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- Opel Officially Reveals 2012 Astra GTC, High-Po OPC Coming Next Year
- Viper V10-Powered Chrysler PT 10 Cruiser Pickup Truck for Sale on eBay
- Gumball Racer Turns Lamborghini Murcielago into an Amphicar…
- Nissan GT-R-Powered Dacia Duster Racer Filmed Testing at Magny-Cours
- Load Fail: Crashed Ferrari 355 Challenge Breaks free from Chains
- ‘Tis Official: Mazda to Stop Building the North American Mazda6 in the USA, Successor will Come from Japan
- Investigators Uncover Multi-Million Pound Tax Scam in India; European Exotics, Foreign Diplomats and Bollywood Actors Involved
- Real Life Cars 2 Characters Dock at London’s Motorexpo
- Mercedes Celebrates Unimog’s 60th Birthday with Impressive Design Study
- BMW Reveals 2012 1-Series M Sport Package and Online Configurator
- Chrysler Debuts New Imported from Detroit Commercial Starring Dr. Dre
- That’s gotta Hurt: The Great Moodini’s Racetrack Stunt Goes Terribly Wrong
- Convoy of 50 Jaguar E-Types Run Through the Streets of London
- Japan’s Impul Tricks Out the New Nissan Juke
- Want to Try out the New Caterham-Lola SP/300 R? Here’s How
- MINI Previews New Coupé, Publishes Information on Lineup and 131 Photos
| Opel Officially Reveals 2012 Astra GTC, High-Po OPC Coming Next Year Posted: 06 Jun 2011 08:39 PM PDT  This is General Motors' brand new Opel Astra GTC revealed more than two months ahead of its world premiere at the 64th International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Germany, in mid-September. The newest member of Opel's ever-growing Astra family will go on sale across Europe including the United Kingdom where it will be available as a Vauxhall later this year. Recent reports also suggest it may come to the States under the Buick brand.
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| Viper V10-Powered Chrysler PT 10 Cruiser Pickup Truck for Sale on eBay Posted: 06 Jun 2011 04:45 PM PDT  Whether you love it or loathe it, Chrysler's PT Cruiser was a running success for the Detroit automaker and over its ten-year lifespan, we saw countless projects cars and tunes based on the retro-styled compact model. However, ask any true Mopar fan what the ultimate modification is for any Chrysler Group model, and you'll most likely get the answer an engine swap with the Dodge Viper's ferocious V10 powerplant.
The PT/10 Cruiser Pickup Truck is said to have been built in 2000. It is based on a custom chassis with power coming from the Viper's V10 engine churning out 500 ponies. Other goods sourced from the Dodge sports car include the 6-speed transmission, rear suspension, steering rack and seats. Read more »
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| Gumball Racer Turns Lamborghini Murcielago into an Amphicar… Posted: 06 Jun 2011 03:27 PM PDT  When you are driving in remote areas in foreign countries, you never know what the road ahead is going to throw at you. In the case of Jon Olsson, a Swedish skier with a knack for superfast and exotic vehicles, what lied ahead at a border crossing between Greece and Turkey during the Gumball 3000 was more like a riverbed than a road… Despite the fact that Olsson's Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce (or SV for short) wasn't exactly designed for these kind of road conditions, the Swede accepted the challenge and successfully passed the water crossing without any problems. Read more »
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| Nissan GT-R-Powered Dacia Duster Racer Filmed Testing at Magny-Cours Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:57 PM PDT  The Renault Group is upping the ante for Dacia with its decision to enter the Romanian brand's Duster crossover in the famous Pikes Peak international hill climb that will take place this year on June 26 in Colorado, USA. The purpose built racecar was spotted over the weekend testing at the Magny-Cours motor racing circuit located in France. Read more »
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| Load Fail: Crashed Ferrari 355 Challenge Breaks free from Chains Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:16 PM PDT  Today's video find takes us to Saint Gouéno in Bretagne, northwestern France, for an incident involving a Ferrari F355 Challenge racecar, which had crashed during a hill climb that took place in the area this past weekend. We do not know how the race-spec Italian supercar ended up on its rooftop, but the film shows us what when on after that when a service truck arrived to pickup (literally) the Ferrari. As you can see in the video after the break, all goes well until the red F355 Challenge begins its ascent on the truck's flatbed when all of a sudden it appears that the chain pulling the vehicle breaks and, well, it is not hard to imagine what happened next... Read more »
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| Posted: 06 Jun 2011 01:28 PM PDT  For better or for worse, depending on which side of the line you are standing on, Mazda has confirmed rumors that it will stop building the Mazda6 at the AutoAlliance International (AAI) plant in Michigan, which it runs jointly with Ford, after the mid-size sedan's current cycle ends. The company said the Mazda6's replacement for the North American market will be produced at its Hofu Plant in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan, adding that the decision was driven by the firm's "ongoing efforts to increase global manufacturing efficiencies". Read more »
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| Posted: 06 Jun 2011 12:25 PM PDT  In what sounds more like the plot of a The Fast and the Furious movie than real life, investigators at India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence office (a.k.a. India's IRS) have uncovered a massive exotic car smuggling operation in the nation's capital of New Dehli. It all has to do with India's notorious 100% import tax on new luxury vehicles.
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| Real Life Cars 2 Characters Dock at London’s Motorexpo Posted: 06 Jun 2011 11:58 AM PDT  The imposing fleet of 50 Jaguar E-Type models isn't the only attraction to arrive today at London's Canary Wharf for the free-to-visit Motorexpo as Disney and its Pixar studio sent two real life characters from the upcoming Cars 2 movie, which is set to hit UK theaters in 3D on July 22. The full-size film-star cars are the Lightning McQueen racer and the Finn McMissile Aston Martin, voiced in the movie by actors Owen Wilson and Michael Caine respectively. Read more »
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| Mercedes Celebrates Unimog’s 60th Birthday with Impressive Design Study Posted: 06 Jun 2011 12:01 PM PDT  On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the presentation of the Unimog, the Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks (MBS) unit, which is responsible for the Unimog, Econic and Zetros range of models, created a special design concept that attempts to link the past and present together with the future. Using the current Unimog U 5000's chassis as a base, the German brand's designers came up with a futuristic-looking yet distinctly retro-feeling styling for the body of their off-road workhouse. The concept vehicle features an open top design as a nod to the first Mercedes-Benz Unimog model that rolled off the assembly line on June 3, 1951. Read more »
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| BMW Reveals 2012 1-Series M Sport Package and Online Configurator Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:46 AM PDT  BMW is wasting no time in pushing the marketing envelope on its brand-new Aside from allowing potential buyers and time-wasters alike to configure the 2012 1-Series hatchback, the dedicated webpage also serves us our first taste of the M Sport Package. The option group includes a new aero kit comprising of M parts such as the front and rear bumpers, a sports-oriented chassis set-up, and bespoke alloy wheel designs. Read more »
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| Chrysler Debuts New Imported from Detroit Commercial Starring Dr. Dre Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:16 AM PDT  And the beat goes on for Chrysler's much-talked about Imported from Detroit campaign with the release of the latest spot of the series called "Good Things" starring hip-hop artist, producer, record executive, and occasional actor, Dr. Dre. The famous rapper is seen driving the 2012 Chrysler 300S sedan through the streets of Los Angeles while showing off his signature Beats by Dr. Dre audio system that is optionally available in the car. Read more »
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| That’s gotta Hurt: The Great Moodini’s Racetrack Stunt Goes Terribly Wrong Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:28 AM PDT  An Atlanta magician's trick stunt at the Atlanta Motor Speedway last Thursday went dreadfully wrong nearly costing him his life. Michael Anthony Mooney, who goes by the stage name of Moodini, was performing one of his tricks between races whereby he chained his wrists to a car and wore a black bag over his head. Moodini was supposed to escape from the cuffs before the race car could pull away down the track. Read more »
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| Convoy of 50 Jaguar E-Types Run Through the Streets of London Posted: 06 Jun 2011 08:33 AM PDT  It's not every day that you get to see a Jaguar E-Type on the road let alone 50 well kept and restored examples of what many regard as the most beautiful car ever made. And that's exactly what happened today when a fleet of 50 privately owned Jaguar E-types in both coupe and roadster formats travelled in convoy through the streets of London on their way to the 2011 Motorexpo in Canary Wharf marking the sports car's 50th birthday. Read more »
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| Japan’s Impul Tricks Out the New Nissan Juke Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:42 AM PDT  It doesn't even come close to being the prettiest model out in the market, but Nissan's Juke sure ain't boring. Now, Impul, one of Japan's lesser-known tuning firms has set their eyes on improving Nissan's small crossover with the release of a new performance and styling package.
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| Want to Try out the New Caterham-Lola SP/300 R? Here’s How Posted: 06 Jun 2011 06:45 AM PDT  With the development of the new Caterham-Lola SP/300 R now complete, the British carmaker is ready to give potential owners their first taste of the prototype-racing car on the tarmac. The dates on which racing drivers and trackday enthusiasts alike can get behind the steering wheel of Caterham's 300bhp, 180mph (289 km/h) sports prototype are: -Saturday, August 27 at Donington Park -Wednesday, September 7 at Donington Park -Thursday, September 15 at Snetterton -Wednesday, September 21 at Donington Park Read more »
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| MINI Previews New Coupé, Publishes Information on Lineup and 131 Photos Posted: 06 Jun 2011 06:18 AM PDT  We're still more than three months away from the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September, but the BMW Group has already begun dropping information and photos of the models it plans to introduce at the show. Following the presentation of the all-new 2012 BMW 1-Series hatchback during the weekend, today the Bavarian group unleashed specifications and a large gallery of photos of the MINI Coupé.
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