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Christmas List 2010: Rattner's book to debut in time for next Christmas

Planning for the future is perhaps an alien concept to big business – even automakers, with their protracted product development cycles. Take a cue of what not to do from them, then, and start planning now for next Christmas. May we suggest that your 2010 wishlist starts with what's destined to be a hotly-anticipated tome: Steven Rattner's memoir of his spearheading the bailout of General Motors and Chrysler. Tentatively titled "Overhaul," the cloyingly-named book will tell the story of the quick-rinse bankruptcies Rattner presided ... Read more →

VIDEO: Turbocharged BMW-powered Yugo highboy has us reconsidering the GV Jonathon Ramsey

In the beginning, there was a yellow Yugo GV. And when the folks at Vprache Racing cast their eyes over it, they thought it was missing something. So they gave it an 3.5-liter BMW inline ...

VIDEO: How not to behave during a traffic stop Jonathon Ramsey

The prospect of getting a ticket can make you do a lot of things you wouldn't normally do -- beg, plead, be charming, anything goes, really, when it comes to fending off points and higher ...

VIDEO: Valet vigilante vandalism visualizes very vunerable vehicles Jonathon Ramsey

We suppose we should thank some of the less savvy lunkheads out there for their egos – if they didn't post videos of their antics, they might not be caught. A few valets in the employ of ...

GMC reveals gussied-up Acadia Denali for 2011 Frank Filipponio

A little ahead of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit next month, GMC has revealed its new 2011 GMC Acadia Denali. Although the Denali tag has been used across the GMC ...

Top 10 Forward-Thinking Vehicles of the Decade 1 day ago on Autoblog

Trend-setting. Far-reaching. Record-setting. In a word: Important. Use whatever descriptors you'd like, what we're looking at today are some of the most forward-thinking cars of the last decade. Some of our choices are hugely successful in terms of sales while not being all that interesting ...

VIDEO: Lamborghini's Valentino Balboni drifting a Lamborghini Valentino Balboni 1 day ago on Autoblog

Fate is a funny thing. It was our destiny to get a ride with Valentino Balboni in a Lamborghini LP550-2 Valentino Balboni during rush hour traffic in Los Angeles. Lucky? Absolutely, though we may have crested 50 mph once... maybe. Would we have preferred to have been in the passenger seat of ...

VIDEO: In Da Club Cherokee? Enterprising kids go all Jeep techno 1 day ago on Autoblog

If your Jeep Cherokee has been sitting around for a while, it probably makes a few noises. You might not mind, though, if they were noises as well orchestrated as those in the video shown above. British saxophonist Julian Smith spent a few hours with a Cherokee and an array of friends with rhythm ...

Unintended Consequence of Technology: New LED traffic lights can't melt snow 2 days ago on Autoblog

Traffic lights using state-of-the-art LED illumination use 90 percent less electricity, offer a much longer service life and are more durable than their incandescent counterparts. Taking advantage of the countless benefits, cities around the country have been replacing traditional filament-based ...

Ship Shape: Mercedes-Benz AMG and Cigarette Racing to launch SLS-inspired boat 2 days ago on Autoblog

There have been a lot of non-auto vehicles that have graced the pages of Autoblog. We regularly cover bikes, and occasionally other modes of transportation as well. We even cover the occasional boat, especially if it has ties to the automotive industry. We've seen amphibious cars, catamarans, ...

VIDEO: The Fastest Yellow and Red - Best (and most ambitious) stop-motion diecast car film ever? 2 days ago on Autoblog

It took just one minute and 13 seconds into this video for us to scream "Epic!" In fact, we're not sure there's enough epic epicness in that single word to properly describe the epic proportions contained therein. This 1970's JDM homage has got it all: A yellow Pontiac Trans-Am of the ...

Bowling for Michigan: Laid-off GM worker wins PBA championship 2 days ago on Autoblog

How cool is this? On minute Tom Smallwood is reeling after losing a (once) steady production job at General Motors' Truck Plant in Pontiac, MI, and the next minute he takes the PBA championship. In a real-life event that mimics some of the great tales in the history of underdog turned champion, ...

VIDEO: Gag Me With a Yule Log - GM allows kids to track Santa Claus via Onstar 2 days ago on Autoblog

OnStar has provided nothing but good press lately for General Motors, and the automaker is going to ride that pony all the way to the finish. The next person in line to take advantage of OnStar's benefits is that Arctic gadget freak himself, Santa Claus. Unveiled as an installed option on his new ...

RoboVault protects your car from hurricanes, floods, Apocalypse 3 days ago on Autoblog

RoboVault says its mission is "To protect your most valuable possessions from... Everything!" Run more like an automated shipping port than your typical storage unit, the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida-based company seems to have the kit to live up to its motto. First you pull your car onto the ...

Invisible to Cops: Top 10 Least Ticketed Vehicles 3 days ago on Autoblog

The same company that studied which cars are most likely to get you a ticket also determining which cars are most impervious to the police. Compared to the norm, the most XX sedan will put you at 60 percent less risk of a ticket, while the most resistant-to-the-law sedan will make you 89 percent ...

Autoblog Podcast #157 - Mike Levine trucks along with us! 3 days ago on Autoblog

Our friend Mike Levine from Pickuptrucks.com joins Chris, Sam and Dan for Episode #157 of The Autoblog Podcast, bringing his vast knowledge of all that is crew-cabbed and full framed. Of course, we start off with what we're driving and dreamy talk about the Dodge Ram Power Wagon, but the real ...

Dirty Dozen: Twelve of the auto industry's biggest busts of the last decade 3 days ago on Autoblog

Now that the 2000s are officially drawing to a close, it's time for us to look back at the decade-that-was and reflect on the hits and misses in the automotive industry. Naturally, we expect that some models will hit the target square in the bulls-eye while others will fall just short of becoming ...

VIDEO: The Michael Winslow of engine impressionists 3 days ago on Autoblog

Remember Michael Winslow, the guy from the Police Academy movies and The Man of 10,000 Effects? When it comes to cars, this gent could be his follow-up act, having worked out his own technique for imitating a number of powerplants. digg_url = ...

CTS-V Challenge driver and M3 owner Michael Cooper gets pat on the back from BMW 4 days ago on Autoblog

This guy. So, some of you no doubt remember the Cadillac CTS-V Challenge. If you don't, here's a refresher: General Motors vice-chairman Maximum Bob Lutz challenged any journalist to bring a CTS-V competitor to California's Laguna Seca where the 77-year-old Lutz would mop the floor with he/she ...

REPORT: Next UAW president to be Ford lead negotiator King 4 days ago on Autoblog

Ron Gettelfinger, the United Auto Workers' (UAW) president during the recent tumult, is moving on from his post, and has thrown his support behind Bob King. King is currently a vice president in the union and manages the relationship with Ford. While the outlook is positive for King's ...

Caption Contest: Giving the gift of green against our better judgement 4 days ago on Autoblog

The move to electric-powered vehicles is still in its fledgling stages, but there are plenty of signs that the next few years will finally start ushering in battery-powered transportation for the masses. But there's one class of vehicle that has almost always been powered by batteries: R/C cars. ...

VIDEO: Borat-class "Rolls-Royce" actually looks good 4 days ago on Autoblog

Right, so this isn't really a Rolls-Royce. We know, we know -- you thought it was. And that's understandable. But no, it's a fake, a phony, a fraud, etc. And with the owner spending at least, say, $3,000 to turn an old Mercedes-Benz E-Class into a Roller, we understand why you were duped. We ...

J.D. Power ranks Mercedes-Benz #1 for customer retention 5 days ago on Autoblog

That's customer retention, not retentive customers, though Mercedes-Benz could be said to enjoy both. J.D. Power and Associates has been indexing customer retention for seven years, and Mercedes-Benz tops the list in 2009. Power measures how many vehicle buyers are replacing an older model from ...

REPORT: Vauxhall team creates mathematical formula for perfect parking 6 days ago on Autoblog

Parallel parking isn't difficult, but we have generally found ways to make it so. Between cars that almost kinda park for you to those with video game displays that turn parking into a Microsoft Flight Simulator landing attempt to the automated cars that park themselves (a frickin' robot! To ...

VIDEO: Ferrari California + Audi R8 + hot girls + bear suits = best rental car video ever 7 days ago on Autoblog

When we saw Henry Rollins speak a few ten years ago, he told a story about a fan who wrote to him with a peculiar problem. Seems the guy is a paramedic and one night they come upon a car crash where a beautiful naked woman is lying on the ground unconscious. They spring into action, get her in ...

PSA: Cardboard is probably not the best replacement material for your rig's windshield 7 days ago on Autoblog

Many years ago, some jerk smashed in the rear quarter panel of yours truly's 1985 Pontiac Parisienne Safari with a hockey stick. How do we know they used a hockey stick? Because we found the hockey stick in the back of the Pontiac. At that point in time, the poor Parisienne was only running on ...

TAG Heuer re-issues the Silverstone Chronograph, renews McLaren sponsorship 7 days ago on Autoblog

Between the Carrera and the Monaco, TAG Heuer has plenty to offer anyone in the market for a classic driver's watch. But if you're having some trouble deciding between the two, the Swiss watchmaker has announced the re-release of the classic Silverstone Chronograph. Originally introduced ...

Porsche Panamera wins inaugural Bloomberg Car of the Year 8 days ago on Autoblog

Normally when a vehicle wins a car of the year award, its merit is so obvious that all you have to do to justify the selection is say, "just drive one." However, with the Porsche Panamera, the excitement surrounding Porsche's first ever four-door sports sedan/car is so palpable all you must say ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1980 Range Rover 6x4 custom pickup is full of hot air 8 days ago on Autoblog

So you've got a hot air balloon and a Range Rover, no problem so far. Then, one day you catch the "you got chocolate in my peanut butter" fever, and it's time to create a Rover/Balloon mash-up. Your handy pile of old money means that the Rangie goes off to a bespoke vehicle specialist, said to ...

P.J. O'Rourke reviews a book about cars called, "Cars" 8 days ago on Autoblog

The holidays are almost here and your gearhead loved ones need presents. Badly. But what to get them? Well, we like tools. Gloves to protect us from grease, too. Oh, and we love models of cars. Of course most spouses we know don't really want tools, gloves or small cars sitting on the coffee ...

Motor4Toys charity car show attracts Leno and his Turbine 9 days ago on Autoblog

For the 6th year in a row, Dustin Troyan organized and hosted the Motor4Toys charity toy drive and car show in Southern California this past weekend. Every year this show continues to grow, gathering together several thousand car people and their exotic and collectible sports cars, race cars, ...

Dartz creates car to commemorate Russian SUV whale penis debacle 9 days ago on Autoblog

Warning: if reading the word "penis" over and over again makes you uncomfortable, you might want to avert your eyes. First of all, the real story here is that Russian super-SUV maker Dartz never wanted to use whale penis skin to cover the seats in their ultra-lux Prombron. They wanted to use ...

VIDEO: Presenting the coolest Honda Civic Wagon film ever 9 days ago on Autoblog

More than a few Autobloggers regularly pine for the days when Honda (among other automakers) built simpler, smaller, lighter cars that were still packed with functionality. A sterling example of this philosophy is Honda's mid-Eighties Civic Wagon, the pioneering pent-roof with the brand's ...

Schnuerer Toys for Tots drive bigger than ever with a gullwing surprise 9 days ago on Autoblog

This past weekend was a busy one for us, and it was for some of our local Marines as well. Our efforts were for a worthy cause, however, as we were busy collecting toys for needy children so they might have something to unwrap during the holidays. We also happened to be surrounded by some of ...

Celebrated photographer David LaChapelle gets artsy with Maybach [UPDATE: Video added] 9 days ago on Autoblog

While its enduring legacy will forever be crippling hyperinflation and the inability to fight the rise of Nazism, Germany's post World War I Weimar Republic has something of a positive, cultural heritage. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, theater, art, architecture (Bauhaus anyone?) and music ...

BREAKING: Farnbacher Loles principal reportedly embezzled church funds, investigation underway 10 days ago on Autoblog

According to a report by the New Haven Register, Gregory Loles – the team principal behind the Farnbacher-Loles race team and its associated performance shop – has been fingered in an embezzlement scandal involving the St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church of Orange, Connecticut. The ...

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Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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