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This sorry looking Lamborghini Murcielago is the result of a fire that engulfed the $350,000 supercar earlier today in Brooklyn, New York. The car was stolen by two men who were seen fleeing from the vehicle moments before it caught on fire. It’s a well known fact that Lamborghinis are prone to catching on fire but it’s not clear whether the men who stole the vehicle were responsible for torching it or if the car went up in flames all on its own. As reported on MotorAuthority.com last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has made a recall for 2007 and 2008...
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Protesters Burn More Than 200 Luxury Cars In Berlin
The areas where the cars were attacked were formerly mostly blue-collar but have seen increasing gentrification and big rent increases over recent years.
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Snoop Dogg's 1967 Cadillac, aka Brown Sugar
An item on one of our sister sites here at the High Gear Media global nerve center rags on a Detroit News piece yesterday that mixes up a Cadillac and a Lincoln. We're more interested in the car itself. It's a decked-out 1967 Cadillac owned by rap star and sometime-Chrysler-spokesman Snoop Dogg...
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Rats blamed for a Ferrari's fiery demise
Walking the tightrope of packaging, power and technology the way exotic carmakers like Ferrari and Lamborghini do is a delicate act. Sometimes that act comes tumbling down, occasionally in a ball of flame. This week in Moscow, however, it's rats that are taking the blame. Yes, rodents are bearing...
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Fifth Gear Presenter Injured In Caparo T1 Fire: Video
The Caparo T1 supercar is in the final rounds of its testing phase but it appears developers still have some major bugs to iron out. While driving one of the final prototypes, British Touring Car Championship driver and Fifth Gear presenter Jason Plato was hurt when the car’s engine burst...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Corvette Z06 Up In Smoke
One day you’re driving down the highway when all of a sudden you pass a Corvette Z06 and you say to yourself “that’s pretty cool.” Then you realize that the car you just passed is actually on fire. That’s exactly what happened to one motorist, and he even managed to...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran