http://www.thecarconnection.com/reviews Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:59:35 -0500 Car Reviews -- Get the consensus and opinions from TheCarConnection and from around the Web on your favorite car. Lifestyle/Fashion http://static.thecarconnection.com/website/tcc-feed.jpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/reviews http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037480_windows-7-has-desktop-themes-from-infiniti-porsche-ferrari http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037480_windows-7-has-desktop-themes-from-infiniti-porsche-ferrari Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:23:00 -0400 Microsoft has lost face in recent years -- both in court and in the marketplace -- but with the release of Windows 7, the folks from Redmond are working hard to restore the company's stature. One of the ways they're doing that is via strategic partnerships, including some targeted directly at auto enthusiasts. Example: a selection of Windows 7 ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036373_celeb-news-cristiano-ronaldo-to-test-the-ferrari-458-italia http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036373_celeb-news-cristiano-ronaldo-to-test-the-ferrari-458-italia Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:58:00 -0400 Cristiano Ronaldo has changed the face of soccer -- not to mention that of a few fine cars. You might recall that in January, Ronaldo had a confrontation with a brick wall in his Ferrari 599 GTB, which was okay for Ronaldo, but not so much for the supercar. Last we heard, Chrissy was looking seriously at a Lamborghini Gallardo, but like many ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1034112_todays-heinous-car-pic-goldfinger-ferrari-599 http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1034112_todays-heinous-car-pic-goldfinger-ferrari-599 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:52:00 -0400 Sometimes you just can't make this stuff up. From what deranged mind comes the idea of painting a Ferrari 599 solid gold and then polishing it until it shines? The answer is: From someone who wants (or should we say needs pathologically) to show off in the worst possible way. And we do mean worst. What scares us most is that it could actually ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1022497_first-look-2010-ferrari-458-italia http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1022497_first-look-2010-ferrari-458-italia Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400 Ferrari says its new 2010 458 Italia will replace the F430 this fall when it makes a world debut at the Frankfurt auto show. The new two-seat, mid-engined, V-8 supercar from Maranello is new from the ground up, according to the Italian automaker. They also believe it's one of the biggest leaps forward for the company ever in terms of ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1021336_ferrari-nettop-simultaneously-awesome-and-useless http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1021336_ferrari-nettop-simultaneously-awesome-and-useless Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:59:00 -0400 If we were more hardcore in our nerdishness, we would've jumped a ship and found a way to last week's Computex convention in Taipei, Taiwan. But we're just softcore nerds, so we can only wonder what kind of cocoa-puffs someone was smoking when he or she cranked out this this Ferrari-styled nettop. So it's a car and a computer? And useless as ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1021302_ferrari-hybrid-coming-too--to-2009-los-angeles-show http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1021302_ferrari-hybrid-coming-too--to-2009-los-angeles-show Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:24:00 -0400   Lamborghini's plans for hybrid vehicles are emerging--and now, crosstown supercar rivals Ferrari may also be planning a hybrid vehicle. Last week, new patents for a Ferrari hybrid drivetrain were exposed. The Ferrari patent shows how gas power and electric power could be used to power pairs of wheels--gas for the rear wheels and electric for ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020982_link-love-from-the-car-connection-a-royal-corvette-zr1-ferris-bueller-ferrari-garage-up-for-sale-and-danica-patrick-gets-a-modified-lap-dance-really http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020982_link-love-from-the-car-connection-a-royal-corvette-zr1-ferris-bueller-ferrari-garage-up-for-sale-and-danica-patrick-gets-a-modified-lap-dance-really Wed, 27 May 2009 08:00:00 -0400 * You know those annoying "Heelys" shoes that kids have been wearing for the past few years? Well, an industrious transportation nut has taken the idea and, ahem, run with it. On the upside: a mall full of people using his "Treadways" could get awfully hilarious. [AutoMotto] * Has anyone ever taken a good driver's license photo? In our ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020972_tokyo-motor-show-scales-down-way-down http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020972_tokyo-motor-show-scales-down-way-down Tue, 26 May 2009 13:10:00 -0400 This whole Economic Downturn is starting to get on our nerves. The Detroit situation was bad enough, but now the crisis is affecting the Tokyo Motor show, and frankly, we don't know if we can take it. We'd share a sob or two with the organizers, if only we could afford to attend the October wingding ourselves. The motor show's latest ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020963_ferrari-plans-four-wheel-drive-hybrid-future http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020963_ferrari-plans-four-wheel-drive-hybrid-future Tue, 26 May 2009 09:59:00 -0400 While crosscountry rivals Lamborghini have sworn off diesels and hybrids--at least for the immediate future--Ferrari is said to be at work on a new flavor of four-wheel drive that uses hybrid gas-electric power to generate traction. Autocar reports that Ferrari's patent application would turn conventional hybrid thinking upside down--not ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020887_link-love-from-the-car-connection-spoiler-alert-giant-cigarette-motorbike-and-whats-up-with-that-prius-commercial-anyway http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020887_link-love-from-the-car-connection-spoiler-alert-giant-cigarette-motorbike-and-whats-up-with-that-prius-commercial-anyway Thu, 21 May 2009 08:35:00 -0400 Spoiled rotten -- We don't agree on much here at Stalag TCC, but we're pretty much all onboard with the idea that spoilers are awesome. Except when they're not. High five, bro! [Oddee via Rick, Bill, John, et al] Give it up -- Hey, Lee Iacocca! Chrysler called. They want their car back. No, seriously: they want their freakin' car back. Now. ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020777_link-love-from-the-car-connection-ferrari-goes-for-big-bills-rolls-royce-ghost-in-the-flesh-and-a-flashback-to-simpler-times http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020777_link-love-from-the-car-connection-ferrari-goes-for-big-bills-rolls-royce-ghost-in-the-flesh-and-a-flashback-to-simpler-times Mon, 18 May 2009 08:36:00 -0400 Big spender -- Well, someone out there still has money: a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa has sold at auction for a whopping €9,020,000 ($12,135,000). No word on who the winner was, but we're pretty sure it wasn't us. At least we hope it wasn't. [Autogespot] Pardon me, ragazzi-- Speaking of Ferrari: the chairman of that zippy Italian auto ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020495_link-love-from-the-car-connection-mitsubishi-marketing-mayhem-ford-worships-idol-and-hello-ferrari-heaven http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020495_link-love-from-the-car-connection-mitsubishi-marketing-mayhem-ford-worships-idol-and-hello-ferrari-heaven Thu, 07 May 2009 07:53:00 -0400 The hunt is on -- It may be time to have an intervention with Mitsubishi. To hype its new Colt (not to be confused with the Dodge Colt, which was, in fact, a worked-over Mitsubishi), Mitsubishi has hidden Colt "parts" on the internet, which fans can then collect, scavenger-hunt style. Weirder still: the "parts" are stashed on BitTorrent ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020455_link-love-from-the-car-connection-audi-d7-concept-600000-mile-mustang-and-nicholas-cage-movie-driver-ruins-ferrari-and-dinner http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020455_link-love-from-the-car-connection-audi-d7-concept-600000-mile-mustang-and-nicholas-cage-movie-driver-ruins-ferrari-and-dinner Tue, 05 May 2009 07:16:00 -0400 Art car -- When U.K. artist Sara Watson got her hands on a Skoda Fabia, she did exactly what many others in her position would've done: she made it disappear. [BBC via JV] In theory -- Long before Iran joined someone's Axis of Evil, the country formerly known as Persia gave the world a lot of nifty things (not just rugs). That trend continued ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020198_spotted-ferrari-612-scaglietti-follow-up http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020198_spotted-ferrari-612-scaglietti-follow-up Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:26:00 -0400 Psst. Hey. Would you happen to be in the market for a new grand-tourer? Maybe a nice foreign model in the V12 range--something that can kick out 500+ horsies to get you up the Alps and into the lobby of the Gstaad Grand Palace in sleek style? Well, you're in luck: the folks at Motor Authority have caught a glimpse of the newest iteration of ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020022_link-love-from-the-car-connection-fabio-fails-gas-stations-that-rule-and-going-big-wheels-on-easter-sunday http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020022_link-love-from-the-car-connection-fabio-fails-gas-stations-that-rule-and-going-big-wheels-on-easter-sunday Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:23:00 -0400   Full service style -- No matter how you feel about gasoline, the stations that provide it can be pretty rad, and luckily for us, someone has pulled together a handful of architectural homages to America's fave fossil fuel. Not on the list? Barbie's Beer Barn and Discount Unleaded. Clearly, the votes were rigged. [WebUrbanist] Blond goes bad ..]]>