Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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The idea of shoving the biggest, most powerful engine around into smallest vehicle you can find is nothing new, hot-rodders in this country have been doing it for the good part of the last century,... -
Report: Singapore Buys Over 50 Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 SupercarsWe’ve seen the spy shots, read up on all the details about its new 700 horsepower V-12 powerplant and even obtained leaked copies of its ordering guide and specs list, now, we have news that Lamborghini’s replacement for the Murcielago supercar is selling like hot cakes. The new car...
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New City Car To Be Built By Lotus, Proton And One Other AutomakerBack at September’s 2010 Paris Auto Show Lotus unveiled a new minicar concept simply dubbed the City Car, confirming the automaker’s intent to venture into new territory--both in terms of price and vehicle category. Along with the unveiling of the City Car concept, Lotus also announced...
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Playboy Picks Its Hottest Cars Of 2011Now you have a legitimate reason to tell your significant other that you’re only reading the latest issue of Playboy for the articles as the world famous magazine has published its list of the hottest models of 2011…err on four-wheels that is. Yes, Playboy’s 2011 Cars of the Year...
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Land Rover Launches Bullet-Proof LR4 ArmoredPresidents, world dignitaries and the rich and powerful in general now have a new choice when it comes to protective vehicles, with Land Rover launching a new ‘Armored’ edition of its LR4 SUV (Discovery in other markets). Coming in for the 2011 model year, the latest armored SUV offers...
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Video: 19 Teenage Girls Set World Record By Squeezing Into Smart FortwoIf you’ve ever complained about having to ride around in a cramped car, spare a thought for the 19 teenage girls in this video who squeezed into one of the world’s smallest cars, the two-seater Smart Fortwo. The Pakistani girls set a new world record for the ‘Most people crammed...
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The Lexus ES has consistently proven to be a solid seller for the Japanese premium brand despite the car essentially being a reskinned Toyota Camry.
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American Photographer Jordan Shiraki Creates Lamborghini PortfolioWe’re sure it’s quite impossible to take a bad photo of a Lamborghini, no matter your skill level with a camera, but sometimes it takes a renowned photographer like Jordan Shiraki to get behind the lines to show us how to transform ordinary pictures into true works of art. Born and...
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Aussie Ford Territory SUV Previews Styling For U.S. Escape ReplacementFord’s Australian division is working on its second-generation Territory SUV, which is set to be released next year, and we now have the first spy shots of it in prototype form. While this particular model won’t be sold in the U.S., its styling may very well feature on models arriving...
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Maserati Classiche: The Perfect Holiday Gift For The Avid Car FanMaserati has released the new ‘Maserati Classiche’ series, the ultimate compendium for diehard fans of the Italian automaker. In fact, it would prove an ideal resource for all enthusiasts and collectors, edited by Maserati itself and made up of individual issues dealing with a single...
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Radical Sportscars To Unveil Road-Legal SR3 SL Next MonthHardcore motorsport fans are no doubt familiar with Radical Sportscars, makers of the legendary longtime Nordschleife record-holding SR8. But the firm also makes a range of cars for the track-day enthusiast, including one of its most popular, the SR3. Now Radical has announced the new SR3 SL, a...
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Martha Stewart Designs Her Dream 2011 BMW X3Updated: The video segment from The Martha Stewart Show showing the new BMW X3 has been added to the story. Original: Last month we reported on a new online tool developed by BMW to help promote the arrival of the all-new X3 SUV and featuring a special built-to-order program that allows customers...
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It never ceases to amaze us how many individuals are out there willing to convert perfectly good sports cars--but usually junk--into replica supercars that more often than not look worse than...
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Fisker Signs Chinese Partner To Help Distribute Karma Luxury Plug-in HybridAmidst concerns that the Fisker Karma luxury plug-in hybrid sedan could just be ‘vaporware’ and that an actual release is still be years away, Fisker Automotive has announced the formation of an alliance with a Chinese company to help distribute the car in the world’s most...
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Video: Rapper Fabolous Talks About His New Aston Martin RapideWe’re happy to report that rapper Fabolous, a.k.a. John David Jackson, is the proud owner of a new Aston Martin Rapide sedan. He was spotted in New Jersey recently visiting his local barber shop and we managed to scoop these images of his new ride, which reportedly cost him around $250,000...
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AMG Working On 320 Horsepower Mercedes-Benz A-Class?We’ve already reported on possible plans for a hotted-up Mercedes-Benz A-Class from AMG but now we have new information suggesting that the premium compact hatch could be producing as much as 320 horsepower from a highly tuned four-cylinder turbo. With the new 2012 BMW 1-Series M Coupe coming...
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Report: $200K Pricetag Expected For BMW Vision EfficientDynamics SupercarAn Audi R8 can be yours for around $120,000, depending on which model you select and how options you laden it with, while the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG will set you back closer to the $180,000-and-upwards mark. BMW’s entrant in this segment, the production version of the Vision EfficientDynamics...
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Aston Martin Calling On Fans To Name New Le Mans Race CarAston Martin will return to the white hot competition of Le Mans racing, entering next year’s 24-hour endurance race with a new LMP1 race car. The only problem is that Aston Martin is in need of a new, emotive name for its latest race car, and it’s calling on its fans to come up with...
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We’ve already known BMW was planning to launch a new range of performance accessories under its BMW Performance label for the X5 SUV since March’s 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Now, BMW has... -
Lotus Boss Reveals Plans For In-House Designed V-8Right up until August of this year there were reports claiming Lotus would continue to rely on Toyota for its future powertrains, including the use bespoke V-8 and V-10 engines from Toyota’s upmarket Lexus division for a new range of high-end models such as the Esprit supercar and new Elite...
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Play Around With The 2011 Lexus CT 200h’s New ConfiguratorEarlier today we saw news of a configurator for the Bugatti Veyron supercar and its Grand Sport open-top sibling, and on a separate note we also found out that pricing for the new 2011 Lexus CT 200h will start at $29,995 (including delivery) when the luxury hybrid hatch goes on sale early next...
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2012 BMW 1-Series Coupe And Convertible PreviewHot on the heels of last week’s unveiling of the new BMW 1-Series M Coupe comes the first details on the 2012 BMW 1-Series Coupe and Convertible, both of which have been subtly updated for the latest model year. Set to go on sale in the spring of 2011, the new cars get some very modest...
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Report: Volkswagen Considering Production Of Electric Up Taxi ConceptOver the past 12 months or so Volkswagen has unveiled three all-electric taxi concept vehicles based around its Up small car platform. These included the previous Berlin and Milano Taxi concepts, and now this new London Taxi. While the cars themselves are nothing to rave about, the possibility that...
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Audi Posts Record U.S. Sales, China Poised To Be Number One In 2011Audi broke its annual vehicle sales record in the U.S. earlier this week when it recorded its 93,507th transaction of 2010. The sale eclipsed the old U.S. record of 93,506 vehicles sold in 2007 and Audi execs are now confident that the 100,000 mark can be reached before the year is out. However...
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