Archive | August, 2010
Video: Motor Trend holds drag race between BMW M3, 2011 Mustang GT

Video: Motor Trend holds drag race between BMW M3, 2011 Mustang GT

It’s America’s most popular muscle vs. Bavarian most popular sports coupe. The folks at Motor Trend decided to pin the 2011 Ford Mustang GT against the 2011 BMW M3 to see which one is faster in a drag race. Who wins? Check out the video after the jump. Refresher: The 2011 Ford Mustang GT is [...]

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Hyundai Accent to be based on RB Concept, Elantra coming to LA, Veloster to Detroit

Hyundai Accent to be based on RB Concept, Elantra coming to LA, Veloster to Detroit

Hyundai has plans to launch three new compact cars within the next year. Recently unveiled at the 2010 Moscow Motor Show, the RB Concept will come to the United States as the next-generation Accent and will go on sale in mid-2011. In Russia, Hyundai will offer a choice two 4-cylinder engines consisting of a 1.6L [...]

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Senner tunes the Audi A1 1.6 TDI to make 138-hp

Senner tunes the Audi A1 1.6 TDI to make 138-hp

Following ABT’s Audi A1 modification package, tuner Senner has released their modification packages with a new kit for the compact Audi hatch. Senner’s modification focuses on raising the output on the Audi A1 with the 1.6L TDI engine. Output has been increased from 103-hp and 185 lb-ft of torque to 138-hp and 229 lb-ft of [...]

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Spyker: We may have been too optimistic on Saab’s target, talking to automakers to share technology

Spyker: We may have been too optimistic on Saab’s target, talking to automakers to share technology

Spyker Cars NV reported yesterday a first-half loss of $177 million and trimmed Saab’s sales targets and said it would lose money through 2010. Spyker, the money-losing Dutch supercar maker, bought Saab from General Motors earlier this year. Spyker admitted that it may have been too optimistic on Saab’s earlier targets. CEO Victor Muller said [...]

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Video: Jay Leno checks out the McLaren MP4-12C at Pebble Beach

Video: Jay Leno checks out the McLaren MP4-12C at Pebble Beach

Yeah yeah, we know Pebble Beach has been over for a while now, but we just happened to come across Jay Leno’s video of the McLaren MP4-12C that’s definitely worth the watch since you get a closer peek at the new McLaren supercar. You’ll definitely see things you don’t normally see in the pictures and [...]

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MKB gives Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series 1,001-hp

MKB gives Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series 1,001-hp

Swabian (from Swabia, a historic region in Germany) tuner MKB has released a new tuning packing for the Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series that gives the already powerful sports coupe more than 1,000-hp and a maximum torque of 959 lb-ft. The package, which is known as the P 1000, includes a revised ECU, new [...]

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Ford to use Wi-Fi to deliver SYNC software to MyFord Touch equipped vehicles

Ford to use Wi-Fi to deliver SYNC software to MyFord Touch equipped vehicles

Ford has become the first automaker to use Wi-Fi provisioning on its assembly lines, as it will now wirelessly deliver SYNC software to vehicles equipped with the system. The Wi-Fi method cuts the need for multiple SYNC hardware modules, which will greatly reduce manufacturing complexity and save on cost. “Using wireless software installation via Wi-Fi, [...]

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U.S. gov’t can track your location by vehicle GPS without cause, warrant

U.S. gov’t can track your location by vehicle GPS without cause, warrant

In a world full of technology that brings us closer and closer to an Orwellian-type society each day, people are accepting but weary of much of today”s new technology which makes sense when one considers the fact that much of modern technology is based around GPS capabilities and some form of artificial intuition related to [...]

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Rumor: New Lotus Esprit to use Lexus LFA V10 power?

Rumor: New Lotus Esprit to use Lexus LFA V10 power?

The 2010 Paris Motor Show will be very exciting for Lotus. The British automaker is scheduled to unveil the next-generation Lotus Esprit, a new concept, and two new versions of the Lotus Evora. According to sources, a top-of-the-line version of the Lotus Esprit will be powered by the 552-hp 4.8L V10 engine found in the [...]

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Video: BMW 1-Series M Coupe unveiled… well, just a little bit

Video: BMW 1-Series M Coupe unveiled… well, just a little bit

BMW is getting a bunch of people excited with a new video on YouTube called “BMW 1-Series M Coupe. Unveiled.” Before you go crazy and drop what you’re doing – we’ll just let you know that nothing has been unveiled and you only see the front left corner of the car. Click here for more [...]

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