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...various vehicle lines. The naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine delivers 177-horsepower and 166 lb. ft of torque. According to Road & Track, it propels the Solstice from zero-to-60 in 7.2 seconds. But the engine feels inadequate at highway speeds. Flooring the throttle at 60 m.p.h. in 5th gear produced not a roar but a gentle puff of speed-embarrassing in a car with pretenses to sprightliness. While the vehicle cornered adequately, thanks to the rear-wheel architecture, it did not feel nimble. Perhaps that won't be a deal-killer to most folks. But if you crave speed...
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Nothing says Back To School like some hot-ass gear. Most people come back to school looking like Page 5 from the J. Crew catalog. Wait ’til you’re 40, player. For seniors, this might be the last time in our lives when the words “Back To School” will really mean anything. Depending on your career aspirations, this may be the last year when rocking a new Boomer Esiason throwback and some boxfresh Air Force 1s can still be considered a power move.[2] And if that doesn?...
...Rarely has a disaster-in-the-making been so widely televised-or gracefully avoided-as last week's EMERGENCY LANDING of JetBlue flight 292, whose front landing gear became twisted just after taking off from Burbank, California, en route to New York. Pilot Scott Burke landed safely in Los Angeles by keeping the damaged nosewheel up as long as possible, before dropping it to the tarmac-sparking flames but nothing worse. "I am so glad we got that guy," said passenger Alexandra Jacobs. "I just want to give him a big wet smooch...
...emergency landing of JetBlue flight 292 at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday showed off that training. The landing gear on the Airbus A320 airplane got stuck on takeoff out of southern California headed for New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. As TV networks locked on to the stricken plane as it circled over Los Angeles and viewers stomachs knotted as they understood that they might be preparing to watch passengers fly to their deaths, the pilots discussed how to handle the problem with company headquarters in New York and technicians from the airplane's manufacturer in France...