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Honda's NSX replacement has had several false starts, with the company scrapping the car's design after the public's largely negative response to its Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept, shown at 2007's Detroit Auto Show. Beyond the styling difficulties, ensuring the car will compete successfully with Lexus's LF-A, Nissan's GT-R, and Ferrari and Lamborghini's sport-focused offerings is also taking time. But the company is sure it will do so, and the target date is 2010. Speaking with MotorAuthority, Acura spokesman Mike Spencer confirmed several details of the upcoming NSX replacement. The car...
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Electric Bentley Continental DC wins Greenpower race
Bentley has shown off its green credentials with a win in the Greenpower Corporate Challenge that took place at a race circuit in Goodwood over the weekend. Bentley’s entry in the challenge was the Continental DC (Direct Current), a small single-seater vehicle built out of carbon fiber and...
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Video: Heffner 850HP Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder TT
The Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder is already one of the most desirable cars on the planet with its stunning good looks and monster of an engine. The owner of this Gallardo Spyder, however, just wasn't happy with the stock 500hp 5.0L V10 so decided to call on Heffner performance to add a couple of...
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Updated: 2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse Coupe and Spyder
Updated with high-res images. Images of Mitsubishi’s 2009 model year Eclipse range have turned up just days before the official release of the car at this week’s Chicago Auto Show. The biggest update for the car is the new front end, which sports a revised bumper styled similarly to the...
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Rumor: Next Celica to be made by Subaru
Back in November Toyota’s German Chief Markus Schrick confirmed Toyota was working on several new sports cars including a replacement for the Celica, and now Japanese magazines are claiming the new model will arrive as early as next year. The new car is said to be the joint-effort of a...
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Spyker bringing LWB C8 Laviolette to Geneva
Dutch supercar company Spyker may still be wrestling with its financial demons but that doesn’t mean it won’t be presenting at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. After undergoing a management shakeup and major refinancing, Spyker made the hard decision that it would have to drop plans...
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Despite the recovery plans for GM still in full swing in the United States, the company has managed to have some success in overseas markets. China, in particular, has been an important market where GM exceeded 1m sales for 2007, becoming the first global manufacturer to do so. Just five years ago GM was only selling 100,000 units a year in China, and just two years ago the figure was 500,000. The exponential growth demonstrated in the Chinese market highlight just how powerful the market forces are in such a large developing economy. China has also given new life to the Buick brand, where...
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Honda confirms NSX for 2010
Honda has recently confirmed speculation that its next-gen Acura NSX will arrive over a year later than the expected 2008-2009 timeframe earlier suggested by CEO Takeo Fukui. The news comes after president of Honda America Tetsuo Iwamura let slip that the car will arrive in 2010 and said “we...
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Project Kahn Bentley Continental GTS
Project Kahn’s latest custom kit is the new GTS styling package designed specifically for the Bentley Continental GT ultra-luxury coupe. When creating the new kit, designers were looking to improve on the sporting image of the GT but at the same time conserve the bespoke look of the car. The...
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Edo Competition boosts the Porsche Carrera GT
Porsche’s ultimate Carrera GT may no longer be in production but that hasn’t stopped one of Germany’s most reputable aftermarket tuners developing a range of performance upgrades for the uber Porsche. Edo Competition now offers three power stages for the Carrera GT, with 670, 715...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Spyker drops C12, focusing on C8 and new SSUV
Spyker’s poor financial situation has forced it to drop plans for several new models and instead focus on just two cars, the C8 and upcoming four-door D12 Super Sport Utility Vehicle (SSUV). The C8 will still be available as the convertible Spyder as well as the Laviolette glass-roofed...
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Gemballa Mirage GT, now with added glitter
Having previously drooled over this hardcore Carrera GT modification we were shocked to discover someone had taken advantage of the company’s extensive individualization program and decided to coat the car with black paint and glitter. Gemballa says it’s the 11th car of a limited...
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Hot on the heels of last week's reveal of the Le MANSory Conti GTC at the Frankfurt Motor Show comes the new Birkin Edition GT convertible from rival tuner MTM. Not wanting to distort the classic lines of the standard model, tuners added only a few minor touches to the exterior such as the new boot lid and chunky 21in alloy wheels. Most of the changes were reserved for the mechanical package, with an entire range of power upgrades now available for the GTC. The spectrum ranges from optimized programming of the ECU through to the complete conversion of the engine. For its entry-level mod, MTM...
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Toyota R&D Chief talks up new sports car
Despite record sales Toyota is still without a low priced sports car, something its other Japanese rivals are so well-known for. This year saw it retire the mid-engined MR2 two-seater, the last of a trio of sporty cars that also included the Supra, and the slightly less focused Celica. However...
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Porsche claims new GT2 will lap Nordschleife in 7:32
The official brochure for Porsche’s new 997 GT2 was leaked last month, revealing most of the general details about the super-coupe as well as a few crucial tidbits that have been overlooked until now. As outlined in the brochure, Porsche’s claim for the GT2’s lap time of the...
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F1 cars net $6m at Ferrari auction, 1962 330 TRI/FM Testa Rosa Spyder nets $10m
The sale of four modern formula one Ferraris contributed a further $6m to the Italian team's budget at the weekend. The famous marque held a Sotheby's auction at its Maranello headquarters on Sunday, where the more expensive of the red race cars - the last single seater raced by Michael Schumacher...
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Cadillac to drop STS and DTS sedans?
The Cadillac lineup is in for possible shakeup with a basic case of in with the new and out with the old. The first to go would be the FWD DTS. Despite being one of its best sellers, the DeVille successor doesn’t point to the direction Cadillac execs are hoping to take the brand in. The...
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eBay watch: Porsche Carrera GT from the film Redline
There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding the movie Redline. Who could forget the bizarre Ferrari Enzo crash caught on video with one of the film’s actors, comedian Eddie Griffin, behind the wheel. That car, along with this Porsche Carrera GT, was owned by the movie’s producer...
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Despite the advances in safety technology over the years for light vehicles, a recent study has found that larger, heavier vehicles have had the lowest death rates. The findings come from a study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the US and is based on crash data for 2001-04 model car and trucks. The Institute found the Chevrolet Astro van to be safest model with only seven deaths per million registered vehicle years, while the 2WD Chevrolet Blazer two-door fared the worse with 232 deaths per million registered vehicle years. According to Automotive News, the majority...
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Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept
Acura’s Advanced Sports Car Concept has finally been revealed, a car whose styling hints at the next generation NSX supercar that’s expected to be displayed at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show. The Acura concept showcases a new high-tech look for exotic sports cars, and is designed to...
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More on the Gemballa Mirage GT
We've already reported on Gemballa's stunning Mirage GT "Black Edition" but if you want something a little more refined you might want to take a look at the standard Mirage GT, which looks just as good in white. By modifying the engine management electronics, Gemballa has been able to squeeze out a...
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Carrera GT goes bye-bye
Yes, we know we have a car crash fetish, but according to the page view statistics, so do you. This time the accident involved a silver Porsche Carrera GT that ran off a road and crashed head-on into a telegrapgh pole. Images of the crash site have been posted on a North American Lotus Elise forum...
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The stunning Giugiaro designed Mustang concept
Fabrizio Giugiaro of Italy’s Italdesign studio fell in love with the new Mustang when he first laid eyes upon it. He was so taken with its classic styling and muscular appearance that he contacted Ford’s VP of design, J Mays, in early 2005 to talk about doing an Italian job of the car...
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Blast from the past: Veritas RS3
Veritas was a small German company formed towards the end of WWII by three employees of BMW, who wanted a brand to fulfill their dream of building and racing sports cars. Under the Veritas label, they managed to build 75 cars before the company went bust in 1952. Their most famous car is easily the...
James Martinez