Category Archives: The Octane Lounge

Red Means Green – July 14, 2014

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In the collector-car world, 2014 is unquestionably The Year of the Horse. Prancing Horse, as in the Ferrari mascot, that is.
The just-concluded week of August collector-car events and auctions on the lush Monterey Peninsula of Northern California was a record breaker in more ways than one, with Ferraris the unquestioned stars of the shows.

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Beach day – July 7, 2014

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It’s show time.
For just one week, some of the most beautiful land in North America will be filled with some of the most beautiful, exotic and valuable cars in the entire world. Yes, it’s that time again, time for the Monterey auctions in the breathtaking Northern California peninsula.

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At Hot August Nights, anything goes Suggested 5,000 hotrods and 500,000 people – June 23, 2014

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For serious gearheads, the dog days of August are some of the best days – and nights — of the entire year.
The action starts with Hot August Nights, the annual gathering of hot rods that comes to the Reno/Sparks, Nev., area, this year running from July 29 through Aug 3.

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$100 million? For one car? – June 16, 2014

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When it comes to selling a multi-million dollar vintage automobile, it helps if a car as a great story behind it.
In point of fact, there are two compelling plot lines behind the upcoming sale of a vintage 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, one of only 39 built, that likely is about to become the single most expensive production car ever sold at auction.

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2015 Ford Edge – June 9, 2014

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With an all-new 2015 Edge tall wagon, no one can accuse Ford Motor Co. of aiming low. And in point of fact the automaker has some mighty high ambitions for the new Edge: specifically, taking on high-end offerings from Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz and expanding the Edge’s reach worldwide.

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$3.5 M! – June 2, 2014

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The collector-car market continues to be white hot, with the latest car to sell for a jaw-dropping number being a 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda convertible that hammered for a world-record price of $3.5 million at a Mecum Auctions event in Seattle on June 14.

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Slowly, but surely – May 26, 2014

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As Google’s Self-Driving Car Project continues to move closer to reality, it’s raising questions and opening eyes about just what it might one day become and when.
In a May 27 Internet post, project director Craig Urmson described some parameters about what the car would and would not be. First off, it’s a two-seater that looks very much like a futuristic Volkswagen Beetle. And it’s a minimalist vehicle, as the first Beetles were. But that’s where the comparisons end.

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SRT Hellcat – May 19, 2014

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The Brampton manufacturing facility in Canada that builds all the Dodge Challenger models for North America is about to become a far more exciting place.

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10 years after Olds – April 28, 2014

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If you blinked, April 29 came and went without a whole lot of notice.
But in Lansing, Mich., people knew what the day meant: the 10-year anniversary of the final Oldsmobile – a dark cherry red Alero sedan – rolling off the assembly line.

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Tall order – March 31, 2014

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When Ford Motor Co. launched the original Mustang in the spring of 1964, the automaker went all out with its promotion and marketing campaign and with sensational results that truly changed the automotive marketplace.
Now, half a century later, history is set to repeat itself with what Ford hopes will be similar success.

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