Pontiac on its last legs in the US with supplies dwindling fast
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Posted on 11.21.2009 15:47 by kirbygarlitos Filed under: Pontiac | USA | industry news | Cars | Car News Pontiac will shut down as soon as the calendar turns to 2010 so if you’re the sentimental type and would hate to see Pontiac ride off into the sunset, now’s the time to buy your own Pontiac before stocks run out.According to Pontiac’s Twitter page, the car brand has a little over 3,600 units left in the US with the Pontiac G8 GXP having the most limited of supplies wit... Read Full Story
Family Armor: New reality TV show to feature two Mormon brothers building armored cars
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Posted on 11.21.2009 13:00 by kirbygarlitos Filed under: | USA | industry news | Cars | Car News In piecing together a reality TV show, producers have to find a way to attract the TV audience’s attention without turning them off immediately. One tried-and-tested method is to feature people whose backgrounds are completely detached from what they do for a living.Now that we think about it, that’s exactly what TLC is doing with their new reality show “Family Armor”. In so many... Read Full Story
Next-generation Toyota Sienna minivan to make an appearance at the LA Auto Show
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Posted on 11.21.2009 10:57 by kirbygarlitos Filed under: Toyota | USA | Los Angeles Auto Show | Toyota Sienna | minivans vans | Cars | Car News The 2009 auto show season has pretty much come and gone and as the year continues to wind down, one of the last shows to happen will be the Los Angeles Auto Show.One of the car manufacturers that are scheduled to participate is Toyota and the Japanese auto giants have begun releasing the fleet of cars that are scheduled to mak... Read Full Story
Kia celebrates first US-built vehicle
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Posted on 11.21.2009 10:50 by kirbygarlitos Filed under: Kia | USA | industry news | video | Kia Sorento | Cars | Car News Sure, it wasn’t necessarily a cure for cancer but judging from the elaborate celebration Kia hosted after rolling out production car no.1 in the US, it sure looked like one.The 2011 Kia Sorento made history of sorts in the US after it became the first ever vehicle to be rolled out of the Kia Motors Manufacturing plant in Georgia. The occasion mar... Read Full Story
Lamborghinis used as chauffer cars during the launch of the 37th Pirelli Calendar
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Posted on 11.21.2009 10:34 by kirbygarlitos Filed under: Lamborghini | UK | Supercars / Exotic cars | Cars | Car News You would think that releasing a calendar wouldn’t become such a high-profile occasion, because really, who really would go out of their way to dress up for a calendar presentation?Well, if it’s the launch of the world-famous Pirelli Calendar, then the answer is a lot of people.To celebrate the 37th edition of the famed calendar, a host of celebrities from... Read Full Story
Internet community makes fun of Veyron-diving incident
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Posted on 11.20.2009 17:00 by kirbygarlitos Filed under: | funny | Bugatti Veyron | Cars | Car News We knew that the Bugatti Veyron incident from last week drew headlines from all corners of the world. But what we didn’t expect was that a lot of people would have a field day making jokes and and selling inane items at its expense. Two of these items that we found include a ’Pelican Repellent’ and a Bugatti Veyron AquaticAvoidanceSystem. Before you believ... Read Full Story
Blackbird ties-up with Ferrari to create carbon fiber travel guitar
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Posted on 11.20.2009 16:00 by kirbygarlitos Filed under: Ferrari | video | car gift ideas | Cars | Car News If you can find a car manufacturer that has had a more successful time crossing over into making mainstream items than Ferrari, then we’d love to know who it is. The latest brainchild of Ferrari – and one that is quite a ways away from supercars – is a carbon fiber guitar, which it created in partnership with Blackbird.The Blackbird Rider Ferrari Edition carbon ... Read Full Story
Biker chick waits for Christmas
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Biker chick waits for Christmas
Posted on 11.20.2009 15:49 by Maxx Biker Filed under: | choppers | sexy bikers | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Waiting for Santa Claus is always more fun when you have one of his babes around. That’s how you know it will come to you first and, hopefully, leave without the girl and this extremely low chopper. Biker chick waits for Christmas originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 20 November 2009 15:49 EST. read more Read Full Story
Valentino Rossi rides dirt bike for a good cause
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Posted on 11.20.2009 15:19 by Maxx Biker Filed under: | dirt bikes | Celebrity Cars | video | ride | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Nine-time World MotoGP Champion Valentino Rossi has organized the Motocross dei Campioni event at Cavallara in Italy and participated at the charity run in order to raise funds and help treat children suffering of leukaemia at a hospital in Pesaro, Italy.The event gathered more than 10.000 people, among which Andrea Dovizioso, Julian Simon, M... Read Full Story
Cadillac CTS-V Coupe to debut at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show
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Posted on 11.20.2009 15:00 by Terence Keon Filed under: Cadillac | coupe | Detroit Auto Show | sports cars | Cadillac CTS | 2010 | Cars | Car News Now we here at top speed have a bit of a thing for the Cadillac CTS-V ever since we had the chance to get well acquainted with the supercharged four door sport sedan. Now when we first saw the CTS Coupe concept we couldn’t help but dream that one day General Motor’s luxury brand would incorporate all of th... Read Full Story