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Hotty Miss  |  by www.maintenance.autoblog.com. All rights reserved. 2.03 | 9:52

Posted Feb 25th 2007 9:53AM by


Most people are content to just leave their trailer hitch bare when they aren't pulling anything. Most people are also content to keep their reproductive organs in their pants when they're driving. And then there are those that feel as though they must For that latter group, they created bumper-nuts.

The name and the photo above are pretty self-explanitory, so any further elaboration would be even more egregious than the nuts themselves, although if you must know more I would highly recommend the discourse on the subject in where topic is covered with all the required delicacy.

Now however, in the wake of , Maryland Delegate LeRoy Meyers Jr. has decided to try and castrate afficiandos of vehicular testes.

Meyers' district has apparently been overrun with big balls (there is no word on whether drivers of such vehicles also tend to crank AC/DC) and he feels they are vulgur and immoral. He has introduced a bill to prohibit drivers from displaying anything that looks like "anatomically correct" or "less than completely and opaquely covered" human or animal genitals, human buttocks or female breasts. Fresh roadkill or deer hunting trophies would be exempted because they are apparently real.

Are there no larger issues to address in Maryland than trying to legislate bad taste?

[Source: Washington Post]

Posted Feb 23rd 2007 12:05PM by
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After many fits and starts over the last fifteen years, a replacement for the iconic Lotus Esprit finally seems to be nearing reality.

Spy photos of various prototypes have been cropping up with increasing frequency in recent weeks, but this is the first shot of the latest prototype on the road, probably somewhere in Norfolk.

The Lotus designed 3.5L V-8 in the last iteration of the Esprit will be supplanted by a BMW supplied V-8 this time around, probably producing 370 hp or so.

MotorAuthority expects the weight to come in around 2600 lbs., which should be easily achievable if Lotus uses the bonded aluminum extrusion technology of the Elise. With this much power in such a light car, it could put the likes of the F430 and Gallardo to shame.



[Source: Autovisie.nl via ]

Posted Feb 23rd 2007 8:38AM by


The soap opera that has been the recent history of TVR has taken another turn. The administrators of PKF Partners have announced the sale TVR's asset's to none other Nikolai Smolenski, the previous owner who oversaw the failure of the company in the first place.

The sale price hasn't been released, but is believed to be over 2 million.

Smolenski has signaled his intention to resume production of TVRs outside of England, probably in Italy with Bertone doing the assembly work. Al Melling, who had previously designed many of TVRs engines, was another bidder, but Smolenski offered more money and in the end, won back the quirky automaker.



[Source: CAR]

Posted Feb 22nd 2007 12:33PM by
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There are plenty of reports today that morale at Chrysler is in a tailspin right now due to all of the rumors swirling about the potential sale of the company. Having been through several buyouts and mergers (both attempted and successful) in the past 15 years, I know that one of the worst things that can happen to productivity is rumors about the company's fate. Whenever this happens, people spend their days polishing resumes, calling headhunters and speculating about what's going to happen.



This morning Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda sent out a mass e-mail to all employees trying to minimize this impact. He starts off by explaining that management cannot comment on anything that might happen, for legal reasons. He then goes on to tout the support given by the management board to the latest restructuring plan, all the new products in the pipeline and how this crisis is different from all the previous Chrysler meltdowns.

It's understandable that LaSorda felt he needed to send this message, but the reality is that it will make no difference whatsoever. Anything short of a definite announcement that either a deal is done, or an unequivocal statement that Chrysler is not on the market, will likely only make things worse. The entire e-mail message can be read after the jump.



[Source: Chrysler]

Posted Feb 22nd 2007 11:04AM by
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Click on the photo to see a gallery of high-res shots from the movie

The two biggest highlights of the movie Little Miss Sunshine are the fabulous performance of Alan Arkin as the heroin-addicted, porn-reading grandfather, and the seemingly immortal Volkswagen MicroBus. The yellow type 2 bus just kept soldiering on in spite of a smoked clutch, stuck horn and assorted other maladies. Now the movie is up for four Oscars this Sunday including Best Picture.

So far there is no word on whether the bus will be on hand Sunday to haul away the actor's swag bags and trophies, but it sure would be fun to see the Bus run down Joan and Mellisa on the red carpet. Believe it or not, Volkswagen actually issued a press release about this, which you can read after the jump.

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