Archive | December, 2010
GM producing Chevrolet Volt parts from oil-soaked booms from Gulf of Mexico

GM producing Chevrolet Volt parts from oil-soaked booms from Gulf of Mexico

The Chevrolet Volt is a green car that is a big hit with mother nature and all the tree-hugging individuals out there. Well, the Volt is giving back to mother nature in other significant ways other than just offering better gas mileage and gas free driving. Remember the big oil spill caused by the folks [...]

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Justin Bell to instruct attendees at 2012 Focus Global Test Drive event

Justin Bell to instruct attendees at 2012 Focus Global Test Drive event

Ford announced today that consumers that plan on attending the Focus Global Test Drive in February in Madrid will be hosted and coached by road racing veteran Justin Bell. Bell, who has a career stretching more than 20 years, is expected to bring a wide range of experiences and skills to the Global Test Drive [...]

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Report: Tiff Needell replaces Collins as The Stig… for a limited time

Report: Tiff Needell replaces Collins as The Stig… for a limited time

Earlier this year, BBC and Top Gear lost a court battle with former Stig Ben Collins, which ended up revealing his identity as the Stig. After revealing himself as the race car driver in the white suite. Collins went on to publish an autobiography and co-host Five’s Fifth Gear – a competitor of Top Gear. [...]

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Video: Fast Lane Daily hits 1,000th Episode, spends $1,000 to visit Nurburgring

Video: Fast Lane Daily hits 1,000th Episode, spends $1,000 to visit Nurburgring

Our friends at Fast Lane Daily are celebrating a huge milestone by debuting the 1,000th episode in their online car news show on the web.  The 1,000 focuses around Executive Producer Emil Rensing challenging Derek “Derek D” DeAngelis and the team to fly to Germany and drive the Nurburgring for under $1000. Is it possible? [...]

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2012 Nissan Sunny debuts in China, will go on sale across 170 countries

2012 Nissan Sunny debuts in China, will go on sale across 170 countries

Nissan today unveiled the new 2011 Sunny sedan at the 8th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition. While the Sunny nameplate will carry on in China, Nissan said that the model will go on sale across 170 countries worldwide under different vehicle brand names. In other markets, the Nissan Sunny has carried the names Sentra, Almera Laurel, [...]

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Morpheus, aka Laurence Fishburne, will be new voice of Cadillac advertising

Morpheus, aka Laurence Fishburne, will be new voice of Cadillac advertising

Morpheus from The Matrix series, aka Laurence Fishburne, will be lending his voice to television advertising for Cadillac. Advertising will launch in the Rose Bowl game telecast on Jan. 1, 2011. “At Cadillac our ambition is to continue to set a new standard in our own distinctive way”, said Don Butler, vice president for Cadillac [...]

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Chevrolet Camaro Convertible gets new antenna solution hidden in the spoiler

Chevrolet Camaro Convertible gets new antenna solution hidden in the spoiler

When the first batch spy shots for the pre-production 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible surfaced, many fans were up in arms about the position of the AM/FM antenna positioned on the rear deck lid. Chevrolet was quick to respond and hired antenna freak by the name of Don Hibbard to find a solution. “Antennas are a [...]

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2011 Detroit Preview: 2011 Chrysler 300 shows off a little before Detroit debut

2011 Detroit Preview: 2011 Chrysler 300 shows off a little before Detroit debut

UPDATED: Press release posted after the jump. UPDATED Again: Interior photos added. We’ve just received the first batch of official images from Chrysler of the new 2011 300 sedan prior to its official debut at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the new 2011 Chrysler 300 sedan in all [...]

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Playboy picks its 2011 Cars of the Year

Playboy picks its 2011 Cars of the Year

Most of us read Playboy for the wonderful stories the team of editors at the publication put together… no really, we do (besides the occasional browsing of beautiful ladies features in the magazine). Either way, Playboy has announced its 2011 Cars of the Year award and here is the final list: Playboy’s 2011 Cars of [...]

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Report: Audi RS4 won’t get a successor, RS5 expected to take its roll

Report: Audi RS4 won’t get a successor, RS5 expected to take its roll

According to a short little snippet in a CARandDRIVER article, rumor has it that the Audi RS4 will not get a direct successor. Apparently the Audi RS5 is expected to fill he needs of the RS4′s clientele. Click here for more news on the Audi RS5. Audi confirmed earlier this year that it plans on [...]

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