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- 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 380 GT Makes a Quick Appearance on Film
- Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: What Saab’s Demise May Mean for Buyers
- Chuck Norris Approved: Amazing Hole in One Wins 59-Year-Old Woman a 2012 Ford F-150 [Video]
- SPIED: 2013 Volvo V40 Snagged Playing Around in the Snow [with Video]
- Volkswagen Brings All 6 Generations of the Golf GTI to the Track
- Renault Decimates UK Line-Up Due to Poor Sales, Cuts Laguna, Wind, Espace and More
- Scary Motorcycle Accident Caught on Rider's Helmet Camera as it Happened [NSFW]
- 2014 Chevrolet Impala wants to be more than America's Favorite Fleet Car, will Share Platform with Cadillac XTS
- Watch a Nissan GT-R go from 0 to 312km/h [194mph] on the Autobahn
- Infiniti’s Mercedes A-Class-based Compact Model to be Built by Magna Steyr
- VW to Return to Super Bowl with New 60-Second Ad on the 2012 Beetle
- Nissan Pathfinder Concept: First Official Teaser of 7-Seater SUV
- Lexus Drops New Teaser Photo of its Detroit Motor Show Concept, Looks Like it's a Coupe
- The Company Formerly Known as “Old GM” is Dead at Age 103
- Top Gear Video Previews New Christmas Special in India
- Honda Starts Production of New European Civic Hatch at Swindon Plant
- New Donkervoort D8 GTO gets Audi TT RS's 2.5-liter Turbo with up to 400-Horses
- New 2013 Chevrolet Sonic RS is All Show, Little Go, will Debut in Detroit
- Saab Files for Bankruptcy After All Rescue Plans Fail, This Could be the End
- Ford to Preview New Global Model with a Concept at 2012 New Delhi Auto Show
| 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 380 GT Makes a Quick Appearance on Film Posted: 19 Dec 2011 06:35 PM PST  It has been a while in internet time since we last heard about the revitalized 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe – a little over a month, to be precise, when the facelifted model was introduced in its home market of South Korea. We still don't know when and where Hyundai plans to debut the sports car in North America, although we presume it will most likely take place in one of the upcoming international motorshows like the Detroit venue in January, the Chicago Auto Show in February or the New York Auto Show in April. Read more »
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| Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: What Saab’s Demise May Mean for Buyers Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:39 PM PST  "If Saab's future seems jolly rotten There's something you've forgotten You can buy a heavily discounted brand new car When you're feeling in the dumps Don't be silly chumps Just walk into your nearest Saab dealership - that's the thing. And...always look on the bright side of life...
First of all, we hope Monty Python won't mind altering their song from The Life of Brian. We'd also like to note that we are in no way making fun of the fact that, unless something unexpected happens, Saab is closing shop – for good this time, leaving thousands of workers unemployed. We're just trying to say that, in the event the liquidation of the car company goes through, there are consequences but not all of them are bad for consumers. Read more »
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| Chuck Norris Approved: Amazing Hole in One Wins 59-Year-Old Woman a 2012 Ford F-150 [Video] Posted: 19 Dec 2011 04:27 PM PST  They say seeing is believing but you'll probably want to watch the video of Brenda Hewett shooting a puck in a barely visible, tiny hole on a board from the far blue line during the Akwesasne Warriors Federal Hockey League game this past Saturday more than a couple of times to become a believer. What makes the feat, which won her a brand new 2011 F-150 truck from Frenchie's Ford in New York, even more spectacular is that the 59-year-old woman is said to have never held a hockey stick in her life. Truly unbelievable. Watch the clip after the break. Read more »
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| SPIED: 2013 Volvo V40 Snagged Playing Around in the Snow [with Video] Posted: 19 Dec 2011 03:33 PM PST  In what could be our final round of spy photos of the upcoming Volvo V40 (or at least those picturing prototypes with heavy camouflage), our diligent spies snapped the five-door hatchback model as it was completing its winter tests on the snow. Volvo Cars CEO Stefan Jakoby gave us a sneak peek of the new V40 at an interview with Hakan Matson, chairman of the European Car of the Year Jury, on Friday, where he also revealed that the car will be officially introduced at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show next March.
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| Volkswagen Brings All 6 Generations of the Golf GTI to the Track Posted: 19 Dec 2011 03:02 PM PST  The year is almost up yet Volkswagen continues to celebrate its much vaunted Golf GTI's 35th birthday. Over the year we saw the Germans release the production Golf GTI Edition 35 as well as numerous concepts including a Cabriolet at the Wörthersee meeting in Austria. Now, just before 2011 comes to an end, Volkswagen's UK division released a video showing all six generations of the Golf GTI on the racetrack and which we presume, is a preview for something a little more exciting as there's not much action going on in this clip. You won't be missing on much, but if you're still interested, you can watch the video after the break. Read more »
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| Renault Decimates UK Line-Up Due to Poor Sales, Cuts Laguna, Wind, Espace and More Posted: 19 Dec 2011 02:36 PM PST  Something is rotten in the state of Renault: its sales in the UK market. The fall of the pound against the Euro by 16 percent since the end of 2008, which minimized profitability of companies based in euro-denominated countries along with a staggering 29 percent drop in Renault's sales in the first 11 months of the year, forced the French carmaker to make some hard decisions. Renault spokesperson Caroline De Gezelle announced today that, from February, the company will stop taking orders for no less than five of its models that are currently sold in Europe's third largest car market. Read more »
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| Scary Motorcycle Accident Caught on Rider's Helmet Camera as it Happened [NSFW] Posted: 19 Dec 2011 01:47 PM PST  Motorcycle accidents are often very severe for the simple reason that there's no buffer zone between the rider and the vehicle (or the road), which makes them all the more terrifying to watch when they're captured on tape. You can multiply the feeling by about ten when the camera happens to be mounted on the helmet of the motorcyclist involved in the crash… Read more »
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| Posted: 19 Dec 2011 12:47 PM PST  With more than a decade on its back, the current Chevrolet Impala is well overdue for a replacement. Introduced in 1999, the eighth generation of the Chevy's full-size sedan switched to a front-wheel drive layout with GM redesigning the large sedan in 2005. According to the Automotive News Data Center, Chevy has sold more than 2.8 million units of current model since 1999, with 2007 proving to be the vehicle's best year with a little over 311,000 deliveries. This year, through the end of November, GM has sold close to 161,000 Impalas.
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| Watch a Nissan GT-R go from 0 to 312km/h [194mph] on the Autobahn Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:47 AM PST  There's no doubt that the Nissan GT-R is built for speed. But while a side road or better yet, a racetrack is probably the most enjoyable place from a driving perspective to unleash its 480 to 550-horses (depending on the year and model), if you want to explore how fast it can go, Germany's world famous Autobahn is the place to be. This brings us to the video you're about to watch after the jump and which shows a GT-R going from zero to 312km/h (that's 194mph) on the German highway. Enjoy... Read more »
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| Infiniti’s Mercedes A-Class-based Compact Model to be Built by Magna Steyr Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:14 AM PST  Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Japan's second biggest automaker, wants Nissan's luxury brand, Infiniti, to have a 10 percent share in the premium segment, which amounts to 500,000 units. The "Power 88" plan that Ghosn revealed last June calls for the rapid expansion of Infiniti, which is an established player in the U.S. market but almost non-existent in Europe: in 2010 it sold 4,500 units, a tenth of BMW's January 45,000 sales… Back in August, we revealed that Infiniti was preparing a small, entry-level premium model to compete with the likes of Audi's A3 and BMW's 1-Series, and that it would use another premium carmaker's help: Mercedes Benz and its newly developed MFA platform employed by the 2012 A-Class. Read more »
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| VW to Return to Super Bowl with New 60-Second Ad on the 2012 Beetle Posted: 19 Dec 2011 10:40 AM PST  There's no doubt that this year's Super Bowl XLV played host to some original commercials but the one ad that stood out more than the rest was "The Force" from Volkswagen, the official YouTube version of which has garnered over 45 million views since it aired on February 2. Volkswagen actually aired one more commercial during the game, the "Black Beetle", which has been seen by more than 5 million viewers on the German firm's channel. Read more »
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| Nissan Pathfinder Concept: First Official Teaser of 7-Seater SUV Posted: 19 Dec 2011 10:03 AM PST  While Nissan isn't yet ready to completely lift the covers off its pre-production Pathfinder showcar, the Japanese company has issued the first teaser image of the seven-seater model that will make its public debut at the 2012 North American International Auto Show beginning in Detroit on January 9th. With a little digital help, we brightened up the picture to reveal the outline of the Pathfinder study, which looks like it will sport a swoopier body than the current model. Read more »
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| Lexus Drops New Teaser Photo of its Detroit Motor Show Concept, Looks Like it's a Coupe Posted: 19 Dec 2011 10:06 AM PST  We got our first glimpse of the new concept model Lexus is readying for the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit with a cryptic teaser picture of the car's front end on December 12. Today, Toyota's premium brand released a second image, this time showing the as of yet unnamed concept model's interior. What's important about this image is that the teardrop shape of the window line suggests we're looking at a two-door coupe model. Read more »
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| The Company Formerly Known as “Old GM” is Dead at Age 103 Posted: 19 Dec 2011 09:06 AM PST  It was long overdue, but it was bound to happen: the company lawyers named Motors Liquidation Co. but which we came to know as "old GM" during the 2009 government bailout period, died on Thursday, December 15.
It meant the sacrifice of three of its brands (Pontiac, Hummer and Saturn) and getting rid of another (Saab, which ironically is now in a similar position), closing 13 plants along with 900 dealerships. GM also had to reduce its U.S. workforce from 91,000 to 68,500 employees, which either way, is a far cry from the 525,000 workers it had in the States and another 100,000 outside the country in 1955. Read more »
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| Top Gear Video Previews New Christmas Special in India Posted: 19 Dec 2011 08:35 AM PST  Some may call it a Holiday Special, all we know is that the wacky trio from Top Gear UK is returning to the small screen on December 28 for its annual special that will see Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May heading out to India. After discovering that Britain does more business with Ireland than with the second most populous country in the world after China, the Top Gear crew set out on a mission to boost the trade between the two countries – or at least that's the excuse for the epic road trip. Read more »
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| Honda Starts Production of New European Civic Hatch at Swindon Plant Posted: 19 Dec 2011 08:09 AM PST  Honda revealed today the it has begun rolling out the new Civic at its UK plant in Swindon, which returned to its normal production rates after a disruption due to lack of parts caused by the Thai floods. Read more »
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| New Donkervoort D8 GTO gets Audi TT RS's 2.5-liter Turbo with up to 400-Horses Posted: 19 Dec 2011 06:42 PM PST  It's been two and a half years in the making but Donkervoort Automobielen has finally unleashed its next generation sports car, the new D8 GTO. The long-nosed roadster was developed in close collaboration with Audi Quattro GmbH, which provided a modified version of the 2.5-liter turbocharged inline-five found under the hood of the RS3 and TT RS. According to Donkervoort, the 2.5 TFSI has undergone a diet and lost 30 kg or 66 pounds over the standard Audi variant. Read more »
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| New 2013 Chevrolet Sonic RS is All Show, Little Go, will Debut in Detroit Posted: 19 Dec 2011 07:04 AM PST  When General Motors previewed the Chevrolet Sonic series with the Aveo RS Concept at last year's North American Auto Show, the company also hinted at a spicier version inspired by the study. Following the launch of the regular Sonic models, Chevrolet has now revealed the production Sonic RS that will go on sale late next year after making its world premiere at the Detroit Motor Show in January. Read more »
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| Saab Files for Bankruptcy After All Rescue Plans Fail, This Could be the End Posted: 19 Dec 2011 06:34 AM PST  It is sad news for the automotive world to learn of the demise of a company. Unfortunately, Monday December 19, will mark the end of the road for Swedish carmaker Saab – and this time it looks like it is final. Earlier this morning, Swedish Automotive N.V. (Swan) announced that Saab Automobile, Saab Automobile Tools and Saab Powertrain filed for bankruptcy with the District Court in Vanersborg, Sweden.
Therefore, Swan concluded that, with GM vetoing any proposed plan until now, and without the essential funding, it would be insolvent. Thus, it was better for its creditors to file for bankruptcy. Read more »
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| Ford to Preview New Global Model with a Concept at 2012 New Delhi Auto Show Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:43 AM PST  The Auto Expo 2012 that takes place in New Delhi, India, from January 7 to 11, will serve as the backdrop for the presentation of a new, but as of yet unnamed, concept model from Ford. The Detroit-based carmaker won't reveal any specific details about the study but said that it will preview an all-new vehicle planned for introduction in India as well as other global markets in the very near future. Read more »
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