Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Hot on the heels of the new ROUSHcharger and Ford Racing supercharger kits for Ford’s latest 5.0-liter V-8 comes a new announcement from the land Down Under. FPV, Ford’s in-house tuner...
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Aston Martin Cygnet Minicar Coming To U.S. By 2012Love it or loathe it but Aston Martin’s Cygnet luxury minicar based on the Toyota iQ is here to stay. For whatever reasons Aston Martin deemed it necessary to build such a model, be it emissions regulations, demand from brand loyalists for an urban commuter, or a desperate grab for new...
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Spy Shots: 2011 Bentley Continental GT, Reveal Coming September 7The Bentley Continental GT has been around since 2003 and since that time there have been very little changes made to the luxurious grand tourer lineup. That won’t be true for much longer as these latest spy shots indicate. Bentley is working on a facelift for its 2011 model year Continental...
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2011 Ford Explorer Will Join Taurus On Police DutyThe last couple of months have seen three different police vehicle concepts unveiled by each of the domestic automakers: the Chevrolet Caprice Police Detective PPV from GM, the new Dodge Charger Pursuit from Chrysler and the Taurus Interceptor from Ford. Now, the Blue Oval has unveiled a second...
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2011 Ford Mustang DUB Edition Upgrade Priced From $3,699Pony car fans might not think the love of the Mustang is a generational thing, but Ford apparently does, and it is targeting the new DUB Edition 2011 Mustang directly at younger urban drivers. The car, a collaboration between DUB, Ford and Roush, combines Roush and DUB appearance features for a...
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2010 Paris Auto Show Preview: 2011 Lexus IS-FLast week we were graced with the first images and details of the facelifted 2011 Lexus IS range and today we have details for the high-performance IS-F model. Joining the rest of the IS range at next month’s 2010 Paris Auto Show, the new 2011 Lexus IS-F will feature subtle styling tweaks, a...
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Another supercar project is brewing up north; the De Macross GT1, which is being developed by Canada’s De Macross Motors Corp (DMMC) and is set to go on sale next year. You may recall that we...
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Ben Collins Revealed As 'Top Gear' Stig, Gets The SackThe BBC's Top Gear is perhaps the most well-recognized and widely-watched motoring program on earth, and the series' dependence on a hired gun that plies the world's best supercars at the show's test track is equally well-known. That driver's identity has been a closely guarded secret of the show...
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Rendered: 2012 Volkswagen New BeetleVolkswagen’s New Beetle has been on the market now for more than ten years and has enjoyed relatively strong sales despite the lack of significant upgrades during its life. More than one million New Beetles have been built at Volkswagen’s Puebla plant in Mexico and it looks like...
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Modern-Day Seven And Two New Hybrids Joining Lotus Lineup In ParisFor Lotus fans, the next few years will prove to be very exciting as the company pushes ahead with its five-year plan to update its model lineup, and at next month’s 2010 Paris Auto Show we will be graced with a preview of almost every new model addition the British sports car company has...
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2010 Paris Auto Show Preview: Citroen DS4At next month’s 2010 Paris Auto Show French automaker Citroen will unveil a new hatchback designed to continue the brand’s assault on the premium vehicle market. However, while most automakers associate luxury with sedan bodystyles, Citroen is attempting to carve out its own niche as...
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Lotus Esprit Successor May Feature Lexus LFA V-10For Lotus fans, the next few years should prove to be very interesting as the company pushes ahead with its five-year plan to update its model lineup, including successors to the Elise and Esprit. Sales of the Evora are going strong, and we’re about to see the unveiling of a new supercharged...
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Smoky burnouts, lurid powerslides, brutalized rev-limiters and V-8 engines--those are the things that make Shelby-tuned Mustangs great. But as automakers and customers around the world bow down to...
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New ROUSHcharger Boosts Ford 5.0 V-8 To 550 HorsepowerSpecialist Ford tuner Roush has released a new supercharger package for the latest 5.0 V-8 engine found in cars like the 2011 Ford Mustang GT. Already potent in stock form, the addition of the new supercharger kit, dubbed the 5.0L ROUSHcharger, boosts output to 550 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of...
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2010 Paris Auto Show Preview: 2011 Lexus ISAs next month’s 2010 Paris Auto Show approaches, more and more of the event’s highlights are starting to be revealed in the lead up. The latest is the mid-cycle facelift for the 2011 Lexus IS, the most significant changes to the IS range since launch back in 2005. The most obvious change is to...
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2010 Paris Auto Show Preview: 2011 Chevrolet OrlandoChevrolet may have reversed its decision to bring the Orlando to the U.S. but the boxy MPV will still go on sale across Europe early next year, with a world debut pegged for next month's 2010 Paris Auto Show. The Orlando is based on the same front-wheel drive Delta platform that underpins cars like...
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2010 Paris Auto Show Preview: 2012 Ford Focus STEverybody knows about the rip-snorting 305 horsepower Ford Focus RS, but what about the lesser ST model? We’re not talking about the lame duck North American version here, but rather the 225 horsepower five-cylinder turbo Focus ST sold overseas. The hot-hatch is essentially...
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Lewis Hamilton Fined $500 For Melbourne BurnoutIt seems officials in Melbourne, the place where Lewis Hamilton was apprehended for doing an illegal burnout on the eve of the Australian Grand Prix last March, have finally dropped charges against the F1 superstar. Hamilton apologized for carrying out the burnout and was fined $500 AUD...
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Honda's new hybrid strategy is focused on reducing the cost of hybrid components and introducing the fuel-saving technology into new markets, including the ultra-competitive compact car segment....
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Video: Another 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia Goes Up In FlamesWe wish someone were making this up. Maybe then we could explain how so many examples of the still new 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia have been damaged in such a short space of time. If you haven’t been counting, the tally already stands at 10 in the past 9 months--not including one car that was...
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BMW M3 GTS Sets 7m 48s ‘Ring Time, New Image Gallery ReleasedEver since the E92 BMW M3 was first revealed at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show, true BMW enthusiasts have been intrigued but still longing for the CSL to make its return. Standing for Coupe, Sport, Lightweight, those three letters name the purest driver and most track-focused cars BMW has to offer...
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Spy Shots: 2011 Dodge Charger SRT8Hot on the heels of yesterday’s spy shots of the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 comes new shots of the hotted-up version of the 2011 Dodge Charger, which like the Jeep, comes onto the market with a completely refreshed design. Though camouflaged, we can clearly see the new face of the Charger...
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Another Day, Another 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia CrashesWarning--this is not a joke. Less than a week after reporting about the ninth wrecked 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia (the first on U.S. soil), comes news of yet another damaged example, this time in the Czech Republic. While the damage on this latest car is not as severe as previous incidents, it is still...
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Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4: World’s First Production Diesel HybridFrance’s PSA Peugeot Citroen group plans to take on the hybrid market in coming years with new diesel-electric hybrid technology, the first of which will be appearing in the new Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 due in the spring of 2011 in Europe. The technology, dubbed HYbrid4, has already been...
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