The new Fiesta Rallycross cars have already created plenty of buzz in the enthusiast community with word of their North American motorsport debut in July’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado. Now, the anticipation will be even greater as the Swedish Olsbergs Motor Sport Evolution (MSE) team has announced it will compete in ESPN’s X Games 15 in Los Angeles, Calif., July 30 –...
Filed under: Green 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery In a recent op-ed piece published in The Wall Street Journal, Alan Reynolds of the Cato Institute starts by making a few decent points about fuel taxation and fuel economy rules. Unfortunately, he undermines himself with some blatant errors and misinformation. In discussing how Detroit automakers will deal with new...
Cyprus crowned its representatives to Misses Universe and World with the conclusion of Miss Cyprus 2009, also known as Star Cyprus or Carlsberg Pancyprian Beauty Contest, last 2 July 2009 at the Pavillion in the capital Nicosia, once a host of the Miss Universe 2000. The top prizes in this pageant are Star Cyprus 2009 and Miss Cyprus 2009. Confusing? The former is superior to the latter. The winner...
After exclusive spy pictures of Ford Australia testing the upcoming Ford Ranger/Mazda BT-50, our spy guy has now snapped some interesting photos of Ford Australia testing a new small car based on the Ford Verve concept. The car seen in these spy shots is clearly disguised as the previous-generation Ford Fiesta, but it's believed that this new machine may actually be a production version of the Ford...
Filed under: Spy Photos , Economy , Hatchbacks , Ford , Australia 2011 Ford Verve spy shots - Click above for high-res image gallery Eagle-eyed spy shooters for Car Advice in Australia have managed to snap off a series of photos of a new entry-level Ford hatchback that's likely headed to emerging markets like India, Brazil and some areas in Europe. The car seen in these spy shots is clearly disguised...
The 2009 Ford Fiesta will make its North American motorsports debut at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb at the middle of the month, but the Blue Oval announced it will also be present at this year's X Games. The 2009 Ford Fiesta will be raced at the X Games by th... [...]
It’s smaller than the Ford Fiesta and it’s based on the Toyota iQ - sounds something like Aston Martin would never build right? Nonetheless, it is a reality and Aston Martin says that it won’t be making any mechanical changes to the base iQ model, which Toyota will provide the supercar automaker’s Gaydon facility. The only [...]
Filed under: Motorsports , Hatchbacks , Ford Tanner Foust’s 2009 Olsbergs MSE ROCKSTAR Ford Fiesta - Click above for high-res image gallery Ford knows better than most that the way into an American car buyer’s heart is through motor racing, so the latest step in… Related posts: 800-hp Ford Fiesta Rallycross Car to race at Pike’s Peak Later this summer, the Olsberg Motor Sport...
How cool does this one look eh? Aston Martin are actually bringing this model out and it will be smaller than the Ford Fiesta. This car is actually based upon the Toyota iQ and is a joint partnership between Aston Martin and Toyota. Those expecting this little baby to be fired up by some badass [...]
So Top Gear wanted go back to its roots - reviewing cars 'normally' with little to no excitement. They tried it with the 2010 Ford Fiesta, but what ensued was anything but a normal test drive - it's utter madness. To put it straight, you don't test a car in a SHOPPING MALL with a Corvette ZR1 your tail! You don't put the test car on a military battle ground with soldiers shooting from it. But, hey,...
Back in 2002, the National Academy of Sciences did a study on the effects of CAFE. They found that over the three decades CAFE has been in effect, downsizing of cars and trucks for fuel economy has cost us about 2,000 lives per year. Less steel framing and smaller size equals more miles per gallon. It also means you’re rolling down the road in a vehicle with much less crashworthiness, making...
The head of the Oxford University Press says that while the Google book settlement is imperfect, it may be the best way to prevent nearly a century's worth of knowledge from effectively vanishing. The settlement between Google and book copyright holders has been examined by everyone from librarians to the US Department of Justice . Most of the issues identified by outside parties have focused on two...
Earlier this month, Google attempted to make a shot across Microsoft's bow with an Apps Sync for Outlook. Unfortunately for them, it completely fizzled when Microsoft made clear that the plugin disabled key Outlook functionality. Google admitted as much at the time. But today, they've announced that the issues have been fixed. Windows Desktop Search now works, and users can control how the archiving...
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