Wacky as it gets…. 900HP NOS

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900 Horsepower On NOS

Most recalled Brands

BusinessWeek has trolled the NHTSA files to find out which automakers have had to recall their brand new 2007 models the most, and the winner is Volkswagen thanks to a recall of just over 1 milion 2007 New Beetles because of potentially faulty brake light switches. Of course, Ford announced a major recall of 3.6 million vehicles earlier this month for defective cruise control switches, but none of the vehicles affected were 2007 models and so don’t count for this list.

We’ve complied the rest of the data for you in a handy list after the jump, because we hate having to click through BusinessWeek’s 15-part slideshow, and we suspect you might, too.

[Source: BusinessWeek]

Most Recalled Vehicles of 2007

2007 Volkswagen New Beetle
1,002,000 units affected
On certain passenger, wagon, and convertible vehicles with or without cruise control, a brake light switch may malfunction if it was installed incorrectly.

2007 Toyota Sequoia
533,124
On certain trucks and minivans, due to possible improper finishing of the front suspension lower ball joint, some ball joints may experience an incidental deterioration of the internal lubrication. This may cause the ball joint to wear and loosen prematurely, which could result in increased steering effort, reduced vehicle self-centering, and noise in the front suspension.
2007 Jeep Liberty
149,605
On certain passenger vehicles equipped with Valeo heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, the blower motor may overheat.

2007 Nissan Altima
140,582
On certain vehicles, if a sufficiently hot object enters the air filter housing through the engine fresh-air-intake system and comes in contact with the engine air filter, the air filter may ignite.

2007 Hyundai Tucson
128,300
On certain sport-utility vehicles, static air-bag deployment testing-conducted by NHTSA using fifth-percentile female dummies-indicated if a small-stature adult driver, not wearing a seat belt, is involved in a frontal or near frontal crash, deployment of the driver air bag may result in an insufficient margin of compliance as measured by the test dummy used in the NHTSA test.

2007 Dodge Nitro, Jeep Wrangler
80,894
On certain vehicles, the totally integrated power module was programmed with software that may allow the engine to stall under certain operating conditions.

2007 Suzuki Forenza, Reno
75,697
On certain passenger vehicles, the front seat-belt tongue will not latch into the buckle and, in rare cases, the locked tongue will pop out under low stretching force. If the buckle does not latch completely, the buckle could release without the release button being pressed.

2007 Volkswagen Passat, Passat Wagon
58,800
Certain passenger vehicles equipped with a 2.0-liter engine with 147kw may have a vacuum line that may fracture and become disconnected at low ambient temperatures. On certain sixth-generation passenger vehicles, the wiper motor may fail during heavy rain due to excessive moisture in the wiper motor.

2007 Chrysler Sebring and 300; Dodge Caliber, Magnum, Charger and Nitro; Jeep Compass, Liberty, Commander, Grand Cherokee, and Jeep Wrangler
50,665
On certain vehicles, the antilock-brake-system control module software may cause the rear brakes to lock up during certain braking conditions.

2007 Infiniti G35 Coupe
23,934
Certain vehicles fail to comply with the vertical gradient and headlamp photometric values requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108.

2007 Chevrolet Aveo
17,676
On certain passenger vehicles equipped with a 1.6-liter engine, during a severe frontal crash test, the fuel line in the engine compartment developed a fracture. In addition, the crash damage caused four short-circuits in the fuse block, the combination of which allowed the fuel pump to continue running and fuel to leak onto the ground.

2007 Nissan Versa
16,309
On certain hatchback vehicles, the terminals for the passenger-side seat-belt tension-sensor harness connector may have been damaged during the manufacturing process. This could result in a loss of electrical continuity causing the occupant detection system to become inoperative.

2007 GMC Acadia, Saturn Outlook
13,032
On certain vehicles, the sensing and diagnostic module, which controls the function of front air bags, may not operate properly. As a result, the front air bags may fail to deploy in a frontal crash. Also, the air-bag warning lamp on the instrument panel may fail to provide warning that the system is inoperative.

2007 Ford Expedition
10,061
On certain sport-utility vehicles, the front and rear tires on the driver’s side of affected vehicles may have been damaged at the center tread during production.

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Top 10 Car chases

One of the key elements of a perfect “guy movie” is a good old fashioned car chase. We don’t care whether it’s the cops in hot pursuit or bad guys trying to run someone down to bust a cap in them. What we do care about is squeeling tires, screaming engines and a driver who will drive it til he hears glass and smells poo poo.

We’ve put together a list of ten movies containing what we think are the best chase scenes ever put on film. It was tough, we had to prune some fender bending classics, but if you’re looking for a good chase you wont be disappointed with any of these ten. So here we go, the Top 10 Movie Car Chases in no particular order.

Bullitt
Ask anyone over the age of 40 about car chases in movies and this one is likely to come up. This Steve McQueen classic came out during the peak of the muscle car era and imagine the fun of 400 horse power on the streets and hills of San Francisco. At the time it came out, this was without question the best car chase ever filmed.

Vanishing Point
This 1971 cult classic stars Barry Newman as Kowalski. His task? Drive a Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours. A bit of a post-Easy Rider hippie flair, but the chase sequences set against the back drop of the open territory of the western states are spectacular.

Smokey and the Bandit
The movie that made Burt Reynolds one of the biggest stars in Hollywood in the late 70’s and helped Pontiac sell a ton of Black Trans Ams with fire breathing chickens on the hood. Reynolds stars as “The Bandit” running block in the Trans Am for a truckload of bootlegged Coors beer leading to the destruction of dozens of cop cars spanning from Texas to Georgia.

Ronin
John Frankenheimer set out to make the chase scenes in this movie be the ones that future directors would study when they wanted to create an incredible chase sequence of their own. We think he succeeded. You’ll have white knuckles from gripping the arms of your recliner in this one. And between the chases you get a darned good action flick.

Thunder Road
Robert Mitchum stars in this 1950’s classic. This thing played in drive-ins for years and years. Mitchum plays a bootlegger being pursued by the revenuers. The 1950 Ford in this movie has a wonderful rumble when he puts the spurs to it.

The French Connection
Although this is not a car movie, the chase sequence is largely credited as being responsible for one of this movie’s 5 Oscars (best editing). This is a crime thriller about cops on the trail of a heroin shipment. But it contains a chase scene that was heralded as the best ever at the time it was filmed. Many of the stunts in this chase were actually real and unintentional such as the lady with the baby carriage who nearly gets mowed down.

Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Arguably the best pure car chase movie ever filmed. It spends maybe half of the movie setting it up, and the rest of the movie is one long chase with some outstanding car stunts. Most people had never heard of this movie until the year 2000 when Nicholas Cage starred in the Jerry Bruckheimer remake of the movie. But the remake doesn’t compare to the original which boasts 93 wrecked cars in a 95 minute movie. If you liked the 2000 version of the film, you’ll love the original.

Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
This is the remake of the 1974 classic. However, about all it shares in common with the original in terms of storyline is that it is about a band of car thieves who have to steal alot of cars. This is a big movie with big stars, big stunts and a big budget, but the big chase scene is much much much shorter than the original. It’s still great and well deserving of a spot in our Top 10, but get yourself a copy of the 1974 version if you wanna really see Eleanor tear it up.

The Fast and the Furious
Based on the contemporary world of street racing, in this movie you’ll find souped up ricers with turbos and NOS trying to turn 10 second quarters instead of the classic muscle cars from the 60’s and 70’s. This action packed movie also has a rocking soundtrack that combined with the burning rubber should really get your heart pounding. This is the best car movie of the new millenia so far.

The Road Warrior
The movie that made Mel Gibson a major star. After the apocolypse one of the toughest things to find is gasoline. So what do these guys do? They ride up and down the highways at very high speeds looking for it. These highly modified vehicles have such toys as nitrous and super chargers and their drivers will stop at nothing to run their adversaries off the road to claim their fuel.

The Best of the Rest
There are alot of other great chases which didn’t make our Top 10, but we just feel we can’t neglect completely. These include The Rock, White Lightning, The Blue Brothers, To Live and Die in L.A., Cannonball Run, and Mad Max.

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Courtesy of : http://www.moviesforguys.com/articles/top10chases.shtml

Dumb car names

Sometimes car companies stumble on a great car name. But sometimes they balls up in a big way – like the Mazda Bongo Friendee, Honda Vamos and Mitsubishi Starion…

Finding a name for a new car can never be simple for manufacturers, but it is easy to suspect that some try harder than others.

 

Witness the litany of strange, inappropriate or just plain side-slapping car badges that have appeared over the years and you have to wonder whether some car makers are lacking in imagination or have far too much.

Because for every made-up but inoffensive Camry or profound Mondeo or Statesman there are others that seem to have been inspired after a long lunch at the pub.

The list below offers a few quickies – if anyone can add some more then please feel free.

Honda Vamos Hobio Travel Dog – The obvious name for small people mover designed specifically for those who like to have a canine on board.

Mitsubishi T-Box – Move the hyphen and the space around a bit after the second “i”. I’m not making this up.

Mitsubishi Starion – Legend has it the someone in marketing called the badge-maker telling them the new car was to be called a stallion. Accents did the rest. As legends go, it’s a beauty.

Volkswagen Polo – Only slightly funny, unless you’re Italian and it sounds a lot like “Volkswagen Chicken” (pollo).

Lancia Y10 – Only slightly funny, unless you’re English and it sounds a lot like “Lancia White Hen.”

Volkswagen Touareg – Unpronounceable to most people. Name has been taken from a North African Bedouin tribe who haven’t litigated presumably because the styling of this German 4WD also uncannily resembles a camel.

Chevrolet Impala – Inappropriate zoological imagery is popular with car makers, but this should have been called the Chevrolet Tapir. Or Three Toed Sloth.

Mazda Bongo Friendee – Nonsensical, but strangely charming appellation for another small van. Possibly indicates Japan’s drug problem is worse than first suspected.

Ferrari 575M SuperAmerica – Sounds more like a new cartoon hero based on the chin of Michael Schumacher. At least it leaves no doubt about the country Ferrari designs most of its cars for.

Holden Calais – Luxury car named after a French seaport featuring a tunnel entrance and some huge duty free booze shops. Evocative, really.

and the dumb car name list continues.

Make	Name	Comments
Ford	Edsel	Sort of like calling a car “Bob”, “John” or “Frank”
Daihatsu	Rocky	Did they name it after the movie or the mountains?
Daihatsu	Charade	It’s pretending to be a car.
Mitsubishi	Aspire	It’s ambition is to be a car.
Ford	Escort	It goes wherever you go.
Dodge	Neon	What’s tacky-looking and glows in the dark?
AMC	Gremlin	Was this car full of them?
Toyota	Stout	Maybe they’d sell more if it was “Big & Tall”
Datsun	Cherry	Having it stolen is like losing your virginity.
Subaru	Justy	Justy whaty?
Dodge	Scamp	This car is either a rogue, or it moves in a stop-and-go fashion.
Dodge	Swinger	This is the perfect car for wife-swappers.
Plymouth	Reliant	Ironic, considering it was marketed as a “disposable car”.
Hyundai	Accent	Does it’s engine make odd inflection noises?
Kia	Mentor	Does this car teach you how to drive it?
Mitsubishi	Mirage	The car that you only think you’re driving.
Daihatsu	Applause	When you buy it, the salespeople cheer for you.
Daihatsu	Rugger	The perfect car for Carpet installers or Rugby players.
Honda	Acty Crawler	Does it have wheels or 6 legs?
Honda	Jazz	Like, cool, man…
Honda	Joy-Machine	Like driving an orgasm
Isuzu	Big Horn	For people who hate the sound of those little beep-beep horns.
Isuzu	Forward	Does it have a reverse gear at all?
Mazda	Bongo	*
Mazda	Bongo Brawny	*
Mazda	Bongo Friendee	* Maybe if they keep trying, they’ll figure out what’s wrong with the name…
Mazda	Titan	It’s either a really big SUV, or a condom…
Mitsubishi	Guts	That’s all they’ll find of you, after you crash it.
Nissan	Big Thumb	???
Nissan	Fairlady Z	Possibly inspired by a Giant Robot show for girls.
Daihatsu	Town Cube	Yes, it’s a small, square minivan, advertized like it was a wardrobe or closet on wheels. I’m not kidding.
Plymouth	Duster	I suppose it’s better than “Mop” or “Broom”.
Dodge	Demon	Who do you think would drive a car with a name like that? Could it be… Satan??
Dodge	Drifter	A car for Transients?
Dodge	Rampage	The Road-rage car.

-need4nos

Courtesy of : http://www.weirdcrap.com/scholarly/carnames.html

All New BMW M3

Hello all…this is my first post here and i wanna begin with the new Bmw M3. Its loaded with a 4 Litre V8 producing a whooping 420bhp! This new M3 looks stunning when viewed from any angle. This baby is expected to hit the roads by end 2008.  

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RC really??

Well my latest pet project has been a research session on what rc car to buy. The project passed a couple of stages then it got scrapped. You guys are wondering why i am even writing about this right?? For starters I never thought driving a great rc car was kiddish, I underline the word great. Nowadays these cars seem to be constructed at an entirely new level. They use oil filled shocks, limited slip diffs what not…. Ill bet you are impressed. I was floored by this video.

Now you must be thinking cool, why don’t i get one of those, well i wanted to get a nitro powered car as these seem way more entertaining because of the IC engines. Finally I narrowed my decision to two models, it was the either the bug or the lambo.

Nitro MT2 18ss+ <http://www.hpiracing.com/products/en/10445.html>

Nitro RS4 3 18ss+ <http://www.hpiracing.com/products/en/10068.html >

Both these kits had to be assembled from scratch and they did not include the radio controller. The problem was the entire setup worked upto Rs. 18,000. 😦 So there I had to dunk both choices due to non-availability of cash. If anyone is ready to sponsor me I am really ready to buy. 😛 . Seriously if any of you are gona buy take a look at these two models they seem worth it.

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Animals Vs Cars Part 2

Ah ha the series continues….. This week in animals versus cars is starring the mazda miata vs the greyhound…. Still collecting some info… but will be put up by the eve do check in…

Scorpio??

Hmmm…. was browsing the net as usual and ran into a Scorpio which looks like this.

To check out more to this SUVs story, Check out http://www.4x4offroads.com/mahindra-scorpio-suv-from-india.html

Hats off to Kishan Lohiya.

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Automobile Commercials in India – The best of them

hey people I got this sudden inspiration on writing about the ad scene in India. Its a great tug of war session to promote a car. I believe these are some of the best ads ever made. Please comment and remind me, if i have left out any.

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YA HOOO!!!

Hey guys we hit 1000 hits…. Lets celebrate… keep up the good work and i know we are capable much more…. Lets get this ball rolling…. Thank you readers…. Keep Visiting…

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