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After first previewing its modified Mark VI Golf at last year’s Essen Motor Show, Germany's equivalent to SEMA, Volkswagen tuning specialist ABT Sportsline has unveiled the final production...
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Wald Lexus IS-F 'Black Bison' detail photos released
Japanese tuning house Wald International has a wide range of styling and performance kits for nearly every Japanese-made car on the market. It's no surprise, then, the company has turned its hand to one of the most recent high-performance sedans to issue from Lexus, and the resulting restyle shows...
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Hulme Conducts First Public Shake Down Test For Can Am Supercar
Caparo has shown how close you can get to the reality of driving a road-legal F1 car with its T1, and now New Zealand’s Hulme has revealed that development of its equally extreme Can Am Supercar has been completed. Hulme’s race car built for the road made its first public shake down...
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ZAP presents Alias electric three-wheeler to dealers
Electric car company ZAP and its Chinese partner Youngman Auto have taken a step closer to getting its Alias electric three-wheeler onto driveways across the country, with the production version of the electric vehicle being displayed to dealers for the first time. The event took place at this past...
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Hybrid sales down nearly 10% in 2008
The crumbling U.S. economy and the plummeting price of fuel are two of the major factors behind a sudden drop-off in sales of hybrid vehicles in the U.S. market, and the falling popularity of hybrids has auto industry executives worried once more. Data from 2008 now shows the segment fell 9.9% for...
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Next hybrid for Mercedes Benz will be a diesel-electric M-Class
Mercedes Benz will launch its first ever hybrid model with the introduction of the all-new S400 BlueHYBRID, a petrol-electric hybrid based on the S-Class sedan, later this year. Its next hybrid, however, will reportedly be a more advanced diesel-electric model based on the M-Class SUV. According to...
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Following the announcement this week of a proposed acquisition of a 35% stake in Chrysler by Italy’s Fiat Group, Chrysler’s chief designer Ralph Gilles has given some insight into the...
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Mercedes Benz releases AMG sports pack for new E-Class
Having already unveiled its all-new E-Class Sedan at last week’s Detroit Auto Show, Mercedes Benz released today new images of the svelte saloon wrapped in the carmaker’s new AMG styling package. The package includes a number features not available individually and gives us a preview of...
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GM sells 8.35 million vehicles in 2008, down 11% on previous year
GM has announced today that its global sales tally for 2008 has come in at 8.35 million vehicles, which represents a 10.8% decline on 2007’s levels and a substantial 616,000 units short of Toyota’s tally over the same period. Toyota also experienced a sales decline over 2008, with its...
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Report: BMW may apply for state aid, plans to cut production
American carmakers recently secured a multi-billion dollar loan guarantee from the federal government but their counterparts across the pond haven’t been so lucky. Late last year the European Commission approved plans to provide up to $6 billion to its automotive industry, far short of the...
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Report: Toyota to halve Japanese production
The global downturn in car sales is a familiar topic these days, and even the production juggernaut of Toyota is facing unseen declines in demand for its products. To help realign output with that demand, the carmaker recently announced plans to shut down all 12 of its Japanese plants for a total...
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First Hurst 50th Anniversary Dodge Viper sells for $275,000 at Barrett-Jackson auction
This past weekend’s Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, saw a number of special vehicles go under the hammer, including this striking Dodge Viper that was prepared by vehicle customizer Hurst. The particular model is the first of the new Hurst 50th Anniversary Dodge...
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Just before Christmas Zele International confirmed that it would unveil a customized version of the new 2009 Nissan 370Z, or Fairlady as it is known in Japan, at this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon....
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Riley Technologies announces plans for 500hp ‘Track Day Car’
Riley Technologies is a leading race car constructor and supplier of vehicles for many professional teams as well as track day enthusiasts. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of complete race cars, as well as prototype development for racing and manufacturing applications, and is...
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BYD confirms 2011 U.S. launch for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles
Chinese manufacturer BYD is planning to have vehicles on sale in the U.S. within two years, with similar ambitions for the European market. The company took a step closer to reaching those goals by launching the world’s first mass-produced plug-in hybrid vehicle in China last month, and at...
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First look at Ferrari’s new 'F60' F1 race car
Ferrari has become the first team to officially launch its 2009 F1 race car, revealing it at a low-key event at the company’s Maranello headquarters. The car’s ‘F60’ title is in celebration of the fact the Italian marque is the only to have contested all sixty seasons in the...
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Audi releases full details for Sportback concept
While many carmakers are either scaling back their 2009 Detroit Auto Show presence, or pulling out altogether, Audi has bucked the trend with a number of important unveilings at this year’s event. The German luxury marque has already released details about its new V10-powered R8 supercar, and...
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Production Honda Insight hybrid debuts in Detroit
The all-new 2010 Honda Insight hybrid car made its world debut today at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, ending several weeks of image leaks and specifications conjecture. Utilizing the latest generation of Honda’s Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) hybrid technology and new, more cost-efficient...
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Volkswagen has made no secret of its desire to revive the compact roadster market with numerous concept cars over the last decade, however the latest design, called the Bluesport, takes it to a new...
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BYD to present world’s first mass-produced plug-in hybrid vehicle in Detroit
Chinese manufacturer BYD is planning to have plug-in hybrid vehicles on sale in the U.S. within two years, with similar ambitions for the European market. The company took a step closer to reaching those goals by launching the world’s first mass-produced plug-in hybrid vehicle in China last...
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Blitz unveils rear-wheel-drive GT-R with manual gearbox
The highlight of this weekend’s Tokyo Auto Salon will undoubtedly be Nissan’s brand new SpecV GT-R, but as expected Japan’s big name tuners have not stood idly by and let Nissan take all the spotlight. We’ve already seen custom GT-Rs from the likes of Zele International and...
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Zele releases full specs for R35 GT-R ‘Complete Edition’
The final details on Zele International's carbon-fiber bodykit and power enhancement for the Nissan GT-R have been released, with the tuning firm announcing that it plans to start taking orders for the completed car globally at the end of March. On display at this weekend’s 2009 Tokyo...
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Fiat To Launch 500-Based Abarth Coupe
Fiat, through its Abarth performance division, is reportedly working on a new sports coupe based on its 500 minicar to be launched sometime next year. The car will simply be called the Abarth Coupe and will join the existing Punto and 500 models in the Abarth lineup. Due to its humble 500...
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First look at MCR-tuned Nissan 370Z
Japanese tuning house Matchless Crowd Racing (MCR) has revealed some early shots of its customized 2009 Nissan 370Z – less than a week before the car is due to be unveiled at the Tokyo Auto Salon. The images reveal the new 370Z with handsome aerodynamic modifications and fitted with a MCR...
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