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VINTAGE: RM Selling Ferrari 250 GTO

A 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO, one of the most valuable and desired cars in the world, is being marketed by RM Auctions for private sale. With only 39 of the famous GT race cars ever produced, and with a style that still influences designs today, the impending ...

From BOB GOLFEN, SPEEDtv.com: AUTOMOTIVE,  3 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Ferrari

AUTOS: Toyota Sales Slipped In January

January sales for Toyota, stricken by the recall and sales stoppage of eight of its most popular models, dropped 16 percent compared with January 2009. The Lexus division, which was not part of the sticky-accelerator recall, rose five percent while ...

From BOB GOLFEN, SPEEDtv.com: AUTOMOTIVE,  2 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Volkswagen Group

LFEN: Toyota's Crisis Is One Of Trust

What the heck happened at Toyota? How did the brand most revered by an entire generation for quality and reliability so quickly turn into the poster child for automotive hubris? The irony of Toyota being shot down by a severe and deadly quality problem, ...

From BOB GOLFEN, SPEEDtv.com: Voices of Speed,  1 Feb 2010
Related Topics: General Motors,  Lexus,  Scion,  Ford Motor Company,  Mark Hass

AUTOS: Toyota Ready To Fix Pedals This Week

Toyota will begin repairs this week on a throttle-mechanism glitch blamed for incidents of unintended acceleration and causing the recall of 2.3 million vehicles, the Japanese automaker announced today. The automaker already has begun shipping the parts ...

From BOB GOLFEN, SPEEDtv.com: AUTOMOTIVE,  1 Feb 2010

AUTOS: Best Of The Web

Car guys are always looking for cool cars to buy or ogle, or possibly make fun of. Here are some of the latest offerings. How much did that go for? Curious about what the cars sold for at Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale this year? They have a complete ...

From BOB GOLFEN, SPEEDtv.com: AUTOMOTIVE,  29 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Mercedes-Benz,  Speed Channel Cable Network

DRIVEN: LaCrosse Targets Younger Drivers

At last, a Buick that doesn’t make me feel 80 years old. The revamped LaCrosse, a recent finalist for North American Car of the year, raises the bar by lowering the target age for buyers from geriatric to merely middle age. Much improved over the ...

From BOB GOLFEN, SPEEDtv.com: AUTOMOTIVE,  28 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Buick,  Lexus,  General Motors,  Pontiac,  BMW

AUTOS: More Toyotas Added To Floor-Mat Recall

Beleaguered Toyota added 1.1 million more vehicles to its original floor-mat-related recall of 4.3 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles for an unintended acceleration snafu. This latest action comes on top of the sticking-accelerator crisis that resulted ...

From BOB GOLFEN, SPEEDtv.com: AUTOMOTIVE,  28 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Lexus

AUTOS: February Events

• Mecum presents its High Performance Auction through Jan. 31 at Osceola Heritage Square in Kissimmee, Fla. Information: Mecum Auction. • The Papago Military Vehicles Show rolls Jan. 30-31 at the Arizona National Guard Building, 1335 N. 52nd St., ...

From BOB GOLFEN, SPEEDtv.com: AUTOMOTIVE,  27 Jan 2010
Related Topics: National Guard

GOLFEN: The Center Holds At Barrett-Jackson

Some final thoughts about Barrett-Jackson and a soggy Arizona collector-car auction week: Sales improved, kind of – Buyers and sellers this year seemed less afraid than in January 2009 when the financial sky was falling, and they seemed more ready to ...

From BOB GOLFEN, SPEEDtv.com: Voices of Speed,  26 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Speed Channel Cable Network

AUTOS: GM Cuts Deal To Sell Saab To Spyker

General Motors has agreed to sell Saab to Dutch automaker Spyker Cars, GM announced today. The news comes after months of negotiations with the performance-car builder and a year after GM said it planned to sell its Swedish division. The deal is ...

From BOB GOLFEN, SPEEDtv.com: AUTOMOTIVE,  26 Jan 2010
Related Topics: General Motors,  Saab,  Spyker Cars,  John Smith,  Bernie Ecclestone

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