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Rumor: Dodge Viper could get Ferrari derived V10

Posted: Aug 10, 2009

Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Ferrari, Industry News

Chrysler’s Dodge Viper business, which is now fully owned by Fiat, will continue on with its 2009 model year lineup and is expected to switch over to the 2010 model year in January. According to sources, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has big plans for the Viper brand and thinks it could potentially be to Dodge [...]

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Toyobaru 086A to become fuel-efficient, sees decrease in power

Posted: Aug 03, 2009

Filed under: Industry News, Subaru, Toyota

Toyota’s upcoming sports car, being developed in partnership with Subaru, is on track for 2011. Known as the Toyota 086A, aka Toyobaru, the sports car is now rumored to receive a “decent power drop is on the cards in order to lower emissions and make the car more economical,” reports 7Tune.
Originally, the Toyobaru was to [...]

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Nissan Qazana could go electric in 2013

Posted: Aug 03, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Nissan

Over the weekend, we saw Nissan unveil its first mass-production electric-vehicle due out in the U.S. as early as next year. Nissan, which has been very vocal about its electric-future recently, said yesterday that it wants to mass market its electric vehicles globally by 2012.
According to report by AutoCar, an all-electric version of the upcoming Qazana [...]

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Audi R8 ePerformance coming to Frankfurt, will rival SLS AMG eDrive

Posted: Jul 31, 2009

Filed under: Audi, Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News

About two weeks ago, Mercedes-Benz confirmed that it is working on a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG with electric-drive, scheduled to debut in 2015. It is now reported (or rumored) that Audi will be showing a concept at this September’s 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show that will compete with the SLS AMG eDrive.
Known as the Audi R8 ePerformance, [...]

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Rumor: Lamborghini Reventon Roadster revealed today… to a select few

Posted: Jul 29, 2009

Filed under: Lamborghini

We’ve been hearing about Lamborghini working on a limited edition Roadster version of the Reventon for some time now. According to Carsuk.net Lamborghini is unofficially revealing the Reventon Roadster today to likely clients.
It is said that the Lamborghini Reventon Roadster will be powered by the 670-hp 6.5L V12 from the recently unveiled Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce. Instead of [...]

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Rumor: Toyota working on hybrid sports car to rival Honda CR-Z hybrid

Posted: Jul 24, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Toyota

Honda recently confirmed that its production CR-Z hybrid will be arriving in Japan in February 2010. According to 7Tune, Toyota is now developing a new hybrid sports car to compete with the CR-Z hybrid.
Toyota’s hybrid sports car will be based on a shortened Prius platform that will be reduced by 100mm. The 2010 Prius’ 1.8L [...]

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Report or Rumor: Ford Puma to make a comeback

Posted: Jul 23, 2009

Filed under: Ford, Hybrids, Green News

According to UK publication AutoExpress, one of the most-loved Ford sports cars, the Ford Puma, is making a comeback. The new Puma, most of which will based on the new Fiesta, will compete with the upcoming Honda CR-Z hybrid and Hyundai Veloster.
The Ford Puma exterior will build on the Fiesta design theme along with much [...]

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Rumor: Honda making changes to NSX successor, adding hybrid system

Posted: Jul 21, 2009

Filed under: Acura, Honda, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

Before the end of last year, it was reported that Honda killed the much-anticipated successor to the Acura / Honda NSX – apparently those reports were interpreted the wrong way. According to 7Tune, the NSX project is moving ahead with some changes on the drawing board.
Sources say that the program has been steadily progressing since [...]

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Report: Honda S2000 successor will be FWD only with hybrid system

Posted: Jul 15, 2009

Filed under: Honda, Hybrids, Green News

A little while back Japan’s Best Car Magazine reported that Honda is working on an AWD (Honda’s Super Handling All-Wheel-Drive system) successor to the S2000 that will be powered by a powerful 4-cylinder engine mated to a hybrid system similar to the one found on the Honda Insight.
In its latest report, Best Car says that [...]

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Lutz hints Chevrolet Camaro Z28 may not see production… kind of

Posted: Jul 13, 2009

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM

We’re still trying to get over our heartbreak when we said goodbye to our 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS press car last week. Nonetheless, we kept our spirits up knowing we had something to look forward to when we heard some new details on the Camaro Z28. Well, while Lutz has gotten us all excited about [...]