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Poor Jessica Alba. The girl can't seem to catch a break. Sure, she's been genetically gifted. Sure, she's got a handsome husband and a cute kid. But Good Luck Chuck? The Love Guru? Ouch. Now she's been pulled over by one of Los Angeles' finest. Our powers of telepathy are on the fritz today (damn this rain), so we can't tell exactly what's going through his head. But from her waning smile, we're guessing that he's not taken in by her megawatt charm offensive. If we were in his shoes, we'd be happy to give her a pass. The girl was in Flipper, fer chrissakes. And that Yukon Hybrid is totally...
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Rendered: 2012 Audi A6 AvantEarlier this week we saw the first spy shots of a prototype for the new 2012 Audi A6 and today we have a new computer-generated rendering of the Avant wagon variant. Though the next-generation A6 is still almost a year away from its production debut, details about its construction and platform...
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Sun Worshipers, Your Car Has Arrived: 2012 Lexus LFA In YellowWe’ve seen it in white, we’ve seen in black, heck we’ve even seen it in a bright orange finish, but for some reason every time we see the 2012 Lexus LFA in a new color we just fall in love with it all over again. This time around the car is finished in a bright yellow paint scheme that...
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Newt Gingrich Has Lust In His Heart For Plain-Jane ChevroletsHere is what we've learned today: A) Newt Gingrich is still alive. B) Someone at Esquire thinks he's still relevant. C) In the late 1990s, at the same time Gingrich was raking Bill Clinton over the coals for his cigar-themed indiscretions, lizard man was having his own adulterous smoke breaks with...
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2011 Infiniti G37 Coupe IPL Bows In At Pebble Beach ConcoursInfiniti is heading down the road already strafed by the likes of BMW's M division, Mercedes-Benz' AMG sub-brand, and Audi's S and RS offspring, with a new performance badge dubbed IPL. The Infiniti Performance Line bows today in Pebble Beach, California, where the luxury brand is gathering with...
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Lexus LFA To Enter FIA GT1 Series?During its gestation, Lexus fielded several prototypes for its new LFA supercar in the 2008 and 2009 Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance races as part of the development program for the final production version of the car. With its race-bred genes, there’s now a chance that the car will compete in the...
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We saw Jaguar unveil the XKR 75 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed back in July to mark its 75th anniversary and now the celebrations continue with the announcement of the 2011 Jaguar XKR175, which is scheduled to make its debut this weekend at the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. With the U.S. market in mind, the XKR175 comes with the same 510 horsepower and 461 pound-feet of torque supercharged V-8 as the regular XKR but it has a new top speed of 174 mph thanks to some adjustments to the car’s ECU. To ensure that the XKR175 remains stable at these high speeds, a revised...
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2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Priced From $430,190Mercedes-Benz, or more correctly, AMG, has developed a new racing version of the SLS AMG gullwing sports car built along the lines of the FIA sanctioned GT3 series. The new race is now available to order by privateer teams but first deliveries won’t start until February of next year. Anyone...
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Official: GM Rules Out Mid-Engine Corvette, But Hybrid PossibleWith the current ZR-1 supercar already priced above $100,000, the question remains whether General Motors should push the Corvette into the upper echelon of the performance market or allow it to remain somewhat affordable to the average Joe--at least in base spec. Rumors of the Corvette getting a...
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Buick Wants Six To Seven Car LineupCriticism of General Motors' choice to can the Pontiac brand while keeping Buick ran rampant in the days following the announcement last summer, but as the brand's new image becomes clearer, it makes more and more sense. After all, Buick does have some exciting new products in the pipeline, such...
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Video: Tila Tequila Makes An Adult Film, Buys A LamborghiniThere are three things we know for sure: 1. Life sucks. 2. That dude from Jet Blue completely staged his exit (which is not to say it wasn't awesome, though it pales in comparison to Wendy O. Williams' jump from a moving bus). 3. Tila Tequila is the love child of Anna Nicole Smith and Imelda...
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New Sketch Of Morgan EvaGT Released Ahead Of Pebble Beach UnveilingThe latest classically-styled car from Morgan will come this August.
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According to a new report, GM CEO Ed Whitacre has given the order for a new, true flagship.
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Report: Range Rover Planning Another Model In Addition To New EvoqueThe 2012 Range Rover Evoque has been a surefire hit, wowing audiences at its Kensington Palace reveal with its cutting edge looks and brilliant quality. Land Rover is now looking to build on that success by launching another new model designed to fill the gap in the more luxurious Range Rover...
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Suzuki Kizashi Aiming For 200 MPH Top Speed At BonnevilleDie-hard enthusiasts aside, the hot hatch has never taken off in the U.S. the way it did in Europe—but sporty sedans have proven successful, as Subaru and Mitsubishi--and now Suzuki too--will attest. Since its unveiling last year, Suzuki's Kizashi has been recognized as a mid-size sedan with a...
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2010 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance: Facts and FiguresIt's almost time for the most prestigious classic-car event in America. This weekend, High Gear Media will be covering the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance from stem to stern--with some driving time with a pair of exotics, a side trip through The Quail's impromptu collection of singular...
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Ryan Seacrest: 'Please Notice My Girlfriend. PLEASE.'Hi, everybody! I'm Ryan Seacrest! You may remember me from such TV programs as American Idol and Bromance. That's a funny name, right? "Bromance"? It's like when two guys hang out a lot and really dig each other. BUT NOTHING ELSE. Would you like to see my girlfriend? Here she is, in the picture at...
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Sign the petition to bring the Audi TT RS to U.S.The potent Audi TT RS is selling up a storm in Europe but ask Audi when it will arrive in the U.S. and the only answer you will likely receive is that it’s still under consideration. Given the halo status of the hotted-up Coupe and Roadster, Audi would be foolish to ignore the U.S. market but...
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The 2012 BMW 1-Series will get a three-door hatchback also commonly referred to as a
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Video: 2012 BMW 6-Series Chased Down On German AutobahnThe new 2012 BMW 6-Series Coupe and Convertible aren't due to arrive in showrooms until the end of this year at the earliest--more likely in early 2011--as the current model was only given its mid-cycle facelift a little over two years ago. Prototypes of the new car, however, are already testing in...
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Video: First Trailer For Top Gear USA ReleasedWe were briefly excited last year then quickly had our hopes smashed when word of an American version of the UK's hit car-related show Top Gear was released, then quickly canceled after filming the pilot. It had been slated for NBC, then confirmed for The History Channel and today we have the first...
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2011 MINI Cooper Countryman First DriveWhen MINI set out on the road to building a bigger, taller crossover, the car world's ears perked up--and if they could have, they'd have formed question marks. A big MINI? Isn't that like jumbo shrimp? The oxymoron from Oxford's ready now for all critics, and after our first drive of the 2011 MINI...
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Spy Shots: 2011 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate FaceliftThe latest generation W204 Mercedes-Benz C-Class has been on sale since 2007 and is due for its mid-cycle facelift in the first half of next year. As these latest spy shots and computer generated rendering of the facelifted 2011 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate suggest, the car’s designers...
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2011 MINI Countryman Opens Pandora Box With ConnectedThe 2011 MINI Cooper Countryman is on its way to dealers later this year. When it arrives, it'll be one of the first MINI products to bring the world of Internet radio and Twitter into the car via a new setup dubbed MINI Connected. Earlier this year, at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, MINI laid out the...
Martin Padgett