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- We Hear: New Kia GT Concept gets V6 Turbo Engine, May Inspire a Production Model
- Then we take Milan: McLaren Opens First Dealership in Ferrari's Home Turf
- Video: Dark Knight Rise, Your Lamborghini Aventandor Awaits You
- Insider: Ford to Display New Fiesta ST Concept in Frankfurt
- Court Orders Suzuki to Pay $18.5 Million to Kansas Dealer for Negative Publicity
- Fiat 500 by Gucci Makes Chic Debut at Italian Firm's Manhattan Store
- VW and Porsche Postpone Merger Plans but Say “Goal Remains Unchanged”
- Fernando Alonso Drives the New Ferrari 458 Spider
- New Lotus Teaser Begs the Question: What the F…?
- Quiz: Can You Spot the Ferrari 458 Italia Spider in this Picture?
- IAA 2011: AC Schnitzer Puts 400-Horses Under the Bonnet of the BMW 1-Series M Coupé
- Chrysler to Sell Fiat Doblo in the U.S. and Canada under the Ram Brand
- New Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Rated at 580-Horsepower
- IAA 2011: First Video of 2012 Renault New Twingo
- China May Reject Toyota-Fuji Heavy Industries Joint Venture with Chery, Say it is “One too Many”
- Blimey…Eterniti Motors Hemera Looks Like a Tuned Porsche Cayenne
- Audi Launches TT RS Customer Teams Racing Model for 2012 Season
- IAA 2011: Maserati SUV Photo Leaked or Photoshopped?
| We Hear: New Kia GT Concept gets V6 Turbo Engine, May Inspire a Production Model Posted: 09 Sep 2011 05:32 PM PDT  Continuing our flow of stories from the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show, we now have some fresh news on the Kia GT sports saloon concept, new pictures of which we showed yesterday. The South Korean maker had told us the GT will feature a traditional layout with the engine mounted up front and power being delivered to the rear wheels, however, we knew nothing about the motor lurking under the hood. Up until now, that is. Read more »
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| Then we take Milan: McLaren Opens First Dealership in Ferrari's Home Turf Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:47 PM PDT  McLaren's expansion strategy is running like clockwork. After the flagship showroom in London's Hyde Park, the British company opened two more retail shops in Germany, in Dusseldorf and Hamburg just before the local Formula 1 Grand Prix. Now, McLaren has landed in Italy. Read more »
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| Video: Dark Knight Rise, Your Lamborghini Aventandor Awaits You Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:18 PM PDT  Last we heard about the next chapter in Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise, the Dark Knight Rises was filming in Pittsburgh where we got a glimpse of the Batwing as well as Catwoman (played by Anne Hathaway) riding around in a futuristic looking motorcycle. Now new footage has emerged on Youtube, this time from the Los Angeles shoot out.
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| Insider: Ford to Display New Fiesta ST Concept in Frankfurt Posted: 09 Sep 2011 02:30 PM PDT  Back in August, Ford revealed to us that when the doors open to the 64th IAA International Motor Show on September 13, it will be ready to exhibit four world premieres.
We're still working on the last one but we learned that the third world premiere will be the performance Fiesta ST, thinly disguised as a concept study. Read more »
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| Court Orders Suzuki to Pay $18.5 Million to Kansas Dealer for Negative Publicity Posted: 09 Sep 2011 01:28 PM PDT  The U.S. division of Suzuki has been ordered by a Jackson County, Missouri court to pay one of its official dealers, Jeremy Franklin Suzuki located in Kansas City, the sum of $18.5 million for negative publicity against its business. Out of the $18.5 million, $15 million are due to punitive damages caused by Suzuki's action to the dealership, while the remaining $3.5 million are to be paid as compensation to Jeremy Franklin, president of the dealership. Read more »
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| Fiat 500 by Gucci Makes Chic Debut at Italian Firm's Manhattan Store Posted: 09 Sep 2011 01:07 PM PDT  The limited edition Fiat 500 by Gucci made its way to New York city and Gucci's fashion store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
"In the '50s, the Fiat 500 created a style revolution when it first hit the road. It quickly became the must-have car of its time," said Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini. Read more »
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| VW and Porsche Postpone Merger Plans but Say “Goal Remains Unchanged” Posted: 09 Sep 2011 01:14 PM PDT  Volkswagen and Porsche announced that they do not expect their merger to be accomplished within the period they originally established. In late 2009, VW acquired a 49.9% stake in Porsche for €3.9 billion ($5.3 billion) and initiated an integration plan that would be completed before the end of 2011. Read more »
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| Fernando Alonso Drives the New Ferrari 458 Spider Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:59 AM PDT  Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso temporarily left the seat of his racing car to try out Maranello's new 458 Spider, which will be officially presented at the IAA Frankfurt next Tuesday. The Spaniard, complete with all the necessary marketing decals strategically positioned on his clothing (really, do these guys ever go out without looking like a walking billboard?) took the roofless supercar for a spin out in Italy. You can watch him driving the 458 Spider for yourself in the video after the break. Read more »
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| New Lotus Teaser Begs the Question: What the F…? Posted: 09 Sep 2011 01:04 PM PDT  Despite what the title of this article may suggest, it's not what you're thinking. You see, Lotus just dropped a note into our email box titled "The Lotus Fight: What the F...rankfurt?" along with a video that is supposed to be a teaser for the British firm's world premieres at next week's automotive gathering in Frankfurt, Germany. However, all we get is a boxer and a couple of fuzzy images of an undefined car. Lotus has stated that it will show three new models in Frankfurt, but has only named the Elise S as one of them. Read more »
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| Quiz: Can You Spot the Ferrari 458 Italia Spider in this Picture? Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:12 AM PDT  If you try hard enough, you may trace the lines of Maranello's latest achievement hiding somewhere behind those…Italian curves. And yes, we're trying to concentrate on the new Ferrari 458 Italia Spider.
If you follow the jump, you can check out a comprehensive gallery of Ferrari's newest Spider model that features a retractable, lightweight aluminium top, and which will make its public debut at the 64th International Auto Show in Frankfurt on September 13. Read more »
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| IAA 2011: AC Schnitzer Puts 400-Horses Under the Bonnet of the BMW 1-Series M Coupé Posted: 09 Sep 2011 10:42 AM PDT  While BMW officials were content with the new 1-Series M Coupé's 340-horsepower strong, the German tuning industry thinks otherwise. Just before the grand opening of the largest motor show of the year that takes place in Frankfurt from September 13 to 25, AC Schnitzer released details on its comprehensive tuning package for the smallest member of the BMW M family. Read more »
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| Chrysler to Sell Fiat Doblo in the U.S. and Canada under the Ram Brand Posted: 09 Sep 2011 10:13 AM PDT  In a move that perhaps shows more than anything else how intertwined the automotive industry is today, the Fiat and Chrysler Alliance announced today plans to sell the Fiat Doblo van in the U.S. and Canadian markets under the Ram brand. You may recall that GM's European division Opel, will debut its own rebadged version of the Fiat Doblo called the Combo at next week's Frankfurt Motor Show Read more »
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| New Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Rated at 580-Horsepower Posted: 09 Sep 2011 09:16 AM PDT  In a predictably linear fashion, General Motors has uprated the output numbers of one of its new models just before it launches onto the market. When GM revealed the new 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at this year's edition of the Chicago Auto Show in February, the company said the coupe's 6.2-liter supercharged V8 would deliver an estimated 550 horsepower and a massive 550 lb.-ft. of torque (745 Nm). Fast forward to today, and those numbers have jumped to 580-horsepower and 556 lb.-ft. (754 Nm). Read more »
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| IAA 2011: First Video of 2012 Renault New Twingo Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:22 AM PDT  Around a month-and-a-half ago, Renault published some teaser photographs of its cosmetically refreshed 2012 New Twingo ahead of its world premiere at the 64th International Auto Show in Frankfurt Germany.
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| China May Reject Toyota-Fuji Heavy Industries Joint Venture with Chery, Say it is “One too Many” Posted: 09 Sep 2011 07:49 AM PDT  China looks set to reject the proposal for a joint venture between Fuji Heavy Industries, in which Toyota holds a 16.5% stake, and the country's seventh largest carmaker, Chery Automobile Co. According to state sources cited by Bloomberg news, the reason is that this would give Toyota a third joint venture in the country. This violates current regulations stipulating that any overseas company can form only two joint ventures in the passenger car manufacturing field. Read more »
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| Blimey…Eterniti Motors Hemera Looks Like a Tuned Porsche Cayenne Posted: 09 Sep 2011 07:25 AM PDT  After all the hype about a "new luxury car brand" that will hand-build "the world's first Super-SUV", the self-proclaimed "independent, boutique British luxury carmaker, uniquely based in London", which we will come to know as Eterniti Motors, has lifted the covers off something that looks like/is a heavily tuned second-generation Porsche Cayenne ahead of its Frankfurt show debut. While the British company does not specifically refer to the Porsche model, it has previously stated that the Hemera "is based on the latest generation of the best large SUV platform available, which will undergo a chassis-up rebuild, with a new, repackaged interior, carbon-composite body panels and additional performance". Read more »
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| Audi Launches TT RS Customer Teams Racing Model for 2012 Season Posted: 09 Sep 2011 06:49 AM PDT  Audi Motorsport is offering customer teams the opportunity to order the racing version of the TT RS. The car has been developed by Quattro GmbH and Audi's technical development department for the SP4T class of the VLN Endurance Championship. Read more »
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| IAA 2011: Maserati SUV Photo Leaked or Photoshopped? Posted: 09 Sep 2011 07:07 AM PDT  Here at Carscoop we are no strangers to purportedly leaked images that turn out to be photoshops so unless we have solid evidence to back up its authenticity, we treat these photos with skepticism. T However, aside from the fact that the crossover model depicted here has one too many common design features with the BMW X6, we're under the impression that the same photo (the one on your right hand) appeared in an Italian magazine – the August issue of Quattroruote if we're not mistaken (maybe our Italian readers can help us out here). Read more »
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