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- We Spy the New Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake on Film
- Watch this 1,500HP Twin-Turbocharged Corvette Accelerate Like There's No Tomorrow
- Lancia Imperiale Design Concept by David Cardoso
- Japanese Gas Stations Begin to Offer EV Charging Services
- Chevy Volt and Fiat 500 Amongst Worst Product Flops of 2011, Says Report
- Great Balls of Fire: Racing Driver Wins Rally even though his Lamborghini was Burning up
- Government Lets Tax Breaks Expire Just when EVs and Plug-in Hybrids Are Increasing in Numbers
- SCOOP: Design Patents of 2012 BMW 1-Series in Three-Door Trim Appear in China
- Sitting in Front of a Fire Truck's Water Canon can be Hazardous for your Health
- Very First General Lee Dodge Charger from The Dukes of Hazzard is up for Sale
- De Tomaso Mangusta Legacy Design Study Inspired by the 1965 Original
- Mercedes-Benz Releases New Video Footage of 2012 SLK 55 AMG
- Ford Fusion Records Best Sales Year Ever with Close to 240,000 Deliveries in 2011
- Gas Station Robber Fails with his Pants Down
- Craftsman to Debut Cadillac of Lawn Tractors at Detroit Motor Show, Lutz Not Liking the Idea
- All-Electric ZUGO Design Concept is Priceless
- New 2012 Porsche 911 Video Reviewed by KBB
- Mercedes-Benz Vito gets a First Class Interior by Bulgaria's Vilner
- Senner Tuning Extracts Some More Power from Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
- Tata Motors Recalling World's Cheapest Car, the Nano, to Upgrade Starter
| We Spy the New Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake on Film Posted: 28 Dec 2011 06:38 PM PST  At the Auto China motorshow in 2010, Mercedes-Benz previewed the design language of the current, second-generation CLS sports saloon with the Shooting Brake concept car, which generally received positive reviews. It didn't take long for the premium carmaker to announce its intention to expand the range of the CLS series with a second body style based on that study, while the company even confirmed that the Shooting Brake model would arrive in dealerships during 2012. Over the months that followed, we saw several scoops of the CLS Shooting Brake, and now our spy shooters travelled all the way to northern Sweden to film the sleek five-door model during winter testing. Read more »
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| Watch this 1,500HP Twin-Turbocharged Corvette Accelerate Like There's No Tomorrow Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:43 PM PST  There's really fast, there's super-fast and then there's this twin-turbocharged Chevrolet Corvette C6 with some 1,500-raging-horses under its bonnet eager to be unleashed on the asphalt. The crew from HighTechCorvette put together a new video of the bow-tie beast that made headlines when it trumped a twin-turbocharged 1,200HP Dodge Viper SRT10 on the road, showing the C6 accelerate from 50mph (80km/h) to a little over 170mph (274km/h) in just a few seconds. Feel free to watch both video clips right after the jump Read more »
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| Lancia Imperiale Design Concept by David Cardoso Posted: 28 Dec 2011 03:34 PM PST  If there's one European brand that has been in an identity crisis for many years, that is Lancia – and the Fiat Group's decision to drop a few Chrysler models including the 300 sedan and the Town & Country minivan into the Italian firm's range only made things worse.
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| Japanese Gas Stations Begin to Offer EV Charging Services Posted: 28 Dec 2011 02:48 PM PST  With internal combustion-engined cars, whether they use gasoline or diesel, things are pretty simple: when you're low on fuel, you just drive up to a gas station and voila; fill up your car and continue your trip. Electric vehicles are a different matter, though, and the ideal solution would be an EV-equivalent of the gas station. And now, four Japanese oil wholesalers including Cosmo Oil, Idemitsu Kosan, JC Nippon Oil and Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, announced that they will do just that: they will install 27 charging stations in select gas stations between Tokyo and Kanagawa in the first three months of 2012. Read more »
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| Chevy Volt and Fiat 500 Amongst Worst Product Flops of 2011, Says Report Posted: 28 Dec 2011 03:57 PM PST  A report on the seven worst product flops in the U.S. from 24/7 Wall Street that was re-posted on Yahoo Finance includes two vehicle introductions, the Chevrolet Volt and the Fiat 500.
As for the 500, the article says that while the Italians expected to sell some 50,000 cars during its first year in the States, Fiat sold fewer than 12,000 from January through July, and that the company ousted its chief Laura Soave this past November. For the record, Fiat sold 15,826 examples of the coupe and the 500C through October. Read more »
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| Great Balls of Fire: Racing Driver Wins Rally even though his Lamborghini was Burning up Posted: 28 Dec 2011 01:11 PM PST  Most people, even professional drivers, would probably pull aside on the road if their vehicle caught on fire, but not racing car driver Jason White and his navigator John White. In the middle of the Targa High Country 2011 race, which took place at Mt Buller in Australia during the first weekend of November, the dynamic duo noticed that the rear-end of their brand-new $600,000 Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo Stradale was up in flames. But instead of calling it a day, the Tasmanians decided to continue the race – and guess what; despite the fact that their Lambo was slowly roasting, they actually managed to win the race! Read more »
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| Government Lets Tax Breaks Expire Just when EVs and Plug-in Hybrids Are Increasing in Numbers Posted: 28 Dec 2011 12:32 PM PST  The U.S. government has pushed automakers hard on the issue of reducing their fleets average fuel consumption and CO2 emissions – and even though it made some concessions, it eventually won their support. What's surprising is the fact that during a time that many plug-in hybrid or pure electrical vehicles are ready to enter the North American market, the government has decided to let the tax credit for installing home as well as commercial charging equipment expire on Sunday, January 1, 2012. Read more »
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| SCOOP: Design Patents of 2012 BMW 1-Series in Three-Door Trim Appear in China Posted: 28 Dec 2011 12:02 PM PST  Earlier this year, BMW lifted the curtains on the second generation of its 1-Series model range with the launch of the five-door hatchback model. We already knew that the Bavarians were working on expanding the series with a number of body styles including a three-door hatchback, the two-door coupe and cabriolet and possibly, a longer Gran Turismo version similar to the upcoming 3-Series GT. Read more »
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| Sitting in Front of a Fire Truck's Water Canon can be Hazardous for your Health Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:36 AM PST  When the opportunity arises, men will always turn into boys around their toys, which means that you had better watch your back if the toy happens to be a real-life fire truck equipped with a water cannon and you just happen to be sitting right in front of it… Don't believe us? Catch the (dangerous) tomfoolery video after the break. Read more »
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| Very First General Lee Dodge Charger from The Dukes of Hazzard is up for Sale Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:04 AM PST  Together with the original Batmobile from the 1960s "Batman" TV series and the De Lorean DMC-12 from the Back to the Future movie trilogy, the 1969 Dodge Charger also known as the General Lee from the "The Dukes of Hazzard", is one of the most iconic and memorable vehicles in the history of Hollywood. And now, one of the original General Lees from the TV series is heading to the auction block at Barret Jackson's Scottsdale event in Arizona that kicks off on January 14. Mind you, we're not talking about any General Lee but the very first car to appear on the first episode of the series performing its famous jump over a Hazzard County police cruiser. Read more »
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| De Tomaso Mangusta Legacy Design Study Inspired by the 1965 Original Posted: 28 Dec 2011 10:35 AM PST  The revival of the De Tomaso brand at this year's Geneva Salon with the Deauville showcar inspired design graduate and digital artist Maxime de Keiser to craft a modern interpretation of the original Mangusta from the late 1960s (De Tomaso had revived the name with the production version of the Bigua concept in the early 2000s). Introduced in 1967, the first Mangusta was designed by the famed Giorgetto Giugiaro, who at the time worked for Turin-based coachbuilder Ghia, and was offered with a choice of Ford-sourced V8 engines. It was replaced by the cheaper to produce Pantera in 1971. Read more »
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| Mercedes-Benz Releases New Video Footage of 2012 SLK 55 AMG Posted: 28 Dec 2011 10:06 AM PST  After the recent track footage of the C 63 AMG Coupé Black Series being thrown around the corners of the Laguna Seca circuit in California, Mercedes-Benz's AMG division released a new video of another product it launched this year, the 2012 SLK 55 AMG. Unfortunately, the clip was filmed on public roads so it's far more politically correct (…if you get our drift) than what you'd expect from a rear-wheel drive sports car like the new SLK 55 AMG that boasts a 5.5-liter V8 engine with 422HP and 540 Nm. Nevertheless, feel free to check it out for yourself in the video that follows after the break. Read more »
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| Ford Fusion Records Best Sales Year Ever with Close to 240,000 Deliveries in 2011 Posted: 28 Dec 2011 09:32 AM PST  More often than not, a model's sales numbers cool down as it approaches the end of its career, but that's not the case with the Ford Fusion that has seen its numbers rise steadily since its introduction in 2006, with 2011 set to mark its best-selling year with close to 240,000 units (according to Ford's preliminary estimates). Ford says that since its first full year of sales in 2006 through 2010, the Fusion increased its share in the midsize segment by 5.2 percentage points, with sales rising from 142,502 units and a 6.7 percent of segment share in 2006 to 219,219 for an 11.9 percent share in 2010. Read more »
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| Gas Station Robber Fails with his Pants Down Posted: 28 Dec 2011 08:56 AM PST  In this world, there are dangerous criminals and there are foolish criminals. And if there was ever a more miserable failure of a gas station robber than this guy, we have yet to see one with our own eyes. But he did manage to enter the station and run out with a case of beers/drinks in less than 30 seconds, so we'll give him that at least. For the rest, check out the video that follows below. Read more »
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| Craftsman to Debut Cadillac of Lawn Tractors at Detroit Motor Show, Lutz Not Liking the Idea Posted: 28 Dec 2011 08:24 AM PST  Sure it has four wheels and runs on gasoline while also featuring some fancy amenities like cup-holders and power steering, but fact is the new Craftsman CTX lawn tractor series ain't the type of motorized vehicle you expect to see at an event like the 2012 North American International Auto Show [NAIAS] in Detroit.
Nevertheless, Sears Holdings Corp's Craftsman division has somehow convinced the organizers of the Detroit motor show to give them their own booth to debut the new CTX, which is the brand's premium line of lawn tractors with prices ranging from US$3,000 to US$6,500 (~€2,300 to €4,980). Read more »
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| All-Electric ZUGO Design Concept is Priceless Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:38 AM PST  Some design concepts are meant to be taken seriously whereas others, not so much. You only have to take a quick look at the opening photo above to see in which of the two categories the 2020 ZUGO design study falls into. The ZUGO is the creation of Milos Paripov who has an M.A. in Digital Arts/Media Arts (Mediengestaltung/Digitale Kunst) from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. Inspired by the original Yugo 45, Paripov designed the ZUGO as a low-cost, all-electric sub-compact hatchback to participate in the 2011 edition of the Auro(r) automotive design conference, held in Zagreb, Croatia, earlier this year. Read more »
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| New 2012 Porsche 911 Video Reviewed by KBB Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:09 AM PST  The web is filled with all sorts of information and news on the ninth generation of the Porsche 911, codenamed 991. Now, reading is one thing, seeing the official videos is probably even better as you can also satisfy your aural senses, but how about an actual driving review of the new 911? Well, the crew over at Kelley Blue Book made a thorough six and a half minute-long video review on the 991. They drove both the Carrera and Carrera S, with the PDK and the new 7-speed manual transmission, and they did it all on track and on open roads. We know, this job can get be a real burden sometimes, but someone has to do it… Read more »
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| Mercedes-Benz Vito gets a First Class Interior by Bulgaria's Vilner Posted: 28 Dec 2011 06:49 AM PST  In stock form, the Mercedes-Benz Vito isn't exactly a first choice option for those looking for a luxurious mode of transportation, but with the right upgrades it can be transformed into quite a different place with the added bonus of having plenty of room for its passengers. Bulgarian design studio Vilner took a standard Mercedes-Benz Vito 120 CDI and turned it into a luxurious business class van with an interior inspired by first class seats on airplanes. Read more »
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| Senner Tuning Extracts Some More Power from Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Posted: 28 Dec 2011 06:08 AM PST  Not all German tuning firms are obsessed with insane power numbers and questionable cosmetic makeovers, as Senner Tuning's new package for the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing sports car shows. The Ingelheim am Rhein-based tuner starts with the SLS AMG's 6.2-liter V8 engine, which normally produces an output of 571-horsepower and a peak torque of 650Nm (479 lb-ft). A revised ECU along with a stainless steel sports exhaust system and a high-performance air filter boots these numbers 606HP and 690Nm (509 lb-ft). Read more »
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| Tata Motors Recalling World's Cheapest Car, the Nano, to Upgrade Starter Posted: 28 Dec 2011 05:43 AM PST  Tata Motors, the Indian automotive giant that owns the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, has issued the biggest ever recall action in India, concerning a little over 115,000 Nano city cars to replace the starter motor. However, the company prefers to use the term "upgrade" instead of "recall" as it claims there is no safety hazard associated with the old starter motor. The maker of the world's cheapest automobile said the installation of the new starter motor began in October this year and that it has already replaced the starter in 50,000 Nano cars. Read more »
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