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How The Government Shutdown Affects The Automotive Industry

As I am sure most of you know by now, our government shut down at midnight last night due to our elected officials not agreeing on how to fund the government. The last time this happened in 1995, the government was shut down for 21 days. If this government shutdown lasts as long as the…

Alfa Romeo Making a Comeback… Sometime Soon.

Italian automaker Alfa Romeo is planning a big comeback to the United States in 2014, and it’s bringing the 4C. Sometime mid-2014 (we don’t really know exactly when, since it keeps getting delayed), you will be able to pick one of your very own for around $54,000, putting it in the same league as Porsche…

We’re in the San Diego Business Journal — AGAIN!

BuyAutoParts.com made headlines again! This morning, Mike Allen of the San Diego Business Journal released the article, BuyAutoParts.com Delivers on Customer Service, underlining our company’s business strategy and why we’ve been successful thus far. So what were the main points in the article? Here is the shortened version of the topics the SDBJ highlighted, in…

Self-Driving Cars

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk recently made headlines (once again) by telling London’s Financial Times that Tesla should be able to provide a near driverless experience for 90% of the time a car is on the road by 2016. This is the future. Remember those flying cars and everything else in those fictional books and…

Grand Theft Auto V

The newest video game in the Grand Theft Auto franchise was released this past Tuesday the 17th of September and sold an estimated $800 million in worldwide retail sales on its first day. JAW DROPS . This shattered the first day video game release record by about $300 million dollars that was previously held by “Call of…

The Audi Nanuk Concept Car

Every time a major auto show rolls around, a cool concept car makes its way around the internet. Well, the Frankfurt Motor Show produced a concept which I loved, the Audi Nanuk. The internet seems to love it too, as it is being talked about on almost every car blog around. The Frankfurt Motor Show,…

Largest Traffic Accidents in History

Last week in Kent County located in southeast England, a mind boggling chain-reaction car crash involving 130 vehicles ended up injuring about 200 people, 33 of which were hauled off to the hospital. Apparently visibility was poor due to heavy fog and was the primary cause for the huge pile-up. Fog shouldn’t be a surprising…

Uber: The NFL’s Designated Driver

Another NFL athlete is making headlines for a DUI? Well that doesn’t seem too uncommon – the NFL has been plagued by the drunken driving of their athletes since the inception of football. But the NFL and its players association have decided that enough is enough, and are finally taking the steps to strengthen their…

The Speed Channel, Gone Forever

Every car enthusiast loves fast cars, it is an integral part of the fascination we all have in these man-made machines. Recently, the multi-billion dollar media giant, Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. decided to cut out their television channel built around the love for fast cars; The Speed Channel. Check out our performance parts What happened? The…

Dash Cams: Are They Worth the Investment?

YouTube has recently been blasted with crazy dashboard surveillance camera videos, mainly from Russian motorists. It’s become so popular in Russia that nearly 1 in 3 drivers have one installed in their car. The most insane video that I’ve seen recently was a head-on collision between a motorcyclist and an SUV. The video almost seemed…