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- Audi Q3 RS Rumors give Birth to Rendering
- Report: Owners Leasing Cars May Be Able to Make a Profit
- Bentley Defies Crisis with a 20% Increase in Global Sales
- New Exclusive and M Sport Editions Join BMW 3-Series Coupe and Convertible Range
- China Opens World’s Longest Ocean Bridge Measuring 26 Miles in Length! [with Videos]
- New Toyota Yaris Wears a Sport Kit for its Australian Debut at the Melbourne Motor Show
- Kia Hooks its Belgium CEO up to a Lie Detector to Dispel Doubts About 7 Year Warranty
- Porsche to Return to Le Mans in 2014 with Brand New LMP1 Racer
- VW Posts 35% Jump in U.S. Sales in June, Jetta Demand up 121%
- Rumors: Audi Quattro Coupe May be Given the Green Light by September
- Land Rover Announces U.S. Prices and Fuel Economy Figures for the 2012 Evoque
- BMW 5-Series Gains New 2.0-Liter Four-Cylinder Turbo Engines, 5-Series GT gets the M Sport Treatment
- BMW Updates New 6-Series with M Sport, Diesel and xDrive Variants
- New Renault Twingo RS 133 and Clio RS 200 Silverstone GP Limited Editions
- Chevrolet Announces UK Prices for the Camaro, Starts from £34,995 (US$56,040)
| Audi Q3 RS Rumors give Birth to Rendering Posted: 01 Jul 2011 02:35 PM PDT  The latest news from Audi is that the Ingolstadt automaker is working on a high-performance version of its new Q3 compact SUV. According to inside sources quoted by Auto Motor und Sport magazine in its most recent issue, the brand with the four rings has even decided on the powertrain, which is none other than the 340HP 2.5-liter turbocharged inline-five found under the hood of the TT RS and RS3 hot hatch. Read more »
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| Report: Owners Leasing Cars May Be Able to Make a Profit Posted: 01 Jul 2011 01:57 PM PDT  With the recent surge in used car prices in the U.S., many people leasing vehicles have discovered the surprising fact that the market value of their automobiles is greater than the dealer's quoted residual (buyout) price. All a would-be lessee needs to do is buy the car from the dealer and sell it on privately. The dealer gets the residual amount and the former lessee pockets a tidy sum. Take the example of a 2008 Volvo XC90. With more than twelve months left on the lease, the dealer's buyout price was a quoted US$18,500. Compare this to the amount the lessee was likely to get by selling the car privately: a far more substantial US$27,000. That's a profit of US$8,500! Read more »
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| Bentley Defies Crisis with a 20% Increase in Global Sales Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:57 PM PDT  Crisis? What crisis? For you and me, perhaps, but not for Bentley buyers. The VW-owned British luxury carmaker announced today a 20% increase in global sales for the first half of 2011 with 2,978 cars delivered to customers, the best start for the company since 2008. Read more »
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| New Exclusive and M Sport Editions Join BMW 3-Series Coupe and Convertible Range Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:30 PM PDT  You didn't think BMW would leave its bread-and-butter 3-Series untouched for the new model year just because it's actively working on a replacement, did you? Of course not. The changes to the 3-Series range are of far less importance than on the 6-Series and 5-Series lineups, and are mostly limited to the presentation of new special edition models and packages. Read more »
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| China Opens World’s Longest Ocean Bridge Measuring 26 Miles in Length! [with Videos] Posted: 01 Jul 2011 11:46 AM PDT  China opened today to the public not just one or two, but amazingly four of the world's longest over-sea bridges. Three of the bridges are part of the Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway, which made its maiden trip today. This project began in 2008, cost around US$33 billion and employed approximately 10,000 workers. It is expected to carry double the number of passengers than before (80 million versus approximately 40 million), whilst also reducing the time it takes to make the journey from 10 to less than 4 hours! Read more »
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| New Toyota Yaris Wears a Sport Kit for its Australian Debut at the Melbourne Motor Show Posted: 01 Jul 2011 11:22 AM PDT  After its world premiere in Japan last December as the Vitz, Toyota is gradually introducing the new generation of the Yaris in other markets around the world. Now, with the European version out of the way, it's time for the Yaris to make its first appearance in Melbourne at this week's 2011 Australian International Motor Show (AIMS). Revealed in show car form, the Yaris is fitted with a TRD-like sports kit comprising of a honeycomb grille, a restyled front bumper with larger openings and a chrome trim around the lower grille, side skirts, chunky alloy wheels and a new rear bumper with a diffuser plus a roof spoiler. Read more »
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| Kia Hooks its Belgium CEO up to a Lie Detector to Dispel Doubts About 7 Year Warranty Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:55 AM PDT  If there's one thing South Korea's Kia does better than any other automaker, it is offering especially long warranties. In Belgium, for instance, the warranties across their entire range of vehicles extend to seven years. That's no mean feat, though intriguingly Kia Belgium have found that a lot of new car buyers believe the seven year warranty scheme is too good to be true. Either there's a catch, or it doesn't cover all Kia models, or there's some extra charges that need to be paid first. To counteract these rumours, and gain some additional customers, Kia Belgium hooked its General Manager Benoit Morrene up to a polygraph (lie detector) and let the general public ask him questions in an online, streamlining environment. Read more »
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| Porsche to Return to Le Mans in 2014 with Brand New LMP1 Racer Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:54 AM PDT  Porsche, the most successful marque ever in the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans has announced its return in 2014 to the world's most famous endurance race. Porsche has won at Le Mans a record 16 times, and aims for the top spot with its works entry in the top LMP1 category. Read more »
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| VW Posts 35% Jump in U.S. Sales in June, Jetta Demand up 121% Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:14 AM PDT  The Volkswagen brand has reported U.S. sales of 28,444 units in June 2011 recording a 35.1 percent increase over the same month a year ago. The German firm's year-to-date-sales are up by 22.3 percent compared to 2010 at 154,125 units. The most impressive increase in sales comes from the new Jetta, which was introduced to the American market in October 2010. The compact sedan's U.S. sales totaled 14,513 units in June (+120.9%) and 76,498 cars from the beginning of the year, an increase of 77.2 percent over the same period in 2010. Read more »
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| Rumors: Audi Quattro Coupe May be Given the Green Light by September Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:37 AM PDT  The Audi Quattro Concept wowed the crowds at the 2010 Paris motor show. The favorable reaction of both the public and the press to the one-off concept that was created to celebrate the original Quattro's 30th anniversary has sparked many rumors that Audi is seriously considering making a production version. Read more »
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| Land Rover Announces U.S. Prices and Fuel Economy Figures for the 2012 Evoque Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:12 AM PDT  Land Rover's Evoque, the smallest model in the Range Rover lineup, will go on sale in the USA this fall, however, the company has already released pricing information, with the 3-door model starting at $44,995, and the 5-door at $43,995, including destination. Read more »
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| BMW 5-Series Gains New 2.0-Liter Four-Cylinder Turbo Engines, 5-Series GT gets the M Sport Treatment Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:13 AM PDT  There's a lot going on in Munich today as BMW has unleashed details on its new model year portfolio. Following the news on the 6-Series, more of which you can read in our previous post here, we bring you the updates to the 5-Series range that includes the four-door sedan, the Touring (station wagon) and the Gran Turismo liftback. We'll begin with the changes to the engine lineup of the 5-Series saloon and Touring models. Starting from this fall, European buyers will be able to order the 5-Series with BMW's brand-new 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline engine, which is offered in two forms producing 184HP and 270Nm (199 lb-ft) in the 520i and 245HP and 350Nm (258 lb-ft) in the 528i. Read more »
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| BMW Updates New 6-Series with M Sport, Diesel and xDrive Variants Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:21 AM PDT  BMW is wasting no time in enhancing the range of its recently launched 6-Series Coupé and Convertible models. To sum up the changes, from this autumn (and depending on the market, of course) both body styles will be available with an M Sport package, a new diesel engine and for the first time in the 6-Series model's history, the Bavarian firm's xDrive all-wheel-drive system.
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| New Renault Twingo RS 133 and Clio RS 200 Silverstone GP Limited Editions Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:50 AM PDT  British consumers will have one more choice when it comes to Renault's Twingo Renaultsport 133 and the Clio Renaultsport 200 hot hatches as the French firm has added yet another trim level to their range in the form of the 'Silverstone GP' limited editions. Named after the country's most famous motor racing circuit and home of the British Grand Prix, both models were specifically created for the UK market, with only 50 of each offered for sale from July 1. Read more »
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| Chevrolet Announces UK Prices for the Camaro, Starts from £34,995 (US$56,040) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:30 AM PDT  The Camaro is the centerpiece of Chevrolet's display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which begun today. And the company thought it was the perfect opportunity to announce the pricing of its UK-bound muscle car that will be available in early 2012. The Camaro with the V8 engine starts from £34,995 (US$56,040) in coupe trim and from £39,995 (US$64,060) for the convertible, both with a manual transmission. If you want an automatic gearbox, you'll have to add another £1,500 (US$2,400). In the U.S., the V8 model starts from US$31,070, which is equal to £19,400. Read more »
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