After failed attempts by General Motors to buy back into their former financial arm GMAC, now Ally Bank, with the intent on gaining access to more sub-prime lending and leasing they turned their sights towards AmeriCredit. As of today, AmeriCredit’s stockholders approved the sale to General Motors for $3.5 billion in cash so as of [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Now available for the 2009-2011 Corvette ZR1 CORSA Performance Exhaust with Reflective Sound Cancellation (RSC) (Part #14164) offers a high-performance sound and a 12-14 rear-wheel horsepower gain and up to 15 ft-lbs of torque. Manufacturered in 321 Stainless steel the dual rear exit exhaust system comes with fully polished 4-inch Pro Series Tips laser [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Another in a series of cool video ads from NSR.
A couple of months ago we showed some video of a Volvo c60 ram the back of a semi trailer on a test track full of reporters who were waiting to see the Volvo’s crash avoidance system automatically stop the vehicle short of the target. Well, apparently they’ve gone and done it again, this time [...] Read the rest of this entry »
A short video of a Porsche 917/30 lapping my Carrera track with the new Super Tires, wicked fast.
In what has to be one of the oddest recalls of recent memory, the National Traffic Highway Administration has issued a recall for the Bentley Arnage, Azure, and Brooklands manufacturered between 2007 and 2009. Why, you may ask? Apparently 596 Bentleys undertook the option of having Bentley’s tradmarked Flying-B mounted on the hood as a [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Video posted from Maurizio of a test of the O2 system at Slotlandia last week.
Sometimes your local Department of Transportation has to replace a stretch of guardrail along the highway, but we don’t image that they use a Chevy Suburban to do just that, although it almost makes it look easy to accomplish! [Jalopnik] Read the rest of this entry »
