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Pull Out Your Money – Its That Time Of The Year Again

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October 15th, 2011

The 2012 cars are on the way

Despite the fragile economy, American car buyers are lining up to test drive fuel-efficient four-doors. The demand for automobiles, coupled with a comeback in production for Japanese carmakers, means the auto industry is heating up. For car buyers there are plenty of great models to choose from, from domestic as well as import brands. Yet there’s always that nagging feeling: is it worth waiting for something even better just around the corner?

Toyota

If you’re looking for a mid-sized family car, wait until 2012, when most of the biggest sellers in this category will be redesigned and updated with more efficient engines and advanced technologies. Toyota Motors is rolling out a new version of its Camry, and next year, virtually all of its major rivals will be updated too. That will be the best time for car shopping.

GM Malibu

GM is aiming to get a jump on the rest of the pack by moving up the debut of the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu ECO by three months, to early 2012. It’s a so-called "mild hybrid" that gets 38 miles per gallon through the use of an electric-motor generator and features like regenerative braking and start-stop technology, providing nice fuel economy without the price premium of some other hybrids on the market.

Ford, Honda and Nissan

Take a look at new Ford Fusion, featuring a sleek design previewed in the EVOS concept form. The production version will debut in January at the Detroit auto show, and will go on sale later in 2012. Also expected next year are redesigned versions of the Honda Accord and Nissan Altima, two other big players in the mid-sized segment. No doubt it’ll be a buyers’ market for mid-sized cars. Later this year, Honda will be rolling out its 2012 CR-V, with more aggressive styling and better fuel economy, and Ford will be introducing a redesigned 2012 Escape, with three new fuel-efficient engine choices, including a 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine that is expected to get better highway mileage than the current 31-mpg Escape Hybrid. Toyota is also expected to introduce a new version of the Rav4, including a plug-in version developed with electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors.

Tesla

The creator of the $100,000 plug-in Tesla roadster will start selling a more affordable electric sedan, the $50,000 Model S, in mid-2012. It’ll debut with a 300-mile range battery, followed by smaller batteries later next year. The Model S will go a long way toward establishing whether Tesla has staying power as an independent carmaker.

Hybrid-electric

There are a number of other plug-ins and hybrid-electric vehicles coming to market in 2012, including a plug-in version of Toyota’s Prius hybrid. Toyota has two other Prius derivatives also launching in 2012. Meanwhile Ford, which is launching its Focus EV before the end of the year, will add two new plug-in vehicles in 2012, the C-MAX Hybrid and C-MAX Energi. Both are small, five-passenger minivans.

If you are a speed merchant, you won’t have to wait long for the redesigned 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera. It goes on sale starting in February. Chevrolet is also introducing the fastest Camaro convertible ever, the 2013 ZL1, with 580 horsepower, in the showrooms in late 2012.

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Here’s Your Chance: The World’s Oldest Car Is Up For Sale

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September 28th, 2011

The De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout is the oldest running car in the world.

This is your chance to own a “one-off”, there can never be another “world’s oldest car”. Its value can only go one way – North. It has been announced that RM Auctions of the USA will auction off the world’s oldest running car next month. Imaginatively named, the 1884 car is referred to as a De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout.

‘La Marquise’

The car was nicknamed ‘La Marquise’ after the mother of the French entrepreneur that commissioned it, Count de Dion. The car was built by George Bouton and Charles-Armand Trepardoux. It measures just 9 feet in length and features twin compound steam engines, which allows a travelling range of around 20 miles after a 45-minute coal or coke steam. Not quite a BMW M3 rival, the La Marquise will reach a top speed of 37 mph.

Water tank

Other novelties include ‘spade handle’ steering; the level of power assistance depending on when last you saw the inside of a gym, and the car seats four people back-to-back. These seats are positioned atop a steel tank that holds about 35 gallons of water.

Used car

The car has had just four owners over the years, the longest ownership period spanning 81 years. It’s had quite an accomplished life though, having been a participant in the first automobile race in 1887 and having been a double-award winner at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 110 years later. Still a fully functioning car, the La Marquise recently successfully completed four London to Brighton runs in the UK where it was always the first car away as the oldest entry.

Price

Estimated to fetch around $2,250,000, the La Marquise is one of the most important cars in the world, according to Rob Myers of RM Auctions. “With its impeccable provenance, fully-documented history and confirmation by leading historians as the world’s oldest running motor car, its sale represents a once-in-a-lifetime ownership opportunity for savvy collectors, unlikely ever to be repeated,” Myers said.

Another auction – Bentley

Ninety years after Bentley’s very first customer, Noel Van Raalte, took delivery of chassis number 3 for almost $2,000, that same 3-Litre was auctioned at the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Monterey, California for $962,500, about 500 times its new price. Chassis No.3 is completely original, with the same polished-aluminium bodywork and brass brightwork as when Van Raalte bought it in 1921, and has its original engine, with matching serial number.

Craftsmanship

Even on this early example, company founder WO Bentley’s insistence on fine craftsmanship and durable engineering, a product of his background in aircraft engine design, is clearly evident. His big, robust cars – once famously referred to by Ettore Bugatti as "the world’s fastest lorries" – went on to prove their mettle in the Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race, winning it five times in eight years. The first two victories – in 1924 and 1927 – came with 3-Litre models not much different from Van Raalte’s car.

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April 10th, 2011

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