Have a great weekend and start it right by watching how our friends down in Texas deal with road rage or lack thereof.
- Fiat will offer in-car espresso machines in the Fiat 500L
- Audi digital dealership is basically like shopping online
- Chevrolet Corvair with AWD and a Porsche engine
- The military can still sponsor sports and more importantly, Dale Jr.
Retired Sprint Cup driver Rusty Wallace has been nominated for the Nascar Hall of Fame. He deserves it too for surviving a crash like this.
- Video on the man who legally lives in the abandoned Detroit Packard Plant
- Motor Authority asks what will happen to Dodge in Nascars future
- Hybrid owners aren’t likely to be repeat customers
- Flying a plane is way more exhausting than driving a truck
There was an article in the April 2012 edition of Car and Driver about wheel stand competitions and the sport is fascinating. Check out the video below and the other pieces of automotive news you may have missed during the week.
- This is what the inside of a giant tire in Detroit looks like
- March Muscle Car Madness takes bracketology to a whole new level
- The most annoying things other drivers do
There’s been a plethora of blogs and websites ranking their picks of the best commercials from the Super Bowl. The car commercials were good, but not great. Despite various celebrities, like a practically naked Adriana Lima, a flying Jay Leno or a soft-speaking Clint Eastwood pulling at your patriotic heartstrings, they just didn’t qualify as great. Here are but a few car commercials that are at the same level or better than what you saw on February 5, 2012.
There was some news this week in the auto world, but it was mostly about Super Bowl commercials. That being said, enjoy the Super Bowl.
- No Chinese wedding is complete without a rocket launch. For real.
- Every Super Bowl car commercial from 2012
- Automakers advertise the most during the Super Bowl
- Chrysler made money for the first time since 2005
- The most popular used cars in Boston
The Barret-Jackson vehicle auction happened over the weekend in sunny Arizona. Lots and lots of lettuce (that means money) was being thrown around. We recommend checking out the story on one person who bought the Corvette pictured below for a whopping $600,000.
- The hottest trend in Europe is buying a used car
- Almost 800,000 people attended the North American International Auto Show in Detroit
- The first 2013 Chevy Corvette 427 Convertible sold for $600,000
The minivan is back in all of its sliding door glory. At the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Chrysler unveiled a futuristic minivan that was so unexpected, it even surprised the Chrysler communication staff according to The Car Connection.
This is the Mojo Motors Blog second and final installment featuring the best of 2011. If you haven’t already checked out Best of 2011 Part 1, do it now. Since Mojo Motors only sells used cars, we started a segment called “Cool Used Car of the Future” to recognize the most awesomest concepts and exotic cars that, one day, will be available on the used market. Keep reading for our top favorites.
This is the Monday Grind feeding you all the leftover auto news and links from the past weekend.
- Ford has killed off the Crown Vic, Econoline and now the Ranger too
- A 14-year-old girl with autism got to ride in 13 different sports cars
- The Feds want all push-button starts to be the same
- This is what an armored Lincoln Town Car with AK-47 protection looks like
Dodge wants to replace the beleaguered Caliber. Wait, you don’t know what the Dodge Caliber is? That is precisely why Dodge wants to launch a brand new compact model. From the sounds of it, Dodge won’t call their new compact a Hornet (named after the Hudson Hornet), but with no other alternative, the Mojo Motors Blog will refer to Dodge’s new concept as the Hornet.
