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- Scoop: 2012 Peugeot 2008 Small Crossover to Take on the Nissan Juke
- Come on Irene…National Guard Trucks Plunge Into the Deep
- IDECORE Presents New Alfa Romeo Minhoss Concept for a Compact Sports Coupe
- Volkswagen Zubehör: Business Class (and Accessories) for All
- Bentley CEO Confirms SUV and Smaller Four-Seat Sports Car
- We Heard: Changes to Frankfurt-Bound Alfa Romeo 4C Concept Limited to a New Hue
- Report: Honda Invests $355 Million to Upgrade its Ohio Plants
- Acura Presents 2012 TSX Special Edition with Modest Sporty Touches
- Saab: Victor Muller is Hopeful of Quick Solution, but Reorganization is also on the table
- Need for Speed: A Video Report on the Illegal Streetraces held in Sweden
- Subtle Revisions for 2012MY Chevrolet Silverado
- Marchionne Says Fiat “Will Meet its Targets for 2011 – For Now”
- Formula 1: Belgian GP Race Results
- 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Facelift Snagged without Camo
- Lamborghini Crafts New Collection of Bags made of Carbon Fibre Cloth
- Peugeot Details All-New 508 RXH Diesel-Electric Hybrid Crossover
- Seat Teases New Frankfurt Show-Bound Concept
- Call of Duty Inspires Hummer H1 Wrap
- What's This? The Blues Brothers' Chevrolet Cruzemobile
| Scoop: 2012 Peugeot 2008 Small Crossover to Take on the Nissan Juke Posted: 29 Aug 2011 06:07 PM PDT  It's been over a year since the PSA Peugeot-Citroën group announced an agreement with Mitsubishi to develop and adapt the Japanese company's ASX small crossover for its two brands in Europe and possibly other markets down the road.
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| Come on Irene…National Guard Trucks Plunge Into the Deep Posted: 29 Aug 2011 05:09 PM PDT  The hurricane that battered the U.S. East Coast over the weekend and which we came to call Irene, didn't have the same impact on all regions as some were hit more severely than others. As you can see from this video, Manville, a Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, was pounded with such an amount of rain / floods that some roads like South Main Street turned into a river – literally. The National Guard was on hand to offer their help and rescue stranded residents but in the case of theses soldiers in the LMTV military trucks, it was they that eventually needed some help to get out of the vehicles after being overtaken by the flood. Read more »
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| IDECORE Presents New Alfa Romeo Minhoss Concept for a Compact Sports Coupe Posted: 29 Aug 2011 04:34 PM PDT  Even though in recent years Alfa Romeo's formal presence in the concept scene has been limited to the 4C pre-production study, independent designers and studios alike have tried their best to cover the Italian firm's absence and capture the imagination of the public with plenty of conceptual proposals.
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| Volkswagen Zubehör: Business Class (and Accessories) for All Posted: 29 Aug 2011 04:02 PM PDT  In an attempt to sell more Zubehör (accessories) to its international customer base, Volkswagen's German arm created a web campaign based around the concept of "Business class for all". The TV ad, which you can watch in full below, features a woman dressed in 1960s
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| Bentley CEO Confirms SUV and Smaller Four-Seat Sports Car Posted: 29 Aug 2011 03:34 PM PDT  The above photo is not the actual Bentley SUV but a rendering from the Xenatec Group At the recent Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance event in Monterey, California, Bentley boss Wolfgang Duerheimer told reporters that the British luxury carmaker is indeed looking to add an SUV model to its range, confirming earlier reports. Duerheimer went into more details revealing that the crossover model would utilize the platform architecture as well as other hardware from the Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q7 models. Read more »
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| We Heard: Changes to Frankfurt-Bound Alfa Romeo 4C Concept Limited to a New Hue Posted: 29 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT  We've already shared with you the information that Alfa Romeo plans to bring an updated version of its 4C sports car concept featuring a "new exclusive look" to the 64th International Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Well, now we can tell you that, according to our sources, the "new exclusive look" will be a bespoke gray/silver color for the mid-engine, rear-wheel drive coupe that we first had the chance to see in a flat, washed out red finish at this year's Geneva Salon. Nothing more, nothing less… Read more »
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| Report: Honda Invests $355 Million to Upgrade its Ohio Plants Posted: 29 Aug 2011 02:13 PM PDT  Honda will invest $355 million in upgrading its Ohio plants in order to maximize its productivity and economy gains in the locally-built models that are available in North America, according to a report from Bloomberg. The news comes less than two weeks after the Japanese company's decision to build a brand-new plant in Mexico capable of producing 200,000 cars a year, investing another $800 million. Read more »
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| Acura Presents 2012 TSX Special Edition with Modest Sporty Touches Posted: 29 Aug 2011 01:08 PM PDT  Acura continues the celebration of its 25th anniversary with the launch of a new version of the 2012 TSX sedan named Special Edition that is available exclusively with a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine. The Japanese company says the new model was "designed to evoke the fun-to-drive 4-cylinder Acuras of the past" (so does that mean it's current portfolio isn't "fun-to-drive"?), which in reality translates to a subtle aero package, added standard equipment and the availability of a manual gearbox. Read more »
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| Saab: Victor Muller is Hopeful of Quick Solution, but Reorganization is also on the table Posted: 29 Aug 2011 12:32 PM PDT  For the second time in two years, Saab is perilously close to the edge of the cliff. But it may be rescued, once again, at the 11th hour: according to a company source close to negotiations with Chinese investors, Saab Automotive executives are "very optimistic" about raising funds this week. Now haven't we've heard that before? Only this time, Saab Chairman Victor Muller told Automotive News that he is seriously considering reorganizing the company to protect it from its creditors. And this comes just three days after Saab's head of technical development, Mats Fagerhag, denied the Swedish public radio's report that the carmaker is seeking court protection. Read more »
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| Need for Speed: A Video Report on the Illegal Streetraces held in Sweden Posted: 29 Aug 2011 12:00 PM PDT  It's a fact of life: us humans -or at least a certain percentage- have a love for speed, be that on the ground, in the air or on water. Ideally, this passion should be channeled in safe manner by either choosing it as a profession or enjoying it at a controlled environment – i.e. a racetrack or a drag strip when it comes to cars. But in real life, some speed lovers prefer an another alternative, one that is not only unsafe for themselves, but for other road users as well, and it's called illegal street racing. Read more »
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| Subtle Revisions for 2012MY Chevrolet Silverado Posted: 29 Aug 2011 11:23 AM PDT  The Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck is entering the new model year with some modest changes. On the outside, there's a new chrome mesh grille matched with either a chrome surround on LS and LT models or a body-color surround on the LTZ, while LS and LT models now sport a silver-painted lower bumper fascia and a new 20-inch alloy wheel design. Read more »
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| Marchionne Says Fiat “Will Meet its Targets for 2011 – For Now” Posted: 29 Aug 2011 10:44 AM PDT  Watching your capitalization lose half of its value is never a good thing – even more so if your company is in the middle of a serious restructure. But that's exactly what has happened to Fiat S.p.A., and investors are worried, given the weak European market and the problems that the U.S. is currently facing. However, the automaker's CEO, Sergio Marchionne, remains optimistic that, despite the stock's poor performance, profit and sales target for 2011 will be met: "We won't be reviewing 2011 targets until we close the third quarter. For now, we confirm the targets," he told reporters at Rimini last Wednesday. Read more »
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| Formula 1: Belgian GP Race Results Posted: 29 Aug 2011 10:11 AM PDT  Ferrari's Fernando Alonso summed up perfectly the outcome of the Belgian GP that took place yesterday at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the Ardennes forest: "Red Bull had a pace advantage of one second of something like that today. And in the final part of the race maybe more, maybe 1.5 seconds. So when you have a car that is 1.5 seconds faster than the rest it's easy for you to stop one lap earlier or one lap later." Read more »
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| 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Facelift Snagged without Camo Posted: 29 Aug 2011 06:20 PM PDT  Earlier this month, we brought you some of the first spy shots of the facelifted 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe nabbed while doing the rounds on the Nürburgring racetrack. But as you'd expect, the prototype was all bagged up in black camouflage to cover the styling changes. Now, a Gencoupe forum member posted a set of grainy cell phone pictures of the 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe that appear to have been shot on a transportation ship. While we can't be absolutely certain, the photos do look real and the cosmetic changes are the same we pointed out in our spy story. Read more »
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| Lamborghini Crafts New Collection of Bags made of Carbon Fibre Cloth Posted: 29 Aug 2011 08:23 AM PDT  We are used to seeing carbon fibre applied in industrial as well as premium products such as bicycles, yachts, airplanes and of course, racing and sports cars, but Lamborghini claims to be the first company to utilize the lightweight but resilient material its un-stiffened, cloth form to produce fashion accessories, and in particular, bags. Read more »
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| Peugeot Details All-New 508 RXH Diesel-Electric Hybrid Crossover Posted: 29 Aug 2011 08:11 AM PDT  The HX1 conceptual people-carrier may give us some ideas about Peugeot's future, but at the present moment, the French brand's newest offering is the all-new 508 RXH, which is the third variant to be added to mid-size model's range after the sedan and the estate.
Based on the estate version of the 508, the RXH follows in the lines of the Audi Allroad and Volvo XC70 featuring a unique front end, flared wheel arches, and of course, higher-riding suspension along with 18-inch wheels and wider tracks. Read more »
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| Seat Teases New Frankfurt Show-Bound Concept Posted: 29 Aug 2011 06:53 AM PDT  Next up in our list of automakers that are a planning a surprise debut for this year's edition of the Frankfurt Motor Show, which runs for the public from September 15 to 25, is the Volkswagen Group's Spanish division, Seat. The automaker released a teaser of what looks to be a compact sedan or liftback model covered in a red sheet with the only piece of information that we get from Seat being that it's a new and "exciting" concept car. Read more »
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| Call of Duty Inspires Hummer H1 Wrap Posted: 29 Aug 2011 06:31 AM PDT  It's not only the big screen that motivates individual owners and automakers alike to build a model that either replicates or is inspired in one way or another by a famous vehicle. Lately, we're seeing the same thing happening with popular video games. Read more »
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| What's This? The Blues Brothers' Chevrolet Cruzemobile Posted: 29 Aug 2011 06:00 AM PDT  Perhaps one of the most memorable movie quotes from all time came from The Blues Brothers when Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) turns to his brother Jake (played by the late John Belushi) and says, "It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." Jake simply responds, "Hit it". It's been more than 30 years since the music comedy film hit the big screen, but The Blues Brothers has achieved a cult status and still remains kick-ass to today. So much that, in celebration of Chevrolet's 100th anniversary, the firm's British arm decided to pay tribute to the legacy of The Blues Brothers by crafting a special one-off model of its Cruze sedan named the "Cruzemobile" that echoes the look of the famous "Bluesmobile". Read more »
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