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- Oh NASCAR…Driver Steve Wallace gets his Hair Pulled from a Crew Chief
- New 2012 Porsche 911: Preliminary Specifications
- Video: New BMW Z4 sDrive28i with 2.0-liter Turbocharged Four
- GM Refuses to Repair 400,000 Chevrolet Impalas, Says it's “Old GM's" Responsibility
- Chevy to Stage European Premiere of New Malibu at Frankfurt Auto Show, gets 2.4-Liter Diesel
- Ferrari 458 Italia Xbox 360 Steering Wheel Brings Some Maranello Magic to your Playroom
- Porsche Shows All-New 911 Working out in the Arctic Circle
- World's Oldest Production Bentley Sells for Just Under a $1 Million at Pebble Beach
- Chilling Mazda MX-5 Touch and Roll Over Accident
- Williams Wants to Extend Jaguar Partnership Beyond C-X75 Supercar
- Dutch Facepalm: Mutant Opel Astra Station Wagon
- SCOOP: 2013 Mercedes-Benz A Class AMG Debuts in Disguise
- It's the End of the Road for Mazda’s RX-8
- VW to Unveil New Experimental One-Seat Electric Car in Frankfurt
- 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG Officially Breaks Cover [34 Photos]
- Ford to Collaborate with Toyota on the Development of a New hybrid system for Light Truck and SUV
- Kia Prices New Rio in the UK from £10,595
- Infiniti Announces Sportier 2013 IPL G Convertible
- Gemballa Ventures Into Motorsports with New McLaren MP4-12C GT3
- 2012 Jeep Wrangler gets 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 with 285 Ponies and up to 21MPG [63 Photos]
- First Official Photo of New 2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class
- VW Unveils Production Version of Up! City Car
| Oh NASCAR…Driver Steve Wallace gets his Hair Pulled from a Crew Chief Posted: 22 Aug 2011 06:26 PM PDT  If you though hair pulling is a girls sport only, then you probably missed out on the events that took place at last Saturday's NAPA 200 race in Montreal, Canada. It all started when Nationwide Series driver Steve Wallace came in contact with Canadian driver Patrick Carpentie on a very tight corner sending him spinning out of the race. Carpentie, who was running for Pastrana Waltrip Racing, had previously announced plans to end his 27-year motorsport career after the Montreal race. Understandably, this wasn't the way Carpentie or his crew wanted him to retire so tempers were at the flashpoint. Read more »
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| New 2012 Porsche 911: Preliminary Specifications Posted: 22 Aug 2011 05:49 PM PDT  It won't be long before Porsche unleashes the new 911, but for those of you who just can't wait, we have some preliminary specifications on hand, so read on... The next iteration of the 911 series, which carries the internal codename 991, has grown is size featuring a 100mm longer (3.94-inches) wheelbase for improved stability on the road and of course, increased passenger space, while sporting shorter front and rear overhangs. Read more »
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| Video: New BMW Z4 sDrive28i with 2.0-liter Turbocharged Four Posted: 22 Aug 2011 05:16 PM PDT  Starting from this fall, the Z4 roadster will no longer be available in the States with BMW's venerable 3.0-liter normally aspirated straight-six. Instead, the Bavarian company will replace the sDrive30i with the sDrive28i that features the new N20 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with a twin-scroll turbocharger. Just for the record, the Z4 sDrive35i and sDrive35is with 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-six engines will continue. Read more »
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| GM Refuses to Repair 400,000 Chevrolet Impalas, Says it's “Old GM's" Responsibility Posted: 22 Aug 2011 04:09 PM PDT  On June 29, a woman named Donna Trusky filled a class-action lawsuit against General Motors in Detroit. The subject was a defect in the suspension rods of the 2007-2008MY Chevrolet Impala, which caused the tires to wear prematurely – in Trusky's case, after only 6,000 miles. As it turns out, GM had warned police departments about the issue and fixed the defective rods, but it did not do the same on the civilian cars. General Motors seeks to dismiss the lawsuit, which could cost it millions of dollars as it potentially affects more than 400,000 cars. The company's argument is that the warranty claim was honored by its predecessor, General Motors Corp, which is now called Motors Liquidation Co – or "Old GM", after its 2009 bankruptcy and the subsequent bailout by the US government. Read more »
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| Chevy to Stage European Premiere of New Malibu at Frankfurt Auto Show, gets 2.4-Liter Diesel Posted: 22 Aug 2011 03:45 PM PDT  [North American 2013 Chevrolet Malibu featured in the pictures] The all-new 2013 Chevrolet Malibu will continue its world tour after its parallel premiere at shows in the U.S.A. and China earlier this year, at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. This will be the first time European buyers will get to see the new Malibu sedan in the flesh as the model series was not previously available for sale in the continent. In Europe, Chevrolet's newcomer will be the firm's flagship saloon model when sales start next year. Read more »
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| Ferrari 458 Italia Xbox 360 Steering Wheel Brings Some Maranello Magic to your Playroom Posted: 22 Aug 2011 02:58 PM PDT  Chances are most of us will never have the opportunity to drive, let alone own, a Ferrari 458 Italia. But a racing game for a gaming console like Microsoft's Xbox 360, is certainly within the reach of most. Even though you will have to do without the hand-stitched cream leather of the interior, the actual G's squeezing your body in corners and, of course, the gorgeous bodywork, Thrustmaster wants to bring the 458 experience closer to with the Ferrari 458 Italia Racing Wheel for the Xbox 360. Read more »
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| Porsche Shows All-New 911 Working out in the Arctic Circle Posted: 22 Aug 2011 02:07 PM PDT  It may be a little late for showing the new 2012 Porsche 911 all-dressed up in black camouflage since the first photos of the sports car have already been spilled online, but we're not going to complain. In this latest official video, Porsche takes us for a quick ride across the Arctic Circle where the German firm's engineers oversaw cold weather testing of the seventh-generation of the 911 in sub-zero temperatures. Take a deep breath, then follow the jump to watch the clip. Read more »
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| World's Oldest Production Bentley Sells for Just Under a $1 Million at Pebble Beach Posted: 22 Aug 2011 01:51 PM PDT  The world's oldest surviving Bentley, the 1921 "chassis number 3", found a new owner at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elecance Gooding & Co. auction for $962,500 – or $960,606 more than what the car's first owner, Noel Van Raalte, paid for it 90 years ago (£ 1,150, or $1,984 in today's exchange rate). Read more »
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| Chilling Mazda MX-5 Touch and Roll Over Accident Posted: 22 Aug 2011 01:35 PM PDT  The accident you are about to watch in the video after the break occurred during the third race of the Ma5da MX5 Mk1 Championship at the Snetterton circuit in the UK. It all went down when the Jamie Ingram (car No.108) lost control of his Mk1 MX-5 and hit Mark Leach's blue MX-5 (car No.16), who at the time was passing on the right. Leach's car was launched into the air and then rolled over seven times before coming to halt. Fortunately, despite the severity of the accident, Leach made it out alive but not without some injuries including a bruised lung, some whip lash, and a broken arm. Read more »
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| Williams Wants to Extend Jaguar Partnership Beyond C-X75 Supercar Posted: 22 Aug 2011 12:53 PM PDT  The Williams Formula 1 team, which only recently announced its deal with Renault as an engine partner from 2012 sparking rumors about special editions of the French company's cars like the acclaimed Clio Williams of the past, now says it also wants to expand its cooperation with Jaguar beyond the C-X75 hybrid supercar. Read more »
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| Dutch Facepalm: Mutant Opel Astra Station Wagon Posted: 22 Aug 2011 12:27 PM PDT  Of all the excessive custom creations that we've shown you through these pages over the years, this 1999 Opel Astra Station Wagon from Holland must be one of the most bizarre –and that's an understatement- ever. While keeping the standard model's…82HP-strong 2.0-liter diesel engine, the owner modified the late 1990s Astra estate with anything he could find including an Audi front end, a wide body kit with excessive wheel arches and more vents than a cheese grater. Read more »
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| SCOOP: 2013 Mercedes-Benz A Class AMG Debuts in Disguise Posted: 22 Aug 2011 11:19 AM PDT  If Mercedes-Benz manages to keep the new A-Class under wraps, we will most likely get our first look at the five-door hatchback version at next month's Frankfurt auto show.
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| It's the End of the Road for Mazda’s RX-8 Posted: 22 Aug 2011 10:41 AM PDT  Tis the end for Mazda's rotary-powered RX-8 sports car that has fallen victim to low sales and more importantly, stricter emissions standards. According to a report from Automotive News, production of the RX-8 stopped in early July while the remaining inventory will be sold by the end of this year. The demise of the RX-8 was something we expected since Mazda stopped offering the car in Europe last year, after failing to meet the more strict EU emission standards. Last year, the Hiroshima-based company managed to deliver just 1,134 units, a 49% decrease compared to 2009, while sales in the first half of 2011 decreased by a further 21%. Read more »
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| VW to Unveil New Experimental One-Seat Electric Car in Frankfurt Posted: 22 Aug 2011 09:46 AM PDT Less than 24 hours after Volkswagen lifted the wraps off the production version of the up! city car, we have news that the German company is planning to reveal a one-seat experimental electric vehicle on September 8 in Berlin, ahead of its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Read more »
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| 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG Officially Breaks Cover [34 Photos] Posted: 22 Aug 2011 08:59 AM PDT  We've already brought you the news on the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG, but after an early leak over the weekend, the German company came out with an official release and plenty of photos detailing its powerful roadster model. To recap, at the heart of the latest SLK 55 AMG lies a newly developed AMG 5.5-litre naturally aspirated V8 engine featuring cylinder shut-off that churns out a peak output of 422HP and maximum torque of 540 Nm in European specification. The North American market model is rated at 415HP and 398 lb-ft. Read more »
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| Ford to Collaborate with Toyota on the Development of a New hybrid system for Light Truck and SUV Posted: 22 Aug 2011 08:21 AM PDT  Ford and Toyota have put their rivalry away momentarily to combine forces for the development of a new "advanced" hybrid system for light truck and SUV customers. The two automakers signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the product development collaboration, in which they will be equal partners, with the formal agreement expected by next year. Read more »
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| Kia Prices New Rio in the UK from £10,595 Posted: 22 Aug 2011 07:58 AM PDT  The all-new 4th generation Rio will reach Kia's UK showrooms on September 1 with on-the-road prices starting from £10,595 for the entry-level 1.25 "1" and reaching £14,895 for range-topping 1.4 CRDi "3" EcoDynamics. The Rio will be available at launch only as a five-door model but a three-door bodystyle will be added to the range early next year. Read more »
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| Infiniti Announces Sportier 2013 IPL G Convertible Posted: 22 Aug 2011 07:10 AM PDT  Nissan's luxury arm is doubling its Infiniti Performance Line [IPL for short] lineup with the addition of the new 2013 IPL G Convertible that we first saw in concept form at last year's Paris Motor Show. IPL is Infiniti's answer to the in-house tuning divisions of its German competitors such as Audi's S brand, BMW's M department and Mercedes-Benz's AMG branch. Scheduled to reach the market in spring of 2012, the convertible model follows the IPL G Coupe that went on sale in the States in December of 2010. Read more »
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| Gemballa Ventures Into Motorsports with New McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Posted: 22 Aug 2011 06:40 AM PDT  German based tuner Gemballa is known first and foremost for the personalisation of Porsche cars, something it has been doing for 30 years with notable examples including the Avalanche, based on the Porsche 911, the Tornado, based on the Cayenne, and the Mirage GT, based on the Porsche Carrera GT. Now, the famous tuning company is venturing into motorsports with its newly formed racing division headed by Gemballa Supervisory Board director, Marco Marquardt. Surprisingly, Gemballa Racing won't be using a Porsche for its motorsport debut as the company announced today that the new team will enter two McLaren MP4-12C GT3 cars in the 2012 motorsport season. Read more »
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| 2012 Jeep Wrangler gets 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 with 285 Ponies and up to 21MPG [63 Photos] Posted: 22 Aug 2011 05:56 AM PDT  The Chrysler Group is polishing up its recently facelifted Jeep Wrangler with the introduction of its more fuel efficient and powerful 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 engine mated to a five-speed automatic transmission for the 2012 model year. "Our new 3.6-liter V-6 engine gives the ever-capable Wrangler a completely new, more refined on-road driving experience – complete with more fuel efficiency, power and torque," commented Mike Manley, President and CEO of the Jeep brand. Read more »
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| First Official Photo of New 2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Posted: 22 Aug 2011 05:04 AM PDT  It wasn't exactly the world's best-kept secret, and now, what appears to be the first (official) exterior photo of Mercedes-Benz's upcoming second generation B-Class, is also doing the internet rounds. The new B-class will be seen by the public for the first time at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show next month, before sales roll out next year. With this model, Mercedes is targeting buyers who are mostly interested in versatility and comfort. Read more »
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| VW Unveils Production Version of Up! City Car Posted: 22 Aug 2011 04:31 AM PDT  The production version of Volkswagen's up! small car has been officially revealed ahead of its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The up!, which has been previewed by numerous concepts over the past few years, is a small city car measuring just 3.54 m long and 1.64 m wide.
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