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The Fiat 500 Makes Favorite Five of 2011

The Fiat 500 made the Fox Car Report's Favorite Five of 2011. The criteria was memorability and winners were picked from cars reviewed over the past year that delivered more than expected.

Fox says:

Fiat's return to the United States is not a chick car, it's a "chic" car. It's also the only Italian car you can buy here for less than $126,500, and costs just $16,000. You got a problem with that?

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Fiat500USA/~3/foTB1Oea-PY/fiat-500-makes-favorite-five-of-2011.html

Trans-Am cars sought for Concours d’Elegance of America

Photo by Mike Bumbeck

Bolstered by factory participation, world-class drivers, and a wide variety of cars in two distinct classes, the SCCA Trans-Am series quickly rose to the forefront of American motorsport in the late 1960s and early 1970s and led to some of the hairiest pony cars to come out of Detroit. To celebrate that golden era of sports car racing, the organizers of the Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's have started a search for vintage Trans-Am racers to feature at their 2012 event.

"Last year, we featured Indy cars and had 33 cars on the field," said Brian Joseph, car selection committee chairman for the concours. "It was just fantastic, so we thought we'd turn our focus to Trans-Am this year."

While most people will quickly recall the Mustangs, Camaros, Javelins, and Challengers piloted by the likes of Mark Donohue, Parnelli Jones, and Dan Gurney in the larger of the two Trans-Am classes, limited to 5.0 liters of engine displacement, Joseph said that concours organizers are looking for all cars that competed in Trans-Am in that period, including the Alfas, Porsches, Datsuns, and BMWs limited to 2.0 liters of engine displacement (bumped to 2.5 liters in 1971).

The Trans-Am cars will join another class of competition cars – drag racing's slingshot rails – as well as 19th-century automobiles, jet-age station wagons, microcars, and three-wheeled motorcycles as this year's featured classes at the concours. The concours will also include featured classes focusing on the Corvette-Jaguar rivalry and on a yet-to-be-named automotive designer.

The 2012 Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's will take place July 29 in Plymouth, Michigan. For more information, visit ConcoursUSA.org.

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/01/06/trans-am-cars-sought-for-concours-delegance-of-america

Video: Jay Leno's Garage welcomes the Hennessey Venom GT

John Hennessey has stopped by Jay Leno's Garage for a second time to show off the 2012 Hennessey Venom GT. Last time the tuner-turned-supercar-maker visited the comedian's garage, Leno didn't get a shot behind the wheel of the Venom GT because the vehicle had yet to be legalized in the States. That was then. Now, the 1,200 horspeower beast has all of its paperwork in order, and Hennessey has been kind enough to hand over the keys to one very yellow Venom GT. Leno proceeds to take the machine out into the wild for a brief frolic through public streets.

What does he think? Surprisingly enough, Leno compares the vehicle to his Ariel Atom, albeit with considerably more power. That's high praise considering how lithe and well-balanced the Atom is. Leno also spends plenty of time pontificating on just how much cabin room the Venom GT offers, even for a six-foot tall comedian like himself. Hit the jump to check out the video.

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2011 Trans-Africa trips by Toyota and LR

2011 was an interesting year for Trans-Africa trips... it was the first year that Toyota outnumbered Land Rover's as the vehicle choice for Trans-Africa adventures...

I have been keeping track of vehicle based Africa Overland travels via The Africa Overland Network since the website started in 2000. There were only 42 Toyota's and Land Rover's used for full Trans-Africa trips in 2011 of which 60% opted for Toyota.

See the blog post Africa Overland Vehicle Choice for the full statistics and my thoughts on why 2011 changed overland history.

Thoughts and comments welcome...

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/71870-2011-Trans-Africa-trips-by-Toyota-and-LR

I love our Land Rover, but would still live to have a 60- or 80-series Land Cruiser. I've loved the FJ62 since I was a kid. 

The Ghost Rider, Sweden’s Serial Speed Limit Violator, Giving Away Hayabusa

To some he's a renegade who operates outside of the law. To others, he's a hazard that will end up killing himself or an innocent bystander. To all, he's the Ghost Rider. The world's most famous serial speed limit violator is giving away his 500 HP Turbo Charged Hyabusa. The turbo charged Hyabusa has been [...]

http://blog.compacc.com/2012/01/the-ghost-rider-swedens-serial-speed-limit-violator-giving-away-hayabusa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ghost-rider-swedens-serial-speed-limit-violator-giving-away-hayabusa

2012 Kawasaki Ninja 650

Ken Glassman Reviews the 2012 Kawasaki Ninja 650.

Back in December of 2006, Kawasaki introduced a new motorcycle to the press, up in the mountains east of San Diego, the Ninja 650R. The new Ninja was designed to address a market that had been ignored for many years. The purpose of the bike was to appeal to those who wanted a fun, stylish, easy to ride motorcycle that would be entertaining for both new and experienced riders, male or female. It could carve up a challenging twisting road, or serve as an ideal commuter. And it would get good gas mileage and go easy on the checkbook. It would be what two decades earlier might have been affectionately or admiringly referred to as a UJM – a Universal Japanese Motorcycle. A single motorcycle that could do everything well, and appeal to a wide audience. The Ninja 650R was an immediate hit with the buying public, surprising even the folks at Kawasaki, and the bike sold out its production run that year even before the start of summer. They could have sold thousands more. 

http://motorcycling.speedtv.com/article/bikes-2012-kawasaki-ninja-650