November 2009
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Fordlândia: Failure in the Amazon
Deep in the Brazilian rain forest, Henry Ford, the revolutionary who crafted the Model T automobile and created the modern assembly line, attempted to bring his brand of industrial utopia to the Amazon. Fordlândia, as the plantation that Ford established in 1920s South America came to be known, was intended to provide Ford’s North American operations with a direct supply of a critical...
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$2 Million Bugatti Veyron Lands in Texas Lagoon...
You probably heard back in May about the $1.4 Million Bugatti that was keyed and egged outside of a party thrown by Paris Hilton at her home in Los Angeles…
But how about this? A man (a wealthy man) is driving his $2 Million Bugatti I-45 near Galveston, TX and when he is distracted by a low-flying pelican and jerks the wheel, only to find himself, moments later floating (well, sinking)...
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The 10 Most Sinister Car Faces
It has long been the opinion of this author that some autos ooze with personality and that the choice of a particular car is an enormous reflection of the personality of its eventual driver. Haven’t you ever noticed that Mercury Marquis drivers tend to be stodgy and boring? Or that BMW Z8 drivers tend to be a little (if not very) full of themselves? Or that Toyota Prius drivers tend to be...