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ADL News Ticker >>> Ain’t Misbehavin’
- In Cambodia: “you are more likely to be forced into the gutter by a giant Hummer SUV, Mercedes S-Class, or at the very least a high-performance motorbike,” the BBC reports. The Cambodian PM has threatened his own resignation if the problem isn’t curbed >>>
- Clarkson’s latest Times column is a gas. He praises the VW Phaeton but tells VW to give it to the Danes >>>
- Leno is working on his “green room” (his garage). All 17,000 square feet of it >>>
- Distract yourself for a moment. Saab’s Driver Attention Warning System developing >>>
ADL News Ticker > > > Happy Birthday BMW 1-Series
- Like a proud parent celebrating a new born that certain to have a bright future, BMW’s celebrating it’s new 1-Series. It’s been one year >>>
- Lambo’s Murcielago loses some weight for ’08. And there are more horses…er… bulls in store >>>
- The NYT tells us that when considering the 2008 BMW 5-Series to “stay in line; stick with 6.” Yes, boss >>>
- Infiniti is crossing over with the new EX35. It’s the kin of the Nissan Rogue >>>
ADL News Ticker >>> Another BMW?
- BMW went and added an X1 to the steadily increasing lineup of vehicles we never needed from the Roundel. Ah well, profits first >>>
- Pension liabilities of £200 million ($400 million) are no deterrent from selling Jaguar and Land Rover. Yeah. Says Ford >>>
- Jerry Garrett over at NYT’s Wheels Blog is feeling less charitable than the LA Auto Show. Find out why >>>
- This late 90′s US TV commercial for Mercedes-Benz is just brilliant. And sudsy >>>
ADL News Ticker >>> White Hot
- The M.Y. 2008 9-3 droptop is looking good in white. Real good >>>
- Times are fantastic @ BMW. A little less fantastic @ MINI >>>
- Thanks to the 911 and Cayenne, times are great for Porsche, too. No thanks to the Boxster >>>
- Cadillac means business with the CTS-V. The hyper-powered sedan’s getting AWD >>>
ADL News Ticker >>> Pagani’s Triumph Over Porsche
- Pagani’s Zonda F has dethroned the Porsche Carrera GT as king of Nurburgring’s hill. Porsche bested by four seconds >>>
- Porsche rides a wave of Cayenne and 911 sales to record North American market heights. Boxster sales are still backsliding, though >>>
- NYT does the Tokyo Show roundup. In podcast, The Times‘ Jerry Garrett remarks on the show’s Teutonic orientation >>>
- Trollhattan Saab’s Swade takes us on an enthusiast’s test drive in the restyled 9-3. And for once he’s thanking Cadillac >>>
ADL News Ticker >>> Pimp My Volvo?
- Volvo can be cool. Yes, it can. And if the mad tuners @ Swedespeed have anything to say, Volvo will be >>>
- Was? Becker (of MB fame) still makes radio für das Auto? Ja, mein herr >>>
- The New York Times remarks how the C-Class has grown. Indeed, the “C300 Luxury” looks sharp enough to be the new S-Class >>>
- AutoBlog has posted spy pictures of the Lincoln MKS. And guess what? It looks like the Jaguar XF. How ’bout that >>>
AAA > Rolls-Royce Tests Next Coupé + + +
>>> Today’s Links >>>
- EVO’s certain that their spy shot of the Royce is the hardtop not the soft top. Very certain >>>
- At last, someone said it. Most aftermarket tuner cars do “suck” >>>
- Lexus has given us a look into the future. And it’s shown us that the RX line’s days are numbered >>>
AAA >>> BMW M3 Video That Rocks
- Autoblog’s Dutch sister site (Autoblog.nl) made a video about the latest BMW M3 and it rocks >>>
- Autocar reviewed the new sports-tuned Bentley Continental GT that runs on “speed” >>>
- Apparently, Daimler and Chrysler haven’t separated on absolutely everything. Joint projects are still in the works according to that corporate artist formerly known as “Dr. Z” >>>
- Jaguar Design man Ian Callum talks to Autoweek about making it “simple” and “straightfoward,” just like Sir William would’ve done >>>
AAA >>> Ford Caché
- Have you seen this Ford lately? The Verve has more caché than the offspring of a MINI Cooper S mating with a Fiat 500 >>>
- Yawn. The Volvo S80 and V70 will now feature inline-4 cylinder engines as green options. The underpowered models are likely to also carry that most classic of Volvo 240 traits; being totally unable to get out of their own way >>>
- Up! So much for hybrid Bentleys. London’s communist mayor is seeing to it that the loop-holes are removed from the congestion zone system >>>
- Maserati is recalling 96 UK bound Quattroportes for an electrical glitch that might disable the stability control program(me). Good to see that the Italians are on top of things >>>








