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[Update]Taxi of Tomorrow Under Attack for Handicap Access Issues and Pigeon Droppings

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The big story in the ongoing battle over the Taxi of Tomorrow is that the Comptroller of NYC is blocking the contract. While there is a lot of beef regarding the Nissan NV200’s takeover of all NYC taxi services, the … Continue reading

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American Lemans Series Racing at the Long Beach Grand Prix, a Rookie’s Reaction

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Yesterday, we showcased some of the highlights from the Long Beach Grand Prix, today we have some scattered but personal images from Saturday’s American Lemans Series Race at the LBGP.

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Long Beach Grand Prix Wrap-up, Will Power’s Powerfully Ironic Win and Ace Carolla Covers the Vegas Odds for the Kids

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The Long Beach Grand Prix is done and in the books and the process of clearing ridiculous amounts of pillions, caging, and concrete barricades is well underway. Soon the downtown streets of Long Beach will yield back to the drivers … Continue reading

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Long Beach Grand Prix Starts Today, Sloppy Start for Chevy and Other News

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We have some updates from the opening of the Grand Prix of Long Beach which kicked off today with the rain or shine activities going down as planned on a rare rainy Southern California day. Heading into Sunday when the actual … Continue reading

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Watching the Auto Industry “Get Social” is Good Train-Wreck Entertainment

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Auto dealerships are no different than any other sales entity that finds its world turned around by the changes of the last 15 years, since the internet usurped many other traditional forms of media. Adaption is the name of the … Continue reading

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24 Hours of LeMons Update and Info Dump

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In our ongoing pursuit of covering the wide world of fringe auto sports, we like to talk and read and watch videos about the 24 Hours of LeMons, a lot. If you don’t know about 24 Hours of LeMons, it’s … Continue reading

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Cabs in NYC: One Size Fits All for the Most Dynamic City in the World?

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Earlier we reported on the unveiling of the soon to be one-and-only NYC cab. Now begins the real conversation: Is this going to be good or bad for NYC?

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New York’s New Cab Unveiled, Can it Take a NYC Beating?

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Tomorrow, the new NYC cab goes on display to the public at the New York Auto Show. Within six years, if everything goes to plan (and this is a biggggg plan), it will be the only taxi cab in use … Continue reading

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Ducati, Audi, a Fiat-Exec with Camo-Painted Ferrari and the Other Side of Nationalism.

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Reading about the movements of Ducati the company is almost as entertaining as viewing and hearing one of their pieces of mechanical artwork. We have been following their unavailing of the Diesel Monster and the rumors of their potential sale to … Continue reading

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Cheap Car Fixes: Making MacGyver Proud

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Anyone who was alive in the 1980s probably remembers “MacGyver”, a show about a man who could have single-handedly beat the Russians into space using only a rolled up newspaper, a used condom, and a gallon of gasoline. He was … Continue reading

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