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Aya Kiguchi: Kanagawa Race Queen

Aya Kiguchi: Kanagawa Race Queen
Oh the Babeland that is Japan gives us another one. Actress, gravure idol and race queen are the titles tucked under Aya Kiguchi’s belt or lack thereof. Young and fresh at the age 24, Aya’s hobbies include working out, caligraphy, marathons and swimming. Wouldn’t we like to see her all wet.

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General Paint Chevy Truck Still On The Job In Hayward [Down On The Street Bonus Edition]

Hayward, California, is an interesting place; a one-time farm town, it was zoned for blight immediately after World War II and balkanized with weird islands of Alameda County unincorporated areas. There were dirt roads in some parts of Hayward until the mid-80s, which is pretty wild for an urban-core city right on the Bay. These days it's a mix of quaint downtown, vast industrial parks that seem to specialize in radioactive dioxin production, generic suburbia, drive-by-shooting gangland turf, and cool vehicles on the street. Especially the latter. Not only do you get every possible variety of original Detroit classic, bewinged Nipponese street racer, jacked-up meth-enhanced primer musclecar, street-sign-shootin' tall truck, old-school lowrider, and diamond-encrusted donk, you get ancient work trucks that have logged millions of miles at an average speed of 14 MPH. Trucks like this painter's work vehicle, which proud Hayward resident Casadelshawn shot for us.




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Road trip! tgriffith heads to LA

That's one full Honda!

That's one full Honda!

In the classic tradition of family road trips, I’m making the 1,200-mile drive to Los Angeles.

My lovely wife, two kids, and way more stuff than I thought possible are crammed into our 2002 Honda CR-V, and we’re going to Disneyland. Yes, there will be fights. I can guarantee someone’s going to throw up all over themselves and the portable DVD player will probably short out, leaving my wife and me panicked about how to keep the kids quiet. 

But we WILL have fun. I’m the dad, and I can demand that, right?

I’ll check in from the road and write thrilling blogs about life in the car and maybe share some bumper stickers that make me laugh along the way. If I end up behind a 1997 Buick going 40 in the fast lane with its left turn signal on, you’ll hear about it. 

I may not have the exotic location and foreign cars that jgoods recently posted about, but I’ve got two kids and 2,400 miles of road-trippin’ fun ahead of me.

And it WILL be fun! 

Keep the comments coming, preferably in the form of advice from all the other other well-traveled car gurus out there. Oh yeah, and happy Spring Break! 

-tgriffith



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UAW strikes GM’s Chevrolet Malibu plant in Fairfax

The UAW went on strike this morning at GM’s Fairfax assmebly plant which employs around 2,600 workers and produces GM’s best-selling Chevrolet Malibu sedan. According to a secretary at...



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Corona, California: The city that doubled as a race course

Corona, California, race postcardThe city of Corona, California, earned its “Circle City” nickname – and even its formal name – from its most unusual feature: The three-mile-diameter circular Grand Boulevard, laid out by Henry Clay Kellogg sometime before the city was incorporated in 1896. Conceived as a grounds for gentlemen to parade and exercise their horses, Grand Boulevard soon became a little more raucous – and a little more deadly.

To celebrate the 53rd anniversary of California’s admission to the union, the city organized an international road race to take place on Grand Boulevard. No small effort, the race attracted Ralph DePalma and Barney Oldfield – both driving factory Mercers – and offered a $3,000 prize for the medium car class, with engines up to 450 cubic inches and a 250-mile race length. Earl Cooper, driving a Stutz, took that prize and appeared to have won the unlimited free-for-all that ran an additional 50 miles, averaging more than 74 miles per hour. Oldfield crashed out, killing his riding mechanic.

Army photo of Corona, California, circa 1940s

A second race in November 1914 drew even more big racing names and an even larger crowd to witness faster speeds – at up to 87 miles per hour. The race course was soon dubbed the Indianapolis of the West. Oddly, no race was run in 1915. Speed Age magazine, in a 1948 article on the Corona road races, claimed it was because of numerous other races surrounding the World’s Fair, in San Francisco that year.

The race, however, did return in 1916, and while vying for first place, Bob Burman, driving a Peugeot, went into the crowd when a wheel collapsed. Burman, his mechanic and a track guard died while dozens of spectators were injured.

The race finished, and then was finished. The accident, along with World War I and pre-existing local opposition to the race, prevented it from returning to the city. Yet the tragedy did persuade Oldfield and Harry Miller to develop the Golden Submarine – an enclosed race car that incorporated a rollcage.

Unlike other race courses, Corona’s didn’t disappear into the weeds or developments. In fact, you can drive Grand Boulevard today and see its distinctive shape on Google Maps (Bing Maps version here).

Google Maps aerial photo of Corona, California

Thanks to Geoff Hacker for the 1946 Speed Age article that inspired this post!



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Bill and Connor in the Desert


A road trip doesn’t just mean seeing the sights, it means meeting new people and getting the local flavors from, well, the locals. Bill Miles and his son Connor, who we last saw in the Pacific Northwest, have since meandered down through California, around the San Francisco Bay and out into Nevada, and from reading their travelog, it sounds like they’ve talked to every living soul along the way, which makes for some great reading. Continue reading at Hemmings

Bill and Connor in the desert



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Top 10 Cars You Should Never Drive on a First Date

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It was the Spring of '93 and I was living large in my 1988 Dodge Omni. The little hatch was white with a burgundy interior, smelled like fast food and usually carried a substantial coat of dirt and grime that held it all together. One of the black plastic bumper pieces was missing from when I backed into my dad's car and the Omni was rolling fat with four over-sized tires scored from my brother's totaled Pontiac 6000. The tires were so large that I couldn't make a tight turn without grinding the rubber against the wheel well.

For my big date, though, the Omni at least go washed. I pulled into this poor girl's driveway jamming my brand new Jackyl tape when the her dad walked up. He glared at my car and said "You guys will be going to the baseball game in my wife's Astro Van, and you're not driving."

That was my first date car, which was followed by an Escort, Ranger and GMC Sonoma. Quite an unimpressive array of vehicles with which to make a first impression, which I reckon makes me an expert on the subject. So here it is: the Top 10 Cars You Should Never Drive on a First Date.

Top 10 Cars You Should Never Drive on a First Date originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Audi RS6, Audi Q7 V12 TDI: Spy shots!

The guys from Fourtitude are running some very nice spy shots of the Audi RS6 and Audi Q7 V12 TDI. Head over there to see more pictures!Related news: GermanCarBlog, P4MR, Audi RS6, Audi Q7 V12 TDISource: Fourtitude



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Colorado pulling popular cancer awareness license plate over funding controversy?

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Colorado’s specialty “Committed to a Cure” license plate was rolled out in 2005. According to the women behind it, the goal was to “create broad awareness about the breast cancer crusade,” and Coloradans have paid…



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Gemballa Mirage GT Carbon Edition: Five Alive

Gemballa Mirage GT Carbon Edition: Five Alive
So you think the Porsche Carrera GT isn’t rare enough, German tuners Gemballa will modify five units and re-badge it as the Mirage GT Carbon Edition. The name of the modification is your first clue; there will be acres of carbon fiber parts for the aerodynamics and the look of the car. Starting from the front apron to the rear skirt, every section of the car has been enhanced to maximize the true potential of the GT. A hydraulic height adjustment lifts the car up to 45mm to clear those pesky speedbumps. Inside, the V10 inferno has been increased to 670 hp and 630 Nm of torque, shaving the naught to 62 time by two-tenths of a second and bringing the car up to a 208 mph top speed. Like the look? Better hurry though, remember that only five samples will be given the Gemballa carbon treatment. And one more thing, the mod doesn’t include a Carrera! You’ll have to bring your own car in. ~$423,000.

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