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- The Folden: New Zealanders Create Half Holden HQ, Half Ford Mustang Mechanical Frankenstein
- Panoz Abruzzi Sports Car Teased Before Le Mans Reveal
- GM's Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick and GMC Record 19.7% Increase in April Sales
- VIDEO: Shocking MINI Racer Accident in Australia
- DIY: Chinese Lamborghini "Wannabe" Replica Built for $3,000
- U.S. Patent Drawings of 2012 Buick Excelle Sedan
- Rollin on DUBs: Ford Introduces DUB Edition of 2011 Mustang
- Bound for Gotham City: Bugatti and Delahaye Hybrid Bugnotti Type 57S Roadster
- VW Planning Plug-in Jetta as well as Passat, Golf and Jetta Hybrid Models
- Senner Launches New Sport Exhaust System for Nissan 370Z
- Thanks a lot, X6: BMW is Contemplating a Smaller X4 Crossover
- VW Presents Golf Blue-e-Motion Concept, All-Electric Production Version to Launch in 2013
- 2012 Camaro: New interior, Z/28 Possibly Showing Up
- MTM Creates An Audi RS6 Clubsport With 730 Horsepower
| The Folden: New Zealanders Create Half Holden HQ, Half Ford Mustang Mechanical Frankenstein Posted: 03 May 2010 09:01 PM PDT Is it a Holden? Is it a Ford? Well, according to the folks from the New Zealand music radio station, 'The Rock', neither. They say it's a Folden and it was born from the unholy -or so to speak- union of a Holden HQ and a 1969 Ford Mustang. The culprits are The Rock's Drive show announcers, Robert Taylor and Jono Pryor, who claim that they created...
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| Panoz Abruzzi Sports Car Teased Before Le Mans Reveal Posted: 03 May 2010 06:25 PM PDT Panoz, small-volume American car manufacturer and builder of the AIV Roadster and Esperante, is going to be taking its game up another level. In order to get the people talking, the Georgia-based firm revealed a teaser of its upcoming sports car, the Abruzzi "Spirit of Le Mans". Set to debut at Le Mans next month on the Circuit de la Sarthe, the...
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| GM's Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick and GMC Record 19.7% Increase in April Sales Posted: 03 May 2010 04:27 PM PDT GM's big four survivors (Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, GMC) are on a roll: April sales have increased 19.7% over last year and calendar year sales are up 31%. The Detroit automaker gives a lot of credit to its launch vehicles: Chevrolet's Camaro/Equinox, Buick's LaCrosse, GMC's Terrain, and Cadillac's SRX. According to the General, the "new" GM's...
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| VIDEO: Shocking MINI Racer Accident in Australia Posted: 03 May 2010 03:27 PM PDT A horrific crash involving a MINI Cooper S racer took place this past weekend at the Ipswich Raceway in Brisbane, Australia, when debutant racer Kain Magro, 23, literally cart-wheeled out of control over a barrier and into a crowd of spectators during a racing event that preceded the Ipswich 300 V8 Supercars race. Miraculously, the driver was...
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| DIY: Chinese Lamborghini "Wannabe" Replica Built for $3,000 Posted: 03 May 2010 02:07 PM PDT 25-year-old Chen Jinmiao from China is a mechanic and likes Lamborghinis. In fact he likes them A LOT. But he couldn't afford one (yet), so he decided to build his own - or at least one that vaguely resembles Sant'Agata's "Raging Bull" models. For about $3,000 (US) in parts and a year's worth of time, Chen created a very-Lego Lamborghini that...
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| U.S. Patent Drawings of 2012 Buick Excelle Sedan Posted: 03 May 2010 01:02 PM PDT If these U.S. patent drawings of Buick's forthcoming entry-level compact sedan are anything to go by, then the North American version of the car will be identical to the China-market 2012 Buick Excelle that was recently caught on film without any camouflage whatsoever. We don't know if GM will keep the 'Excelle' nameplate for North America, but...
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| Rollin on DUBs: Ford Introduces DUB Edition of 2011 Mustang Posted: 03 May 2010 12:07 PM PDT In order to connect with "a whole new generation of buyers", Ford has teamed up with DUB magazine and Roush to release a special "DUB" edition Mustang. Based on the 305-horse 3.7 liter V6 model, the DUB package supplies the V6 Stang (coupe, convertible, or glass-roof coupe) with 20-inch TIS rims wrapped in Pirellis, a Roush appearance package,...
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| Bound for Gotham City: Bugatti and Delahaye Hybrid Bugnotti Type 57S Roadster Posted: 03 May 2010 11:36 AM PDT Terry Cook (owner of Deco Rides in New Jersey, a company that creates Generation II Boattail Speedster bodies) wanted something special, something along the lines of a Bugatti and Delahaye. The catch, other than price, was that he wasn't willing to cut up an original. "Starting with one of his composite bodies,...he radically modified the design...
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| VW Planning Plug-in Jetta as well as Passat, Golf and Jetta Hybrid Models Posted: 03 May 2010 11:17 AM PDT Together with the unveiling of the fully-electric Golf Blue-e-Motion prototype at a special event in Berlin today, Volkswagen also outlined its future product plans for sustainable mobility. According to Volkswagen, in 2013, the production Golf Blue-e-Motion that's powered by a 115HP electric motor will be joined by the new Up blue-e-motion city...
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| Senner Launches New Sport Exhaust System for Nissan 370Z Posted: 03 May 2010 10:23 AM PDT Germany's Senner Tuning is marketing a new sport exhaust system for the Nissan 370Z sports car. Priced at €1,450 or about US$1,900 at today's exchange rates, the custom made exhaust system comes with 130mm wide oval tailpipes and according to the tuner, aside from producing a more sonorous note, it also adds an extra 16-horsepower raising the...
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| Thanks a lot, X6: BMW is Contemplating a Smaller X4 Crossover Posted: 03 May 2010 09:06 AM PDT Could a smaller Sport Activity Coupe (SAC) be coming from BMW? According to Autocar, the answer is "yes" Fans of the X6 should be pleased. Everyone else? Sorry. Said to be called the X4, it would be to the X3 what the X6 is to the X5: a four-door, four seat coupe-ish thing based more around style than functionality. Considering that the X4...
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| VW Presents Golf Blue-e-Motion Concept, All-Electric Production Version to Launch in 2013 Posted: 03 May 2010 08:29 AM PDT Volkswagen has shown a new all-electric concept version of its bread-and-butter Golf model called the "Golf blue-e-motion" that will spawn a production version powered by zero-emissions electric motor in 2013. The "Golf blue-e-motion" concept, which was presented today to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is powered by an electric motor...
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| 2012 Camaro: New interior, Z/28 Possibly Showing Up Posted: 03 May 2010 08:01 AM PDT Due to some complaints with the new Camaro's lackluster (but cool-looking) interior, GM is said to readying a revised version for the 2012 model year. According to Straightline's special GM contact, "most of the upgrading work will go into the dash and...that big expanse of blackness in front of the passenger." A revision would be a huge help in...
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| MTM Creates An Audi RS6 Clubsport With 730 Horsepower Posted: 03 May 2010 07:34 AM PDT MTM recently took the wraps off of its latest Audi tuning job, the RS6 Clubsport package. The already-quite-speedy RS6 gets some new aero work (front lip and rear diffuser in carbon fiber) and new independently adjustable springs. Other external goodies include black 21-inch wheels, black tips on the new stainless steel exhaust system, and...
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