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- Politically Incorrect Video Presentation of the New 2012 BMW M5 F10 Sports Sedan
- Scooped: Germany's Roding Roadster Takes New Shape
- Unbelievable: Video Footage Shows Drunk Dad Having his 9-Year-Old Daughter Drive him Home
- GM Promises Semi-Autonomous Cars by 2015 and Render Drivers Obsolete by the End of the Decade
- Video Footage from the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Crash in Italy
- Rumors: McLaren Planning to Launch Iconic F1 Successor as Early as 2012
- Red Light Sinner Repents: You have to Watch this Video…
- Rare RHD 1972 Lamborghini Miura SV Hits the Auction Block
- Spy Video: The Sights and Sounds of the 2013 Porsche 911 Turbo Convertible
- First Series Production 2012 Chevrolet Malibu Rolls Off the Assembly Line in Korea
- One More BMW 3 Series Owner Tricked with Car Switch [Video]
- Major Wire Harness Systems Manufacturers Face Class-Action Lawsuits for Decade-Long Price Fixing
- Tjin Edition Preparing 2012 Ford Explorer and Mustang GT 5.0 for the SEMA Show
- In Russia, You Make the Wheel Start the Car [Video]
- Marchionne Gives North America Priority Over Europe for Alfa Romeo's Future Plans
- Imperium Automotive Presents New Bentley Continental GT Audentia
- Video: Lexus IS-F Goes Under the Crusher in California for Street Racing? Not So Fast…
- Honda Introduces 2012 Insight Hybrid with Slightly Improved Fuel Economy in the States
- 2012 BMW 3-Series Sedan Online Configurator Goes Live
- Edo Competition Turns the Porsche Panamera S into the "HellBoy"
| Politically Incorrect Video Presentation of the New 2012 BMW M5 F10 Sports Sedan Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:54 PM PDT  Do you dislike watching powerful rear-wheel drive cars burn rubber, drift around corners and roundabouts and generally be driven in a manner that many would consider politically incorrect?
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| Scooped: Germany's Roding Roadster Takes New Shape Posted: 18 Oct 2011 04:37 PM PDT  We'll forgive you if you've never heard of the name Roding before. Based in Germany, the company made its first appearance at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show with an odd-looking roadster concept promising to deliver a production version of the two-seat mid-engine sports car in the near future.
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| Unbelievable: Video Footage Shows Drunk Dad Having his 9-Year-Old Daughter Drive him Home Posted: 18 Oct 2011 03:47 PM PDT  What's worse; being charged with DUI or with second- and fourth-degree child abuse? Shawn Weimer was too drunk to know he couldn't drive, but not to realize the serious difference between the two. Detroit police arrested Weimer last week after watching a surveillance video of the 39-year-old man making his 9-year-old daughter drive his GMC Safari to the local gas station at...3 a.m. in the morning. "I got, I got a designated driver. Nine Years old. Nine! Dad's drinking. Listen, we're leaving and she's driving. She drove all the way here" said Weimer, who already has prior convictions, while the little girl add "And I parked!" Read more »
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| GM Promises Semi-Autonomous Cars by 2015 and Render Drivers Obsolete by the End of the Decade Posted: 18 Oct 2011 03:25 PM PDT  Carmakers are determined to put us, drivers, out of the equation of…actually driving their vehicles. Not forgetting Google's intensive lobbying, after VW and BMW, General Motors is the latest company to join the ranks of the autonomous vehicle pioneers. Alan Taub, GM's vice president of global Research and Development, says that by 2015 cars that will be partially able to drive themselves, while by the end of the decade, more sophisticated system will enable them to be fully autonomous. Read more »
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| Video Footage from the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Crash in Italy Posted: 18 Oct 2011 02:52 PM PDT  It's a real pain in the you-know-what if you crash someone else's car let alone if you're a freelance writer that just ditched a $530k Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 that had been given to you for a test drive. And that's exactly what happened to Thomas Glavinic, a writer that was helping out Austrian car magazine Autorevue with their annual supercar test. We've already covered the incident extensively in previous posts, but today, Carscoop reader Raphael from Vienna pointed us to a new video from Autorevue that includes the scene of the Aventador crash that took place in Italy in late August. Read more »
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| Rumors: McLaren Planning to Launch Iconic F1 Successor as Early as 2012 Posted: 18 Oct 2011 02:13 PM PDT  Since the launch of the MP4-12C, McLaren has made it pretty much clear that it plans to establish itself as a serious sports carmaker and gain a full range of models that will cover the entire supercar spectrum.
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| Red Light Sinner Repents: You have to Watch this Video… Posted: 18 Oct 2011 01:40 PM PDT  Dear Carscoop readers, we would appreciate your input with this one. Please watch the video after the break and tell us what the heck could be going on in the head of the person behind the steering wheel of this silver Kia Rio sedan. Agreed; we've all seen drivers run a red light either by mistake or because they don't give a damn about the own or other drivers' safety. But seriously, have you ever seen someone do anything like this? The only thing missing from the clip is the Benny Hill background music... Read more »
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| Rare RHD 1972 Lamborghini Miura SV Hits the Auction Block Posted: 18 Oct 2011 01:01 PM PDT  Enzo Ferrari might have not known it at the time, but when he famously dismissed Feruccio Lamborghini as a "tractor manufacturer", he planted the seed for the creation of not just a single beautiful vehicle, but a whole class of supercars. The Lamborghini Miura was launched in 1966 and stunned everyone not only with its design, but also with its specifications. It featured independent suspension and disc brakes all around and more importantly, it was propelled by a mid-engined V12 that enabled the Miura to reach a top speed of 180 mph (290 km/h). Read more »
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| Spy Video: The Sights and Sounds of the 2013 Porsche 911 Turbo Convertible Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:30 PM PDT  Want to see the upcoming 2013 Porsche 911 Turbo in some live action? Here's our first video of the convertible model filmed while Stuttgart's engineers were flogging a lightly camouflaged prototype around the Nürburgring test track. The quad tail pipes seen on the test car suggest that it may be the more potent Turbo S model equipped with an upgraded version of the turbocharged flat-six producing an estimated output of around 550-horses. Read more »
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| First Series Production 2012 Chevrolet Malibu Rolls Off the Assembly Line in Korea Posted: 18 Oct 2011 11:55 AM PDT  South Korea may not be the most important market for the 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, but it is the first country to receive GM's new global mid-size sedan. And today, the very first series production 2012 Malibu rolled off the assembly line at General Motors' Bupyeong plant in Incheon. Read more »
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| One More BMW 3 Series Owner Tricked with Car Switch [Video] Posted: 18 Oct 2011 11:30 AM PDT  Nobody likes pranks when it comes to their own vehicles, but as viewers, we all enjoy watching the reactions of others. For the third episode of BMW Singapore's "Switch" prank series, in which the vehicles of unsuspected owners are replaced with similar models featuring enhanced performance parts, the mischief-maker is the founder of the BMW SG forum and the victim a member of the club who owns an E90 3-Series sedan. Read more »
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| Major Wire Harness Systems Manufacturers Face Class-Action Lawsuits for Decade-Long Price Fixing Posted: 18 Oct 2011 10:58 AM PDT  Three vehicle owners, acting on behalf of many others, have filed separate class-action lawsuits against a number of major automotive parts suppliers, accusing them of conspiracy and price fixing. The lawsuits, which were filed in the US District Court of Detroit, allege that the parts manufacturers "engaged in a massive, decade-long conspiracy to unlawfully fix and artificially raise the price of wire harness systems" on a global scale. Read more »
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| Tjin Edition Preparing 2012 Ford Explorer and Mustang GT 5.0 for the SEMA Show Posted: 18 Oct 2011 10:28 AM PDT  As usual, the upcoming SEMA Show in Las Vegas will be crowded with plenty of one-off and accessorized vehicles from most carmakers. As a preview, the crew over at Tjin Edition have released some up skirt photos of two of the Ford models they are currently working on in partnership with the Detroit automaker. First up is Tjin Edition's take on the 2012 Ford Explorer. The teaser picture only provides a glimpse of the tuned crossover model, but the company has shared some initial details. Read more »
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| In Russia, You Make the Wheel Start the Car [Video] Posted: 18 Oct 2011 09:57 AM PDT  It's often said that "necessity is the mother of invention" and who knows more about necessity than the owner(s) of a Lada Samara hatchback? These good 'ol crafty Russian chaps found a rather unusual way to start their car that had a dead battery using a rope and some pulling power. Do we really have to tell you not to try this at home kids? Read more »
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| Marchionne Gives North America Priority Over Europe for Alfa Romeo's Future Plans Posted: 18 Oct 2011 09:02 AM PDT  Fiat-Chrysler CEO, Sergio Marchionne, announced that he will appoint a boss for the Alfa Romeo brand exclusively for the North American market. This is because the Italian carmaker's return to the US after a 17-year absence will be his top priority, relegating Europe, in which Alfa's sales are disappointing, to second place. "We are going to target the US market first and work our way back to Europe", Marchionne said in an interview with Autonews Europe. "We have run market tests on the desirability of the Alfa brand in the US and, not withstanding our long absence from the market it's still one of the best brands in the world. I think we need to go back and grab it." Read more »
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| Imperium Automotive Presents New Bentley Continental GT Audentia Posted: 18 Oct 2011 08:31 AM PDT  Headquartered in the historic city of Edinburgh in Scotland, Imperium Automotive is a high-end design house that focuses on the Bentley and Bugatti brands. Their latest offering is a new limited-edition styling package for the recently updated Bentley Continental GT Coupe named 'Audentia', which is said to be a direct Latin translation for 'boldness and courage'. Read more »
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| Video: Lexus IS-F Goes Under the Crusher in California for Street Racing? Not So Fast… Posted: 18 Oct 2011 08:04 AM PDT  A video showing an if not brand new, a not so old Lexus IS-F V8-powered sports saloon being crushed to death is making the internet rounds today. The person that uploaded the specific clip says that local police officers in the state of California crushed the vehicle after they confiscated it for illegal racing. We looked around on the web, but we couldn't find any information regarding this claim.
Furthermore, we also found another recent clip of a Hyundai Genesis sedan being destroyed by the same crusher (notice the background and the blue color on the metal structure). Read more »
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| Honda Introduces 2012 Insight Hybrid with Slightly Improved Fuel Economy in the States Posted: 18 Oct 2011 07:03 AM PDT  At the recent 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Honda unveiled the subtly revised for the 2012MY Insight Hybrid, and now it's time for its introduction in the States. Available to order now, the 2012 Insight debuts some minor cosmetic changes inside and out, additional equipment features on certain models, and a 1mpg fuel economy improvement across the range. Read more »
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| 2012 BMW 3-Series Sedan Online Configurator Goes Live Posted: 18 Oct 2011 06:18 AM PDT  BMW is wasting no time to get fans of the new 2012 3-Series saloon in a spending mood even though the car won't go on sale before February next year. After the comprehensive presentation that even included details on the M Sport package that will be available for order in the summer of 2012, BMW released an online configurator that allows consumers to create the 3-Series of their dreams. Read more »
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| Edo Competition Turns the Porsche Panamera S into the "HellBoy" Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:55 AM PDT  You may remember that Edo Competition's most recent Porsche Panamera model was the 750HP Turbo-based "Moby Dick". Now, the German tuning house has set its eyes on the less powerful Panamera S with the presentation of a new model called "HellBoy"(talk about an odd choice of names...).
The tuning firms starts out with the Porsche's 4.8-liter V8 engine by adding a less restrictive custom sport exhaust system and recalibrating the ECU. As a result, output rises from 400HP and 500Nm to 465HP and 550Nm (406 lb-ft), which enables the sports saloon to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62mph) in 4.6 seconds and reach a top speed of 305 km/h (190mph). Read more »
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