| July
2000 News Archives |
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| Michelin
and Goodyear run-flat agreement |
Friday, July 7
Michelin and Goodyear
have announced that they will cooperate to develop Michelin's PAX tire
system. The PAX system is a new design that allows tires to be run at 50
MPH for 100 miles if air pressure is lost. The tires, however, will not
fit on existing wheels and they cannot be changed without new tools.
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| Short
shorts are back |
Friday, July 7
Fox News is reporting that extremely
short shorts, popular in the early 1980s fashion on Daisy Duke, has becoming
popular again. We don't normally run fashion news here on MANLYWEB,
but this is cause for celebration.
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| Lamborghini
Diablo VT |
Friday, July 7
Car and Driver has previewed
the latest Lamborghini Diablo VT. The four-wheel drive Diablo is powered
by a 366 cubic inch, 12-cylinder engine rated at 543 HP. The car has an
estimated top speed of 208 MPH and a price near $300,000.
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| Sam
Adams beats imports |
Friday, July 7
The Boston Beer Company held
a series of blind taste tests in eight US cities. The tests put Sam Adams
against some of the best imported beers, including Guinness,
Corona,
and Heineken. The results indicated
that people preferred the Sam Adams. For example, Sam Adams Cream Stout
was preferred over Guinness 116 to 56.
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| 2001
snowmobile lineup |
Friday, July 14
SnoWest Magazine has a preview
of the sleds coming up for 2001. Arctic Cat has ten new models and four
new engines. Yamaha has some minor changes, including a new dual headlight
on the Mountain Max 700. Polaris is expanding the lightweight Edge chassis
to more models.
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| Kings
of the quarter mile |
Friday, July 14
Road & Track has an
article on the top quarter-mile performance vehicles. The tested models
run the range from a Corvette (12.99 sec @ 110.99 MPG) to top fuel dragsters
(4.51 sec @ 326.67 MPH).
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| Teddy
Roosevelt may get Medal of Honor |
Friday, July 21
Former US president Theodore Roosevelt may receive the Medal of Honor,
the nation's highest military honor. The Army has recommended Roosevelt
be awarded the medal for his actions in Cuba during the Spanish-American
War.
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| John
Deere unveils new logo |
Friday, July 21
Agricultural and industrial equipment manufacturer, Deere
& Company, has unveiled a new logo. The logo is a modification
of their trademark "leaping deer" logo, which has been in use since 1876.
The last logo change was in 1968.
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| Victory
launches in UK |
Friday, July 21
Victory Motorcycles has begun
to sell in the United Kingdom. This marks the first time in over 60 years
that an American motorcycle manufacturer has begun to sell in the UK.
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