Archive for 'Auto Shows'

2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder coming to LA, prices start at $61,200

Posted: Nov 05, 2009
Filed under: 2011 Releases, Auto Shows, Breaking, Porsche
2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder coming to LA, prices start at $61,200

The 2009 LA Auto Show is just weeks away and we’ll be on hand providing you live coverage. One of things we are now looking forward to is the “lightest Porsche” available – the 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder.
The model is the newest member of the Boxster family and will go on sale February 2010.
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SEMA 2009: Ken Block’s 400-hp Subaru WRX STI TRAX (w/ video)

Posted: Nov 03, 2009
Filed under: Auto Shows, Subaru, Videos
SEMA 2009: Ken Block’s 400-hp Subaru WRX STI TRAX (w/ video)

This year at the 2009 SEMA Show, Subaru is showing what it calls a Subaru WRX STI TRAX. The vehicle started with a rally-prepared 2009 WRX STI and Subaru Rally Team USA’s technical partner, Vermont SportsCar, modified it to a one-off 400-hp sleigh built for, DC Shoes co-founder and SRT USA driver Ken Block.
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Kia Forte Koup to race in 2010 GRAND-AM KONI Sports Car Series

Posted: Nov 03, 2009
Filed under: Auto Shows, Kia
Kia Forte Koup to race in 2010 GRAND-AM KONI Sports Car Series

At the 2009 SEMA show today, Kia unveiled its new U.S. motorsports program with the launch of a new Kia Forte Koup race car that will enter the 2010 GRAND-AM KONI Sports Car Challenge Series in the Street Tuner (ST) class.
The GRAND-AM KONI Challenge Street Tuner (ST) class uses production-based race cars with a variety [...]

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SEMA 2009: Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 Concept looks like an F-150 SVT Raptor rival

Posted: Nov 03, 2009
Filed under: Auto Shows, Chevrolet, GM
SEMA 2009: Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 Concept looks like an F-150 SVT Raptor rival

At first glance this may seem like GM’s answer to Ford’s F-150 SVT Raptor. Well, it’s not – not yet at least. The new Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 Concept, which is debuting today at the 2009 SEMA Show, features a widened body, tall stance and powerful LS supercharged engine and GM says it’s ready to “hit the [...]

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SEMA 2009: Accessorized Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport with Heritage Package

Posted: Nov 03, 2009
Filed under: 2010 Releases, Auto Shows, Chevrolet, GM
SEMA 2009: Accessorized Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport with Heritage Package

Other than the Camaro Concepts being shown at the 2009 SEMA show, Chevrolet is also showing an accessorized 2010 Corvette Grand Sport with a Heritage package. The model you see here shows a bunch of Grand Sport accessories that will be offered in 2010. The 2010 Chevrolet Grand Sport accessories are expected to go on [...]

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SEMA 2009: Chevrolet unveils 5 Camaro concepts, one by Jay Leno

Posted: Nov 03, 2009
Filed under: 2010 Releases, Auto Shows, Chevrolet, GM
SEMA 2009: Chevrolet unveils 5 Camaro concepts, one by Jay Leno

This week at the 2009 SEMA Show, Chevrolet is showing off five new Camaro concepts, one which is a race-ready, twin-turbocharged V6 from Jay Leno and the one we’re interested in the most. As you can see from the pictures, the Jay Leno Camaro is one of the most radical looking Camaro concepts at SEMA [...]

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2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2L V8 makes 411-hp for $41,995

Posted: Nov 03, 2009
Filed under: 2010 Releases, Auto Shows, Breaking, Ford
2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2L V8 makes 411-hp for $41,995

The 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor made its debut at last year’s SEMA show. The model launched with a strong start in August with Ford’s 320-hp 5.4L Triton V8 bringing in more than 3,000 orders. This year, at the 2009 SEMA show, Ford is announcing the launch of the much-anticipated Ford F-150 SVT Raptor with [...]

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2011 FR Raptor XT: A $99,950 off-road race pickup with air-conditioning

Posted: Nov 03, 2009
Filed under: 2010 Releases, Auto Shows, Ford
2011 FR Raptor XT: A $99,950 off-road race pickup with air-conditioning

Meet the 2011 FR Raptor XT (FR stands for Ford Racing of course) – the most expensive Ford to ever come out of Dearborn (as far as we can remember at least). Ford says that the FR Raptor XT is nearly the same truck that finished the 2008 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, but with all [...]

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2010 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet debuts at the 2009 SEMA show

Posted: Nov 03, 2009
Filed under: 2010 Releases, Auto Shows, Ford
2010 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet debuts at the 2009 SEMA show

Last year when Ford announced a 50-unit run of the 2008 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet, the program became a huge success and the Dearborn automaker sold out of all the units before the vehicle even went into production. Well, Ford is back this year and is repeating that success with the 2010 Cobra Jet Mustang [...]

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Vaughn Gittin Jr to show 2010 Mustang RTR at SEMA

Posted: Nov 02, 2009
Filed under: 2010 Releases, Auto Shows, Ford, Tuner Cars
Vaughn Gittin Jr to show 2010 Mustang RTR at SEMA

Ford’s factory drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. has released its own modified version of the 2010 Ford Mustang that will debut at the 2009 SEMA show later this week. Known as the Ford Mustang RTR, the whole modification package will be available at Ford dealers in February of 2010 with prices starting at $7,800.
The Mustang RTR adds [...]

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