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A new whine for the 1%: My Ferrari is broken!
So, you think the 1% don’t have problems? You think life is easy on Easy Street? Well let me set you straight, you Occupy Whiner you: “Ferrari recalls California, Italia models for faulty crankshafts.” That’s right: Somewhere...
Tags: Italy, HBO (tv network), Toyota, Ferrari, Car Engine Repair
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Electric-vehicle maker Think files for bankruptcy in Norway
L.A. Times Tech BlogElectric-vehicle maker Think Global has filed for bankruptcy in Norway, its home country. The company is among the older manufacturers of battery-powered cars, emerging more than 20 years ago and launching its Think City model in 1999. Think has... -
Jesse Valadez dies at 64; pioneer of L.A.'s lowriders
An impressively long line of classic lowriders from throughout Southern California and beyond joined the funeral procession that began at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in East Los Angeles and ended at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier.
On a flatbed...Tags: Politics, Auto Shows, Superman (fictional character), Robin the Boy Wonder (fictional character), Vehicles
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'Top Gear' recap: American, and proud of it
Show TrackerEpisode 4 got me wondering: Who has more testosterone coursing through his slender bod? Tanner Foust, who raced Ford's mega-beast F-150 Raptor through the Arizonan scrub, or his competitor, the unidentified HALO jumper, who bulleted downward through the... -
Fiat 500: Budget-wise and Mini-splendored
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhere are the hot-cool small cars, the drive-all-night cars, the panties-on-the-mirror cars? Where they've always been: In Europe. Here's a look at two of them: The Fiat 500 and the Alfa Romeo MiTo. Milan, Italy Cute? Think a bunny in bib overalls, a...Tags: Milan (Italy), Italy, Volkswagen, BMW, Gasoline Industry
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Pontiac G8: An Australian import
RUMBLE SEATIf you ever have occasion to share a drink with an Australian -- your luck is bound to run out, sooner or later -- do yourself a favor, mate. Don't offer to buy him a Foster's beer. Though Americans might think they are just being sociable, the lager made...Tags: Chevrolet, Pontiac, Scrabble (game), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Vehicles
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2009 Audi A4
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn 1995, Audi was hanging by a burning thread in the U.S. Thanks to some spectacularly bad cars and a meta-scandal concerning mysterious "unintended acceleration," U.S. sales of VW's luxury division had spiraled down to around 7,000 cars, and it was no...Tags: Luxury Vehicles, Porsche, Death, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Apple iPod
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Ford Flex crossover: A square deal
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn absolute terms, the Ford Flex is squarely brilliant. Here is a six- or seven-passenger spawn hauler with none of the minivan stigma that so evidently traumatizes suburbanites and their delicate eros. Actually, with its blacked-out roof pillars and...Tags: Minivans and Vans, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler
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The Think City: In Norway, they're building your first electric car
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIngvil Ladehaug is battery challenged. Her laptop is running out of juice. Her cellphone is down to its last electrons. But the director of communications for Norway's Think -- beginning production in September of perhaps the best electric car in the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Norway, Motorvehicle Accidents, Death, Ford Motor Co.
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2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing: The mind-blowing 1950s version was cooler, but . . .
It goes about a zillion miles an hour, looks tougher than jailhouse steak and has explosive bolts in the doors, but before getting to the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing, if I may, a nod to the old (1955-1957) Gullwing.
Some years ago I drove a...Tags: Museum Dioramas, Engineering, Vehicles, Science and Technology, Disasters and Accidents
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2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI: An 'Avatar'-style creature of magnificent grace and power
James Cameron's film "Avatar" dreams a world where humans can telepathically plug into beautiful blue creatures of extraordinary power and speed, with glittery feline eyes and rock-hard butts.
Audi beat him to it.
The car is the 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI --...Tags: Education, Lamborghini, Audi, Sports Cars, Schools
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Ecstasy-to-drive Lotus Evora leaves one question: Take a check?
![Every time I write about a high-performance sports car, I'm guaranteed to get letters from readers to this effect: "How can you possibly glorify the Badminton Dual-Cowl 87B? No one needs a car that goes 200 mph, costs $300,000 and gets five miles per gallon. With all that's going on in the world [climate change, war in the Middle East, balance of trade etc.]. For shame. For shame!"](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/column/2010-01/51775372-21202325.jpg)
Every time I write about a high-performance sports car, I'm guaranteed to get letters from readers to this effect: "How can you possibly glorify the Badminton Dual-Cowl 87B? No one needs a car that goes 200 mph, costs $300,000 and gets five miles per...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Judges, Vehicles, Car Engine Repair, Sports
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