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- 18-wheeler Flips Over and Squashes Chevy Cruze, Driver Makes it Out Injured but Alive
- HKS Dyno-Tests Toyota 86 Drift Racer, Prepares New Tuning Lineup that Includes a Supercharger
- Melkus Presents New RS2000 Black Edition, Priced at a Hefty €149,900
- Marchionne Says Fiat May Close Two Italian Plants if U.S. Export Plans Fail
- How to Turn a Beaten up Chevrolet Chevelle into a Respectable Ride in Less than Six Hours
- Mazda3 Facelift on Sale in the UK with Prices Starting from £13,495
- F1-Inspired Lotus Evora GTE Special Edition Scooped Ahead of Geneva?
- Tango for Two on Ice with Miss Subaru Impreza and Mr. UAZ Patriot
- Bertone gets More Specific with Nuccio Concept Renderings
- IED Details the New Cisitalia 202 E Sports Coupe Concept
- Man Drives on the Wrong Side of a Scottish Highway for Miles on End [NSFW]
- First Photo of Ferrari F620 GT Snagged During Presentation
- Range Rover Evoque Convertible Breaks Cover Prior to its Geneva Salon Debut
- 2012 Chevrolet Volt with Low Emissions Package Granted Access to California's HOV Lanes
- New Toyota Yaris Hybrid Priced Under £15,000, Returns up to 80.7mpg UK
- Audi's New U.S. Market Promo for the 2013 RS5 Coupe Facelift
- Citroën Releases Official Photos of Golf R-Rivaling DS4 Racing Concept with 256-Horses
- BMW Breaks All the Rules with New 640d xDrive Diesel Coupe and Convertible Models
- New BMW M135i Concept gets Turbo'd Straight-Six with More than 300HP, Previews 3-Door Body Style
- Honda Previews New European-Market CR-V with a Production Ready Concept
| 18-wheeler Flips Over and Squashes Chevy Cruze, Driver Makes it Out Injured but Alive Posted: 24 Feb 2012 07:12 PM PST  A male driver of a rental Chevrolet Cruze was involved in what can only be described as a nightmare scenario for any road user when an 18-wheeler truck loaded with cardboard boxes flipped on its side and landed on top of the compact sedan. The accident took place in the northbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway in Texas in the late morning hours of Thursday. The large rig also knocked over the concrete center barrier and hit another vehicle, a black Volkswagen Touareg, hurling it over the median and onto the other side of the road. Read more »
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| HKS Dyno-Tests Toyota 86 Drift Racer, Prepares New Tuning Lineup that Includes a Supercharger Posted: 24 Feb 2012 05:00 PM PST  Famed aftermarket and motorsport specialist HKS has released a new video of the Toyota 86 race car it is working on to participate in the 2012 season of Japan's D1 Grand Prix production car drifting competition. The new clip shows the 86 being tested on the dyno.
As well as the motorsports version of the 86, which you should know by now is a sister model to the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ rear-wheel drive coupes, the Japanese company is also preparing a raft of tuning parts for the production model. Read more »
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| Melkus Presents New RS2000 Black Edition, Priced at a Hefty €149,900 Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST  If you've never heard the name Melkus before, we won't blame you. The German company founded by race driver Heinz Melkus started building racing and sports cars in the mid-1950s before closing shop in 1986 only to reopen again in the 1990s by Heinz's son Peter. Currently, the company's sole model is the RS2000, the range of which is being expanded with the addition of the new Black Edition variant. There's no prize for guessing where it's name comes from. We'll just note that according to Melkus, this is no ordinary black paint job but a special black lacquer finish that requires six layers with each layer being sanded separately. The exterior upgrades also include a carbon-fiber bodykit. Read more »
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| Marchionne Says Fiat May Close Two Italian Plants if U.S. Export Plans Fail Posted: 24 Feb 2012 02:42 PM PST  Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne may have succeeded in signing a deal with the Italian worker unions, yet decreasing demand in the struggling European market may still force him to take extreme measures.
And while Marchionne does not expect the situation in Europe to improve "at least until 2014", on the other side of the pond, he said that Chrysler's plants are already at full capacity, necessitating imports from the group's factories in Canada, Mexico or Europe to satisfy a third of U.S. demand. Therefore, as he told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, it's a perfect opportunity for Fiat's Italian plants to increase their production and make up for the drop in local demand by exporting models to the States. Read more »
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| How to Turn a Beaten up Chevrolet Chevelle into a Respectable Ride in Less than Six Hours Posted: 24 Feb 2012 02:08 PM PST  Granted, no one is expecting miracles in less than six hours when you're working on a beater 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle you just picked up from Craigslist, but Doug Glad and the Car Craft crew proved that that it is possible to turn it into what they describe as a "respectable street machine" in this new episode of Hot Road Unlimited. You can watch the video for yourself right after the break. Read more »
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| Mazda3 Facelift on Sale in the UK with Prices Starting from £13,495 Posted: 24 Feb 2012 01:38 PM PST  Mazda has released UK pricing for its updated compact hatchback that's available for orders now. The 2012 Mazda3 starts from £13,495 for the 1.6 TS model, however, the price includes a special £2,300 saving that ends on March 31. The regular OTR price will then be £14,795. The revised five-door Mazda3 has improved aerodynamics (Cd 0.29) and is distinguished on the outside by the tweaked front fascia, new rear bumper and twist-spoke alloy wheels. Read more »
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| F1-Inspired Lotus Evora GTE Special Edition Scooped Ahead of Geneva? Posted: 24 Feb 2012 12:53 PM PST  This past Wednesday, Lotus sent us an invitation to take part in the world premiere of a "special edition of a special edition" Evora at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The company's invitation noted that the car would be an F1-inspired version of the limited-edition Lotus Evora GTE first shown at the Frankfurt auto show last year. This "We're launching a special edition of a special edition, and to make things extra special our Lotus F1 Team driver Kimi Raikkonen will be there to field questions. Now, it doesn't get more special than that…," read the British automaker's invitation.
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| Tango for Two on Ice with Miss Subaru Impreza and Mr. UAZ Patriot Posted: 24 Feb 2012 11:53 AM PST  Classy but at the same time dramatic and seductive, the tango is an impressive dance that was born in the 19th century along the shores of the Rio de la Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay, but has since spread throughout the world. Nice, but what has the tango got to do with the automotive world, we hear you ask? Well, not much, unless you have an extremely talented pair of drivers that can successfully recreate the dance steps using an older generation Subaru Impreza hatchback and a UAZ Patriot SUV as their partners. See how it turned in the video that follows. Read more »
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| Bertone gets More Specific with Nuccio Concept Renderings Posted: 24 Feb 2012 11:05 AM PST  A couple of weeks ago, famed Italian coachbuilder and design house Bertone published two vague sketches of a new concept named after the son of the founder of the company, Giuseppe "Nuccio" Bertone, that will be officially revealed at the Geneva motor show next month. Now, Bertone has issued three new renderings that clearly depict the shape and styling of the Nuccio Concept while also providing some initial facts on the car. Read more »
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| IED Details the New Cisitalia 202 E Sports Coupe Concept Posted: 24 Feb 2012 10:39 AM PST  The car Henry Ford II described as the most beautiful Italian vehicle he had ever seen, has inspired the creation of a new concept model called the Cisitalia 202 E, which will be unveiled in the flesh at the 82nd Geneva International Auto Salon this March. Following the release of the first renderings, IED has published more details on the modern day Cisitalia 202, which is the work of eleven students of the Master course coordinated by Pininfarina Lead Designer Luca Borgogno and Maserati designer Luigi Giampaolo. Read more »
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| Man Drives on the Wrong Side of a Scottish Highway for Miles on End [NSFW] Posted: 24 Feb 2012 10:04 AM PST  After watching this video of a man in a Renault Clio driving for miles on end on the wrong way of a highway in Scotland, we can say that without any doubt, the person behind the steering wheel of the French supermini has some loose nuts in his head. Given the speed he is traveling at, it's actually a miracle that he wasn't involved in a very serious accident. The video footage adorned with some NSFW commentary from the blokes filming the Renault driver follows after the break.
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| First Photo of Ferrari F620 GT Snagged During Presentation Posted: 24 Feb 2012 09:05 AM PST  The two-seater replacement for Ferrari's 599 GTB Fiorano, which will likely be called christened the F620 GT, wasn't supposed to come out in the open before February 29, as stated in the company's teaser videos. However, we don't have to wait that long for our first look at Ferrari's new supercar model as a reader of GTSpirit was able to take a quick shot of the car during what appears to be some sort of a presentation. The new model adopts a similar design language to the Ferrari FF with curved fenders and a large grille up front, behind which you'll find what the Italian automaker describes as the most powerful engine ever to be used in a regular production Ferrari.
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| Range Rover Evoque Convertible Breaks Cover Prior to its Geneva Salon Debut Posted: 24 Feb 2012 11:08 AM PST  It was rumored for a long time that Land Rover was mulling the development of an open-top version of its Range Rover Evoque crossover and now, the British automaker has lifted the wraps off a concept version ahead of its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. As it seems, Land Rover wants to measure reactions at a couple of international events that will very likely include the New York Auto Show in April before it gives the green light for the production model, which could follow as early as next year. Read more »
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| 2012 Chevrolet Volt with Low Emissions Package Granted Access to California's HOV Lanes Posted: 24 Feb 2012 07:59 AM PST  In order to encourage carpooling and decrease traffic congestion, the State of California came up with the idea of creating the so-called High Occupancy Vehicle lanes or HOV for short, which could only be used by cars with two or more occupants.
Last July, however, the Golden State altered the regulations allowing single-passenger vehicles to use them as well, provided they were all-electric or powered by hydrogen fuel cells or natural gas. Despite being a hybrid, the Volt was excluded from the list specifying the vehicles allowed to use the HOV lanes, which span more than 1,400 miles and reduce driving time by an average of 36 minutes each day, because of its emissions. Read more »
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| New Toyota Yaris Hybrid Priced Under £15,000, Returns up to 80.7mpg UK Posted: 24 Feb 2012 07:19 AM PST  We will get our first opportunity to see the production version of the Yaris Hybrid at the 82nd Geneva Auto Salon in March, but prior to that, Toyota today announced pricing for the UK market and also gave out details on its fuel economy and emissions levels. The new Yaris Hybrid is available for pre-order from Toyota showrooms in Britain now with an on-the-road price of "less than £15,000" with customer deliveries to commence from July 1. In comparison, pricing for the regular, 99hp 1.33-liter gasoline powered Yaris ranges from £13,260 to £15,385, while the 90hp 1.4-liter diesel from £14,260 to £14,760. Read more »
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| Audi's New U.S. Market Promo for the 2013 RS5 Coupe Facelift Posted: 24 Feb 2012 06:53 AM PST  The revised RS5 Coupe is the subject of Audi of America's newest promotional video that depicts the crown jewel of the firm's extended A5 lineup deep in the desert. The RS5 is motivated by a 4.2-liter V8 that delivers 450 horsepower and is matched to seven-speed S tronic transmission with launch control program that transmits power to all four wheels through Audi's quattro system. Ingolstadt's answer to the BMW M3 Coupe will launch in the U.S. this year. Read more »
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| Citroën Releases Official Photos of Golf R-Rivaling DS4 Racing Concept with 256-Horses Posted: 24 Feb 2012 06:34 AM PST  Less than 24 hours after bringing you the first pictures of the DS4R that were leaked onto the web on Thursday, Citroën released official images of the concept model that will be make its world premiere at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show in early March. As reported, the DS4 Racing Concept is powered by a tuned version of the 1.6-liter turbocharged engine found in many of the PSA Peugeot-Citreon group models and which was developed in conjunction with the BMW Group.
Like the DS3 R that kicked off the French firm's "Racing" performance line, the DS4R study makes its presence felt with a ground effects kit that includes tweaked bumpers with large air intakes on the front, carbon fiber trim on the grille, a diffuser at the rear, wheel-arch extensions and side sills. Read more »
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| BMW Breaks All the Rules with New 640d xDrive Diesel Coupe and Convertible Models Posted: 24 Feb 2012 06:18 AM PST  According to most purists, a BMW sports coupe or convertible are supposed to have a smooth gasoline engine –preferably an inline-six- mounted up front and sending power to the wheels at the back. The new 640d xDrive Coupe and Convertible that will debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month ticks only one of those boxes: the straight-six found under the hood. However, it's not fed by gasoline but by diesel fuel and it channels power to all four wheels. It's not the first diesel-powered 6-Series as that taboo was broken by the previous generation model, but it's the first to combine an oil-burner with BMW's electronically controlled all-wheel drive system. Read more »
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| New BMW M135i Concept gets Turbo'd Straight-Six with More than 300HP, Previews 3-Door Body Style Posted: 24 Feb 2012 05:49 AM PST  We told you the story and showed you the spy pictures, but today, BMW officially revealed the new M135i sports hatch, ahead of its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show. Despite the fact that the Bavarian company is calling it a concept, it's not hard to see that the M135i is essentially ready to enter production, which it will within the next year.
BMW's answer to the Audi RS3 is the first M Performance car with a gasoline and not a diesel engine. Under the hood lies a 3.0-liter Twin Power Turbo straight-six that BMW says delivers "more than 300 HP" Our sources state that it will produce 320-horsepower in production trim. Read more »
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| Honda Previews New European-Market CR-V with a Production Ready Concept Posted: 24 Feb 2012 05:26 AM PST  Honda has releases the first photos of the CR-V Prototype (nee production-ready), which previews the European version of the crossover model and which will be displayed at the company's Geneva Motor Show stand. The fourth generation of the Japanese manufacturer's compact SUV, which has already gone on sale in North America, Japan and other parts of the world, won't be available in Europe until the coming autumn. Read more »
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