All Entries in the "FEATURED" Category
2012 Audi R2
By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG via AutoExpress
WHENEVER I see a concept that’s been “unveiled” for a production car whose debut is still years off, my mind wanders to Conan O’Brien’s former Late Night skit “In the Year 2000″ where he and another dubious celeb would don Martian collars and point flashlight under the chins whil predicting mysterious if improbable events in “the future.” Their predictions were usually a little off.
BMW Art Cars @ Grand Central
By Gunnar Heinrich
BMW is putting on a show at New York’s Grand Central station. Four of BMW’s famous 16 “art cars” will be parked amidst the hustle of humanity that circulates through the GCT’s cavernous Vanderbilt Hall, . Over the years, BMW has commissioned famous artists like Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol to put their own creative mark on the marque’s models and GCT is the latest stop on the art cars’ global tour.
Spied In CO: Porsche Panameras
By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG Paul Goodman
PORSCHE makes four doors? Yes, Paul.
Paul is a good friend and a frequent ADL reader. Well, not frequent enough if we’re honest (joke!) A couple of Panameras (pictured) with “distributor plates” caught our man’s keen eye near that airport where the blue demon horse rears menacingly at travelers (Denver). They’re heeeerrre.
You Spin Me Right ‘Round: MB Young Classics
By Gunnar Heinrich
FOR those who miss chrome bumpers, “Sacco boards”, Becker radios, and sequential hydropneumatic power door locks but are fearful of putting money down on an old timer – it seems Stuttgart’s got your number. Daimler has introduced a new pilot program called Mercedes-Benz Young Classics aimed at selling, renting, and buying back pristine cars from the 70s through the 90s.
Negotiating The Right To Build The Next SL
By Gunnar Heinrich
SINCE the debut of the R129 SL in 1989, almost every two-door model Benz has been assembled at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen. Mercedes’ corporate parent Daimler recently announced that it would re-up its commitment to the important facility by promising that the successor to the current R230 SL would be built there. Apparently, the decision wasn’t made lightly.
BMW Individual
Your ass here ->
By Gunnar Heinrich
CHILL that’s what I should’ve said to myself when BMW unleashed the new F01 7-series upon us all hot ‘n nasty like and then unveiled a pallet of colors that would keep the folks in the retirement home sleeping softly. But I should’ve known better. And the Individual Program is why.
Mercedes E Class Coupe The Slickest?
By Gunnar Heinrich
PART of Mercedes’ happy fumes about increased gas mileage (+17%) on the new E Class Coupe is thanks to the reduced drag coefficient of the car’s slick new contours. How slick? Mercedes says its the world’s slickest. Is Benz just whistlin’ Dixie?
Panamera: Not A Sedan. Or Is It?
By Gunnar Heinrich
PORSCHE is putting a heavy rear bias on the we’re not building-a-sedan defense when pitching its new, um, four door Panamera. Three-box it most certainly isn’t, but is Porsche’s weak defense really just a missed opportunity for a strong offense? Let’s examine…
Bentley Reacts To Declining Pound
By Gunnar Heinrich
CURRENCY trading is a curious thing. When George Soros decided to short the Pound in ’92, the value of Sterling plummeted. The Hungarian investor made $1 Billion while the UK public became poorer overnight. Lord knows what Rolls-owned Bentley did back then, but today they’re every bit as anxious about Sterling’s value as indicated in the following statement.
New E Class Features “Electronic Crumple Zone”
By Gunnar Heinrich
TYPICALLY, press releases are dry, uninteresting chaff to have to chafe through. Alas, it’s part of what we in the blogosphere do as your suppliers of infotainment. So, when Mercedes-Benz released (last month) a press statement advertising the new safety advances of the 2010 E-Class that include an “electronic crumple zone,” it finally caught my attention and should appeal to yours…
