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After checking out this frozen highway (be sure and scroll down for the video's), you may want to view the much warmer Hana Highway.   And the amazing SIX DAY Road Repair after quake in Japan...http://is.gd/0xK69Y

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Auto manufacturers are showing a larger presence each year at the Consumer Electronics Show that happens each January in Las Vegas.  Here are just some of show cars....

a MIGHTY Lexus for a change.

Audi Urban Concept Vehicle…

Is there any reason that we cannot make a parking garage eye-pleasing rather eye-raising?

Here are just a few examples of what CAN be done...…

• What a great project for two brothers to work on together for their Dad. 
• The Norton Commando in black as pictured was absolutely my dream bike back in the day...(well..my dream bike had slightly different forks, but other than that small detail, this is the bike!)
• I just finished a motorcycle trip down the California coast with my son.  Hearing him describe it as "an Epic trip" to his friends may have been the…

Curious which cars are among the most stolen out there?  It might just change your purchasing behavior, or at least get you to buy full coverage insurance!!  

The first time since 2002 SIX of the top ten most stolen vehicles were domestic brands.  Yikes, not good!  Ford was the winner at taking three top spots, then Dodge then Chevy.  

But for those of you who are 100% American made fans, don't worry - the top spot is still foreign...and that is the 1994 Honda…

I had a BMW drive event at a dealership yesterday...  BMW is hosting these across the USA and contributing to the US Olympic team for every consumer that shows up to test the BMW cars.  In addition to their own line, they offer up a couple of Mercedes models that they view as direct competitors to the BMW 5 and 7 series.

I was scheduled to test a 6 convertible, but they offered to let me try out 3 or 4 different cars.

First up was the 2011 550i with its 402hp…

I know that all of the readers here in soCal have been up in arms over the closure of the 405, otherwise known as "Carmageddon" The "carpocalypse" and other end-times-centric lingo, but it appears that either all of the preparation and warning by Cal-trans and the state, and especially one Mr. Erik Estrada have paid off. Not a single segment of society slid into anarchy during the closure of this 10 mile road closure through one of the busiest transportation arteries in the country. Chaos…

Ralph Lauren is a car guy from the Bronx.  Really.

OK, so he has built an image of the polo playing rich guy into a multi billion dollar company, and he now owns a considerable car collection....one so good it has it's own show at possibly the most famous art museum in the world, still I think he really…

I stumbled across this car searching the inventory of a local dealership, of course the looks were the first thing that caught my eye but then when I did a little more research I was hooked!  Basically these things run with the top cars in the world and only cost 100k new.  I've seen a few slightly used on ebay for…

Not satisfied with the relative safety of Australian Rules Football, Rugby and swimming in croc infested rivers, Australian mad inventor and engineer Chris Malloy has invented the closest thing to a Star Wars-like hover bike that we are likely to see in this lifetime

With an estimated 10,000…

Hey you Stig-wanabes!! I know that you are probably getting sick of watching Jeremy Clarkson and company in seemingly eternal reruns of Top Gear, but there isn't much any of us Petrol Head Colonials can do about it but wait. In the meantime though, our friends over at Final Gear have taken a proactive approach to this problem and provided a countdown timer to next…

This is just a great looking car.  Looooong hood, two seater, and now with a convertible top (but missing the uber-cool gull wing doors of the regular SLS), the SLS is on my short list for dream auto's.

Mercedes released this short video of the new 563hp car scheduled for 2012 model release.  0-60 is quoted at 3.7, with a top speed of 197mph.  Honestly though, dontchathink this car is mostly about the look?  It IS great that it is backed up by some major oomph in the getgo…

Recently I found myself living with a rental car for a day or so. Nothing interesting there, except for the fact that this car was flex/fuel capable. If you spend anytime at all considering the price of gas and find yourself wondering if there is anything you can do about it besides just bending over and taking it, I have some good news for you, sort of. Ethanol is back!What does that mean? It means that the engine is capable of running on wither regular,…

At the risk of bringing down the wrath of the secret Service, I have discovered the secret of stopping the presidential Limo. What horrible information am I about to unleash on an unsuspecting world? What manner of weapon could cause the presidential limo, "The Beast' a car famous for being almost impervious.  After his recent Visit to Ireland, the presidents limo "the Beast" was stopped dead in it's tracks by..a speed bump.

Here's the video:…

Former TopGear "Stig", Ben Collins, Calls out his 5 Worst Cars Driven

Ben Collins, recently "outed" as the elusive real life driver behind The Stig on TopGear has now further outed what he remembers as the 5 most terrible cars he drove during those years.

From Collins:

On the (even he admits it is gorgeous) Alfa Romeo 8C

I will begin…

The New Museum’s first ever “Festival of Ideas for the New City” took place in New York recently as a way to collaborate with the creative community to effect change, and Audi helped to lead the charge. Not only did the automaker support the festival as a lead sponsor, but also debuted its Urban Future Initiative as part of the innovative weekend. This project aims to bring together different visions on how mobility, urban living and the role of the transportation will change in the coming…