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The Australian built Joss supercar prototype is on sale for only $180,000, a fraction of the $2m+ it cost to build. The designer, builder and owner of the Joss supercar, Matt Thomas, has said he has... -
NACOTY Finalists AnnouncedThe six finalists that will vie for place in the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards have been announced. An international jury of auto journalists selected the Honda Fit, Saturn Aura and the Toyota Camry as finalists in the car category, while the Chevrolet Silverado, Ford Edge and...
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Ford crossovers now shippingFord has started shipping the new Edge crossover out to customers. Ford had delayed the launch date of the Edge due to quality aspects and the need to iron out supplier and assembly issues at the refurbished Oakville, Ontario, plant. It insists that the problem isn’t quality, but one of...
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The last hurrah: Jaguar’s 2008 S-typeWith the brand new XF sports sedan due for 2008, Jaguar has given the S-type a nip'n'tuck for its last year on sale. For the 2008 Model Year, all S-TYPE versions feature an updated front end, with the addition of the sporting S-TYPE R bumper and mesh grille to all models. A new series of alloy...
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TH!NK electric car set for a comebackThe TH!NK electric car may be returning in a big way if the new owners of the brand get their way. Though it was bought by Ford, they quietly dumped the project a couple of years back. TH!NK was recently taken over by a Norwegian investment group with plans to sell a new car internationally by...
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The 400hp Audi S3If you’re after a performance upgrade that will make ever other “hot hatch” seem like a “mildly warm hatch,” you can’t look further than the upgraded Audi S3 being offered by German tuning house Wimmer Rennsporttechnik. Our friends over at Autoblog.nl uncovered...
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Here's one for the "what not to do" files. Turns out that a speeder posted a video on YouTube of his escapades, namely taking his car up to 150mph on public roads where the limits only reach about...
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The Brabus…van?We have to admit we were a little bit shocked to get this press release. After much whiskey-tango-foxtrot’ing around the office we decided to publish it anyway. Brabus claims that the goal for this modification was to turn a “carrier van into a powerful luxury sedan,” and to do so...
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Chrysler’s new drop-top SebringThe convertible segment is heating up with the introduction of its newest member, the Chrysler Sebring Convertible. The car comes available with no less than three different automatically latching tops, including a retractable hard top, which can drop with the press of a button on the key fob...
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L.A. Auto Show to present 21 world debutsThe L.A. Auto Show is one of our favorite calendar events of the year, and this year’s show is pegged to be the biggest ever with a record 21 world debuts planned. The decision to shift the date back to November instead of January has given organizers as well as the motoring press a buffer...
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Possible rendering of CTS coupeCadillac has confirmed that its next-generation CTS sedan will spawn several other body styles including a coupe and wagon-crossover, and now we have a possible rendering of what the CTS coupe may look like. Picking up the tag CTC, short for Cadillac touring coupe, a concept version is expected to...
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More evidence of Hakkinen’s F1 returnMcLaren has adamantly denied rumors of the return of 38 year old Hakkinen to Formula One, but there’s mounting evidence that suggests he could be racing for McLaren by as early as next year’s season. This would see the Finn pairing up with Fernando Alonso, and would make McLaren a very...
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General Motors will unveil a new concept for its successful Hummer brand at January’s Detroit Auto Show. Even smaller than the current H3, the new concept will be called the H4 and follow in... -
Porsche denies takeover bid for VWAs the executive reshuffle at Volkswagen continues, the company’s largest shareholder Porsche is reported to be backing off on further plans to increase its holding in VW. German magazine Focus reports that Ferdinand Piech, whose family owns Porsche and who’s also the supervisory board...
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Jianghuai’s Vision is clouded by Lexus' logoThe Vision concept car from China’s Jianghuai Auto epitomises everything that’s wrong with some of the country’s carmakers. Not only is the styling lifted from some Toyota models, the badge on the car is just the reverse of Lexus’ “L” logo. The concept comes from...
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Video: A day with the police GallardoEarlier this year, Lamborghini donated a brand new Gallardo to the Italian police to celebrate the force's 152nd anniversary. Designed for emergency situations where speed is vital, the police Gallardo attracts plenty of attention and has several features you won’t find in your everyday...
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Japan not a fan of LexusLexus has been the number one brand in luxury in the US for the last six years now, but buyers in its homeland, Japan, still seek the European labels when it comes to luxury. BMW and Mercedes Benz are still the luxury cars of choice in Japan, with DaimlerChrysler selling more than 58,000 cars in...
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New Cadillac CTS headed for UKCadillac will build right-hand drive versions of its upcoming CTS executive saloon that it plans to export to the UK. The new CTS will be debuted at January’s Detroit Motor Show, but UK motorists won’t be seeing the car in showrooms until the end of 2007 at the earliest. What Car? Is...
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There's been recent speculation that the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] was planning to debut a new specialty Mustang at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which it was co-developing with Italian designer...
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Jiotto Caspita, Japan's original supercarThe Jiotto Caspita was a prototype supercar developed by Japanese constructor Dome for another company, Jiotto, back in 1988. Touted as the original F1 car built for the road, the original Caspita was powered by a Motor Moderni horizontally opposed twelve-cylinder. This engine developed a very...
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Kia launches factory backed aftermarket partsWe’ve all seen them before, budget econo cars tricked out in flashy aftermarket accessories that are often worth more than the car itself. The worst offenders are the odd bunch who like to equip their small underpowered hatches with huge exhausts and ridiculous bodykits with go-fast stickers...
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Jagaur's super XKR-R in the worksJaguar is rumored to be working on a new high performance derivative of its XK coupe, which is destined to become one of the firm’s fastest coupes ever. Likely to be called the, er, XKR-R, the new model will compete with the likes of the Porsche 911 Turbo and Aston Martin V8 Vantage, however...
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GM to build hybrid cars in China by 2008General Motors has announced today that it plans to build hybrid-electric cars in China by 2008 at one of its plants in Shanghai. GM will be working in a joint venture with the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp to build a new cost effective and highly flexible hybrid system that was co-developed...
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Audi R8 Could Get A Diesel OptionThe motoring world is well aware of the performance potential of Audi’s diesel technology. We’ve already seen the diesel-powered R10 come first in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race as well as the confirmation that a diesel engine will feature in the TT coupe. Now there are...
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