A great video of the new A4 I think I am in love…going to be a rough decision between this and the A5!
Category: Cars
Alright this one I had to report on because the pictures speak 1000 words. One of my car blogs posted this one with the nice little picture you see to your left as the introduction, lets say the rest of the photos are not as nice. You can click the picture to go to the blog and check out the full spread.
So this is what happens when you hit a fox at 143 mph with a nice German car. I could not imagine what that sounded like or being the person who has to clean up the car afterwards.
Alpine has come out with a new lineup for 2008 that adds some very nice features to your car stereo. It adds iPod compatibility, Bluetooth compatibility, USB connectivity. Click the image to see the product catalog. Now if they could only make the features standard on stock stereos I would be set!
So for those of you who have tried to install aftermarket lights on your car you know what a pain they can be to get in place and wired correctly. This company has come up with a great idea. These HID add-ons clip to the back of your rear view mirror and plug into your cigarette lighter. They are wirelessly linked to your 
headlights and can sense when other cars are coming so they know when to auto-dim. A great idea but begs the question of where the wireless relay goes to connect to you bright lights. Also sad to see that I cannot blind someone with them intentionally.
Yes finally I have found a use for the cigarette lighter in my car. At an estimated frugal $14.99 this item won Best New Interior Accessory prize at SEMA 2007. You can never have too many flashlights in your car, I have one of those crank LED flashlights in my car so its always ready to use. According to the web page a 3 hour change gives you 1 hour of light. I like this idea because cigarette lights really serve no purpose in cars other than a power outlet. Seriously who smokes any more??
This article is a nice wrap up of the new features of the new A4. Looks like they managed to stretch the wheelbase about 6 inches and added a total length of about 4.5 inches. They made the backseat something you might actually want to sit in! They added about 2 inches of knee space for the back seats. Of course it has the new B8 body style and they are saying it is a great mix of the A5 and the A6. They have also added a selectable suspension on the fully packaged version. I still have my eye on the A5 but nice to see some of these updates come to the A4.
Looks like they posted the colors both inside and outside of the new A5. Yes please I will take 2! Still a fan of the silver/gray outside with the black interior. Found this feed thanks to Google’s new feed discovery
Looks like some new pictures of the 4 door Genesis have risen from the Detroit car show that is about to happen here pretty soon. Still looking for the specs and the pricing of this new car but the pictures are promising and resemble some familiar body lines that seem to be making it to every sedan these days. But it is 4 door and 4 tires and 2 headlights how many ways can you really do it? But the interior shows some promising pictures that Hyundai is moving in the right direction. The navigation ball in the center of the console behind the transmission looks pretty familiar don’t you think?
Yes there is no such thing as overkill. This is a matte-black finished R8 that has been tuned using its 4 liter V-8 to produce an awesome 888 ponies with 610-ft/lbs of torque. This was done by adding a turbo charger and playing with a few other things like headers and suspension and exhaust. Personally I am a big fan of the two big bumps on the back of the car there for air induction for the turbo. Also the zero to 60 time has been dropped down to a nice round 3 seconds. It will cost you a frugal 280,000 Euros (~416,000 USD) Sign me up for two!
Wow so Infiniti is making a run with the newly found G37 formally known as G35 coupe. Since they did win the interior of the year award in 2007 the have managed to rise my eyebrows. This little 3.7 liter V6 Aluminum alloy engine manages to pump out 330 ponies at 270 lb-ft of toque. Should be interesting to test drive this one when it comes out with the all wheel drive version right now the rear wheel drive version doesn’t have me too excited as it wouldn’t work at all in Colorado during the winters
