As most of us sat around watching the blow out which was the super bowl this year, a lot of us like it for the commercials to. I thought a lot of the commercials this year were kind of week, the car commercials were actually some of the more fun and interesting to watch. I thought it would be fun to recap and go over some of my favorite commercials from this years super bowl.
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Looks like Hyundai will be bringing its Fuel Cell powered Tucson to the states in small-scale mass-production. By 2015 production will have reached about 1000 units, mostly for Europe but some could make their way to the U.S. Most of them will be produced for Fleet companies, but after 2015 the Fuel Cell powered Tucson could be sold to private consumers.
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Nissan has announced the engine that they will be installing into their ZEOD race car for the 24 hour Le Mans race and other endurance races. This 1.5L 3 cylinder turbo engine will put out 400 horsepower and 280 pounds of torque with peak power at 7,500 rpm, very impressive for an engine weighing only 88 pounds.
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If you live in a cold climate like we do then you are probably getting pretty sick of the weather. You are probably experiencing cold hands, cold feet, high utility bills and heat that never seems hot enough. Think you got it bad? What about your car?! Sitting out there all alone as temperatures drop below 0. Chances are that salt covered block of metal is feeling a little neglected right now. No one wants to be outside messing around with maintaining a car during the winter.
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So the big question for many people looking for a new car is, should I buy or lease? It is a good question that has plagued many of us buying new cars for years. Yes you can save some money every month by leasing a car but you are paying for something that isn’t yours, it is almost like a glorified rental car that you have to pay for every month.
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So you want to prove how fast a car really is. Instead of pitting it against another car of equal speed and lap times, what can really prove how fast a car is? Why not put it up against a winged beast, a power house of air superiority, yeah that’s right why not put it up against a Spitfire plane or a Euro Fighter Jet? Will this actually prove how fast your vehicle is or is it just stupid? Obviously we know that most planes well actually all motorized planes will be faster than a car in a straight line but what about when you add a bit of a handicap to the run?
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Ford‘s vision of a sports truck is entering a new model year with the 2014 F-150 SVT Raptor Special Edition that keeps the mechanicals intact, simply adding some unique to this version cosmetic touches.
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Over the years, the time taken to change a set of tires during a racing event has been going down from a few minutes at the dawn of racing, to less than three seconds in modern times. Recently, during the Malaysian Grand Prix, the Red Bull Racing F1 pit crew changed the tired on one of their cars in a telemetry-confirmed 2.05 seconds.
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