Archive | December, 2011
Faralli & Mazzanti Evantra

Faralli & Mazzanti Evantra supercar can hit 603-hp, 0 to 62 in 3.7 secs

Last week Italy’s Faralli & Mazzanti teased their new supercar, which is said to be born from the project ‘Mugello.’ The production model, known as the F&M Evantra, will begin production next year with deliveries to start in mid 2012. “The lightweight steel chassis, the low center of gravity, the low kerb weight and the performance [...]

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Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series

Report: Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series laps Nurburgring in 7:46

Just when we couldn’t get enough of the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series, the new hardcore AMG comes back with some pretty impressive Nurburgring lap times. Performed by Sport Auto’s Horst von Saurma, the C63 AMG Couple Black Series circled the Nurburgring in just 7 minutes and 46 seconds. Click here for our [...]

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BMW i8 Laser Headlights Left

A look inside BMW’s upcoming laser lighting system

It seems like German automakers are always ahead of technology development. BMW optical systems designer, Hanafi Abdul, says that the next-generation of headlights will feature laser lighting technology. While the laser lighting technology is currently previewed on the i8, Abdul said that BMW could debut the system much earlier – the company just has to [...]

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2011 Saab 9-5 and 9-4X

Report: Saab suspends warranty coverage in the United States

Saab has told its North American dealers to suspend warranty coverage on all of its vehicle in the region. The automaker also said that all new vehicles must be sold ‘as is.’ The suspension became effective the same day that Saab was approved for bankruptcy to begin paying its creditors. Effective Dec. 19, “warranty coverage [...]

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Arab Car Show in London

Video: Middle East’s elite turn London streets into a supercar show

While we pay a nice fee to get into a convention center to enjoy watching the latest new passenger cars and supercars on display, citizens of Middle Eastern countries use the London roads to put their cars on display for the crowd. According to YouTube marchettino, there’s a time in the summer every year when [...]

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Top 10 things you need to know about the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera

It’s been quite some time since we did a new edition of our ‘Top 10 most important things you need to know about” segment – so today we’re coming back strong with a look at the new 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera. Let’s get it started guys. Read our other Top 10 things you need to know lists. [...]

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Toyota NS4 Teaser

Toyota NS4 Concept teased, ‘advanced plug-in hybrid’ study to debut in Detroit

The 2012 Detroit Auto Show will be one heck of a large show. Toyota has just dropped a teaser of what it calls the NS4 Concept car. Toyota says that the study is said to preview ‘an advanced plug-in hybrid concept’ and… well, that’s really about it. The Toyota NS4 Concept will make its debut [...]

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2011 BMW 5-Series in Green Chrome

Oh the horror: 2011 BMW 5 Series wrapped in Green Chrome

Re-Style is a tuning company from Russia making a bold statement with its latest aesthetic makeover for the F10 550i sedan. When the 5-series rolled into Re-Style’s Saint-Petersburg garage, it came in as an Alpine White 550i with an M Sport package. The tuning company fitted the model with AC Schintzer parts and a Hamann [...]

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Chinese Homemade Hummer

Chinese man builds Hummer from scratch, worth $630

General Motors and the Chinese government came to blows over an attempted sell-off of the Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co. Ltd, but this hasn’t stopped Qu Zhibo from building his own Hummer. The result may look like a composite of a kiddie jeep, doghouse and wheelbarrow, but one thing is for [...]

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GM Renaissance Center

Report: Old GM quietly dies with bad assets of its bankruptcy

After 103 years in business, General Motors Corp. is officially shut down as of December 15, 2011. GM started on September 16, 1908 in Flint, Michigan, and in less than 20 years, grew larger than Ford Motor Co., which was the biggest automaker in the world at the time. By 1955 the automaker made over [...]

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