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Ahead of its New York Auto Show conference, Suzuki has revealed details of a new, performance-oriented package for its Kizashi sedan.
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2011 BMW 5-Series Long-Wheelbase Launched In ChinaDue to demand from Asian markets, where many 5-Series cars are used as chauffeur driven limos, BMW has released a new long-wheelbase version of its popular luxury sedan. The new 2011 BMW 5-Series Long-Wheelbase has been designed and developed exclusively for the Chinese car market and will make its...
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2010 New York Auto Show CoverageThe 2010 New York Auto Show turned out to be one of the most exciting and product-filled North American shows so far this year, with the industry bootstrapping itself out of the depths of 2008 and 2009. With nearly as many new cars, concepts and special editions as Detroit and Chicago combined, it...
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Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera Hits The Road - Image UpdateOne hundred and fifty four pounds. That's how much the latest Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera saves over the standard Gallardo. While it might not sound like much, it brings the total weight down to 2,954 pounds, which makes Lamborghini’s latest supercar as light as many compact...
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Daimler Says Maybach Sale Rumors Are FalseChinese firm BYD also says it's not looking to buy Maybach.
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We Think It's Time For A Larry King/Snoop Dogg SitcomOkay, whatever you're doing (and we have some ideas), please stop it. You need to devote your full attention to this clip featuring interviewer extraordinaire Larry King, cruising behind the wheel of a pimped-out 1967 Pontiac Parisienne convertible, owned by none other than the D-O-double-G...
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Lamborghini is changing the way it designs and builds cars. For years, Lamborghini would focus on the design, top speed, acceleration and handling of its cars--in that order. However, in the last year or two the automaker has shook things up a little, shuffling the order of priorities to design, handling, acceleration and top speed. Speaking with Car and Driver, Lamborghini’s director of research and development, Maurizio Reggiani, explained that there’s no real point in spending so much effort on designing cars to reach speeds in excess of 200 mph because there are few owners...
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Report: BMW M6 May Be Replaced By New Super-Sports CarBMW’s next 6-Series is just around the corner and while we can be certain there will be a new Coupe and Convertible, there’s a chance that the M6 variants may not make a return for the new generation. We know that BMW is working on a new high-end sports car based on its Vision...
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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Brings Back The WingWith Subaru making the regular Impreza WRX Sedan and Hatchback look more like the pumped up STI model for the 2011 model year, designers needed to add something new to make the most extreme of Imprezas stand out from the crowd. This latest teaser released by Subaru confirms that the automaker is...
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Ford Goes Green With More Than Just HybridsThe Company’s World Headquarters Goes Dark For an Hour
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2011 BMW Alpina B5 spy shotsAlpina's range of souped-up, custom BMWs is the stuff of legend. Since the late 1970s the custom house has taken on the best of the BMW lineup, including the 3-Series, 6-Series, 7-Series, 8-Series and the Z1, Z4 and Z8 roadsters, as well as the 5-Series, the latest version of which, the 2011 Alpina...
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Video: Final Production Of Dodge Viper ACR-X BeginsDodge CEO Ralph Gilles also says the ACR-X beat the Laguna Seca lap record by two seconds.
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This house in Japan shows how far the space-challenged car enthusiast will go to enjoy their collection.
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Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa Turn Up The Crazy At The 2010 New York Auto ShowOn the one hand, every auto show needs its share of publicity. On the other hand, are Regis and Kelly the kind of publicity every auto show needs? That's a moot question now, since Live! With Regis and Kelly has already scheduled a week full of appearances from hot rides debuting at the 2010 New...
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Ford Focus RS500: Small, dark and vicious... and not for the U.S.Hot hatches. The Europeans love them, we--as a whole--apparently hate them, and consequently we can only stare and envy from afar. Today, the green-eyed monster stokes the fire of jealousy to white hot with the early release of the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Focus RS500, a 345-horsepower...
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Lexus Launches Nurburgring Package For LFA SupercarThe reveal is anything but official, but it looks like Lexus's track-tuned LFA is out.
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First Drive: 2011 Ford Mustang V-6 And GTWith the arrival of the new 2011 Ford Mustang, it’s safe to say that the Blue Oval pony car finally has the advantage over its arch rival, the Chevrolet Camaro. Not surprisingly, that was the very car provided by Ford for comparison during a first drive event for the latest 2011 model...
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2010 New York Auto Show: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze RS And Cruze EcoThe 2011 Chevrolet Cruze hasn’t even gone on sale in the U.S. but already the first variants are being revealed. At this week’s 2010 New York Auto Show two new Cruze models will make their debut: the sporty RS and the fuel efficient Eco, the latter delivering a fuel economy as high as...
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American-designed and built supercars are on the comeback, it seems, with the Devon Motorworks GTX making its debut at the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and now Hennessey Performance Engineering revealing its Venom GT supercar in its final form for the first time. Originally announced as far back as 2007, the Venom GT has gone through several iterations while still on the drawing board. The latest and final reveals a car that's likely to prove uncompromisingly fast. Based upon the Lotus Exige, the Venom GT combines a high-tech, lightweight British chassis with a powerful American V8...
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Ford Starts Production Of PowerShift Dual Clutch Transmission, Debuts In New FiestaIn the never-ending pursuit of efficiency, performance and smooth power delivery, the next step forward for many automakers is the adoption of the dual clutch transmission. Once the province of high-end performance cars, dual clutch transmissions have been finding their way into everyday vehicles...
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2010 New York Auto Show: Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon Show CarThe 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon show car previews the production version due later this year.
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America’s AMS Performance Builds World’s First Nine Second R35 Nissan GT-RThe Nissan GT-R is the quintessential Japanese sports car--high-tech, efficient and with styling that could only have come from the Land of the Rising Sun--but when it comes to performance tuning of the latest R35 model, America is king. AMS Performance, based in Chicago, Illinois, currently builds...
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Report: 2011 Chrysler 300 Being Rushed For November LaunchA brand new version of the Chrysler 300 is just around the corner, kicking off a product renaissance at Chrysler that will include a score of new or updated models over the next couple of years. The Auburn Hills-based automaker has already previewed its upcoming 2011 Chrysler 300 in a series of...
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2010 New York Auto Show Preview: 2011 Mercedes-Benz R-ClassSales figures for the R-Class haven’t managed to live up to the expectations of the German luxury brand, but Mercedes-Benz is determined not to completely write-off its ‘Grand Sport Tourer’ just yet. The R-Class received a mild facelift in 2007 to help turn around flagging sales...
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