Archive | May, 2011
DSQUARED² Mini Cooper S Red Mudder can take on basically any adventure

DSQUARED² Mini Cooper S Red Mudder can take on basically any adventure

Dean and Dan Caten, known as the Canadian designer duo DSQUARED², unveiled their exclusive Life Ball Mini Cooper S Red Mudder in Vienna on May 21st. The twin brothers took a Mini Cooper S and redesigned it to take on adventures of all kinds. Modifications include a new front guard, rally headlamps, tinted side windows [...]

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More 2012 BMW M5 interior shots hit the Internet

More 2012 BMW M5 interior shots hit the Internet

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen leaked interior shots of the 2012 BMW M5 (and probably won’t be the last). Today, the wonderful Internet brings us three leaked images of the new M5 including a close-up of the gear-shift area, speedometer and the steering. The 2012 BMW M5 will make its production debut at [...]

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Video: Obama’s Cadillac gets stuck at American Embassy in Dublin

Video: Obama’s Cadillac gets stuck at American Embassy in Dublin

President Barack Obama today opened a four-country, 6-day European tour when Air Force One landed in Ireland. Accompanying the President Obama is his wife, Michelle Obama, who will also travel with him to Moneygall, a tiny village where the Obama’s maternal great-great-great-grandfather was born. Either way, after a short visit at the American Embassy in [...]

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Let’s Talk Numbers: Honda Accord Coupe EX-L V6 vs. Nissan Altima Coupe 3.5 SR V6

Let’s Talk Numbers: Honda Accord Coupe EX-L V6 vs. Nissan Altima Coupe 3.5 SR V6

Our senior editor Chris Chin recently went out and leased a 2011 Honda Accord Coupe V6. Coming out of owning a used Jaguar X308 XJ8 (which he only owned for a couple of months after swearing to keep the car for a lifetime), Chris found himself in an Accord Coupe V6 with a manual transmission. How [...]

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Mercedes planning high-performance sedan, Bentley Continental GT rival

Mercedes planning high-performance sedan, Bentley Continental GT rival

The product planners at Mercedes-Benz are up to something. According to reports coming out of the UK, the company is planning a high-performance four-door model that would fit about the Mercedes-Benz CLS and give it a rival to the Bentley Continental GT and high-performance models of the Porsche Panamera lineup. Sources say that the model [...]

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BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo sales disappoint, CEO regrets getting rid of 5 wagon

BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo sales disappoint, CEO regrets getting rid of 5 wagon

Who out there thought that BMW’s 5-Series Gran Turismo was a bad idea? Well, apparently BMW of North America CEO Jim O’Donnell also feels the same – and by same we mean what many of you out there are thinking; that the quirky looking 5-Series Gran Turismo should have never come to life. Okay let’s be [...]

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So who is the guy who commissioned the Ferrari Superamerica 45?

So who is the guy who commissioned the Ferrari Superamerica 45?

For the past couple of days you’ve been hearing a lot about the Ferrari Superamerica 45, the new one-off model commissioned by a New Yorker named Peter Kalikow. Kalikow asked Ferrari to build him this exclusive model to celebrate the 45 years since he first became a Ferrari client. So who is Peter Kalikow and how [...]

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Video: Pagani Huayra hits up the Adria International Raceway

Video: Pagani Huayra hits up the Adria International Raceway

Marchettino is at it again – brining us more Pagani Huayra videos for our viewing pleasure. About his recent video, Marchettino says: “I have filmed the Pagani Huayra at the Adria International Raceway with the Pagani team. The video shows the new creature of mr.Horacio Pagani on track, showing several fly bys, revving scenes and [...]

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Report: Honda to launch ‘Fit Shuttle’ on June 16

Report: Honda to launch ‘Fit Shuttle’ on June 16

Later this fall, Toyota will launch the Prius V, a 5-seater model that will deliver an estimated EPA fuel economy of 42/38 mpg (city/highway). Well, Japanese competitor Honda will react. Reports coming out of Japan suggest the Honda will launch a new model called ‘ Fit Shuttle’ on June 16. The Honda Fit Shuttle is [...]

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Video: Lexus LFA on the track with the Lexus IS-F

Video: Lexus LFA on the track with the Lexus IS-F

The first Lexus LFA on UK soil arrived earlier this month and enthusiasts in the region can’t get enough of the new supercar. To keep the buzz around the new LFA, Lexus took UK’s first full-production LFA up with the high-performance Lexus IS-F sedan at VMAX200, Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground. It’s an interesting match-up between the 416-hp [...]

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