Car News
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Late last year we first heard that Mercedes-Benz, together with its high-performance AMG division, was going to replace its entire engine lineup with a new range of more fuel efficient direct-injected and turbocharged units. Today, we have the first solid details on one of the most exciting of the newcomers, a 5.5-liter V-8 that will replace the 6.2-liter unit found in the current AMG lineup. Codenamed M157, the new 5.5-liter engine will feature direct-injection and twin-turbocharging technologies to ensure it produces more power and torque than the current 6.2-liter naturally aspirated mill...
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Fisker Karma’s Advanced Aluminum Spaceframe Revealed In GenevaOriginally slated to go on sale last November, the all-new Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid luxury sedan will now go on sale in the third quarter of this year and in the lead up to its launch we will get our innermost look at the car yet. Making its reveal at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show this week is...
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Best and Worst U.S. Cities To Have Your Car RepairedThe Results Of This AutoMD Study May Surprise You
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Designer Automobile To Go With Designer ClothesWould You Pay More To Have A Car Designed By Diesel?
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Four Hybrids That Are Changing the WorldHonda, Ford, Lexus and Lotus Give Hybrids More Style
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Consumer Reports Makes a Green Pick For 2010Despite the Concerns With Toyota, the Prius Takes Another Award
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Earlier we talked about the 2011 Ford Fiesta, a car that seems to be changing all the rules for small cars. Now we change gears to a car model that has been around for decades and has built a reputation for being inexpensive, good quality and has a class-leading warranty. Even better is that Hyundai offers their customers a five-door version in the Elantra Touring model. When you start to dig further into what the Elantra has to offer, it isn’t a surprise that Consumer Reports found it to be worthy of their Top Picks for 2010. All models come with a 138-horsepower, 2.0-liter...
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Run Away Lexus ES 350 To Be Tested By N.H.T.SAU.S. House Committee Is Digging Deep For Answers In Toyota Case
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2011 Ford Fiesta To Be the New Life Of the PartyWill It Liven Up A Campus Near You?
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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Picked As Official F1 Safety Car For 2010As we enter another year of F1 we can say hello to a brand new official safety car in the form of the 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, which replaces last year’s SL 63 AMG and is destined to be one of the most memorable safety cars we’ve seen in a while. The SLS AMG safety car will make its...
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100 Acre Wood: Parc Expose Photos And Day 2We ran through the darkness last night surprising ourselves at our pace.
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Koenigsegg Agera debuts at 2010 Geneva auto showKoenigsegg is celebrating 15 years of manufacturing exclusive speeders with the unveiling of the new Agera supercar, which is destined to make its world debut next week at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The new model is based on the regular CC but infused with new design elements and an uprated...
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Last year there was the Apollo Speed and before that there was the Apollo Black and White editions so it comes as no major surprise that German sports car company Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur is planning yet another variation of its wildly styled supercar for 2010. Set to be unveiled for the first time next week at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, the new 2010 Gumpert Apollo Sport receives the automaker’s latest Power Package. Optimized engine control, new recirculation valves and improved cooling have now improved the performance of the German supercar to 750 horsepower, up from 700...
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Mercedes-Benz Racing To Be First With Diesel HybridLast month we reported on General Motors’ efforts to develop a new generation of diesel-electric hybrid powertrains and how the American auto giant is still around five years away from bringing the technology to market. Luckily, we won’t have to wait that long for a diesel hybrid to go...
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100 Acre Wood: Practice Course Done; Next Stop, Parc ExposeMotor Authority heads to Parc Expose in advance of the Trespassers Wil.
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2010 Geneva auto show: Volkswagen CrossGolfFollowing on from the reveal of the CrossPolo last week, Volkswagen has now taken the covers off its new CrossGolf, which is also scheduled to make its world debut next week at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The latest addition to the Golf family brings the model tally to six, with the range now...
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2010 Geneva Motor Show Preview: BMW ActiveHybrid 5 ConceptThe all-new 2011 BMW 5-Series Sedan is set to go on sale this June but before that we'll get a preview of a future gasoline-electric hybrid version destined to go on sale next year. Picking up BMW’s ActiveHybrid nomenclature, the new ActiveHybrid 5 Concept will be unveiled next week at the...
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2011 BMW X5 Gets New M Sports PackageJust a few weeks after the reveal of the facelifted 2011 BMW X5, a new M Sports Package for the German luxury SUV has been announced. The kit includes both visual upgrades to the interior and body, as well as performance tuning of its chassis. The exterior features new color-coded bumpers with...
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The replacement for Alfa Romeo’s 147, the all-new Giulietta, is expected to make its debut this month at the 2009 Bologna Motor Show in Italy.
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2010 Geneva Motor Show Preview: 2011 Lexus CT 200hLexus has released details for its all-new 2011 Lexus CT 200h compact hybrid, which is set to star next week at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Serving as a new entry point to the Lexus brand the CT 200h will enter production towards the end of the year for worldwide sale, which presumably means the...
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Mugen-Prepped 2011 Honda CR-Z Officially LaunchedNot so long ago the idea of a hybrid powertrain in a sports car was anathema to enthusiasts. But after last year's Formula 1 season, the debut of cars like the Tesla Roadster and Audi's series of all-electric e-tron concepts, as well as the wider acceptance of hybrids in general by the buying...
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Man Trades In Bugatti Veyron For Chevrolet Corvette ZR1You’d never expect to see a Bugatti Veyron sitting in the used car lot of a Chevrolet dealership but that’s exactly what happened at All American Chevrolet in Midland, Texas. The circumstances surrounding the bizarre occurrence are not exactly clear but allegedly a man by the name of...
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Lease A Tesla Roadster For $1,658 Per MonthDon’t have a spare $109,000 lying around but want to drive an electric sports car capable of keeping up with Ferraris and Porsches at the lights? Tesla’s iconic all-electric Roadster and its more extreme Roadster Sport cousin are now available for lease. Under the scheme, lease...
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Pagani Zonda Tricolore debuts at 2010 Geneva Motor ShowUnadulterated, bombastic carbon fiber insanity--the Pagani Zonda and its several variants are the embodiment of what it is to be a supercar. But all good things must come to an end, even the Zonda's run, whose production is scheduled to cease sometime around September of this year. Its replacement...
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