Archive for Category: "Speed"
Vespa Summer
The 2011 Vespa LX50 4V is stylish, gas efficient and will keep money in your pocket this summer. If you want an alternative to spending a lot on gas this summer, a Vespa is your means of transportation. We understand the Vespa isn’t for everyone. It’s practical if you travel short distances to work, school [...]
Speed: Rolls Royce Ghost
Words by Jerris Madison. Image provided by Rolls Royce. I’ve never been much of a car person but this Rolls Royce Ghost 2011 has changed my mind. Zero to 60 mph goes by in 4.7 seconds and if you keep your Allen Edmonds fully planted in the shearling wool carpeting, you’ll reach 120 mph in [...]
Porsche Panamera
Everyone knows what a Porsche looks like, right? Curvaceous little two-doors with their rear-mounted engines have been on American roads since the 1950′s, and their shape hasn’t changed much during that time. But a new car on the way from the famous Porsche design studios in Stuttgart changes all of that. The iconic little 911 [...]
AHH! Fresh Air: 2010 Toyota Prius
The third-generation 2010 Toyota Prius, officially unveiled at the Detroit auto show in January 2009, went on sale in April. The updated Prius is bigger and more powerful. The engine grew from 1.5 liters to 1.8 liters—giving a boost in horsepower from 110 to 160, and thereby reducing zero-to-60 time by a full second. In [...]
Speed Racer
One of my greatest passions is something that has rolled off numerous assembly lines worldwide for centuries now. Yes, automobiles have been a love of mine since at least the age of 2, when my parents finally translated my muffled, really fast statement from the backseat of our 1983 Nissan Maxima, ” luka-dat-bad-cah”. He’s saying, [...]
Speed: 2010 Lotus EVORA
LOTUS sport coupes have always been a fiberglass fantasy in my motor maven day dreams, so these days all I can muster is a test drive. In the more affluent realm auto aficionados, the Lotus EVORA rivals the Porsche Cayman in size and price, but maneuvers in the league of extraordinary luxury with the Maserati’s [...]