Sam Abuelsamid

Member since: Jan 20th, 2006

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Review: 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Convertible is just right (Autoblog)

Sep 30th 2009 8:14PM Jeff, GM actually has made performance improvements to the GS relative the base car that bridge the gap to the Z06. The LS3 is unchanged (aside from the dry sump on the manual coupe) but the gearbox has different ratios that bring 0-60 to 3.95 (vs 3.7 for Z06), the brakes, wheels and tires are all larger, spring rates are revised. The stabilizer bars match the Z06 and the springs are stiffer. This truly is an intermediate step and it is visually distinct due to the convertible or targa and the side vents.

Jetta TDI buyers to get $1,300 back from the IRS (Autoblog)

Jul 24th 2008 1:06PM All the GM and Ford hybrids are still eligible for the tax credits although the Escape hybrid will probably cross the sales threshold this year where the credits start to go away. GM is nowhere near that sales level yet. The Chrysler hybrid suvs also get the credit when they go on sale this fall.

Ex-Chrysler VP moves west to head Tesla engineering (Autoblog)

Jul 9th 2008 9:47AM Actually Donoughe is not responsible for the existing Avenger, Sebring. He was working on other projects when those were done. He was tasked with the emergency re-design but left two months into that assignment.

BREAKING: GM to close 4 truck plants, may sell or close HUMMER (Autoblog)

Jun 3rd 2008 12:27PM Modern turbo engines are all going to direct injection, which helps avoid the issues of pre ignition. By compressing only air and then injecting the fuel, it lowers the temperature of the intake charge. The result is that higher compression, higher boost turbo engines can run regular gas without knocking.

BMW 123d hanging out in Michigan (Autoblog)

Jun 1st 2008 7:17PM Bosch has not brought over a 635d yet, but they do have several 535d's one of which I reviewed last December. http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/12/17/in-the-autobloggreen-garage-2007-bmw-535d-yes-its-a-diesel/

Spotted in the wild: 1968 Lamborghini Islero (Autoblog)

Jun 1st 2008 7:06AM The only car in the photos with NC tags is the Lamborghini which had a 30 day temporary tag. Other cars had mostly Ohio plates

Honda to supply IndyCar engines at least 5 more years (Autoblog)

May 25th 2008 3:34PM Actually it has nothing to do with only allowing Honda engines. All the other manufacturers (GM, Toyota, Infiniti) who have participated in IRL over the past dozen years have dropped out of their own accord after failing to be competitive. Honda simply developed the best engine and everyone else walked away.

General Motors partially opens Heritage Center to the public (Autoblog)

May 20th 2008 10:40PM The blue car in the photo is the CERV III. It was built in the late 80s using the lotus designed LT5 from the ZR-1 and was a research vehicle used to test all manner of active systems including active suspension, all wheel drive, all wheel steering etc.

Spy Shots: '09 Dodge Challenger snagged again (Autoblog)

Oct 8th 2007 9:15AM If you go to the original photo that shows the background you'll see that the building also has the numbers flipped. The photo was mirrored.

Ford to Jag and Land Rover: Don't let the door hit you on the way out! (Autoblog)

Sep 13th 2007 6:19PM That's all she wrote. You'll probably see a few more posts about some of the smaller and offbeat stuff over the next few days, but all the big stuff is out. Most of the important stuff was already shown before the show even started.