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Infiniti 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 classics owners and media for the annual Concours d'Elegance and the Monterey classics weekend. IPL will add more performance luster first to the G37 Coupe. Shown here, the new edition of the two-door sports/luxury coupe gets a range of accessories from interior trim to performance upgrades from...
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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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Want To Drive a Ferrari 458 Italia? Rent It at Gotham Dream CarsSo you really, really want to drive that new Ferrari 458 Italia--but there's that pesky problem of the two-year waiting list to buy one since it launched in summer 2009. Now Gotham Dream Cars, the exotic-vehicle rental firm with New York and Miami outlets, has acquired one. And you can rent it for...
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New Roof Design Earns 2010 Cadillac SRX IIHS Top Safety Pick AwardAnyone in the market for the new 2010 Cadillac SRX can rest assure they are buying one of the safest crossovers available as the vehicle has just earned the highest safety rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Joining other safe crossovers like the 2009 Toyota Venza and...
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This Ain't Your Car: Someone's Going to Pay For This Chrysler SebringHave you ever wondered if you've over-modified your car, crossed some boundary of good taste? Thank goodness, this ain't your car. Yesterday the gang at SportsCarMonitor showed you a homemade Batpod spotted rolling the mean streets of, uh, Palo Alto. Today, also from the streets of San Francisco...
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VIDEO: Mercury Lives On--In Hawaii Five-O RemakeHollywood doesn't call them remakes--they euphemize 'em as "reboots" these days. But with this fall's new version of the CBS classic, Hawaii Five-0 is trying to stay as authentic as possible with a raft of new Fords on screen--and at least one old one. CBS may be the only place you'll see a...
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It's not everyday that you're walking along the streets of town and you spot a Batman speeder bike, but that's just what happened to our own Jeff Birkeland, on University Avenue in Palo Alto, California, this afternoon. The speeding superhero was apparently in need of some caffeination, as the bike was spotted in front of Starbucks. While we don't know anything about the bike itself, it appears to be a completely custom job, complete with bodywork, faux-missiles, and an elongated wheelbase with a lay-down riding position to better emulate its nerdy roots. It's patterned after the Batpod...
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible: Arrival by March ConfirmedThe new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro coupe has sold well for Chevy, making a real race for sales supremacy with its archrival, the 2010 Ford Mustang. And, as Chevy execs point out, there's only one Camaro model--the coupe--whereas the Mustang has a pair of body styles, with a popular convertible model as...
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Fight For Top Of Luxury Charts Heats Up As BMW Closes On Mercedes, LexusBMW sold more cars than Mercedes-Benz or Lexus in July.
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Study: 'Win On Sunday, Sell On Monday' Still Holds TrueMotorsports is a valuable tool in selling cars according to Foresight Research.
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Driven: 2010 Rolls-Royce GhostA car review is a car review is a car review. Like me, you're probably tired of reading the endless inside-baseball chatter concerning brake-disc size, 50-70 mph passing times, even plug-in driving ranges. If you drive the right car, it's...well...academic, isn't it? Thank goodness the Rolls-Royce...
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It’s official. Ford (NYSE: F) has announced today that it has completed the sale of Volvo and its related assets to the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited (Geely). The total purchase price for Volvo and the assets set forth in an agreement signed back in March was $1.8 billion, including a $200 million note and the balance in cash, with the cash portion subject to customary purchase price adjustments at closing. So far, Geely has issued the note and paid around $1.3 billion in cash to complete the sale. Under the terms of the sale, Ford will continue to cooperate with Volvo in...
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Full Details, Gallery For 2011 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMGMercedes has given us the outlines before, but today we get the full whammy.
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Driven: 2010 Nissan 370Z RoadsterThe 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster is a great cruiser, and a competent bruiser.
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2010 Los Angeles Auto Show Promises 20+ World DebutsWe're still months away from the 2010 Los Angeles auto show, but organizers are teasing us--and you--this morning with a tightly worded release promising more than 20 world debuts of new vehicles at the fall show. With the addition of another 20 North American debuts, many from global...
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Nissan Unveils Collision Prevention, Moving Object Detection SystemsThe new technologies will be rolling out to the production range soon.
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Porsche 918 Spyder Gets Official Production GreenlightThe Porsche 918 Spyder will definitely be built, and it's already headed to production.
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A recall has been issued on all 2010 and 2011 BMW 5-Series and 5-Series Gran Turismo models, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has revealed on its website today. The recall is due to a problem with the affected cars' fuel level sensors, which can see them indicate more fuel than there actually is in the tank. Essentially, the fuel level sensor within the actual fuel tank can become wedged against the tank sidewall. If this occurs, the fuel gauge in the instrument cluster would display a larger amount of fuel than was actually in the tank. While potentially the issue...
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2012 Audi A7 previewAfter an ignominious and un-detailed early leak over the weekend, the 2012 Audi A7 was officially unveiled just over an hour ago at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. The photos released after the unveiling, though a bit anti-climactic, show the car off in far more detail, and we now have the...
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2011 Mercedes-Benz CL63 And CL65 AMG PreviewMercedes-Benz has released the full details and initial photos of the 2011 CL-Class AMG.
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Audi Unveils Facebook Site For 2011 A7 LaunchWith the RS5 just announced to arrive in America in 2012 and the price of the R8 Spyder V10 set, it's hard to get too excited over the announcement of a Facebook site. Take a breath, and remember that it's the 2011 Audi A7 we're talking about, though, and things will come into focus. The unveiling...
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Audi Confirms RS5 Coupe For U.S., Coming In 2012The Audi RS5 will be headed to American garages.
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Video: OnStar's Smartphone Tech In ActionYesterday General Motors revealed its new OnStar smartphone technology that allows the owner of an OnStar-equipped car to access core vehicle features from an app on their phone. But it wasn't immediately clear why anything but the remote start option would be any more useful than a standard key...
Nelson Ireson