Nerf Bars & Running Boards for Sale
- Dee zee dz371523 stainless steel; side steps; 3 in. round; cab length(US $228.54)
- Dee zee dz16261 nxc; running board brace 10-13 4runner(US $138.44)
- Egr 885168 integrated design side step 06-12 rav4(US $359.39)
- Go rhino 6149ps modular 6000 series wheel to wheel sidestep(US $639.35)
- Go rhino spd-3601 replacement step pad(US $21.02)
- Go rhino 650075ps xtreme low profile oe style side bar explorer journey traverse(US $295.32)
Italian design house Bertone nearing bankruptcy
Mon, 17 Mar 2014The Italian design house Bertone is reportedly nearing bankruptcy again, according to a report from Autocar. The carrozzeria has experienced financial problems in 2008 and 2013, and even though it generated more than €20 million, or approximately $28 million, last year, the company reportedly laid off 160 employees recently. At least 30 workers who have been laid off have taken action against the company, seeking to recover monies owed to them.
Crucified cassette, Hindi BMW remix CD and other junkyard musical finds
Mon, 24 Mar 2014In addition to holiday-themed displays assembled by junkyard employees and the occasional sad, flood-victim Volvo Amazon, I frequently find homemade mix CDs and cassette tapes while prowling through wrecking yards. In fact, it would be possible to go into just about any high-inventory-turnover self-service wrecking yard in North America and come away with several dozen such discs and tapes, if anybody ever felt motivated to do such a thing. I haven't, yet.
BMW Z4 GT3 (2011) completes testing
Tue, 12 Apr 2011BMW Motorsport has released pictures of its upgraded Z4 GT3 race car. The 2011 car has completed testing and is available for customer teams. BMW Z4 GT3: the lowdown The Z4 GT3 may look like a regular Z4 that's been attacked by a boy-racer with a carbonfibre and tea-tray rear wing fetish. But under the skin the Z4 GT3 ditches straight-six power for a 4.4-litre motorsport-tuned V8 engine, hooked up to a six-speed racing transmissionBMW Motorsport takes a regular Z4 coupe-cabriolet body shell, and removes the retractable hardtop, bonnet, bootlid, front and rear wings and the bumpers.