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- Smart Four-Seater Prototype Scale Model Scooped at R&D Facility
- EV Owners in California to Feel the Shock of Higher Electricity Rates
- How do you Say Camaro in German? Schmidt Revolution's 625HP Supercharged Chevy
- Big Brother is Watching your Teens Drive [with Video]
- Hyundai Sells 3.6 Million Vehicles in 2010, up 16.3% from 2009, Net Profits Soar 78%
- Chevrolet Speeds Up Volt Rollout, will be Available Nationwide by the End of 2011
- Russian Customizer Turns a Jaguar into a GAZ-21 Lookalike
- Fiat Preparing Limited Run Abarth 500 in Gulf Livery [Updated]
- Mysterious Air Force Project Car Surfaces on eBay [with Video]
- Nissan Picks Up 2011 COTY Trophy for Leaf
- VIDEO: BMW's Security Vehicle Test Grounds at Former Soviet Military Base
- Volvo V60 Diesel-Electric Plug-in Hybrid Returns 125 MPG, will Debut at Geneva Show
- Euro NCAP's Best and Worst Performers of 2010
- Proposed Bill to Increase Number of Plug-in Hybrid and EVs Eligible for Federal Tax Rebate
- 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Sedan and Estate: First Official Photos
| Smart Four-Seater Prototype Scale Model Scooped at R&D Facility Posted: 27 Jan 2011 05:38 PM PST It's no secret that Mercedes-Benz plans to give its Smart brand one more chance to extend its vehicle range after the not so-successful Mitsubishi Colt-based Forfour and the Roadster series. Last April, the German automaker signed a deal with the Renault-Nissan Group, with the two parties announcing the development of a new rear-wheel drive...
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| EV Owners in California to Feel the Shock of Higher Electricity Rates Posted: 27 Jan 2011 04:57 PM PST Woe betide the electric car. Outpaced by their petrol-powered cousins in the 1900s, saddled with heavy and potentially dangerous batteries in the 1970s and crushed in the name of the Almighty Dollar in the 1990s, it's been a rough road from there to here. And now, on the dawn of a new age where electric cars seem poised to take their rightful...
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| How do you Say Camaro in German? Schmidt Revolution's 625HP Supercharged Chevy Posted: 27 Jan 2011 04:31 PM PST It's not very often that we come across European tuners doing their thing on good ol' American muscle - and for a very good reason as there are more chances of seeing a snow storm in Florida...in the summer than a Chevrolet Camaro in Europe. That said, Schmidt Revolution's tuning proposal certainly piqued our curiosity. The German tuning...
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| Big Brother is Watching your Teens Drive [with Video] Posted: 27 Jan 2011 02:31 PM PST You wouldn't let a novice with less than sixty hours experience operate a two tonne piece of heavy machinery unsupervised, would you? "Of course not!" you reply, not realizing that many of us do at least once a week. Ask yourself this: what do you think you're doing if you let your teenage offspring borrow your car? Okay, so maybe that's a bit...
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| Hyundai Sells 3.6 Million Vehicles in 2010, up 16.3% from 2009, Net Profits Soar 78% Posted: 27 Jan 2011 02:03 PM PST Hyundai continues its juggernaut-like growth breaking one record after the other. In 2010, the South Korean carmaker not only replaced Toyota as Europe's best-selling Asian brand and passed the 500,000 sales mark in the US for the first time since entering the market in 1986, but the company also posted record sales and impressive profits. Not...
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| Chevrolet Speeds Up Volt Rollout, will be Available Nationwide by the End of 2011 Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:24 PM PST The Chevrolet Volt is currently available for sale only in a few states across the U.S., the reason being that GM was initially cautious and wanted to probe customer interest first. It turns out customers like the plug-in hybrid / extended range model (take your pick) more than anticipated, so Chevrolet today announced that it's fast-tracking the...
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| Russian Customizer Turns a Jaguar into a GAZ-21 Lookalike Posted: 27 Jan 2011 12:54 PM PST Previously on Carscoop, we've seen Pontiac Fieros turned into "Fierarris", Toyota Soarers adorned with Mercedes-Benzes off cuts and some others too hideous to even mention. For the most part, it's a case of turning a boring, mainstream car into something that resembles a high-priced exotic if you're squinting through grease paper with the sun in...
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| Fiat Preparing Limited Run Abarth 500 in Gulf Livery [Updated] Posted: 27 Jan 2011 12:12 PM PST We've received several e-mails tipping us off on a new limited edition version of the Fiat Abarth 500 Essesse dressed in the Gulf racing livery, which will reportedly be offered exclusively in Luxembourg in a limited run of 10 cars priced at €25,000 (plus VAT) a piece. While we appreciate all tips sent in, that doesn't mean we aren't going to -or...
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| Mysterious Air Force Project Car Surfaces on eBay [with Video] Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:34 AM PST One of the most memorable movies quotes of all time is from the 1994 comedy-drama Forrest Gump, in which Tom Hanks' character said: "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get". Fast-forward to today, and eBay seems to be the proverbial box of chocolates with some truly sweet surprises, like this VW Beetle-based 1973...
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| Nissan Picks Up 2011 COTY Trophy for Leaf Posted: 27 Jan 2011 10:23 AM PST Now, before someone adds a comment of the sort "in other related news, Audi unveiled the new A6", let us make it clear that we're not reporting on the actual Car of the Year (COTY) 2011 results, which were announced in late November 2010, but on the special ceremony that took place at the Pavillion Gabriel in Paris earlier this week to hand over...
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| VIDEO: BMW's Security Vehicle Test Grounds at Former Soviet Military Base Posted: 27 Jan 2011 09:51 AM PST For more than thirty years now, BMW has been producing a special range of security vehicles that offer armored protection against everything from pistol fire to small explosions. These vehicles are developed at a special test facility located in east Germany, in a former soviet base, said to have been the biggest military airport in Europe during...
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| Volvo V60 Diesel-Electric Plug-in Hybrid Returns 125 MPG, will Debut at Geneva Show Posted: 27 Jan 2011 08:53 AM PST * Standard 2011 Volvo V60 shown in photos The 2011 Geneva Motor Show will host the world premiere of the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid, a near production-ready model that is said to return a very impressive 125 mpg US (1.9 lt/100 km), with CO2 emissions under 50 g/km. In order to achieve this, engineers entered a new variable into the plug-in hybrid...
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| Euro NCAP's Best and Worst Performers of 2010 Posted: 27 Jan 2011 08:18 AM PST The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP), which is similar to the American IIHS testing regimen, has released a list with the safest car in each vehicle category and the two worst performers overall of 2010. The cars that attained the coveted five star rating and achieved the highest overall score in their respective segment are: ...
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| Proposed Bill to Increase Number of Plug-in Hybrid and EVs Eligible for Federal Tax Rebate Posted: 27 Jan 2011 07:46 AM PST Michigan congressmen Sander Levin and Carl Levin proposed a new piece of legislation on Wednesday, which would potentially increase the number of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles eligible for the $7,500 tax credit from 200,000 to 500,000 per manufacturer. "Green vehicles represent the vanguard of automotive innovation, but they have to be...
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| 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Sedan and Estate: First Official Photos Posted: 27 Jan 2011 07:29 AM PST This is the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, the performance version of the facelifted C-Class, which will make its official show debut at the 2011 Geneva Salon in early March. Available in both sedan and estate body styles, the C63 AMG receives a styling makeover as well as a series mechanical and chassis tweaks. On the outside, the C63 AMG sports...
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