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Certain racing categories require that several road legal cars based on the high-performance race cars are built for sale in a process known as homologation. The term features in the prominent GTO... -
VW Touareg becomes pickup truckPictured above is a pickup version of the Volkswagen Touareg SUV that has had its rear section chopped off and replaced with an aluminium tray. The vehicle is based on an extended platform of the standard SUV and was built by Volkswagen as a concept back in 2000. Now, VW Individual has developed a...
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Morgan Working On Fuel Cell Sports CarMorgan is working on a fuel cell car that’s based on the Aero Eight and will be completed within three years. The LIFECar project is in collaboration with the UK Department for Trade and Industry (DTI), fuel cell maker QinetiQ, BOC, OSCar, and a number of educational institutions. The fuel...
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Updated: SAIC’s Roewe 750E caught testingWe reported on Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp’s Roewe brand yesterday, and wake up today to find new spy shots of this car in testing. SAIC has big plans for the brand, including possible export to the US. Apparently, this model is much larger than the outgoing Rover 75 upon which...
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Spy Shots: Lexus LF-A CoupeNew images of a mysterious coupe that resembles the Lexus LF-A concept, which was displayed at the Detroit Auto Show in January last year as a concept, have been caught by spy photographers circling the Nürburgring race track. From these images it appears that the car is significantly...
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Toyota's ahead in China, tooJapanese companies operating in China have traditionally been disliked when compared with companies from Europe, the US and the rest of Asia. This couldn’t be more evident than in the Chinese auto industry, where until now Volkswagen and General Motors have been the most popular foreign...
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If you’ve always thought that the idea of buying a Moller Skycar was anything but real, then think again.
Up for sale on eBay is the M400X Skycar prototype from Moller which up until now was...
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Shanghai Auto set to launch Roewe brandThe state owned Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) announced today that the company will be launching its first ever own-branded car. Until now, SAIC has been developing cars in separate partnerships with both General Motors and Volkswagen, and now it will independently launch its Roewe car...
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Ford’s going all out for SEMAWe previously reported that GM was planning to display modified Buick Lucernes at the SEMA show, to tap the lucrative $3 billion aftermarket industry. The latest news is that Ford will debut several cars and trucks including specially modified Shelby GT500s and the first show appearance of the new...
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Audi to launch Q7 hybrid in 2008 if market improvesThe popularity of hybrid vehicles will depend on whether or not US auto sales increase beyond its current levels, according to a statement from Audi engineer Marius Lehna to Reuters. Despite rising fuel prices, the German car maker will only expand its hybrid range if the market development...
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Corvette Z06 Beats Porsche 911 Turbo Around A TrackWe’ve always known that Chevrolet’s Corvette Z06 was good, but we'd never have imagined that it could beat Porsche’s AWD 911 Turbo around a race track and with a lead of 2.6 seconds to boot. The test was carried out by Swedish magazine Auto Motor and Sport, who pitted the two cars...
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Ferrari develops 4WD systemFerrari’s of the future may include an optional four-wheel drive system that the company has just developed, and follows on from the “adaptable” four-wheel drive system developed in Maranello last year. Unlike a permanent four-wheel drive mode that can rob the engine of torque...
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We apologize for yet another tuner article but it's not our fault that every German tuner decided to release new products today. This time round its BMW’s M6 coupe that gets the special... -
Spy Shots: Audi TT RoadsterNext year will see the launch of two new versions of the Audi TT coupe. Here’s an image of the first of these new vehicles caught while testing in Germany sent in by a reader of German newspaper Bild-T. Most of the engines from the coupe will carry over to the canvas topped roadster but...
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BMW launches long wheelbase 5-seriesWe’ve known about a special stretch version of the 5-series for some time now but BMW has waited till now to announce it. The LWB model has been created especially for the Chinese market, where many owners have chauffeurs rather than drive the car themselves. BMW will show the LWB 5-series at...
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eBay Watch: Ferrari F40 Michelotto EditionWe are often shocked by the rare metal that goes up for sale on eBay these days, and even more surprising are the bargain prices that the sellers sometimes ask for. This time 'round, we have a rarer-than-rare Ferrari F40 Michelotto up for sale priced at $658,000. Sadly, the car on sale is not a...
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UK insurers to install vehicle monitoring black boxesWe can see it coming, the days when insurance claims are dealt with using information stored on a car’s data logger or black box are almost upon us. Many car manufacturers are already introducing the boxes on its vehicles and now insurance companies are moving in. Drivers in the UK are being...
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Four GM vehicles top satisfaction surveyCould this be a sign that General Motors is on the road to recovery? The results of an annual survey for the perceived value from buyers who purchased a new car last year, saw GM win four segments while its Japanese rivals lost ground. Honda still managed to top the survey, however GM proved to be...
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The current crop of Japanese cars offer good value for money and class leading reliability but are often plagued by boring and unimaginative design that pales in comparison to some of their European... -
New Melkus RS sports car under developmentA small auto manufacturer that ceased production back in 1986, Melkus was known for its single seat racing and sport cars built out of Dresden, East Germany. The company’s only road going car, the Melkus RS 1000 was powered by a mid-mounted Wartburg 3-cylinder 2-stroke engine with...
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Saturn and Opel to share most modelsGeneral Motors will merge its Saturn and Opel brands to consolidate production of new models and offer Euro-style vehicles for America and the rest of the world. The plan is to have all Opel and Saturn vehicles interchangeable by 2014, though production of the first batch of Opel-Saturn vehicles...
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More Details And Photos Of The Mercedes S63 AMGThe new S-class is by all accounts the best luxury sedan ever, and now that Mercedes has announced more details after the original press release we thought we’d take a closer look at it. Despite the technological tour de force that the S-class is, its hard to look past the AMG built engine...
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Maserati making a comebackMaserati has been around since 1914 and over the years has changed ownership several times, being owned by the likes of Citroën, Fiat and even joining with arch rival Ferrari [NYSE:RACE]. Back in 2005, due to the rulings of an agreement between Fiat and General Motors Company [NYSE:GM]...
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Old-Man Brand Buick Taking Its Lucerne To SEMABuick will be displaying no less than 11 customised and tricked out versions of its Lucerne sedan at the SEMA annual convention. The fact is that the median age of a Buick buyer is 65, and GM believes the $3 billion auto aftermarket industry show will introduce younger buyers to the brand...
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