Perhaps this trucker mis-interpreted the meaning of EZ Pass. When asked later about his disappearing plate, the trucker said he didn’t know anything about it. Apparently the wire (that was connected to the hinged plate) that stuck out of the cigarette lighter socket didn’t seem out of place. He would probably still be using it had it not been for a Port Authority cop driving alonside him.
Source: CBS2 via Yahoo! News
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German tuners like AC Schnitzer and Brabus usually stuff big engines into small spaces to create ‘Bahn burners that are envied and feared. But a tuner like Alpina, who are actually classified as a manufacturer in Germany, say their philosophy is maximizing the potential of existing units. Their D3 Coupe is an E92 that features a smaller engine from the 123d. Alpina tuned the twin-turbo diesel to put out 214hp, a modest figure by today’s standards, but enough to produce a 0-62mph time of 6.9 seconds, top out at 152 and get an extraordinary 52.3mpg. While the D3 doesn’t qualify as a ‘Bahn burner, it does prove that enthusiasts don’t have to fret about a future of small, slow and boring cars.
Noted BMW tuner and racing team, AC Schnitzer, is famous for stuffing big engines into small spaces. Their latest is an M3 crammed with a modified 552hp V-10 from the M5/M6. In addition to the requisite suspenion, brake and cosmetic enhancements, AC Schnitzer’s GP3.10 has also been modified to use liquified petroleum gas (LPG), which the company sees as a "sensible alternative" to gas as it’s cheaper and produces 15% less emissions. The GP3.10 has a 70-liter tank for LPG in addition to a 60-liter petrol tank and the system is switchable. Go here for the video
Source: BMWautocar, AC Schnitzer
Photos: AC Schnitzer
A baby monitoring device was found under the couch of Porsche boss, Wendelin Wiedeking’s, hotel room. It’s believed that the spies, believed to be either VW or the State of Lower Saxony, the two largest shareholders of VW, were trying to get info on Porsche’s plans regarding their pending controling acquisition of VW. The hotel records rule out the possibility that a family had stayed in the room prior to Wiedeking’s stay. Porsche also said that other company officials have been spied upon, including works council head, Uwe Hueck.
You’d think they’d use stealthier devices.
Source: motorauthority, Deutsche Welle
Photo: Ybaby/Motortrend
The New York International Auto Show brings together automotive enthusiasts of every stripe and level of interest. Hardy souls journeyed from as far afield as Austria, Sweden and Virginia to check out Polizei Interceptor 144B and chat about our jovial, demented brand of law enforcement. Sadly, inevitably, some folks were either ill-informed about the goings-on in the automotive world or — at the extreme end of things — complete and utter dunderheaded Ostrogoths when it came to cars, the law and life and how to live it. Of Visigoth persuasion ourselves — especially Mme. Lau — we enjoyed a few hearty chuckles at their expense. Come along, won’t you, and peruse our list of sublime, stupid, and outright head-scratch-frenzy-inducing quotes from the show after the jump.
January 17, 2005 - I was driving on Rte. 206 N between Bedminster and Chester, NJ. It was freezing. The temperature range for this particular Martin Luther King holiday saw a low of 17 and a high of 24 degrees. Conventional wisdom would have prevented me from driving my very heavily modified 1979 Porsche type 930 (911 Turbo) out of its normally garaged location, but I had taken the car out the previous day and gotten caught nearby at a friends house just as snow flurries started to fall. I decided to take my chances, stay overnight night and drive back home the following day when the sun was out.
Camryder. A name that shall live in infamy. Discovered by The New York Motor Club’s Matt Farah and yours truly in a deep, dark corner at SEMA 2007. Brought to you by Garage 419.
Enjoy. Actually, you won’t. But we did.
(El Jefe de Jalopnik Ray Wert also blogged this, and even included some pictures, but somehow omitted what had to have been an…emotional response. Ray?)
Before I comment on the upcoming Knight Rider remake, behold the fantabulous opening credits to the original 1982 series.
After the jump, we shall go deep into Knight Rider’s surreal genius, starting with the even more fantabulous opening credits to the 1983 season, then discuss the merciless destruction of the fondest memories of every every car loving American male between 30 and 40 years of age…
Now THIS is something worth buying, but only if you’re driving one of the RUFs in GT4…on the Nurburgring…
