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- Alleged Dealer Employee Slams Ferrari 456 into an Oncoming Volkswagen Gol
- Senner Tuning Cooks up a Spicier Audi A1 1.4 TFSI with 165HP
- Nissan Rebadges Mazda5 MPV for Japan, Calls it the New Lafesta Highway Star
- Europe’s 50 Most Congested Cities, according to a Study from TomTom
- BMW Fans Imagine New 1-Series Coupe, Cabrio and M Models
- Chevrolet Improves 2012 Cruze’s Fuel Economy by 2MPG and Adds New Standard Features
- Google Goes Electric, Sets Up 70 Charging Stations at its California Headquarters
- VIDEO: Lexus LFA Wows the Crowds at Tokyo Drift Event
- 2012 Buick Regal GS Officially Rated at 270HP, up from 255HP
- New Peugeot 107 Sportium Special Edition for the UK Market
- BMW Officially Lifts the Veil on 2012 M5 with 560HP V8 Turbo [154 High-Res Photos]
- VIDEO: Toyota FT-86 Freshly Spied at the Nurburgring Race Track
- Nissan to Axe Altima Hybrid at the End of the 2011 Model Year
- All-new European Market 2012 Toyota Yaris Breaks Cover
- 2012 BMW M5: First Official Photos Leak on the Internet
| Alleged Dealer Employee Slams Ferrari 456 into an Oncoming Volkswagen Gol Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:35 PM PDT  A violent accident between a Ferrari 456 and a Volkswagen Gol that took place in Martinez, an affluent city located near the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires was caught on tape by a nearby security camera.
Although we could not confirm this, media reports from the country citing police sources state that the driver was not the owner of the car but a dealer employee who was taking the Italian supercar for its technical inspection. Read more »
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| Senner Tuning Cooks up a Spicier Audi A1 1.4 TFSI with 165HP Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:48 PM PDT  German tuning firm Senner has a new solution for anyone looking to upgrade their desperately plain Audi A1 supermini. The tune starts with the A1's 1.4-liter TFSI gasoline engine, which normally produces 122-horsepower and 265Nm of peak torque. A custom-tailored ECU along with a sports exhaust system bumps those figures to 165HP and 265Nm (195.5 lb-ft). The engine tune is complemented by an adjustable sports suspension from KW. Read more »
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| Nissan Rebadges Mazda5 MPV for Japan, Calls it the New Lafesta Highway Star Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:07 PM PDT  After preparing its customers with an announcement in January, Nissan today went ahead and introduced a re-badged version of the Mazda5 MPV (called Premacy in its home market) in the form of the new Lafesta Highway Star. The compact minivan is supplied to Nissan by Mazda on an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) basis, and will be sold exclusively in Japan. Read more »
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| Europe’s 50 Most Congested Cities, according to a Study from TomTom Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:37 PM PDT  Navigation system specialist TomTom has compiled a list with Europe's 50 most congested cities in 2011 based on its real travel time database, which includes more than 800 billion speed measurements sent anonymously by more than 30 million users of firm's software. Brussels lead the table, with the capital of Belgium showing a 1.2% increase in traffic compared to 2010. Britain is Europe's most congested country: London, despite a 0.2% decrease in traffic, has climbed up to third place, while both Manchester and Edinburgh are in the top 10. A total of 16 UK cities are included in the top 50. Read more »
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| BMW Fans Imagine New 1-Series Coupe, Cabrio and M Models Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:09 PM PDT  The all-new BMW 1-Series five-door hatchback has only just been announced, yet bimmer enthusiasts are already dreaming up the car's future lineup. Some of the more talented individuals went one step further drawing up renderings of the Coupe and Convertible models, which as we recently reported, may or may not carry the 2-Series sticker as part of broader change in names, and even a three-door hatchback with the famed M badge. Follow the break to check out the creative work of the members of Bimmerpost and leave your thoughts below. Read more »
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| Chevrolet Improves 2012 Cruze’s Fuel Economy by 2MPG and Adds New Standard Features Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:31 PM PDT  General Motors is releasing a model year update for its Cruze compact sedan. There are no styling changes as the company focused its attention on improving the car's fuel economy and equipment features. Thanks to a lower axle ratio for the 2012 models equipped with a six speed automatic transmission, the standard Cruze with the 138HP 1.4-liter turbocharged engine returns 38 mpg compared with 36 mpg for the current model, while the Cruze Eco with the same powetrain setup delivers 39 mpg instead of 37 mpg. Read more »
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| Google Goes Electric, Sets Up 70 Charging Stations at its California Headquarters Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:39 AM PDT  Internet-giant Google has just adopted the largest workplace charging installation for electric vehicles in the U.S. with the completion of 70 "ChargePoint" stations at its Mountain View, California headquarters. The new charging infrastructure will support both employee-owned EVs and "GFleet" plug-in vehicles such as the Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF. And there are 250 more charging stations on the way, with the goal of making Google's HQ parking facilities 5% EV-ready. Read more »
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| VIDEO: Lexus LFA Wows the Crowds at Tokyo Drift Event Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:12 AM PDT  A bespoke sports car priced over than $370,000 and of which only 500 will be produced worldwide, isn't something you normally expect to see at a drift event. But in the Land of the Rising Sun, everything goes when it comes to burning tires and wowing crowds. Making its appearance on the sidelines of the 2011 D1 Grand Prix Tokyo drift was this stock Lexus LFA, which you can enjoy in action in the video that follows after the break. Read more »
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| 2012 Buick Regal GS Officially Rated at 270HP, up from 255HP Posted: 15 Jun 2011 09:42 AM PDT  The official performance and fuel economy numbers on the 2012 Buick Regal GS are out. When GM revealed the Buick's sports sedan in production trim at the Detroit Motor Show this past January, the company estimated that the Regal GS was good for 255HP and a 0-60mph time of less than 7 seconds. Now GM announced that the Regal GS' 2.0-liter direct-injected turbocharged four-cylinder engine has been SAE-certified to deliver 270 horsepower (201kW) and 295 lb.-ft. of torque (400Nm) fat 2,400 rpm or an estimated 0-60 mph performance of 6.7 seconds, or 0.9 seconds slower than the car's European sibling, the Opel Insignia OPC that features a 325HP V6 and AWD. Read more »
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| New Peugeot 107 Sportium Special Edition for the UK Market Posted: 15 Jun 2011 09:07 AM PDT  When automakers don't have something truly new to add to one of their models, they tend to introduce special edition versions, which most of the times translates to added equipment features. And that's the case with the new Peugeot 107 Sportium Special Edition for the British market. Read more »
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| BMW Officially Lifts the Veil on 2012 M5 with 560HP V8 Turbo [154 High-Res Photos] Posted: 15 Jun 2011 08:24 AM PDT  With the first photos of the all-new 2012 M5 making the internet rounds since the early hours of Wednesday morning, BMW decided to lift the embargo and officially present the fifth generation of its high-performance saloon.
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| VIDEO: Toyota FT-86 Freshly Spied at the Nurburgring Race Track Posted: 15 Jun 2011 06:56 AM PDT  If anything else, spy photographers have their work cut out with the new Toyota FT-86 sports coupe. As we are nearing closer to the launch of the production model, the Japanese automaker has increased its presence at the Nordschleife circuit in Germany to fine tune the chassis and mechanical hardware, with this latest scoop video showing a camouflaged prototype in action. Read more »
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| Nissan to Axe Altima Hybrid at the End of the 2011 Model Year Posted: 15 Jun 2011 06:18 AM PDT  The current Nissan Altima Hybrid is counting days (well, more like months) in the U.S. as the Japanese automaker plans to drop the gasoline-electric hybrid model from its lineup at the end of the 2011 model year, according to a report from Autonews. The hybrid sedan hasn't been much of a success for Nissan as only 35,000 units have been sold in the States since its introduction in the market in 2007. Aside from the somewhat disappointing sales, Nissan's decision may also have to do with the fact that the Altima Hybrid utilizes a hybrid system sourced from rival Toyota. Nissan has since developed its own hybrid system with a new lithium-ion battery that made its debut on the 2012 Infiniti M Hybrid. Read more »
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| All-new European Market 2012 Toyota Yaris Breaks Cover Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:16 AM PDT  Toyota has unveiled the European version of the new Yaris, its all-new supermini which will replace the model of the same name in the summer of 2011. The new Yaris is, quite predictably, based on the Yaris HSD Hybrid prototype that we saw last March in Geneva.
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| 2012 BMW M5: First Official Photos Leak on the Internet Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:28 AM PDT  These are the first official pictures of the all-new BMW M5. It is based on the latest generation of the 5-Series, the F10, and boasts all the visual cues that you expect from a car that has been honed by BMW's famous M-division: namely huge air intakes in the front bumper, side vents in the front wings bearing the M-logo, 20-inch wheels with 265/35 front and 295/30 rear ZR-rated tires, and twin tailpipes at either end of the rear diffuser.
Losing two cylinders and gaining two turbochargers seems like a fair trade, though, since the new M5's output is up by 45 hp, from 507 to 552, and, more importantly, maximum torque has risen from 383 to 501 lb-ft (53,0 to 69,4 kgm). Read more »
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