And the countdown to the Top Gear India Special begins. Christmas too.
- GM will put Cadillac in the limelight at the North American International Auto Show
- One thing not to buy this holiday season? A car from Saab
- Kim Jong-Il had a bit of a thing for Mercedes-Benz
- 40% of drivers aren’t taking their cars in for service and repairs
- AJ Allmendinger will make the move to Penske Racing driving the #22 Dodge
- CNN’s list of 10 naughty cars
Here are the stories making news in the automotive world from over the weekend. Be warned, if you don’t like seeing pictures of car-carnage, perhaps you should avoid the last link.
- The Cadillac ATS is slated to premier at the Detroit Auto Show
- An infographic of Jeremy Clarkson’s quotes and their repercussions
- Black tires are boring so a Chinese company created ones with colors
- Best quotes from the 2011 Nascar Sprint Cup Series Award Ceremony
- Japanese car crash takes the lives of amazing cars (no one was hurt)
Here is a roundup of auto links from the past five days to welcome in the first weekend of December.
- The 2011 Sprint Cup Series Award Ceremony is on Speed tonight at 9PM
- Young drivers are waiting longer to get their driver licenses
- The 25 Greatest Audis ever compiled by Complex Mag
- GM will loan Volt owners with recalled batteries Corvettes (if they want)
- Autoweek is giving away a whole bunch of video game schwag
- The personal car collection of late-rally legent Colin McRae
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
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)
Welcoming in the weekend is this Friday’s edition of “Putting it into park” with the most essential and almost essential automotive news and links from the past week.
-Has anyone actually ever seen a Suzuki Kizashi in person? [link]
-This commercial is the most unrealistic portrayal of how motor racing works. [link]
-Speaking of unrealistic things, the Fast Five DVD has just been released. [link]
-Top Gear set to hold alternative olympics and Jeremy Clarkson will compete. [link]
-GM partners with RelayRides to let GM owners rent out their whips. [link]
-Ford will let the public into their proving grounds for the first time ever to raise money for charity. [link]
-The video below is one of the closest calls on a motorcycle caught on tape. [link]
Ending each week on the Mojo Motors Blog is “Putting it into park,” a compilation of newsworthy links from the past five days.
-If you’re feeling like a BAMF, Mojo Motors advises you check out this BMW M5 with smoked rims and windows. [link]
-Jalopnik has compiled a list of the ten greatest racing interviews of all time. [link]
-The World Rally Championship is testing out a camera that will stream video during Rallye de France. [link]
-TreeHugger.com wonders if 2012 going to be the year of the utility e-bike. [link]
-The blog SideQuesting is running a design competition for the best apocalypse-proof ride. [link]
-Lincoln is redesigning the waterfall grill and the world rejoices. [link]
The biennial Frankfurt Motor Show, also known as the International Automobile Exhibition and International Motor Show, opens to the public today and continues running through September 25. During the past few days, automakers have been releasing a stream of concepts and new models for 2012 and beyond. This has thrown Twitter into a frenzy of #iaa hashtags and enough pictures to keep your eyes locked in place for hours. Make the jump to see what’s looking hot, not hot, and a couple in between.
