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New KIA Hybrid is coming...

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Under his casual clothing design, on the body of a soul comprises a rollback tent roof and aluminum underbody protection small car, Kia Trail'ster concept sports an electric four-wheel drive and is powered by an electric motor in conjunction with a 1.6-liter powered turbocharged gasoline engine.

Monday, August 18, 2014

Aston Martin US stores at risk by new crash-rule, says dealers

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Aston Martin shops be unprofitable in the United States and could close if the sports car maker not to get in a position to take an exemption from the crash standards that effect next month, said a top dealer. 

 The average Aston Martin store will lose money if the car manufacturer not the DB9 and Vantage, two models that do not comply with the new side impact rule to sell, said James Walker, president of the US-dealer advisory body of the car manufacturer. 

 Without convertible models that will not meet the standard to September 2015, all dealers of the brand would be "in the red," Walker wrote in a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Petition. 

 Aston Martin spokesman Matthew Clarke said he had not seen the petition and therefore could not give an immediate comment. 

 Next month, U.S. regulators will implement an additional crash test to begin to protect passengers from the side collisions in narrow fixed objects such as power poles and trees

 Aston Martin last year's call for exceptions to the DB9 to August 2016 and for the Vantage when August 2017th 

 "The financial sustainability of the Aston Martin dealer is very much in question," Walker wrote. "If traders make the decision, the franchise, a very likely outcome shutter, is the impact on employment of meaning." 

 One of the few premium car producers not part of a larger group has manufacturing, the independence of the 101-year-old company hinders the ability to create new models, including the next generation DB9 and Vantage, both of finance delayed.

2014 Pacific Northwest Nationals: Muscle car madness

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At the annual Goodguys Pacific Northwest Nationals Rod and Custom Car Show, the participants see incredible sports cars, the wildest colors and modifications of this page from a "Transformers" movie. But the cars on this list are all about power and performance. The muscle car movement of the 1960s was a great time for the American automotive industry, as Detroit Big Three automakers positioned themselves to the Almighty PS to win the war. But the real winners are enthusiasts who get get dream about these spectacular machines alive the Muscle Car.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Legendary summer convertibles

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Maybe the sun goes down, when you stop and from top to bottom. There's still plenty warm, so a T-shirt is more than enough, and as you roll along the road there is so much more to see, hear and even smell. It's summer, and as the song says, the living is easy. The truth is, while we all have our private open-air memories is greatly varied experience and the allure of a convertible is as strong as this country is wide. And so convertibles Americans remain - the unsurpassed visibility, the feeling of movement, and a warm sun after a long, cold winters are just too good for the soul.

 Carroll Shelby once called us just to tell us it was a "Shelby Cobra" and not an AC Cobra. Who are we to say Carroll is unlike any other she called AC Cobras back when bell bottoms were huge and car engines were larger. Fifty years after the Cobra - is still one of the greats, a car so raw it should be its own place in the periodic table of the elements - either small or big block. In perfect summer every enthusiast should have at least one long, loud Cobra drive, and we guarantee that it will be windswept, hot, incredibly close and incredibly fun. 

 There was never a rational necessity, have a Alfa Spider. Other small converts could bring your hair for less money or with more powerful engines messed up. But the Alfa simply not leaked Italian style and not the arrogant social snub a Ferrari, but the welcome, boisterous fun relaxed Invite friends for a romp in the country. Plus the Alfas are not without their own performance history - about twice as long as Ferrari in the heyday of the spider. Dealers are few and far between and a serious lack of development finally drove the Alfa offshore, but a new one is coming soon. 

 Seriously, it's all about the name Buick with post-World War II Land Yacht. A substantial two tons, the Roadmaster set the tone for an entire era in 1949 with his VentiPorts on the fender and "view cart" curved windshield. Here a car was so big and luxurious as a victorious America itself. Electric windows and seats were standard, as well as an accessible price, set top-down luxury motoring within reach of a post-Depression, post-war upper-middle class. It was a long way from the soup lines of the 1930s, and the Roadmaster all luxury features we take the course for the energy for granted today.

 More details coming soon!!!

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