Archive | June, 2011
Report: GM planning Chevrolet Cruze coupe

Report: GM planning Chevrolet Cruze coupe

The Chevrolet Cruze is rumored to have a two-door option in planning. GM has neither confirmed or denied the rumors, so far. It is a possibility that the Chevrolet assembly plant in Orion, Michigan will be producing the coupe. The plant is already adding other vehicles to the line up that it will be producing. [...]

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45% of Ferrari customers still picking Rosso red

45% of Ferrari customers still picking Rosso red

When most people think of a Ferrari, they think of it in red. So much so, that 85 percent of the new Ferrari’s in the early 1990′s wore the hot shade. A few decades earlier Pierto Ferraro entered a brand new Ferrari 250 GTO into the 1962 Targa Florio, with a also brand new coat [...]

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Audi A1 1.6 TDI become even more fuel-efficient

Audi A1 1.6 TDI become even more fuel-efficient

Audi, in good ‘ol traditional fashion, has been keeping up its efforts with diesel as they are becoming more powerful, clean and efficient than ever. As a result, Audi continues with their push to clean their cars’ emissions figures and the latest A1 TDI has becoming more efficient than ever. Available now in SE, Sport [...]

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Lotus to build Ethos City Car with Proton

Lotus to build Ethos City Car with Proton

Lotus’s future has been up in he air for quite sometime. And just when plans seemed to be solidified, things took a slight turn for the small British make. Lotus has had a longtime partnership with Pacific Rim manufacturer, Proton. And because Lotus is seeking on expanding its company, they will be releasing a new [...]

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2012 BMW M5 laps Nurburgring in 7:55… unofficially

2012 BMW M5 laps Nurburgring in 7:55… unofficially

While it’s still unofficial, reports suggest that a BMW driver lapped the Nurburgring in a 2012 BMW M5 in 7:55 seconds. That makes the 2012 BMW M5 4 seconds faster around the Ring than the Cadillac CTS-V and 1 second faster than the Porsche Panamera Turbo, which are the only to production sedan to return [...]

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Chinese company buys $18.5 million worth of Saab cars, Saab to pay employees

Chinese company buys $18.5 million worth of Saab cars, Saab to pay employees

Swedish Automobile N.V. (formerly known as Spyker Cars N.V.) announced today that an undisclosed Chinese company placed an order to purchase 582 Saab vehicles with a total value of EUR 13 million ($18.5 million USD) from Saab. The payment for those vehicles will be received this week allowing Saab with short-term funding to pay the [...]

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2012 Scion tC RS 7.0 coming this summer with new Zeus ad campaign

2012 Scion tC RS 7.0 coming this summer with new Zeus ad campaign

Scion today announced that the 2012 Scion tC Release Series 7.0 (tC RS 7.0) will hit dealerships later this summer and will debut the first limited edition release series for the second generation coupe. Scion is launching the tC RS 7.0 with a new advertising campaign, starring a very lighthearted Zeus (check out the ad [...]

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The 2012 Honda CR-V debut is right around the corner

The 2012 Honda CR-V debut is right around the corner

The 2012 Honda CR-V is right around the car – Honda has launched a new microsite teasing nothing but a tunnel with text reading ‘An all new CR-V is coming.” “With a new design—both inside and out, new features and new possibilities, the 2012 CR-V will set a new standard for the class. As a [...]

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Rolls-Royce creates one-off Masterpiece London 2011 Phantom Drophead Coupe

Rolls-Royce creates one-off Masterpiece London 2011 Phantom Drophead Coupe

Rolls-Royce today unveiled a one-off bespoke Phantom Drophead Coupe that was hand-built at the company’s home of Goodwood, England. The one-off Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe was created for Masterpiece London 2011 and features a host of bespoke design details including teak decking, engraved tread plates and Spirit of Ecstasy. The model also features bespoke luggage and comes [...]

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Subaru’s David Higgins sets Mt. Washington Hill Climb record

Subaru’s David Higgins sets Mt. Washington Hill Climb record

Travis Pastrana last year (Sept. 2010) reached the 6,288 foot peak of Mt. Washington Auto Road in 6 minutes 20.47 seconds – beating the previous record by 20 seconds. Apparently that wasn’t a record breaking run after all. The original record was held by Frank Sprongl in 1998, which was just broken by David Higgins [...]

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