Archive | April, 2011
BMW 1-Series M Coupe beats BMW M3 around Hockenheim track

BMW 1-Series M Coupe beats BMW M3 around Hockenheim track

The BMW 1-Series M Coupe is one of the most extreme M models built by BMW. In a recent review by German magazine Sport Auto, the BMW 1-Series M Coupe beat the new BMW M3 around the Hockenheim by hairline. The 1-Series M Coupe returned a lap time of 1:14.1 while the BMW M3 returned [...]

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2011 Buick LaCrosse receives 5-star overall safety rating from NHTSA

2011 Buick LaCrosse receives 5-star overall safety rating from NHTSA

General Motors announced today that the 2011 Buick LaCrosse received a 5-star overall safety rating in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s New Car Assessment Program. Starting with 2011 models, the NHTSA introduced tougher tests and more rigorous requirements for its 5-star ratings. Click here for more news on the Buick LaCrosse. “Car buyers today want [...]

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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK 350 price starts at $54,800

2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK 350 price starts at $54,800

The third-generation 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK, which made its U.S. debut at the 2011 New York Auto Show, will be available to order at your local Benz dealership in June. Prices for the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK350 will start at $54,800 – excluding a $875 destination & delivery charge. “The 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK coupe/roadster represents the third [...]

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GM says Chevrolet Malibu station wagon is an ‘intriguing idea’

GM says Chevrolet Malibu station wagon is an ‘intriguing idea’

At the 2011 New York Auto Show and the 2011 Shanghai Motor Show, General Motors unveiled the much-anticipated 2013 Chevrolet Malibu sedan. The debut of the new Malibu had some people wondering whether or not GM would offer the Malibu in other variants – most specifically a station wagon. While nothing is confirmed, GM North [...]

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First interior shots of the BMW Concept M5 hits the web

First interior shots of the BMW Concept M5 hits the web

When the new BMW Concept M5 made its world debut at the 2011 Shanghai Motor Show the prototype was unveiled with dark tinted windows – hiding the interior from the world. However, one photographer somehow managed to get inside the Concept M5 and snap a quick picture. This is most (we’d like to say definitely) [...]

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2011 New York: Cadillac talks about ATS, possible 7-Series and X5 rival, V-Series outselling BMW M (w/ video)

2011 New York: Cadillac talks about ATS, possible 7-Series and X5 rival, V-Series outselling BMW M (w/ video)

What’s going on with the entry-level Cadillac ATS? Is there going to be a BMW 7-Series or BMW X5 competitor? These are just some of the questions we’ve wanted to ask Cadillac. Luckily at the 2011 New York Auto Show, our host Anna Tarasova had the chance to speak with Cadillac Global Marketing head Jim [...]

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Video: In Soviet Russia cars drive you to the hospital after an accident

Video: In Soviet Russia cars drive you to the hospital after an accident

First off – we’d like to point out that the title of this post is inspired by a comment on YouTube so we take no credit for creativeness here. A video on YouTube shows a beat up (and by saying ‘beat-up’ we’re being nice) SUV just driving down the Russian highway trying to fit into [...]

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2011 New York: 2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse SE marks end of production

2011 New York: 2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse SE marks end of production

If anyone would talk Mitsubishi today, the first car that would come to mind is the Evo. But if this were about 15 years ago, a small sports car by the name of the Eclipse would also come into picture. But they went so lost and forgotten, one wouldn’t expect to see them at the [...]

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Video: Lamborghini Aventador is the perfect car to have for the Apocalypse

Apparently what you’re going to see here is an official Lamborghini commercial showing that the new 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 is the perfect car to have when the world ends. Honestly, we wouldn’t mind driving one as we count down the last seconds on planet Earth. Check out the video after the jump. Click here [...]

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2011 New York: Scion FR-S coming to U.S. next year (w/ video)

2011 New York: Scion FR-S coming to U.S. next year (w/ video)

While covering the 2011 New York Auto Show, our host Anna Tarasova had the chance to talk to Scion PR representative Craig Taguchi about the brand’s new Scion FR-S Concept. We asked Taguchi what the reasoning was behind bringing the much-anticapted Toyota/Subaru rear-wheel-drive sports car (the Toyota FT-86) to the United States as a Scion [...]

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