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- 2014 Ford Focus RS Dreamed up as Three-Door Hot Hatch
- SCOOP: 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe / iX45 Receives a Complete Overhaul
- Kanye West and Jay-Z Destroy $300,000 Maybach in their New Music Video Just for Fun
- Mercedes-Benz Said to Have Approved CLC Small Shooting Brake Model
- Canadian Police Baffled by BMW 5 Series Driven off a Boat Launch into the Sea
- Toyota to Debut 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid with up to 107MPG at the Frankfurt Motor Show
- Honda to Invest $800 Million in New Mexico Plant
- Analysts Lower Forecasts for 2011-2013 US Sales
- Blast from the Not So Far Past: Richard Hammond Blows up a Hummer
- 2012 Chevrolet Orlando to go on Sale in Canada this October, Priced from $19,995
- BMW and Teamsters Union Agree to Extend the Contract of Ontario Workers for Six More Months
- Largest Ever Display of James Bond Movie Cars Coming in 2012
- GM Recalls 2012 Chevy Impala and Buick LaCrosse Over Separate Issues
- WTF Edition: Corvette ZR1 Showoff Hits Chrysler 300 SRT8 [NSFW]
- 2012 Land Rover Defender Updated with New 2.2L Turbo Diesel and Additional Option Packages
- New Ghost and China Boost Rolls-Royce Sales
- This MINI Hides a 5-Foot Snake Under its Hood
- 2012 Honda Civic Hatch to Feature Cleaner and More Powerful 2.2-liter Diesel in Europe
| 2014 Ford Focus RS Dreamed up as Three-Door Hot Hatch Posted: 12 Aug 2011 06:14 PM PDT  Earlier this month, Ford's global boss for small cars, Gunnar Herrmann, confirmed the development of a next generation Focus RS. The news motivated Carscoop reader Lil-k Amaru to create a computer generated version of the future hot hatch. Read more »
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| SCOOP: 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe / iX45 Receives a Complete Overhaul Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT  If you take a look at Hyundai's North American lineup, you'll find four models that look outdated and worn out compared to the rest of the range.
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| Kanye West and Jay-Z Destroy $300,000 Maybach in their New Music Video Just for Fun Posted: 12 Aug 2011 04:17 PM PDT  It's no secret that rappers like to show off their expensive and usually over the top blinged-up luxury cars in their music videos as a means to prove their status. However, world-famous artists Kanye West and Jay-Z may have gone a little too far in their new "Otis" music video. The two rappers obviously wanted to do something different than just flaunt their ultra-expensive sets of wheels, so they grabbed a welding torch and a metal cutting saw and obliterated a $300,000 Maybach. Who knows, maybe they thought it looked better that way... You can watch the video after the jump. Read more »
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| Mercedes-Benz Said to Have Approved CLC Small Shooting Brake Model Posted: 12 Aug 2011 04:00 PM PDT  We're still more than a year away from the presentation of Mercedes-Benz's CLC small sports sedan which will likely compete against the future A3 Sedan, yet Daimler's boss Dieter Zetsche is said to have already given the green light for a shooting brake version. And if you 're wondering what's a shooting brake model, think of it this way: it is to the station wagon what the four-door coupe is to a regular sedan. In other words, a far more stylish but much less practical five-door model with a heavily raked rear hatch. Read more »
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| Canadian Police Baffled by BMW 5 Series Driven off a Boat Launch into the Sea Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:19 PM PDT  As one of the more popular executive sedans in the market, the BMW 5 Series tends to get some unwanted attention, but what took place at Fleming Beach in Victoria, Canada, during the early hours of Thursday is baffling, to say the least. Victoria police were called to the Fleming Beach boat launch at around 5 a.m. Thursday morning by local fisherman that discovered a late, grey-green colored BMW 5-Series sitting around 30 metres (close to 100 feet) from shore. Read more »
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| Toyota to Debut 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid with up to 107MPG at the Frankfurt Motor Show Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:38 PM PDT  The final production version of Toyota's long anticipated Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle –or PHEV for short- will make its first public appearance at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show on the 15th of September. The Japanese automaker has been field-testing the Prius PHEV for quite some time now, but starting from next Spring, it will go on sale in Europe as well as other markets including select dealerships in the U.S. with a nationwide launch to follow in 2013. Read more »
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| Honda to Invest $800 Million in New Mexico Plant Posted: 12 Aug 2011 04:19 PM PDT  Honda announced today that it will invest $800 million to build a new assembly plant in Mexico. The factory, which is expected to be operational in 2014, will employ around 3,200 workers producing up to 200,000 vehicles per year. Read more »
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| Analysts Lower Forecasts for 2011-2013 US Sales Posted: 12 Aug 2011 01:21 PM PDT  Massachusetts-based research company IHS Automotive has lowered its estimate for US light vehicles sales in 2011 by 200,000 units, to 12.5 million. Analyst Rebecca Lindland commented that IHS has also significantly trimmed its forecast for 2012 sales, from 14.7 to 13.5 million vehicles, as well as 2013, from 15.5 to 15 million. Read more »
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| Blast from the Not So Far Past: Richard Hammond Blows up a Hummer Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:57 PM PDT  The 17th season of Top Gear recently ended with the airing of the sixth and last episode on August 2. For those of you in the States that happened to miss some or all of the episodes, we have good news as BBC America has begun releasing preview clips from the 17th season. In the first release, we get a two-minute-long video from episode 1 with Richard Hammond trying out the Marauder, which is a South African-built armored vehicle. During the test, Hammond compares the Marauder with the Hummer to see which one can withstand a blast from seven pounds of plastic explosives. Hit the break to watch the video. Read more »
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| 2012 Chevrolet Orlando to go on Sale in Canada this October, Priced from $19,995 Posted: 12 Aug 2011 04:20 PM PDT  General Motor's newest proposal in the minivan segment, the 2012 Chevrolet Orlando, is so close but yet so far away for U.S. consumers. You see, the Detroit-based automaker today announced Canadian pricing for the Orlando before it arrives in dealers across the country in October 2011.
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| BMW and Teamsters Union Agree to Extend the Contract of Ontario Workers for Six More Months Posted: 12 Aug 2011 11:39 AM PDT  The battle between BMW North America and the Teamsters union entered a new phase on Thursday after the two parties reached an agreement that will temporally prevent the layoff of 68 union workers at the Bavairan carmaker's Ontario, California parts distribution center. Read more »
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| Largest Ever Display of James Bond Movie Cars Coming in 2012 Posted: 12 Aug 2011 11:04 AM PDT  If you're an automotive fan that also happens to like the James Bond films, then you're in for a treat. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 007 franchise, the National Motor Museum in cooperation with Beaulieu and EON Productions (the latter co-owns, with MGM, the copyright to the James Bond films), will hold the largest exhibition of James Bond vehicles ever displayed to the public. Read more »
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| GM Recalls 2012 Chevy Impala and Buick LaCrosse Over Separate Issues Posted: 12 Aug 2011 10:45 AM PDT  General Motors announced today that it is recalling 11,905 2012MY Chevrolet Impala and 4,293 MY2012 Buick LaCrosse sedans sold in the US and in Canada over two separate issues. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, the 2012 Impala recall affects certain cars manufactured from April 19, 2011 through July 29, 2011 and concerns the installation of the power steering hose. If misplaced, the hose could be damaged and leak power steering fluid onto the engine compartment and the catalytic converter, with the risk of a fire. Read more »
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| WTF Edition: Corvette ZR1 Showoff Hits Chrysler 300 SRT8 [NSFW] Posted: 12 Aug 2011 10:34 AM PDT  You're enjoying a day on the track when all of a sudden someone bangs your pride and joy: what's your first reaction? Well, our guess is you may use a different choice of words, but more or less, it'll be in the same tone as the driver of this Chrysler 300 SRT8 that was hit by a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 that lost traction after a bit of a showoff. Watch the video after the break, but be advised, there's foul language to be heard so turn off your speakers if you happen to be at a workplace. Read more »
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| 2012 Land Rover Defender Updated with New 2.2L Turbo Diesel and Additional Option Packages Posted: 12 Aug 2011 10:08 AM PDT  There may be talk of a new Defender on its way with rumors of a concept model making its appearance as early as next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, but for now, Land Rover is updating the current version with a new turbo diesel engine and the introduction of two new option packages for the 2012 model year. The most important change of course is the new, EU5 compliant, 2.2-liter turbo diesel engine that replaces the EU4 2.4-litre oil-burner found in the 2011MY Defender. Despite the smaller capacity, the new four-cylinder diesel delivers the same power and torque as the outgoing unit with 122PS at 3,500rpm and torque, 360Nm (265.5 lb-ft) at 2,000rpm. Read more »
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| New Ghost and China Boost Rolls-Royce Sales Posted: 12 Aug 2011 09:35 AM PDT  Despite the turmoil in global markets, Rolls-Royce is doing extraordinarily well. In fact, the above sentence is an understatement: while the recession seemed to hit the company in 2009, when it sold a little over 1,000 cars representing a 17.3% drop over the previous year, sales in 2010 were up by an amazing 171%. And things are looking even better for 2011: in the first half of the year (January through June) Rolls-Royce recorded a 64.1% increase in sales delivering 1,592 units. Read more »
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| This MINI Hides a 5-Foot Snake Under its Hood Posted: 12 Aug 2011 09:07 AM PDT  It's the last thing you want to find hiding or crawling under the bonnet of your car: a slippery, five-foot long Boa constrictor. But that's exactly what happened to Wayne Hunt, a technician carrying out an MOT on a MINI Cooper at the Bosch Car Service garage in Carringtons of Oxford, UK. Wayne said that he pushed his hand under the hood to find the safety release catch but "felt something that seemed rather out of place", which turned out to be a five-foot long, five-inch thick snake (raise your hand if you just thought about "that's what she said" joke). Read more »
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| 2012 Honda Civic Hatch to Feature Cleaner and More Powerful 2.2-liter Diesel in Europe Posted: 12 Aug 2011 08:41 AM PDT  As we draw nearer and nearer to the Frankfurt Motor Show, which will open its gates to the public in about a month's time, carmakers are starting to reveal more details about the models they will unveil at the IAA. Honda, which has already shown us photos and a video of a heavily camouflaged version of the all-new European market Civic hatchback that will be built exclusively at its Swindon UK factory, today revealed that one of the available engines in its lineup will be an ultra-frugal and clean 2.2-liter turbodiesel. Read more »
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