Bullitt vs. 993: Which Would You Choose?

I’ve had a lot of people asking me about the Showroom Showdown, which stalled out over the summer. Why the lapse? Well, it seems like we ran through just about every new car combo out there, and it was getting harder and harder to pick compelling match-ups each week. A bunch of members have also suggested that I start doing used car showdowns, since most of us car enthusiasts go used anyway. So today I’m kicking off our eBay Motors Showdown. Each week I will feature two cars plucked off eBay Motors. They’ll both be priced about the same, and they’ll both be enthusiast cars. Other than that, pretty much anything goes, as long as I think we’ll have a good battle.

This week I’m starting out with two cars I love. In fact, I waste a lot of time looking at Bullitts and 993s on eBay. 993s tend to command a bit more money than Bullitts, so for this showdown I picked out a HPDE ready 993, which in some ways is a lot cooler than a stock car, but will probably command less money. The Bullitt in question looks to be a low mile, clean car. Both cars are fast, fun and should hold their value pretty well. So, which would you choose?

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You need to burn your Ford for action

Ford has announced another recall on their infamous speed control switches.  Reported at MSN Autos, the following was stated:

“All new recalls are from model years 1992 to 2003, and, it should be noted, no fires have been reported. The measure is a preventive one to stem “possible ongoing customer lack of confidence in vehicles with the switch,” a Ford representative said.) The Texas Instrument-made switches may leak, overheat, smoke and burn. “

You’ll note that no fires have been reported and a “possible ongoing customer lack of confidence” has led to this latest recall.  So much for those of us who suffered thousands of dollars of repairs to our vehicles due to a leaky front window and the fact that the failing electronics could cause an accident.  Guess if a few Fords burn up you get action. 

All I know is that I’m telling everyone I know about my problems and I intend to buy Toyota for my next truck.  At least they are honest and do the recalls on all their problems and don’t pick and choose like Ford.  After learning about Ford’s work during WW II and how they supported the Nazis, why on earth would I support a company like that.  I kind of wonder why the CAW and UAW support a company with that history.  Lot of union boys got killed fighting against Ford vehicles.

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Fiesta americano é flagrado em fábrica

Não é segredo algum que a Ford fará mudanças visuais no Fiesta para vendê-lo nos EUA. O modelo adotará algumas soluções dos veículos comercializados pela gigante do oval azul na terra do Tio Sam, assim como outros retoques exigidos por lei. Quem flagrou uma unidade com estas modificações foi o blog AutoCosmos, que teve acesso ao veículo na fábrica de Cuautitlán, México, de onde o Fiesta pode ser exportado para o Brasilo.

A imagem revela retoques importantes na frente do Fiesta, embora ele não tenha perdido o estilo esportivo criado na Europa. A grade não deve contar com as especuladas barras cromadas, mas crescerá um pouco, para ganhar adornos que se assemelham à identidade visual da marca na terra do Tio Sam. Já o para-choque adotará novos faróis auxiliares, enquanto os faróis ganham lentes laranjadas nos indicadores de direção.

A carroceria sedã também foi flagrada pelo site Automóvil. Confira as duas abaixo.

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And we thought we were cynics. Honestly, we're like babes in the wood compared to this lot.
At a round table on social media marketing in Paris today, Bundeep Rangar, chairman and CEO of IndusView, explained just how great it is to be able to ignore local laws.
“Social media allows you to circumvent grey areas of the law,” he explained. “Cutting edge in our industry is the vice industry. In a lot of countries, you can't advertise gambling sites, so what do you do? You create a social media site where you can click through to ads. It's not as advertising, it's as a link in the text, and that's perfectly legal.”
Michael Terpin, chairman and CEO of SocialRadius, cited viral ads such as the 'baby-father' one which turned out to have been created by the Danish Tourist Board, and the Lonely Girl blog.
“She was a paid actress, and when it came out – what a scandal! But they got so much advertising out of it,” he said. “Stunts work. You just have to be careful that any backlash you get supports your work.”
He's also a big fan of video bloggers. “If you can get them interested, they will get it into the search engines really quickly,” he said. “We did the 'I'm a Celebrity' campaign in the US. We got 20 bloggers with big followings to compete with each other to go to Costa Rica – and got two million visitors to the site.”
Less entertaining, but giving food for thought, were some of the figures. Apparently, social media marketing is already a $1 billion industry, and is growing at a massive 50 per cent per year – the only sector apart from search engine advertising that isn't either stagnant or in decline.

Fiesta americano será apresentado em dezembro

A Ford já tem data para apresentar o Fiesta ao público norte-americano. O modelo será conhecido durante o Salão de Los Angeles, a ser realizado a partir de 2 de dezembro nos EUA. O hatch deve apresentar leves mudanças visuais e algumas mecânicas, além de acabamento e equipamentos.

Entre as principais mudanças visuais do modelo americano está a grade, que deve adotar as três barras cromadas da Ford América. O modelo também terá de adotar novas soluções nos para-choques, para atender à legislação de segurança e às normas de iluminação – como as luzes de posição laranjadas, colocadas no para-choque.

O modelo americano será produzido na fábrica de Cuautitlán, no México. De lá também deve sair a derivação sedã do compacto, já apresentada na China. Ambos chegarão, desta mesma unidade, ao mercado brasileiro.