Feb 22
We don’t cover a lot of Volvo here on I-G and I’m not sure why really. I suppose that’s my fault. We like Volvos, they are generally stylish and atleast decent to drive. Ahead of Geneva the V40 Volvo got leaked out on facebook by Motoryzacyjny. Which I’ll bet in Scandanavia means crafty car leaker or something. Anyway, here’s a pick of what I think is a pretty darn good looking grocery getter. We’ll get you all the details at the Geneva Motor Show.
Feb 20
The F1 season rapidly approaches and Caterham has decided to shake things up by replacing Jarno Trulli with Vitali Petrov. The move makes sense on many levels with Trulli largely being a non factor in F1 since his arrival and with the emerging popularity of F1 in Russia and the next Russian GP scheduled for 2014. Keeping Petrov in the drivers seat makes good business sense.
Feb 20
Cars are full of nasty chemicals like plastics, composites, and of course fuel. healthystuff.com decided to take a look at some cars to see which are the worst and best for these chemicals. It turns out the Civic is the “safest” car for you and the worst is the Mitsubishi Outlander sport. So if you own one of those sorry. No, not sorry that you have to breath nasty chemicals in your car but sorry that you own a Mitsubishi Outlander because in fact you may be already dead because it’s a horrible car. Anyway for all the details on the study hit the jump.
Feb 19
In order to be a car guy you must watch Bullitt. If you haven’t seen it stop reading right now and go watch it. It’s on Netflix, Amazon Prime, torrents, etc so you have no excuse not to see it. Ok for those of you that have seen it keep reading.
Bullitt as you know is a car chase where a movie breaks out. It is considered the greatest car chase of all time and rightfully so. The legendary Steve McQueen himself does some of the driving and insisted on doing all of it until a movie exec came on scene and saw McQueen getting a bit squirrly. McQueens good buddy Bud Ekins would take over driving duties from then on. The scene has it all, two classics the Bullitt Mustang and a Dodge Charger. The sounds are amazing and the driving is somehow even better then the sound. Again it’s a must see. Today I offer you a real treat in the form of a behind the scenes look at this legendary chase. The following article was originally written by Susan Encinas for the Muscle Car Review in 1987.
