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“Kizashi!”

“Gesundheit!” That was the response I got when I told Austin about this Suzuki Concept I saw.

Suzuki is thinking about putting out a new sedan/wagon and I think it looks awesome. It reminds me of the matrix, you know, the red pill that Neo took to get to the real world. I mean that in a good way.

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I was glancing around the other night, in hopes of finding a concept car that would meet my profile. You know the rear wheel drive, lightweight, enthusiast’s car I love so much, and guess what happened to appear. Something to spring life back into my hopes. Something that I could drive sideways and all I have to do is suppress my urge to… Continue reading →

It is interesting to think that the Science Fiction movies that I loved as a child might soon be a reality in the automotive world, at least for Mercedes.

I remember Watching “The Flight of the Navigator” where a young man is taken ten years into the future by a spaceship. He ends up befriending the spaceship who happens to talk like PeeWee Herman… Anyway, rent the movie if I’ve interested you, but the ship in the movie is what interests me. I remember it changing shape at high speeds to something a little more aerodynamic and more like a giant silver football when stationary or at slow speeds. Well, apparently the luxury car maker Mercedes plans to do the same thing with a car.

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Allen: I spent all night working on this. Here’s the list in order of importance to me:

1. Rear Wheel Drive (Limited Slip differential should be an option.)

2. 28 mpg (Preferably, a 4 cylinder)

3. Around or Under $25,000

4. Manual Transmission

5. Must be classified as a compact and have 2 doors.

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Allen: Where have all the rear wheel drive (RWD) economy sport compacts coupes gone (maybe this market is a little too specific)? Are they gone for good? If you haven’t figured out by now I’m a big fan of oversteer and not the kind that involves your “good friend” the E-brake, Austin.

I’ve been keeping up with concept cars that are being produced in the past few years in hopes that they will fill this “Niche market”, like the Saturn Sky or Pontiac Solstice when they were still concepts. It turns out that GM decided to make them convertible roadsters, sadly.

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Unveiling the XC60 Concept at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2007 was the climax of four months’ intensive work at Volvo Cars Concept Centre. The centre is Volvo Cars’ very own ‘inventors’ workshop’. It includes eight different departments. The staff working in this centre are all specialists of different kinds, and they really know their stuff. The fabrication of the XC60 Concept had about 70 staff involved in working on it.

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