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- A Mazda MX-5 On Steroids: Australia’s V8 Engined Bullet Roadster
- DARPA Selects XC2V to Replace HUMVEEs [with Video)
- 2012 BMW M5 Touring Artistically Imagined
- VIDEOS: “Monster” Tajima Breaks 10 Min Record at Pikes Peak with 910-hp Suzuki SX4
- Tell Him He’s Dreaming: £200,000 / US$320,000 for a Parking Space
- Scion Introduces Updated 2012 tC and New tC RS 7.0
- Camal’s Retro Sexy Fiat 500 Marcia Corta
- Fail: Wile E. Coyote’s Long Lost Cousin goes Rock Climbing
- Volkswagen to Build Two New Plants in China
- New BMW 6-Series GT Four-Door Coupe Spied in the Wild
- Anderson Germany Turns Ferrari F430 Spider into Scuderia Spider 16M
- BMW Turbocharges X1 SUV with New 2.0 liter Gasoline and Diesel Engines
- Greenpeace wants to Turn VW Away from the Dark Side, Launches Spoof Star Wars Ads
- Renault Fluence Z.E. Priced £17,850 OTR after £5,000 Plug-In Car Grant in the UK
- Saab Secures Further Funding by Leasing its Property
- Nissan Celebrates Production of 1 Million Qashqai Crossovers, will Give Away the Landmark Vehicle
- Ferrari North Europe Brightens the Lives of 50 Special Children
| A Mazda MX-5 On Steroids: Australia’s V8 Engined Bullet Roadster Posted: 28 Jun 2011 06:44 PM PDT  In the late '90s, Australian John Bettini unleashed onto the word the Bullet Roadster. What begin life as a heavily modified Mazda MX-5 with an RX-7 13B powerplant gradually evolved into a V8-engined monster like the one you see here that we found for sale in Queensland, Australia.
Bullet No. 5 was a special order from a man named George Covacic who supplied a 4.6-liter all-alloy, fuel injected V8 crate motor along with a Tremac 5-speed manual transmission and the differential from a Holden Commodore SS. Like all Bullet supercars, the brakes and suspension came from the Mazda RX-7. Read more »
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| DARPA Selects XC2V to Replace HUMVEEs [with Video) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:57 PM PDT  The trusted HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), or as the troops (and everyone else) understandably calls it, Humvee, is getting a little long in the tooth, having entered service for the first time in 1984. So it's reasonable that DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) started looking for a suitable, and more up-to-date replacement with the Experimental Crowd-derived Combat Support Vehicle project –or, in civilian-speak, "the first crowd-sourced, military relevant vehicle design". Read more »
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| 2012 BMW M5 Touring Artistically Imagined Posted: 28 Jun 2011 03:37 PM PDT  Now that we've seen what the new 2012 BMW M5 sports sedan looks like, it's time for some talented hands to shape the Touring version that may or may not follow in the future as the Bavarian company has not yet revealed any plans for a high-performance station wagon model. Read more »
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| VIDEOS: “Monster” Tajima Breaks 10 Min Record at Pikes Peak with 910-hp Suzuki SX4 Posted: 28 Jun 2011 03:00 PM PDT  Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima has broken his own record at this year's Pikes Peak Hill Climb, completing the 12.42-mile (19.9 km) "Race to the Clouds" in just 9:51.278, demolishing the 10:1.408 time he set four years ago. "Monster" Tajima, who has being racing at Pikes Peak every year since 1988, accomplished this extraordinary feat driving an extremely modified Suzuki SX4 with 910-horses. Second fastest was Rhys Millen in the modified Hyundai PM580, with a time of 10:09.242. Read more »
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| Tell Him He’s Dreaming: £200,000 / US$320,000 for a Parking Space Posted: 28 Jun 2011 02:49 PM PDT  Behold Britain's most expensive parking space: 284 square feet (26 square metres) of concrete in an underground car park in Knightsbridge, West London. There's a separate entrance and exit driveway and 24 hours a day, 7 days a week remote access and security. The price is just…£200,000 (US$319,460) for the first nine years, then another £710 (US$1,134) a year for the next ninety. Though at just 33 pence an hour, the price is some ten times less than what most people pay to park in Knightsbridge. Still, they don't have to keep paying for the next 99 years. Though Harrods Estates Asset Management, which brokered the deal, refused to name the buyer for confidentiality reasons, the terms of sale stipulate that the buyer must live within 400 metres (1,312 feet) of the parking spot. Read more »
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| Scion Introduces Updated 2012 tC and New tC RS 7.0 Posted: 28 Jun 2011 02:16 PM PDT  It's only been eight months in the market but Scion has already announced a 2012 model year version of its latest tC sports coupe. Leaving aside the equipment upgrades for the basic model, the most important news for the 2012MY is the launch of the first release series for the second-generation tC sports coupe. Read more »
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| Camal’s Retro Sexy Fiat 500 Marcia Corta Posted: 28 Jun 2011 01:33 PM PDT  What happens when two people who share their passion for sports cars and motorbikes meet under the right circumstances? It depends, but if we 're talking about two Italians, Alessio Minchella (designer) and Alessandro Camorali (surface and product development) who met in 2010 while working at Pininfarina, the result is a new company, Camal, and a new product. Read more »
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| Fail: Wile E. Coyote’s Long Lost Cousin goes Rock Climbing Posted: 28 Jun 2011 12:52 PM PDT  When common sense goes out the window, you can usually expect one of two things to follow: tragedy or comedy. What you're about to view in the video after the break could have turned tragic, but since it appears that no one was seriously hurt, we're going to categorize it as comedy. Read more »
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| Volkswagen to Build Two New Plants in China Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:42 AM PDT  The Chinese government has given, as expected, the green light to the Volkswagen Group for the building of two new automotive plants in the cities of Foshan and Yizheng. The final approval for the project was signed today, June 28, in Berlin during a meeting between Chairman of VW's board, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, and the Presidents of the Chinese partner companies. Read more »
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| New BMW 6-Series GT Four-Door Coupe Spied in the Wild Posted: 28 Jun 2011 10:55 AM PDT  Not too long ago, we brought you official design sketches of the production version of last year's BMW Gran Coupé Concept. Now, our man with the long lens has captured an actual prototype that is production ready with only a few splashes of BMW's traditional swirly camouflage covering its sides and rear end.
Whatever the name, the sporty looking sedan model will share its underpinnings with the new 6-Series and of course the latest 5-Series, which forms the basis for BMW's flagship coupe and convertible models. Read more »
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| Anderson Germany Turns Ferrari F430 Spider into Scuderia Spider 16M Posted: 28 Jun 2011 10:14 AM PDT  A new alternative tuning proposal for owners of the Ferrari F430 Spyder has been released by Anderson Germany. The design house has created a package that brings the brings the regular version closer to the flagship edition of the series, the F430 Spider Scuderia 16M. The transformation begins on the outside with a new aero kit comprising of a front air dam, side skirts and a rear apron. Anderson Germany then finishes the car in a new color called Hyper Black and adds pin stripes in the form of carbon fiber accents with a yellow border. Read more »
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| BMW Turbocharges X1 SUV with New 2.0 liter Gasoline and Diesel Engines Posted: 28 Jun 2011 10:06 AM PDT  BMW is extending its smallest SUV's range by adding two new engines to the X1's line-up. The first unit, which will be available this autumn, is a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine producing 184HP and 270 Nm (27,5 kgm) from 1,250-4,500 rpm. The compact crossover will be available in both rear and four-wheel drive versions bearing the sDrive20i and xDrive20i designations respectively, and which accelerate from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 7.4 (sDrive) and 7.8 (xDrive) seconds. Read more »
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| Greenpeace wants to Turn VW Away from the Dark Side, Launches Spoof Star Wars Ads Posted: 28 Jun 2011 08:08 AM PDT  The rebel alliance from…Greenpeace launched a coordinated attack against the Volkswagen Group this morning by airing spoofs of the German firm's now famous mini Darth Vader commercial, taking over advertising hoardings to install their own banners on billboards located in London and unleashing "eco-storm troopers" to protest on London's Old Street.
The environmental activist group claims that the car giant is "spending millions of Euros every year funding lobby groups who are trying to stop Europe increasing its commitment to greenhouse gas reductions from 20% to 30% by 2020" and calls Volkswagen to turn away from the Dark Side. Read more »
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| Renault Fluence Z.E. Priced £17,850 OTR after £5,000 Plug-In Car Grant in the UK Posted: 28 Jun 2011 06:43 AM PDT  Following the announcements on UK pricing for the Kangoo Van Z.E. and Twizy, Renault today confirmed prices for its third pure-electric model, the Fluence Z.E. ahead of its launch in the market in 2012. The four-door, five seat Fluence ZE. saloon will carry an on-the-road price of £22,850, which drops to £17,850 (US$28,500) after the £5,000 UK Plug-In Car Grant has been deducted. Read more »
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| Saab Secures Further Funding by Leasing its Property Posted: 28 Jun 2011 06:10 AM PDT  Another day, another chapter in the ongoing saga that is the survival of Saab. After yesterday's order from a (yet unnamed) Chinese company, which temporarily solved its cash-flow problem, today the automaker announced that it has reached an agreement with a consortium of Swedish real investors led by Hemfosa Fastigheter AB, for the sale of 50.1% of Saab Property for a period of 15 years. Read more »
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| Nissan Celebrates Production of 1 Million Qashqai Crossovers, will Give Away the Landmark Vehicle Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:57 AM PDT  Four years, six months and 23 days after the first Qashqai small crossover rolled off the Sunderland Plant's production line in the UK on December 5, 2006, Nissan has passed the 1 million milestone. The Japanese automaker said the Qashqai is "easily the highest-volume car produced in the UK" adding that no other car in Britain has reached the one million mark in such a short period. Read more »
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| Ferrari North Europe Brightens the Lives of 50 Special Children Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:12 AM PDT  On Tuesday, July 26, 50 special children will enjoy being driven around the Silverstone circuit in a Ferrari California by professional racing drivers from the British Racing Driver's Club along with "BRDC SuperStars", young drivers learning to be the professionals of tomorrow. Read more »
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