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Houston Texas Sinkhole Swallows a Kid

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Houston Texas Sinkhole Swallows a Kid

Houston Texas Sinkhole Swallows a Kid

The drought has taken a toll on Texas, including our transportation infrastructure. It’s believed that the dry conditions, mixed with recent rains, caused this massive sinkhole to open up a Houston street.

Standing on the corner, 16 year old Giovanni Long was sucked into this six-foot deep sinkhole. He’s stated “Everything beneath me crumbled. I was trying to dig my way out of the hole, but the ground kept breaking back into me. It’s funny now that I think about it… but when it happened, it was actually scary.”

[source: NBC]

Video – Drag Racing gone wrong:

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Houston Drag Strip - Up in flames

Houston Drag Strip - Up in flames

This video was taken at Houston Motorsport Park of a Dodge going up in flames after crashing. Reports say that the vehicle blew two times: once from the impact of the gas tank and once from the nitrous system. This goes to show that even in a controlled environment, horrible things can happen when it all goes wrong. Continue reading →

Houston, TX Suspect takes cop car for joy ride

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When are police going to learn?
Check out this news story from Houston, abc channel 13, about a suspect stealing a police car and running from the cops.

Suspect takes cop car for joy ride
HOUSTON (KTRK) — You could say it was a bit of an unusual chase on the southeast side Thursday night.

Police found themselves trying to catch up with a man who had just stolen a police car and took if for a joyride. That car and the driver were located in the city of South Houston, but police say what he did on the way there put other people’s lives in danger. It also was a close call for a wrecker driver and a gas station owner after that white stolen cruiser came straight at them.

Pics from the Houston Auto Show

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We recently took a trip to Houston for the annual Houston Auto Show. We had lots of fun with our car enthusiast friends from around Texas. Check out some of the pictures we took at the auto show.

Houston Auto Show Gallery on Facebook.

Houston Parking Lot of the Year

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The Official 2010 Ballot can be found here.

As the nominees are announced, voting can begin. Cast your vote by entering a comment below, by sending Swamplot an email, by Tweeting your choice, or by posting your vote on the wall of Swamplot’s Facebook page. Or by doing all 4! More details about voting rules for this year’s awards are available here.

The nominees for Parking Lot of the Year are . . .

[via swamplot.com]…

Auto Spotters review of the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe

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Cadillac CTS Coupe AutoSpotters

Cadillac CTS Coupe AutoSpotters

Our friends at Auto Spotters have recently took it upon themselves to find a Texas road to rival that of Mulholland Drive. What better car to drive while looking for this road than the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe.

Check out their great post and fantastic pictures:

autospotters

The 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe & Our Search For A Road To Rival Mulholland Drive: In our week long test of the 2011 Cadillac CTS coupe, we found no one likes the look of the car – they either love it or hate it. The majority of people loved it… more

Houston Cars and Coffee

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We have posted a few time here about the Cars and Coffee event held each month here in Dallas, but have yet to attend one of these great events in Houston. Houston is a great automotive city for Texas, and has a rich tradition of auto enthusiast. Houston is home to two LeMons races, and used to be home to an ALMS race. Our friends at AutoSpotters and Speed Sport Life had the opportunity to attend the Houston event, and have shared their pictures and experiences.

Go check them out below. Continue reading →

Hennessey Venom GT

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Hennessey Venom GT

Hennessey Venom GT

Our buddies at Hennessy announced a few years ago that they would be building a supercar of their own. Going from a tuning shop to producing your own supercar doesn’t happen overnight and now almost two years after their announcement they are telling us the car will be debuting at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010.

If you have been following the Venom GT you know it was supposed to be powered by the Viper V10, as Hennessey has a good relation with the Viper brand. We also heard that it would be weighing in at 2700 lbs with a 1,000 horsepower ratting. Now we are hearing a little different, but better, story. Hennessey is now saying that the Venom GT will be powered by a “Hennessey V8” the weight is down to 2400 lbs and horsepower is up to 1,200 bhp. This spectacular looking mid-engine supercar will be able to deliver the goods, but will it make a real splash within the supercar world? That we’ll just have to wait and see…

Let us know what you think!

All New Ferrari 458 Italia

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Ferrari F458 Italia

Ferrari F458 Italia

Italian Super Cars and Texas open roads have been living in harmony for decades now. From the racing Risi Competizione team in American LeMans based out of Houston to the plethora of well off enthusiast all around Texas. Well today is a day of excitement for these people as Ferrari comes out with their latest press release.

There has been a lot of speculation of what will be the next big V8 mid engine car, from Ferrari, would be to replace the F430. Today we have the first public shown images of the all new Ferrari 458 Italia and a few early details. This super car will feature a direct injected 4.5 liter V8 pushing 562 horsepower and 398 lb-ft of torque reaching a massive 9,000 RMP redline.  Weighing in at 3,042 lbs this light weight super car, with the help of the seven speed dual clutch gear box form the California, gets a reasonable 17.1mpg.

No doubt that this will be a quick car, estimates put a 0-62 time at 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 202 mph. in usual Ferrari fashion you get an aluminum chassis and lots of F1 technology packed in and the looks only the Italians can give the world.  There is no pricing information or production numbers released yet but expect this new Ferrari to sell out as soon as they are announced, even in this economy. Expect the car to be shown at this September’s Frankfurt Motor Show.

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[Source: Ferrari]

 

Hennessey Performance News

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When you think of the King of Kings in American after market powerhouse cars you have to consider our very own Houston based Hennessey Performance. With products ranging from Viper, Challenger, Camaro, Corvette, CTS-V, Charger, 300C, Ford GT, GTR’s,  and even working on their own concept super car  it is easy to see how they made this name for themselves. Not only are they producing great new power and designs with the new Camaro they have gone crazy fitting the LS9, Corvette ZR-1, motor into the Camaro pushing 705 horsepower and 717 lb-ft torque.

This car is insane! And we will be keeping you updated on all new news regarding this car! Here are a few Pics and a nice Video. Check out Hennessey’s site at http://www.hennesseyperformance.com

 

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