2010
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A week ago we brought you the first images of a Ferrari 458 Italia that had been burned so completely that it literally melted the entire car into a pile of dull white aluminum and steel. Today, photos of the fire in progress show the car as it slowly turns from one work of modern art into another. Depressing, disturbing, and just plain sad, the images start with the car already mostly engulfed in flames--flames which appear to have started in the same place as a least one other burned Ferrari, right over the driver's side rear fender, in the engine bay. The progression then leads us to a car...
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Video: Mysterious Ferrari Prototype Spied In Maranello
It’s not unusual to see Ferrari prototypes rolling around the hills of Maranello as the Italian city is home to the supercar manufacturer’s factory, but every now and then something very unusual crops up and grabs our attention. In this case, a mysterious prototype was captured on film just a...
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Today In Celebrity Beverages: Ice-T, Coco Pulled Over For Not Wearing Seat Belts
Dear Ice-T: Yes, you have to wear a seatbelt, even though you cart around your own set of airbags. (Tell Coco we said "hi"!) xoxo Your Friends at CelebsAndCars.com P.S. Is it ironic that you and Coco were pulled over shortly after competing in a rally sponsored by Amp energy drinks? Was that a...
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Dodge reveals Mopar '10 Challenger
Earlier this month Dodge announced a new, special edition 2010 Challenger from Mopar dubbed the Mopar '10 Challenger. Today, we get the full photos of the car along with the details. The Mopar '10 Challenger's package is simple enough: priced from $38,000 for the auto or $39,000 for the manual, and...
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Audi Sells Two Million Vehicles In U.S.
Audi began selling cars in the U.S. 40 years ago and over that time has managed to accumulate a total of two million sales, an achievement it actually reached last month. The milestone came in late June with the sale of a 2010 Audi A3 TDI to a customer at Keyes Audi in Van Nuys, California. Audi of...
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A Moment Of Silence: Ferrari 458 Italia Utterly Destroyed By Fire
This marks the fifth known 458 Italia casualty, and the second from fire.
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Corvette's ZR1 is the most performance for the dollar in most books, and it's available for 0% APR or with cash back.
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Warning: January Jones Is Now Driving A Land Rover LR2
It's a good thing January Jones (allegedly) dodged that (alleged) DUI a couple of weeks ago. Otherwise, she and maybekindasorta current boyfriend Jason Sudeikis would've had to take a cab on their most recent date/non-date to a friend's birthday party. Well, unless Jason has a driver's license. And...
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Special Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Convertible Built For Top Dealer
Production of the Dodge Viper finally came to a close at Chrysler’s Conner Avenue plant in Michigan earlier this month and to mark the historic event Dodge released a string of special edition Vipers based on the very last SRT10 and ACR models. The special edition models were designed and...
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Gone In 60 Seconds: Ferrari 458 Italia Burns In Paris
The near-new car proves Ferrari still has a hot streak.
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Video: Developing The Aston Martin Rapide
The video shows the Rapide in various stages of development, almost all of them beautiful.
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We Bring You Great Tidings Of Manny Ramirez's Porsche
And yea, it came to pass in the year of our Lord and Lady Gaga 2010 that Manny "Poopy Pants" Ramirez, multiple Silver Slugger and erstwhile doper, did solemnly and graciously sacrifice his prized 1994 Porsche 911 to eBay, with proceeds divided, like the waters of the great Red Sea, to charities of...
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The Dodge Brand president and CEO hits up the track where the Viper Cup ran its first two races.
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Coco Shows Us Where The Rubber Meets The Road
Yesterday, our colleagues at Jalopnik ran a piece about J.F. Musial helping Ice-T change a tire on his Aston Martin Vantage during the Amp Energy Bullrun. Ray Wert added: "That same tire...blew again today outside Iowa City on the way to Omaha. The man is having an unlucky couple days when it comes...
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Beyonce Almost Earns Her Halo For Real-Real
This, friends, is a cautionary tale, and one that makes it all too clear that the world would be a better place if everyone drove supercars. Lend an ear. Last week, Beyonce and hubby Jay-Z were tooling around London in a Mercedes-Benz S-Class. (Clearly, his love affair with the Jaguar XJ has gone...
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Dodge Viper Cup Wraps First Weekend
The first Dodge Viper Cup weekend saw two different winners in the first two races.
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Video: Mopar '10 Challenger Details
The Mopar '10 Challenger delivers a Mopar-flavored take on the 2010 Dodge Challenger.
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Warm up those DVRs, as what may be the fastest spec series in the world is about to take the green flag. The Dodge Viper Cup series will hit the track for its inaugural race at VIR this weekend. Each car in the series is a purpose-built Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR-X, 640 horsepower and 605 pound-feet of torque from its massive 8.4-liter V-10 engine. The car weighs 160 pounds less than the production model, and features a full aerodynamic package to improve downforce at high speeds. In short, they're monsters, and should make for some brilliant racing on the track. This weekend will actually see the...
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Driven: 2010 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 Sport
The Mazdaspeed3 is the most fun you can get in a hot hatch in the U.S.
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Fifth-Generation BMW M5 Ends Production After Record Sales
BMW has always stood by the high-rev philosophy for delivering power from its M engines, launching one of the most vaunted powertrains around in the form of the 5.0-liter V-10 from the current generation M5. However, future BMW powertrains will be downsized in an effort to improve fuel-efficiency...
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Dodge Mopar '10 Challenger Preview
The 2010 Dodge Challenger gets a special Mopar '10 edition.
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Elijah Wood In A MINI (Obviously)
And here we have diminutive dreamboat Elijah Wood, out for a night on the town in the passenger seat of a MINI. He's acting like it's not his, like it belongs to his friend/personal assistant/other, but c'mon dude: we know. We know, okay? Elijah, if you're reading this -- and statistically, there's...
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George Michael Is The Worst Celebrity Driver, Ever
You can have your Dreyfusses and Lohans--for our money, George Michael is the Worst Celebrity Driver Ever. This weekend, Michael hit a building after only recently getting his driver's license back from his last scuff with the law. In 2007, Michael was found under the influence of drugs in his...
Martin Padgett