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- Family Duel: 2013MY Nissan GT-R Takes on its 2012MY and 2010MY GT-R Siblings [Video]
- Video Quiz: Is this a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Doing Donuts?
- Porsche Chief Driving Consultant Displays the Merits of the Cayman R
- Rumors: Kia Insiders Say GT RWD Sedan Could be Joined by Coupe and Sport Wagon
- Get Your Kicks on “Route 66” Super Bowl XLVI Chevy Ad – and Win $10,000 in the Process
- Nissan Team Answers Facebook Fans' Questions on the Juke R
- China May Overtake Germany as World’s Number 2 Luxury Car Market This Year
- Hyundai Canada Pitches a Scented Veloster for Christmas Trees
- What Would You do with a Ferrari 550 Maranello V12 Engine?
- Transport Secretary LaHood Does Not Support NTSB Campaign for Hands-Free Calls Ban
- Опа! Another Driver gets Really Lucky in Snow Covered Road
- Kia Presents Korea's First Production Electric Model, the New Ray EV
- Utah Man Wins Lamborghini Murcielago in Contest, Crashes it 6 Hours Later [Videos]
- Hyundai America Nabs BMW Designer Christopher Chapman
- Toyota Forecasts 24% Rise in 2012 Production, Wants to Reclaim First Place in Global Sales
- Cadillac gives Regular 2012 CTS Models the "V" Touch with New Touring Package
- Schmidt Revolution Upgrades VW Golf GTI MkV to 275-Horses
- Saab North America Appoints Outside Administrator, Searches for Ways to Honor Warranties
- Cadillac Recalls 2010 and 2011 SRX Due to Transmission Problems
- It’s all About the Air: MR Car Design's Low Riding Volkswagen Caddy Maxi
| Family Duel: 2013MY Nissan GT-R Takes on its 2012MY and 2010MY GT-R Siblings [Video] Posted: 22 Dec 2011 05:53 PM PST  There's no denying that since its introduction on the market in 2008, Nissan has made several enhancements to the GT-R to further improve its performance credentials. Among other changes, the Japanese firm has upgraded the GT-R's sophisticated electronics, aerodynamics, chassis and of course, the 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V6 engine that started out with 480-horsepower and now, in its latest iteration, churns out 550 ponies.
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| Video Quiz: Is this a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Doing Donuts? Posted: 22 Dec 2011 04:09 PM PST  Given its lofty price tag (around $1.7 million) and the fact that it's rarer than sober night at Charlie Sheen's house (only 300 examples of the coupe were made), it's not very often that we see a driver of a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 doing donuts on the street, which is why this video captured our interest today. However, we're not 100 percent convinced that what we're seeing through this phone camera video (note to the mobile device owner: next time, please hold it the right way…) is indeed a Veyron, though it does look and sound like it is. You can check out the short clip after the jump and tell us what you think. Read more »
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| Porsche Chief Driving Consultant Displays the Merits of the Cayman R Posted: 22 Dec 2011 03:17 PM PST  These past few months, the big news coming out from Porsche's headquarters in Stuttgart concerned the brand-new 911. And that's only natural as it's not every day that we see a new 911 – and its most radical evolution at that. On the other hand, the Boxster / Cayman duo is almost nowhere to be seen. That's also to be expected: their replacements are coming next year, so the current models are more or less old news. However, Porsche would like to remind us that the Cayman is still alive and well with a new video staring Porsche UK's Chief Driving Consultant, Gordon Robertso. Read more »
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| Rumors: Kia Insiders Say GT RWD Sedan Could be Joined by Coupe and Sport Wagon Posted: 22 Dec 2011 02:44 PM PST  Kia's ascent from an inexpensive maker of bland products to a company that aspires to compete with the heavy weights in the mainstream segments continues with the South Korean firm now planning to introduce its first-ever rear-wheel drive model based on the GT concept we saw at the Frankfurt Motor Show this past September. But the sedan model, which is expected to make its appearance in production form as early as 2013, may not be alone if we are to believe a report from Edmunds' Insideline. Citing company insiders, the report says that Kia is also considering adding an even sportier two-door coupe version as well as a more practical station wagon model to the range of the production GT. Read more »
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| Get Your Kicks on “Route 66” Super Bowl XLVI Chevy Ad – and Win $10,000 in the Process Posted: 22 Dec 2011 02:11 PM PST  The NFL Super Bowl game is the most watched American TV broadcast of the year: in 2011, some 111 million viewers watched the Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 to 25. It broke the record held by the 2010 game, which itself had shattered the 28-year old record held by the final episode of M*A*S*H. It's no wonder then that companies not only pay huge amounts of money to place their ads, but also want those ads to make an impression on the biggest TV audience in the U.S. Read more »
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| Nissan Team Answers Facebook Fans' Questions on the Juke R Posted: 22 Dec 2011 01:39 PM PST  There's no question that the Nissan Juke R is by far the craziest, official manufacture project we saw this year, and how could it not be when a team of engineers shoehorned the entire drive train and then some more of the almighty GT-R into the firm's odd-looking small crossover. Not surprisingly, Nissan is trying to milk as much attention as it can from its creation with a constant stream of news and videos. In this latest clip, the team responsible for the development of the Juke R answers several questions about the car that it received from fans on its official Facebook page You can watch the clip and find out what they answered right after the break. Read more »
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| China May Overtake Germany as World’s Number 2 Luxury Car Market This Year Posted: 22 Dec 2011 01:10 PM PST  Despite being the world's biggest car market, China ranks third in the luxury segment, trailing both the U.S. and Germany. Analysts, however, predict that this is about to change soon; in fact, it could even happen at the end of 2011. According to a report from Bloomberg, Jenny Gu, an analyst at research company LMC Automotive, estimated that the number of luxury cars sold in China in 2011 may reach 939,000 units, surpassing Germany's estimate of 914,000 sales. Read more »
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| Hyundai Canada Pitches a Scented Veloster for Christmas Trees Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:40 PM PST  A lot of advertisers try to capitalize on the Christmas season to draw our attention on their clients' products, but few actually manage to succeed. One of the efforts that did manage to grab our attention this season comes from Hyundai Canada. Instead of a tree-shaped air freshener for cars, Hyundai Canada and its advertising agency Innocean Canada came up with a novel idea of sending customers a Veloster shaped freshener for their Christmas trees. A simple yet effective idea. Read more »
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| What Would You do with a Ferrari 550 Maranello V12 Engine? Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:05 PM PST  We've already established that buying a used exotic sports car can turn out to be a bottomless money pit. But for the sake of conversation, let's say that you had the opportunity to buy a supercar's engine alone, like this 5.5-liter V12 from a 1999 Ferrari 550 Maranello coupe that we discovered on eBay with 9,000 miles and a 'Buy it Now' price of $16,999; what would you do with it?
Then again, maybe you'd like to create one of the world's most expensive coffee tables. Whatever your choice, we'd like to hear about it in our comments section after the break. Read more »
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| Transport Secretary LaHood Does Not Support NTSB Campaign for Hands-Free Calls Ban Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:25 AM PST  Texting while driving is certainly not a very clever move – that's why it's been banned in 35 states in America already. Speaking on a handheld cellphone ranks a close second, since it distracts the driver and makes steering the vehicle more difficult. Transport Secretary Ray LaHood is campaigning against distracted driving – and in that he has the support of car manufacturers, too. On the other hand, NTSB, a safety board, wants to ban all cell phone use while driving, including those made using hands-free devices. Read more »
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| Опа! Another Driver gets Really Lucky in Snow Covered Road Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:43 AM PST  Thanks to the number of drivers who have fitted their cars with dashboard mounted cameras, we have the opportunity to see how fortunate some of them are in potentially life-threatening situations on the road. This video reportedly takes us to Russia and a snow and ice covered road. The driver of the car was going his way when a large truck steered towards an exit. Due to the conditions of the road, the motorist with the dash camera-equipped vehicle didn't have enough time or space to slow down, but luckily, he was able to avoid both the truck and the oncoming cars on the other side of the road. You can watch the clip for yourself right after the jump. Read more »
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| Kia Presents Korea's First Production Electric Model, the New Ray EV Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:13 AM PST  The new Ray EV is not only Kia's first attempt to enter the electric car market but it is also the first production EV to be introduced by a Korean automaker. The battery-powered model is based on the recently launched Ray city car, which is only offered in Kia's home market. It shares the regular model's major dimensions and, in a global first for an EV manufacturer, is built on the same production line as the conventional combustion-engine models. Read more »
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| Utah Man Wins Lamborghini Murcielago in Contest, Crashes it 6 Hours Later [Videos] Posted: 22 Dec 2011 09:12 AM PST  There are many reasons why only rich people buy supercars: it's not just the price but the cost of living with, or repairing, one. It's a risk any second-hand car buyer is taking, as our earlier story about a HUGE Ferrari F355 engine repair bill proves. On the other hand, if someone actually offered you a supercar, let's say a Lamborghini, for free would you actually turn it down? Of course not; you'd just grab the keys, buckle up in the driver's seat and fire up the engine. Well, that's exactly what happened to David Dopp, a 34-year old truck driver living in Santaquin, a town of 9,000 residents near Salt Lake City, Utah. He won a US$358,000 Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster in a "Joe Schmo to Lambo" contest that was sponsored by Maverik convenience stores. Read more »
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| Hyundai America Nabs BMW Designer Christopher Chapman Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:48 AM PST  If there's one thing that Hyundai and Kia can lay claim to, is that both companies eventually understood the importance of design and made significant efforts to improve the styling of their vehicles in the past few years. To achieve their goal, the Koreans didn't hesitate to bring in experienced designers from other brands, with the most notable transfer being that of Peter Schreyer from Audi who took over and revolutionized Kia's design language. The South Korean group continues to inject its brands with foreign designers, with its latest hire being Christopher Chapman of former BMW fame. Chapman was named chief designer of the Hyundai Design Center in Irvine, California, and will be responsible for new vehicle and concept design for Hyundai. Read more »
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| Toyota Forecasts 24% Rise in 2012 Production, Wants to Reclaim First Place in Global Sales Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:04 AM PST  The many disruptions in production following the March earthquake in Japan and October's Thai floods seriously hurt Toyota's profitability and production capability. Total sales for 2011 (excluding Daihatsu and Hino) are expected to reach 7.05 million units, which puts Toyota in third place overall behind General Motors and VW. Japan's number one car manufacturer, though, is readying a comeback to reclaim the throne it held since 2008 as soon as possible – which means, next year. Read more »
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| Cadillac gives Regular 2012 CTS Models the "V" Touch with New Touring Package Posted: 22 Dec 2011 07:45 AM PST  Taking a page from its German rivals in the premium segment, Cadillac is now offering some of the performance and styling elements of its flagship V-series on the standard 2012 CTS models with a new Touring Package that is offered on the V6-powered versions of the Sedan, Coupe and Sport Wagon models. Read more »
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| Schmidt Revolution Upgrades VW Golf GTI MkV to 275-Horses Posted: 22 Dec 2011 07:10 AM PST  The fifth generation of the Volkswagen Golf GTI gave its place to a newer model in 2009, but the tuning industry still has a lot of love left for the car that rejuvenated the series after the mediocre Mk3 and Mk4 GTI's. This tune comes courtesy of Germany's Schmidt Revolution, which has readied a package comprising of both performance and some cosmetic upgrades. Read more »
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| Saab North America Appoints Outside Administrator, Searches for Ways to Honor Warranties Posted: 22 Dec 2011 06:44 AM PST  All those months that the Saab saga was unfolding before our eyes, the Swedish carmaker's North American operations were excluded from any deal or restructuring plan. Now the parent company is seemingly closing shop after Monday's filing for bankruptcy and the appointment of two receivers who, unless something dramatic occurs, will oversee the company's liquidation. Saab Cars North America wants to avoid being declared bankrupt or liquidated. Therefore its Chief Operating Officer, Tim Colbeck, announced on Wednesday, December 21, that the company has appointed McTevia & Accociates, a specialist in corporate turnarounds, as an outside administrator. Read more »
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| Cadillac Recalls 2010 and 2011 SRX Due to Transmission Problems Posted: 22 Dec 2011 06:12 AM PST  An improperly installed transmission shift cable is the cause for GM's latest recall action that affects 15,817 Cadillac SRX crossovers worldwide, of which 8,789 units were sold in the United States. The affected 2010 and 2011 model year Cadillac SRX vehicles were built from October 26, 2008, through June 23, 2011. General Motors said that it became aware of the problem when it received a customer letter on June 22, 2011, alleging unintended vehicle motion in a 2011 SRX as the customer attempted to shift between Park and Drive and then back to Park. Read more »
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| It’s all About the Air: MR Car Design's Low Riding Volkswagen Caddy Maxi Posted: 22 Dec 2011 05:41 AM PST  Last year, Volkswagen presented a mild facelift for its compact-size Caddy series that includes a commercial variant and a passenger model, both of which are offered with a regular and a long wheelbase. German tuning firm MR Car Design has introduced a new package for the LWB passenger variant, the highlight of which is an air suspension system for both the front and rear axles. Read more »
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