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Thursday, 25 March 2010
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The launch of the McLaren MP4-12C wasn’t just about the on-stage presentation – there was also unprecedented access to the production floor where the prototype cars are being assembled, and where the first customer cars are due to roll off at the beginning of 2011. As a factory, it’s perhaps a little disappointing. Grease? Pools of oil? No. More like hospital levels of cleanliness; stark white walls, ceramic tiled floors and gleaming work surfaces. Everything is white and sparkling...
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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Check out extreme dirt bike racer David Vuillemin. David explains the difference between a Super-Cross race and a Motor-Cross race. David further elaborates his passion for racing. He loves to race, he loves the fans, and he simply loves to ride… The rest builds up from there.
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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Wanting to sample the latest iteration of Land Rover's middle-management cruiser, we set off in search of the 2010 LR4's natural environment. Minutes later, the Rover's new 5.0-liter, 375-horsepower V8 led us to Nordstrom. What? You expected Monument Valley?
With the wallet-denting expedition complete, we took solace in the luxuriously updated interior during the homeward jaunt. Sybaritic pleasures and tried-and-true off-roading abilities are the extremes of its range, so how does the LR4 fare in the middle?
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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The term "suitcase car" was somehow lost in translation with the
"Bentley Suitcase Croco." It's a Bentley
Continental GT covered in African buffalo leather embossed and
painted to look like crocodile skin. Oh Russia, you so crazy!
Classy. That's the one term we would never think to describe the
Bentley Suitcase Croco. The creators, Igor Kozin, Robert Mauser, Igor
Ryabov, and Nikolai Mikhailov, took nine months to develop a process to
emboss a crocodile leather pattern into African buffalo skin, paint it
to emulate the correct color and affix it to an otherwise inoffensive Bentley Continental
GT.
[ Source: jalopnik.com ]
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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True Ford Mustang fans will really only care that the new powertrains being introduced for 2011 produce substantially more power than before. But Ford is equally interested in promoting the car's improved fuel economy, like the 19 mile per gallon city and 31 mpg highway ratings from the EPA. On June 23 Ford will take a V6 Mustang to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee and attempt to run over 1,000 laps on a single tank of gas. Bristol is one of NASCAR's old school half-mile bull-rings so that means over 500 miles on a tank.
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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For all intents and purposes, a Ferrari
250 GTO deserves to be cleaned as often as a $10 million-dollar car
should be cleaned, which is to say, all the time. After all, you
wouldn’t want any dirt, or grime, or any foreign substance to stick on
your car, right? This man knows all too well about that.
Unfortunately, the 250 GTO that he’s ‘supposedly cleaning’ is far from
his...
[ Source: topspeed.com ]
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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If you ever loved a pony car you got to see Marion Mitchell with home made parts that will pull more power out of your Mustang. Marion also does custom suspension with genius modifications to traditional methods. Marion shows off his total numbered and detailed custom Mustang topped off with his “Fly Ford” touch. This guy loves his Ford…
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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Once upon a time the in-house performance studios of Germany's finest automakers wouldn't have anything to do with crossovers and SUVs. But several Mercedes-Benz G55 AMGs and BMW X6 Ms later, Audi's quattro GmbH is reportedly looking to join the fold with a pair of super-tuned Q5s.
The reports claim that Audi is preparing an SQ5 and an RSQ5, both backed by versions of the supercharged 3.0-liter V6 found in the latest S4 sedan, offering 333 horsepower in the SQ5 and as much as 408 in the RSQ5. Along with the engine upgrades, we could expect commensurate chassis, brakes and appearance enhancements as well...
[Source: L'Automobile Magazine] [ Source: autoblog.com ]
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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This UK eBay auction for a craptastic used 2005 Renault Clio has drawn
more than 148,380 viewers and even has its own multi-thousand-fan Facebook
page, yet the highest bid is less than $3,000. Why?
Great Britain is overrun with kids who sell small amounts of drugs and
think they're awesome, just like in America, with a similar exuberance
for sneakers and distastefully modified cars like this awful 2005
Renault Clio...
[ Source: jalopnik.com ]
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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Every so often, the prospect of a four-door Corvette rears its ugly head. The current set of rumors and renderings gets its heft from some comment made last year by Bob Lutz, who claims that the new Camaro is cannibalizing Corvette sales. The solution? A four-door, G8-based ‘Vette powered by a V6 for improved fuel economy, a great way to have your midlife crisis and still get the kids to soccer practice without running afoul of seatbelt laws. The General also believes the Fourvette to be the perfect ploy to draw in the female market, once again showing how sorely he underestimates us. Mr. Angry is concerned that these kinds of idiotic ideas have a way of snowballing into a production-ready vehicle before you know it, but I have faith that cooler heads will prevail. Why would GM cook up a competitor to its own Camaro? ...
[ Source: blog.cardomain.com ]
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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At Hot Imports Nights there is a lot of smoking auto competition. Yet a 1994 Toyota Supra by Richard T. Carino II draws even the most harsh to impress show judge attention. Model after Mr. Smoky Nagata Top Secret Car Rich gives the tour. Rich starts with a full Top Secret style body kit and interior. He continues with a killer 2JZ motor & Brembo Brakes. This car is top of the line and the closes to the original Mr. Smoky Nagata Top Secret Car.
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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If you are a die-hard, old-school driving enthusiast who still prefers operating three pedals with your own two feet, we've got some news for you. As has been reported off and on for the past few years, Ferrari - in as vivid a sign of the times as when Kodak stopped selling film cameras - is phasing out the use of manual transmissions. That is, not before one last hurrah, though having a manual-equipped Ferrari comes with some drawbacks these days.
The California is slated to be the last Ferrari available with a traditional manual transmission. It's been over a year since the car's market introduction, during which time only the seven-speed dual clutch transmission has been available. But purists can now order the California with a real six-speed manual, complete with clutch pedal, double-cone synchros with multiple pawl asymmetric geometry and an oil bath fork and lever system...
    
[Source: Autopareri via Motor Authority] [ Source: autoblog.com ]
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