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Monday, July 27, 2009

Gerry Judah's Sculptures of Speed


In the name of art, it's cars in the sky at the Festival of Speed every year since 1997. Meet the man who makes them: Gerry Judah, a Baghdadi Jew from Calcutta.

2010 Jaguar XJ: A Controversially Redesigned Pussycat


There's no questioning the 2010 Jaguar XJ is controversial in its design. We've compiled a gallery of 68 images to help set the record straight. Pussycat! Faster, Kill!

Tesla Roadster Sport: First Drive


The Tesla Roadster Sport's steering column doesn't move, I can barely sit in it even with the top open and it makes me look silly when I get in and out. Who cares? It's got a 3.7-second 0-to-60 time.

Aston Martin DBR2 Recreated With Space Age Technology


Rizk Auto took one of the best looking, rarest and most expensive cars of all time, the Aston Martin DBR2, and recreated it using a mix of space age technology and period components.

2009 Toyota Venza: Part One



The 2009 Toyota Venza has the unique ability to elicit both howls of displeasure and interjections of apathy, but considering what's popular with the masses, that doesn't matter. The question really appears to be: "Is it a good Toyota?"

2010 Audi A5 Sportback: Five Doors, Six Engines



The 2010 Audi A5 Sportback is officially the newest A5 family member and the 800th vehicle with more than two doors to call itself a coupe -- but we'd rather complain about it not coming here.

Yes, as attractive as the prospect of a sleek Audi hatch is, there's no word yet on it making it to the U.S. The "five-door" coupe, which is as ridiculous to write as it is to read, will come with three gas engines and three turbodiesels. On the gas side, the 3.2-liter V6 tops the line with 276 HP. On the TDI side, Audi's 240 HP 3.0 TDI will carry the flagship status.

For those interested in space, as well as power, the nearly 17 cubic-feet of storage space is on par with the Audi A4 Avant and is accessible with a German-sized hatch.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Buick Riviera


The Buick Riviera is an automobile produced by Buick in the United States from the 1963 to 1999 model years, with 1,127,261 produced.[1]

A full-size coupé or personal luxury car, the early models of the Riviera in particular have been highly praised by automotive journalists and writers.

2008 Coupe Concept-car


The Riviera concept made its North American debut at the 2008 North American International Auto Show.

Body style(s) 2-door coupe
Wheelbase 2870 mm (113 in)
Length 4710 mm (185.4 in)
Width 1940 mm (76.4 in)
Height 1415 mm (55.7 in)

Luxury


In economics, a luxury good is a good for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises, in contrast to a "necessity good", for which demand increases less than proportionally as income rises.[citation needed]

Luxury goods are said to have high income elasticity of demand: as people become wealthier, they will buy more and more of the luxury good. This also means, however, that should there be a decline in income its demand will drop. Income elasticity of demand is not constant with respect to income, and may change sign at different levels of income. That is to say, a luxury good may become a normal good or even an inferior good at different income levels, e.g. a wealthy person stops buying increasing numbers of luxury cars for his automobile collection to start collecting airplanes (at such an income level, the luxury car would become an inferior good).

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

2010 Ford Taurus: First Drive


The 2010 Ford Taurus wants to become to full-size sedans what the F-150 is to trucks: the standard by which all others are judged. That's an incredibly ambitious goal for an utterly conventional car.

World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport


The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport is officially the fastest road legal production convertible. That is, if you consider a 223 MPH top-down jaunt across the French countryside road legal and you consider 150 units a "production" model.

Robogasm 2 Begins In 24 Hours...


In honor of the Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen robogasm, we'll have special coverage starting midnight-plus-one tomorrow night at the Transformers 2 tag. You won't want to miss it. Unless of course you hate giant freakin' robots. And America.