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Infinity Q50
AutoGraph Oct 27, 2014

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Weekly automotive infographics that inform, enlighten and delight readers. Our high-impact infographics add visual appeal and variety to your auto-section pages. Wheelbase’s designers are some of the best in the business with numerous awards for dynamic newsgraphics and page design. AutoGraph will show your readers, with engaging visual style, what they want and need to know about their automobiles as well as today’s trends. These professional, useful and intelligent graphics will help raise the profile of your auto section.

Product specifications

  • Designed by Wheelbase Media’s editorial staff using Macromedia Freehand (for backward compatibility for most  systems) as well as Adobe Photoshop.
  • Mac or PC use.
  • Files included in your download: native Freehand file; Freehand EPS file (which is how to edit the AutoGraph with Adobe Illustrator) and a 300 dpi CMYK low-compression jpg file.
  • Print size: 8 inches wide, 6 inches tall, scalable about 10 percent up or down.
  • AutoGraph uses typical system fonts for compatibility.

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Cecil Kimber
Legends Oct 27, 2014

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Description

He had a zest for life and a nose for business. However, the man who built what becamse the most popular British sports-car marque in history, wasn’t much of a mechanic and tragically, never saw his little car develop. “A sports car should be fast,” Cecil Kimber once said, “even when it is standing still.”

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Overhaulit Part 17
Open wide!

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Description

When it works, putting twice the rubber on the road is a beautiful thing. The trick? Actually making it work.
I get all jazzed up about tires. Compounds. Styles. Aspect ratio and section width. I could go on for days and days. How much do I love tires? I have been known to pay more for a tire to get a better looking tread pattern.
Obviously, I have issues, but the biggest one might be relaying the art of sizing, here and now. . .

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Overhaulit Part 18
Numbers game

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Description

How much would the car drop in value if we trashed the original engine? No one wants to find out.
When you last read about the ’63 Corvette, we were armpits deep in camshaft selection, cylinder-head porting and block preparation. Lots of technical stuff.
The purpose of this story is not to show you how to rebuild an engine in 1,429 easy steps, but rather to highlight the experience we had after we got the whole thing together.

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Overhaulit Part 19
When a suspension goes wrong, scrap it!

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Description

So much for experiments.
Sometimes they work out and sometimes you end up doing something completely different that costs three times as much money. Believe me, the latter would be my first choice, too, but when so close means it doesn’t work the way want it to, then sometimes going back to the drawing board is best. As awesome as our Mustang looked with all the tricks we performed to the rear suspension to get it sitting just right, it just didn’t perform.

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2014, The Year in Review
AutoKnow Oct 20, 2014

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Use: Media professionals demanding a variety of automotive topics for broader readership.
What it is: Diversity matters. An automotive print product or Web site largely based on new-vehicle reviews is missing an enormous readership. Auto Know gives us the latitude to explore fantastic auto-related stories outside the realm of mere reviews. Whether it’s about how surround sound is engineered into a vehicle, European cars that will land on our shores, or knowing when it’s time to throw in the towel on your old beater, Auto Know is the perfect tool to capture new readers. . . with solid, interesting stories.

Product specifications

  • Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and art files for maximum work flexibility.
  • Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
  • PDF of layout included.
  • About 800-900 words; separate Word text included if you don’t want to use the supplied layout.
  • Artwork resolution (200-250 dpi) is high enough for print use.
  • Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
  • Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
  • Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to match your style.

Description

It was a wild one, indeed, with 200-mph family cars, hydrogen cars, self-driving cars and the recall of millions of other cars . . .
From memorable debuts and technological advancements, to forgettable recalls and a fading trust in industry executives, 2014 provided no shortage of news and headlines in the automotive world.
New-car sales skyrocketed while prices at the pump plunged. Lighter aluminum bodies and carbon-fiber components gained popularity.

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10 for the road
The Octane Lounge Oct 20, 2014

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Description

Where did 2014 go? Sure, things might have seemed a bit hazy, what with the billowing clouds of tire smoke from the onslaught of high-performance cars that impressed us during the 12 months, but our “Top 10 of 2014” also includes a few surprises.
Although most of these vehicles are new for the 2015 model year and are designated as such, their impression on us in 2014 is what got them here. Namely, their awesomeness.

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Hyundai Santa Cruz Concept
AutoGraph Oct 20, 2014

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Weekly automotive infographics that inform, enlighten and delight readers. Our high-impact infographics add visual appeal and variety to your auto-section pages. Wheelbase’s designers are some of the best in the business with numerous awards for dynamic newsgraphics and page design. AutoGraph will show your readers, with engaging visual style, what they want and need to know about their automobiles as well as today’s trends. These professional, useful and intelligent graphics will help raise the profile of your auto section.

Product specifications

  • Designed by Wheelbase Media’s editorial staff using Macromedia Freehand (for backward compatibility for most  systems) as well as Adobe Photoshop.
  • Mac or PC use.
  • Files included in your download: native Freehand file; Freehand EPS file (which is how to edit the AutoGraph with Adobe Illustrator) and a 300 dpi CMYK low-compression jpg file.
  • Print size: 8 inches wide, 6 inches tall, scalable about 10 percent up or down.
  • AutoGraph uses typical system fonts for compatibility.

Please contact us to order this feature.

Acura NSX
Legends Oct 20, 2014

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Description

Nearly 25 years ago, few thought it was possible, but the 1991 Acura NSX did not disappoint. Honda wanted to build a sports car that reflected its dominance in the engine construction for Formula One open-wheel racing. The NSX challenged European exotics by offering similar, if not better, performance in an easy-to-drive package, that was almost as easy on the wallet.

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Overhaulit Part 20
Round and round

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Description

After months of waiting and then not getting what we ordered, complaining about work ethic isn’t going to get the job done. You would think that it would be as simple as dialing up some pizza, with the exception of the “there-in-30-minutes-or-it’s-free” part. Welcome to the world of custom parts.
Why did we even have to order custom wheels? That’s a good place to begin and the answer is simple: nothing off the rack in the right width would fit over our brake calipers, let alone within the fenders of the mighty Project Plymouth.

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