Friday, June 4, 2010

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Rolls Royce Sales Surge 146% in the First Five Months of 2010

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:25 PM PDT

Boosted by its new "entry-level" Ghost limousine that was launched in most markets in December '09, Rolls Royce sales surged to 678 cars in the first five months of 2010, recording an impressive 146 per cent increase on a year ago. The new Ghost sells for around $250,000 compared with $380,000 to $450,000 price tag of the four available variants...


Fail: DUI Woman Uses Barricade as a Ramp to Fly Over Tolls [with Video]

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:36 PM PDT

Common sense dictates that you should never drive while intoxicated. But some people refuse to listen to logic or reason with disastrous results. Take 22-year-old Yasmine Villasana of Fort Worth for example. The young driver was captured on film early yesterday morning at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport literally flying over a toll booth...


Chrysler Group Announces Another Round of Incentives

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 01:58 PM PDT

With a U.S. sales increase of 33 percent in May '10 for a total of 104,819 units - the first time that Chrysler's monthly sales topped the 100,000 threshold since March 2009, the Chrysler Group isn't about to let go of its incentive program. The Detroit automaker wants to keep the sales momentum going by announcing a new round of incentives that...


New 2011 Suzuki Swift Snagged on Film, Could Debut in Paris This Year

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 01:12 PM PDT

Having presented the new Kizashi sedan, Suzuki is now focused on finishing the development of the new generation of the Swift supermini that was spied here on film during testing in and around the Nurburgring race track. Riding on a new platform, the 2011 Swift will be slightly bigger than today's model but it will maintain its MINI-like design...


Spyker to Begin Selling Sports Cars at Saab Showrooms

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:53 AM PDT

In a move that won't surprise anyone in the automotive industry, Spyker Cars NV and Saab Automobile owner, Victor Muller, confirmed plans to sell Spyker's high-end sports cars through Saab retailers by the end of the year. "We are signing up Spyker dealerships left, right and center," Muller said in an interview with the Bloomberg news agency at...


VIDEO: World's Fastest Lawnmower Sets New High-Speed Record

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:35 AM PDT

At the end of May, Don Wales set a new world land speed record for a ride-on lawnmower racing a modified machine called Project Runningblade up to a top speed of 87.833 mph or 141235 km/h at Pendine Sands - and this here is the video from the event. The previous speed record for a ride-on lawnmower of 80.792 mph or 129.91 km/h was set by Bob...


2011 VW Tiguan SUV Facelift Leaked Brochure Real? Probably Not...

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:54 AM PDT

A snapshot, allegedly showing a page from the official brochure of the facelifted 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan compact SUV, has been making the internet rounds today. We can't confirm or deny the authenticity of the picture with the Tiguan SUV on the right-hand corner of the page, but red flags did go up once we discovered that the rest of the photos...


GM Prices 2011 Chevy Cruze from $16,995, Compares it with the Honda Civic

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:51 AM PDT

General Motors has confirmed U.S. pricing for the all-new 2011 Chevrolet Cruze that will begin arriving in dealerships this September, starting at $16,995, including destination. The compact sedan, which has already stacked more than 200,000 sales in overseas markets since it went on sale in 2009, will be offered in the States in four different...


Saab Releases New Promotional Video for 2011 9-5 Sedan

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:22 AM PDT

It's been a tough year for Saab, but for time being and with the help of its new owner, Spyker Cars NV, the Swedish carmaker seems to moving on to better days. By far the company's most promising asset is the all-new 2011 9-5 sedan that goes on sale in the U.S. this summer. Saab has already started promoting the 2011 9-5 with a new online...


2012 Ford Explorer Illustration the Real Deal? Nope, it's a CGI by Josh Byrnes.

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:02 AM PDT

You may be wondering if this rendering of the 2012 Ford Explorer SUV that appeared on several automotive sites / weblogs is real. While the illustration appears to very close to the prototypes we've seen in spy shots (as well as the official teaser picture), a quick search on the internet reveals that it's actually a CGI or Computer Generated...


Fail: Reporter Simply Can't Break Car Window... [with Video]

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:56 AM PDT

"It takes a car prowler just a matter of seconds to get into your vehicle; all they need is a hammer and make sure no one is around", says this reporter over and over again as he repeatedly fails to smash a car's window with a hammer... Enjoy his "Moment of Zen" in the video after the break. Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights...


Chevrolet Camaro Outsells Ford Mustang by Almost 20,000 Units at Year One, But Loses in May '10

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:02 AM PDT

Yesterday we learned that the refreshed and more powerful 2011 Ford Mustang sold 10,225 units in May 2010 beating GM's Chevrolet Camaro by almost 1,300 units (8,931 sales monthly total). The General's reaction? Early this morning, the Detroit automaker came out with a press release stating that from May 2009 (the 2010 Camaro's first full month...


Coachbuilder Teases Porsche Cayenne Coupe SUV Special

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 07:03 AM PDT

What you see here in these renderings isn't another conceptual design study but a teaser for a limited production coupe version of the Porsche Cayenne SUV from a UK-based tuning house called Merdad that is owned by someone who previously worked with Uwe Gemballa. The tuning company says that buyers will have the option to base their car on either...


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