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• Heinous Car Pic of the Day: Pimped-Out Smart ForTwo Woody
• Ford SYNC Adds In-Car WiFi, Hot Spot Capability
• Seven Best Quotes From BBC Top Gear and Jeremy Clarkson
• Coming Soon: Ford's Custom Graphics For Cars & Trucks
• Limited-Edition 2010 Kia 'Ignition' Soul Rolls Into Showrooms
• Saab Saga Drags On, Subaru RWD In Doubt, Volvo EV: Today At High Gear Media
• Frugal Shopper: Compare New And Used Vehicles Before You Buy
• Honda "New Small Concept" Headed To Delhi Auto Expo
• Spyker Refuses To Let Saab Slip Away, Renews Offer

Heinous Car Pic of the Day: Pimped-Out Smart ForTwo Woody Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:48 AM PST Yes, it's a 2009 Smart ForTwo that's been ... ummm ... customized. Yes, those are wide whitewalls and teeny-weeny baby moons. Yes, that's two-tone red and black paint. And, yes, that's a surfboard on the roof. Note that it is NOT included in the purchase price. If the Lollypop Guild went to the beach after taking too many drugs, we think this ..

Ford SYNC Adds In-Car WiFi, Hot Spot Capability Posted: 21 Dec 2009 09:28 AM PST Ford has announced that the next-generation version of its SYNC connectivity system will include in-car WiFi. The new system will be powered through a USB mobile broadband unit, much like the one that many business travelers already have for mobile connectivity. Yet the system requires no additional software or hardware; the SYNC system itself ..

Seven Best Quotes From BBC Top Gear and Jeremy Clarkson Posted: 21 Dec 2009 09:16 AM PST The BBC's Top Gear television show is an endless source of entertainment, debate, and amusement for car fans all over the world. As is its tall, acerbic, and frequently profane host, Jeremy Clarkson. Just a brief browse through his columns will prove the point. It's important to remember that Top Gear isn't journalism; it's entertainment. ..

Coming Soon: Ford's Custom Graphics For Cars & Trucks Posted: 21 Dec 2009 09:00 AM PST Aftermarket customization is nothing new: for decades, proud car owners have made use of special accessories and paint jobs to distinguish their rides. But thanks to technological developments, it's now become easy to mass produce wraps for vehicles -- and to do so with remarkable consistency. Seeing increasing demand for such skins, Ford ..

Limited-Edition 2010 Kia 'Ignition' Soul Rolls Into Showrooms Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:35 AM PST Here at TCC, we've done a good bit of fawning over the 2010 Kia Soul, and in his expert review, Marty Padgett gave it an impressive 8.2 rating. Like most vehicles in its category, the boxy five-door hatch -- which competes directly with models like the Scion xB and the Nissan Cube --offers a wide variety of customization tools to suit the ..

Saab Saga Drags On, Subaru RWD In Doubt, Volvo EV: Today At High Gear Media Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:00 AM PST Winding our way toward the holidays this week, the struggle to save Saab from history's trash bin goes on at Spyker even after GM shut down the purchase process last Friday. Spyker's efforts may not be in vain, but we don't know yet if GM will be satisfied with the Dutch company's revisions to their offer. Read more in the links below. As ..

Frugal Shopper: Compare New And Used Vehicles Before You Buy Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:57 AM PST This year may go down in history as one of the best for frugal car shoppers. Thanks to incentive programs from automakers and the federal government and return policies from companies like Hyundai and GM, 2009 has been mostly a buyer's market (at least for buyers who've been able to score loans in the credit crunch). Last week, we mentioned ..

Honda "New Small Concept" Headed To Delhi Auto Expo Posted: 21 Dec 2009 01:11 AM PST Hot on the heels of Toyota's announcement that it will be unveiling a new economy car concept at the Auto Expo 2010 in New Delhi, India next month comes news today that Honda will be showing a similar vehicle at the upcoming event. Labeled the New Small Concept, the latest show car is said to be a concept model of a new small-sized vehicle ..

Spyker Refuses To Let Saab Slip Away, Renews Offer Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:35 PM PST Just a few days ago we were writing epitaphs for Saab, but it looks as if it may yet be a bit early to call the brand dead. Dutch carmaker Spyker has renewed its offer to purchase Saab in spite of GM's announcement last week that it would begin winding down the brand. GM said last week there were "certain issues" that could not be resolved in ..

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