GM Demands The Large Amount Ransom Money To Obama - TOP 10 Auto News Today

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GM Demands The Large Amount Ransom Money To Obama - TOP 10 Auto News Today

Posted Friday, Jun 27, 2008 by autos

TOP 10 - Cross country rallies have huge carbon footprint

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GM/Ford Merger - TOP 10 Auto News Today in Loqu.com Of all the things gearheads making the 2,600-mile Great American Run through the West will worry about -- avoiding the cops, keeping the car intact, finding a bathroom before their bladders burst -- the size of their carbon footprint is at the bottom of the list.

[ source : abcnews ]

TOP 9 - Koenigseder wide-body Smart ForTwo

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Koenigseder Tuning may be used to modifying relatively bigger vehicles like the Audi Q7 or the Infiniti FX, but that didn't deter the Austrian tuning house from looking downmarket for its latest project, a wide-body kit for the tiny Smart Fortwo.

[ source : edmunds.com ]

TOP 8 - Audi A1 drop-top bound for Frankfurt in '09, aimed at MINI cabrio

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It’s mid-summer, and Audi is celebrating in style with this: the new A1 Cabriolet.

The German supermini first broke cover last October as the Metroproject Quattro – a concept designed to showcase both the A1 and Audi’s clever electric-hybrid powertrain.

[ source : autoexpress ]

TOP 7 - EDO puts the Super in the Gallardo Superleggera

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Some things you figure are universal. Like time, for example. But for a tuning house that regularly takes the fastest cars around and tinkers with them just for kicks, time – say, production dates and acceleration numbers – might not hold the same meaning as it does for the rest of us mere mortals.

[ source : edo-competition.de ]

TOP 6 - 2009 Dodge Ram arriving with much more power

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Chrysler LLC is bringing the all-new 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 full-size pickup to market with greater V-8 power ratings than originally promised, raising 2009 5.7-liter HEMI horsepower from 380 hp to 390 hp and torque from 404 lbs-ft to 407 lbs-ft. That's a 13% increase in horsepower and 8.5% increase in torque over the 2008 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 (345/375 hp/lbs-ft).

[ source : pickuptrucks.com ]

TOP 5 - VW Golf Twin Drive Plug-In Hybrid Diesel Makes Prius Look Thirsty

ransom money - VW Golf

The combination of a fuel-sipping diesel engine with plug-in hybrid technology is something that hasn't really been utilized — until now. This is the Volkswagen Golf Twin Drive Concept, and it looks even more promising than VW's late Golf TDI Hybrid from Geneva. Evidently, the Twin Drive can be run in electric-only mode for a range of up to 30 miles using an 82 HP electric motor. But, there's also a 2.0-liter turbo-diesel that makes 122 HP which can take over once the batteries have been drained. When the two powerplants combine, you become Captain Planet have a parallel hybrid with about 174 HP. The range is aided even further by regenerative braking to charge the batteries, and start-stop technology that shuts the engine off when idling in traffic. But is all of this just a techno' showcase? Or will it actually be made available for normal people to save fuel with?

[ source : jalopnik ]

TOP 4 - New-Age Mutant Ninja Wagons

ransom money - Wagons

MUTATIONS drive evolution. Say you’re born with six toes on each foot around the time that an epidemic of the Five Toed Virus sweeps the planet and wreaks havoc on the normal-footed populace. From then on, you and the other six-toed people will have the upper hand, and your offspring will wonder how anyone got by with only five little piggies on each foot.

[ source : nytimes ]

TOP 3 - Ferrari Millechili: Lighter, Quicker, Greener!

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When rumors of Ferrari's attempts at fuel efficiency first began to circulate, I was rather quick to dismiss them as nothing more than self-serving corporate greenwash. But having looked at the new iteration of the Enzo, I stand corrected.

[ source : technoride.com ]

TOP 2 - Rhinebeck vintage show

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I’ll bet this baby can push some snow. A 1945 Oshkosh ready to just bolt the plow on. Oshkosh continued production throughout WWII producing 6X6 trucks for the war effort. The engine compartment in this truck was immaculate. It looked as good inside as it did outside.

[ source : hemmings.com ]

TOP 1 - Obama will pay the large amount ransom money

U.S. carmakers need a boost in federal research spending and incentives for consumers to adopt new and expensive technologies, General Motors Corp.'s top executive told Barack Obama Thursday.

Obama kicked off a forum with top business and academic leaders with a question to GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner, asking what the next president can do to help domestic automakers adjust to rising gas prices and increasing environmental concerns.

Note : The American automobile industry rises needs the entire American people to pay if Obama becomes president.