Paper or Plastic?   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
Plastic! It's not about paper or plastic bags from supermarkets that this post concerns. American Airlines is in a cashless, cards-only, payment test until 30 September. The test will include flights to and from San Francisco because of the various...
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Bugatti Veyron 16.4 "Pur Sang" Out-Veyrons Itself   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
Not to be outdone by corporate cousin Lamborghini and its just-introduced, extremely limited-production Reventón supercar, the Volkswagen Group's ultra-elite Bugatti brand unveiled an even more exclusive model: The Veyron 16.4 "Pur Sang." The company only plans to build five of...
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Round Two for VW's Phaeton in America?   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
Talk about big dreams: BusinessWeek's Auto Beat reports that Volkswagen of America's new CEO, Stefan Jacoby, is itching to reintroduce here the brand's misbegotten Phaeton sedan. The car, which debuted for 2004 with starting prices between $64,600 and $94,600, was...
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A Desk-Chair Pilot Discovers Google Earth's Hidden Flight Sim   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
It probably won't fly with the Federal Aviation Administration, but lastest version of Google Earth (4.2) features an exceptionally fine little Easter Egg for desk-chair pilots: a flight simulator. Not likely to supplant X-Plane or Microsoft Flight Simulator X among...
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Funky Clubman Model Stretches Mini's Appeal   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
BMW's Mini brand, heretofore limited to turbocharged or normally aspirated hard-top and convertible versions of a single —small —model, tapped into a bit of its history to create the new, extended-length Clubman model. Inspired by the old Morris...
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As Washington Dithers, Little Vermont Makes Automakers Heel   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
Detroit's Big Three must be kicking themselves for the millions of dollars they poured into lobbying efforts against the now back-tabled Energy bill, which would have required higher mileage standards. Why? States have made an end-run on automakers with emissions...
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Class Politics and Public Transportation Roil a Texas City   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
Arlington, Texas, which is wedged between Forth Worth and Dallas, is the largest American city (365,000) without a public transportation system. More than half of the city's workers commute to jobs outside of Arlington. As oil prices spiked past $80...
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Booyah! America's Ultimate Aero TT Tops 255 mph   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
It had to happen. The 987-horsepower Bugatti Veyron couldn't hold onto the title of World's Fastest Production Car forever, now, could it? Enter the 1183-horsepower Ultimate Aero Twin Turbo, built by Washington State-based upstate Shelby Supercars (very definitely not affiliated...
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Today in History: GM Makes Diesel a Dirty Word   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
September 13, 1977 We're reasonably certain that if we try hard enough, we can remember the Seventies for many great things. But we're just as certain that no amount of trying can make Oldsmobile's harebrained diesel engine one of them....
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Can the Kurrent Help Defibrillate the Motor City?   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
The Big Three have seen better days —and so has America's Motor City. In recent years, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler have endured record losses, layoffs, and grim predictions for their futures. But the lights haven't gone out in...
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