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The 2011 Boxster Spyder, built to remember the lightweight days of sportscars past, but with a fully modern interpretation of power and handling, may soon get a tin-top cousin: the Porsche Cayman Clubsport. Or at least that's the rumor that's cooking on the Web. Power is said to come from a 333-horsepower 3.4-liter flat six-cylinder engine, and paired with a 20 mm lower version of Porsche's Sport PASM suspension, it's geared for handling. As well it should be: it's other primary focus is light weight. Aluminum doors, fabric door pulls, a lightweight hatch with optional lexan window (but only...
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2011 Porsche Panamera: Entire Lineup Gets Improved Ride ComfortThe more compliant suspension settings that made their debut earlier this month when the 2011 Porsche Panamera V6 went on sale will soon be phased in for the entire 2011 Panamera lineup—Panamera S and Panamera Turbo models included.
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Saab Confirms 9-4X Crossover For Production, Unveiling 'Later This Year'A new report confirms the as-yet concept-only Saab 9-4X for production.
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Hilary Duff Is Clearly At Home On The RangeAt first, we were just going to say something catty about Hilary Duff in the photo behind the link below. You know, maybe something about the fact that she's going to the gym in Louboutins, which can only mean that she's finally broken down and agreed to take that damn stripper aerobics class --...
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Next Maserati Quattroporte To Get AWD, Stop-Start?The next generation of the Quattroporte may move toward competition with the likes of Audi and BMW.
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Spy Shots: 2012 Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera SpyderThe drop-top version of the Superleggera is testing at the Nurburgring.
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The upper end of the hyperluxury market is surprisingly fickle.
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Car Video Break: Bad Brits on A Double-Decker JoyrideYou can tell the world economy's gone sour when local badasses resort to joyriding...in a double-decker bus. The U.K. Register reports today that three royal subjects--two teenage girls and an adult man--made off with a high-top bus in the town of Amesbury last week in the wee hours. While they...
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Video: Porsche Sets New Pikes Peak Class Record With 911 GT3 CupThe 911 GT3 shaved 38 seconds off the time of the previous record for the 2WD Time Attack Class.
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Spy Shots: 2012 Nissan GT-R Facelift Or New SpecM?Last year we saw the introduction of the limited-production GT-R SpecV model, a stripped down version of the already extreme Japanese supercar designed for hardcore club racers and performance nuts. As previous GT-R generations have shown, however, Nissan was never going to rest with just one...
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2011 Porsche Cayenne Going To China With Supercharged V-6Porsche is planning to sell its redesigned 2011 Cayenne SUV in China with an entirely different, more modern standard V-6 engine than the Cayenne gets in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Rendered: 2012 Audi R4Many believed talk of Audi’s new R4 mid-level sports car was pure fantasy but then we saw the surprise unveiling of a second e-tron concept car; a unique design that even the automaker said was a production possibility. Now we have new computer-generated renderings of what the R4 sports car could...
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It didn’t take long for the Bob Lutz name to make the automotive headlines again, following his very public retirement from General Motors just two months ago. The latest word is that Lutz, together with former BMW exec Tom Purves, will be hired by Lotus to help advise on the niche automaker’s new five-year turnaround plan. Lotus is looking to evolve into a more mainstream luxury and performance automaker and just last week we reported that the company was abandoning its low weight ethos for building cars in an effort to move more upmarket. The latest information about Lutz, 78, and...
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2011 Ford Mustang V-6 Averages 48.5 MPG Around Bristol Motor SpeedwayFord isn’t going to let its rivals forget about the prowess of its new 2011 Mustang when it comes to fuel efficiency, which in V-6 guise is currently the only production vehicle on the planet with more than 300 horsepower and 30+ mpg fuel economy. Earlier this year the 305 horsepower 2011 Ford...
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Report: Porsche Working On Special Edition 911 SpeedsterLooking back on some of the cars that made sport driving great, and built the legend that has become today's Porsche, you have to wonder how we ever got to 3,500 pounds, 500 horsepower twin-turbo monsters. The 356 Speedster, for example--considered by many to be one of the first modern sports...
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BMW Releases Carbon Fiber Aero Kit For 2011 M3The new kit is available on the 2011 BMW M3 Coupe, Sedan and Convertible.
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Ford Curve Control Tech To Help Tame TwistiesFord's new Curve Control technology is designed to help save drivers when they enter a corner too quickly.
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First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne V6Weight loss can be transformational. In the case of the 2011 Porsche Cayenne V6, it's enough for a bit of a personality change.
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The car, dubbed Shelley, will take on Pikes Peak high-speed testing in September.
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Lexus Planning Recall Of 2010 HS 250h For Potential Post-Crash Fuel LeakThe problem was discovered in safety testing by the NHTSA.
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Video: Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible Hits The RoadBentley has released new photos and video of the 2011 Bentley Continental Super Sports.
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2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 To Pack 480 HP?The 2011 Dodge Challenger could be the first to get the new 6.4-liter HEMI V-8 engine.
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Smart Fortwo Says: 'OMG YOU GUYS I'M IN A PIC WITH GOLDIE HAWN II'HOLY CRAP, YOU GUYS! DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS? Don't stare, stupid monkeys. Just be quiet and act naturally.... Now pretend you're looking at something else -- that fire hydrant, maybe, or that halal vendor who's munching on a corndog between customers. Okay, now look over there. You see who that...
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Superchips Liberates 401 Horsepower From Audi TT-RSBritish tuning firm Superchips specializes in optimizing the vehicle management systems and electronic control units of cars to eke as much performance out of them as possible, and its latest product focuses on giving the new Audi TT-RS a significant boost in the performance department--not that...
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