March 25, 2009

[Redwood]

-(F1) Formula One 2009: Your guide to the teams, drivers and the outlook for each
-FBI breaks up $25 million 'car cloning' ring
-Automobile Mag Review: 2010 Toyota Prius
-C&D First Drive Review: 2010 Toyota Prius
-(F1) 2010 Formula One Korean Grand Prix
-C&D 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX - Short Take Road Test
-Scoop! Volkswagen Kills Rabbit Nameplate
-C&D 2010 Volkswagen GTI - First Drive Review
-Autoextremist Rant - State of the Motor City Nation: The “Polishing of the Pitchforks” Edition.
-IL Track Tested: Chevy Camaro V6 vs. Dodge Challenger V6
-B&B Pumps 300 Ponies Out of Volkswagen Tiguan
-B&B VW Scirocco with 350hp
-2009 BMW Z4 - Chassis Secrets
-F1 braced for diffuser protests
-Video: F1 Champ Damon Hill makes Journalist Carsick during Mercedes SL55 AMG Test Drive
-Student's video pleads for Detroit 3
-Porsche secures $13.5 billion to buy more Volkswagen shares
-Fisker confirms 32 dealers in the U.S. to sell the Karma plug-in hybrid
-Production Lexus LF-A, Toyobaru coming to Tokyo in Oct.
-Next Mazda Miata to be lighter; get smaller engines and electric power steering?
-Whither Suburbia? Virginia all but outlaws cul-de-sac construction in face of traffic costs

[Redwood]

Re: March 25, 2009

Interesting bit from the WRX review:

And when we say "plenty," we mean it: the revised WRX now blasts to 60 mph from a standstill in an electrifying 4.7 seconds. That's 1.1 seconds quicker than the 2008 model—and get this—0.3 second quicker than we've managed in a WRX STI, the supposedly higher-performance version of the WRX. The fact that the WRX is now substantially quicker seems absolutely bonkers, but there are a couple of good explanations. First, the WRX STI weighs a hearty 180 pounds more than the base WRX, according to our scales. Second, the STI and its closer-ratio six-speed manual call for two shifts to 60, while the regular WRX's five speed hits 60 mph in second gear. By the time the pair travel a quarter-mile, the '09 WRX loses some ground, though; both cross the line at 102 mph, with the base Rex edging out the STI by just 0.1 second, 13.5 to 13.6.