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- BMW Singapore Tries New Prank on Unsuspecting Owner of 3-Series [with Video]
- SPIED: Subaru BRZ Coupe Shows its Face
- New FED ALPHA is a Troop Carrier with an Eco Conscience
- When Awesome Meets Stupid: Jump Roping with a Car
- Not so Fast: UK Proposed 80mph Speed Limit only for Electric Vehicles?
- GM Unleashes the 2013 Cadillac ATS Sedan on the Nürburgring [with Video]
- Lotus Wants to Make the World Notice its Cars to Increase Disheartening Sales
- Hofele Design Brings a Custom Touch to the Audi A8 with its New SR 8 Package
- SPY SHOTS: New Audi RS5 Convertible Spotted Testing
- BMW M5 Project Leader Says Company is Considering All-Wheel Drive
- Video: Thoughtless Renault Driver Slams into Parked Firetruck
- Nissan Publishes New Video on Juke GT-R Project
- Delays in Chinese Loan May Spell the End for Saab
- Top Gear Spotted Filming Christmas Special in India [with Video]
- SCOOP: Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series Edition, Now in Sedan Form
- Saturn Sky Customized by Bulgarian Design House Vilner
- New Cadillac CTS Coupe Becomes Best-Seller in its Segment in the U.S.
- Judge Sacks Case Against U.S. Government Over the Wreck of a Ferrari F50 by FBI Agent
- Tuningwerk Blacks out BMW 750Li, gives it up to 720-Horses
- New Chevrolet Aveo to Start from £9,995 in the UK
- Report: Jaguar and Land Rover to Build Cars in China in Partnership with Chery
| BMW Singapore Tries New Prank on Unsuspecting Owner of 3-Series [with Video] Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:40 PM PDT  April 1st may be a long way off for most of us but not for BMW Singapore, which has rolled out a new episode of its candid-camera-like prank series called "The Switch".
With the wife's help, BMW's people switched her husband's regular, white-colored saloon with a modified 3-Series featuring an array of BMW Performance Accessories such as an engine kit, numerous aero parts, a sport exhaust system, bucket front seats, chunky double spoke alloy wheels and a sports suspension.
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| SPIED: Subaru BRZ Coupe Shows its Face Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:45 PM PDT  Upon viewing these pictures of the Subaru BRZ prototype we can hear some of you shouting, "just come out with it already", and we couldn't agree more. The same can be said about for the BRZ's twin sisters, the much-teased global Toyota FT-86 and the North American Scion FR-S.
If you're having a hard time figuring out the differences between the swirly covered BRZ test car and the FT-86 prototypes, that's because the two models will be almost identical minus some extremely subtle cosmetic differences. Read more »
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| New FED ALPHA is a Troop Carrier with an Eco Conscience Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:52 PM PDT  Local Motors' XC2V, which has been selected by DARPA to replace the 27-year old Humvee, isn't the only ongoing program in the US Army for new vehicles. The US Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, or TARDEC for short, has also awarded British engineering company Ricardo a contract to proceed with the testing phase of the Fuel Efficient Ground Vehicle Demonstrator (FED) program. Read more »
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| When Awesome Meets Stupid: Jump Roping with a Car Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:15 PM PDT  This is a hilariously stupid and awesome at the same time video clip of two men playing jump rope or rather jump chain with a…car. The short film was created for the American clothing brand Original Penguin as part of a new campaign to promote the history of the company that has its roots in the 1950s. While we can't be absolutely positive, the two additional videos provided by Original Penguin suggest that the stunt with the car's hydraulics is real. You can watch all three clips for yourself right after the break. Read more »
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| Not so Fast: UK Proposed 80mph Speed Limit only for Electric Vehicles? Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:41 PM PDT  Last week, British Transport Secretary Philip Hammond surprised everyone when he announced the government's intent to raise the highway speed limit to 80 mph (128 km) by 2013, in order to cut travelling times, reduce pollution and reflect today's reality. However, earlier this week, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne had another surprise in store for UK motorists: while speaking on BBC's Politics Show about the UK's cut on carbon emissions, he said that the new 80 mph limit could apply only to electric vehicles! Read more »
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| GM Unleashes the 2013 Cadillac ATS Sedan on the Nürburgring [with Video] Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:59 PM PDT  It may have taken a while, but if anything else, General Motors is showing signs that it has learned its lesson from the German competition and has even brought the game to their "backyard" challenging its rivals on the Nürburgring racetrack. While Chevy's team was trying to record a fast lap around the "Green Hell" with the Camaro ZL1, Cadillac engineers brought the upcoming ATS sports sedan to the "Ring for a two week-long trial in September. GM published a new video that provides us with an inside glimpse of the testing that took place and which you can watch in the clip below. Read more »
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| Lotus Wants to Make the World Notice its Cars to Increase Disheartening Sales Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:27 PM PDT  Lotus is a brand with a long and distinguished history – yet that's not enough if your present situation is dire. In the first eight months of the year, Lotus sales were merely a blip in the UK sales chart as only 272 cars were delivered, a 24% decrease to the already depressing 358 units of the same period in 2010. Karl Heinz Kalbfell, who used to work for BMW, was brought in last year in an effort to increase sales. He says that the reason Lotus can't sell more cars is that the public isn't aware of the company's products. Read more »
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| Hofele Design Brings a Custom Touch to the Audi A8 with its New SR 8 Package Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:01 PM PDT  German aftermarket companies have recently stepped up their efforts to outdo each other in modifying the most luxurious proposals in the large sedan segment. After the 720HP BMW 750Li from Tuninwerk that we told you about earlier today, Hofele Design has presented a similar but less powerful tuning package for the latest Audi A8 saloon [D4 series]. The German company's offering is called "SR 8" and it includes both styling and performance modifications. Read more »
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| SPY SHOTS: New Audi RS5 Convertible Spotted Testing Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:13 PM PDT  In September, following the opening of the Frankfurt Motor Show, we broke the story on the official design patents of the new Audi RS5 Convertible. Now, only a few weeks after, we have the first spy pictures of a test mule caught near the Nürburgring track in Germany. This prototype is based on the S5 Convertible but features the front end complete with wider tracks and a modified bumper from the RS5. If you're wondering what the production model will look like, you can check out the patent images in our previous post. Read more »
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| BMW M5 Project Leader Says Company is Considering All-Wheel Drive Posted: 11 Oct 2011 11:46 AM PDT  BMW's M Division looks set to break almost every tradition it has created in the last three decades. First it put the M badge on not one, but two SUVs – the X5 M and X6M. Then, with the new M 1 Coupe and M5 sedan, it abandoned natural aspirated engines that were a hallmark of all M coupes, cabrios and saloons no matter how many cylinders they had.
Well, not so fast. During the new M5's press launch in Spain, project leader Max Ahme told journalists that as power and torque figures increase, four-wheel drive may be the only possible way to harness all those ponies. Read more »
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| Video: Thoughtless Renault Driver Slams into Parked Firetruck Posted: 11 Oct 2011 11:14 AM PDT  Does someone really have to tell you to slow down when there's an accident on the road? Well, apparently for some drivers, the answer to that question is yes. And this despite the fact that in this particular incident, which took place in the Netherlands, there are ambulances on the side of the road, a car burning up in flames and a bright red fire truck parked in the middle of the highway. Like, how can you possibly miss it? Yet a driver of a first-generation Renault Twingo thoughtlessly pushed the pedal to the metal and tried to overtake a line of cars from the middle lane. Video follows below. Read more »
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| Nissan Publishes New Video on Juke GT-R Project Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:23 AM PDT  Slowly, but steadily, Nissan is releasing more information and visual material on its crazy Juke-R design project that bonds together the body of the small crossover with the mechanical hardware of the GT-R sports car. The second consecutive video tells us about the key technologies that are being transferred from the GT-R to the Juke including the electronics, the engine and the drivetrain. Read more »
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| Delays in Chinese Loan May Spell the End for Saab Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:11 AM PDT  If it were a movie, it would have more sequels than Rocky, Rambo and Mission Impossible all combined together. However, it is not: it is the story of Saab's survival.
And the latest chapter may very well turn to be the last. According to the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, Guy Lofalk, the administrator appointed by the court to oversee Saab's implementation of its restructuring plan, is ready to stop the process, remove the company's protection from its creditors and, effectively, declare the carmaker bankrupt. Read more »
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| Top Gear Spotted Filming Christmas Special in India [with Video] Posted: 11 Oct 2011 09:25 AM PDT  In a recent interview with WitneyTV, Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson let slip out that this year's Christmas special episode will take place in India. Being that all episodes are filmed several months before they hit the airwaves, it doesn't come as a surprise that the British TV show's crew were snagged in Mumbai this month. Along with a short video clip showing Richard Hammond and a modified classic MINI Cooper that we found on Youtube, the guys over at IndianAutosBlog tipped us off about a set of pictures they took during the filming of the Christmas episode of Top Gear. Read more »
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| SCOOP: Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series Edition, Now in Sedan Form Posted: 11 Oct 2011 08:48 AM PDT  For most people, the standard Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG sedan with its 6.2-liter V8 that generates 457HP and 600Nm (443 lb-ft) is more than a handful, but for those that drooled over the C63 AMG Coupe Black Series edition and wished it would be offered with four doors, we have some very good news for you.
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| Saturn Sky Customized by Bulgarian Design House Vilner Posted: 11 Oct 2011 09:19 AM PDT  The closest you'll get to the Saturn Sky in Europe is its sister GM model, the Opel The Sky was brought in by a customer who wanted to change the looks of his two-seater sports model. Read more »
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| New Cadillac CTS Coupe Becomes Best-Seller in its Segment in the U.S. Posted: 11 Oct 2011 07:23 AM PDT  "If it looks right, it'll fly right": the saying from the aeronautical field isn't always accurate. But as far as cars are concerned, if it looks right, then you can bet that this will affect sales in a positive way. One such example is the new Cadillac CTS Coupe Few can deny that it's appearance is one of its strong points, and sales figures prove that it surely flies - out of the showrooms, that is. Only a year after launch, the CTS Coupe is the best-selling mid-size luxury coupe in the U.S., and it's competing for the title of the best-selling luxury coupe in the market, or at least that's what General Motors is claiming. Read more »
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| Judge Sacks Case Against U.S. Government Over the Wreck of a Ferrari F50 by FBI Agent Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:57 AM PDT  The "you break it, you buy/pay for it" rule may be true for you and me, but not for the U.S. government. Remember the much talked about case of the FBI agent that crashed a rare $750,000 Ferrari F50, which had been stored in a government impound lot, after he took it for a joyride in February of 2009? Well, the owner of the vehicle, Michigan-based Motors Insurance, which brought the F50 from the dealer it was stolen from, eventually filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government. Read more »
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| Tuningwerk Blacks out BMW 750Li, gives it up to 720-Horses Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:22 AM PDT  The long-wheelbase versions of BMW's flagship limousine, the 7-Series, isn't on the top of our list when it comes to extensive performance modifications, but if that's your thing, Germany's Tuningwerk has you covered. The company starts out with a standard BMW 750Li that is powered by a 4.4-liter turbocharged V8 pushing out 407HP and 600Nm (443 lb-ft) of peak torque, offering buyers two options. Read more »
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| New Chevrolet Aveo to Start from £9,995 in the UK Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:36 AM PDT  The new Aveo supermini will launch in Britain next January with a starting on-the-road price of £9,995 for the entry-level 1.2 LS model, Chevrolet announced today. Buyers will be able to choose from four engines and three trim levels. The engine range includes a 1.2-litre petrol unit producing 86-horses, a 1.4-litre petrol engine with 101PS and two 1.3-litre diesels, with power outputs of either 75 or 95PS. All four engines are offered with a five-speed manual gearbox as standard, while the 1.4-litre petrol also comes with the option of a six-speed automatic transmission. Read more »
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| Report: Jaguar and Land Rover to Build Cars in China in Partnership with Chery Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:13 AM PDT  What do you do when you are a luxury carmaker and sales aren't going as well as expected? Simple: you invest in China, as despite the cooling car market, buyers continue to have an appetite for foreign luxury cars. In July, we reported that Jaguar and Land Rover owner, Tata Motors, would invest heavily in the two brands in order to improve their sales, especially those of Jaguar, which are on a sharp decline. Read more »
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