Annotated Bibliography Kearns, Emily (2013). Car Modi i!ation" A #ehi!le or $el E%pression. &ndergrad'ate (e)ie*, +, 1,0-1,3.

Emily Kerns began the arti!le e%plaining ho* !ar modi i!ation, any .ind o !hange rom a!tory to a termar.et !ar parts, !o'ld be !onsidered a type o modern ol.lore. $he des!ribed *hat the typi!al de inition o ol.lore, /a physi!al ob0e!t and has been !hanged rom its original orm to e%press the spe!i i! intentions o the o*ner.1 (Kerns 1,0) $he then goes on to des!ribe ho* there are three di erent types o ol.lore, material, )o!al, and !'stomary and e%plaining ho* !ar modi i!ation is a orm o material ol.lore. 2er main resear!h !omes rom a personal inter)ie* *ith her mother3s boy riend *ho is an a)id !ar enth'siast. 4his pie!e is signi i!ant to my resear!h be!a'se it sho*s the type o dedi!ation and o)erall lo)e or e)erything a'tomoti)e that a !ar enth'siast *o'ld ha)e. 4he arti!le goes into detail abo't ho* the inter)ie*ee has the .ind o lo)e or his !ar that a person *o'ld ha)e or their a)orite st' ed animal, altho'gh 5 thin. the emotion goes m'!h deeper than that.

67ros and Cons to 5mport Car 4'ning.6 CarsDirect. 8.p., 2, 9an. 2012. :eb. 2; <eb. 201=. >http"??***.!arsdire!t.!om?!ar-b'ying?pros-and-!ons-to-import-!ar-t'ning@. 4his arti!le tal.s abo't the positi)e and negati)e !onseA'en!es o import t'ning, *hi!h is the same thing as modi ying a !ar b't it is more spe!i i! *ith the !ar stri!tly being an import. An import !ar is a !ar made in a di erent !o'ntry than a person3s gi)en !o'ntry. 5mport t'ning has it3s 'ps, /By impro)ing the all aro'nd per orman!e o yo'r )ehi!le, yo' !an greatly in!rease the en0oyment *hen dri)ing as *ell as potentially in!rease sa ety and predi!tability *hen done properly.1 (Cars Bire!t, 1) tho'gh it also has it3s do*ns /Cne o the biggest disad)antages to import t'ning, aside rom its sometimes prohibiti)e !ost, is the e e!t i has on resale )al'e.1 (Cars Bire!t,1) 4his arti!le is help 'l *ith my paper be!a'se it gi)es a non-biased point o )ie* o import t'ning and helps simpli y e%pressions or non-!ar enth'siasts to 'nderstand.

$te)e. 6$tyle to Do" 1E E%amples C A*esome A'tomoti)e Art F &rbanist.6 WebUrbanist RSS. 8.p., 31 9'ly 200+. :eb. 2; <eb. 201=. >http"??*eb'rbanist.!om?200+?0,?31?paint-yo'r*agons-1E-e%amples-o -a*esome-a'tomoti)e-art?@. 4his arti!le tal.s abo't !ar modi i!ation as a orm o art and personal e%pression. 4he arti!le sho*s pi!t'res o )ario's !ars that ha)e been !'stomiGed by reg'lar people and e)en artists. /Both 'll-siGe !ars and o'rteen 1"= s!ale 8e* Beetles *ere da'bed 'p or display in a tra)eling sho* to help promote the 200H Bei0ing Clympi!s.1($te)e 1) 4his is a good e%ample o a !ar !ompany going o't o their *ay to appeal to the !reati)e side o their !'stomers. 4his *ill

help *ith my paper by sho*ing that !'stomiGation is not 'n!ommon e)en at a sto!. !ar per orman!e le)el, that there are many *ays or !ar !ompanies to indi)id'aliGe and !'stomiGe di erent !ars or them to be more appealing to di erent people. 4here is also an e%ample o a emale dri)er *ho painted her !ar and three others she des!ribes the pro!ess as /Creating art ills me *ith an 'ns'rpassable 0oy. 4he psy!hedeli! and s'rreal A'alities o my *or. en!o'rage the )ie*er to e%plore other pla!es beyond their imagination.1($te)e 1)

2ammond, (i!hard. 6(i!hard 2ammond.6 BBC Top Gear. 8.p., 2; 9'ly 2011. :eb. 2; <eb. 201=. >http"??***.topgear.!om?'.?ri!hard-hammond?ri!hard-hammond-!ol'mn-0'ly2011-0,-2;@. 4his arti!le is parti!'larly interesting and signi i!ant to my paper be!a'se the a'thor is one o the people *ho *as a host on the 4.#. sho* 5 did or my irst assignment. 2e tal.s abo't one o his old Iand (o)er3s that he has p't tho'sands o dollars into and the a!t that it did not ride as *ell as a sto!. Iand (o)er. /:ally-!ar - an entirely boggo 110 $tation :agon *hi!h seats 12, has a 300 4di engine and totally standard spe!i i!ation (apart rom pat!hes o r'st aro'nd e)ery single ri)et holding the body to the largely r'ined !hassis and all the other little s!rapes and dings that yo' too *o'ld a!!'m'late a ter 21,,000 miles) - elt better than my hea)ily modi ied Iand (o)er.1 (2ammond 1) 4his is signi i!ant be!a'se it sho*s that there is a rhyme and reason or *hat the engineers at di erent a'tomoti)e man' a!t'rers do. 4hey !reate these !ars *ith spe!i i! spe!i i!ations be!a'se it *as or still is the best that they had to o er as a design.

J'anAing, $'n. 6#ehi!le Modding 8o Ionger All-boys Cl'b.6 [1]-boys Club. 8.p., 2 $ept. 2013. :eb. 2H <eb. 201=. >http"??***.!hinadaily.!om.!n?biG!hina?motoring?20130+?02?!ontentK1;+3;=10.htm@. 4his arti!le tells 's abo't *omen modi ying !ars in China and *hat others they done to e%press themsel)es. /Modi ied !ars ha)e be!ome not only a part o :'Ls li estyle b't also an inspiration or artisti! e%pression. $he re!ently *rote a song titled Bream based on ho* she trans ormed a 4oyota (eiG !ar to a mo)ing m'si! esti)al. 4o add a to'!h o lair, it has also been re itted *ith 20-in!h *heel h'bs, *hi!h *or. together *ith a B2 pne'mati! s'spension system to allo* the )ehi!le to lie lat on the gro'nd, trans orming the !ar into a mobile #57 room.1 (J'anging 1) :' has modi ied her !ar not only the so'nd system that !ame in her Camery b't also s'spension, *hi!h is the !omponent o a !ar that determines ho* high or lo* and ho* so t or sti the !ar rides. 2er s'spension in parti!'lar is the same .ind o s'spension that 5 ha)e on my !ar e%!ept her ride height, ho* lo* or high the !ar is, is ad0'stable on the inside o the !ar and !an !hange at the p'sh o a b'tton. 5n the arti!le it does not tell abo't *hat .ind o *heels she has b't *heels is a h'ge part o !ar modi i!ationM it3s one o the !heaper and easier things to do or someone 0'st getting started.

6AnalyGing and Comparing 5mport Car 7er orman!e.6 CarsDirect. 8.p., 2, <eb. 2012. :eb. 2H <eb. 201=. >http"??***.!arsdire!t.!om?!ar-b'ying?analyGing-and-!omparing-import-!arper orman!e@. 4his arti!le is a good e%ample o ho* to analyGe and di erentiate import !ar per orman!e. 5t to'!hes on the e%terior, horsepo*er, interior, and !ar handling. 4he e%terior o the !ar is )ery importantM it !an ha)e signi i!ant e e!ts on the aerodynami!s o a !ar and 'ltimately determine *hether a !ar sa)es a e* se!onds. 2orsepo*er is )ery, i not the most important part o !ar t'ning. 5t is the amo'nt o po*er that gets a person rom point a to point b. 4he higher the po*er to *eight ratio is the aster the !ar *ill be. 5n order to ha)e this .ind o po*er the engine needs to ha)e a solid o'ndation that !onsists o small bolt on parts and goes all the *ay to di erent .inds o !am gears and pistons. 4he interior o a !ar is a pla!e *here enth'siasts !an get !reati)e *ith their !ars. Any*here rom re'pholstering seats to di erent lights and ga'ges !an be done to the interior. A lot o people determine *hat they *ant to do *ith their !ars be ore getting to serio's abo't the interior be!a'se o the *eight di eren!e it !o'ld ma.e on the tra!.. 2andling is the same thing as the s'spension o the !ar. 4his *as e%plained in the notation abo)e.

4s'neishi, $!ott. 6K-7o*ered - &nder 4he 2ood.6 Import Tuner. 8.p., 1E Mar. 2012. :eb. 2H <eb. 201=. >http"??***.importt'ner.!om?te!h?imppK1203K.Kpo*eredK'nderKtheKhood?@. 4his is an arti!le that spe!i i!ally deals *ith 2onda K-$eries motors and *hat the a'thor and other b'siness partners did to b'ild this motor. 4his arti!le *ill help *ith my paper by des!ribing the pro!ess o b'ilding a 2onda K-$eries !ar and the di erent tro'bles the b'ilders *ent thro'gh to ma.e this happen. /K-$eries has been .no*n to ma.e more reliable horsepo*er in bigger n'mbers than the B-$eries engine. 5t has dominated in e)erything rom p'rpose-b'ilt A'arter-mile drag !ars to the !hampionship-!ontending Compass 3;0( Ci)i!, *hi!h !ompetes in both the Drand-Am3s Continental 4ire $ports Car Challenge and $CCA 7ro3s :orld Challenge.1 (4s'neishi 1) 4his arti!le tells a lot o abo't the K- $eries engine and *hat it3s predi!esor *as and dis!'sses *hat the ne%t step or the K- $eries and 2onda. <'llerton, 9'lianne E. 6Assignment Cne.6 Assi nment !ne 1st ser. 1.1 (201=)" 1-1E. 7rint 4his paper *ill help me *ith my other paper by gi)ing me re eren!es to di erent .inds o !ars that ha)e been tal.ed abo't on 4op Dear. 5 !an 'se these !ars and re eren!e them or their design and ho* it impa!ted the o)erall t'rn o't o the !ar. /4hen 2ammond ta.es 's into his re)ie* o the 7agani 2'arya. 2e goes into )ery des!ripti)e detail on the !ar and on!e he is done *ith the re)ie* he tal.s more abo't the !ar *ith Clar.son.1 (<'llerton 1) 4hese obser)ations *ill help *ith my pro0e!t by enabling me to tal. abo't design openly and !reati)ely e%press to my a'dien!e the lo)e and passion p't into e)ery b'ild. 5 *ill also be able to 'se the inter)ie*ee3s as so'r!es to sho* their e%pression o !ar modi i!ation and *hat it means to them.

Elias, Mar.. 65nter)ie*" Iamborghini 7resident and CEC $tephan :in.elmann.6 "e#t"ane $e%s RSS. Ie tIane 8e*s, 1; $ep, 200+. :eb. 20 Mar. 201=. >http"??***.le tlanene*s.!om?inter)ie*-lamborghini-president-and-!eo-stephan*in.elmann.html@. 4his arti!le is important to my paper be!a'se it gi)es in ormation abo't Iamborghini as an import and !oming rom the a!tory sto!.. 4he a'thor goes into the design o the !ar and some o its ma0or spe!s. /5tLs 1.1-million E'ros, pl's ta%esN 4hatLs O1.;-million &$B. And *e are going to anno'n!e 1E 'nits. 5tLs a sil)er !ar *ith a little to'!h o beige in it. 5t is a matte inish, 'lly loaded, no options. 5t is li.e the !o'pe, b't *e did a lot on the engine bonnet, itLs )ery di erent, the !olors o the interior are di erent, so its !olor and trim, or s're, are a se%ier !olor. 5tLs a pie!e o art.1(Elias 1) by 'sing this it adds to my arg'ment that !ars !an be l'%'rio's, sporty, and not boring. 5t also demonstrates that the CEC o Iamborghini sees that his !ompany3s !ar is a *or. o art. 5t is an e%pression o the history and heritage o Iamborghini *ith a modern t*ist. <ig're 1 Bantone, 9oe. Stnrrs&'. 2010. <atla!e.!om. (at"ace. :eb. 2; Mar. 201=. >http"?? atla!e.!om?2010?0H?rs%-st'nnr?@. <ig're 2 Dubbin))*. 2011. #:#orte%.!om. +W +orte&. :eb. 2; Mar. 201=. >http"?? or'ms.)*)orte%.!om?sho*thread.phpPE=,,313-<s-*tt-baller-me%i-po.eriiimmmssN@. <ig're 3 5 made this meme mysel "Q