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Carmakers love to build as many models as possible from a single platform as this helps them spread initial investment costs, as well as risk, that can often run up into the billions of dollars. This is especially true for smaller carmakers with limited budgets and low production volumes. Case in point is Porsche, which is now eying a convertible version of the 2010 Panamera sedan. According to Porsche’s R&D chief, Wolfgang Dürheimer, the Panamera platform has great development potential for other bodystyles. Dürheimer first revealed the information...
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Cayenne Hybrid Will Be Most Fuel-Efficient Porsche
Europe’s emissions laws are tightening down on automakers, with huge penalties for failure to meet their requirements. Porsche hasn’t historically shown much outright concern for environmental impact, although one could argue its relatively low-displacement (for the class of performance) and...
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Video: Hennessey's LS9-Powered HPE700 Camaro Takes To The Track
Exactly one year ago Texas-based tuning firm Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) first announced plans for a highly modified 2010 Chevrolet Camaro that the company plans to launch very soon. Called the HPE700, the limited edition Camaro boasts a 724-horsepower output and joins other mega-power...
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Report: Cadillac XTS Production To Start In 2012 At Oshawa Plant
Reports of a single replacement for Cadillac's aging DTS and STS sedans have circulated the web for ages now, with news that the car would be called the XTS and could even share a front-wheel drive platform with the Buick LaCrosse all making the rounds. Then, late last month, Cadillac revealed a...
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2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost Preview
Customer deliveries of the 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost will start in the U.S. in the second quarter of next year.
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GM Approves Opel Majority Sale to Magna International And Sberbank
Under the deal GM would sell a 55% stake in a restructured Opel to the Magna International And Sberbank partnership.
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Audi's hottest hatch could be on the streets before 2010.
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BMW Releases Second Teaser Of Vision EfficientDynamics Concept
The images captured last week and disavowed as an old aerodynamics testbed may show an advanced concept coming to this year's Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Tesla Releases New On-Road Shots of 2012 Model S
The new photos give another perspective on the sleek and stylish Model S electric sedan.
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Tesla Releases Fresh Images Of More Powerful Roadster Sport
The new Roadster Sport is finally shown off in actual images, rather than computer renderings.
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Official: GM And Koenigsegg Reach Agreement Over Saab
The sale is expected to close by the end of the third quarter.
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Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid Makes Public Driving Debut At Laguna Seca
The Pebble Beach Concours was the Karma's coming out party, and the vehicle got to stretch its legs at the legendary Laguna Seca circuit.
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Hand-made in Modena, Italy, by Carozzeria Grand Sport, the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe is still undeniably an all-American car. Built to dominate the FIA's GT class, the Shelby and its team were the first Americans to take on and beat Ferrari on the world stage–clinching the championship on July 4, 1965. And now the car that helped Carroll Shelby build his name and legend, the 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe bearing chassis number CSX2601, has been sold at auction at this weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in Monterey, California. The car was recently auctioned at the 22nd...
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Video: Devon GTX Sets Unofficial Laguna Seca Lap Record
The Devon GTX laps the circuit at Laguna Seca in 1:35.075 - an impressive number for a street-legal near-production car.
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VW to buy 42% of Porsche, Merger Agreement Finalized
The historic Auto Union name could be a necessary step in placating Porsche and preserving the appearance of independence.
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Hyundai Equus Flagship Announced For U.S., On Sale By Late 2010
The biggest, most expensive Hyundai may face resistance in the U.S. due to the company's still-growing brand image.
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Schumacher Cancels F1 Comeback Due To Injury
Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer will now replace the injured Felipe Massa.
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Report: Pininfarina Family Hires Bank To Sell 50.7% Stake In Design Firm
If you've ever wanted to own a stake in an illustrious Italian luxury automotive design house, now may be the perfect time with reports emerging that Italy's Pininfarina family will be selling off their majority stake in the company. Reportedly, the family owners of Pininfarina have already engaged...
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German tuner Arden has a penchant for taking British cars and tuning them into performance powerhouses, and we've already seen the work it’s engineers have done on Land Rover, Mini, Bentley and Jaguar models. It is this last brand, Jaguar, that the company really specializes in, and while it has previously worked on the Jaguar XK Coupe the company has just released a new tuning package for the 2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible. The package includes a range of performance and styling upgrades - not that the 5.0-liter supercharged V-8 powered XKR was lacking in performance already, or in style...
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Obama signs $2 billion emergency funding for 'Clunker' program
That was quick. Just a month after President Obama signed in the $1 billion ‘cash for clunkers’ bill, and less than a week of it running, the program has already run out of money once and received approval from both the House and Senate for another $2 billion. With Obama's signature...
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Mitsubishi prices 2010 Lancer Sportback Ralliart from $27,590
With Subaru's defection from sedan to hatch-only status for the WRX STI, some fans lost their love for the rally-bred monster and started eying the heretic's choice: the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. But fans of the Lancer have so far been stuck with the opposite problem: no hatchback. That...
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Ford wants 90% of vehicles refreshed by 2012
Despite the faltering economy - or maybe because of it - Ford will be refreshing the majority of its lineup in various regions around the world over the next three years. According to the company's CFO, Lewis Booth, Ford will be refreshing as much as 90% of its vehicle lineups in North America...
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2010 Chevrolet Camaro only rates 4 stars in NHTSA testing
It's almost a given that modern cars from the major carmakers will be built and designed to achieve maximal crash safety ratings - especially brand-leaders like the new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, right? Well, not quite, it seems, as the new muscle car has managed just 4 of 5 stars thanks to...
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Fiat given approval by Italian government for Bertone acquisition
The past year has been unkind to coachbuilding and contract manufacturing firms, especially with the wealthy reining in their more extravagant purchases and automakers bringing their production back in-house. Carrozzeria Bertone, the manufacturing arm of the Bertone Group, is feeling the pinch of...
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