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- Official: Hot Opel Astra OPC / Vauxhall Astra VXR gets 280 Ponies, on Sale in 2012
- Video: Car Nut's Dream Job in New CNBC Series
- BBR Offers New Power Kits for Mazda3 and Mazda6 MPS with up to 400HP
- Ballsy Brazilian Cops Ram their Car into Smuggler's Airplane Just Before Liftoff
- GM to Build New Chevy Colorado at Wentzville Plant
- Swede Turns a Lamborghini Gallardo into…a Ski Transporter
- Saab Deal Supported “In Principle” by Chinese Authorities
- U SPY: Next Generation of Hyundai Santa Fe / iX45 Spotted in Turkey
- Crosswalks in Russia Can be Very Hazardous for Your Health…[Video]
- Updated C-Class Helps Mercedes Outsell BMW in the U.S. in October
- Hollywood Aroma for 2011 LA Auto Show Design Challenge Concepts
- SCOOP: Fresh Start for Third Generation 2013 MINI Hatchback
- Volkswagen Completes First Tests with New Polo R WRC [Video]
- Ferrari 458 Italia Driver is D-Bag of the Day
- Report: Land Rover to Show Updated Version of DC100 Concept at LA Auto Show [New Photos]
- Video: Cadillac Owner Pushes Newbie in VW to Safety
- 2011 SEMA: Hyundai Showcases 450HP Genesis Coupe Hurricane SC [Video]
- Ford Fiesta ST 5-Door Concept to Receive World Premiere at LA Auto Show
- 2011 SEMA Show Debut for Mazda5 Laguna SECA Support Vehicle
- Porsche to Bring New 911 Carrera and a World Premiere to LA Auto Show, What Could it be?
| Official: Hot Opel Astra OPC / Vauxhall Astra VXR gets 280 Ponies, on Sale in 2012 Posted: 04 Nov 2011 02:01 AM PDT  It's finally official; the production version of the most powerful model in the new Astra GTC range that will be marketed as the Opel Astra OPC in mainland Europe and as the Vauxhall Astra VXR in Britain.
Power is derived from a new 2.0-litre turbocharged direct injection four-cylinder engine capable of 280-horsepower and 400Nm (295 lb-ft) of torque that are channeled to the front wheels via 6-speed manual gearbox and a specially developed mechanical limited slip differential. Read more »
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| Video: Car Nut's Dream Job in New CNBC Series Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:38 PM PDT  It's might seem pretty rare these days but there are people that actually truly love what they do for a living and consider their jobs more play than work. CNBC has set out to find these lucky individuals and share their experiences with television viewers through a new series called –what else- "Best Jobs Ever" that premieres tonight at 9:00 pm ET. And while a photographer who shoots for Victoria's Secret may top the list of our male readers, you'll be interested to learn that there's a pretty cool car-related job, and no, we're not talking about automotive editors. Read more »
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| BBR Offers New Power Kits for Mazda3 and Mazda6 MPS with up to 400HP Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:14 PM PDT  Power is the name of the game when it comes to UK tuning firm BBR that has just released a newly developed range of engine and suspension upgrade packages for the Mazda3 and Mazda6 MPS models (named MAZDASPEED3 and MAZDASPEED6 respectively in North America). Since the two Mazda models are powered by the same 2.3-liter turbocharged four-pot, BBR's engine kits apply to both vehicles. Read more »
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| Ballsy Brazilian Cops Ram their Car into Smuggler's Airplane Just Before Liftoff Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:14 PM PDT  Like all professions, there are cops and there are cops. The police officers you're about to watch in the following raw footage are the type of cops that even the most hardened of criminals would avoid like the plague. A video posted online on Thursday shows the two federal police agents from Brazil chasing a single-engine airplane filled with contraband notebooks and electronic surveillance equipment. Read more »
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| GM to Build New Chevy Colorado at Wentzville Plant Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:26 PM PDT  Less than a month after confirming the new Chevrolet Colorado for the North American market, GM today announced that the midsize pickup truck will be produced at its Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri. The Detroit-based automaker said that it will invest around $380 million to the prepare the factory for the new line, and as a result, create or retain about 1,260 jobs hourly and salaried jobs. Read more »
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| Swede Turns a Lamborghini Gallardo into…a Ski Transporter Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:55 PM PDT  We'd hardly call the Lamborghini Gallardo –or any exotic supercar for that matter- the most appropriate type of vehicle for skiers travelling from one ski resort to the other, but professional freeskier and alpine ski racer Jon Olson strongly disagrees. The 29 year-old Swede has made a habit of using Lamborghinis as his personal vehicles for driving to various ski events across Europe. Read more »
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| Saab Deal Supported “In Principle” by Chinese Authorities Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:30 PM PDT  Last Friday, Swedish Automobile N.V. [Swan] signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pang Da and Youngman for the sale of the Saab brand to the two Chinese companies. A MoU, however, does not mean that the transaction is completed. Especially when the Chinese are involved: recently Subaru and Toyota were denied a new joint venture in the country by the local authorities, which have also been stalling on approving the previous Saab-Pang Da-Youngman deal that was signed back in July. Read more »
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| U SPY: Next Generation of Hyundai Santa Fe / iX45 Spotted in Turkey Posted: 03 Nov 2011 01:55 PM PDT  For the second time in less than two months, a Carscoop reader has snagged pictures of a prototype version of the next iteration of the Hyundai Santa Fe, which will most likely be renamed to iX45 in select regions including Europe. In September, it was Italian reader Landoni Corrado who photographed the Korean SUV while traveling in California's Death Valley, and now these photos come courtesy of Alp Berker from half way around the world near Istanbul, Turkey. Read more »
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| Crosswalks in Russia Can be Very Hazardous for Your Health…[Video] Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:58 PM PDT  Our video trip to Mother Russia today brings us two clips, both of which have to do with pedestrians trying to navigate the roads. In the first video, we see a Russian man making the sign of the cross just before he attempts to walk across a busy road - and all for good reason as you can see in the second clip which, however, had a very surprising development, as it was the driver of the car who ended up making his cross instead… Also, notice how carefully the driver approaches the next crosswalk on the road after his very brief Sunday school class. Read more »
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| Updated C-Class Helps Mercedes Outsell BMW in the U.S. in October Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:36 PM PDT  The battle for luxury brand supremacy in the U.S. between the two main German contenders is far from over. Last month, Mercedes-Benz saw its sales increase by 23%, to 22,637 units, overtaking BMW that delivered 21,873 vehicles. Mercedes sales have increased despite the fact that it reduced discounts by an average of 15% per vehicle in October, while its Munich-based rival increases its own incentives by 35%. Read more »
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| Hollywood Aroma for 2011 LA Auto Show Design Challenge Concepts Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:52 AM PDT  For the past eight years, the LA Auto Show has been playing host to a design contest aimed at automaker design studios. Each year, a new Design Challenge theme is chosen with the studios showcasing their conceptual ideas during the press days of the show. For 2011, the motorshow organizers are asking six automotive design studios from around the world, including Honda, Hyundai, Subaru, Mercedes-Benz, Smart and Maybach to come up with Hollywood's next hottest movie car. Read more »
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| SCOOP: Fresh Start for Third Generation 2013 MINI Hatchback Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:54 AM PDT  Our spy photographers have picked up a prototype of the new Mini hatchback Mk3 while it was out testing in Germany. This is the third generation of the Mini since the BMW Group resurrected the brand in 2001. The Mk3 will sit on a brand new modular platform architecture named "ULK1" that has been designed for both front- and all-wheel drive applications, and will be used on a great variety of Mini and BMW models including a replacement for the recently launched 1-Series hatchback.
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| Volkswagen Completes First Tests with New Polo R WRC [Video] Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:54 AM PDT  After making its motorshow debut in Frankfurt this past September, the new Volkswagen Polo R WRC completed its first laps today in the hands of two-time World Rally Champion and Dakar winner Carlos Sainz and Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the VW Board of Management for Technology. The four-wheel drive WRC Polo R that is equipped with a 1.6-liter turbo engine delivering an output of about 300-horses was tested in the vineyards of Veldenz near Trier, which normally plays host to the ADAC Rallye Deutschland. Hackenberg and Sainz, both with co-driver Timo Gottschalk on their side, were able to drive the car for close to 100 kilometers (62 miles) on the 2.8km-long tarmac circuit. Read more »
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| Ferrari 458 Italia Driver is D-Bag of the Day Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:54 AM PDT  No matter how much of a good driver you are, getting behind the wheel of a powerful supercar like the Ferrari 458 Italia always has its risks. Even more so when you disable the electronic aids. But as everybody knows and accepts, accidents can happen. What we can't accept is the way that the driver of this 458 Italia handled the situation after losing control and almost hitting three photographers situated on the side of the track. Read more »
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| Report: Land Rover to Show Updated Version of DC100 Concept at LA Auto Show [New Photos] Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:31 AM PDT  [Early design rendering for DC100 pictured above] Land Rover only recently showed its conceptual proposals for the 2015 Defender with the DC100 studies at the 2011 IAA in Frankfurt, but that's not stopping the British automaker from preparing an updated version that will make its world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show in a couple of weeks' time.
The British firm's executive told the news outlet that Land Rover is testing the waters with the DC100 concepts and that it is a working project. Read more »
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| Video: Cadillac Owner Pushes Newbie in VW to Safety Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:53 AM PDT  Let's face it; we all need a helping hand sometime in our life and luckily, there are people out there willing to step in. Like the owner of this Cadillac crossover that was captured on film in an underground parking helping out the driver of what looks to be a previous generation Volkswagen Polo hatchback. Read more »
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| 2011 SEMA: Hyundai Showcases 450HP Genesis Coupe Hurricane SC [Video] Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:28 AM PDT  If you found Rhys Millen's 5.0-liter V8-powered Genesis Coupe a little bit over the top, you may want to take a look at a supercharged prototype based on the V6 model that also made its debut at the Las Vegas SEMA Show. Named the Genesis Coupe Hurricane SC, the prototype is the result of a two year development effort of Hyundai America Technical Center Inc. (HATCI) in cooperation with Magnuson Products, Rhys Millen Racing, Harman International and Torvec Inc.
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| Ford Fiesta ST 5-Door Concept to Receive World Premiere at LA Auto Show Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:25 AM PDT  At the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September, Ford previewed its upcoming Fiesta ST with a thinly disguised concept based on the three-door hatchback model. Now, the Detroit-based carmaker is heading to this month's Los Angeles Auto Show with a five-door hatchback variant of the Fiesta ST that should give us a taste of the North American model.
"The Fiesta ST Concept shows in the most dramatic way possible that the qualities that define an ST are not limited to one model [the Focus ST]. The potential for delivering the ST experience to an even wider audience is laid bare by this exciting new concept," he added. Read more »
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| 2011 SEMA Show Debut for Mazda5 Laguna SECA Support Vehicle Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:39 AM PDT  Albeit one of the lesser "zoom-zoom" models in Mazda's range, the Mazda5 minivan also received a special treatment for the 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas. Dubbed the Mazda5 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (MRLS) support vehicle, the six-seater family car has been reimagined with a slightly sportier flair. Read more »
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| Porsche to Bring New 911 Carrera and a World Premiere to LA Auto Show, What Could it be? Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:22 AM PDT  The 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show that runs for the public from November 18 to 27 will play host to two premieres for Porsche including the North American debut of the new 911 Carrera and Carrera S models [codenamed 991] and the first ever appearance of an as-of-yet unnamed model. The only clues we get from Porsche about the new car is a short statement saying that it will "boast impressive performance and dynamic looks, exuding unadulterated driving pleasure". Read more »
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