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AUTOS: Best Of The Web
Your weekly car-guy guide to the many auto obsessions on the Internet.
Bob Golfen  |  Posted February 07, 2013   Phoenix, AZ
The Kia Cross GT concept was unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show. (Photo: Kia)
News from Chi-Town
Autoweek has compiled the new-vehicle and concept debuts from the just-started Chicago Auto Show, all in one place just to make it easy. Check out: Package Deal.

Peeling out
RM Auctions is promoting its sale of the teeny vehicles from the Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum in Georgia on Feb. 15 and 16 with such videos as this one, showing a highly dramatic drag race between a Peel P50 midget car and a Ford Shelby GT350. Check out: Close Race.

More Weiner cars
Read all about the auction of Bruce Weiner’s obsessive microcar collection on the Sports Car Digest website. Click on the links for a complete look at this too-much-fun bunch of really-little cars and related automobilia. Check out: Tiny Bubbles.

Not quite right
While the striking design of the 2014 Corvette is almost universally loved, there are those who get queasy looking at its squared-off taillights because it’s a break from the Corvette round-taillight tradition. SO, an Italian company is gauging interest in a retro-rear treatment that will return the new Corvette to those thrilling days of yesteryear. Bonus: Learn Italian! Check out: Square Deal.

Girls and cars
OK, this site has about a zillion photos, at least, of seriously fine babes at auto events around the world, if you have a few hours to spend gawking and I’m sure you do. Check out: Babes Galore.

Country Road
Here’s what it looks like when Formula Drift pro Ryan Tuerck takes a drive on a country road in this gorgeously photographed video (full screen and high def are musts). Tuerck’s skill is guaranteed to make you feel inadequate. Check out: Between the Trees.

Flipped out!
We all know that Local Motors’ Rally Fighter is one tough off-road cookie, but this determined competition driver shows how it can shake off just about anything and keep going. Check out: On a Roll.

Bob Golfen, Automotive Editor for SPEED.com, is a veteran auto writer based in Phoenix, Arizona, with a passion for collector cars, car culture and the automotive lifestyle. SPEED.com fans can email Bob Golfen at
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