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Check out the list of this week’s PlayStation Video Store update. From a bunch of new HD film offerings, to over 30 hysterical movies and TV Shows, all available at a reduced priced, from the latest UFC

First Drive: 2011 Buick LaCrosse CX gets four cylinders for fuel economy

With a 2.4-liter four-pot under the hood, the 2011 LaCrosse stakes its claim as both a competent cruiser and a reasonable fuel miser.

TheDetroitBureau.com on Autoblog with Paul Eisenstein

Our love of wagons is well known, but are the newest crop of five-doors ready to be accepted by hatch-averse Americans? Eisenstein weighs in.

Touring car gurus Polestar Performance announce 395-hp AWD Volvo C30-based roadcar

If there’s anything the Volvo C30 needs more of (aside from a stiffer rear anti-roll bar) it’s power, and Polestar has done just that to prepare the Volvo for the STCC.

Also of interest:

• Report: USF1 shuts doors, apparently for good
• Mercedes-Benz confirms 2011 C-Class Coupe
• Video: Rhys Millen warms up his Hyundai Genesis coupe for the drift season
• (Un)Delete Option: Bentley Continental Supersports options list to include rear seat?
• WSJ: Daimler and Renault-Nissan in “final stages” of alliance talk

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Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 4.2.10 originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TMT is besides other things a supplier of automatic transport lines for inter-operational transport of paper sacks and paper bags and is engaged in this field for many years.

Description of product:
Tuber – machine for tube production (it means sacks without bottom – mostly multi-layer paper)
Bottomer – makes sacks from „tubes“ due to bottom assembling and gluing

Transport between these machines (in the whole length of 80 m) is executed by combination of single-purpose conveyors. Conveyors are determinated for accumulation of product, swivelling around vertical and horizontal axle, horizontal transport and pressing.
Line control is ensured by control system with optical sensors (as well the delivery of TMT) which enables smooth transport with sufficient accumulation of products necessary for continuos operation by change of range of products (size of sacks). In the line between bottomer and paletiser is put set of machines for hand control of products before expedition of finished products and then palletization itself. Steel support structures are as well part of delivery.

In addition to their well-known stroboscopes with Xenon flash light the German manufacturer ELMED GmbH now offers a LED stroboscope, the HELIO-STROB micro.

The LED stroboscope HELIO-STROB micro is to be applied to processes requiring an easy, optical control or the visualisation of quick production sequences, as well as to the contact-free revolution and vibration measurement.

The combination of micro-processor control and innovative LED technology in a handy vest pocket size provides among a variety of functions all advantages of this new technology, e.g. the extremely long product and service life. There are no hidden additional costs as the stroboscope is maintenance free and does not need any wear-out components. The HELIO-STROB micro does not generate any heat thus it is also applicable in more sophisticated parts of production. Further important features to be mentioned are the phase shifting of up to 360° for switching the point of observation, the alternative selection of rotation or flash frequency as well as the memory for 4 flash frequencies. The frequency selection by fast search mode makes it possible to adapt flexibly to variable velocities. The frequency divider and multiplier let search get quick to the point. The adjustable flash duration provide more light and pin sharp pictures.

These advantages realise an optimum of flexibility for a mobile use of the HELIO-STROB micro in the fields of quality control, service or production thus giving a fast overview of the actual sequence of motion.

Filed under: Hatchback, Saab

There are some Saab enthusiasts who feel very strongly that real Saabs have longitudinal engines mounted backwards with the clutch at the prow. Anything less, any power train layout where the crank is facing port or starboard and these people cry foul. We might even have one or two of these folks on staff here at Autoblog. One of whom might be in some sort of high-ranking editorial position. Another could even be typing the words you’re reading right now. Point is, the argument can be made that Saab – the real Saab – died with the 900. Of course if you go down that road, even harder core Saabophiles will claim that the last pure Saab was the 99. Hence the problem with orthodoxy.

At any rate, as we’ve known, there’s a new, post-GM Saab 9-3 in the works. We’ve long thought the new volume Saab would ride on some version of GM’s Epsilon II platform, the same set of components that underpins the Buick Regal, LaCrosse and Saab’s own 9-5. Instead, reports Motor Trend, the next 9-3 will be based on GM’s older Epsilon I architecture that makes up the Chevy Malibu and the 9-3 from 2003. However, Saab boss Victor Muller assured MT that, “It’s a heavily modified Epsilon I platform, but Saab now. So that’s the basis for the new 9-3. So we have no further restraints. So we don’t have to share it with anyone else. Which means we can knock ourselves out to make it the car we want it to be.”

Does that mean the engine will be flipped around backwards, slanted and hooked to the transmission via a chain? Most certainly no, but we do like the part about Saab being free to be Saab. Speaking of being Saab, it looks like modern version of the classic Saab 92 might be in the works. Mr. Muller showed MT’s Todd Lassa a rendering of the proposed 9-2 on the former’s Blackberry. Lassa comments:

The car is stunning. It’s retro-futurist, as J Mays would call it, an interpretation of early Saabs drawing obvious comparisons between Mays’ Volkswagen New Beetle, the new Minis and Fiat 500. In the best tradition of Saab, it’s a polarizing design – you will love it if you’re a Saabanista. Or you will hate it. There will be no middle ground.

Actually, come to think of it, “no middle ground” would make for a good Saab mission statement. Especially if we can get ’em to put the parking brake back on the front wheels.

[Source: Motor Trend]

Report: Next Saab 9-3 still based on GM’s Epsilon I, plus more details on Victor Muller’s Saab 9-2 sketch originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rockstar Games has released another impressive trailer for their upcoming western epic shooter, Red Dead Redemption. Titled “Life in the West Part 2”, the footage showcases the colorful characters and some of the dangers you’ll run across

Back in January, I attended Public Knowledge’s excellent “Fair Use Movie Night” and wrote about it here on Techdirt. One of the speakers was Kembrew McLeod, who explained how difficult it was to make his film, Copyright Criminals, which is mostly about music sampling, and how the lawyers made that incredibly difficult. Over at The Atlantic, McLeod has a great article that is effectively a written version of what he said that night, discussing the legal insanity of trying to make a documentary about sampling without getting sued. While he did pay for and clear some of the clips in the film, there are over 400 clips that are uncleared — and while he’s betting that fair use would save him, he has no idea if it really would, and there’s no way to know for sure unless someone sues him. And if someone sues him, the liability is not something to laugh about:

While we raised the money to license about two-dozen songs and some footage, our film nevertheless contains over 400 brief-but-unlicensed uses of copyrighted material. When I can’t sleep at night, I sometimes count how much we’d be liable for: up to $150,000 in statutory damages, per infringement. 400 x $150,000 = $60,000,000. Sixty. Million. Dollars.

He points out how copyright law is not only ridiculous in such situations, it’s also haphazard in that it’s not applied consistently at all:

One of the more headache-inducing aspects of the way copyright law is interpreted is how haphazardly it is applied in different contexts. When writing a book, quoting another book is perfectly acceptable, but quoting more than two lines from song lyrics (even if it takes less than 0.001 percent of the book’s total text) might give you and your publisher a problem. If your band perfectly imitates a distinctive drum rhythm from a Bo Diddley record, no worries, musicians have been doing that for half a century. But when you sample Diddley’s beat it could be a copyright infringement if you don’t get permission. Inversely, you don’t need approval when you record a cover of someone else’s song, as long as you pay the per-song fee that is set by Congress and don’t alter the lyrics. It gets really confusing.

This was the point we made recently concerning the difference between a “sampled” written work, and a sampled album.

McLeod also retells my favorite story from the night I saw him speak (which I wrote about in that original post) concerning his (brief) interactions with Bridgeport, the famed sample troll, though in this telling he adds some more details, including the fact that George Clinton has been sued for sampling his own music:

In a page ripped straight from Evil Corporation Digest, one of those slapped with a suit was George Clinton–for sampling one of his own records. True story. “Yeah, I got sued for sampling my own stuff,” Clinton told us with a bemused smile. “In fact, I still got a suit pending.” After trying for six weeks to license a song that Bridgeport partially controlled, a company representative finally got back to us. The man on the other line–who I imagine was chomping on a cigar–said only, “Denied!” Before abruptly hanging up, he added, “Denied. No reason!”

In an email, Bridgeport reminded us that “any of the songs involved in the sample settlements (Public Enemy, Digital Underground, and others) are entirely separate compositions which we own a portion of and which require our approval.” That’s because Bridgeport now controls portions of hundreds of hip-hop songs as a result of their litigation. For instance, if you want to license Digital Underground’s biggest hit, “The Humpty Dance,” you have to deal with Bridgeport–as well as up to five other companies currently listed as co-owners.

Yes, five companies, each of which need to grant their approval and (not mentioned in the article, but spoken about back in January) is the fact that if one of the five (or, in some cases, more) companies demands a higher fee, all of the other co-owners need to get that higher amount as well. It makes it prohibitively expensive. This is unfortunate, because in many ways it’s taken the fair use right out of music.

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Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Chrysler, Ford, GM, UAW/Unions

The U.S. auto industry has been bottomed out since the fall of 2008; a fact that is reflected by the falling membership of the United Auto Workers. The Detroit Free Press reports that membership fell by 18 percent from 2008 to 2009, with current membership at 355,191 men and women. The job losses came courtesy of several plant closings around the country as domestic automakers struggled to right-size a footprint that was too big to sustain.

And the UAW isn’t just losing people, the labor organization is also losing cash and political influence. The UAW lost a total of $69 million in assets in 2009, as cash reserves are now down to $1.12 billion. The UAW is spending less money in Washington as well, as the rank and file spent $9.7 million on lobbying efforts in 2009, down from $10.6 million in 2008. Even long-time union boss Ron Gettelfinger took a bit of a haircut in 2009 as his pay was cut by $1,000 to $173,069.

So is the UAW on its way to oblivion? Probably not, but the U.S. auto industry is going to have to turn around before more union dues starts pouring into UAW headquarters again.

[Source: Detroit Free Press]

Report: 2009 UAW membership fell to lowest figure since WWII originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: New York Auto Show, Etc., Safety, Ford

When is a dog a 2,700 pound projectile? When little Muffy is riding shotgun, big old fuzzy head stuck out the window, tongue lolling in the breeze and all of a sudden master crashes the darn thing into some unforseen obstacle. In the interest of keeping pets safe, Bark Buckle UP, a pet travel safety organization, has some recommendations. Among endorsement of the Doggie Seat Belt and exhortations to take steps toward pet safety in the car, are some vehicular mentions. While pet safety is a laudable goal, this announcement leaves us feeling a little dirty, like it’s mostly a thinly-veiled ploy to sell stuff.

In any case, Bark Buckle UP gave its Top Dog awards away at the New York Auto Show, and the Ford Edge has trotted away with the Pet Safe Vehicle of Choice Top Dog award. “The Ford Edge is perfect for those traveling with pets,” says Ford Edge marketing manager Brett Burin upon the Edge’s crowning. Bark Buckle UP agrees, citing the vehicle’s combination of space, ease of ingress and egress for Fifi and Fido, rear ventilation and adaptability to pet gear as reasons for the win. Ford vehicles took four of the award’s ‘choice’ slots for 2010, with the Transit Connect, Flex, and Lincoln MKT also making the list. The other alternative is to avoid either having a dog altogether (they’re smelly, and they lick their butts) or don’t chauffeur your pooch around if you have opened your home to canis domesticus. If you’re a dog lover, though, you might want to check out the official press release after the jump.

[Source: Bark Buckle UP]

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Ruff Ride: Ford Edge named Pet Safe Vehicle of the Year originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony Ericsson was said to have abandoned its Windows mobile fans for the new X10 lovers, but not just yet. Today they released a new 6.5.3 ROM that brings the phone with many new features and updates.

This MR1 firmware update adds video calling,FM Radio access and a faster, and more improved GPS system. There is not much available in the form as for a change log, but I am sure anyone would be happy flashing to the newest versions of Windows Mobile.

This update is a little late. If you remember from our earlier post mentioned this device was suppose to receive the update in march, so that makes them 2 days late. That two days is pretty good for SE,  but for those that own the X2. comment below and tell us if you will flash and what is your experience with it.

Source:Pocketnow

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With YouTube still in the midst of its legal fight with Viacom over infringing videos, it seems that people are starting to look at what else can be pinned on YouTube. Someone points us to an article that highlights an interesting trend that I must admit, I was totally ignorant of before: people are posting the details of software cracks in YouTube videos, and apparently it’s pretty pervasive. If you go to YouTube and start typing the names of popular software programs in the search box, the “suggestions” that pop up (which are algorithmically generated based on searches) are nearly all to videos showing you how to crack software. I did a quick look around and easily found a few, most without audio, where the explanations are simply typed into the screen with a word processor. And a lot of these videos have a large number of views.

Now, of course, it’s preposterous to blame YouTube for this, but how much do people want to bet that’s exactly what’s going to happen? The article notes that this may be “the next big headache for YouTube,” and it seems likely that sooner or later some software will try to pin the blame for such videos on YouTube, rather than the creators/uploaders of the videos.

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Two years ago, we wrote about the big hubbub caused by comedian Joe Rogan getting on stage at a comedy club and accusing another comedian, Carlos Mencia, of “stealing jokes.” This resulted in quite an involved discussion, and then a followup discussion on the whole concept of “stealing jokes,” where we discussed a few key points. First, jokes have always been passed around, shared, retold and built on for years. Also, it’s not the joke, but the delivery that’s important. If you want to see a movie-length example of this, just go watch The Aristocrats. But, finally, and most importantly, it highlighted how social mores can come into play in these discussions. If you really are doing something that the community finds unfair, they’ll call you on it, and it can harm your reputation. Two years ago, I wrote:

There’s a price to pay for it in terms of reputation. The backlash against Mencia is exactly that price. His reputation is taking a big hit, and he seems to keep digging himself a deeper hole by refusing to admit that he repurposed others’ jokes (and, in fact, is apparently still doing so). So, perhaps the real issue here is that this is an issue that can be solved by social norms, rather than laws like copyright. If you’re going to make use of someone else’s work, it’s going to come back and bite you if you’re not willing to admit it. There is still value in being a good joke teller, even if you’re using other people’s work — but if you keep pretending that you were also the creator of that work, it’s going to come back and hurt you in terms of your reputation.

This is a similar point that I’ve made when people ask how I would feel if websites copied Techdirt without giving us any credit. As I say, they’re free to do so, but they should realize that if someone notices that they’re copying without credit, it could seriously harm their reputation — and reputation is a scarce good that is hard to build up if you’ve lost it. In other words, one of the reasons why I proudly put all this content into the public domain is that I recognize that most people who use it will know that it’s in their own best interest to credit us, and help give us more attention, because it’s not worth the credibility risk.

Over at the Freakonomics blog, economists Kal Raustiala and Chris Sprigman have “stolen” this idea (relax, relax, that was just a little joke — remember, this post is about jokes) and have a great post about how social rules within a community often work better than any gov’t granted monopoly. They even use the same Rogan/Mencia example:

At first glance, this may seem like a nasty but ultimately meaningless showbiz feud. But it’s more than that. In fact, Rogan’s decision to confront Mencia is an example of what stand-up comedians do all the time. Comedians have rules of their own about joke-stealing. And they impose their own punishments on thieves….

Why do comedians do this? In part, because they live in a world where intellectual property law — in particular, copyright — does not help them much when a rival comedian steals a joke. In theory, copyright law applies to jokes. But in the real world, lawsuits are simply too expensive and uncertain to work as an effective response to joke stealing.

The social rules can be quite involved and effective, with those disobeying the rules risking their own careers:

Importantly, comedians’ norms are not just “suggestions.” They also include informal but powerful punishments. These start with simple badmouthing and ostracism. If that doesn’t work, punishments may escalate to a refusal to work with the offending comedian — which can keep the accused joke-thief off of comedy club rosters. Occasionally, punishments turn violent. None of these sanctions depend on the law — indeed, when comedians resort to threatening or beating up joke thieves, that’s against the law. That said, although both the rules and the punishments are informal, they are effective. Within the community of comedians, it hurts to be accused of stealing a joke. In some cases, repeat accusations may destroy a showbiz career.

Of course, none of this is new. Last year’s Nobel Prize winner in economics, Elinor Ostrom, won for her work showing how specific communities can often better self-regulate so-called “public goods,” rather than needing to involve gov’t mandated privileges or property rights.

While we’re talking about jokes here, this is a serious issue when it comes to economics, policy and the law. It suggests, yet again, that the rush to keep putting up artificial monopoly rights may not be needed in many cases.

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Filed under: Motorsports, Government/Legal, Renault

You didn’t actually think we’d heard the last of Crashgate, did you? The scandal that rocked the Formula One racing world last season and well into the post-season involved the Renault F1 team, its driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. and its top executives Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds.

For allegedly directing Piquet to crash on purpose during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, thereby handing the advantage to teammate Fernando Alonso, Briatore and Symonds were banned – permanently and temporarily, respectively – from the sport. Briatore eventually had the sentence overturned in French courts, and whistleblower/culprit Piquet found nothing but cold shoulders when it came time to find a new race seat.

As part of the ongoing debacle, the Renault team under Briatore’s direction issued a statement in September 2009 claiming that Piquet’s assertions were entirely fabricated. As a result, according to ESPN, Piquet and his three-time World Champion father are now suing the disavowed Briatore for slander, with punitive damages sought to the tune of £200,000 (about $300k). Considering how many millions the Piquet and Briatore estates must be worth, the six-figure sum seems like a drop in the bucket, but that’s still more than we could say for Nelsinho’s flash-in-the-pan career in F1 that didn’t even last two seasons.

[Source: ESPN]

Crashgate Keeps Gate Crashing: Piquets reportedly suing Briatore for libel originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Coupe, Plants/Manufacturing, Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes Benz has made it official: the 2011 C-Class Coupe is on its way. The German luxury automaker has announced it will build the two-door C-Class at its massive Bremen plant, with production scheduled to begin in 2011. The addition of the Coupe gives Mercedes Benz three different variants of the C-Class, with a convertible almost certainly to follow. The impressively flexible Bremen plant, which employs 12,600 workers, also makes the C-Class sedan, wagon, GLK, two E-Class variants, the SL and SLK.

With the C-Class Coupe officially on its way to production, we’re more than a bit curious as to how Mercedes will differentiate the smaller Benz two-door from the larger, more expensive E-Class Coupe. See, the bi-door E-Class already utilizes the C-Class platform, and the more expensive E Coupe is almost identical in every dimension to the C-Class Saloon. But the E-Class coupe commands a price premium of $9,000 compared to a C-Class sedan with the same 3.5-liter V6 engine.

We suspect Mercedes will shorten the C-Class platform to better differentiate the C Coupe from the larger, more expensive E Coupe. But unlike the larger E Coupe, which is virtually the same price as sedan with the same name, the C Coupe may receive a bit of a price bump compared to its sedan brethren. It’s a good bet that we’ll know a lot of these answers by the time the Paris Motor Show opens its doors to the media in September. Hit the jump to read over the official press release.

[Source: Mercedes-Benz]

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Mercedes-Benz confirms 2011 C-Class Coupe originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now

Organic apples from Earthbound Farms

When these apples first appeared in my grocery cart, I had to double check to see if they were organic. They were. They are. They’re Earthbound Farms organic apples, and while this is not a commercial for Earthbound, I have to say, I had a “Thank God” moment over them. Could these apples look any more enticing? They taste great too and the price was decent. We got them at Costco, where we go for a select list of things that we like to get a discount on (shout out to Amy’s, whose burritos save my children from starvation weekly).

I know some will gasp over the Costco purchase — I also aggressively shop at Farmer’s Markets to use as much local food as I can. But leaving aside the discussion about where to shop, my point here is more basic: Organic, it’s gorgeous and full of nutrients. I suspect the people who pushing that concept are not lying. Sometimes, yes, organic fruits and produce look a little less than picture-perfect, because forgoing the chemicals strips them of some of the cosmetic benefits of conventional growing. I’ve rarely seen them lag in taste, which is a clue to their superior nutrient value, wouldn’t you think?

As these apples demonstrate, growing in earth that’s cultivated the way the ground should be cultivated, without pesticides, can be enriching. And that does meet the common sense test. What works to nurture nature produces a fruit that’s more nourishing. I don’t have proof of that with these particular fruits, I didn’t test them, I ate them. But more scientific studies are emerging all the time now that show organic foods don’t just represent the absence of harmful chemicals in the environment — which seems to remain such an abstraction to many people — but the addition of nutrients to foods.

If you want to know more about the improved nutritional profile of organic foods, see this survey of many studies by The Organic Center. It will take you to a Power Point explaining that studies of matched pairs of produce — with one grown chemically and the other grown organically — found that in the majority of cases, the organically grown fruit or vegetable was higher in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.

I know, this sounds like a commercial for organic produce. I do support organics. As for Earthbound Farms, I can’t say I know that much about them. They’re having an Earth Day celebration and giving away some shopping totes, and donating 25 cents to charity for every Heirloom Lettuce package sold in April (see their Facebook page). And they strongly support sustainable farming practices, it’s their raison d’être. Are they hardcore anti-till type farmers? I don’t know. I just know what I see and taste, and these apples taste great — just like those organic greens and peaches I buy at Farmer’s Markets, and the tomatoes I grow (well most of the tomatoes I grow –  : )) here at home.

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Reader B Pickel alerts us to the news that Tourism Australia recently launched a new tourism advertising campaign to try to attract people to Australia, using the slogan, “There’s nothing like Australia.” This campaign was launched following the disastrous “So where the bloody hell are you” campaign. Seriously. Of course, minutes after announcing the new campaign, someone went out and registered the domain NothingLikeAustralia.net, and started posting spoof versions of the campaign.

Now, if Tourism Australia had a sense of humor, they’d laugh it off, or maybe embrace it in some way. Instead, they’re sending out the lawyers:

TA is understood to have launched a legal hunt for the creator of the site, seeking for it to be taken down for using the logo from the campaign that is a registered trademark of TA.

Yes, and the message that sends to potential tourists? Go somewhere else where people actually have a sense of humor. Update: As noted in the comments, Tourism Australia has apparently come to its senses and decided not to pursue a legal strategy. But the fact that they even considered it is pretty telling…

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The Obama administration yesterday announced its rule that will set a 35.5 mpg average for the U.S. auto industry by 2016, a move that will cut fuel consumption by 40% and realize $130 billion in benefits. Despite their $52 billion burden, manufacturers welcome the the standards, as it will avoid a much more costly patchwork of state and federal regulation.

The cost expected to be shouldered by the consumer works out to less than $1,000 per new vehicle sold in 2016, but should be expected to be recouped in three-years in fuel-savings.

This rule represents the first limit by the federal governemnt on greenhouse gas emissions.

– By: Stephen Calogera

Source: Free Press

Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Aston Martin

What’s better than a seven-figure supercar with 700 horsepower? How about a seven-figure roadster with 700 horsepower? Well, that may be a matter of personal opinion, but Aston Martin never shies away from the subject, churning out open-top versions of most of its range.

Along with the Rapide, Cygnet and the V12 Vantage (the eight-cylinder version available as a roadster), the One-77 is one of the only vehicles in Aston Martin’s range that isn’t available as a convertible. Not yet, at least. But that’s the beauty of the digital age: anything you can imagine in your mind can be imagined on the internet. In this case, we have to thank one Theophilus Chin, the self-styled “automotive manipulator” who has rendered what an open-top One-77 Volante might look like. And to our eyes, it looks enticing. Agree or disagree? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.

[Source: Theophilus Chin via autoblog.it]

Rendered Speculation: Aston Martin One-77 Volante originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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