July 11, 2012

[Redwood]

Sorry for the big lapse. I could never quite find time to finish this lately, so this is big.

-Video: KEN BLOCK'S GYMKHANA FIVE: ULTIMATE URBAN PLAYGROUND; SAN FRANCISCO - You need to carve out 10 minutes of your day to watch this video
-The Ten Greatest Car Designers Working Today - No Chris Bangle?! (thanks lazychicken)
-Ford predicts self-driving, traffic-reducing cars by 2017 (thanks Kraemer)
-Top 10 Ways Hollywood Gets Cars Wrong All the Time
-VW Finds 1 Share Saves $1.1 Billion in Tax With Loophole
-Volvo Hit With $1.5M NHTSA Fine For Late Recalls
-Dems To Chrysler: Talk To Owners About Jeep Wrangler 'Death Wobble'
-2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3 First Drive at Inside Line - $6500 more?!
-All-New BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon makes US debut
-Patriot Acts: The Most Important American Cars Of The Past 25 Years
-2012 Alpine A110-50 Vs. 1960s Alpine A110
-High-Priced Flops: Five hyper-expensive cars that failed to deliver
-Man nears 3 millionth mile in world record-holding Volvo
-(F1) British Grand Prix Race Results
-Report: Springdale, Utah Speed Trap Targets Foreign Tourists
-The Best Brands -- And The Worst -- For Shopping Experience
-2014 Cadillac CTS Spy Shots
-This Is The 2014 Corvette’s Entire Nose
-Patrick Dempsey shifts racing career into high gear with Le Mans prototype program
-What you need to know about the "Jeep Death Wobble"
-Unborn baby kicks off car accident
-Subaru WRX Club Spec 11 unveiled for Australians
-Four-Cylinder Cadillac ATS Scores 22/33-mpg EPA Ratings
-New RFID Device Could Jam Your Cell Phone While Your Car is Moving
-Video: Watch what might be the best-ever save attempt in motoring
-Don't Love Your New Chevrolet? Return It Up To 2 Months Later
-2002-2004 Ford Escape May Suffer From Unintended Acceleration
-(F1) Red Bull Racing boss Horner wants Webber to stay on for next F1 season
-ZF boss says transmission gear count one-upsmanship nearing end
-IIHS Study: Collision Avoidance and Adaptive Headlights Effective, Lane Departure Warning Not
-Video Find: Jerry Seinfeld Promotes New Web Series with Cars, Comedians
-The Death Of BMW’s M Brand
-BMW Blog Test Drive: BMW M135i
-BMW makes ABS standard on all motorcycles - Only just now?
-A Tesla S Reservation Holder Tells Why He Wants One
-(F1) IOC head rules out F1 as Olympic sport
-Toyota sends out free Entune upgrade, adds three apps and voice control
-Hackers steal BMWs in 3 minutes using security loophole
-Video Find: 2013 Subaru BRZ Scorches Its Surroundings, Sets Off Sprinkler Systems
-BMW Announces Limited-Production 2013 M3 Coupe Lime Rock Park Edition
-Dan Neil Responds to Jalopnik's Comments on the Tesla S - This is what separates bloggers from real writers. Excellent rebuttal
-(Jalopnik) BMW’s 3-Series Hybrid Is The Electrified Modest Driving Machine
-2013 Scion tC Release Series 8.0 Announced, Is Red
-Revamped GM Trucks to Have Only Six Gears
-BMW to boost investment in Mini cars
-Redesigned Ford Escape a runaway success
-Fiat hits a bump on re-entry into U.S.
-GM Passes On Unveiling New Pickups During Upcoming Texas State Fair
-Ford developing a high-performance Falcon GT - report
-2013 Subaru BRZ Limited Automatic Full Test at Inside Line
-Confessions of Edsel Ford II's secret shopper
-2013 Chevy Spark Will Not Be Offered With CD Player. AUX Standard, USB Optional - I still remember seeing my first CD player in a home theater store when I was a kid. Now I feel old.
-Chrysler Responds to Swedish Moose Test "Failure"
-Official: Next Lexus LS to be revealed in San Francisco on July 30
-Five new 2012 hybrid cars to consider steering away from
-Hyundai sued over fuel economy claims
-Report: Subaru BRZ gets early sales incentives as cheaper Scion FRS outsells it - So, it turns out car enthusiasts are cheap bastards. Who knew?!
-Report: $30 million Ferrari 250 GTO crashed on 50th anniversary tour
-Report: BMW adds iDrive Touch and 3D maps to latest generation infotainment system [w/video]
-2013 Audi Allroad First Drive at Car & Driver
-(F1) McLaren Mercedes F1 Drivers Get Animated
-2015 Audi R8 - First Look
-Caught Testing: 2014 Rolls-Royce Corniche
-Opel Adam Officially Unveiled Prior To Paris Motor Show
-2013 BMW M135i Hatchback Euro-Spec First Drive at Motor Trend - I'm not a hatch fan, but I would like that in a 4 door
-2013 Chevy Equinox LTZ V-6 First Drive at Motor Trend
-Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster Revealed
-2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG Full Test at Car & Driver
-The most disliked car of the year (so far)
-TVR Boss Gives Up ON Building Cars, Focuses On Wind Turbines
-Porsche Panamera Rentals Coming to Hertz
-Video: Watch the best video review of the Toyota GT 86 yet
-How Shills From Warren Buffett’s Chinese Car Company Stole Their Own Facebook Contest
-Audi Calls Acura’s New Hybrid NSX Sports Car ‘Vaporware’ On Twitter (thanks Fair)
-How Being An Idiot Is The Smart Way To Drive Fast
-Goodyear Makes Its Own Gymkhana Vid And It’s Not Bad - One of the most awesome commercials ever
-Ten Places Ken Block Should Film Gymkhana 6
-Autoextremist Rant - Churnin’ and burnin’ in the Motor City
-Zombie Apocalypse Vehicles
-Volvo testing new safety features
-Senna movie now available on Blu-ray