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- 2013 Opel Astra Convertible Spy Photos and Video Outline New Softop Model
- Sticker Shock: U.S. Used Car Prices Soar as Nation Tackles Weak Economy and More
- Project Kahn Changes its Tune, Turns its Focus on Audi A5 Convertible
- Renault Samsung Debut New SM7 Saloon in South Korea
- Rolls Royce Owners Adds Some Color to Phantom Limo
- Ferrari World Design Contest: 7 Schools move on to 2nd Stage
- Ghosn Says Nissan will Sell Record Number of Leaf EVs in the US this June
- Pontiac Loans Heart and Body to Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Superleggera Replica
- Zenvo Announces Special Edition ST-1 50 for North America with 1,250HP, Priced at…$1.8 Million
- eBay Find of the Day: 1965 Cadillac Flower Car Hearse
- Volkswagen Sells a Record Two Million Vehicles Since January
- Mazda Expands CX-9 Lineup in Australia with Front-Wheel Drive Model
- BMW Rumored to Rename New 1- and 3-Series Coupes into 2- and 4-Series. What Do You Say?
- Alfa Romeo 4C Sports Concept Heading to Goodwood Festival of Speed
- Vladimir Antonov Withdraws Proposal to Buy and Leaseback Saab Property
- VW Group Enters Production Deal with Russia’s GAZ
- BMW Crafts Special 760Li Individual Limos for The Charles Hotel in Munich
| 2013 Opel Astra Convertible Spy Photos and Video Outline New Softop Model Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:15 PM PDT  Our spies have photographed and filmed the new Opel (Vauxhall in Britain) Astra Convertible on test in Germany. The vehicles caught testing here are early prototype models as the front doors appear to be carried over complete with their frames from the hatchback model.
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| Sticker Shock: U.S. Used Car Prices Soar as Nation Tackles Weak Economy and More Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:46 PM PDT  Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. U.S. used car prices are up 30% over June 2010, in some cases besting Kelly Blue Book values by as much as 25%. Trade-ins are also up by 30% since this time last year. A variety of factors, including an economy still reeling from the Global Financial Crisis, high gas prices and the Tōhoku earthquake, are thought to be responsible for the massive price rise. Read more »
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| Project Kahn Changes its Tune, Turns its Focus on Audi A5 Convertible Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:56 PM PDT  If you like Project Kahn's tunes but would like to see something other than its Land Rover projects, you'll be happy to know that the British styling house has turned its attention on the Audi A5 Convertible. The styling package comprises of an aerodynamic kit that includes front and rear vented bumpers imitating the look of R8 sports car with mesh inserts, an available rear spoiler and a stainless steel sports quad exhaust system. Read more »
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| Renault Samsung Debut New SM7 Saloon in South Korea Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:31 PM PDT  The Renault-Nissan alliance's South Korean subsidiary Samsung has presented the production version of its SM7 sedan model, which was displayed as a thinly disguised concept car at the 2011 Seoul Motor Show this past April. Putting aside some minor details such as the lower parts of the front and rear bumpers, and the less extravagant choice of alloy wheels, nothing else has changed from the concept model. Read more »
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| Rolls Royce Owners Adds Some Color to Phantom Limo Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:34 PM PDT  Back in the mid-1990s, Volkswagen's designers came up with a bright idea (literally…) involving the Polo supermini and the colorful theatrical character Harlequin. The result was the Polo Harlekin or Harlequin featuring a multi-colored body. Against all odds, the strange looking Polo proved to be a moderate success with Volkswagen boosting the initial production run from 1,000 cars to a total of around 3,800 units.
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| Ferrari World Design Contest: 7 Schools move on to 2nd Stage Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:05 PM PDT  Ferrari has announced the seven design schools that have been selected among 50 contestants from all over the world, to participate in the second stage of its World Design Contest that is organized in collaboration with Autodesk. The schools that made it to the second round are: IED and IAAD from Turin (Italy), the London Royal College of Arts (UK) the European Design Institute Barcelona (Spain), Seoul's Hong-ik College (Korea), the DSK Supinfocom from Pune (India) and the College For Creative Studies in Detroit (USA). Read more »
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| Ghosn Says Nissan will Sell Record Number of Leaf EVs in the US this June Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:40 PM PDT  The battle for sales supremacy in the eco-friendly segment between Nissan's pure electric Leaf and GM's extended range Chevrolet Volt is really heating up lately, with the two models separated by only 17 cars in U.S. sales figures so far this year. And while GM is betting on the introduction of a slightly lower priced base model as well as the extended availability of the Volt in all 50 states to win this battle, Nissan is counting on increasing output to ease customer delays after production was disrupted by the Japan's earthquake and tsunami on March 11. Read more »
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| Pontiac Loans Heart and Body to Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Superleggera Replica Posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:41 AM PDT  From the creators of the Murcielago LP-640 Roadster wannabe we showed you back in 2009, comes a new Lamborghini doppelganger with fresh looks but the same Pontiac Solstice underpinnings. This time, the car is supposed to resemble a Gallardo Spyder in a Superleggera outfit. The Lambo replica is finished in the usual for this type of conversions canary yellow and while the builders ditched the scissor door solution, they did add power controlled doors and a hood, which automatically open at the touch of a button – you know, just in case some of your friends weren't already impressed […]. Read more »
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| Zenvo Announces Special Edition ST-1 50 for North America with 1,250HP, Priced at…$1.8 Million Posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:45 AM PDT  If you have a couple million dollars lying around and do not know what to do about it Named the ST-1 50, the North American special is offered in a choice of three colors (red, white and blue) and comes equipped with an upgraded version of Zenvo's own 7-liter supercharged and turbocharged V8 engine pushing out a thundering 1,250 HP and 1,500 Nm (1,106 lb-ft), up from the standard ST-1's 1,104 HP and 1,430 Nm. Read more »
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| eBay Find of the Day: 1965 Cadillac Flower Car Hearse Posted: 14 Jun 2011 10:20 AM PDT  Here's something you don't see every day: an ultra-rare 1965 Cadillac Superior Coupe de Fleur "Flower Car Hearse". Specialist vehicles such as this one traded in the glassed-in section behind their front doors for an almost pickup-like rear deck. The idea was that an attractive flower arrangement would rest on top of the deck diverting attention away from the unsightly coffin was hidden below. This particular example is said to be based on a Cadillac Fleetwood. Read more »
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| Volkswagen Sells a Record Two Million Vehicles Since January Posted: 14 Jun 2011 09:28 AM PDT  Global vehicle sales by the Volkswagen passenger car brand rose 12.2 percent to a record-high of 2.09 million units in the first five months of the year, compared to 1.86 million the same period in 2010. More than a third of those vehicles were delivered in China, which has become the Volkswagen brand's largest single market. In the period from January to the end of May, VW sold 714,200 cars in the country, recording a 15.3 percent increase. Read more »
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| Mazda Expands CX-9 Lineup in Australia with Front-Wheel Drive Model Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:47 AM PDT  Given that are many buyers are not interested in the merits of all wheel drive when it comes to shopping crossovers, Mazda decided to expand the range of its 7-seater CX-9 in Australia with the addition of a front-wheel drive [FWD] only version available in a choice of two trim levels, Classic and Luxury. Power for the FWD CX-9 continues to be provided by a 3.7-liter V6 engine producing 204kW (274HP) and 367Nm, mated to a 6-speed Activematic transmission. As you would expect, the FWD version is a tad more fuel efficient than the AWD model returning 11.0 lt/100km instead of 11.2lt/100km. Read more »
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| BMW Rumored to Rename New 1- and 3-Series Coupes into 2- and 4-Series. What Do You Say? Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:23 AM PDT  Citing unnamed sources from within the brand, Britain's Car Magazine reported on Tuesday that BMW is seriously entertaining the idea of renaming the next generation of its two-door 1- and 3-Series models into the 2- and 4-Series respectively.
As some of you may recall, this is not the first time that BMW has toyed around with the thought of turning the 3-Series coupe and convertible into the 4-Series, with the Bavarian company coming very close to executing the idea in the beginning of the new millennium. Read more »
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| Alfa Romeo 4C Sports Concept Heading to Goodwood Festival of Speed Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:47 AM PDT  The new Alfa Romeo 4C Sports Concept will receive its UK public debut at the rapidly approaching 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which takes place from July 1 to 3. Seen for the first time at the Geneva Salon in March, Italy's answer to the Lotus Elise boasts a lightweight chassis with power coming from a mid-mounted 1.75-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine delivering 200 ponies to the rear wheels. It can complete the 0-62mph (100km/h) sprint in less than 5 seconds and reach a top speed of 155mph (250km/h). Production is set to start in 2012. Read more »
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| Vladimir Antonov Withdraws Proposal to Buy and Leaseback Saab Property Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:23 AM PDT  The ink has barely dried on Saab's latest attempt to form a preliminary deal with China's Pang Da Automobile and Youngman, and the Swedish company is faced with yet another problem as Russian investor Vladimir Antonov has withdrawn his proposal to buy and leaseback Saab property. "The property sale is now being discussed with external investors," said Lars Carlstrom, Antonov's representative in Sweden. However, Carlstrom noted that the Russian banker was still interested in becoming a shareholder in Saab's parent company Spyker Cars NV. Read more »
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| VW Group Enters Production Deal with Russia’s GAZ Posted: 14 Jun 2011 06:45 AM PDT  In its never-ending quest for global domination, the VW Group signed an agreement with the GAZ Group to assemble Volkswagen and Skoda models under contract at the Russian automaker's in Nizhny Novgorod. The two companies had already concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding joint automobile production in Russia in February 2011 with a planned production volume of 110,000 vehicles per year. Under the deal, GAZ will build the Volkswagen Jetta compact sedan, Skoda Octavia and Skoda Yeti crossover models for the Russian market, with the first vehicles to start rolling off the production line by the end of 2012. Read more »
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| BMW Crafts Special 760Li Individual Limos for The Charles Hotel in Munich Posted: 14 Jun 2011 06:23 AM PDT  The guests at The Charles Hotel in Munich, Germany, can now savor the services of BMW's finest as the Bavarian carmaker has just handed over to the hotel the keys to a pair of special limousines based on the flagship 760Li, which come equipped with a twin-turbocharged V12 engine churning out 544-horsepower. Read more »
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