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- 2012 Hyundai Sonata Receives its First Facelift in South Korea
- The Real Godzilla: AMS Performance’s 1,309WHP Nissan GT-R Completes ¼ Mile in 9.05 Sec! [Video]
- It Came From eBay Hell: Custom Made Canadian “Woodie”
- Top Gear has a Blast Driving the 2012 Nissan GT-R
- Study: Speeding the Most Common Cause of In-Car Arguments Amongst Couples
- VW Says “More Masculine” 2012 Beetle will Appeal to Men, Convertible Said to Join the Range Next Summer
- The Truth About the Relationship Between Hyundai and Kia
- Video: Berlin Parking Lot Sits Atop Hitler’s Bunker
- Naughty Fiat 500 with a Very, Very Suggestive License Plate
- Chrysler Surpasses Ford as Canada’s Biggest Seller of Light Trucks
- Update: Toyota Says RAV-4 EV Will Be Sold to the General Public
- How Shocking: Electrical Issues Plague Modern Cars
- The Price of Success: Nissan Raises 2012 Leaf Prices Between $2,420 and $3,530!
- FIA Investigates Jet Fighter Canopies for Improving F1 Drivers’ Safety
- Ferrari World Design Contest: And the Winner is….
- Coming Soon: 2012 Porsche 911 Teased in Official Video
- Study Shows Volvo’s Active Safety Systems Reduce Accidents
- Mazda Australia Spicing Up New BT-50 with Locally Developed Accessories
- Oops! They Did it Again: Alfa Romeo’s Return to the US Delayed Until 2013
| 2012 Hyundai Sonata Receives its First Facelift in South Korea Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:11 PM PDT  Hyundai has blessed the South Korean market version of its Sonata mid-size sedan with its very first mild facelift. Just don't blink because you may very well miss it.
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| The Real Godzilla: AMS Performance’s 1,309WHP Nissan GT-R Completes ¼ Mile in 9.05 Sec! [Video] Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:08 PM PDT  We've seen some insanely modified Nissan GT-R R35s, but Chicago-based tuning house AMS Performance, has really lifted the bar with its newest creation, the ALPHA 12. The heavily tuned Nissan GT-R ALPHA 12, which is still in the development and testing phase, was placed on a dyno where it produced an incredible 1,309-horsepower and 994 lb-ft (1,384Nm) of peak torque at all four wheels! Read more »
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| It Came From eBay Hell: Custom Made Canadian “Woodie” Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:32 PM PDT  One of my all-time favourite cars is the 1948 Ford Super Deluxe. The station wagon and Sportsman convertible variants were the last true "woodies" and in my mind the best looking of the bunch
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| Top Gear has a Blast Driving the 2012 Nissan GT-R Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:36 PM PDT  One of the highlights in the fourth episode of Top Gear's 17th season that aired in Britain this past weekend was the test of the 530HP and 612 Nm (451 lb/ft) 2012 Nissan GT-R. Jeremy Clarkson clearly had a blast driving the updated version of Nissan's twin-turbocharged, four-wheel drive supercar and, unusually for him, almost ran out of expletives. Read more »
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| Study: Speeding the Most Common Cause of In-Car Arguments Amongst Couples Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:13 PM PDT  It's happened to all of us at some point. You're behind the steering wheel and just when you think that everything is fine and dandy, the person sitting in the passenger's seat, be it your spouse, girlfriend of boyfriend, starts yelling: "Slow down, you 're driving too fast!", "You should have listened to me, we missed our exit" or "Keep your distance, we're gonna hit the car in front of us". And that's how car arguments start, ladies and gentlemen, turning a promising journey into a nightmare… Read more »
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| Posted: 19 Jul 2011 02:35 PM PDT  Volkswagen is confident that a higher percentage of men as well as younger consumers will buy the 2012 Beetle compared to its predecessor when U.S. sales start in September. VW of America's Vice President of ma While female buyers accounted for more than 65% of the previous Beetle's sales, Michel believes that the percentage for the all-new 2012 model will be split between the two sexes. Read more »
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| The Truth About the Relationship Between Hyundai and Kia Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:47 PM PDT  Hyundai and Kia have a strange, symbiotic relationship. They share factories, parts as well as engineering knowhow and product testing duties. And yet they remain separate entities with their own marketing, distribution and styling departments. Michael Sprague, Kia's VP for marketing and communication describes their relationships to the New York Times likes this: "Kia Motors America operates as a completely separate sales, marketing and distribution organization in the United States. [Hyundai and Kia share engineering efficiencies] similar in many ways to other global automakers." Read more »
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| Video: Berlin Parking Lot Sits Atop Hitler’s Bunker Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:13 PM PDT  No doubt, World War II was a dark period in history. And even though many years have passed since then, the Nazi regime has a way of surfacing to the limelight – or so to speak. Like Adolf Hitler's secret bunker that was found under a Berlin parking lot. Unsurprisingly, most people, both German and foreigners, had no idea that they were parking their cars above the place that Hitler spent the last five months before his defeat and the fall of the Third Reich. Read more »
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| Naughty Fiat 500 with a Very, Very Suggestive License Plate Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:35 PM PDT  We've seen some pretty weird license plates over the years, some funny, some meaningful, some witty and others just plain nasty. No need to explain why you'd be better off staying very far away from the one pictured above. The…suggestive license plate belongs to a Fiat 500 city car that was spotted at a South African showroom by Carscoop reader Jeff G. Read more »
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| Chrysler Surpasses Ford as Canada’s Biggest Seller of Light Trucks Posted: 19 Jul 2011 11:28 AM PDT  Canada's economy seems unaffected by most of the Western World's woes, where markets are struggling and unemployment is booming. In fact, Canada's economy is growing and as a result, unemployment is falling and people are getting jobs. Therefore, they have money to buy cars, or light trucks, pickups and SUVs. Read more »
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| Update: Toyota Says RAV-4 EV Will Be Sold to the General Public Posted: 19 Jul 2011 11:02 AM PDT  Toyota has just issued a statement disputing a recent report from Reuters by saying that the upcoming all-electric RAV-4 will be available for sale to the general public as well. The Reuters story, which Carscoop also reported on, said that the RAV-4 EV would only be sold to fleet customers and car sharing programs, citing Geri Yoza, the National Business Planning Manager of Advanced Vehicle Marketing, as the source. Here's Toyota's official statement: "Recent reports have incorrectly stated that the 2012 RAV4 EV will only be marketed to fleet and car sharing programs. We'd like to set the record straight. The 2012 RAV4 EV will definitely be sold to the general public. We anticipate robust public interest in the RAV4 EV and are keen to inform consumers that their future vehicle options include a battery electric ToyotaRead more »
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| How Shocking: Electrical Issues Plague Modern Cars Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:31 AM PDT  With modern cars fitted with more and more electronic equipment, it is logical that electrical problems are popping up much more frequently than in past years. According to a Warranty Direct survey in the UK, electrical faults account for 27% of all car malfunctions every year. That's a 17% rise over just five years ago, with more than four out of 10 cars each year facing breakdowns due to electrical problems that are mostly rather complex, and expensive to fix. Read more »
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| The Price of Success: Nissan Raises 2012 Leaf Prices Between $2,420 and $3,530! Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:37 AM PDT  Well, that didn't take long did it? Only a year after launch and while the Leaf is leading the eco-friendly sales race against GM's Chevrolet Volt, Nissan today announced that it is lifting the base price of the 2012 model year version of its pure-electric hatchback between 7 and 11 percent, depending on the trim grade! In particular, the entry-level 2012 Leaf SV is now priced at $35,200, or 7.38% more than the 2011MY's $32,780 sticker. The higher grade Lead SL enters the 2012MY priced at $37,250, an increase of $3,530 or 11.3% more over the 2011MY. Read more »
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| FIA Investigates Jet Fighter Canopies for Improving F1 Drivers’ Safety Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:56 AM PDT  May 1st, 1994: the world watches in shock as Ayrton Senna's Williams-Renault veers off the track and hits the wall at the Tamburello corner of the Imola circuit. Unfortunately, it was an accident that the most charismatic F1 driver of all times wouldn't survive as his head injuries were too severe. Just one day before another fatality had hit F1 for the first time in 12 years. Roland Ratzenberger's Simtek wing broke off before the Villeneuve corner and he hit the wall at 196 mph (315 km/h). The cause of death was basal skull fracture. Read more »
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| Ferrari World Design Contest: And the Winner is…. Posted: 19 Jul 2011 07:58 AM PDT  For the past few months, design students from 50 universities across the globe took up Ferrari's challenge of designing a future supercar for the famous Italian brand. Now, following the completion of the second phase in which seven schools were chosen to move to the final round, we have a winner.
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| Coming Soon: 2012 Porsche 911 Teased in Official Video Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:13 AM PDT  The wait for the next evolution of the Porsche 911 is almost over. In fact, we're so close to the launch date that the German firm has just entered the teasing phase releasing the first official video of the sports car shot during hot weather testing in South Africa.
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| Study Shows Volvo’s Active Safety Systems Reduce Accidents Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:32 AM PDT  The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released a study showing that Volvo's XC60 active safety systems contribute to it being engaged in 27% fewer damage accidents and 51% fewer bodily injury accidents than other mid-size luxury SUVs. Always according to the study, the XC60 is also 19% less likely to be involved in accidents compared to other models in Volvo's range. IIHS said that this is due to the SUV's standard low-speed collision avoidance system called City Safety. Read more »
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| Mazda Australia Spicing Up New BT-50 with Locally Developed Accessories Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:01 AM PDT  When the new generation of the 2012 Ford Ranger's Japanese sibling, the Mazda BT-50 pickup truck, goes on sale in Australia later this year, it will be available with a wide variety of locally designed and built genuine accessories, the company said today. Read more »
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| Oops! They Did it Again: Alfa Romeo’s Return to the US Delayed Until 2013 Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:33 AM PDT  It's 2003, 2004, 2006 – you get the idea- happening all over again; Alfa Romeo's return to the US market has been delayed and will not happen in 2012 as was the most recent plan. Instead, Fiat Group and Chrysler LLC CEO, Sergio Marchionne, has pushed the Italian brand's arrival back for another year, or so until he announces another delay. Read more »
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