Thursday, May 26, 2011

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'Two-Face' 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado by Precision Restorations

Posted: 25 May 2011 06:43 PM PDT


Suppose you owned a classic car restoration business and wanted to show potential customers what you could do for them. How would you go about it? Well, Precision Restorations of St. Louis, Missouri have ingeniously answered this question by restoring exactly half a 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado.

One side of the car is as it was found: rust-flecked paint, yellowing exterior panels and torn leather. The other side, meanwhile, has been fully restored. Check out our gallery below and marvel, as we did, at some of Precision Restoration's best work.

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Nissan Leaf Becomes the first EV to Receive a 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:53 PM PDT


After awarding the Mitsubishi i-MiEV with a four-star rating, Euro NCAP, which is the European equivalent of the American IIHS, crash tested its second all-electric model, the Nissan Leaf. The Japanese hatchback achieved a five-star rating, becoming the first electric vehicle to do so. Read more »


Carscoop: And we’re back online again

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:20 PM PDT


They say bad things happen in threes (don't go all Tosh.0 on us now - the opening picture was a random choice that has nothing to do with our dislike of BMW's all-wheel drive turn to crossovers), and that seems to be the case for Carscoop these past couple of weeks. After Google's cloud outage that left us offline for more than 24 hours earlier this month, this week we were faced with a new technical problem followed by a computer blackout that wiped out one of our hard disks… Well, what matters is that we're back online now and ready to provide you with the latest auto news.
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