By chinohillsfordadmin on September 30, 2011
By Bloomberg News Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said the automaker plans to add 7,000 jobs over the next two years in the U.S. as it expects the world’s largest economy to avoid another recession. Ford is …
By chinohillsfordadmin on September 07, 2011
Authorities in Vancouver have impounded a total of 13 exotic cars valued at more than $2 million after the drivers were spotted reportedly street racing. Amongst others, the collection included a pair of Maserati models and a pair of Mercedes-Benz …
By chinohillsfordadmin on August 29, 2011
MIT: Increasing fuel efficiency with a smartphone –A network of dashboard-mounted phones can collect data on traffic lights and tell drivers how to avoid inefficient stopping and starting. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In July, at the Association for Computing Machinery’s MobiSys …
By chinohillsfordadmin on August 27, 2011
For the first time in a decade, the number of new car dealerships in the United States has risen. Mind you, it wasn’t a large increase, but the 66 additional dealerships represent a 0.4 percent increase that brings the U.S. …
By chinohillsfordadmin on July 31, 2011
Elliot Handler provided countless hours of joy to young men and women around the world. He is one half of the team that founded the Mattel toy company in 1945. Elliot (shown at right with his daughter, Barbara), along with …
By chinohillsfordadmin on July 07, 2011
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0TONBwqc7E&feature=player_embedded] The Internet is chock-full of adorable pet videos and Jackass-style human clips, but it isn’t very often when the animal is the one surviving the ill-advised act. That’s typically not our cup of tea anyway, but when you throw …
By chinohillsfordadmin on July 03, 2011
China has just opened up a new roadway that stretches for a distance of 26.4 miles. Not impressed? That’s 26.4 miles over water. It’s called the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, and stretches for a span longer than a marathon. The bridge …
By chinohillsfordadmin on June 30, 2011
Just what is a “world record” drift? That is the question posed by 2010 Formula Drift champion Vaughn Gittin, Jr. and many of his fellow professional drifters, following the announcement by Mercedes-Benz that it had set a new drifting record …
By chinohillsfordadmin on June 29, 2011
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zNRBWOBTLCw] Peter Ronchetti is the general manager of Legoland in California. He drives a Volvo XC60, but the Legoland staff decided he should jump up to the XC90. Seeing as the Legoland staff is rather skilled at turning interlocking plastic …
By chinohillsfordadmin on June 25, 2011
[brightcove vid=958137284001&exp3=35036491001&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=35140830001&pk=AQ~~,AAAACC6OgzE~,L0bTvfk9n161rxAUbRKUHVmDGRBSHx-N&w=300&h=225] Motorplex Minneapolis is a one-of-a-kind condo development in the suburban Twin Cities. Unlike most condominium spreads, it’s not in a garden spot for vacations, and doesn’t have a golf course. That’s because it doesn’t need any of that. …
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