Archive for November, 2007
Clean Gas Induction in Cars
For those that are interested in more fuel efficiency, as well as a reduction of pollutants into the air by your vehicles exhaust one alternative technology that is currently being used by vehicle manufacturers is clean gas induction. Clean gas induction is also known as CGI and is a technology that is instrumental in the [...]
Audi AG
Audi AG is owned by Volkswagen, and has been since the mid sixties their luxury automobile and engine company. The history of Audi is marred in combinations, evolutions, and consolidations of different companies – however it can be seen as starting way back with its roots in 1899 by August Horch, a German engineer and [...]
Aston Martin
In the year 1913 a man names Lionel Martin teamed up with another good old chap named Robert Bamford, and together they created their very own company to create cars of their designs. You see, old martin used to race cars in Aston, and got up the gumption to make his own vehicle rather than [...]
American Motors Corporation
American Motors Corporation (or AMC) was created at the merger between Hudson and Nash-Kelvinator, and at the time it was the largest merger ever in the United States (1954). In today’s terms it would be a billion and a half USD, but back then it was 200 million, and because of the declining auto sales [...]
Audi R8 advertising video
This is a gem! The new Audi R8 video is one of the mosty beautiful pieces of art I’ve seen. Notice all the movements, the ambience and the music. Just beautiful! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Let us know if you experience any problem watching this video. Further [...]
Alfa Romeo
In 1910 a little company was founded with an acronym for a name. It would later become one of the most prominent names in the automotive industry… “Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili” is the acronym used and thus Alfa Romeo was born – but not before having a different name first four years earlier. SAID was [...]
Acura
Founded in the year 1986 this 21 year old car brand is a division of Honda that is primarily into manufacturing the more luxurious based vehicles. The Acura slogan currently is “Advance”, and they have by being the first Japanese manufacturer of all the others to introduce Japanese Luxury vehicles into the United States an [...]
Car Lifts
Car lifts are extremely practical and can help car mechanics work on vehicles, home owner’s store their vehicles or car collectors show off their vehicles. There are plenty of different types of car lifts on the market today and each type usually benefits a specific use. If you are interested in purchasing a car lift, [...]
Mechanical Car Lifts
Mechanical car lifts are generally referred to as car lifts that require no hydraulic or electrical energy to lift or lower a vehicle. While hydraulic and electrical car lifts are not classified as mechanical car lifts, in many instances pneumatic lifts can be considered classified as mechanical in nature. Purists refer to mechanical car lifts [...]
Exotic Cars (part 2)
And here’s the second part of the Exotic Cars list. Part 1 can be found in here. Technical Specifications for the complete list will follow over the next few hundred posts.
