Perhaps one of the most refined convertibles in its class. The Mercedes
Benz E350 Cabriolet coddles its owner like no other.
Rarely are automobiles truly sensual. Sure, some have lines that are
downright sexy, but those cars tend to be testosterone pods with gobs of
power. Some luxury sedans ooze riding pleasure while looking staid or
boring.
You may better know Daimler as the builder of cars under the Mercedes-Benz name.
And chances are that you probably don't know Chinese automaker BYD which (BTW) stands for Build Your Dreams.
The German and Asian company today announced a 50/50 joint venture partnership to build and sell electric cars in Asia.
The companies said they will invest 600 million yuan ($87.9 million USD) to develop electric cars for the Chinese market.
So what does each company bring to the table?
Daimler according to the press release brings "know-how in electric vehicle
architecture and safety" to the venture.
This latest news probably comes as no surprise to anyone who drives a car on American roads and/or watches Jay Leno's Jay Walking segment on the Tonight Show.
A new survey released today confirms what many American drivers already suspect: we've turned into a nation of drivers who don't know the basic rules of the road.
The annual GMAC Insurance National Drivers test found that 1 in 5 current drivers couldn't pass a written driving test while even a great percentage are distracted while driving.
"It's discouraging to see that overall average test scores are lower
than last year," said Wade Bontrager, senior vice president of GMAC
Insurance, in a prepared statement.
Almost Everybody knows that M, at least in BMW lingo, stands for speed, power, and performance.
Lexus has the F, Mercedes-Benz has an AMG performance division, Cadillac gets very serious and very fast when you get into a V and of course Audi is all about the S when it comes to performance.
So it should come as no surprise that Infiniti want to join the speed club with its own line of in house specially tuned performance cars.
If you have you heart set on Nissan's upcoming all electric car, the Leaf, you better get in line now.
At a recent lunch meeting in Detroit Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn announced that 2011 Leaf is sold out in America a full six months before it is scheduled to officially hit the showroom floor.
Click HERE to watch a video that features how the Leaf works.
So who is Rosie Huntington-Whitley you might be asking yourself?
The 23-year-old British model-turned movie star wannabe is probably best know for her work with lingerie company Victoria's Secret.
She has no acting experience, but she'll soon be the new heartthrob that will keep Shia Labeouf on his toes in the next Transformers movie.
As you may recall from THIS story Megan Fox made a household name for herself as the sexy star in the first two Transformers movies.
Who would have thought that being chased by giant transforming robot-like cars could be so sexy?
But than again, if it worked for Megan Fox and the new Chevy Bumblebee Camaro, why shouldn't it also work for Rosie Huntington-Whitle?
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Long Beach, Las Vegas, Detroit, Dallas, Indianapolis and Phoenix are all of the U.S. cities to have hosted a Formula One Grad Prix on U.S. soil.
Now you can add Austin, Texas to that list.
Beginning in 2012 Austin will host the F1 U.S. Grand Prix on a specifically built race track no further than 10 miles from the airport and no shorter than three miles in length.
Embarrassingly we have to admit that we hate monogram car names.
You know, cars with three letter monogram names.
Why embarrassingly?
Because we are guilty of the same monogram naming cliche. For instance…TFLcar.
Anyway, we thought it would be fun to come up with a list of the top ten good cars with lame names.
