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We’ve seen our fair share of terrible modifications to cars that shouldn’t be modified. The owner of this ‘99 Honda Civic, however, has skipped the performance aspect of aftermarket modifications all together and gone straight to the ‘I Can Dream’ realm by placing a BMW badge over the standard Honda H.
Factory option maybe? Probably not. But hey, who’s to stop this guy from dreaming, right? We’re sure that if he had been up a car or two at this stoplight the real Bimmer on the right would have given him some real street cred.
[via Holmeslice at TeamSpeed, Chad Waite]
March 13th, 2010 by Chad Waite. 1 Comment.
Drivers beware! The red and blue lights that appear in your rear-view mirror every so often are moving to another car. Today Ford unveiled their newest Police Interceptor based on the 2011 Taurus and let us be the first to say, we approve…just as long as it’s not behind us.
So besides a bunch of lights, a huge front battering ram, and a mean black and white paint job, what makes a Ford Police Interceptor different from a regular Taurus? For starters, lots of things just seem to do more. The brakes have 60% more swept area than a standard Taurus,the rear bench has more room to transport trouble makers in comfort, and the back doors open up 70 degrees, a full 10 degrees more than its civilian sister.
Ford also says the car is designed to take a 75 mph hit from the rear- we’ll believe that when we see it on Cops. Expect to see these on the hunt in a year or two.
[AutoBlog, Chad Waite]
March 13th, 2010 by Chad Waite. 2 Comments.
Lets pose a hypothetical situation. You’re a dad with two children and a trophy wife. You’ve landed that big that big account at work and have some extra money in the account to buy that car that says “I am successful and financially secure.” You’re hairline has recceeded past the point of “I care” so a convertible is definitely in the mix. And you know that no matter what car your choose your family will want to be a part of the motoring action.
Only one car fits as a solution to this situation and unfortunately it doesn’t exist…till now. Porsche has revealed to AutoCar magazine that the roof on their 4-door Panamera will be coming off, making way for a convertible version of the already hideous looking vehicle. Why? We’re asking the same question. Obviously there is a market for this convertible supercar but it’s also obvious that investors and not car lovers run Porsche now. But luckily for everyone who thinks the car is as awful as we do take comfort in the fact that the convertible Panamera is still a year or two away.
[AutoCar, Chad Waite]
March 11th, 2010 by Chad Waite. 2 Comments.
Hummer- it’s the brand that just won’t die! At least that’s what it looks like as the supposedly doomed brand has started up production of their H3 again! Don’t do a double take- you read that right. The Hummer factory has come to life yet again to produce a specially requested batch of 849 H3 units for an unspecified fleet buyer.
Lets just sum this news up in one sentence: Hummer is still producing vehicles!!
It seemed like just yesterday when the deal to sell the dying brand to Sichuan Tengzhong of China was finalized. And it was almost yesterday when the sale’s stone that it was set in crumbled. And it really was yesterday when the brand was declared dead by GM and was set to be terminated.
So while we’re on the subject of requesting cars from brands that don’t exist anymore, we’d like to get our hands on a Saturn Ion, a Pontiac G6, and a DMC DeLorean please.
[TTAC, Chad Waite]
March 10th, 2010 by Chad Waite. No Comments.
