Whoever said Canadian Television shows sucked obviously hasn’t been watching CBC television’s The Red Green Show. This monsterized Honda Civic DX is packed with good old Canadian duct tape and giant tractor tires. For good reason too, apparently the Possum Lodge can do with an amphibious Honda Civic Monster truck! Source: Jalopnik!
Entries from January 2008
Wacky Honda Civic Monster Truck
January 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Honda · Technology & Gadgets
Isuzu to End Sales in North America
January 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Who didn’t see this happening? Isuzu has officially left the building and announced it’s leaving the U.S. market and paying upto $37 million to buy out dealerships. Though the struggling Japanese car maker will discontinue selling cars in the United States, it will continue to supply spare parts.
The car maker has had extremely weak sales [...]
Suzuki’s First Made-by-Nissan Pickup
January 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Due to be released in Chicago, the 2009 Suzuki Equator is the product of a joint venture between Nissan and Suzuki. Based on Nissan’s Frontier pickup the Suzuki Equator will be built at the Smyrna, Tennessee plant. The Suzuki badges will mean a significantly less price tag than the Nissan Frontier, but the exact price [...]
Tags: Car News · Nissan · Suzuki
In Japan 2,240 Police Officers, 460 Police Cars & 1 Helicopter Chase You
January 26th, 2008 · No Comments
It seems all of Osaka was out to chase one guy with a helicopter, 460 patrol cars, and over 2240 police officers. Even with this army of law enforcement officers took two hours to catch a suspect that spent more time crashing into walls and cars than running away.
Why the chase? Because the gentleman, age [...]
Tags: Car News
Mitsubishi’s Sportback Lancer Prototype S
January 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Mitsubishi is considering to evolve their extremely popular 4-door Lancer with the addition of a 5-door sportback model. The Prototype S sportsback is rumored to debut in March at the Geneva Motor Show, but that’s all we know about the new model. Judging by it’s resemblance to the Mitsubishi Evolution it would be fair to [...]
Tags: Car News · Concept · Mitsubishi
Toyota barely misses GM sales in 2007
January 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Reuters has guessed that modest Toyota has sold approximately 9.366 million units worldwide. And GM? GM has announced it sold 9,369,524 vehicles globally last year, making it the world’s best-selling automaker for the 77nd year in a row.
Toyota and GM’s sales figures are bound to cross paths as Toyota grows and GM restructures. Not all [...]
Tags: Car News · Statistics · Toyota
Them Aussies & Their Toyota Aurion TRD
January 24th, 2008 · No Comments
I’m jealous of Australia. Most North Americans know Toyota Racing for their lack luster Nascar history but the rest of the world knows TRD (Toyota Racing Development division as something much more.
Tags: Toyota · Tuner Cars
Sneak Peek: Mazda’s Mazda2
January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
The Mazda 2 is car we want, but can’t. I actually featured the souped up rocket pocket concept version in ‘Not For North America‘. Mazda has confirmed the Mazda 2 will be officially unveiled at Europe’s premier auto show: The Geneva Motor Show in March. With the exact same dimensions as the five door, the [...]
Tags: Mazda





