Being auctioned off for the Caroll Shelby Childrens Foundation is one Shelby Black Hornet, a classic Mustang chassis with a Cobra Jet 428 V8 engine producing 335 hp, Edelbrook aluminum heads, a top-loader 4-speed transmission and Shelby 10-spoke wheels.
Which Dethroner reader will be the winner?

Trip down memory lane…

The Times has a light piece about Lauren J. Reilly, a 31-year-old Manhattanite who owns a stock 1981 DeLorean. She’s single, boys.
“One time I was down in Philly, and behind me I hear this megaphone from the cops,” she said. “They’re like, ‘Pull over!’ ”
Before Ms. Reilly could comprehend her violation, an officer delivered one [...]

Oh the times I have wanted to hit the eject button! Perhaps to launch a rocket and destroy the slow jerk in the Caddy? Or to vaporize the small woman in the RAV-4? Seems such cool gadgetry is available outside of Q’s labs — you just need the disposable cash of a drug runner.
Mexican soldiers [...]

Anyone know the story behind this one?

**THANKS to Jesse, Berylium and Daves561 for the link to the RV Salesman, Jack Rebney’s Wikipedia entry.

An 18 year old in Florida died while “surfing” a Cadillac Escalade. Evidently he was in a shopping cart, holding on to the Caddy. They hit a speed bump and his eulogy will be very embarrassing.
Cameron Bieberle, 18, of Winter Park was thrown to the ground after the Cadillac sport utility vehicle he was holding [...]

Vroom cars! I’m in the great city of Detroit right now for the North American International Auto Show. It’s actually part of my duties for Jalopnik, but I’ll still be bringing some coverage around these parts as well. So stay tuned here or click on over to Jalopnik’s Detroit Auto Show coverage to see all [...]

The world’s best motoring television, Top Gear, began its tenth season last night in the U.K. While BBC America will eventually get around to showing it, you can have a taste now using your favorite copyright infringing tools. [BTJunkie.org]

Unlike most race videos that end in fire and tears, this one ends with the lil’ tire that could. Safe for work! (Thanks, Michael!)

It might be a cheap trick, but it’s a good one: Jalopnik has hired a hot girl to blog about cars. Will I read her column? I have no idea! But I like women handy with power tools. And now you do, too.
Jalopnik Invites A Girl Over To Play [Jalopnik]

Nissan has thrown up a teaser “microsite” for the upcoming GT-R, the successor to the famous Skyline GT-R line. It’s still listed as the “GT-R Proto”—that means “prototype”—but they’ve been showing off that design for so long I can’t imagine the production car will look terribly different. What is new is the price: the Nissan [...]