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- Porsche 911 Owner Drives Straight into Wet Concrete
- VW Releases a Fresh Collection of Photos of the New Passat Alltrack
- UAW Says Romney is Misleading Voters on 2009 Bailout
- Road-Rage Escalates to Fight, Gunshots and a Truck Exploding…
- Spy Shots: 2014 Volkswagen Passat Test Mule Riding on the New MQB Platform
- GM Must Spend at Least US$1 Billion to Fix Opel and Vauxhall, According to Analysts
- Chuck Norris Approves this Video: Man Avoids Oncoming Van by Jumping Back!
- Self-Serve Dust Cleaning Plant for Your Scale Car Models
- Chevy wants to Make Sure you Know that the Camaro ZL1 was Honed on the Nürburgring
- Lancia to Present Final Version of Chrysler-Based Flavia Cabrio in Geneva, goes on Sale in March
- Renault Brings Updated Megane RS with 265HP to the UK
- That's What Friends are for: Mercedes-Benz's Chinese Partner Clones the G-Class after the B-Class
- New Abarth 695 Tributo Maserati Convertible Heading to the Geneva Motor Show
- Audi's 253bhp A1 Quattro Hot Hatch Makes its Video Debut
- New Ferrari FF Spontaneously Bursts Into Flames in China
- New Maserati GranTurismo Sport with Improved 460HP V8
- Aston Martin Vantage V8 Mildly Updated for 2012 with Bits and Pieces from the Vantage S
| Porsche 911 Owner Drives Straight into Wet Concrete Posted: 20 Feb 2012 05:02 PM PST  Can it get more embarrassing than this? The answer is probably yes, but driving a relatively new Porsche 911 straight into a patch of fresh, wet cement isn't exactly something you'd like to share with the rest of the world. Regrettably for the owner of the 911, we live in a high-tech world where everyone has some sort of filming device and at least one person filmed the aftermath when the road construction workers were trying to get him out of the sticky situation... The incident occurred on Thursday morning on a San Francisco street that was been repaved at the time. We still don't know for sure how the driver ended up in the cement, but we reckon it won't be long before the full story comes out. For the time being, head over the jump to watch the video. Read more »
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| VW Releases a Fresh Collection of Photos of the New Passat Alltrack Posted: 20 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST  First seen at last year's Tokyo Auto Show, the new VW Passat Alltrack is now available for order in select markets around Europe. We revisit it today because the German automaker has seen fit to afford us with a new crop of images that show the high-ridding estate model in a different light. The Audi A4 Allroad's more economical cousin gets all the usual bells and whistles expected from an estate model turned into a soft-roader. Read more »
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| UAW Says Romney is Misleading Voters on 2009 Bailout Posted: 20 Feb 2012 03:44 PM PST  Republican presidential candidates seem to have locked in the 2009 U.S. automotive industry bailout by the federal government as a means to raise votes in the primaries. Yet the Democrats aren't the only ones who dismiss the Republicans' arguments; United Auto Workers president Bob King recently accused Mitt Romney of "misleading voters" on the issue of the bailout. "Romney is trying to rewrite history and attack President Obama and the UAW for successfully saving the auto industry," King said in a statement. Read more »
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| Road-Rage Escalates to Fight, Gunshots and a Truck Exploding… Posted: 20 Feb 2012 03:22 PM PST  We've shown you our fair share of road-rage incidents, most of which involve at least some drama in the form of verbal abuse or in rarer cases, a physical fist fight. However, every once in a while, these episodes can escalate into something far more ugly and dangerous not only for those directly involved, but also for other drivers as it happened in Fall River, Massachusetts, this past Sunday. According to the incident report, truck driver Luis Cotto said that in the early morning hours of Sunday, a black four-door Infiniti cut him off and then slowed down in front of him. Read more »
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| Spy Shots: 2014 Volkswagen Passat Test Mule Riding on the New MQB Platform Posted: 20 Feb 2012 02:01 PM PST  Volkswagen is taking platform sharing to the next level with its brand-new Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) vehicle architecture that is flexible enough to be used in some 60 different models ranging in size from the VW Polo and Seat Ibiza to the next generations of the Audi TT sports car and the VW Passat. We'll have the chance to see the first application of the MQB platform with the new Audi A3 hatch at next month's Geneva Auto Salon followed by the Mk7 VW Golf at the Paris Motor Show in September.
The vehicle seen in these pictures is a test mule, meaning that VW's engineers have placed the body of a current Passat Estate on top of the new MQB platform, which features wider front and rear tracks. Read more »
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| GM Must Spend at Least US$1 Billion to Fix Opel and Vauxhall, According to Analysts Posted: 20 Feb 2012 01:07 PM PST  Last Thursday, GM reported that its European division had posted a US$747 million loss before interest and taxes. While that's an improvement over the US$1.95 billion losses the company reported in 2010, in the past 13 years Opel and sister company Vauxhall have cost GM US$15.6 billion. The European economic turmoil that is far from done makes for a bleak outlook; the estimate for 2012, based on four analysts' predictions, is a US$1.2 billion loss for GM's European division. Read more »
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| Chuck Norris Approves this Video: Man Avoids Oncoming Van by Jumping Back! Posted: 20 Feb 2012 12:40 PM PST  Accidents can happen anytime and anywhere, literally in a second. Most people don't even see them coming, let alone have the time to take evasive actions. But once in a while, some very alert or at least extremely lucky individuals cheat death like this pedestrian, reportedly in Russia. Even though the man was facing the opposite direction when two vehicles violently crashed into each other at an intersection, he immediately turned his head and saw that both cars were coming his way and he ran backwards saving his life, and all this in a blink of an eye! Watch the amazing video footage from the security camera right after the break. Read more »
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| Self-Serve Dust Cleaning Plant for Your Scale Car Models Posted: 20 Feb 2012 12:04 PM PST  One of the most annoying things about displaying your scale car models out of their cases is the amount of dust they collect over time. And while an old-fashioned feather duster may or may not do the trick, a German company named "Momira" has come up with a more snazzy solution. Momira's proposal is called the Model Car Cleaning System. However, we should note that the name is slightly misleading as the product does not actually clean scale models but rather removes dust particles both inside and out. Read more »
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| Chevy wants to Make Sure you Know that the Camaro ZL1 was Honed on the Nürburgring Posted: 20 Feb 2012 11:04 AM PST  While we can understand General Motor's fixation with the Nürburgring, we're getting the slight impression that the Detroit automaker may be overdoing it when it comes to promoting its cars. After a ton of Nürburgring-related films on the Cadillac ATS and following the official video of the 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 lapping the Nordschleife in 7 minutes and 41.27 seconds, GM has published the fifth installment of its ZL1 video series that gives us yet another insight on how its engineers developed the pony car on the German race track. Read more »
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| Lancia to Present Final Version of Chrysler-Based Flavia Cabrio in Geneva, goes on Sale in March Posted: 20 Feb 2012 10:25 AM PST  At last year's Geneva Motor Show, Lancia previewed its adopted models from the Chrysler brand in pre-production form, and now the Italians are returning to the…scene of the crime at the 2012 edition of the Swiss salon to debut the final version of the Flavia Cabrio before it goes on sale across Europe in late March. We're not sure where Lancia gets its feedback from, but in the company's own words, the Flavia Cabrio enjoyed "critical and public success at the most prestigious motor shows". Read more »
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| Renault Brings Updated Megane RS with 265HP to the UK Posted: 20 Feb 2012 09:32 AM PST  Starting from today, the improved 2012 Renault Megane RS is available for customer ordering in Britain with on-the-road prices set at £24,825 for the 265 Cup edition and £26,025 for 265 model. First deliveries are expected in early April. The new model sports a more powerful version of Renault's 2.0-liter force-fed four thanks to an increase to the turbo boost pressure by 0.2 bar to 2.5 bar along with a revised air intake system. These changes help lift output by 15hp to 265hp and peak torque by 20Nm (14.8 lb-ft) to 360Nm (266 lb-ft). Read more »
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| That's What Friends are for: Mercedes-Benz's Chinese Partner Clones the G-Class after the B-Class Posted: 20 Feb 2012 08:44 AM PST  The upcoming Beijing Auto Show in April will see another round of Chinese clones of familiar Western models including a Mercedes-Benz G-Class doppelganger crafted by Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., which most people know as Beiqi or by the acronym BAIC. It is believed that BAIC's new G-Class inspired model that goes under the uninspired name B80VJ, will be displayed as a thinly disguised concept at the Beijing Auto Show with the production model to follow shortly after.
What strikes us as the most remarkable thing in this matter is that BAIC is Mercedes-Benz's partner in China producing the German firm's models for the local market! Read more »
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| New Abarth 695 Tributo Maserati Convertible Heading to the Geneva Motor Show Posted: 20 Feb 2012 07:53 AM PST  Some three years after Fiat's Abarth division collaborated with Ferrari for the creation of the Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari, the Italian company is heading to the Geneva Salon with yet another special edition of the 500 that pays homage to one of the Group's premium brands, the Abarth 695 Tributo Maserati. Whereas the Ferrari inspired model is based on the tin-top Abarth 500, the Maserati-flavored variant is offered exclusively in convertible form, though the term is somewhat misleading as the open-top model features a canvas top that rolls back but keeps the roof rails intact – something like a huge sunroof. Read more »
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| Audi's 253bhp A1 Quattro Hot Hatch Makes its Video Debut Posted: 20 Feb 2012 07:21 AM PST  As Audi begins to take orders for the new A1 Quattro before it arrives in select markets in Europe this March, the German automaker released the first video footage of the four-wheel drive hot hatch in action. Only 333 units of the A1 Quattro will be produced - all in left-hand drive, with 19 of those heading to the United Kingdom with an on-the-road price of £41,020. Read more »
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| New Ferrari FF Spontaneously Bursts Into Flames in China Posted: 20 Feb 2012 07:10 AM PST  Another Ferrari model has gone down in flames. This time the victim was Ferrari's brand new V12-powered FF with the incident taking place close to the Shanghai World Expo Avenue in China this past Saturday. China's WZRB reported that according to eyewitness accounts, the Ferrari FF, which features a front-mid mounted 651bhp V12 engine, was cruising along the road when all of a sudden smoke and flames started coming out from under the car. By-passers notified the driver who immediately stopped on the side of the road and quickly removed his belongings before calling the fire department. Read more »
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| New Maserati GranTurismo Sport with Improved 460HP V8 Posted: 20 Feb 2012 06:02 AM PST  This is the new Maserati GranTurismo Sport that has been revealed ahead of its world premiere at the 2012 Geneva Auto Show in the beginning of March. The new model, which replaces the GranTurismo S variant in the coupe's lineup, benefits from a more powerful engine and some select styling changes to its exterior and interior. Read more »
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| Aston Martin Vantage V8 Mildly Updated for 2012 with Bits and Pieces from the Vantage S Posted: 20 Feb 2012 05:39 AM PST  The time has come for Aston Martin to unveil the subtly facelifted Vantage V8 in what is being described by the British sports car maker as "the most comprehensive programme of enhancements since 2008". However, what Aston Martin is really trying to tell us is that it has upgraded the base Vantage V8 with many of the improvements first seen on the Vantage S. While the standard six-speed manual transmission remains, the optional six-speed Sportshift automated manual transmission has replaced with the seven-speed Sportshift II. Read more »
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