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Best Car Names?

[hr] I got an email tonight from a mate named Dr Roman Candle, who lives in Germany. Upon reading it, I replied that there’s a blog post in this, so I don’t think he’ll mind that I reproduce it here: Saw a Lancia Delta Integrale on the road today and wondered if it was in the top three names for […]

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Bleeding Heart Lefty

[hr] A non-automotive post. Attempt #4. Yes, I’ve been trying to write this one for a while. I am a bleeding heart lefty. I didn’t grow up political at all. I first noticed my political interest around the turn of the century, at 30 years of age, while observing the campaign for the 2000 US Presidential election. We’ve always had

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Tesla Keeping Its Promises – Coast to Coast on Electricity Just Happened

[hr] If there were a band called SkepticElectric then I might have been the bass player. I’m fascinated by the technology and the possibilities of electric driving, but given the landscape down here in Tasmania and the distinct lack of infrastructure, an electric car just isn’t viable. Even a Tesla. No such problems in the US, however. The red dots

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Weekend Reading – Custom Saab Demise, Detroit’s Giant Hole, Tata and Tim Allen

[hr] Here are some of my favourite bits of automotive reading for this week…. —— There have been quite a few notable custom Saabs made over the years. Thankfully, some of them survive today, like most of Leif Mellberg’s work, for example. Sadly, however, some of them didn’t survive. If you want to see what happened to the miniature Saab

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Original Mercedes Gullwing Beats Restored Mercedes Gullwing in Auction Battle

[hr] This is a follow-up from last week’s Monday Reading, where I mentioned a story from Hemmings about two Mercedes Gullwings that were coming up for auction in Arizona. Both are 1956 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwings. Both are black with red leather interiors. Both highly desirable. One was completely original right down to its faded paint, frumpy old seats and

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Mid-Week Reading: Volvo, Benz Do New Models; Audi, Ford Do Interiors. Saab 96 Does Boston

[hr] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s time for a little mid-week reading, combing through the more interesting news and entertainment from the automowebopshere. This week, Ford and Audi take interior functionality in two different directions. Volvo and Mercedes Benz show some new product, both real and imagined. And there’s a couple of nice Saab stories, too. — Let’s start with one of those Saab

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