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The power obsessed tuners at Brabus have already got their hands on the brand spanking new Mercedes Benz CL600 and from their efforts we have the new SV12 Biturbo monster. The car packs a 6.3-litre... -
Mosler’s 2006 MT900 GTR Race Car For The roadGermany’s importer of the LS7-powered Mosler MT900 R has created a road-going version that they’ve labelled the MT900 GTR. The original car was popularized after winning at the British and Spanish GT Championships back in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, the car went on to gained success in the...
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Ferrari 599 GTO Mugello concept to be builtBack in April Michiel van den Brink designed the 'Ferrari 599 GTO Mugello', a concept car based on the Ferrari 599 that implemented design elements from vintage Ferraris. He's now announced that his vision will make it to production with the help of his business partner Robert Koumans, and by Dutch...
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It's bunk, Arnie is keeping his HummersDespite what numerous other blogs have reported, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is not in any way dumping his fleet of Hummers. Where did rumor start? One report suggests that Al Gore might have mentioned it, or maybe it was because Arnie is about to sign a new greenhouse gasses bill next week. Either...
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Video: Gran Turismo HD for PS3It’s fairly unlikely that most of us will ever get behind the sort of automotive exotica found in Gran Turismo games, but they’re coded so well they’re almost the real thing. The two most impressive things about GT games is the graphics and driving model, and we’re told that...
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Portugal gives birth to the Vinci GTPortugal’s Auto Museum of Maia and the Center for Excellence and Innovation in the Industry Automobile (CEIIA) have created the Project Vinci GT concept, which it will present at the Matosinhos Retro Auto Show later this month. Though the car is still in the design phase, the team is set on...
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You may remember our previous story about the BMW 335i being run on a dynometer and displaying some impressive figures. In the earlier tests, the 335i made 275hp and 406Nm torque at the wheels.... -
California sues car makers over greenhouse gasesCalifornia has sued six major car companies over damage created by the harmful CO2 emissions from their vehicles. You may remember that just last year nine car makers (including Ford, General Motors and Toyota) unsuccessfully attempted to sue the California state government over its new clean car...
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BMW to launch Individual program next month?AutoSpies is reporting that BMW is getting ready to launch their Individual program in the US at the Miami motor show next month, and one of the customisations you’ll be able to pick is a leather top for your M6 convertible. The Individual program has had great success overseas with...
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Thai military coup halts car productionDue to the recent military insurgence in Bangkok, Thailand, Nissan Motor Company has announced that it has halted operations at its Thailand facility the day after the military seized power over the Thai government. The company said that the move was necessary to ensure the safety of its 33...
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Peugeot And Citroën Split Design TeamsPSA Peugeot Citroën has given its designers at its ADN (Automotive Network Design) studio in France the challenge of creating new innovative designs by dividing the designers into two competing teams, one for Peugeot and the other for Citroën. Each team will adopt the values and core...
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Updated: Dodge Avenger ConceptFollowing up from our previous pictures of the Dodge Avenger concept, originally released by LeftLaneNews, we have come across images of the production version of the Avenger, due to be shown at the Paris Motor Show. The car will share the front-wheel drive platform from the Chrysler Sebring and...
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Here’s the latest episode of Extreme TV’s Gumball 2006 program. This time the rally flies from Thailand to the US.
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Jaguar tops German quality surveyGood news has been hard to come by for Jaguar for the last few months. First, there were rumors that the ailing British carmaker would be sold. Then there was news that Ford may simply dump the brand altogether. Well, the bad news streak has ended with a report from German magazine Auto Zietung...
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GM Building World’s Largest Fuel Cell FleetGeneral Motors Company [NYSE:GM] has announced it will build more than 100 Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicles and begin placing them with customers next year, as part of a comprehensive deployment plan dubbed “Project Driveway." The project is designed to learn all aspects of the customer...
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Nissan to test car-to-car communication systemIt seems that Nissan is testing a new car-to-car communications system in Japan – but before you get excited, not the sort where you can curse out the guy who just cut you off, or try to pick up the women in the car next to you. Instead, the system will be much more safety oriented, giving...
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Campagna T-Rex on tourCampagna's T-Rex is a strange beast. Neither car nor motorcycle, it takes elements of both and combines them to create something that may not bark as loud as its namesake, but certainly features some of the bite. The T-Rex is the latest in lightweight cars that trade luxury amenities (i.e. anything...
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Honda unveils 2007 Civic Type RHonda’s hotted-up Civic Type R was unveiled today ahead of its release in March 2007. Unfortunately, it looks as though the Type R will not be sold in the U.S., although Honda has not put the official word out yet. The new Type R continues to be powered by the naturally-aspirated...
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The latest episode see's the Gumballers blast through Thailand, going from Phuket to Bangkok. The roads of Thailand weren't exactly meant for high-performance driving and this results in some... -
Details On The BMW Z9, Audi R8, And Mercedes P8For years the sports car world has been dominated by the likes of Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini, with a lot of other manufacturers largely left out in the cold. Sure, the BMW M5 and Audi RS4 can go very fast indeed and impress us simply through sheer horsepower numbers, but it has been years...
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Jaguar planning diesel and high-power versions of XKIn an effort to expand its sports car lineup, Jaguar may be planning to release diesel and high-performance supercharged versions of the XK. Though there’s already a performance XK dubbed the XKR, Jaguar is planning a model with a supercharged 5L V8 engine that develops 550hp (410kW) and...
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Chrysler's crazy Tomahawk <del>may</del> may not get green litPresented as a concept a few years ago, no one really thought that the Tomahawk would get manufactured, but that's what Chrysler is reportedly doing. After all, a 500 horsepower motorbike? Surely that was a bit far-fetched? But with the greenlight given, it seems that the hyper Tomahawk will be...
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Clarkson's dream garage - not a prancing horse in sightThe dream garage. It exists somewhere for all of us, and we all have different ideas of the ultimate garage. But choosing a car these days is a tough prospect, what with the inundation of cars hitting the market. There are a lot of bad cars out there, but in the same vein there are also a lot of...
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Cool new Shelby GT500 adOne of Ford’s “comeback” vehicles is the Shelby GT500, so it’s no surprise they’re pulling all stops to make sure it gets a great ad campaign. Here’s an ad that not only lets you hear the rumbling V8 in the car, but manages to be funny at the same time. We think...
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