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Available for B series Cummins 6 cylinder engines, MAHLE’s steel monotherm pistons, are not only durable, but are down right invincible.

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It's not a car, admittedly, but it is an invention by a young Canadian lad. More scoop at  Core 77,  but this wheels around much like a Segway.

Well, after posting the cutout in the entry below, I thought I'd see what other paper models are out there. This one above is from EPcars, with a whole host of awesome models... Maybach, Lamborghini, Audi....

Guy's version of paper dolls. On the BMW Thailand site, you can download these (and more) paper cutouts for little paper BMWs. Print 'em out on your printer and fold 'em up. Vrooom. 

Remember this from 2 years ago? The ship carrying 4700+ new Mazdas? They have now decided to destroy all the cars, since they do not know if the cars are totally safe to own and drive, although they were not submerged. Full story at Wall Street Journal Online.  Cool details on how they go about it.

1. 2008 Ford Focus    $15,280  
   
2. 2008 Honda Fit       $14,585  
   
3. Rest of list here....
   

You gotta' check out this photo series at Crooked Brains...  ingenious stuff.  Can you guess what's going on?

Those little suckers hide between 2 SUVs, most annoying... 

On the Road features photos from the Beijing Auto Show. Best line in the article is the quaote form GM design boss Ed Weiburn:  “They don’t know the rules, but that’s okay. There’s a lot of creativity here.”  Check it out, lots of photos.

An interesting bit here in Globe Auto... about how much more difficult it is for emergency workers to extricate car crash victims, now that vehicles have so many safety features. That's one of those things you never think about.  Extrications on newer cars can now take twice as long as they used to, extending the critical arrival time at a hospital.  Apparently air bags and hybrid car cables present real hazards.  Interesting read.