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The Porsche 911 GT2 is the last variant of the 997-series 911 to receive its mid-cycle update and in typical GT2 style the last update comes just before the current generation of Porsche’s iconic supercar reaches the end of its product cycle. The all-new ‘991’ Porsche 911 is just over a year away so the facelifted 911 GT2, seen previously testing in prototype form, will have a very short shelf-life. However, before the arrival of the facelifted GT2, we’ll see the all-new 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS, which is set to go on sale this October, following a world debut at the 2010 Moscow Auto...
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Tom Hanks Is All About Tahoe (The SUV, Not The Lake)Dear Mr. Hanks: Just to be clear, we're not morally opposed to the Chevrolet Tahoe. They are driven by our friends, neighbors, and even family members. (Well, distant family members.) They are an important patch of beige in the crazy quilt of American culture -- bland, perhaps, but they allow every...
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Seven Audi R8 LMS Cars To Tackle Nurburgring 24 Hours RaceMore than 200 vehicles will contest the Nurburging 24 Hours endurance race this weekend, including seven Audi R8 LMS cars entered by the Audi customer teams ABT Sportsline, Black Falcon and Phoenix Racing. Last year, when the new GT3 race cars made their debut in the 24-hour race with support from...
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TechArt Boosts The 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo To 620-HPTuner cars are often works of art, flights of fancy or out-and-out racers, but rarely are the upper echelons of performance-tuned cars graced by models intended as daily drivers. Techart's latest modifications to the 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo are an exception to that rule, however--if you can afford...
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2012 Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package Priced At $70k, Plus A LFALast October we brought you word of the first reports that Lexus was working on a stripped-down track-day version of the 2012 Lexus LFA supercar. Then in March, Lexus revealed the first details for its new supercar, or more accurately, new supercar package, the LFA Nurburgring Package. Aimed at...
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Could College Parking Tickets Come Back To Haunt You?So responsibility slips a bit, and in the rush to get your term paper finished you forgot to pay the meter, or parked in the wrong place with the wrong parking pass.
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Expect to see the facelifted 2010 Mercedes-Benz C-Class make its world debut later in the year.
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Marchionne: Fiat-Based Chryslers On Sale Before 2012, IPO PossibleWhile itâs looking more and more likely that the first Alfa Romeos wonât go on sale in the U.S. until 2012, a new range of Chrysler models based on Fiat platforms could be on sale before then. Chrysler is planning to use Fiatâs compact car...
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Porsche Unveils New Tequipment Retrofits For 911, Cayman, Panamera & MoreThe upgrades include the PDK Turbo steering wheel, Sport Classic alloys, Aerokit Cup appearance package and Sport Design front clip.
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Lexus Announces Pricing On 2012 LFA Nurburgring Package, F-Sport UpgradesThe luxury carmaker is adding a dash of sport to its lineup and a lot of track-centered fun to the LFA.
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Toyota Working On 'Baby' FT-86?Reports are emerging that Toyota is working on a smaller, lower-cost version of its FT-86 sports car.
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Report: Land Rover To Join Two-Wheel Drive Ranks With 2012 LRXThe legendary off-roading marque will offer its first-ever two-wheel drive model with the 2012 Land Rover LRX.
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William Shatner was not always the hep-cat daddy-o he is today. Sure, he was a hot property in the 1960s, during the original run of Star Trek, but then the series was canceled, and there was that "Rocket Man" thing, and the $20,000 Pyramid, and before you knew it -- bam -- Shatner was the Erkel of his generation. (We could've made some very graphic puns on his last name to drive the point home, but you know: it's Monday. Plus, we hear Mr. Shatner is a very, very nice guy.) Shatner's comeback was slow, and probably had something to do with his role in the popular-though-cultish Star Trek...
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Porsche And Volkswagen Considering More Platform SharingPorsche and Volkswagen currently share a platform for their respective SUV models, the Cayenne and Touareg, both of which have been redesigned for the 2011 model year. Given the relative success of the two models, plus Volkswagen’s new ownership of Porsche, both automakers are now considering...
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Mercedes-Benz Consults U.S. Customers For New B-Class FamilyThe current Mercedes-Benz B-Class has enjoyed reasonable success in most of the markets it has been launched in, selling over 120,000 units in its first year alone, but the next-generation model due in 2011 is expected to sell in even higher volumes and will be sold in the U.S. for the first time...
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Rendered: U.S.-Bound Fiat 500 Four-DoorMany in the U.S. have been hoping to receive the wildly popular Fiat 500 minicar for the past couple of years but a lack of interest in small cars has largely held it back. Now, with Fiat's alliance with Chrysler in place the Italian auto giant has a gateway to the lucrative U.S. market and the...
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Official Details On Mercedes' More Powerful, Efficient V-8, V-6 EnginesThe upgraded engines show 22-24 percent gains in fuel economy.
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The next generation of the Enzo will truly be a next-gen product.
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Confirmed: Aston Martin V12 Vantage Coming To AmericaThe hottest Aston short of the One-77 will be coming to the U.S. later this year.
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Video: Lexus Demonstrates Fixed 2010 GX 460 Stability ControlThe 2010 Lexus GX 460 also got removed from Consumer Reports' "do not buy" list.
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Vampire Chic Has Gone Too Far: Even Vanessa Hudgens Fears The SunOkay, people: we get that bloodsucking is all the rage right now, but that doesn't mean we have to like it. Some of us endured the craze when it reared its pale, pasty head a couple of decades ago, and our wardrobes are still trying to crawl back toward the light. Now, we have hard evidence that...
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Gallery: Designing The BMW Gran Coupe ConceptThese behind-the-scenes photos show the car as it progresses from sketch to clay to final product.
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Lord Jesus Christ Run Down In Massachusetts CrosswalkOh Lord, you should have bought yourself that Mercedes-Benz. At least then you wouldn't have been in a Northampton crosswalk when you were run down by a 20-year-old woman driving a 2005 Chevy Monte Carlo--or you'd have been safer if you were. What, what? A man, real name: Lord Jesus Christ, was...
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