years in prison.
Autoblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Trucks/Pickups , Safety Click above for more of the IIHS side impact crash tests for small pickups The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently performed side crash tests for the first time on small pickups. Their sampling included the Toyota Tacoma, Dodge Dakota, Ford Ranger, Nissan Frontier and Chevy Colorado. The results were published today and they indicate that small pickup...
DUmmie FUnnies (Free subscription) | yesterday
Picture the scene from the DUkes of Hazzard. Same theme music. Only instead of the sheriff chasing the Dukes' Dodge Charger, it is reporters from the National Enquirer chasing John Edwards all around the basement of the Beverly Hilton with the chase ending up in a restroom where the Breck Girl remained trapped for 15 minutes until rescued by hotel security. In case you haven't heard about this
KickingTires (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
The Viper leaves our offices today after a week of me tooling around in the sinister coupe, and sitting at my desk this morning I had to tally up the gas receipts for the week. Much to my surprise, the...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Suspicious news out today: Malia and Sasha Obama get weekly allowances of: ONE DOLLAR A WEEK. Now, I understand that those two don't exactly have to worry about filling up the Dodge Ram in times like... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Motor Authority (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Despite claims at the car’s debut that the run of 6,400 2008 Challenger SRT8s had almost sold out, the truth is that many of them are still available. The problem could be, at least in part, driven by dealer markups, though the general downturn in the U.S. market is also likely playing a [...]
Truckblog News (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Raser Technologies today announced it is developing a 100 mile per gallon (mpg) light truck in addition to a 100 mpg SUV' Raser’s plug-in electric drive system is designed to allow light trucks such as the Chevy Silverado, Ford F-150, or Dodge Ram to achieve over 100 mpg in typical local daily driving with near zero emissions, by using electricity instead of petroleum as the primary fuel'
Motorsports Blog (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2008 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 15 of 24 21st annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals Infineon Raceway Sonoma, Calif. July 25-27, 2008 SONOMA , Calif. (July 22, 2008) Jack Beckman is banking on the momentum he and the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car team have gained in the first two events of what is considered the grueling Western Swing (Denver,...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Advertising Age critic Bob Garfield has published an open letter to Omnicon CEO John Wren, blasting three homophobic ads that have been produced by agencies under the Omnicon umbrella. Dear John, Two years ago, from BBDO, Detroit, came the spot for the macho subcompact Dodge Caliber. It featured a burly tough guy snorting the words "silly little fairy" at a Tinkerbell-like pixie, only to be magic-wanded...
Boxwish (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Wanted , the action blockbuster released last month is almost a by-the-numbers male fantasy. Average Joe, Wesley (played by James McAvoy ) discovers he has amazing fighting abilities and transforms into a bad-ass – check. Pouty screen siren Angelina Jolie in not much clothing – check. And some pretty tasty cars – check. But though most of us aren’t capable of becoming incredible fighting machines...
CrimProf Blog (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Bradley Harrison was driving a rented Dodge Durango from Vancouver to Toronto in the fall of 2004 with 77 pounds of cocaine in the trunk when a police officer pulled him over, found the drugs and arrested him. A year...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
The woman standing on a busy street in Beirut's Dikwaneh district gives Najib Shoufani an earful: she is none too happy that a delivery truck has put a nasty scrape on her 2008 Dodge Caliber. Shoufani is sympathetic, but brief: his work here is done."Thank God you're safe," he says with a smile, as he packs up the notes.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
When the redesigned Chevy Camaro arrives for the 2010 model year, it will face competition not only from its long-time pony pals a redesigned Ford Mustang and the Dodge Challenger--but also from climbing gas prices.
Frozen Tropics (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
The Post reports on the 7 people shot, one fatally, early Saturday morning in Trinidad. Police have confirmed that they are looking at two unrelated vehicles moving through Trinidad. The 2002 gold Dodge Intrepid, which was involved in three of the shooting incidents, including that of 13 year old Alonzo Robinson, and a black sedan that entered the neighborhood and shot a man and a teen. One witness...
