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- California Set to Slash Lawmakers' Vehicle Costs in Half, No More Freebies
- Nissan to Show New Versa and a Motorsports Concept in New York, Infiniti to Announce New Addition to Range
- Saved by Antonov: Saab Sells Production Facilities to Russian Banker to Get Cash
- VIDEO: Indian Daredevils and the Well of Death
- It Came from eBay Hell: Porsche 959 Speedster Replica
- Saab Roller Coaster Continues as Cash Gets Tight
- Fiat Crafts Furniture Pieces Inspired by the Original 500
- SpeedART’s Porsche Cayenne Titan EVO-XL 600 goes on Sale
- Seat to Launch in China in 2012, will be at the Shanghai Auto Show
- Diesel-only Renault Laguna Coupe Monaco GP Launched in France
- Ugur Sahin Design Reveals Soleil Anadi, a Coachbuilt Corvette Priced at $299,995
- Volvo Teases Mysterious Concept Universe that Could Preview a Flagship Model
- Next Generation 2013 Dodge Viper Undergoing Testing in the Snow
- New Opel Insignia OPC Unlimited Edition Ditches Speed Limiter topping out at 270km/h
- Aston Martin Enters Indian Market, Opens its First Dealership in Mumbai
| California Set to Slash Lawmakers' Vehicle Costs in Half, No More Freebies Posted: 15 Apr 2011 06:25 PM PDT  In an attempt to help reduce California's $26.6 billion deficit, the state's Citizens Compensation Commission has decided that members of the Senate and Assembly who drive state-sponsored vehicles will have their annual vehicle costs cut from $7,453 to $3,600. That boils down to $300 per month for expenses (gas, insurance, etc.), and oh, they'll have to drive their own cars as of December… California lawmakers average an income of $131,000 per year before retirement benefits, and reducing vehicle costs is one minor cut that's being made for the betterment of the whole. Some people thought the measure was a bit too broad, not taking into account lawmakers' locations. Read more »
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| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 03:06 PM PDT  One by one, automakers are revealing their plans for the upcoming 2011 New York International Auto Show. This time we have news from Nissan and its luxury division Infiniti. Starting with Nissan, the Japanese firm will debut a "new compact sedan" and a "new, zero emission motorsports concept". While we have don't have any information yet on the concept study, from what we know, the compact sedan will be the next generation of the Versa that was teased in an official sketch back in late 2010. Read more »
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| Saved by Antonov: Saab Sells Production Facilities to Russian Banker to Get Cash Posted: 15 Apr 2011 02:39 PM PDT  The Swedish government offered Saab conditional backing for a deal to free up cash for the company (see previous story here), whose production lines have been stopped for two weeks as Saab didn't pay suppliers. "We have decided to allow the Debt Office to conclude an agreement with Saab," said enterprise minister Maud Olofsson during a news conference on Friday. The government has approved a proposal from the Debt Office to allow Saab to sell real estate, including the production plant, to Russian financier Vladimir Antonov and then lease it back from him. The minister said this deal would bring €30 million to Saab in the first phase, although the real estate was worth much more than that. Read more »
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| VIDEO: Indian Daredevils and the Well of Death Posted: 15 Apr 2011 02:00 PM PDT  The 'circle of death' is neither new nor shocking, but it's one thing to see a professional stuntman who follows the necessary safety precautions doing it and another a group of gifted but nevertheless amateur daredevils going at it in a shoddy well made out of wooden planks with the crowd only inches away…. Read more »
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| It Came from eBay Hell: Porsche 959 Speedster Replica Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:02 PM PDT  In 1986, the Porsche 959 was the world's fastest street legal product car. Some 337 of these road-going monsters were built but not one of them was a factory-finished convertible. Regardless of what you may have heard or seen on forums, such a vehicle was never sanctioned by Porsche. There was a one-off "Speedster" built by Auto-Becker for the 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show but that's about it.
So our seller throws in the usual platitudes we've come to expect from this sort of posting like, "This is one very rare and special car," and that it was "professionally built". Read more »
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| Saab Roller Coaster Continues as Cash Gets Tight Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:37 PM PDT  Saab just can't seem to catch a break. After moving from the General's formerly overcrowded pocket into the hands of Spyker, the once-quirky brand is now doing all it can to bring production back online after failing to pay suppliers. The gist is this: Saab received 400 million Euros (~$580 million) from the European Investment Bank so it could keep on ticking. Sweden guaranteed the loan, meaning whatever Spyker's resolution calls for must get the go-ahead from the Man. Read more »
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| Fiat Crafts Furniture Pieces Inspired by the Original 500 Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:02 PM PDT  At this week's 50th Furniture Fair in Milan, Italy, Fiat previewed the "Fiat 500 Design Collection", an initiative by the firm's marketing boss Lapo Elkann and furniture maker Meritalia. The collection is a tribute to the original Fiat 500 and includes a sofa, a table and a console, all inspired by the 1970's Fiat 500. Each of the three pieces sports a plate that says: "Lapo and Meritalia pay tribute to the Fiat 500". Read more »
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| SpeedART’s Porsche Cayenne Titan EVO-XL 600 goes on Sale Posted: 15 Apr 2011 11:33 AM PDT  If you're been unimpressed by the second generation of the Porsche Cayenne so far, no need to worry as Stuttgart's SUV has gathered heaps of aftermarket attention in Europe. Following an announcement earlier this year, longtime Porsche tuning house SpeedART has launched a performance package for the latest Cayenne, dubbed the EVO-XL 600. Read more »
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| Seat to Launch in China in 2012, will be at the Shanghai Auto Show Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:57 AM PDT  As part of the VW Group's strategy to expand its brands into new markets, the German automaker will bring Seat to the Shanghai Auto Show (April 21-28, 2011) offering Chinese buyers their first taste of the Spanish firm's cars before sales begin with the Leon and Ibiza models in 2012. Read more »
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| Diesel-only Renault Laguna Coupe Monaco GP Launched in France Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:26 AM PDT  Revealed for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show along with the similarly trimmed Megane, the second iteration of the Renault Laguna Coupe Monaco GP special edition is now available for order in France. Renault took the decision to build a second run of the Monaco GP to satisfy customer demand after all 400 units of the previous version were quickly sold out. Read more »
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| Ugur Sahin Design Reveals Soleil Anadi, a Coachbuilt Corvette Priced at $299,995 Posted: 15 Apr 2011 11:49 AM PDT  This week's 2011 Top Marques car show in Monaco (April 14-17) welcomed the world premiere of the Soleil Anadi, a Coachbuilt Corvette that is the brainchild of Ugur Sahin, a Turkish designer based in the Netherlands. For the creation of the Anadi, Sahin formed a new company called Soleil Motors and joined forces with Ercole and Paolo Spada from Spada Concepts and Will Castro from Unique Autosport for the design of the vehicle.
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| Volvo Teases Mysterious Concept Universe that Could Preview a Flagship Model Posted: 15 Apr 2011 08:04 AM PDT  Volvo released a teaser video of its upcoming Concept Universe, without giving out any additional information other than that it's a new design study that will be launched shortly. This means it could debut at one of this month's international auto shows, either in New York (April 22 – May 1) or Shanghai (April 21 – 28). Taking into account the fact that Volvo is owned by China's Geely, the Shanghai show could be the more probable venue of the two for the new Volvo. Read more »
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| Next Generation 2013 Dodge Viper Undergoing Testing in the Snow Posted: 15 Apr 2011 07:43 AM PDT  Although roughly a year away from launch, Chrysler has published the very first official photo of a development mule of the next generation Dodge Viper undergoing testing in the snow. The prototype mule is based on the now obsolete 2010 Viper that was discontinued in the summer of 2010. Not surprisingly, the Auburn Hills-based automaker released very few details on its upcoming high-performance sports car as the only piece of information we get is that "SRT engineers expanded the development scope for the next generation Dodge Viper to include stability control tuning for the first time." Read more »
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| New Opel Insignia OPC Unlimited Edition Ditches Speed Limiter topping out at 270km/h Posted: 15 Apr 2011 08:03 AM PDT  More and more carmakers are quietly abandoning their gentleman's agreement of limiting top speed of their production models to 250 km/h (155 mph), despite the fact that the only place in Europe to legally drive that fast is on certain sections of the German autobahn. The latest company to do so is Opel which has released a new version of its high-performance Insignia OPC called 'Unlimited' without an electronically-restricted top speed.
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| Aston Martin Enters Indian Market, Opens its First Dealership in Mumbai Posted: 15 Apr 2011 06:00 AM PDT  British sports car-maker Aston Martin announced its first foray into India's booming luxury market on Friday with the opening of its first dealership in the country located in the city of Mumbai. India's car market posted sales of 1.87 million units in 2010 recording an impressive 25 percent increase over the previous year. More importantly for brands like Aston Martin, the premium car sector grew by a staggering 70 percent last year. Read more »
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