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20110820ciel.jpg I Would Have Sex with the Cadillac Ciel

Man, this is one seriously sexy car. It’s just a concept and it’s incredibly impractical, but I want to have its babies. [via @brilliantcrank]

Cadillac, cars

20101119cadillac.jpg Cadillac's Tiny Luxury Car

Aside from Mini, no one has released a car in the U.S. that is both small and luxurious. To us, luxury is big and spacious. Unfortunately, this is just a concept, but I’d love to see this made. Cadillac is doing a fantastic job of bringing elegant design back to U.S. automakers. Autoblog has many more photos.

Cadillac, cars

20100624streamliner.jpg 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs

This car is spectacular.

Buick, cars

How A $500 Craigslist Car Beat $400K Rally Racers

This is long, but it is also awesome. [via @joeljohnson]

cars, Craigslist

619,284.5 Miles and Counting

Richard Fuchs has documented every aspect of the life of his 1971 Ford Mustang. I would love to see a Feltron-esque report.

cars, information overload

Better Place Has an Ambitious Plan to Kill Gas-Powered Engines

David Pogue interviews Shai Agassi, the founder of Better Place, which is building a network of plug-in stations and electric cars. They have an unusual model. "We sell miles, the way that AT&T sells you minutes. They buy bandwidth and they translate into minutes. We buy batteries and clean electrons-we only buy electrons that come from renewable sources-and we translate that into miles." The interviews a great read and I can't help but get excited by his pie-in-the-sky plans.

Better Place, cars, clean energy

VW's 235 MPG Car

It's an in-line two seater, which is weird, but they are bringing this to market in just two years. The tank will only hold 1.7 gallons, but that will take you 400 miles. It maxes out at 75 mph, but at 700 lbs. that seems plenty fast. Hopefully they can keep costs down and provide adequate storage because that will be the determining factor.

cars, Volkswagen

Hyundai i30: 2007 Green Car (and Car) of the Year in Australia

Looks good, relatively cheap and does 73.5 mpg in the real world. BRING TO US KTHXBYE.

cars, environment, hybrids, hyundai

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