Archive | October, 2006

Bentley Azure Coupe Due in March

According to Automotive news, Bentley will unveil a new two-door luxury coupe at the Geneva auto show in March. Bentley made the announcement to dealerships last week, according to the trade publication. The vehicle will be derived from the Arnage sedan, but there is no word yet if it will carry the Arnage coupe badge [...]

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System Monitors Speed Limit Signs & Alerts Driver

Siemens VDO has developed a traffic sign recognition system that monitors road signs and warns the driver of the speed limit if they are driving to fast. A camera on the front of the car constantly monitors the road ahead of the driver scanning for speed limit and other road signs. If the driver’s speed [...]

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2007 Volvo XC90 Features DivX Playback Option

The Rear Seat Entertainment System on the new 2007 Volvo XC90 will feature DivX playback, making it the first factory installed entertainment system to support DivX and allowing you to play all your downloaded or copied videos. The Visteon’s DVD system features two seven-inch LCDs mounted in the back of the driver and front-passenger headrests. The [...]

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Smaller Maybach on the Way

A week after Rolls Royce said that it has begun work on a smaller luxury sedan, Maybach has announced that it is looking to develop a smaller saloon of its own. The new smaller Maybach will be positioned above the Mercedes S-600 and will be priced accordingly to keep up with Maybach standards.

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Spy Video: 2009 Nissan Skyline GT-R

Just at the beginning of last week we brought you spy shots of the upcoming 2009 Nissan Skyline GT-R hanging out at the Nürburgring in Germany. Well supposedly the folks over at edmunds got a chance to capture some video of the car. We called it the 2008 Nissan Skyline GT-R, but supposedly the car is [...]

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Video: 5-Year Old Girl Skates Under 40 Cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG3zLBMZG6I 5-year old Muskaan roller skated under 40 cars on Thursday in her town of Gwalior, India. Failing at her first attempt Muskaan tried the second time after being encouraged by her supportive father. Muskaan said she wasn’t nervous after completing her task with only 8.5 inches of room between the ground and the cars. [...]

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Audi May Launch a Audi Q7 Hybrid in 2008

The popularity of hybrid vehicles will depends on whether or not US auto sales increase beyond its current levels, according to a statement from Audi engineer Marius Lehna made to Reuters. He said that the company will only produce a hybrid range only if the market improves because of unpredictable trends in the industry. If all [...]

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Spy Video: Audi R8, New BMW M3, Mercedes CLK Black Series & Porsche 911 GT2 at the Nürburgring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXghDK737r0 Autoholic caught some great spy video on the new hot cars making a lot of noise in the industry including Audi R8, the new BMW M3, Mercedes CLK Black Series and the Porsche 911 GT2. The video is pretty clear and has great sound quality on how these new cars will sound. The footage [...]

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Corvette Z06 Beats Porsche 911 Turbo

While most British car fans hate American cars it seems that the Corvette Z06 is finding a way into their hearts. Even Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear is raving about the car. So is it really surprising that the American Muscle Corvette Z06 beat the Porsche 911 Turbo around a challenging track in Sweden? We [...]

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Nissan To Produce 350Z GT-S

  The Nissan 350Z GT-S was first shown in June as a concept version and now AutoExpress is reporting that Nissan will put the 350Z GT-S into production and will be priced at £36,000. The car will feature a 3.6 liter V6 supercharger engine that will produce 382 horsepower giving it the ability to do 0-60 in [...]

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