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We recently saw Ford’s customized small car lineup set for debut next week at the annual Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas, and today the automaker is previewing...
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Mercedes-Benz Teases Its BMW X6 Rivaling CrossoverLate last week Mercedes-Benz announced that it would start building a new model at its U.S. plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by 2015 though failed to mention exactly what it would be. Now a leaked image allegedly taken during the announcement at the plant has surfaced online, indicating that the new...
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2011 Mazda Takeri Concept: 2011 Tokyo Motor Show PreviewWhen Mazda said its new ‘Kodo-Soul of Motion’ design theme would be influencing its future models, it certainly wasn’t lying. In a little over 12 months we’ve seen the design language feature on the original Shinari and Minagi concept cars and more recently on the 2012 Mazda...
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2013 Fiat 500E Electric Car Spy ShotsChrysler has been promising to launch an electric car since its pre-bankruptcy days of ENVI but so far the only tangible evidence that such a car was in the works was the unveiling of the Fiat 500 'Elettra' concept back at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. Now, more than 18 months since the unveiling of...
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BMW M Performance Accessories M3 DTM In Full Livery DebutsBMW used the DTM season finale at Hockenheim over the weekend to unveil its M3-based race car that will fulfill the brand’s comeback to the German touring car series next year. In front of thousands of fans at the German city’s Hockenheimring race track, the “BMW M Performance...
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CEOs Of Aston Martin And Toyota Take Time Out To Race Each Other’s CarsThe CEOs of Aston Martin and Toyota Dr. Ulrich Bez and Akio Toyoda have been getting much closer lately, with the two originally signing an agreement to develop the iQ-based Cygnet minicar back in 2009 and more recently teaming up to help the Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster. Both execs...
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Having already established a strong foothold in the Chinese, Indian, and Russian markets, Rolls-Royce is now set to embark on its next major endeavor, expanding into South America.
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New WRX Dropping Impreza Name, Getting Own Platform: ReportSubaru has major plans for the next iteration of its cult classic WRX and its more extreme WRX STI variant, and this time the cars won’t be derived from any econo compact car platform according to the latest reports. Earlier this year we reported that the next-gen WRX and WRX STI would be...
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Win This Custom Dodge Durango Toyo Tires Is Bringing To SEMAJapanese tire giant Toyo Tires is bringing four customized vehicles to the 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, next week, and if you happen to live in the U.S. then you can actually win one of them. That’s right. Toyo will give away this...
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Saab’s Alliance Deals With Pang Da And Youngman TerminatedSaab has taken one step closer towards what’s shaping up to be a possible bankruptcy with news coming out over the weekend that the struggling Swedish automaker has terminated its tentative alliance deals with Chinese firms Pang Da and Youngman. The decision was made by Saab’s parent...
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MotoGP Star Marco Simoncelli Dies In Malaysian RaceTop Italian motorbike rider Marco Simoncelli died earlier today due to the results of a crash at the 2011 Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang International Circuit. Simoncelli, just 24 years of age, died on lap two of the race after his Honda skidded and veered across the track and straight into the path of...
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Fisker’s Project Nina To Enter Production By End Of 2012Californian startup Fisker Automotive has been taking a lot of flak from the media following the launch of its first model, the 2012 Fisker Karma range-extended luxury sedan, due to the company’s decision to build the car in Finland despite borrowing more than half a billion dollars in...
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This December we’ll finally get to see the unveiling of the production version of Toyota’s ever evolving FT-86 Concept, and Subaru’s version of the car for that matter, but until... -
Mercedes-Benz to build 5th model at US plant from 2015Mercedes-Benz has announced today that it will further expand its U.S. plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama by adding production of a fifth model line in 2015. The plant is currently home to production of the M-, GL-, and R-Class SUVs, and has already been confirmed to build the next-generation C-Class in...
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Ford Previews 2011 SEMA Customized Focus And Fiesta LineupFord will use the SEMA 2011 background to show off new performance accessories for its Focus and Fiesta compact cars.
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Administrator Asks Swedish Court To Terminate Saab ReorganizationGuy Lofalk, the court-appointed administrator of Saab’s reorganization process, has revealed that he’s sent a letter to the Swedish court on Thursday requesting that the whole process be terminated. The revelation comes less than 24 hours after Saab announced it would be receiving some...
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2013 Ford B-Max Spy VideoWe’ve seen plenty of spy shots of the upcoming 2013 Ford B-Max, and even been presented with a near production ready concept earlier this year, but here’s a new spy video showing the compact MPV in a whole new light. It’s unclear whether the B-Max will join its C-Max big brother...
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Saab Receives Funding From America’s North Street CapitalSaab has announced today that it has received a commitment from American private equity firm North Street Capital for a cash payment before the October 22 deadline to pay off part of its bridge loans, once again helping the struggling automaker stave off bankruptcy. The cash will be awarded to Saab...
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Hybrid vehicles may still not sell in high volumes but automakers will be forced to offer more of the electrically-aided vehicles in order to meet tough new CAFE standards proposed for 2025.
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Buick Verano Hybrid Coming In 2015The new 2012 Buick Verano is only just coming onto the market but already we have news of a hybrid version in the works, though the green compact sedan isn't expected to be launched until 2015. The juicy tidbit was revealed in a document posted by Automotive News, which shows a list of the...
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New Maserati SUV To Be Called "Cinqueporte"?Maserati is bringing an SUV based on Jeep Grand Cherokee running gear to market in 2013 and chose the recent 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show to preview the vehicle in concept form. The concept, dubbed the “Kubang”, borrows its name from the Indonesian word for a particular wind in Java--no...
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Aston Martin DB9 Volante By Project Kahn Is Sheer StyleA successor to the still seductively sexy Aston Martin DB9 is just around the corner, but there’s still plenty of life in the current model, especially the DB9 Volante convertible. The guys at Project Kahn have showed us that with a few changes here and there, you can transform the DB9 into...
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Prodrive Working On Road-Going MINI Countryman WRC: ReportMINI’s new World Rally Championship racer, based on the Countryman crossover and developed by British motorsports and engineering firm Prodrive, recently made its official world debut and has since been throwing up dirt at a number WRC events in Europe. Next year the rally car, officially...
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Ron Dennis Addresses McLaren MP4-12C Quality Niggles In Customer LetterFollowing reports that McLaren was slowing production of its latest MP4-12C supercar due to niggling quality issues affecting the first batch of cars to come off the line, the boss of McLaren’s newly established road car division and former F1 head Ron Dennis has mailed a personally signed...
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