This recently released 911 recording of the runaway Prius with the alleged acceleration problem doesn't shed a lot of light on the incident, but it does highlight three important facts:
1) The 911 operator tried to tell the driver numerous times how to stop the car
2) The driver is obviously terrified
3) The 911 operator tries to determine if the car is "in cruise control"
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Please allow me to explain my obnoxious title with a brief story.
Less than a year ago, I was bopping down a local boulevard in a bright blue Dodge challenger R/T flowing with traffic. I know there are cops on this road, thus I keep a calm/collected head and saved the heroic driving for my “special” spots.Then it happened.
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That's a pretty sensationalistic headline don't you think?
"Prius driver saved by Highway Patrol as his car careens completely out of control"
And its exactly the kind of headline that must make Toyota engineers and executives cringe, yet does this headline really tell the entire story of the runaway Prius?
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The newest hybrid Lexus is a technological tour de force. The HS 250h not only drives-by-wire, but can almost drive itself.
Seriously, the driver no longer really drives the car, but instead just makes suggestions using the steering wheel, accelerator, and brake pedal, and the car's computers interpret those suggestions into actions.
Click HERE to see reviews of many of the newest hybrid and electric cars that you can buy now or will be able to buy very soon.
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In America we call them Grid Girls but in the U.K. they are better known as Paddock girls or even umbrella girls, and you'll find them at may international car and motorcycle races.
The first Grid Girl Poll (1X) was a huge hit with you ( Check out that gallery and poll HERE ). By popular demand we've doubled the fun with 2X the girls.
Wikipedia defines Grid Girls as:
"Paddock girls (or umbrella girls) is a term that has been used in professional motorcycle racing for many years. It refers to females employed to hold umbrellas above racers to protect them from the sun. "Paddock" refers to a pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race.
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For a long time the German car manufactures seemed to stress diesel technology over electricity as a way to power a car.
Diesel, in the minds of many German carmakers, was the fuel of the future...but that's all slowly changing.
Electricity is now part of that formula as you can tell by this all new 2010 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid.
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It's small.
It's cheap.
It's all electric, and it is scheduled to arrive on the the market in 2012.
At the current Geneva auto show you'll find this small EV car with big potential.
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Just about the same machine since 2006 – this is to say, that the Grand Vitara is still the same “nice” machine. Yes indeed, the 2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara’s main change is its portable navigation system and some minor trim changes. The rest of the Suzuki remains its old, friendly self.
The 2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara is rather basic compared with its peers.
The folks at Ford are justifiably proud of their upcoming new V-6 Mustang (very similar to the 5.0 pictured above) which has now official become the first first production car to crack the 300 HP and 30 mpg barrier.
OK, to be honest we didn't even know that there a was barrier until today's Ford press release (see below)
But never-the-less in a world where muscle cars are usually synonymous with gas guzzlers we have to tip our hat to Ford for building a 300 HP car that get's such impressive gas mileage.
You can click HERE to see a video of the 2011 V-6 Mustang on the road.
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After a few concept test runs, the Suzuki Kizashi debuted last December in the Japanese carmaker’s attempt to “deliver the sophistication and driving experience of a premium sport sedan for the price of a modest midsize car.”
With the exception of the choice, definition and pronunciation of its name (KEY-ZAH-SEEE), the 2010 sedan is an unqualified success.
Often manufacturers’ claims are suspect. But Suzuki touts the Kizashi with the following, and all are hard to dispute:
What do Colorado Bison and a HEMI 2010 Chrysler 300C SRT8 sedan in have in common?
Or to be more specific, where do you suppose the HEMI and the Buffalo roam?
The answer...the old West town of Golden, Colorado.
You probably should have seen this coming from a mile away.
After the recent Toyota hearings on Capitol Hill, the Federal government has gotten very serious about car safety.
The results: today GM recalled 1.3 million cars (dating from 2005 to 2010 and sold in the U.S, Mexico and Canada) to replace a power steering motor that could fail.
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Ford announced today that it plans to build a wagon version of the newly redesigned and soon to be sold Ford Focus.
The wagon version of the Ford Focus will debut at the upcoming Geneva Auto Show.
Check out the official Detroit Auto Show debut of the new Ford Focus HERE.
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