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- Italian Sushi: Fiat Coupé Conversion with a Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 1,000HP V6 and AWD
- SPIED: New Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Edition Shows Off its Widened Body for the Camera
- GM PR Officially Refutes Rumors to Fund Remake of the Cannonball Run
- Fisker Karma Rated at just 52 MPGe by EPA, Records its First Sales
- Tanner Foust Takes 350HP Ford Focus RS500 for a Spin Around the 'Ring [Video]
- New Ford Contract Approved by United Auto Workers Union
- For the 1% that has Everything: The Neiman Marcus Edition 2012 Ferrari FF
- Video: One Very Caring Motorcyclist
- VÄTH Unleashes 660-HP Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG
- SPIED: 2014 BMW M3 F30 Show Up on the Nürburgring Track
- Chrysler Invests $165 Million in Michigan Assembly Plant
- Hyundai Announces New 1.6-liter Turbo Gasoline and Euro6 2.0 Diesel Engines
- Video: Beware of the Flying Dirt Bike
- Chevy Salesmen Head to Disneyland to Become More Prince Charming when it Comes to Customer Service
- New Lancia Thema Sedan Available in Europe [Gallery with 67 Photos]
- Video: Jay Kay’s Day Off at Ferrari's Headquarters
- Nissan Shows how the GT-R-Powered Juke R is Being Built on Film
- Holden Goes Back to the Future to Restore its First Concept Model, the 1969 Hurricane
- Get it While You Can: TomTom Top Gear Edition Still Available for Order
- GM's Shows Portable Devices that Warn Drivers of Dangerous Situations
| Italian Sushi: Fiat Coupé Conversion with a Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 1,000HP V6 and AWD Posted: 19 Oct 2011 05:56 PM PDT  Let's just imagine you're faced with this problem: You love the Fiat Coupe's punk rock styling but don't feel the same for its front-wheel drive layout. On the other hand, you're crazy about the Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4's potent and technologically advanced powertrain but can't stand its notoriously bland looks.
We're still short on the full details as this is an ongoing project, but here's the skinny: the Russian tuner took the Mitsubishi's 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 engine and all-wheel drivetrain and somehow managed to fit it all under the beautiful body of the Chris Bangle-designed (yes, the same person who styled the BMW E65 7-Series) 1990's Fiat Coupé. Read more »
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| SPIED: New Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Edition Shows Off its Widened Body for the Camera Posted: 19 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT  For all those Mercedes-Benz customers that find the regular AMG variants too tame for their tastes, the Stuttgart automaker's sports car division has come up with a special series of cars that carry the Black Series nameplate.
Not even Mercedes-Benz's top offering, the SLS AMG gullwing-door supercar, can escape the Black Series treatment. A lightly disguised prototype version of the SLS AMG Black Series edition was captured by our scoop photographers while testing on the Nürburgring track. Read more »
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| GM PR Officially Refutes Rumors to Fund Remake of the Cannonball Run Posted: 19 Oct 2011 04:33 PM PDT  Let's face it: we live in a politically correct society where speeding, drinking, smoking and many other things are seen as anti-social. So when a rumor surfaces that General Motors -of all corporations- is talking about funding a remake of The Cannonball Run (well, sans the smoking probably), it comes as a bit of a surprise.
For those of you too young to remember, the 1981 original's storyline involved an illegal cross-country race, with no law left unbroken. Nevertheless, NY Magazine reported today that GM is in talks with producer Al Ruddy (The Godfather, Million Dollar Baby) about participating in the project in a big way. Read more »
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| Fisker Karma Rated at just 52 MPGe by EPA, Records its First Sales Posted: 19 Oct 2011 03:32 PM PDT  Even though Fisker delivered the first examples of its new Karma sedan last month, these were used purely as demo vehicles since Fisker's extended-range plug-in hybrid hadn't received the required Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certification. With this final hurdle now behind, Fisker announced today that it sold its first $97,000 Karma. "With receipt of EPA certification in hand, we have achieved a major milestone by recording the first sales of our groundbreaking Karma sedan", said an exuberant Henrik Fisker who is the CEO and founder of the company. Read more »
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| Tanner Foust Takes 350HP Ford Focus RS500 for a Spin Around the 'Ring [Video] Posted: 19 Oct 2011 05:44 PM PDT  Professional race car driver and American Top Gear host Tanner Foust was invited to Germany by Ford of Europe to try out the limited production Focus RS500 hot hatch on the famous Nordschleife circuit. The refresh your memory, the RS500 was a special edition version of the standard Focus RS equipped with a modified 2.5-liter turbocharged inline-five delivering 350-horses to the front wheels through a six-speed manual gearbox. Ford only made 500 examples of the car available to the public and 12 units for its own use. Read more »
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| New Ford Contract Approved by United Auto Workers Union Posted: 19 Oct 2011 02:20 PM PDT  Ford announced today that it has sealed a deal for a new four-year contract with the United Auto Workers union that covers approximately 41,000 employees.
According to the new labor contract, Ford will add 12,000 hourly jobs over the next four years in its US facilities, bringing home production from overseas operations in Mexico, China and Japan. Read more »
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| For the 1% that has Everything: The Neiman Marcus Edition 2012 Ferrari FF Posted: 19 Oct 2011 01:49 PM PDT  While protestors continue to Occupy Wall Street, Neiman Marcus thought it would be a good idea to release its annual Christmas Book, offering bankers, financers and other associated individuals of extreme wealth the opportunity to get ready for their holiday shopping. The catalogue has many choices for the 1 percent that has been doing extremely well these past few years defying the economic crisis, including a limited production version of the new 2012 Ferrari FF. Read more »
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| Video: One Very Caring Motorcyclist Posted: 19 Oct 2011 01:12 PM PDT  Here's some proof that you don't have to be an inconsiderate driver (you can replace the description with something more R-rated if you'd like…) to make headlines. A UK motorcyclist's simple gesture of stopping between a Ford Ka and a Toyota Avensis estate to open the latter's closed passenger-side mirror while giving a thumbs up to the driver after his deed, has garnered more than 60,000 views on Youtube in less than 24 hours after it was uploaded. You can watch it for yourself right after the break. Read more »
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| VÄTH Unleashes 660-HP Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:48 PM PDT  If for some very strange reason you find that the Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG lacks some serious punch under its hood, Germany's Vath has developed a new performance package for Stuttgart's sports saloon. The tuner breaths more fire into the CLS 63 AMG through the use of its V63RS engine kit that bumps the 5.5-liter bi-turbocharged V8's output from 525-hp and 700-Nm to 660-horses and a whopping 990Nm or 730 lb-ft of peak torque. Read more »
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| SPIED: 2014 BMW M3 F30 Show Up on the Nürburgring Track Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:00 PM PDT  Here are some fresh photos of the upcoming, next generation BMW M3 sports sedan wearing some swirly patches of camouflage while testing on the infamous "Green Hell". Since the last time we posted scoop pictures of the new M3, BMW presented the regular versions of its new 3 sedan, codenamed F30, with the M Sport Package models giving us a taste of what to expect from the golden-boy of the series. Read more »
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| Chrysler Invests $165 Million in Michigan Assembly Plant Posted: 19 Oct 2011 11:30 AM PDT  Chrysler announced today that it will invest $165 million in its Sterling Heights, Michigan plant to add a new state of the art, one million square-foot body shop. Last December, the Detroit carmaker had also revealed that it would invest close to $850 million in the plant's new paint shop and stamping facilities in Sterling Heights and Warren. The latest investment ups Chrysler's total investments in its US factories to $3.5 billion since June of 2009 . Read more »
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| Hyundai Announces New 1.6-liter Turbo Gasoline and Euro6 2.0 Diesel Engines Posted: 19 Oct 2011 11:09 AM PDT  They have been a long time in the making but the Hyundai Motor Group finally presented its highly anticipated Gamma 1.6 T-GDI petrol and Euro6 R-2.0 diesel engines today.
The presentation was made during 'The 11thHyundai-Kia International Powertrain Conference' that takes place on October 19 and 20 at the Rolling Hills Hotel, located near the Hyundai-Kia Motors R&D Center in Korea. Read more »
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| Video: Beware of the Flying Dirt Bike Posted: 19 Oct 2011 10:28 AM PDT  Figuratively speaking, there are many things one may expect to fall from the sky but somehow we didn't think a dirt bike would make the list. Up until now, that is. Unluckily for this young lady that was out walking her dog along with a friend, a motorcycle did come crashing down on her, not from the sky but from several feet above the ground. We don't know if this was a private dirt trail and the woman somehow wondered inside the path or if the biker was at fault for using the track. In any case, swoop down to watch the clip. Read more »
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| Chevy Salesmen Head to Disneyland to Become More Prince Charming when it Comes to Customer Service Posted: 19 Oct 2011 10:05 AM PDT  Chevrolet is facing a serious problem in California: it is under-performing on the sales front in the country's largest car market. To add insult to injury, it lags behind not only established rivals such as Toyota, Ford and Honda, but also the (relatively) new kid on the block, Hyundai. Understandably, parent company General Motors is not happy. "We are really going to have a go at California", said president of GM's North American operations Mark Reuss. "This is not some half-baked plan. We will be putting a serious amount of money into this." Read more »
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| New Lancia Thema Sedan Available in Europe [Gallery with 67 Photos] Posted: 19 Oct 2011 08:48 AM PDT  On Wednesday, Lancia made its new Thema sedan available in the European market.
The Thema is in essence a Chrysler 300 wearing Lancia badges and as such, it was an easy and cheap solution for the Fiat Group to expand Lancia's range upwards without sinking valuable resources into the brand that was once famous for its achievements in the World Rally scene. Read more »
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| Video: Jay Kay’s Day Off at Ferrari's Headquarters Posted: 19 Oct 2011 07:54 AM PDT  Ferris Bueller might have borrowed his father's 250 GT California to indulge himself for a day, but Jamiroquai's lead singer, Jay Kay, can indulge in a Ferrari any day – and twice on Sundays. You see, Jay Kay spends his hard-earned money on cars. Especially those vehicles with the prancing horse adorning their bonnet. And he's got lots of them – both cash and Ferraris. Therefore, when he shows up at Maranello, he is treated more than a VIP, a celebrity or a valued customer: he gets treated like all three together. Read more »
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| Nissan Shows how the GT-R-Powered Juke R is Being Built on Film Posted: 19 Oct 2011 07:41 AM PDT  The first Nissan Juke-R prototype will likely make its public debut in final form at the forthcoming Tokyo Motor Show in December, but until then, the Japanese company is giving viewers a behind the scenes look at the process that went into building the Godzilla crossover. Read more »
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| Holden Goes Back to the Future to Restore its First Concept Model, the 1969 Hurricane Posted: 19 Oct 2011 07:07 AM PDT  Most people around the world know Holden for building the 2000s Monaro coupe and Commodore sedans but the Australian company that became a GM subsidiary in 1931 has a rich history that goes well beyond those two models.
Some four decades years after it captured the headlines at the 1969 Melbourne Motor Show, and Holden decided it was time to restore the historic concept back to its original condition and showcase it to the public once again. Read more »
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| Get it While You Can: TomTom Top Gear Edition Still Available for Order Posted: 19 Oct 2011 11:33 AM PDT  As you probably have already heard, navigation system specialist TomTom was forced to stop production of the Top Gear Edition satnav and drop plans to allow existing owners to download Jeremy Clarkson's voice on their models because of a clause found in BBC's own contact.
If you were disappointed, you'll be happy to know that a TomTom representative came in contact with Carscoop and told us that the Top Gear Edition device is still available for order while supplies last. Read more »
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| GM's Shows Portable Devices that Warn Drivers of Dangerous Situations Posted: 19 Oct 2011 05:27 AM PDT  In case you haven't noticed, the machines are already taking over. Step by step, technological innovations enable them to do more and more things – and most of the times that's a good thing. Like the technology developed by General Motors that will alert drivers of potentially dangerous situations by using portable devices connected to a wireless safety net. Read more »
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