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- 2012 Porsche 911: New Photo Gallery and TV Spots Plus Live Configurator
- Renault 4 Ever Concept: David Obendorfer’s Revival of a Childhood Impression
- Russian Yo-Concept wants to Rock the Frankfurt Motor Show
- Frankfurt Show Preview: New Audi A2 Concept
- It Came from a…Detroit Junkyard: 1968 Iso Fidia S4
- Ford Begins Countdown for the Launch of 2012 Focus ST Hot Hatch with New Video
- Video: Jet Skiing on the Roads of Oceanside New York
- New Honda Civic Hatch to Race in BTCC in 2012 [with Video]
- ABT's New Audi RS3 Sportback Packs up to 470 Horses
- GM's New App Lets you Call your Car and Set a Destination
- Drift Ahoy! 11 Minutes of Non-Stop Slide…show
- Citroën Video Teases Frankfurt Motor Show Concept
- It’s Light, Jim, But Not as we Know it: BMW Looks Ahead with Laser Lighting Technology
- Frankfurt Show Preview: VW Nils is a Single-Seater Electric City Car Concept
- SsangYong XIV-1 Concept Comes into the Light
- New MINI Celebrates 2 Million Units, British PM Joins the Party
- APP Europe Turns up the Wick on BMW 1 M Coupe with 410HP Tune
- Mazda Drops New Photos and Videos of CX-5 Compact Crossover
- Hyundai to Display Fuel Cell Electric ix35 at UK's EcoVelocity
- Infiniti Shows More of its Frankfurt-Bound FX50 Sebastian Vettel Concept
| 2012 Porsche 911: New Photo Gallery and TV Spots Plus Live Configurator Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:35 PM PDT  The next chapter in the Porsche 911 saga, codenamed 991, is almost upon us as the sports coupe will make its first public outing at the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 13, with sales to start this month in Germany and from February 2012 in North America.
We've already shown you the first web film and now we have two more including a new 30-second TV spot (albeit in German) that combines historical film material and new pictures, and which was created entirely in CGI technology. Read more »
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| Renault 4 Ever Concept: David Obendorfer’s Revival of a Childhood Impression Posted: 01 Sep 2011 05:09 PM PDT  As previously reported, the Renault 4 Ever Design Competition is asking the world's up-and-coming designers to pen a modernised take on the brand's iconic Quatrelle hatchback. Here's one design that really impressed us: Italian David Obendorfer's "Revival of a Childhood Impression". Like Fiat's Nuova 500, Obendorfer's Revival takes the classic lines of its inspiration and wraps them around modern underpinnings. Read more »
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| Russian Yo-Concept wants to Rock the Frankfurt Motor Show Posted: 01 Sep 2011 04:28 PM PDT  One of the lesser known automakers from Russia, Yo-Auto, will participate at this month's Frankfurt Motor Show with a new study, the (not so imaginatively named) Yo-Concept. It is one of three hybrid models the Russian company is developing and has been designed in order to introduce the brand to the public and to preview its future products. Read more »
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| Frankfurt Show Preview: New Audi A2 Concept Posted: 01 Sep 2011 04:01 PM PDT  These past few years, Audi and the German premium automakers in general, have set out to fill every possible niche consumers may or may not think they need, from luxurious superminis to wild supercars. And they are far from done.
The original model was a small MPV built from 1999 to 2005 that was way ahead of its time in several ways, but what made it truly unique was that it was manufactured entirely out of aluminum. Read more »
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| It Came from a…Detroit Junkyard: 1968 Iso Fidia S4 Posted: 01 Sep 2011 03:04 PM PDT  Ask any classic car nut what's on his or her list of must-have Italian exotics, and chances are there'll be at least one Iso. The boutique automaker made several notable contributions to the world of motoring, among them the legendary Grifo and svelte Rivolta.
Built from 1967 to 1975, only 192 Fidia S4's were produced. Iso, which had not built a four-door before and would never build one again, describes the Fidia as, "the four fastest seats in the world". Read more »
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| Ford Begins Countdown for the Launch of 2012 Focus ST Hot Hatch with New Video Posted: 01 Sep 2011 02:03 PM PDT  Unless Ford is preparing an even bigger surpRiSe for us, the company's recent announcement on the unveiling of the "next performance Focus" at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show strongly suggests that we will see the final production version of the Focus ST in Germany. But until then, Ford has unleashed yet another media campaign on the internet that marks the final (or at least we hope it's the final…) countdown for the release of the new Focus ST, which we saw in showcar form in Paris last year. Read more »
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| Video: Jet Skiing on the Roads of Oceanside New York Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:28 PM PDT  Stuck in a neighborhood with enormous volumes of water doesn't exactly sound like an ideal setting for entertainment, or at least that is what most people would like to believe. Some folks, however, found a way to make the best of a really bad situation. Like this guy who took out his jet ski and had a blast on the empty (pun intended) roads of Oceanside, New York after the passing of Irene. Click past the jump to watch him in action. Read more »
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| New Honda Civic Hatch to Race in BTCC in 2012 [with Video] Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:01 PM PDT  We may be waiting for Honda to fully reveal the European market 2012 Civic hatchback, but the Japanese automaker announced today that the five-door model will compete in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship. Team Dynamics, which has been a long time Honda partner, will prepare two fully works cars based on the new Civic with which it hopes to repeat 2010's success of winning both the drivers' and manufacturers' titles. Read more »
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| ABT's New Audi RS3 Sportback Packs up to 470 Horses Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:59 AM PDT  German tuning firm ABT Sportsline has decided that the latest Audi RS3 Sportback requires a bit more punch and has prepared a new power package for the hot hatch from Ingolstadt. In factory outfit, the four-wheel-drive model is powered by a 2.5-liter turbocharged 5-cylinder engine generating 340-ponies and 450 Nm (331 lb-ft) of torque, good enough for a 0 to 100 km/h (62mph) acceleration time of 4.6 seconds. Read more »
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| GM's New App Lets you Call your Car and Set a Destination Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:16 AM PDT  OnStar has announced a new mobile application for GM vehicles fitted with its RemoteLink system. The app allows drivers to search for a destination on their smartphone and send it directly to their cars via text message or voice mail. The system can store up to five endpoints. Once the driver starts up his or her car, the route will be readily available and navigation will be activated. Read more »
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| Drift Ahoy! 11 Minutes of Non-Stop Slide…show Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:49 AM PDT  In Japan, drifting is more than a hobby; it's a way of life. If you enjoy watching professional drivers mastering the technique of going slideways in an unmatched display of choreographed drifting, then just hop over the jump to check out this 11-minute-long video shot during the Kansai All Star Drift GP event in mid-August. Read more »
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| Citroën Video Teases Frankfurt Motor Show Concept Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:01 AM PDT  If you were bummed out by the absence of a concept model in our previous report on Citroën's 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show offerings, you'll be happy to know that as it turns out, the French automaker does have a surprise in store for us. What it will be remains a mystery, as the only pieces of information that we get is through a teaser video clip that shows some sort of concept model (possibly a single- or two-seater model). You can watch it for yourself in the video after the break and tell us what you think. Read more »
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| It’s Light, Jim, But Not as we Know it: BMW Looks Ahead with Laser Lighting Technology Posted: 01 Sep 2011 09:33 AM PDT  Most car manufacturers have already adopted the use of LED (light-emitting diode) technology for the lights on their new models – at first for the rear and subsequently for the front daytime running lights. Premium carmakers are even offering full LED headlamps on some of their models, like BMW in its new 6-Series coupe and convertible. But the Bavarian firm's engineers didn't put out the lights (pun intended) and head home after their latest achievement. Instead they started working on what they say is the next logical step in car light technology: laser. Read more »
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| Frankfurt Show Preview: VW Nils is a Single-Seater Electric City Car Concept Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:52 AM PDT  The VW Group is pulling out the…small guns at this year's edition of the Frankfurt auto show with a variety of Lilliputian electric car concepts.
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| SsangYong XIV-1 Concept Comes into the Light Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:10 AM PDT  After teasing us with a trio of smoked out artist's renderings a couple of weeks ago, SsangYong has released two new images of the Frankfurt motorshow-bound XIV-1 concept study, this time without the shade effect. The South Korean automaker, which is now part of India's US$12.5 billion Mahindra Group, supports that the XIV-1 as a "premium crossover utility vehicle (CUV)" designed for the global market. Read more »
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| New MINI Celebrates 2 Million Units, British PM Joins the Party Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:37 AM PDT  One Mini is born every minute - or one minute and eight seconds to be exact. That's not a joke, but a fact. And that's how 10 years after production of the new model began in 2001, the two millionth MINI, a White Silver Convertible with a denim roof, rolled off the Oxford Plant production line with British Prime Minister David Cameron sitting behind the wheel. Read more »
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| APP Europe Turns up the Wick on BMW 1 M Coupe with 410HP Tune Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:18 AM PDT  The new BMW 1 M Coupe is by no means a slow car but for those looking to push themselves into new arenas of performance European tuning house APP has assembled a new package comprising of mechanical and styling mods. To improve performance, APP Europe turned to MR Car Design that developed a new kit for the 3.0-liter turbocharged straight six, which includes a larger intercooler, ECU upgrade and a lightweight, titanium sport exhaust system boosting output from 340-horses to 410-horses. Read more »
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| Mazda Drops New Photos and Videos of CX-5 Compact Crossover Posted: 01 Sep 2011 06:33 AM PDT  You've already had a quick sneak peek at the brand-new Mazda CX-5, but the Japanese automaker has published a new set of photos and videos of the small SUV while testing in Europe. While most images show the CX-5 in camouflage, we do get two new press pictures including a rear shot of the vehicle.
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| Hyundai to Display Fuel Cell Electric ix35 at UK's EcoVelocity Posted: 01 Sep 2011 06:07 AM PDT  Fuel-cell vehicles are not yet commercially available, but automakers are already working on the zero-emissions technology, which promises to stop our dependence for mobility on oil. One of the many carmakers actively working on fuel-cell technology is Hyundai, which today announced that it will display the FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle) version of its ix35 (Tucson in the States) crossover at UK's EcoVelocity show that will run from September 8 to 13 at London's Battersea Power Station. Read more »
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| Infiniti Shows More of its Frankfurt-Bound FX50 Sebastian Vettel Concept Posted: 01 Sep 2011 05:42 AM PDT  We are now less than two-weeks away from the opening of this year's edition of the Frankfurt Motor Show and Infiniti decided to provide us with a better look of its high-performance FX50 study designed by, and built for, Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel. The new pictures show that along with the revamped front end that sports a carbon fiber apron shaped like an F1 car's front wing, the carbon fiber mirrors and side sills, the one-off FX50 also sports a new rear bumper design with a diffuser made out of –you guessed it- carbon fiber. Read more »
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