Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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With Saab officially bankrupt and receivers now looking for bids on any remaining assets, activity at the automaker’s main facilities in Sweden is winding down and the last orders are being... -
Arrinera Supercar Final Specs And PricingDevelopment of Poland’s Arrinera supercar has progressed with rapid pace since the project was first announced early last year. Since then we’ve seen Arrinera partner with British supercar legend Lee Noble, which included the merging of Arrinera with Noble’s latest startup, Fenix...
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2013 Opel Astra Sedan Spy VideoDespite its recent financial doldrums and oversupply issues, Opel, the European arm of GM, is continuing the development of new models like this sedan version of the Astra hatchback. Spotted testing in Germany, the Astra Sedan prototype appears almost complete and should be hitting showrooms in...
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2013 Ford Focus ST Ready To Order, Priced From $24,495The wait is finally over; the 2013 Ford Focus ST is available for order and is priced from a very reasonable $24,495 including destination. That puts it in about the same league as the Volkswagen GTI and Mazdaspeed3, but there’s a ton of extra features that’s unique to the Ford...
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Ferrari Celebrates 8 Million Facebook Fans With 458 Italia: VideoThe passion for the Prancing Horse has reached new heights, with Ferarri’s tally of Facebook fans passing the 8-million mark this week. In celebration of this milestone, Ferrari has released a video of the 458 Italia burning some serious rubber on the steering pad at its Fiorano race track...
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Google Seeks Automotive Partner For Autonomous Car ResearchAfter first announcing its self-driving, autonomous car project in 2010, Google is now about to embark on the next major advancement of the technology and that is to team up with a major automaker. The technology giant has already tested its fleet of autonomous cars over hundreds of thousands of...
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Croatian firm Rimac Automobili used the recent Top Marques Monaco 2012 event to unveil the latest version of its Concept One electric supercar, which has been upgraded with tires from Dutch firm... -
Tuner Prindiville Envisions Custom Lamborghini Aventador JLamborghini has stated that it plans to build just one Aventador J, and that one example, unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, has already been snapped up for the princely sum of 2.1 million euros (approximately $2.8 million). Nevertheless, British tuner Prindiville, a company that prides itself...
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Bentley Designer Lays Out Brand’s Future PlansThe reception to the unveiling of Bentley’s EXP 9 F SUV concept was, to say the least, somewhat polarizing. However, that was to be expected given that this was not only the historic brand’s first foray into the SUV segment, but that it was also the first time any major automaker has...
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2012 BMW 135i Three-Door Hatchback Spy VideoThe 2012 BMW 135i three-door hatchback won't be offered in the U.S. but its drivetrain will with the arrival of the next-generation 1-Series Coupe and Convertible models.
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Chevrolet Corvette Launches In South KoreaThe Corvette will be the ninth Chevrolet model to be offered by GM Korea in the South Korean market.
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Bank Offers Mercedes-Benz With New AccountFlorida’s C1 Bank, formerly Community Bank, is offering customers a new Mercedes-Benz for opening a CD, though there is one major catch. To be eligible for one of the Mercedes-Benzes C1 is offering, either a SLK350, E350 Sedan, E350 Convertible or ML350 SUV, customers will need to open a new...
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Jaguar recently announced that its upcoming sports car, the 2014 F-Type, would be available with a new supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 engine, but the automaker didn’t state whether this would be... -
The story behind the $2.5 million Bugatti Veyron L'or BlancBugatti has released a short documentary video detailing the story of its one-off Veyron L'or Blanc, a supercar dressed in the finest of porcelain. For Bugatti, building the car was the realization of an exceptional idea, one that stayed true to the brand’s goal of the utmost in quality and...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Spy VideoUPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series has been revealed. Click here for all the details. An AMG Black Series version of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG gullwing supercar is coming and we’ve got an exclusive spy video of a prototype testing at the Nurburgring race track in Germany and...
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Rhys Millen Shows Off 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Drift CarHyundai showed up to the Streets of Long Beach with the 2013 Genesis Coupe drift car and driver Rhys "Mad Skilz" Millen and filmed the whole event.
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A. Kahn Design Shows Vesuvius Kit For The Range Rover EvoqueBritish tuner A. Kahn Design has released its second styling package for the Range Rover Evoque.
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Aston Martin To Send Out Current DBS With Ultimate EditionAston Martin is working on a new generation of its DB9 luxury grand tourer, which once again is expected to spawn a regular model as well as a high-performance DBS. This means that the current versions of both cars are soon to be discontinued. In the lead up to the arrival of their successors next...
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Many readers are unlikely to have ever heard of Slovenian sports car manufacturer Tushek.
That’s probably because the company only unveiled its first model, the Renovatio T500, at last... -
Jay Leno drives the Volvo C30 Polestar conceptMost people are unlikely to associate Volvo with performance, but the Swedish automaker has offered several notable sporty variants of its regular lineup in the past under the R performance range. The S60 R, for example, was introduced in 2003 and boasted a 300-horsepower turbocharged engine mated...
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Mazda Extends RX-8 Production Due To Strong Demand In JapanMazda will extend production of its RX-8 sports car by 1,000 units due to overwhelming demand for the special RX-8 Spirit R final edition.
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Infiniti Emerg-E Based On A Lotus EvoraOne of the stars of the recent 2012 Geneva Motor Show was the Emerg-E range-extended electric car concept from Infiniti. Easily one of the most striking designs from a mainstream automaker this year, the Emerg-E blends mid-engine proportions with the elegant lines of high-end luxury and looks like...
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2012 Seat Ibiza Cupra Concept: Forbidden FruitVolkswagen’s Spanish unit Seat has rolled out a hot little hatch concept at this week’s 2012 Beijing Auto Show, which despite being labeled concept is actually a preview of a planned facelift for one of the automaker’s most popular models. That model is the sporty 2012 Seat Ibiza...
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2012 Toyota Tacoma TRD T/X Baja Series Priced From $34,450After teasing its Tacoma TRD T/X Baja Series Package as a thinly-veiled concept at the 2011 Texas State Fair last September, the package is now just a month out from its showroom debut. In the lead up to its sales launch Toyota has revealed the all-important pricing details for a Tacoma pickup...
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