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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part LI)

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While the 1968 was relatively the same as the 67 (with a larger engine), the 1969 version lost its covered headlamps, special ventilated wheel covers, received an ugly reversing lamp, and adopted the corporate dashboard used by the rest of the Cadillac lineup. The second was a new innovation called Trackmaster, a primitive ABS system.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part LIV)

The Truth About Cars

Faced with lackluster competition from the likes of the conservative and upright Imperial (fuselage design arrived in 1969) or the aging Continental lineup from Lincoln, buyers flocked to Cadillac in droves. Chrome was more abundant on all models, contrary to the ethos Bill Mitchell had established after he took over Cadillacs design studio.

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Here’s What One Old-School VW Fan Thinks About the ID.Buzz

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Sitner runs a Volkswagen shop that does everything from outfit vans to camping spaces to convert old-school air-cooled models to electric power. Sitner, a former Microsoft engineer who left corporate America to focus on his real passion, enjoys the ID.Buzz, which has been well received by reviewers and racked up several awards.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part LVIII)

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Our previous installments reviewed the boaty corporate-compliance exterior styling compared to the old model, followed by an interior that was in theory all-new but looked like a cost-cut version of the eighth generations interior treatment. For its second outing in 1972, Eldorados changes were purely cosmetic.

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Touring Italy’s ‘Motor Valley,’ Where You Can Drive Ferraris, Lamborghinis and More

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Most couples seem to consist of an automobile aficionado and a casually interested partner that the aficionado is trying to convert to Ferrari fandom, sometimes even with success. Ferrari also currently operates as an independent company, whereas Lamborghini, Maserati and Ducati are all subsidiaries of non-Italian corporations.

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Port of Antwerp converting tug to methanol propulsion; becoming a multi-fuel port

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The Port of Antwerp is converting a tug to methanol propulsion. Swedish shipbuilder, Scandinaos, designed the vessel’s modifications, ABC (Anglo Belgian Corporation) is responsible for converting the engine and for installing the methanol tanks and pipes, while the German company, Heinzmann, is adapting the injectors.

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ARPA-E awards $33M to 13 intermediate-temp fuel cell projects; converting gaseous hydrocarbons to liquid fuels

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The proposed SAFC stack design will lead to the creation of fuel cells that can withstand common fuel impurities, making them ideal for distributed generation applications. Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Category 1: Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells for Distributed Generation. Lead organization. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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