Fast Cars

Nevertheless, I do like cars. I like old cars and fast cars. I love muscle cars. Big luxury cars don’t really catch my eye but show me a 68 Camaro, 69 Charger or a 72 Nova and I’m all over it. I keep hoping one of my sons shows an interest in auto body and car mechanics so I can get one of these classics and have someone to work on it for me.

One of the easist ways to save money on auto insurance is to shop around and compare rates. Different insurers can charge substantially more or less for virtually identical coverage. Don’t believe me? Well, the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance an Securities conducted a survey in 2006 and found that premium rates for the highest priced insurer were more than twice the rates of the lowest priced insurer for identical coverage. Twice as much!

Some of the most famous AM race cars are also featured as well as detailed history of AM company ownership through the years, which we thought was fitting on the eve of Aston Martins announcement that they’ve been acquired by a consortium led by David Richards of Prodrive. This video is just over an hour long.

The people who follow car sales statistics are reporting that in 2006, for the first time, most Canadians who bought new vehicles, bought small, fuel-efficient models.

After all the rumors of Aston Martin being sold to companies like Louis Vuitton, Ford finally today announced the sale of its premium sports car segment. Aston Martin was sold to a group made up of David Richards, John Sinders, Investment Dar and Adeem Investment Co. The company was sold for £479 million ($925 million) in which Ford will still retain a £40 million ($77 million) investment.

Man what is up with this story? Arjun Atwal, the first PGA Tour player from India, allegedly was street racing someone who crashed and was killed. Atwal’s BMW made the corner and his opponent’s Mercedes didn’t I guess.

First up is Rusty Wallace, who maintains the lamentable professional condition he has clung to ever since retiring as a driver of morphing from one striking the pose of an independent free spirit unafraid to challenge the powers that be into a toady of the lowest order with this column. In it he swears up and down from his seat in the super-secret NASCAR mobile castle replete with spy cameras pointed every which way but loose he clearly saw the debris giving cause for the caution at California which ever so conveniently bunched the field at a time when the race was nearing its end and Jimmie Johnson was waffle-stomping the field. You know, the debris FOX with its ten zillion dollars' worth of ten zillion high definition cameras couldn't find?