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Lamborghini Bat LP 640 by JB Car Design gets 750HP and Reventon-Style Outfit

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 06:09 PM PDT

German sportscar tuner, JB Car Design has upped the ante on the Lamborghini Murciélago with its new Bat LP 640 performance and styling package that will cost buyers a little over €88,000 [for the full tune] or about the same as a brand new 2011 Porsche 911 Carrera in Germany. The firm's engineers first turn their tuning attention to the Italian...


Audi to Participate at the SEMA Show for the First Time, Displays include 710HP R8 Spyder

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:21 PM PDT

There's a first time for everything. For Audi, it's SEMA as this year's edition of the show will mark the brand's first ever factory-backed appearance at the annual tuning extravaganza in Las Vegas. In addition to its lineup of after sales and electronics products, Audi will put on display six-vehicles including the driver-less Autonomous Audi...


Top Gear Caught Filming Battered Up BMW Z3, Fiat Barchetta and MX-5 at Israel-Jordan Borders

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:14 PM PDT

The crew from Top Gear [the original, not the US clone that some are persistently trying to shove down our throat - we get it, it's coming...], was snagged chilling at the border between Israel and Jordan. According to one of our tipsters, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond drove their specially modified BMW Z3, Fiat Barchetta and...


Lambo Fought the Lights and the Lights Won

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 03:37 PM PDT

Pop quiz, hot shot: what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? Answer: This. The irresistible force: a silver-colored Lamborghini Gallardo tearing down the strip. The immovable object: a traffic light pole in Laval, Quebec. The result: well, you can see for yourself. We don't much about physics, but we know that a)...


LA Auto Show Design Contest Part 2: Mercedes, Nissan, Smart, Toyota and Volvo Concepts

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 02:10 PM PDT

Here's our second part on the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show's "Design Challenge" with futuristic-looking lightweight concept models from Mercedes, Nissan, Smart, Toyota and Volvo. For the first group of concept studies, click here to check out our previous post. __________________________MERCEDES BIOME__________________________ Mercedes-Benz...


We're Goin' Surfin': Rental Corvette Abandoned in Pacific Ocean [With Videos]

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Some presumably drunk people out California way decided to have a little bit too much fun in their recently-rented Corvette and ended up parked in salt water halfway up the car's doors. Thankfully in this day and age everyone has some sort of video recording device within arm's reach, so we have some post-parking-surfing videos below. The story...


LA Auto Show Design Contest Part 1: Cadillac, Honda, Maybach and Mazda Concepts

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 11:56 AM PDT

For the past seven years, the most important automotive design studios in Southern California compete in a Design Challenge organized by the Los Angeles Auto Show. For this year's edition of the show, which runs November 19-29, the event planners decided to add an international flavor to the contest by inviting studios from Germany and Japan to...


All 500 Examples of 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS Sold Out

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 11:14 AM PDT

It took a bit longer than GM's $75,000 Neiman Marcus Camaro Convertible, which sold out in three minutes, but Porsche has managed to secure customer commitments for all 500 units of its limited production 911 GT2 RS less than two months after the supercar's world premiere at the Moscow Auto Show in August. According to the Stuttgart automaker,...


Chevrolet Video Teases 2010 SEMA Show Tunes

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 08:36 AM PDT

Next up on our motor show calendar is the biggest tuning event of 2010, the SEMA gathering in Las Vegas, and like every year, GM will be there with a huge display of vehicles. This time, the General is video-teasing some of the Chevrolet models that will descend on the Las Vegas convention center next month including several Corvettes, Silverados...


2012 Ford Focus to get 160HP 2.0-liter with Direct-Injection and 40mpg

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 08:02 AM PDT

Ford today revealed new details on the 2.0-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine that will be offered on the North American market 2012 Focus when it arrives in U.S. showrooms next year. This newly designed powerplant marries direct injection technology with twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) and E85 flex fuel capability. The latter...


2011 Dodge Journey Facelift: First Official Photos and Details

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 07:13 AM PDT

The Chrysler Group continues to bombard the U.S. market with new or refreshed products, the latest being the revised 2011 Dodge Journey which has been given a mid-life facelift with a redesigned and retuned suspension, a new V6 engine, a completely new interior and some subtle exterior tweaks. The big news here, of course, is the Journey's newly...


Audi Sells One Millionth Vehicle in China after 22yrs, Plans to Reach the Next Million within 3yrs

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 06:29 AM PDT

Audi reached a new milestone on Wednesday with the sale of its one millionth vehicle in China. The car was a metallic blue Q5 crossover, which was handed over to a customer from Changchun. The German company said of the 1 million cars delivered to Chinese customers, 950,000 were produced in Changchun and the other 50,000 imported. "This record...


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