The awesome battle between the Mustang and Camaro is in full swing and has not been this competitive for a long, long time. In 2009 the Stang’ outsold the Camaro and this year in 2010 the Camaro has the lead. But wait, hold on there Camaro fans as Ford has launched the 2011 Mustang with new and improved engines and in May the Mustang came out on top.

We’ll stay on this testosterone fueled race to the finish line in 2010. Also, Once the convertible Camaro is unleashed in the coming years this will only get better!

From the Detroit Free Press:

It’s Camaro versus Mustang, and the fight is on like Beatles versus Stones.

But unlike the tired brouhahas the baby boom insists on revisiting — do we really need to debate Vietnam, women’s rights or the Voting Rights Act ever again? — the pony car battle is as relevant as last month’s sales report and Ford and GM’s next quarterly earnings. Thoroughly modern versions of the two ’60s icons are selling fast and fueling optimism at the automakers.

It might as well be the summer of love again. The Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro have fired the imaginations of drivers, and car buffs are partying like it’s 1968.

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Today’s treat is a cool photo of a cute redhead posing next to an old Volkswagen Beetle. Usually you see how babes posing next to sports cars, but we found this photo in a cool gallery of sexy girls and old cars.

There are a lot of questions about the upcoming all new car based Explorer mostly because it has been kept a top secret for so long now. Will the Explorer and Flex be able to co-exist? Chief engineer Jim Holland is confident the new product will silence critics when it hits showrooms later this year. The anticipation grows and if the Explorer turns out to be a home run what does that do to Flex sales which are mediocre at best?

From Detroit Free Press:

Jim Holland, chief engineer for the redesigned Ford Explorer, which is expected to come to dealerships late this year, has faced naysayers before.

Holland, 49, was chief engineer of the Range Rover when a redesign of that SUV was launched in 2002.

“We got a lot of the same questions that I am getting today,” Holland said.

Mainly, those questions center on whether the new Explorer can maintain its ruggedness and towing capacity as it shifts from a body-on-frame truck to a car-based crossover. Ford still plans to market the Explorer as an SUV.

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Expensive cars can give the appearance of wealth? Yes. How about affordable cars that do the same trick? Here is a list of reasonably priced cars that can make you look like you are knocking down the Benjamin’s!

From Autos.Yahoo.com:

You don’t need to mortgage your soul to afford a car that makes you look rich. There are plenty of new cars that look and feel a lot pricier than they really are. Whether you’re looking to impress your friends with curb appeal, sporty performance or an upscale cabin, we’ ve got your fix. Below are five 2010 model vehicles that don’t cost a lot, but sure look like they do (all start at less than $29,000).

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We’ve all driven some bad (like really bad) cars through the years and now MSN has put together “The Worst Cars Ever”. There are some obvious ones on the list and a few surprises. Yes, You have the Ford Pinto and Yugo but the Pontiac Fiero?? Check it out and let us know what you think!

Quality is in serious question these days. A rash of recent recalls, most notably the uproar over Toyota’s failure to recognize problems with faulty accelerators and brakes in multiple models, has rocked the public’s confidence in the auto industry’s ability to build quality transportation. In their defense, automakers are building better machines today than they have at any other time in history. However, there are still problems, calling to mind a time when car manufacturing wasn’t so good — a time when engines exploded, rust was rampant and cars might simply split in half. To celebrate the best of the worst, we’ve compiled a list of the most hideous looking, poorly designed, horrendously built and, in some cases, most dangerous cars of the past 50 years. It’s a train wreck of riches.

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MotorTrend takes what they saw in Geneva and breaks down the cars they look forward to driving. We’d like to get our hands on a few of these gems as well.

PORSCHE 918 SPYDER
Porsche’s hybrid supercar concept is the star of the show, and the good news is that while it’s a concept, it’s anything but vaporware. The 918 Spyder’s technical specification reads like a science experiment and its claimed performance like science fiction. But as Mike Connor reports, Porsche is apparently considering building a strictly limited run of production versions — maybe 750 to 1250 in total — using a similar business model as the Carerra GT’s. Significantly, Porsche CEO Michael Macht made a point of saying the company has only ever shown one concept car that never made it into production. So consider our hand up for the first drive. Please form an orderly line to the left.

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Whatever happens with GM in the future you can’t say they aren’t trying everything they can think of to drive sales now. This new idea appears to be a sound one and I say keep reinventing yourself GM and good things may follow. I can’t help but get the feeling that GM is really changing for the better!

The trucks left Friday for a 40-factory road show to bring some of General Motors’ newest vehicles to the company’s workers across the country.

It’s part of GM’s effort to give more workers a chance to test-drive the company’s cars and trucks, and possibly lead to new sales for the automaker.

GM sales were up 14% in January, but the company is still rebuilding after emerging from bankruptcy in July.

Vehicles — such as the Chevrolet Equinox midsize SUV and Buick LaCrosse sedan — should arrive Monday at the first stops: GM plants in Arlington, Texas; Shreveport, La.; Defiance, Ohio, and Tonawanda, N.Y.

Read the full article at the Detroit Free Press.

Sometimes figuring out how to handle something so successful as the Prius can make or break a brand.

From the Free Press:

Can Toyota clone its golden goose? Or does the automaker’s plan to expand the Prius from a single model into a whole family of cars hold pitfalls for the brand and its most-acclaimed vehicle?

The Prius is the most-successful new nameplate of the 21st Century. Its styling and technology generated immense goodwill for Toyota.

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Bad to the Bone!

From AutoGuide.com:

Carroll Shelby’s own tuning company Shelby American has announced the return of the GT350 model, debuting it at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale 45 years after the original GT350 was released.

Based on the new 2011 Mustang GT, the GT350 gets a Ford Racing supercharged mated to the stock car’s 5.0-liter V8 to make roughly 500-hp – which shouldn’t be hard considering the stock motor already makes 412-hp. The engine also gets some bling with Blue Shelby GT350 valve covers and billet caps.

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The Granite is exactly the direction I feel GMC needs to go when addressing growing the GMC brand. Bring in younger and value conscious buyers with new vehicles like the Granite and you may keep them around for awhile. First glance this vehicle reminds of the Bronco concept Ford displayed a few years back. Hopefully GMC will build this one soon!

From the Detroit News:

For years, GMC was a purveyor of big work-like trucks and plush SUVs. But where do you fit in a shifting marketplace demanding smaller, more practical, fuel-efficient transportation choices?

If you’re General Motors Co.’s venerable all-truck brand, you rethink and shrink the lineup.

GM today will take the wraps off the Granite — a compact urban utility concept that is the smallest GMC ever and nearly 2 feet shorter than the new Terrain compact crossover.

Read the full article here.