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Passion and reason are infrequent bedfellows. You know this, right? It’s why the Italians earned the stereotype of building cars that set your hair on fire right before they set themselves on fire. So when friends and family ask for car-buying help, we tend to give bad advice. You’ve got $30,000 to spend? That’s a really nice used Porsche Boxster! You need four doors? Oh, then maybe a nice vintage Mercedes-Benz G-wagen? You’re also concerned about fuel economy and want a new-car warranty? It’s a good thing we both love cheap beer and crappy action movies, because otherwise, this friendship could never last. READ MORE ››
If anyone predicted Porsche would be one of the brands leading the charge on plug-in hybrids back when Chevrolet launched the Volt in 2010—just as Porsche was debuting its first-ever production hybrid with the Cayenne—that person should be dealing futures on Wall Street. By replacing that SUV with this 2015 Cayenne S E-Hybrid plug-in, Porsche now has three plug-ins, more than any other carmaker. Of course, one of those three is the 918 Spyder, which isn’t exactly mainstream production. But still. READ MORE ››
Toasting the Porsche 911’s 50th birthday a year ago, we decreed its life and times to be exceptional. This is the two-door that defined what a modern, fast, and comfortable sports car should be. Porsche’s half-century of earnest development turned a flawed blueprint into a machine with grace and soul. If you don’t long for a 911 of some stripe, your head is in the wrong magazine. READ MORE ››
It’s not easy to see out of a Chevy Camaro. That’s just an inescapable consequence of forcing 1967 design cues onto modern, safety-compliant hardware shared with the Chevrolet SS and the late, lamented Pontiac G8. You’ll have to live with this poor visibility if you buy any Camaro. But opt for a Camaro SS equipped with the 1LE package, and you might not care. READ MORE ››
Not everyone is cut out for public speaking. People who are good at it make it look easy, but if you’re not a natural, the stress can be debilitating. Now put someone from the latter category on live national TV next to the World Series MVP. Things may not go as originally scripted. Such was the case for Chevy sales and marketing regional zone manager Rikk Wilde, who got the call to present San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner with the customary postgame Free Car Award after he helped his team seal the Game 7 World Series victory.
It didn’t go exactly well:
“Class-winning and leading, uh, technology and stuff . . .” is not the most ringing endorsement for the new Chevy Colorado, and the Internet was instantly all over Wilde’s nerve-wracked delivery. #ChevyGuy became a global trending topic, and every Chris Farley joke ever ensued.
READ MORE: 10 things we learned driving the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado
But here’s the thing: Wilde’s postgame linguistic adventure is now national news itself. Everyone knows that the Colorado has “class-leading technology and stuff” today.
So, make all the Chris Farley jokes you want. Yes, the presentation was a train wreck, but GM could have spent a trillion marketing dollars and would never have generated this much publicity and social-media juice for its new truck.
Somehow, poor Rikk Wilde comes away from this looking like the world’s most unlikely Roy Hobbs.
Think I’m wrong? I give you this:
Truck yeah the 2015 #ChevyColorado has awesome #TechnologyAndStuff! You know you want a truck: http://t.co/0NcEoDRSUZ http://ift.tt/13l9sEg
— Chevy Trucks (@ChevyTrucks) October 30, 2014
This story originally appeared on roadandtrack.com.
There’s a sequence in Out of Africa in which Robert Redford buzzes a clearing in a biplane, thumps down, and taxis up to his startled paramour, Meryl Streep. Delighted, she marvels at his unexpected arrival at the controls of an airplane:
“Where did you get it?”
“Mombasa.”
“When did you learn to fly?”
“Yesterday.” READ MORE ››
WHAT WE LIKE: For the nine months and 23,022 miles we’ve lived with our “Venetian Ruby” Q50S, its murderously scowling face and muscled haunches have daily suggested it’s a boulevard brawler rather than a happy-smiley hybrid. In fact, its V-6 and electric motor conspire to produce 360 hp, enough to obtain 60 mph in five seconds flat—not bad for any 4161-pound object—and the accelerative fun continues to 148 mph. What’s more, the 19-inch Dunlops and an apparently well-sorted suspension helped summon 0.85 g on our skidpad. Fair enough for a luxo-sedan with eco-lefty leanings. READ MORE ››