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- Our Spies get Up, Close and Personal with the Toyota FT-86 by Gazoo Racing
- 2012 BMW 3-Series Video Galore: See the Ins and Outs of the Sedan Model on Film
- 1960 Mercedes 300 SL Roadster Sold for €405,000 after Sitting in a Greek Garage for 37 Years!
- Forza Motorsport 4 BMW Competition: Play Online, Win M5 for Real!
- Honda Shows off 2012 Civic Hatchback's Safety Credentials
- Video: Gymkhana on a Really, Really Tight Budget
- If you're in Boston, you'd Better Lock Up your Car or the Police will do it for you…
- VW Group Surpasses Six Million Sales in the First Nine Months of the Year
- Ferrari Boss Dismisses McLaren’s Carbonfiber Chassis, Says Maranello will focus on Hybrid Tech
- Woman Designs a Unique Necklace Piece out of…Ford Focus Parts
- 2012 BMW 3-Series Sedan with M-Sport Package
- Toyota Returns to Le Mans with Hybrid LMP1 Racer
- Rendered: Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake
- BMW Reveals Sixth Generation of 3-Series Sedan [Full Details and 140+ Photos]
- Proton Refutes Reports that it will sell Lotus to Genii Capital
- Hyundai Announces UK Pricing and Sales Date for Veloster
- Skoda Begins Production of its New Citigo Mini
- Reminder: 2012 BMW 3-Series to be Officially Unveiled on 10:00 am EST [Updated with Live Pics]
- New Volkswagen Polo R-Line and Passat Exclusive Edition
- First UK Fisker Karma Sold for Charity Double the Normal Price
| Our Spies get Up, Close and Personal with the Toyota FT-86 by Gazoo Racing Posted: 14 Oct 2011 07:17 PM PDT  We are still a couple of months away from the world premiere of the series production Toyota FT-86 at the Tokyo Motor Show in December, but on Saturday, October 15, the rear-wheel drive coupe will make its racing debut at the VLN endurance racing championship on the Nürburgring track.
After the first crop of pictures that we showed you on Thursday, our crafty spies were able to get very close to the racecar during testing at the pits and on the track, and even shot some photos if the FT-86's interior. Read more »
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| 2012 BMW 3-Series Video Galore: See the Ins and Outs of the Sedan Model on Film Posted: 14 Oct 2011 05:52 PM PDT  Today was a very important day for BMW as the Bavarian manufacturer finally lifted the veil off its bread-and-butter model, the sixth generation of the 3-Series sedan. Fittingly, the world premiere took place at BMW's home town of Munich. But you already know that as we brought you all the details and a mega gallery with more than 140 high-resolution pictures of the F30 along with a separate post on the M Sport Package earlier in the day. Now it's time to share with you a plethora of videos showing the new 3-Series saloon from all angles, inside and out as well as on the road. You can watch all clips in 1080p hd right after the jump. Read more »
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| 1960 Mercedes 300 SL Roadster Sold for €405,000 after Sitting in a Greek Garage for 37 Years! Posted: 14 Oct 2011 04:49 PM PDT  It seems like the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL of the 1960s was a car that wasn't appreciated as much as it should at its time. After the lightweight special edition that was sold after sitting in a Santa Monica garage for 40 years, another example of Stuttgart's iconic sports car surfaced, this time in the Greek city of Piraeus.
The 240HP 3.0-liter inline-six-powered Mercedes car belonged to Greek racecar fan Criton Dilaveris who bought it second hand a few years after it was built. Mr Dilaveris died of old age in 1972 and since he left no heirs, all his property along with the car ended up to the city. Read more »
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| Forza Motorsport 4 BMW Competition: Play Online, Win M5 for Real! Posted: 14 Oct 2011 03:49 PM PDT  Some may say that video game competitions are for geeks. However, something tells us that this particular competition from the makers of the Forza Motorsport racing game will attract a huge crowd, given that the winner gets to own a…brand-new BMW M5! It sounds too good to be true: a competition giving away a 560HP twin-turbocharged saloon that can complete the 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 4.4 seconds? Yet that is exactly what is being provided as a prize on the Limited Edition Forza Motorsport 4 racing simulation game for the Microsoft Xbox 360 console that features the M5 on its cover. Read more »
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| Honda Shows off 2012 Civic Hatchback's Safety Credentials Posted: 14 Oct 2011 03:20 PM PDT  All car manufactures boast about the high level of safety offered by their vehicles. But we usually don't find out whether their claims are accurate until they are subjected to crash tests from the likes of Euro NCAP or the IIHS. Since five stars have become the norm for almost all new models above the city-car level, car manufacturers are trying to outdo each other by achieving new records in each category measured by the independent safety organization(s). Read more »
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| Video: Gymkhana on a Really, Really Tight Budget Posted: 14 Oct 2011 02:18 PM PDT  Sick and tired of watching Ken Block flashing around his very expensive automotive toys? The crew over at YouTube channel "LeakingDuck" feels your pain so they created a little something to cheer you up. LeakingDuck explains: "Let's do a little experiment : Do we really need a 600HP all wheel drive rally car driven by Ken Block to do a cool video ? Or any budget at all for that matter ? Let's see if it works." You can see if it "works" for yourself by following the jump to watch the video. Read more »
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| If you're in Boston, you'd Better Lock Up your Car or the Police will do it for you… Posted: 14 Oct 2011 02:01 PM PDT  Truth is, if you leave your car unlocked then you're looking for trouble, as you're making it an easy target for thieves to steal or, at least, walk away with any valuable items left inside.
In North Shore, Boston, one in every five cars checked by the police over the weekend had either unlocked doors or an open window. So the local boys in blue decided to take proactive measures: they look for unlocked cars, and/or vehicle with items that may attract attention like GPS systems, wallets, bags etc. left inside. Read more »
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| VW Group Surpasses Six Million Sales in the First Nine Months of the Year Posted: 14 Oct 2011 01:08 PM PDT  The Volkswagen Group is defying the economic crisis and gearing up to set a new sales milestone this year. For the first time in its history, the German maker sold 6.11 million vehicles (5.36 million if you exclude the Scania truck division) in the first nine months of the year, marking a 13.9 percent increase over the same period in 2010. Read more »
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| Ferrari Boss Dismisses McLaren’s Carbonfiber Chassis, Says Maranello will focus on Hybrid Tech Posted: 14 Oct 2011 12:44 PM PDT  In an interview with CAR magazine, Amedeo Felisa, Ferrari's CEO who is pictured above with F1 driver Felipe Massa, talked about many things – from rivals to the press, and of course, Maranello's future plans. When asked about recent tests conducted between Ferrari's own 458 Italia and its new rival, the McLaren MP4-12C, Felisa said that he was more than pleased, since the 458 came out on top. Read more »
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| Woman Designs a Unique Necklace Piece out of…Ford Focus Parts Posted: 14 Oct 2011 12:22 PM PDT  Chevrolet isn't the only company to have its centennial this year; so is Ford, or to be more precise, the Blue Oval is celebrating 100 years of Ford in Britain as the company itself was founded in 1903. As part of the company's Centenary Tour, which is a month-long event, Ford of Britain commissioned Cornish designer, Katherine Hawkins, to craft a unique piece of jewelry made out of select Ford Focus parts. Read more »
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| 2012 BMW 3-Series Sedan with M-Sport Package Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:43 AM PDT  Usually, BMW takes its time to release information on the much sought after M Sport kits for its new models. However, that isn't the case with the all-new 2012 3-Series as the Bavarian manufacturer also slipped out details on the optional M Sport packages for the premium sedan that goes on sale next February.
So what's included in the package? For starters, it adds a lowered M Sport suspension with a 10mm (0.4 in.) drop in ride height, which works with firmer suspension and damping as well as harder anti-roll bars. Read more »
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| Toyota Returns to Le Mans with Hybrid LMP1 Racer Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:05 AM PDT  Seems like the Nürburgring record for an electric vehicle set last August was just the beginning of Toyota's electric charge into the world of motorsports. The company's racing division, Toyota Motorsport, announced today that it will enter the 2012 World Endurance Championship which, for the first time, is organized both by FIA and ACO, the club that runs the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and the Intercontinental Le Mans Series. Read more »
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| Rendered: Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake Posted: 14 Oct 2011 10:15 AM PDT  The Shooting Brake version of the new Mercedes-Benz CLS sports saloon has not only been officially confirmed, but the German automaker's engineers have already begun testing the first prototype models. With this in mind, Dan Buzdugan from PS-Garage wanted to render an AMG variant based on the thinly disguised "Concept Shooting Brake" that had received its world premiere in China a little over a year ago. Read more »
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| BMW Reveals Sixth Generation of 3-Series Sedan [Full Details and 140+ Photos] Posted: 14 Oct 2011 09:59 AM PDT  It's official; as promised, BMW unveiled today the brand-new 3-Series codenamed F30. The sixth generation of its compact luxury sedan, which in its five iterations since its launch in 1975 has sold more than 12 million units becoming the standard in its category, will be available to markets worldwide from February 11, 2012.
The sixth generation mid-size BMW has grown considerably compared to its predecessor. It is 93 mm longer and an augmented wheelbase at 2,810 mm (+50mm) as well as wider front (+37 mm) and rear (+47 mm) tracks. The increase in dimensions promises to address one of the model's disadvantages compared to the competition, namely that of rear passenger space. The new model now offers 15 mm more legroom and 8 mm more headroom for rear seat passengers. Yet, despite the increase in size, numerous weight saving measures help make the new 3-Series up to 40 kg (88 lb) lighter than the model it replaces (depending on the version). Read more »
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| Proton Refutes Reports that it will sell Lotus to Genii Capital Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:09 AM PDT  Proton, the Malaysian owner of Lotus, released a statement where it dismisses reports that appeared in several media outlets and which said that it is planning to sell a stake of the British sports car manufacturer. Here's what the company stated: "The alleged moves between Group Lotus and Genii Capital are untrue and the reports are highly speculative in nature. Proton's relationship with Group Lotus is as good as it has ever been." Read more »
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| Hyundai Announces UK Pricing and Sales Date for Veloster Posted: 14 Oct 2011 07:11 AM PDT  Already available in many countries around the world, the new Hyundai Veloster will reach British shores in February 2012 with a starting price of £17,995 on the road and an insurance group rating of 16E. The 1+2 door Hyundai model will offer buyers a single engine choice and two main trim levels, base and Sport. The Veloster is powered by a 1.6-liter four-cylinder GDI petrol engine that produces 140-horsepower. It can be combined with a six-speed manual gearbox or Hyundai's first dual-clutch transmission. Read more »
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| Skoda Begins Production of its New Citigo Mini Posted: 14 Oct 2011 06:31 AM PDT  It's an important day for Skoda as the VW Group brand began series production of its brand-new Citigo small car at its facility in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Friday. The Citigo is a sister model to the VW Up! and the Seat Mii and it will play a crucial role in driving up the Czech manufacturer's global sales. Read more »
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| Reminder: 2012 BMW 3-Series to be Officially Unveiled on 10:00 am EST [Updated with Live Pics] Posted: 14 Oct 2011 08:06 AM PDT  In about an hour from the time we posted this article, BMW will officially lift the covers off its sixth generation 3-Series saloon during a special world premiere event at its headquarters in Munich. We've more or less nailed it in our scoop stories but for those that want the skinny, the new 3er will launch with a 2.0-liter turbocharged four in gasoline and diesel variants, and the 3.0-liter turbocharged straight six. Read more »
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| New Volkswagen Polo R-Line and Passat Exclusive Edition Posted: 14 Oct 2011 05:50 AM PDT  European customers now have new choices when it comes to Volkswagen's Polo supermini and the Passat as the German brand is expanding its customization program for the two aforementioned models. For the Polo, Volkswagen has introduced two R-Line styling packages. The first is the R-Line Exterior package that is available as an option for the Polo Comfortline (€1,450) and the Polo Highline (€1,010). Read more »
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| First UK Fisker Karma Sold for Charity Double the Normal Price Posted: 14 Oct 2011 05:09 AM PDT  The first example of the Fisker Karma to be available for sale in the UK was auctioned off at a charity event held at Camden's Round House. The highest bidder paid £140,000 ($220,689 US) – or more than double the car's sticker price. The model in question will get a unique plaque signed by the company's CEO, Henrik Fisker. Read more »
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