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- London Mayor to Whack President Obama’s Motorcade with the Congestion Charge
- SCOOP: 2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class MPV is Same ol’ Same ol’…
- Study Says Men Seven Times more Stressed than Women in Traffic Jams
- Volkswagen Studying Tiguan SUV Production in North America to Lower Costs
- FAIL: Ferrari 599 GTO in Reverse hits a Pole
- New Nissan Leaf Commercial Mocks the Chevy Volt for Using Gasoline
- VÄTH’s €32,670 Tune Lifts Mercedes SLS AMG Coupe to 615HP
- It’s a Wrap: CFC’s Artsy Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible
- Vauxhall Insignia gains New 1.4-Liter Turbo Petrol and Improved EcoFlex Diesels
| London Mayor to Whack President Obama’s Motorcade with the Congestion Charge Posted: 30 May 2011 03:41 PM PDT  Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week or so, you'd have seen that hi-larious [sic] video of one of the Barack-mobiles getting stuck on a ramp outside the U.S. Embassy in Ireland. The U.S. President's eight ton, "Beasts" are monsters of cars, built to withstand bullets, bombs and probably reporters' shoes (yes, I went there).
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| SCOOP: 2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class MPV is Same ol’ Same ol’… Posted: 30 May 2011 02:15 PM PDT  Not too long ago, we brought you official design images of the brand new 2012 Mercedes-Benz A-Class sporting a five-door hatchback body styled after the impressive A-Class concept seen at the New York and Shanghai Auto Shows in April. Now we have some revealing spy shots of the upcoming 2012 B-Class minivan. Being that the next A-Class and its larger B-Class sibling belong to the same family, you would expect a similar design philosophy between the two models.
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| Study Says Men Seven Times more Stressed than Women in Traffic Jams Posted: 30 May 2011 10:26 AM PDT  A new research by satellite navigation company TomTom reveals that men's stress levels rise seven times higher than a women's when stuck in heavy traffic. British psychologists reached this conclusion after testing volunteers for the rise in stress chemicals in their saliva when caught up in a traffic jam.
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| Volkswagen Studying Tiguan SUV Production in North America to Lower Costs Posted: 30 May 2011 09:15 AM PDT  Citing inside management sources from Volkswagen, a news report from German weekly business magazine WirtschaftsWoche said the German automaker wants to produce its Tiguan compact SUV in North America in order to reduce costs and protect itself against fluctuation of exchange rates. Officially, Volkswagen declined to comment on the magazine report. Read more »
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| FAIL: Ferrari 599 GTO in Reverse hits a Pole Posted: 30 May 2011 08:23 AM PDT  Bumping into or even just scraping against an object while pulling you car out of a parking space has probably happened to everyone at least once or twice. However, you would expect an owner of a spanking new Ferrari 599 GTO worth north of €260,000 or close to $400,000 to be far more careful that usual when attempting to reverse out of a parking space. Apparently, being careful was not in the nature of the owner of this blacked out 599 GTO in Cologne, Germany. Video follows after the break. Read more »
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| New Nissan Leaf Commercial Mocks the Chevy Volt for Using Gasoline Posted: 30 May 2011 07:57 AM PDT  Electric carmakers are trying hard to promote their products, with the environmentally friendly nature of these vehicles being their most exploited feature in advertising. Nissan is going down the same path with a new campaign for the fully-electric Leaf entitled "Gas Powered Everything", in which the company mocks the internal combustion engine by imagining a strange world where all appliances run on gas. The result is a funny commercial in which people have to put up with gas-powered alarm-clocks, microwave ovens, computers and many more appliances. Even the Chevrolet Volt becomes a subject of joke for being a gas-electric hybrid. But we can't help but wonder: isn't Nissan's approach a little hypocritical? It's not like their range includes electric cars alone... Read more »
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| VÄTH’s €32,670 Tune Lifts Mercedes SLS AMG Coupe to 615HP Posted: 30 May 2011 07:18 AM PDT  The star of the Mercedes-Benz range, the SLS AMG Coupe, has only a year under its belt but the V8-powered supercar has gained a lot of love from the tuning industry in the past 12 months. The newest performance and styling package for the 'Gullwing door' supercar to hit the tuning stage comes from Germany's VÄTH with the introduction of the V63S kit. The company's first priority was to squeeze some more juice from the SLS AMG Coupe's 6.3-liter naturally aspirated V8 engine through the use of a software upgrade and an in-house high-performance exhaust system that also allows drivers to adjust the tone of the eight-cylinder unit. Read more »
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| It’s a Wrap: CFC’s Artsy Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible Posted: 30 May 2011 06:38 AM PDT  The soon-to-be-replaced VW New Beetle Convertible has caught the attention of Bavarian foil specialist Car Film Components (CFC), which has revealed a rather artsy-looking tuning proposal. The highlight of the tune is of course the exterior with certain parts of the body including the doors, side panels, hood and bonnet covered in a velvet black wrap while the front and rear bumpers, the wheel arches and the rocker panels are draped in a sticker like motif. The pice for materials and labor is €2,200 or about US$3,140. Read more »
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| Vauxhall Insignia gains New 1.4-Liter Turbo Petrol and Improved EcoFlex Diesels Posted: 30 May 2011 04:15 PM PDT  It's model-year changeover over time for the Vauxhall Insignia with the British company announcing the addition of a low emissions ecoFLEX diesel model and a new-to-the-range 1.4 Turbo petrol engine. Read more »
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