June 22, 2006

[Redwood]

-Photos of the new G35 sedan testing in Dubai - I like it! Taking cues from the near perfect M35 interior is a good thing
-Tech Stuff: Ethanol Promises
-Pontiac prices Solstice GXP
-Formula One Is Going Green (thanks Shortcutsleeping)
-Subaru Justice: Law and Order Starts and Ends With the Impreza in S. Africa
-Pontiac Solstice stars in new DC comic
-Chrysler's redesigned mid-size sedan to hit U.S. dealers by end of '06 (with pics)
-Diesels could power as much as 30 percent of Hondas in the U.S., official says
-The latest from some of Germany’s top tuning houses
-Hybrid UPS truck debuts
-Ford designers allowed to be bolder in rally plan
-Cadillac CTS-V Racer Dolled Up To Promote Racing Game
-Pics of the 2007 Mercedes CL Class
-Stephen Colbert Has A Word Or Two On The GM — New York Times Word War

[hancheyb]

Re: June 22, 2006

--Formula One Is Going Green (thanks Shortcutsleeping)

Geez, talk about fast tracking hybrid technology. I hope they really try this stuff and make F1 about improving the breed once again.

[McCall]

Re: June 22, 2006

I'm impressed SeanT, no BMW news! (well besides the one German tuner article)

*edit - and the Solstice GXP is only $25,995! Not too bad seeing that they come pretty loaded. Based on what options I ordered (basically none), mine won't be much more than that.

[Oversteer]

Re: June 22, 2006

*edit - and the Solstice GXP is only $25,995! Not too bad seeing that they come pretty loaded. Based on what options I ordered (basically none), mine won't be much more than that.

What won't be much more, your diesel Jetta?

[Redwood]

Re: June 22, 2006

I'm impressed SeanT, no BMW news! (well besides the one German tuner article)

*edit - and the Solstice GXP is only $25,995! Not too bad seeing that they come pretty loaded. Based on what options I ordered (basically none), mine won't be much more than that.

What comes standard and what did you order?

[Fair!]

Re: June 22, 2006

The President of the FIA, Max Moseley, gave a stark warning to the auto makers (BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, Honda, Renault/Nissan, Toyota, etc) who control most of the Formula One teams. He claimed that they were spending hundreds of millions of dollars every year just trying to get a few more rpm out of their racing engines. This was unsustainable, and wasted superb engineering resources on an ultimately futile objective. Formula One should be the proving ground for advanced automotive technology, but it has fallen behind in areas such as fuel consumption. In the mid-90s at least two teams experimented with hybrid systems, but the FIA stopped them because it was concerned about safety. Since then, battery-based hybrid drives have been successfully launched in road cars. The FIA has now decided to allow (petrol-only) hybrids from the beginning of 2009, subject to final approval at the end of this year.

wow... quite the turn around