Fallout 4 is coming and Forza celebrates with a Ford F100

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Fallout 4 and Forza Motorsport 6 are teaming up to bring players two cars inspired by the upcoming, post-apocalyptic video game. They're starting with a rusted 1956 Ford F100, but the next one is much more fanciful.

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Fallout 4 is coming and Forza celebrates with a Ford F100 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 05 Nov 2015 17:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ford Mustang was almost ‘Imported from Detroit’

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If not for a quirk of automotive history, the Ford Mustang could have been marketed as 'Imported from Detroit' decades before Chrysler used the slogan.

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Ford Mustang was almost 'Imported from Detroit' originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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1950s car ads are timeless

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Car and Driver has dug into its advertising archives from the '50s and pulled out some real gems. They're all worth seeing for the beautiful design and historical value.

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1950s car ads are timeless originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 07 Aug 2015 19:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Supposed former ZIL limo of Gorbachev and Yeltsin on sale for $1.6M

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A 1989 ZIL-41052 armored limo from Russia that claims previous passengers including former leaders Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin is currently for sale online for $1.6 million.

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Land Rover gives four friends the best Valentine’s Day ever

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Land Rover made sure this would the most memorable Valentine's Day ever for four childhood friends and their 1957 Series I in New Zealand. Watch the video for the full story.

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Land Rover gives four friends the best Valentine's Day ever originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Volt Dance had precedent; meet the Chevy Footlockers

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Marketing in the auto industry can get weird sometimes - really quite bizarre, in fact. For example, remember the Chevy Volt dance from the 2009 Los Angles Auto Show? If not, a group boogied to a song about the electric car, and it was every bit as awkward (and hilarious) as that sounds. In fact, that innocent bit of promotion lives in infamy, as some pundits grabbed hold of it during General Motors' bailout and asked why America's tax dollars were going to such things.

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The Volt Dance had precedent; meet the Chevy Footlockers originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jeep dealer buries WWII Willys GP in showroom floor

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Willys Jeep in Floor

The Willys MB Jeep earned icon status during World War II thanks to its ruggedness, simplicity and go-anywhere ability. Following the war, it didn't take long for the handy vehicles to be scooped up by the public, and a brand slowly grew around the vehicles that has continued to thrive. Fast-forward to present day, where it's not uncommon for auto dealers to try to grab some of the magic of yesteryear by displaying classic models to connect customers with their brands' proud histories. Now, a Canadian Chrysler Group dealer is taking that notion to the extreme by actually making a vintage WWII Jeep part of its foundation.

Bay King Chrysler in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, recently completed its new showroom, and the franchise really wanted to show its dedication to the Jeep brand. As dealer principal Jamie Richter tells Autoblog, the inspiration for the Jeep installation came from his brother, who became fascinated with a home that had a glass floor looking down into its wine cellar. The company already had the 1943 Willys MB to display, but it had originally planned to build a jungle gym around it for customers' kids. Now, the classic is literally in the floor as customers enter. Richter tells Autoblog that customer reaction so far has been "fantastic."

It's certainly a novel way to bring people into the showroom, and seemingly a nice nod not only to Jeep, but to the men and women who served in the war. If you want to see more about how the Jeep was actually installed and what it looks like, check out this video.

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Jeep dealer buries WWII Willys GP in showroom floor originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 04 Nov 2014 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jeep dealer buries WWII Willys GP in showroom floor

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Willys Jeep in Floor

The Willys MB Jeep earned icon status during World War II thanks to its ruggedness, simplicity and go-anywhere ability. Following the war, it didn't take long for the handy vehicles to be scooped up by the public, and a brand slowly grew around the vehicles that has continued to thrive. Fast-forward to present day, where it's not uncommon for auto dealers to try to grab some of the magic of yesteryear by displaying classic models to connect customers with their brands' proud histories. Now, a Canadian Chrysler Group dealer is taking that notion to the extreme by actually making a vintage WWII Jeep part of its foundation.

Bay King Chrysler in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, recently completed its new showroom, and the franchise really wanted to show its dedication to the Jeep brand. As dealer principal Jamie Richter tells Autoblog, the inspiration for the Jeep installation came from his brother, who became fascinated with a home that had a glass floor looking down into its wine cellar. The company already had the 1943 Willys MB to display, but it had originally planned to build a jungle gym around it for customers' kids. Now, the classic is literally in the floor as customers enter. Richter tells Autoblog that customer reaction so far has been "fantastic."

It's certainly a novel way to bring people into the showroom, and seemingly a nice nod not only to Jeep, but to the men and women who served in the war. If you want to see more about how the Jeep was actually installed and what it looks like, check out this video.

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Jeep dealer buries WWII Willys GP in showroom floor originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 04 Nov 2014 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Stanford opens its Revs automotive digital library

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Grand Prix de Spa Grand Touring Race from Revs

Are you a fan of vintage racing, or just old cars in general, and can't find enough classic pictures online to feed your habit? Then we have found the perfect site for you. Stanford University has opened its Revs Digital Library online - a wonderfully curated and cited page of automobilia that already includes nearly 200,000 images spanning most of the history of the car.

The photos come from the Revs Institute for Automotive Research in Naples, FL, and Stanford is promising to digitize even more images to the website as it receives them, according to the university's announcement. At the moment, there's a definite focus on motorsports with a wide variety of races from the US and Europe. There are even old stock car pictures, which you rarely see many of. This is really a treasure trove of automotive history though with a lot of old press shots in the mix, as well.

Even better, the collection is fantastically curated. There are galleries on specific topics, like a collection of crashes, or you can mix and match searches by brand, venue, year and even some specific people, to find exactly what interests you. The images are all presented as thumbnails and are also in a zoomable format. Get ready to waste a few evenings checking out these classic photos.

Stanford opens its Revs automotive digital library originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Trio of cheesy classic VW buses stolen, recovered

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Cheese Vans Stolen

Three customized Volkswagen Buses (pictured above) made to look like blocks of Tillamook cheddar cheese are safe again after being stolen on July 12, and two men are in police custody for the alleged theft.

The cheesy cadre of VWs, their custom trailer and a Ford F-350 to haul them were on a promotional tour when they were stolen from a hotel parking lot in Manteca, California. Police began searching for them, and the group of bright orange Volkswagens wasn't too hard to sniff out. The three vans with an estimated value of $100,000 each were recovered undamaged on July 14 from a storage center in California about 50 miles away from where they were taken, according to Oregon Live. It reports that one of the men arrested rented a space there.

Unfortunately, the trailer and pickup used to haul the classic VWs weren't so lucky. Prior to finding the vans, police discovered the other vehicles burned out. It appears the alleged thieves tried to turn them into grilled cheese...

Trio of cheesy classic VW buses stolen, recovered originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 19 Jul 2014 15:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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