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2014 Ford F-150 receives CNG/LPG fuel option

Ford will be offering a 2014 Ford F-150 that can run on compressed natural gas and liquid petroleum gas. This will make the Ford F-150 the only half-ton pickup offered in the U.S. market that can run on CNG and LPG.

SSC Ultimate Aero II: More stuff

SSC Ultimate Aero II It’s a completely different ethos to the Bugatti Veyron, but the Shelby Supercars Ultimate Aero has been a thorn in the side of Volkswagen’s ultimate statement almost from the beginning. Not a technical tour de force in the way the Veyron is, the SSC is, nevertheless, an astonishing car. And it’s about to get more astonishing as the SSC Ultimate Aero II draws closer.

1961 Ford Gyron concept scale model sells for $40,000

A scale model of the 1961 Ford Gyron concept has sold at auction for $40,000, around four times its estimate. The space-age concept car – designed by Alex Tremulis, McKinley Thompson, Syd Mead, Bill Dayton, John Najjar, and Elwood Engel – debuted in 1961 at the New York International Auto Show and featured two wheels mounted along the car's centerline, usung a gyroscope for stability. The full-size model – which relied on stabilizing wheels instead of a gyroscope – also predicted the development of satellite navigation systems, car phones and infrared sensing.