Brazil a hotbed for armored car modifications (Autoblog) Armored cars

Brazil a hotbed for armored car modifications (Autoblog)
Armored cars are cool, but the circumstances in which they re needed are not. Many countries in Latin America have seen a widening gap between rich and poor, sending crime in the form of robberies and kidnappings directed at the country s upper crust skyrocketing. The monied are forced to recruit top-notch mechanics, who take apart brand new cars and refit them with tens of thousands of dollars

M400 Skycar prototype available at Neiman Marcus (Engadget)
File this under: For the Billionaire Who s Got it All. Well what he doesn t have, and what you can pick up for him for a cool $3.5 mil, is the much-publicized Moller M400 Skycar prototype that we spotted a while back at NextFest . In their annual catalog for the super-rich, the Christmas Book, Neiman Marcus is offering this one-of-a-kind deathtrap flying car that can hit a max speed of 350

2005 Monterey Historics
A weekend of amazing cars and racing superstars at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California.
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Cool Reception for Porsche-VW Link (New York Times)
FRANKFURT, Sept. 26 - The chief executive of Porsche, Wendelin Wiedeking, said two weeks ago at the Frankfurt Motor Show that his company had two options for growth: sell more sports cars, which would mean competing on price, or try to break into the broader luxury market, building on the success of its Cayenne sport utility vehicle.