Archive | April 25, 2008
Brand Spankin’ New Images: 2008 Bentley Brooklands Coupe

Brand Spankin’ New Images: 2008 Bentley Brooklands Coupe

Bentley has just released a slew of new 2008 Bentley Brooklands Coupe images for us to drool over. We’re going to stop talking and just let you check out the pictures. Refresher: Power comes from 6.75 liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine that produces 530-hp and 775 lb-ft of torque. As with the Arnage, the engine is mated to [...]

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Top 10 Best Luxury Cars Costing $50,000 or Less

Top 10 Best Luxury Cars Costing $50,000 or Less

So you want to buy a luxury car but don’t want to end up spending more than $50,000? Check out Forbes list of the Top 10 best luxury cars costing $50,000 or less. Forbespoints out the luxury automakers are targeting young professionals with high-paying jobs and are looking to transition into a luxury vehicles. “You [...]

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Brand Spankin’ New Images: 2008 BMW M3 Converitble (UK launch info)

Brand Spankin’ New Images: 2008 BMW M3 Converitble (UK launch info)

BMW has just released the UK press release for the 2008 BMW M3 Convertible, and while most of our U.S. readers could care less, we do have to accomadate our UK readers as well. However cheer up Americans, we do get to check out a whole new set of brand spankin’ new images of the [...]

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Video: Kenny Smith takes a shot at Kobe’s Aston Martin jump

Video: Kenny Smith takes a shot at Kobe’s Aston Martin jump

It’s still a mystery to most of us whether Lakers Kobe Bryant actually jumped over an Aston Martin as a publicity stunt for his latest Nike shoe. Obviously most of us think that he wouldn’t put his life in harms way since the Lakers would fine him out of his arse, however, the other few [...]

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More info on the Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series

More info on the Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series

The Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series seems to be the constant talk of the town in the automotive world these days. The car has been spotted everywhere from the streets of Stuttgart to the famous Nurburgring test track in Germany. What we know so far: Mercedes-Benz has already admitted that the SL 65 Black [...]

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Video: BMW X3 commercial takes shot at American SUVs

Video: BMW X3 commercial takes shot at American SUVs

So you think that Cadillac Escalate or Lincoln Navigator you have there is a ‘real’SUV? Take a look at this BMW X3 commercial that takes a shot at our domestic SUVs and tells us what really is riding under the skin of your gas-guzzling American icons. Click through for the video.

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Mitsubishi announces record profit despite sluggish U.S. sales

Mitsubishi is finally on a comeback despite slow sales in the U.S. The company has reported a record full-year operating income for the fiscal year that ended March 31. Emerging markets in Europe, Asia and Latin America are helping Mitsubishi’s resurrection. U.S. sales were flat at 124,000 units and what’s more is U.S. sales are expect [...]

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Forget Toyota and GM for a sec and look at Ford and Toyota

Forget Toyota and GM for a sec and look at Ford and Toyota

While everyone watching the fight for the number one spot between Toyota and GM, another race is in development and that is between Ford and Toyota. Yes, you read that right, Ford and Toyota. According to AutoObserver’s research, for the past two months Ford has outsold Toyota and Ford’s recent performance has narrowed the gap [...]

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Video: 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 hits 205mph

Video: 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 hits 205mph

Going through our RSS reader we hardly find the GMNext Blog updating anything. Today however they’ve probably made up for all that. Just earlier this morning we brought you the official power rating details on the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (638-hp and 604 lb-ft). However, there were no official 0-60 or top speed numbers given in the [...]

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Ferrari and Maserati post record 1st quarter results

Ferrari and Maserati post record 1st quarter results

While the rest of the automotive world is in panic, Fiat Group’s Ferrari and Maserati are kicking back and relaxing after reporting record results for the first quarter. Surprisingly with the help of higher sales in the V12 model segment including the 612 Scaglietti and 599 GTB Fiorano, Ferrari deliveries increased 4 percent to 1,654 units. Revenue [...]

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