Daily English Show #11 – Wellington To Blenheim (Video)
December 25, 2011 – 7:13 am | 29 Comments

The Daily English Show, an occasional video series, has hit the road traveling through New Zealand in a United Campervan. Today they travel to the beehive (Parliament), Lyall Bay (check out Maranui Cafe review) then …

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End of the Road For Detroit Car Makers
March 30, 2009 – 9:23 pm | One Comment

Today was not a good day for General Motors and Chrysler. Rick Waggoner was shown the door by Washington and GM was told in no uncertain terms that bankruptcy was an option for them. Chrysler …

Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson Takes on Hong Kong Press
February 19, 2009 – 5:34 pm | 12 Comments

Top Gear continues it’s march around the pacific, this time turning up this weekend for the Top Gear Live show in Hong Kong.
According to Hong Kong’s The Standard:
Well, not for long. Soon, the engagingly verbose …

Saturn Car Company Could Be In Chinese Hands By End of Year
February 19, 2009 – 4:21 pm | 2 Comments

In a cruel twist of fate, Saturn could be in the hands of the Chinese by the end of the year. Saturn is one of the victims of the restructuring of General Motors to satisfy …

Top Gear’s Race Winning Polo For Sale (Video)
February 18, 2009 – 6:28 am | 22 Comments

The VW Polo Blue Motion that Richard Hammond raced from Basel to Blackpool in last years season of Top Gear is now up for sale in the UK Auto Trader (via Blackpool Gazette)
Now the car, …

Top Gear’s Richard Hammond Talks about his Life (Video)
February 16, 2009 – 7:54 pm | No Comment

While in Auckland New Zealand, Top Gear’s Richard Hammond speaks his mind this week about Top Gear and it’s cultural phenomenon in a 1965 Lincoln Town Car Continental.

Top Gear Ferraris Not Real Using Toyota MR2
February 14, 2009 – 1:06 pm | 25 Comments

The Ferraris used in the Australian Top Gear Live shows recently were not real. According to Drive Magazine in Australia, they where Ferrari shells on top of Toyota MR2s:
Underneath their exotic red panel work, the …

Top Gear Live – arrives in New Zealand (Video)
February 13, 2009 – 3:57 pm | No Comment

The top car show in the world, Top Gear,  has brought it’s live action production to Auckland, Jeremy Clarkson and his crew has enlisted top Kiwi driver Greg Murphy as the 3rd Wheel.

Car Exec Rips Car Industry A New One
February 11, 2009 – 8:44 pm | 3 Comments

John Krafcik, acting president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America today made it very clear he is disappointed with the auto industry in the United States and did not pull his punches:
There was palpable discomfort …

Rationalization of Car Washers Underway
February 10, 2009 – 6:54 pm | 3 Comments

I am a big consumer of car washes. I am constantly working to keep our cars clean and fresh and it is a never ending battle. What frustrates me most about using car washes how …

Six Million Dollar Car To be Sold This Weekend (Video)
February 5, 2009 – 8:38 pm | 39 Comments

A rare pre-war sports car, left in a British garage for the past 50 years, is likely to be sold for as much as $6 million this weekend. The 1937 Bugatti Type 57S vehicle retains …

Hummer Owners Get Nailed Faster
February 1, 2009 – 9:23 am | 3 Comments

Hummer owners, according to Quality Planning of San Francisco, are 463% more likely to get nailed by the Police than the average driver.  Also high on the list are three separate versions of Scion, Toyota’s …

Opshop – Jason Kerrison and Brendon Hartley racing at the A1GP
January 28, 2009 – 9:56 am | No Comment

Jason Kerrison from the Kiwi band Opshop was the guest drive of New Zealand’s next motoracing hope Brendon Hartley during the A1GP in Taupo over the weekend.