From 1973 through 2005, my job was to create excitement for Volkswagens. In the hope that people would buy them. The job had its ups and downs. We loved facelifts. We hated totally new cars.With a facelift, we could travel to attractive and warm places for the photo shoot. “Because of the sun.” Not to mention the beach. And the amenities of the Hotel Negresco in Niece. With a facelift, we could travel around in broad daylight, and nobody would bat an eye, or even think of snapping a picture.
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Too early too be up on a Holiday-Weekend-Sunday? The easy answer is YES! Unless it’s Super Sunday off the Mulholland/101 exit in Calabasas.
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From 1973 through 2005, my job was to create excitement for Volkswagens. In the hope that people would buy them. The job had its ups and downs. We loved facelifts. We hated totally new cars.With a facelift, we could travel to attractive and warm places for the photo shoot. “Because of the sun.” Not to mention the beach. And the amenities of the Hotel Negresco in Niece. With a facelift, we could travel around in broad daylight, and nobody would bat an eye, or even think of snapping a picture.
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Click on the picture to enlargephoto credit: Darin SchnabelOther 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa PhotosAn iconic, pontoon-fender 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (TR) sells for ?9,020,000 in Maranello, Italy to set a new auction world record as the most expensive motor car ever to be sold at auction. RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby?s, made history at the Ferrari factory in Maranello today as a 1957 Ferrari 250 TR, chassis no. 0714TR sold for ?9,020,000 at the third annual Ferrari Leggenda e
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God I love Google Translate. Where else can you generate Zen koans like the one above, allegedly attributable to Honda CEO Takeo Fukui? OK, it’s not actually a koan. But I sure would like to know what this “big mistake” is gonna be. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports Fukui’s interview with Japan’s Yomiuri. Apparently, the Japanese carmaker’s going [...]
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