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Bugatti Veyron isn’t immune to the parking laws

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:09 AM PDT

Bugatti Veyron isn't immune to the parking laws

Well this is certainly interesting. It seems that a Slovakian man decided to park his beautiful $1 million+ Bugatti Veyron right in the middle of a pedestrian zone in the center of Bratislava, thinking he can get away with it.

But the authorities weren’t impressed and decided not only to fine him but to also jam his wheel with a special device, so he won’t be able to move it before he contacts the authorities. This just goes to prove that money can’t make the law not apply to you (although I can think of plenty of cases in other zones when it isn’t so).

Source: FailBlog via Jalopnik

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Bugatti Veyron isn’t immune to the parking laws

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Crazy custom 1966 Chevrolet Corvette with HEMI V8 and blower up for sale on Ebay

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 12:50 AM PDT

Crazy custom 1966 Chevrolet Corvette with HEMI V8 and blower up for sale on Ebay

I don’t really cruise around Ebay Motors that much, but when I did, I found quite a lot of “interesting” cars there. The latest one is this 1966 Chevrolet Corvette which has been customized with a HEMI V8 engine complete with classic hot-rod style blower coming out of the hood.
Crazy custom 1966 Chevrolet Corvette with HEMI V8 and blower up for sale on Ebay

Other modifications that have been made include a chopped windshield to give it a Grand Sport look, a paint job which only a mother could love and an a black leather interior. Without a doubt this is truly a collector’s piece, but with the current bid of $21,100, not a lot of people will be interested in it.

Source: Ebay via CarScoop

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Crazy custom 1966 Chevrolet Corvette with HEMI V8 and blower up for sale on Ebay

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A great sound but a rather ugly rear end: new video of the 9ff Porsche Panamera

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 12:29 AM PDT

A great sound but a rather ugly rear end: new video of the 9ff Porsche Panamera

I have quite a lot of mixed feelings towards the Porsche Panamera. From the front, it looks rather good, but the rear end isn’t quite as pretty. Perhaps the fact that I’ve gotten used to how a 911 looks from the rear and the Panamera looks like a sacrilege.

Either way, the beautiful sound from this 9ff Panamera more than makes up for the fact that two thirds of the video has the rear of the super sedan in the frame. It seems that the tuners added, besides a set of 22-inch wheels, a valve-controlled sports exhaust system, which means that you can set it to loud, and produce the lovely sound you’ll hear in the video, or to quiet, perfect for driving through a residential area.

Hit the jump and see the stunning new 9ff Porsche Panamera PT55, developing 550 HP, showcase its exhaust system. Be sure to watch until the end to catch another pass of the upcoming model.

Source: WorldCarFans

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Prior Design brings wide-body kit to BMW M6

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 12:14 AM PDT

Prior Design brings wide-body kit to BMW M6

Say what you will about the BMW design philosophy of the last few years, but I think that the 6 Series is quite attractive, not to mention the top-of-the-range M6 model, powered by that massive V10 engine. In order to make it stand out even more, the team at Prior Design conceived a wide-body kit for the Bavarian luxury coupe.

Dubbed the PD550, the kit, as its name suggests, featured wider body elements like the front wing, side skirts or rear fender flares. The engineers also added a special hand-made PD silencer to the four stainless steel exhaust pipes in order for that V10 sound to travel even further. As a whole, the body was widened by 80 mm in order for the handling and dynamics to be improved. In case you prefer your M6 to stay the way it is in terms of width, you can opt for a simple kit, named the PD450.

Prior Design brings wide-body kit to BMW M6

Prior Design also offers two types of rims and tires, a set of 20-inch and one measuring 21-inch. If you prefer to be closer to the ground, you can lower the M6 by 30 mm in the front and 25 in the back.

Source: WorldCarFans

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The results are in from GM’s Cadillac V-Series Challenge, the CTS-V beats M3, M5, Evo X

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 11:47 AM PDT

The results are in from GM's Cadillac V-Series Challenge, the CTS-V beats M3, M5, Evo X

As you all know, today was General Motors’ Cadillac V-Series Challenge was held at the Monticello Motor Club in New York. This is where GM’s vice president and main PR man, Bob Lutz, put his honor where his words were and challenged any and all to beat the CTS-V in any sedan they could get on the market.

As expected, this interesting marketing stunt brought forward a lot of challengers to the claims of the CTS-V, but among them, a few cars were chosen, the most important being a BMW M3 and an M5 (the latter being driven by Michael from CarGuyDad and a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X driven by Jalopnik’s Wes Siler.

As expected, the race generated a huge amount of hype and debate, especially on Twitter, where everyone was talking about it (consider GM’s goal accomplished), and you could even follow the live tweets from the people involved (and from our account, so you’d better subscribe for future events).

But now the race is done and the results are in. As much as we rooted for our fellow colleagues in the automotive blogging business, both Wes and Michael were beaten by Lutz, and the M3, which managed a very good time, was beaten by GM’s engineer Aaron Link, which also drove a CTS-V.

The times were as follows: Wes Siler - 3:08; Michael - 3:05; Bob Lutz - 2:58; BMW M3 - 2:54; Cadillac CTS-V, driven by Aaron Link - 2:48; CTS-V driven by John Heinricy - 2:46. It turns out that out of the top 7 lap times, 6 of them were achieved by a CTS-V.

Lutz declared promptly after the race, via Cadillac’s Twitter account, that: “I’m pleased, the car is wonderful, the track is wonderful. I haven’t done this in 30 years. Young whipper-snappers showed me a thing or two. Let’s see them do this when they’re 77. I’m not complaining, the automatic [transmission's] sport mode helped me a lot.”

Overall, it was an ingenious campaign from GM and one which should definitely be copied by other carmakers. Maybe next time we’ll send someone from our own team to fight them.

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The results are in from GM’s Cadillac V-Series Challenge, the CTS-V beats M3, M5, Evo X

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