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N.Y.P.D. to Shake Things Up With the Rumbler Super Siren - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.comN.Y.P.D. to Shake Things Up With the Rumbler Super Siren If you’re in Manhattan and suddenly feeling some not-so-good vibrations, it could be the effects of the New York Police Department’s latest siren, called the Rumbler. “It emits vibrations that can be felt, so drivers, even with their ...
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Will Smarter Roads Save Us More Money? - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.comWill Smarter Roads Save Us More Money? Traffic congestion reduces gross national product around the world by 1 percent, I.B.M. researchers calculate — a serious chunk of money. To do something about it, Big Blue has been experimenting in Australia, Hong Kong, Scotland and the Netherlands on ...Rick Watson added 5 weeks ago
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Tata Nano: The World’s Cheapest Car - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.comVideo Tata Motors today took the covers off the world’s cheapest car — the Nano . Over the past year, Tata has been building hype for a car that would cost a mere 100,000 rupees (roughly $2,500) and bring automotive transportation to the mainstream Indian population. It has been nicknamed ...
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Woodward Dream Cruise: Where the Traffic Is the Attraction - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.comWoodward Dream Cruise: Where the Traffic Is the Attraction On Saturday, under an unrelenting sun, a wild array of old and new machinery rumbled up and down Woodward Avenue from 9 Mile Road in Ferndale, Mich., to the avenue’s northern terminus in Pontiac. In many locations, spectators lined ...Gordon Fish added 3 months ago
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Automotive Family TreeWelcome to version 3.0 of the “Family Tree” style diagram of who owns who (or is it whom) in the automotive world. In this version of the “Family Tree”, I’ve added more categories: Heavy Trucks and Chinese made automobiles. The diagram now shows 130 different vehicle manufactures from US, ...
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Mercedes-Benz Unveils Safety Research Car - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.comMercedes-Benz Unveils Safety Research Car Mercedes-Benz has pioneered some advanced safety technologies in its time. This week, the automaker introduced the ESF 2009, a concept car built to illustrate some ideas to protect drivers and passengers. Unveiled at the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles ...
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Fight for Hydrogen Funding - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.comFight for Hydrogen Funding When the former executive director of General Motors’ fuel-cell program, J. Byron McCormick, resigned from the Department of Energy’s hydrogen advisory committee, he didn’t go quietly. On Monday, he sent the energy secretary, Steven Chu, a letter critical of the ...
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Nascar Hopefuls Live Out Dreams on Film - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.comNascar Hopefuls Live Out Dreams on Film The three young stars of “ Racing Dreams ,” a documentary on go-kart racing, were in Manhattan on Saturday for the movie’s premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. For Annabeth Barnes of Hiddenite, N.C., Joshua Hobson of Birch Run, Mich. and Brandon ...
Heather Wong
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Honda Gets Its Walk On - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.comHonda Gets Its Walk On When I arrived at the Honda press briefing at the W hotel in Times Square on Tuesday, a woman from Honda asked me, “What’s your shoe size?” At that point, I knew it was going to be an unusual experience. In the corner of a small meeting room, I found a display of two ...
JJ O'Donoghue
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Lamborghini - High Performance CarThe Lamborghini is the perfect performance car. Here you can find the history of this awesome ride, along with great books about the cars and also lamborghini models and toys. Recommended Lamborghini Book by: David Jolliffe Amazon Price: $29.20 (as of 03/17/2009) History of the Lamborghini ...
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