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- GM Boss Mark Reuss Builds a Fantasy Supercar Out of the Company’s Parts Bin
- GM Confirms Next Generation Impala, will Invest $68 Million to Prep Oshawa Plant
- BMW Reveals New "Eclipse" Media Campaign for the 2013 6-Series Gran Coupe
- Honda EV-STER Concept to Spawn a Production Model
- Bah, Humbug! Are Holiday Car Ads as Effective as Automakers Think?
- Dancing with the Bikes: Pakistani Rollerblader Controls Motorcycle with Ropes from Behind
- Aston Martin Said to Reveal New V12 Vantage Roadster Next Year
- Jeep Announces UK Pricing for Grand Cherokee SRT8 and New 30 CRD Overland Summit
- Petter Solberg Completes First Tests in Ford Fiesta RS WRC [Video]
- Hezbollah, Colombian Cartels and 30 U.S. Car Dealers Implicated in Money Laundering Scheme
- Fiat Group Lowers 2012 Sales Estimate by Half a Million Units
- Share the Love: Robert Himler to Fly five People to Florida to Ride Twin-Turbocharged Lamborghini
- New Volvo V40 Five-Door Hatchback Teased Ahead of Geneva Motor Show
- Nissan Adds Kuro and Shiro Special Editions to Micra's UK Range
- Porsche Sets New Delivery and Order Records Worldwide, China Sales Up by 70%
- Stunning 1954 DeSoto Adventurer II Concept going under the Hammer
- Britain gets Limited Production Volkswagen Caravelle Edition 25
- Saab Changes Administrator, Awaits Monday’s Court Decision
- Formula 1: Ferrari to Unveil its 2012 Car on February 7
| GM Boss Mark Reuss Builds a Fantasy Supercar Out of the Company’s Parts Bin Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:22 PM PST  Almost every car fan has, at one point or another, considered building his ideal car: for example, one with a Ferrari or Lamborghini bodywork, a Pagani interior, a Veyron engine, Porsche everyday usability and all this at the price of a used 300,000-mile Ford Escort… Well, the automotive term for this is a parts bin special; that is, a model built by borrowing only (or mostly) existing parts from other models. Mark Reuss, GM's North American president, was asked by Car & Driver to assemble his dream car by using components that already exist on the company's shelves.
The bodywork would come from the 2002 Cadillac Cien concept, which Reuss believes "defined Cadillac". Read more »
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| GM Confirms Next Generation Impala, will Invest $68 Million to Prep Oshawa Plant Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:41 PM PST  The Impala is a historic nameplate for Chevrolet with roots that go back to the golden era of American automobiles, the 1950s, and it's one that General Motors isn't about to let go despite the fact that the series has faded away into mediocrity these past years. Today, the Detroit-based company confirmed plans for the development of a brand new Chevy Impala and announced an investment of $68 million to prepare its Oshawa Assembly Plant in Canada for the production of the next generation sedan. Read more »
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| BMW Reveals New "Eclipse" Media Campaign for the 2013 6-Series Gran Coupe Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:40 PM PST  Despite the fact that the 6-Series Grand Coupe's world premiere will take place in March at the Geneva Motor Show and the first cars won't be arriving in showrooms until next summer, BMW has already readied a media campaign for its spanking new sports saloon. The global campaign, which will launch in print and TV media in the second quarter of 2012, features a total eclipse of the sun as the central theme and the motto "Beauty. Revealed".
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| Honda EV-STER Concept to Spawn a Production Model Posted: 16 Dec 2011 02:54 PM PST  It looks like the retro-styled N Concept 4 city car won't be the only Honda study displayed at this month's Tokyo Motor Show that will end up going into production as the Japanese carmaker's CEO Takanobu Ito told German magazine Auto Motor und Sport that the open-top EV-STER has also received the green light. The Honda boss revealed that the battery-powered, rear-wheel drive roadster could arrive in the market as early as 2012, adding that the company may also introduce more conventional version with a classic gasoline engine, without offering any more details.
At 3,570mm (140.5-in.) long, 1,500mm (59.0-in.) wide and 1,100mm (43.3-in.) tall, with a wheelbase of 2,325mm (92.5-in.), the tiny concept is marginally larger than Honda's 1990s mid-engined kei car, the Beat. Read more »
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| Bah, Humbug! Are Holiday Car Ads as Effective as Automakers Think? Posted: 16 Dec 2011 02:10 PM PST  Tis the holiday season and all consumer goods manufacturers are looking for ways to draw clients to their products. Carmakers are not an exception, of course, and a common theme is the usual holiday gift-wrapped-present. Advertising evaluation firm Ace Metrix, though, reveals in its latest report that the hype automakers wish to create with these kinds of ads doesn't really materialize. In fact, they may have the exact opposite effect. Read more »
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| Dancing with the Bikes: Pakistani Rollerblader Controls Motorcycle with Ropes from Behind Posted: 16 Dec 2011 01:21 PM PST  He's called the 'Skating King of Pakistan', well, at least that's the name given to him by the person that uploaded the video on YouTube, but watching him graciously endanger his own life as well as the lives of everybody else on the road, who are we to disagree? And just to make it clear, the young man is not simply tagging behind a motorcycle being driven by someone else, but he is actually controlling the bike with a rope of some sort. You can watch him in the video after the break. Read more »
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| Aston Martin Said to Reveal New V12 Vantage Roadster Next Year Posted: 16 Dec 2011 01:01 PM PST  While Aston Martin may not have a lot of cash going around for the development of new platforms or engines, the British automaker is trying to make the best of what it already has. What this means is that it is churning all sorts of models and body styles based on the same hardware (and design…) for almost a decade now... We're not sure how long Aston Martin can keep doing it - some say it has already reached its limits - but for the time being, we learn that the company will unveil yet another version of one of its existing models, the V12 Vantage Roadster. Read more »
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| Jeep Announces UK Pricing for Grand Cherokee SRT8 and New 3.0 CRD Overland Summit Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST  Five months after the UK launch of the regular versions of the brand-new Grand Cherokee, Jeep has announced that it is bringing the flagship SRT8. Billed as the best-performing Jeep ever, the £58,995 Grand Cherokee SRT8 is powered by the new 6.4-liter Hemi V8 that produces 465HP and 630 Nm (465 lb-ft) of torque. It accelerates from standstill to 0 to 60mph [96km/h] in 4.8 seconds, has a top speed of 160 mph [257 km/h], and brakes from 60-0 mph in 116 feet. Read more »
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| Petter Solberg Completes First Tests in Ford Fiesta RS WRC [Video] Posted: 16 Dec 2011 01:22 PM PST  Former World Rally Champion Petter Solberg is wasting no time getting behind the wheel of the Ford Fiesta RS WRC as he prepares for the 2012 season. The Norwegian rally driver got his first taste of the Blue Oval's Fiesta RS WRC this week when he completed close to 200 miles (320 kilometers) of driving in the French Alps. Read more »
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| Hezbollah, Colombian Cartels and 30 U.S. Car Dealers Implicated in Money Laundering Scheme Posted: 16 Dec 2011 10:59 AM PST  The Lebanese Canadian Bank and two Beirut-based exchange houses, Hassan Ayash Exchange Co. and Ellissa Holding, along with 30 auto dealers in the United States, are being accused by U.S. federal authorities for participating in a US$400+ million money laundering scheme to benefit Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah and Colombian drug cartels. "The intricate scheme laid out in today's complaint reveals the deviously creative ways that terrorist organizations are funding themselves and moving their money, and it puts into stark relief the nexus between narcotics trafficking and terrorism", said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Read more »
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| Fiat Group Lowers 2012 Sales Estimate by Half a Million Units Posted: 16 Dec 2011 10:41 AM PST  A funny t-shirt slogan reads "aim low, achieve your targets, avoid disappointment". But it would probably be best if you didn't give it as a Christmas present to Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne. The reason is that the Italian group has lowered its 2012 sales forecast of 2.7 million units by a substantial amount; the new target for next year is 2.2 million, 500,000 units short of the original estimate presented in the group's 5-year plan. The good news is that its partner, Chrysler, is expected to hit its 2.4-million sales target. Adding up the numbers brings the Fiat-Chrysler combined sales projection for 2012 to 4.6 million units. Read more »
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| Share the Love: Robert Himler to Fly five People to Florida to Ride Twin-Turbocharged Lamborghini Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:39 AM PST  Does the name Robert Himler ring a bell? Perhaps not, but there's a very good chance that you've seen the video of his mother freaking out while taking a ride in his flame-throwing, 1,250 wheel-horsepower, twin-turbocharged Lamborghini Gallardo. The four-and-a-half minute-long video clip has garnered more than 2.7 million views since it was uploaded on Youtube on August 6.
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| New Volvo V40 Five-Door Hatchback Teased Ahead of Geneva Motor Show Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:06 AM PST  We've been following the development of the five-door version of the next generation Volvo C30 for quite some time, and today, the first official teaser image of the compact hatchback found its way onto the web There's limited information on the car as Volvo has not yet released an official statement, but the crew over Autoblog.nl reported that Volvo's CEO Stefan Jacoby said that the five-door model will be named V40 (and not V30 as it was rumored) and it will receive its world premiere at the 2012 Geneva Salon next March. Read more »
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| Nissan Adds Kuro and Shiro Special Editions to Micra's UK Range Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:34 AM PST  Nissan has prepared a pair of special edition versions that attempt to make its Micra supermini somewhat more attractive to British buyers. The new models are named Kuro and Shiro, which translate to black and white respectively in Japanese, and are based on the mid-grade Acenta specification adding a small number of features. Read more »
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| Porsche Sets New Delivery and Order Records Worldwide, China Sales Up by 70% Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:00 AM PST  Demand for its models may have dropped significantly in Northern European countries such as Spain and Greece due to the financial crisis, yet Porsche is still set to achieve its best-ever year in terms of sales. From January until November, the Stuttgart-based carmaker has delivered 109,709 units of the 911, Boxster/Cayman, Cayenne and Panamera models, a 24.6 percent increase over the same period in 2010. Read more »
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| Stunning 1954 DeSoto Adventurer II Concept going under the Hammer Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:41 AM PST  On display alongside hundreds of classic vehicles to be auctioned off at the 41st annual Barrett-Jackson event in Scottsdale, Arizona, in January, will be a 1954 DeSoto Adventurer II Coupe Concept. The one-off study, which is generally touted as one of the greatest concept cars ever made, was designed by Ghia's Luigi Segre and Giovanni Savonuzzi with the Chrysler Group's head designer at the time, Virgil Exner, believed to have contributed to some extent. Read more »
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| Britain gets Limited Production Volkswagen Caravelle Edition 25 Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:00 AM PST  A new special edition version of Volkswagen's Caravelle passenger van has been introduced in the UK. The German company will produce only 225 examples of the Caravelle Edition 25 for Britain, all exclusively finished in Candy White, or an optional Reflex Silver metallic paint. The Edition 25 comes with a host of extras and bespoke styling cues such as the revised front bumper with contrasting satin black styling accents in the lower sections, xenon headlights with LED running lights and black highlights along the length of the vehicle and on the roof, side sills and the tailgate. Read more »
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| Saab Changes Administrator, Awaits Monday’s Court Decision Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:35 AM PST  The ongoing story that is the future of Saab looks set to have more episodes than The Young and the Restless – and the CBS TV soap opera has been running since 1973… Guy Lofalk, the court-appointed administrator who oversaw the restructuring of Saab and last Tuesday proposed that the process be terminated, quit his post. Read more »
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| Formula 1: Ferrari to Unveil its 2012 Car on February 7 Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:22 AM PST  The 2011 Formula 1 season is certainly one Ferrari would like to forget. Despite former champion Fernando Alonso giving it his best, in the end the Scuderia had only one win to show and a poor third place in the constructors' championship. Ferrari's head of communication, Luca Colajanni, told Italian publication Autosprint that the 2012 car, upon which the Scuderia has focused its resources since August, will be revealed at the first official test of the new season on February 7 at Jerez racetrack in Spain. Read more »
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