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List: The Top Ten Motorcycle Helmets by Owner Satisfaction

J.D. Power and Associates has recently completed a customer survey, which asks users which motorcycle helmets are the most satisfying. While we tend to be pretty satisfied by any helmet that keeps our brains soundly inside of our heads, The JDP folks clearly chose to dig deeper. The survey measured satisfaction based on three key factors: ventilation, face shield, and design and styling. Helmet owners were asked for ratings on eleven attributes:

By Bradley Iger | May 27, 2009

List: Ten of Our Favorite Motorcycles from the Movies

Behold our incomplete list of our favorite motorcycles in the movies. We limited our list to ten, so we know there are scores of other bikes from movies we didn’t mention (Purple Rain, On Any Sunday, Officer and a Gentleman, Blade II, Mask, etc.)

By Corey Rueth | April 29, 2009

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List: New GM/Segway PUMA and other Personal Mobility Vehicles

In the spirit of desperation innovation, General Motors and Segway unveiled their joint personal mobility vehicle project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility) prototype in New York. The two-seated vehicle will feature the two-wheel balancing technology of the Segway, as well as connectivity between other PUMAs that will enhance safety and communication while zipping around town.

By Corey Rueth | April 07, 2009

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List: Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles Throughout History

We love cars here at NextAutos. We also love barbeques. We especially love barbeque cars. It should make sense, then, with barbeque season fast approaching, that we find ourselves daydreaming about hot dogs.

By Corey Rueth | March 26, 2009

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List: Top 10 Sporting BMWs Of The Past 50 Years

We’re right on the heels of getting the first drive impressions about BMW’s latest Z4 hardtop roadster. Because of this, we began to think about the sporty, road-going BMWs of the past and how there have been a few really great cars that have come from the fine folks in Munich. Thus, we present our list of the top ten sporty BMW’s from the last fifty years.

By Guest Contributor | March 19, 2009

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List: The Top 10 Most Futile Formula 1 Teams of All-Time

Ross Brawn—former technical director of the highly successful Ferrari Formula 1 team and last year’s Team Principal at Honda F1—announced last week that he had bought out the former Honda team, restyling the outfit as the Brawn GP team.

By Bradley Iger | March 11, 2009

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List: Ten Great Concepts from Geneva Motor Show History

With the Geneva Motor Show opening its doors to the press for the 79th time this week, we thought it appropriate to compile a list of some of our favorite cars from the show throughout the decades. Geneva’s reputation for being a styling showcase has lead to some fascinating launches through the years, with production and concept cars that are at the bleeding edge of European design.

By Bradley Iger | March 02, 2009

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List: Ten GM Performance Cars That Will Never Exist

The news has already broken that GM is putting all of its high-performance vehicles (save the Corvette) on an indefinite hold, so don’t expect to see anything new with an SS or V badge on it. That’s right — all SS-badged Chevys, V-series Cadillacs, and eight-cylinder Colorados are being suspended until further notice, leaving GM to instead focus on fuel-efficient offerings and bringing up the overall quality on its bread-and-butter models.

By Jeff Sexton | February 19, 2009

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List: The Legacy of “Maximum” Bob Lutz in Seven Parts

With the recent announcement of Bob Lutz’s impending retirement from General Motors as Vice Chairman of Global Product Development, we thought it would be time to take a look at a few of the things for which Maximum Bob will be remembered.

By Corey Rueth | February 11, 2009

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List: Top Ten Most Beautiful Subarus (In No Particular Order)

“Beautiful” may not be the first word that comes to mind when one thinks of Subaru vehicles throughout history. If you’re like us, though, these cars have some sort of affinity that reaches beyond mere looks. Whether one defines beauty as physical or, well, something else, we at NextAutos agree that these are the Ten Most Beautiful Subarus (in no particular order).

By Corey Rueth | January 28, 2009

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List: A Dozen Movie Star Corvettes

Most of us will agree that Chevrolet’s Corvette has been an automotive star since day one. That stardom has been borne out in Hollywood over the years, where filmmakers have chosen to give Corvettes prominent roles in their films for upwards of fifty years. Thanks to the twin magical resources of the Internet Movie Database , and the too often overlooked Internet Movie Car Database , we’ve been able to compile a list of a dozen notable Vettes as seen on the silver screen. Our list is by no means complete (as we’re sure you’ll point out) but it’s a pretty entertaining browse at any rate. Click through the gallery above to relive the memories and then tell us what you think, in comments.

By Bradley Iger | December 17, 2008

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List: Five Cars that Should/Could Be Better with New Parents

With great cars sometimes being products of an inspired idea, a singular vision, or a focused effort from a few dedicated people, it’s far too often that we see mismanagement or a loss of focus dim an otherwise bright star. For those vehicles (or sometimes whole brands) we can’t help but imagine what they would be like under more synergistic management conditions.

By Bradley Iger | December 08, 2008

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List: The Five Most Muscular Cars You Can Buy

When it comes to getting customers interested in a vehicle of a performance oriented nature, one of the sexiest numbers an automaker has at its disposal is the horsepower figure. The other end of the power equation, that deliciously shadowed figure measured in foot-pounds, is too often obscured. So when engines like the free-revving unit in BMW’s M5 (for instance) make eye-popping 500 horsepower numbers, we tend to forget that their smaller displacement, frenetic characters also mean that torque (383 pound-feet in the M’s case) is in shorter supply.

By Bradley Iger | December 03, 2008

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List: Top Ten 300 Horsepower Cars for Under $10,000

Not so many years ago, cars that produced 300 horsepower or more were considered rather rare and desirable things. Generally only the top tier of sports car or the very most posh boulevardiers had engines that could muster such prodigious output, and the price tags of the vehicles reflected it.

By Bradley Iger | November 16, 2008

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List: Ten Cars That Looked Better Before Their Makeovers

Most of the time, when an automaker completely overhauls one of their models, it’s a good step forward for not only the car, but for the brand it represents. However, there are other times where the design teams make some questionable decisions and the new products end up looking worse than their predecessors.

By Jeff Sexton | October 22, 2008

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List: Car Doors Throughout the Ages

Used almost completely without thought by most of us every day, the humble car door has taken on a remarkable number of forms and functions throughout the years. Click through the gallery above to see a sampling of them – both banal and bizarre – and then tell us which we’ve forgotten, in comments.

By Bradley Iger | August 27, 2008

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List: Ten Driving Video Games We’ll Never Stop Playing

Thousands of video games are developed each year but truly impressive driving games remain relatively rare in the world. We may be a little on the picky side when it comes to our motoring entertainment, but we just can’t stomach the idea of forcing our way through a title like Hot Wheels Ultimate Racing (seriously bad) when there are Pole Positions in the world.

By Bradley Iger | August 04, 2008

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List: Ten Forgotten Small Cars (Now with Bonus Car!)

Talk about new and better small car offerings for the North American market is thick in the air these days, and while it’s true that many of the best compact offerings have been only sold abroad throughout the years, there are more than a few cars that have been simply forgotten about.

By Bradley Iger | July 31, 2008

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List: Top Ten Cars that Look Great in Bizarre Colors

It’s no easy job to design a car that most people will agree is attractive. Start to throw wild shades of paint into the mix and the job becomes exponentially harder. While it’s safe to say that Jaguar’s XKE is a stunningly beautiful car, we’d imagine that Atomic Orange might be a tough sell to Jag owners when it comes time for new paint.

By Bradley Iger | July 23, 2008

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List: Top 11 Animal-Themed Vehicle Names of All Time

Manufacturers have long relied on symbolism to push their metal on the public, hoping to create a long-lasting connection between their vehicles and a commonly understood concept. No stronger does this play out than in the name of the vehicle itself, where car makers have looked to animal names to imbue a set of characteristics not captured by the spec sheet alone.

By Guest Contributor | July 17, 2008

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List: New GM/Segway PUMA and other Personal Mobility Vehicles

List: Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles Throughout History

List: Top 10 Sporting BMWs Of The Past 50 Years

List: The Top 10 Most Futile Formula 1 Teams of All-Time

List: Ten Great Concepts from Geneva Motor Show History

List: Ten GM Performance Cars That Will Never Exist

List: The Legacy of “Maximum” Bob Lutz in Seven Parts

List: Top Ten Most Beautiful Subarus (In No Particular Order)

List: A Dozen Movie Star Corvettes

List: Five Cars that Should/Could Be Better with New Parents

List: The Five Most Muscular Cars You Can Buy

List: Top Ten 300 Horsepower Cars for Under $10,000

List: Ten Cars That Looked Better Before Their Makeovers

List: Car Doors Throughout the Ages

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List: Ten Forgotten Small Cars (Now with Bonus Car!)

List: Top Ten Cars that Look Great in Bizarre Colors

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