For those of you working on what should be officially titled “Vacation Week,” today really will be a grind. For everyone else, enjoy the vacation and catch up on what happened over the Christmas weekend in the world of cars.
- And that is why you shouldn’t get out of your car to fight a pedestrian
- The Savage Rivale could be featured as our next cool used car of the future
- The next generation Pope Mobile needs to be more green
The last full weekend before Christmas is upon us so you’re probably doing one of two things. One, hanging out all weekend because you’re done shopping or two, you’re scrambling to finish your shopping. If you need some last minute ideas, check out our Gift Guide. Otherwise, peruse the auto news from the last week.
- DiRT Showdown, slated for release in May 2012, isn’t like DiRT 1, 2 or 3
- The next-generation Viper won’t be a Dodge
- Edmunds InsideLine’s 100 Worst Cars of All Time
- The most popular trending car on Mojo Motors in November was the Subaru Impreza
- A small peak at Buick’s new crossover, the Encore
Happy Friday! If you’re going shopping this weekend, good luck because it will probably be a gauntlet. If you decide to ride out the weekend at home, perhaps these auto links will be of interest to you.
- China’s car contributions to the world are slightly cool, weird but mostly ugly
- The 2011 Mojo Motors Blog Gift Guide highlighting all the best gifts for car peeps is here
- Nissan is going buck wild with electric cars and premiered 5 electric concepts in Tokyo
- A new study finds fat kids are safe in normal-sized car seats
- Read the worst towing stories from Boston, MA
- Car and Driver’s 10 best future used cars
There’s a lot going on with the Toyota FT-86/Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ STI concepts so bear with us as we try to break it down. These three compact sports cars have been an ongoing project between Toyota and Subaru. To be clear, The Toyota FT-86 and Scion FR-S are pretty much the same car. The FR-S will be sold under the Scion nameplate in the States to appeal to Scion’s younger demographic. The FT-86, meanwhile, will be sold in Japan and other Asian markets as a Toyota. Pictured below is the Scion FR-S concept.
Have you started hearing Christmas music yet on the radio? If so, we apologize. In other, non-Christmas music related news, we’ve provided a tidy set of links from across the web below.
- A proposed license plate with the confederate flag was rejected by Texas
- Izod IndyCar announces a race scheduled in China for 2012
- The Nascar Sprint Cup Chase between Edwards and Stewart is about to be epic
- Mojo Motors is now on Google+ posting auto news, pictures and other sorts of silliness
- Five concept cars that the world will see in 2012
It was a slow weekend in auto news, but there was a pretty nasty wreck involving Kyle Busch that gave Nascar fans just another reason to hate the guy. Video below.
- Michael Bay teams with EA to direct the new Need for Speed: The Run trailer
- An infographic on how to own a tank
- The evolution of Chevrolet speedometer design by Christian Annyas
Same day, different links…except now it’s Rocktober. This is the Monday Grind, keeping you up-to-date on car news and links from over the weekend.
-A search party has formed to find the 1977 Star Wars Toyota Celica. [link]
-Black Air is the title of a documentary about the Buick Grand National. [link]
-Hooniverse asks, “What were they thinking?” about cars that should have never been built. [link]
-Jay Leno and Irish comedian Jimmy Carr use a Ford Focus to Skype each other. [link]
Ending each week on the Mojo Motors Blog is “Putting it into park,” a compilation of newsworthy links from the past five days.
-A parade of 51 hearses in Hell, Michigan breaks the Guinness World Record. [link]
-Taking a page out of the Tesla Motors book of delays, Alfa Romeo pushes back the release of their 4C roadster. [link]
-The 1969 Camaro was named the greatest Chevrolet ever, but did the voters get it right? [link]
-Jalopnik’s ten best car commercials ever. [link]
-Completely customize the new Ford Mustang down to the hood pins. [link]
-A new reality show on the Discovery Channel, “Carfellas,” is about three guys who run a used auto lot. [link]
-Auto blog Hooniverse is “staking a claim in the automotive fringe.” They also have a cool name. [link]
