2019: These new models are right around the corner
The Octane Lounge April 9, 2018

Overview

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Description

Although we have not yet reached the midpoint of calendar 2018, it’s not too early to begin talking about some of the most important new-vehicle launches of the 2019 model year.
Not surprisingly, the offerings are heavily weighted toward utility vehicles and pickups, and light on four-door sedans. But that’s how the market is going these days.

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Profiles, Flaminio Bertoni
April 2, 2018

Overview

If you are not a member of the media, but still wish to check out some of our stories online, visit www.theoctanelounge.com, which is owned by Wheelbase Media.Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for print/Web.Professional artwork, editing. What it is: Cars are nothing without the people who create them and those who own, collect and preserve them. Profiles is designed to bring prominent, interesting car people to your readers’ attention. Fun, informative and masterfully designed, like most Wheelbase features, Profiles comes to you as a Quark Xpress/Adobe InDesign module that is completely editable for any space within your print pages or automotive Web site.

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and art files for maximum work flexibility.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art, where applicable.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (for newspaper use), with some depth variation from week to week, but can be reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to match your style.

Description

One of the 20th century’s most gifted automobile designers, Flaminio Bertoni was responsible for creating the bodywork of classic and stylistically diverse vehicles as elegant as the industry has ever seen. A designer primarily for the French automaker Citroen, Bertoni left a remarkable stamp, one that was fresh, vibrant and beautiful. His vehicles drew adoring crowds. He was admired, respected and copied and never duplicated. Not that it was easy getting there.

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Fine Lines: Ferrari 308
Fine Lines April 2, 2018

Overview

If you are not a member of the media, but still wish to check out some of our stories online, visit www.theoctanelounge.com, which is owned by Wheelbase Media.
Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
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

The 308’s stunning silhouette along with a weekly dose of exposure on Magnum created an unprecedented level of publicity and turned millions of viewers into savvy Ferrari spotters. Ferrari diligently toiled on solving the 308’s anemic powerplant problems and by 1981 had introduced a more responsive fuel-injection setup that replaced the original Weber carburetors. Zero-to-60-mph times dropped below the eight-second mark while a top velocity of 145 mph was in sight.

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Fine Lines: 1970 Chevelle
Fine Lines March 26, 2018

Overview

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
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

Ask anyone to name the best muscle car of all time and the answers will largely be rooted in brand loyalty. For Chevrolet fans, it’s the Chevelle, a car that might actually be the best muscle car of all time, bar done. The vast majority of the Chevelles sold were affordable four-door family sedans or wagons, since the car was roomy and economical. Two-door models were rarer, but the rarest of the rare — the “big-block” Chevelles with their 396- and 454-cubic-inch engines — are what everyone remembers, honors and drools over at car shows.

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Jeep Patriot: 2007-’17
March 26, 2018

Overview

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Description

The Patriot and the Compass compact utility models joined the Jeep lineup for the 2007 model year, using the same platform and running gear as the equally new Dodge Caliber hatchback. A 172-horsepower 2.4-liter four-cylinder was the sole powerplant for first-year models and was joined by a new base 158-horsepower 2.0-liter four-cylinder for 2008. Both directed torque to the front or all four wheels via a five-speed manual transmission or available continuously variable unit (CVT).

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2019 Ram 1500
March 26, 2018

Overview

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Story Intro

The 2019 Ram 1500 (now on sale) has plenty going for it in terms of looks, features, comfort, performance and towing-and- hauling work ethic. In other words, everything that light-duty truck operators treasure most.
The most noticeable change is at the front where there’s a new grille, aluminum hood, and a more raked windshield that increases the Ram’s aerodynamics.

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Auto Almanac
March 26, 2018

Overview

If you are not a member of the media, but still wish to check out some of our stories online, visit www.theoctanelounge.com, which is owned by Wheelbase Media.

Use: Media professionals demanding non-traditional and interesting automotive content for print/Web.

What it is: A treasure trove of essential automotive quick hits. After designing a highly successful Almanac for one of our daily-newspaper customers, we wondered if we could put together an automotive version. As a result, your new Auto Almanac contains trivia, concept-car spy info, auction notes and even games. All along the way, we invite readers to interact and submit their own ideas.

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and art files for maximum work flexibility.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Layout is the standard one-column newspaper format, but can be reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces and shapes.
PDF of layout included.
About 600 words: NO?separate text file included.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to match your style.

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AutoCross
March 26, 2018

Overview

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Description

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

What it is: For the auto thrill-seeker, this is one of the most unique additions to your publication. The International AutoCross will test the knowledge of your readers with trivia that scours automobile parts bins, dealer showrooms and the history of people and places that have made the automobile what it is today. Retain readers and have them coming back on a regular basis for more. Like Wheelbase’s other features, International AutoCross comes to you formatted and ready to use.

Product specifications

Due to the highly complicated graphic nature of this product, we do not yet offer a version that can be played online. Instead, visitors to your Web site can print out the crossword and play it at their leisure. Vote yes to having a playable online version by clicking here.
High-resolution 300 dpi jpg CMYK file suitable for printand Web. Postscript file also included for even higher resolution and no bitmapping of fonts.

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JEEPERS!
The Octane Lounge March 19, 2018

Overview

Description

Most automakers would be thrilled to have an owner base as passionate and loyal as Fiat Chrysler Automobile’s Jeep fans. They are among the most devoted of all enthusiasts. Jeep’s management fuels that loyalty with its annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. The nine-day event draws thousands of Jeep fans for off-road adventures in some of the most beautiful trails in the Western United States.

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Profiles, Cale Yarborough
March 19, 2018

Overview

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and art files for maximum work flexibility.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art, where applicable.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (for newspaper use), with some depth variation from week to week, but can be reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to match your style.

Description

Born March 27, 1939, Yarborough used to say it was in his blood. But it was even better than that. His four wins at NASCAR’s famed Daytona 500 track in Daytona Beach, Fla., are backed up by his 83 overall wins and his 70 starts from the pole position. For 40 years his career was a colorful one, on and off the track.
Yarborough was a daredevil.