THE 1,001 HORSEPOWER FAIRY TALE
Do Consumers Really Want Fuel-Efficient Cars?
By Dietmar Hawranek
In Germany, sales of SUVs have risen by more than 45 percent in the past three years. People proselytize for hybrids and fuel efficiency, but they buy fat, gas-guzzling autos. Why do drivers, businessmen and politicians have such a hard time saving gas to protect the environment?
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Top 10 Exasperating Driver Types
This article made me chuckle. It is written about Southern Californian drivers but I am pretty positive that you will see someone familiar in this list.Â
Do you have a favourite that didn’t make the list? Tell us about it.
VIDEO: Demolition Derby, Soccer-Mom Style
“Hell knows no wrath like a woman scorned” goes the old proverb. What about a woman with her car scratched up?
2007 BMW 3-Series Convertible Is Bracing The Breeze
The publication “Bracing Breeze Worldwide. BMW 3 Series Convertibles.” takes the reader on a guided tour of the six models, from the first BMW Baur Topcabriolet of 1978 right up to the new 2007 3 Series Convertible.
New photos show the cars in some of the world’s most beautiful surroundings and on some of its most captivating roads. The first Baur Topcabriolet, for example, is seen sauntering along picturesque costal roads on the Côte d’Azur. The third-generation 3 Series Convertible pits itself against the sandstorms and scorching desert heat of Morocco. And the 2007 drop-top revels in the glorious solitude of California’s Highway 1.
Gay by Design, or a Lifestyle Choice?
By ALEX WILLIAMSRON
GEREN, an actor in Los Angeles, commutes to auditions and jobs throughout Southern California in a sleek black Mazda MX-5 Miata convertible. But for a recent date with a woman, he rented a Cadillac Escalade because he was so used to friends saying his Miata is “gay.â€
Body Language: How to Talk the Designers’ Talk
By PHIL PATTON
NEVER say dashboard, not if you want people at the auto show to think you know what you are talking about. Say I.P., for instrument panel, as designers do.
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Rumor: BMW Diesel Hybrid in the Works
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Bavarian Motor Works, better known to most people as just BMW, is apparently working on diesel hybrid versions of its 5-Series sedan and X5 sport utility vehicle, both in time for 2010. This is according to Autocar of the UK, which in turn got their information from an unnamed “BMW engineering source”. Read more
Budds’ BMW is Connected
