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Car and Driver's new editor-in-chief Eddie Alterman is on issue number two of his tenure...and he's continuing to hit all the right notes.

At his invitation, David E. Davis, Jr., who held that office twice in the 60s, 70s and 80s (both tenures widely considered to be the golden years of C/D) has returned as a columnist.

Davis is the father of modern automotive journalism, a true giant whose talents and instincts not only propelled Car and Driver to the top while he was at the helm, but provided sufficient momentum to keep C/D there for the 23 years since his departure to launch Automobile. His most recent venture was the online magazine Winding Road.

If you took everything Davis ever wrote in his life and put it in one volume, I'd read it all (most of it for the second or third time) and then urge you to do the same.

Davis says he's rejoining Car and Driver because it is the one car magazine with the ingredients needed to succeed.

Alterman's second issue (July, 2009) is yet another big step forward in putting Car and Driver back in gear, from a thought-provoking editor's column, to continued refinements in content and artwork (including the cleanest-looking cover in years).

Last month's appearance by former editor-in-chief Csaba Csere, kicking off a series on Certified Pre-Owned vehicles, appears to have been a one-shot...Tony Swan writes installment number two (on Porsche 911's)

DED, Jr.'s first column is in there, too...a brilliant piece on former General Motors chief Rick Wagoner and what might soon be the former General Motors. Go buy a copy. Then subscribe. This is going to be very good...at a time when we car folks need it most.

Car and Driver May 1964 (Vol 9 No 11)
Automobile, December 1988, Vol. 3, No. 9.

A short clip of me driving by my EUDM stock EG6 with b16a2 engine, taped by my friend about an year ago. It's currently at auto mechanic's, more videos as soon as it's fixed. Although everything is stock at the moment, I still love sound of it, Vtec sound:)

If you were wondering why Lincoln chose to discontinue building the Mark LT pickup this year, meet the reason:

The Ford F-150 4X4 Supercrew Lariat.

A fact fewer and fewer people seem to know: Full-size pickup trucks can be fairly cheap. A base Ford F-150 XL standard cab starts at $20,815.

But not this one. Base price: $37,990. And the Ford PR folks slathered on more than eight grand worth of options (special color metallic paint, limited slip axle, navigation, a chrome step bar, moonroof, the Lariat Plus package, 20 inch aluminum wheels, a trailer brake controller and heated and cooled leather captain's chairs) for a bottom line before discounts of $46,195.

Thank goodness for the $1,000 Lariat premium discount...it's really only $45,195.

Incredibly, the Lariat isn't the top of the line...meaning $45,195 isn't all the money you can spend for a Ford truck. The King Ranch edition starts about six grand higher than the Lariat base price...and the Platinum goes $1600 above the King Ranch.

Meaning you can break $50,000 here.

Mileage? Well, rent a car to go to the Sierra Club meetings. The EPA says 14 city/18 highway.

So...given all that, how is it?


If you want a full-size, four-door truck loaded like only Lincoln Town Cars used to be (and more tasefully at that)...and it appears that's exactly how truck buyers like them these days, then this is the one.

At least, I think. It's definitely one-upped the Chevy Silverado. There's also a new Dodge Ram pickup for 2009, but Chrysler pulled it out of the Phoenix press fleet a few weeks before my scheduled week in it. Will we see one again? If you know the answer, a courtesy call to the UAW workers biting their nails over Mopar's future would be nice.

                                                           

Keep your gear dry with a Ford F150 tonneau cover from AmericanTrucks.

Hace un tiempo publicamos este post sobre promotoras del TC, y la verdad es que la repercusión fue bastante.
Incluso muchos de nuestros lectores nos escribieron para pedirnos más material relacionado con estas hermosas mujeres.

Es por ello que a continuación, publicamos una nueva colección de fotos de chicas del TC.

La firma alemana Mercedes Benz, realizará la presentación en París, de su nueva versión descapotable.

Se trata de una edición limitada del SLR McLaren 722 Edition.

Entre sus principales características, podemos citar que tiene una aceleración de 0-100 Km/h en tan sólo 3.7 segundos, y alcanzar una velocidad máxima de 335 Km/h.

Nuestros colegas de Tuningarea han presentado su nuevo edición del Calendario Tuning, en esta oportunidad para el próximo mes de Junio.
A continuación algunas imágenes:

Las chicas y los automóviles siempre han sido una combinación perfecta; siempre y cuando las chicas están buenas....
En estas fotos vamos a volver a demostrar que unas mujeres hermosas y un buen coche, es todo lo que se necesita para ser muy feliz....

Hace muy pocos días les presentamos a la última creación de Ferrari; el F430. Recordemos que solo se fabricaron 11 unidades de este selecto automóvil.

Este coche tiene una aceleración de 0 a 100 km/h en 3,5 segundos y alcance una velocidad máxima de 348 km/h.

Compartimos más imágenes de Ferrari F430

Las Chicas Tuning mexicanas están que arden...
Estas imágenes corresponden a una exposición realizada en el país azteca, donde este par de hermosa chicas realizó un strip dance ante la mirada y aplausos de decenas de hombres que las admiraron con la boca abierta.

El Peugeot 206, es el modelo más popular de la marca francesa, y entre los jovenes, está ubicado entre los más "facheros" del mercado actual.

Por supuesto que el 206 tuning es una de las belleza más imponentes que se ha logrado en este maravilloso arte.

How does the 1st generation of J's Racing Honda S2000 handle on the touge? It's designed to be a daily driver car with stereo and navigation system. Keiichi Tsuchiya is really impressed with cornering abilities of J's s2k. When he's suspiciously quiet while driving any car, that only means he really enjoys the drive. Taniguchi and Orido are also impressed with J's s2k, is it better than Amuse S2k?
J's Racing Honda S2000 specifications:
Engine - F20C moded by J's racing - 280 horsepowers
ECU - J's Racing
Headers - Mugen
Exhaust - J's Racing
Transmission - stock
LSD - Cusco RS
Final drive - 4.777
Dampers - J's Racing coilovers
Brakes - J's Racing CV with Grooved rotors
Bodykit - J's racing
Weight - 1240kg
Tires - Advan Neova 255/40 R17

Keiichi Tsuchiya testing JDM Mine's Nissan 370Z at Fuji Speedway track in December 2008, setting a time 2:04:610.

Karvajal Designs, una empresa que se dedica exclusivamente a realizar modificaciones en los Corvette, ha presentado una de sus últimas creaciones.

Se trata de un Corvette ZX-1 que quedó simplemente espectacular..