In this day and age of plummeting GDP and almost everyone looking for cheaper ways to do things, its no surprise that smaller vehicles with cheaper running costs and buying costs are making waves. Waves, it seems, might be the most appropriate word for the latest range of 50cc and 125cc scooters to hit our roads because the word waves nostalgically conjures up images of the 60s and 70s wave, love and peace and all that jazz, and this new line of retro scooters filling our streets is both a statement of style and a testemant to where we’ve come from and just how fashion, always, always comes round again.
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In a post I made a while ago I showed you how you could literally save thousands of dollars by buying cars at government auctions through repossession. Now this is a method that is completely legal, and with the economy taking a turn for the worse right now, there will be more cars being repossessed than ever before. According to the latest economic and industry reports, repossessions are soaring across the country, and that includes auto repossessions. Yes, I do have sympathy for those families caught up in the economic mess which allow the repossession laws to affect them, but at the same time, I cannot ignore the fact that this now means there are thousands of cars each week up for grabs at dirt cheap prices and you can take advantage of this today…
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Toyota Camry 2007 Car of the Year
The new 2007 Toyota Camry is thoroughly redesigned to win the hearts of consumers. More powerful engine, diverse transmissions and fuel efficiency are the most important factors that this vehicle was most selling car of the year.
Models range from very well equipped CE to the luxury XLE. In between CE and XLE are the LE to please consumers. New for 2007 from Toyota is Toyota Camry Hybrid like every hybrid with combination of electric motor/gasoline engine. Hybrid fuel economy range is anywhere from 37 mpg to 43 mpg.
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2006 Scion tC Overview
Totally fresh audio systems that include steering wheel controls and ipod connector mark the 2006 tC. This two-door coupe comes from Toyota’s youth oriented Scion division just like its sister “Lexus”. It has a 160hp 4-cylinder engine and a 5 speed manual transmission or optional 4 speed automatic transmission. Lots of great features like antilock 4 wheel disc brakes and a driver knee airbag are standard options. An option includes front side airbags and curtain side airbags that cover both seating rows safely. The 2006 Scion tC’s front passenger seatback can recline to form a long surface in tandem with a split folding rear seat. Newly available are audio systems that connect with and can control digital media players in addition to satellite radio.
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Corvette 2006 Z06
The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car first manufactured by Chevrolet in 1953. It is built today exclusively at a General Motors (GM) assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.A. Forget the 1960s. Now is the golden age of horsepower. With 500 horsepower, GM says the 2006 Chevrolet corvette is the fastest, most powerful car ever offered by the automaker. The car can zip from 0 to 60 miles per hour in less than four seconds and fly through the quarter mile in less than 12 seconds with a top speed of more than 190 mph on a racetrack. The 2006 Chevrolet corvette starts at affordable $65,000.
The 7.0 liter LS7 engine of 2006 Chevrolet corvette will produce at least 500 horsepower @ 6200 rpm & 475 pound feet of torque @ 4800 rpm. Passing its 7000 rpm redline through base Corvette six speed gearing, it can actually hits 60 mph within or actually less then 4 seconds. Magnesium and carbon fiber parts are used in the vehicle to help contain the total curb weight to decrease as much as 3150 pounds. This puts this new 2006 Z06 Chevrolet corvette’s weight 2 power ratio below both the GT’s 6.3 pounds/horsepower and the Viper’s 6.8. Aero tuning reduces total lift and balances the both front & rear lift coefficients while increasing the base Vette’s 0.28 drag coefficient to amazing 0.34
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Pulse Adrenaline
Some of you may have heard of it, others probably not. So what is this motorcycle that is absolutely gripping the UK auto market by storm? Well, it’s a 125cc, 101kph, 4 stroke off-road motorcycle with stylish looks to boot. It sometimes gets referred to as an enduro or adventure motorcycle as well, and that is due to its tough looking exterior and sleek, stealth bomber-style chassis. We’re reviewing this bike after coming across it in a fairly old Supermoto group test, published by MCN back in 2007, and we wanted to see how the thing stacks up against what’s on the market today.
One of the main reasons we’re having a second look at this bike is because it’s currently on the UK market at a jaw dropping £1295, and similar variations of it are on the market at an almost unbelievable price of just £1095! This, by anyones standards, is a pretty good price for a bike that seems to live up well in the MCN review above, but really, is it all that?
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Volkswagen Golf VI the latest iteration of the carmaker’s most successful model cars to date (with more than 26 million sold), has been revealed ahead of its world debut planned for October’s Paris Motor Show. The European market launch will begin that same month, and following in succession will be Africa, Asia, Australia and North America. A new Volkswagen Golf VI engine lineup and increased availability of DSG dual-clutch transmission technologies lower fuel consumption by up to 28% in some models, and the entire range – both petrol and diesel – satisfy the limits of the future EU-5 standard.
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Car buying is a big business and lot of scams happen in this area. Though car buying scams are most prominent in case of used car purchases, the scams-as you will find in any automotive news plague the first hand car business also. The interesting point is however that most scams happen because of fraudulent buyers. However sellers also cheat.[more] Therefore it is essential for both the buyers and sellers to be familiar with some of the most common car buying scams and the ways to detect and prevent that from happening to them.
You can almost find everything on sale online nowadays, so one will come across so many sites over the internet dedicated to selling cars. The best or worst part of the internet is the anonymity of people. Many bogus buyers take advantage of this situation and cheat the sellers. One of the most common types of used car buying scams on the internet is referred in Automotive News bulletins as….
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