Post Whoring - Part 2

[CyRaX]

double posting

Edited April 30, 2011 by CyRaX

[Silver]

[Kavvz]

Its says a lot about the safety systems in these cars when you realize that the driver in the porsche with black livery ends up walking away from the crash!

Edited May 1, 2011 by Kavvz

[MkX]

I got this interesting article on Minis on today's BBC news. Just thought of sharing.. the rest of the article also worth the reading (marketing guys may already knows the story).

MINI'S MAJOR MISTAKE

The Mini was Britain's best-selling car ever, with more than five million purchased over the years. But its sales success disguises a surprising story - consumers got a much better deal on the Mini than they should have done.

When it was launched in 1959, the British Motor Corporation boss Sir Leonard Lord decided it should sell for £500 - in order to undercut its nearest competition, the Ford Anglia which sold for £610.

Ford could not understand how the BMC were making the Mini so cheaply The Mini's low price tag made it an instant hit and with celebrity endorsement from the likes of John Lennon, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan, it became the car to be seen in.

Ford bosses were mystified at how it could be produced for such a bargain basement price, so they decided to take one apart to see how on earth it had been done.

Former Ford Product Planner Bob Howe recalled: "We analysed the Mini, we dismantled the thing completely even to the point of breaking spotwelds and we costed every component.

"Based on our analysis, Ford would have incurred £35 of cost over and above the price they were advertising it at".

It looked as though every Mini was costing £535 to make and then being sold for £500.

How Unilever, Coke and the Mini car got it so wrong

[VVTi]

Some interesting dashboards of yesteryear and some current.

http://www.doubleyoudigital.nl/~cars_digital%20dashboards.php

[JohnGalt]

Some interesting dashboards of yesteryear and some current.

http://www.doubleyoudigital.nl/~cars_digital%20dashboards.php

WOW! Thanks for sharing machang this is absolutely breathtaking!

[JohnGalt]

Some interesting dashboards of yesteryear and some current.

http://www.doubleyoudigital.nl/~cars_digital%20dashboards.php

Machang that dashboard of "Toyota Corolla 1985" is that an after market dashboard? I've only seen these -

http://www.use.com/ae86_8a18531ee95783470174?p=11#photo=11

http://www.use.com/ae86_8a18531ee95783470174?p=12#photo=12

[Kavvz]

Hardly likely but as a huge fan of the weird cooky El Camino: Here's hoping they bring it back ( or that I find a version in decent nick for sale one of these days....)

GM will bring back the El Camino if 100,000 people comment

[Kavvz]

Interesting read about: First responders and Hybrids

[Didn't want to add fuel to the fire by posting it on some of the more 'popular' threads on this subject so I thought I'd stick it up here for anyone who might be interested...]

Edited May 14, 2011 by Kavvz

[Mani]

[MrCat]

Ha ha ha.. guess it`s not much different to SL the way these things happen over there. "slipped and fell off of the curb..!!".. If this was Australia the store manager would probably be sued, Marines will have to face disciplinary action and the bloody thief will probably even sue the council (or shopping complex owners) for having a "dangerously made curb" that injured him.!!

[Bugatti]

http://www.autolanka.com/ad.asp?ID=48569

Pork...??

[terrabytetango]

Saw this 15 minutes ago on the Baseline.

Edited May 20, 2011 by terrabytetango

[MrCat]

What the Heck? FireFox??

[Crosswind]

What the Heck? FireFox??

Yup. Must be an open-source bus

[nexus]

ROFLOL......firefox bus :lol:

[Pericles]

Saw this 15 minutes ago on the Baseline.

Thats just pure awesome!

[Pericles]

This was ... just wow

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/20/paul-newmans-mid-engine-v8-beetle-on-sale-for-250k/

[Watchman]

Saw this 15 minutes ago on the Baseline.

Wow! some actual classy body sticker! a HUGE step up from those photos of jungles or sceneries or even photos OF THE BUS on the bus.

[nexus]

This was ... just wow

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/20/paul-newmans-mid-engine-v8-beetle-on-sale-for-250k/

VW beetle super car?

[Mani]

Edited May 25, 2011 by Mani

[Bugatti]

Saw this 15 minutes ago on the Baseline.

Could this be one of those buses imported from Japan??

[Mani]

F1 and turbos... Good watch.

Part 1

Part 2

[MasterDon]

World record for most simultaneous donut-ing

Edited June 5, 2011 by MasterDon

[heavyD]

Jeez, that's some tuning! Korean power baby!