Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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SEMA is known as the yearly outlet for most things automotive and extreme, but this year, Mopar is taking it over the top with 35 vehicles. Stars in the lineup include a 2011 RedLine Dodge Charger,...
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Chevy V-8? Check. 520 HP? Check. Two Wheels? Umm, Check?!Here at SportsCarMonitor we don't spend a lot of time on two-wheeled modes of transport, but this one deserves some face time: the V8 Choppers C-Series, sporting classic chopper looks and powered by Chevrolet small-block V-8s. You may remember the Viper-powered bike shown off by Chrysler a few...
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2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 PreviewWe've known for months now that Dodge would be dropping in a new 6.4-liter (392 cubic-inch) HEMI V-8 for the SRT8 range, but it just went official: the 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 will get 470 horsepower, 470 pound-feet of torque, and a special Inaugural Edition limited to just 1,492 cars. The...
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Report: BMW To Replace M3 Sedan With M3 Gran Turismo?Apple-bottomed, hunch-backed, whatever you like to call them, the latest round of not-quite-hatchbacks from Germany's automakers, most notably the BMW 5-Series GT and Porsche Panamera, have taken root. But a new rumor out of the official BMW CCA magazine Roundel says the infestation may spread to...
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Spotted In Indy Pace Car GarbOne lucky forum member over at Camaro5 has grabbed some shots of what appear to be a pair of 2012 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 models out testing. Oddly, they're wearing Indy 500 pace car stickers. The new shots reveal little we haven't already seen in our own spy shots of the Z28, but the Indy 500 twist...
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Porsche Looking To Slot New Model Between 911 and 918 Spyder?Porsche is already planning a hybrid for every model range, and the 918 Spyder makes us hopeful that it'll be done in a manner that's not only green, but exciting as well. That makes the reports out of Europe this week that Porsche is considering a model between the 911 and 918 Spyder supercar all...
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Alfa Romeo's Giulietta won't be coming to the U.S. in its native form, but it may be coming in Dodge garb--or at least a Fiat-derived Dodge version of the same platform will be. But we'll have to...
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GM, Ford Do Hoonage Aussie Style: Walkinshaw And FPVWalkinshaw Performance, the inimitable tuners of all things Holden, recently took the wraps off their WP Series II Supercar, a supercharged 617-horsepower monster. But Ford Performance Vehicles, the in-house tuning arm for Ford's Aussie division, has its own beast: the Falcon Boss 335 GT, which we...
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Korea's New Yeongam Track Poses Problems For Drivers, Championship FightThe newest track in Formula 1, the Korean International Circuit, might also be the worst--at least for the time being. Its construction ran right up to the last minute, and adjustments are still being made to pull off what could be one of the most important races of the season as the Driver's...
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Report: Next Mercedes-Benz B-Class To Sport "Radical" ArchitectureThe next iteration of the Mercedes-Benz B-Class is rumored to be U.S.-bound, and we already have a good idea of what it looks like, both inside and out, from spy shots during testing. But according to a new report out of the U.K., there's a whole new car hiding just beneath the surface. In fact...
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Meet the oldest retail Porsche in the U.S.: 1952 356 CabrioletPorsche is celebrating its 60th anniversary, and as part of the festivities the company set out to find the oldest surviving U.S. import. The result? A fantastically restored Strawberry Red 1952 356 Cabriolet. It's not, strictly speaking, the oldest Porsche in the U.S., but it is the oldest car...
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Video: Raikkonen Crashes At Rally SpainAt the speeds and level of aggression required to drive with the top tier of the World Rally Championship, it takes only a millisecond's mistake to end up on your roof, the day over, and out of the points. Kimi Raikkonen gives us an excellent illustration of this point from Spain. Watching...
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Hans-Joachim Stuck, among other things a former Formula 1 driver and motorsports rep for Volkswagen, has told the Financial Times Deutschland that the carmaking giant will discuss an entry into the...
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Toyota, Lexus Recalling 740,000 Vehicles In U.S.When you make more than 10 million cars per year, if something goes wrong on a significant batch of them, the recall size is going to be pretty big. Toyota has been a case study in this concept over the past year or so, today adding another 740,000 vehicles in the U.S. and over 1.5 million...
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Video: Two New Top Gear USA Trailers, Show Airs November 21We found out earlier this week that Top Gear USA would get its own Stig (and no, he's not the fat one) as well as the Suzuki SX4 as its small car for big stars. Today, the History Channel has loosed another pair of trailers for the show, and the air date of the first episode: November 21. The two...
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Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge Aims For 1,000-Pound CarEach year the Los Angeles Auto Show hosts its Design Challenge, pitting design studios against each other and against a goal to test the limits of future thinking about automotive design. This year's goal is to create a vehicle that will hold four passengers, meet safety requirements, yet weigh...
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Video: Chevrolet Previews 2010 SEMA "Surprises"We already know Ford is planning an onslaught of 2011 Fiestas for SEMA, but so far Chevrolet has been largely quiet on its plans for the aftermarket specialty show. Today we get a "sneak peek" at what it's calling its "surprises" for SEMA. The surprises may lie in the hint at future production...
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Chrysler Begins Appointing Fiat DealersThe Fiat 500 is due to begin sales here in the U.S. by the end of the year, and Chrysler is now beginning to choose the dealers that will get the car--and represent Fiat in the U.S. The choices made will be critical, as Fiat's reputation from its last run in the U.S. isn't exactly stellar. The...
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Only 500 units of the Porsche 911 GT2 RS were to be built, and they've all sold in less than two months since the official unveiling August 25 at the Moscow Auto Salon. Despite the $245,000 starting...
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Mercedes-Benz Prices Twin-Turbo V-8 2011 CL550, 2011 CL63 AMG, S63 AMGThe 2011 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class launch program is taking place today, and along with the first drives of the new cars, Mercedes has released pricing for the twin-turbo V-8 models. The 2011 CL550 starts from $114,025, while the 2011 CL63 AMG starts from $151,125, and the S63 AMG sedan slots between...
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Neiman Marcus Edition Camaro Convertible Sells Out In Three MinutesYou may have been wondering if the $75,000 price tag on the appearance-only Neiman Marcus special-edition 2011 Camaro Convertible made for the 2010 Christmas Book was worth the asking price. We wondered the same thing. Turns out, for 100 people, it most certainly was. So much so that the car sold...
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Top Gear USA Gets A Stig, Suzuki SX4 As Celeb CarTop Gear USA is finally getting close to airing on the History Channel, and the last of the details of the show's setup are leaking to the Web. Today Variety published details on the show, including the celebrity guest list. The first episode will feature Tim Allen and Ty Burrell, while Buzz...
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1,104 HP Zenvo ST1 Coming To U.S., Priced At $1,225,000Denmark's own supercar, the Zenvo ST1, will soon be coming to America. Red Sea, the sole distributor for the turbocharged 1,104-horsepower V-8-powered monster, has announced pricing today. The cost of owning this rolling piece of Danish art? A cool $1.125 million. That's certainly a hefty sum, but...
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Spy Shots: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class AMG Estate FaceliftFacelifts. Whether done to people or cars, they can give new life to a pleasing but less-than-fresh look, or they can stretch something old into something hideous. By the looks of these spy photos, the C-Class AMG Estate's mid-life lift is one of the good ones. We've already seen the standard...
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