There’s a 14 year old girl in Michigan rebuilding a Pontiac Fiero. She’s like the prodigal child of automakers. Watch her story below.
- Will NASCAR’s Gen-6 car help dealers sell more cars?
- Hooniverse says “That’s how my mom rolls.”
- California car dealer will now charge for test drives
Welcome back to the five day work week. In case you missed it, here’s what happened over the weekend…it wasn’t pretty.
- Tornadoes hit NYC and left their mark
- Car dealer gives employee $1,000 for every year they’ve been with the dealership
- According to Bob Lutz, everyone will be driving electric cars in 2050
- Hooniverse wants to know if retro cars will ever be collectible
Porsches are good for steering around twists and turns. They are also good for towing boats like this 911 spotted by a contributor on Jalopnik.
- The Detroit Grand Prix is at Belle Isle in Michigan this Sunday
- Fuel efficient used cars are dropping in price
- The debate on if and when a car should be restored
Apologies to all who had to work yesterday. For everyone else, welcome back to the real world and the new year. It’s time for the Monday Tuesday Grind.
- Automotive News offers a preview of the NAIAS in Detroit, Michigan
- Jill Ciminillo’s rant on awkward headrests
- Auto sales will rebound in 2012 as demand for cars and trucks increases
- Best photo captions from Hooniverse readers
The weekend that was November 18-20 gave us time to prepare for a short three-day week and, of course, the latest Nascar Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart. Read more by following the links below.
- Chevrolet’s proves that “Chevy Runs Deep” aint no joke
- Tony “Smoke” Stewart took the Sprint Cup Championship over the weekend at Homestead in Miami
- ESPN’s Ed Hinton calls Tony Stewart a Nascar legend
- The VW Caddy got some cred from Hooniverse’s “What the Truck Weekend”
As November closes in towards Thanksgiving, a couple of things have to happen. First, lots of delicious turkeys have to be brutally killed for next Thursdays festivities. Second, the finale of the Nascar Sprint Cup season will culminate in a battle between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards this Sunday. Until these two things happen, check out the links below this picture of an Alfa Romeo American roads will never see.
- For more pictures of all the cool cars America rarely sees, check out Simon’s Car Spots
- Consumer Guides Auto created a gallery of the “weird and wild” cars from SEMA
- Edmunds InsideLine’s intel report on the the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7
- What’s really better for the environment: diesels or hybrids?
- Jimmie Johnson is going to come out on top in the 2012 Nascar season
The days following a Halloween weekend are usually best for nursing stomachaches after eating too much candy and salted pumpkin seeds. This year, it is also a time to get nostalgic about the past 100 years of Chevrolet. The brand celebrates their centennial-anniversary this Thursday and the media hoopla around Chevy has begun. Here are those stories and more.
- Michael Waltrip finally stars in a commercial that is actually funny…gross too
- It was “Chrysler Sub-Compact Weekend” on Hooniverse featuring the Omni and Sundance among others.
- Mark Phelan refers to America as “baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.”
- Chevrolet’s biggest misses over their 100-year history
- The ten best lines from Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson (with video)
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]