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- Listen Up and Vote: New SRT Viper vs Lamborghini Aventador vs Lexus LFA
- 2014 Corvette: Bookmark This Page and Come Back on Sunday 7pm EST to Watch the Unveiling
- Toyota Shares New Photo, Not Much Else of Furia Concept
- Watch This Driver Chase Down His Tow Truck
- Spy Shots: Opel and Vauxhall Preparing Corsa for a Facelift Inspired by the Adam
- Austin F1 Fans Drank US$2.8 Million Worth of Alcohol, More Than Any Other Venue in Texas…
- Nissan Presents Updated 2013 Leaf, which is Now Made in the U.S.A. as Well
- Survey Shows Carmakers Remain Skeptic about EV Sales, will Invest in Internal Combustion Engines
- Another Curious Incident from Asia
- GM Surpasses Ford in Government Sales for the First Time Since the 2009 Bailout
- Suzuki Shows New Limited Edition Swift Sport SZ-R Ahead of Autosport International
- 2014 Lexus IS Officially Revealed in 22 High-Res Photos
- VCMC’s Turbocharged 350HP Scion FR-S Reviewed by Drive
- Chevy to Display 5 Global Offerings in Detroit, Would You Like to See Any Coming to the US?
- "Poop" Stop Sign Pranksters at Large in Portland…
- VW’s Budget Brand Ready to Launch with 3 Family Cars, Supermini and Possibly an SUV
- First Official Photos of All-New 2014 Lexus IS Sedan in F Sport Guise [Updated]
- Acura to Tweak ILX Compact Sedan to Improve Mediocre Sales
- Peugeot Introduces New Special Edition 208 Intuitive in the UK
| Listen Up and Vote: New SRT Viper vs Lamborghini Aventador vs Lexus LFA Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:41 PM PST  Three very different schools of automotive thought came together at a Cars and Coffee meeting in Irvine, California, a couple of weeks ago, for a mechanical symphony comprised of 32 cylinders, 19.7-liters and a whopping 1,884-horses. Thankfully, the revving competition between the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4, 2013 SRT Viper and the Lexus LFA was captured on film by several visitors for our enjoyment. Read more »       |
| 2014 Corvette: Bookmark This Page and Come Back on Sunday 7pm EST to Watch the Unveiling Posted: 09 Jan 2013 05:13 PM PST  As good as the numerous spy shots, renderings and even service documents may be, you will agree that enough is enough and that we all want to see what the finished 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 looks like in the flesh. GM's halo sports car is scheduled to make its world premiere at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Monday, January 14, but we will have the opportunity to see it earlier as Chevrolet will reveal the car during a special event this Sunday. While few will be able to attend the invitation-only event, we have the next best thing for you as you can watch the presentation of the new Corvette via a live video stream on this page on Sunday, January 13, at 7 p.m. EST (4 p.m. PST). Read more »   |
| Toyota Shares New Photo, Not Much Else of Furia Concept Posted: 09 Jan 2013 04:41 PM PST  From the looks of things, Toyota does not intend to show us its new Furia Concept in its fullness before the car's world premiere at the Detroit Auto Show on January 14. Instead, the Japanese automaker continues the teasing with a cropped shot of the sedan's rear quarter revealing its bubbly tail lamps and carbon fiber boot lid spoiler. Read more »   |
| Watch This Driver Chase Down His Tow Truck Posted: 09 Jan 2013 03:21 PM PST  All motorists should make sure that their vehicles are secured if they are going to leave the wheel and jump out with the engine running, perhaps even more so if you happen to be a professional driver of a truck. There's no way of knowing if this tow truck driver forgot to pull the handbrake, if there was a mechanical failure or something else that we can't see from the video, but he's bound to have a lot of explaining to do…especially to the owner of the blue SUV that looks like it may have sustained some damages. Read more »   |
| Spy Shots: Opel and Vauxhall Preparing Corsa for a Facelift Inspired by the Adam Posted: 09 Jan 2013 02:03 PM PST  It looks like Opel and its sister company from Britain, Vauxhall, will give the current, fourth-generation Corsa supermini that has been in production since 2006 an extension in life with a mild facelift. GM's European division was likely led to the decision to update instead of replace the aging Corsa due to its own financial troubles as well as the tough economic environment in the Old Continent that has plagued sales in most countries. Read more »   |
| Austin F1 Fans Drank US$2.8 Million Worth of Alcohol, More Than Any Other Venue in Texas… Posted: 09 Jan 2013 01:36 PM PST  Last November, the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, hosted its inaugural Formula 1 race, which was also the penultimate event of the 2012 season. Austin was the 10th track to host the U.S. GP and it marked F1's return in the country after a five-year absence. According to the Texas comptroller's office, the newly constructed circuit was also the state's top seller of alcohol, i.e. beer, wine and mixed drinks, with US$2.8 million. Total alcohol sales in the city in November reached US$48.4 million, a 23 percent increase compared to November 2011. Read more »   |
| Nissan Presents Updated 2013 Leaf, which is Now Made in the U.S.A. as Well Posted: 09 Jan 2013 01:05 PM PST  Today, Nissan revealed the U.S. market version of the 2013 Leaf in advance of its debut at next week's North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The 2013 Leaf that will be sold in the States features a similar host of technical and equipment improvements as the Japanese domestic market (JDM) model presented in November last year, with one important exception. Read more »   |
| Survey Shows Carmakers Remain Skeptic about EV Sales, will Invest in Internal Combustion Engines Posted: 09 Jan 2013 12:30 PM PST  It seems that, despite all the noise they make about their hybrid, plug-in and all-electric vehicles, carmakers still expect the internal combustion engine to dominate sales until 2015. According to a survey conducted last November by audit, tax and advisory company KPMG, which surveyed 200 global automotive executives, including 22 in North America, automakers believe that sales of electric vehicles will not account for more than 15 percent of global sales for at least a dozen more years. Read more »   |
| Another Curious Incident from Asia Posted: 09 Jan 2013 12:08 PM PST  Move out of the way Russia, the rest of Asia wants a piece of the dash-cam pie. Following on from a strange incident that we showed you on Tuesday, here's another one that pegs the question of 'what the heck just happened here'. All we can tell you is that a man wearing a safety vest, who looks like he was part of a team of road workers, does a Michael Jackson-esque dance move before lying flat down on the road in front of the car with the recording equipment. Read more »   |
| GM Surpasses Ford in Government Sales for the First Time Since the 2009 Bailout Posted: 09 Jan 2013 10:57 AM PST  Hard as it may try to put to rest the "Government Motors" moniker its opponents have coined since the 2009 bailout, General Motors will probably have to deal with it again. This time the reason is the data published by the General Services Administration (GSA), which show that GM surpassed Ford in federal government sales for the first time since the bailout. The U.S. government purchased 19,404 vehicles from GM in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, which accounts for a 3.6 percent increase compared to 2011. Read more »   |
| Suzuki Shows New Limited Edition Swift Sport SZ-R Ahead of Autosport International Posted: 09 Jan 2013 10:27 AM PST  Suzuki will be attending the first major motoring event of the year in Britain, the 2013 Autosport International that opens tomorrow at the Birmingham's NEC for the press and from January 12 through 13 for the public, where it will unveil several new special edition automobiles and motorcycles. Today, we learned about two of them, the new limited production Swift Sport SZ-R with a 1.6-liter petrol unit and the Swift SZ-L powered by a 1.2-liter petrol engine. Read more »   |
| 2014 Lexus IS Officially Revealed in 22 High-Res Photos Posted: 09 Jan 2013 10:00 AM PST  Well, that didn't take long, did it? Only hours after a Chinese website spilled the beans on the new generation of the Lexus IS, the Japanese brand dropped a full set of photos revealing the executive compact saloon's sharper exterior and interior styling, while keeping most other details under wraps until its world premiere at the Detroit auto show next week. We've already established that the new 2014 IS's exterior lines are very close to those of the LF-CC coupe concept, which was only to be expected since the latter will form the base for a two-door version of the series. The same can be said about the interior design that brings more character to the new IS with inspiration from the LFA supercar, with Lexus adding that it has used higher quality cabin materials, trims and finishes throughout.
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| VCMC’s Turbocharged 350HP Scion FR-S Reviewed by Drive Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:15 AM PST  Drive's Tuned channel is back for the 2013 season and for its first web-episode, Matt Farah drove a Scion FR-S tuned by Canada's VCMC and Shift Autosport for the U.S. northern neighbors' Scion Tuner Challenge. Everyone who has reviewed the FR-S/Toyota GT86 has so far agreed that, while it handles well, it is underpowered. A turbocharger that ups power to 350-horses, 320 of which allegedly make it to the rear wheels, fixes that issue while a lighter flywheel improves the engine's willingness to rev. Read more »   |
| Chevy to Display 5 Global Offerings in Detroit, Would You Like to See Any Coming to the US? Posted: 09 Jan 2013 08:52 AM PST  Undeniably, the big stars at Chevrolet's North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) booth will be the seventh generation of the Corvette and the all-new Silverado pickup truck. However, GM's best-selling brand will also showcase some of its global offerings sold in other markets outside the United States. Read more »   |
| "Poop" Stop Sign Pranksters at Large in Portland… Posted: 09 Jan 2013 08:22 AM PST  From what we know, Stop signs are the same all over the globe, well, except for Portland, Oregon, where a prankster or pranksters with a side scoop of toilet humor are changing the aforementioned signs to say the word…"Poop". Local news station KPTV reported that at least two vandalized Stop signs were discovered on Tuesday morning, one in Old Town and the other at the Joan of Arc statue in the Laurelhurst neighborhood, but there's a good chanced more may po    |
| VW’s Budget Brand Ready to Launch with 3 Family Cars, Supermini and Possibly an SUV Posted: 09 Jan 2013 08:00 AM PST  One would think that 12 brands, which are currently owned by Europe's number one and the world's number three automotive group, would be enough. Apparently, they are not: VW Group executives must have had their fingers crossed behind their backs when they recently vowed to put an end to their brand shopping spree. While VW is not going to buy another carmaker yet (as far as we know, at least) it is getting ready to launch a new global budget car brand that will compete with the likes of Dacia, Lada and Chinese companies like Geely. It's a shrewd move by the Germans as, by the end of 2012, entry-level cars costing up to €10,000 (US$13,000) will account for a global sales volume of 13 percent, or 8 million units. Read more »   |
| First Official Photos of All-New 2014 Lexus IS Sedan in F Sport Guise [Updated] Posted: 09 Jan 2013 07:08 AM PST  We don't know when exactly Lexus was planning to share official photos of its hotly anticipated IS, but today, we discovered a full set of images of the executive compact sedan, less than a week before the car's public debut at the Detroit auto show. These images [now in higher-resolution] afford us our first unobstructed view of the Japanese carmaker's third attempt to rival the BMW 3-Series, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and the Audi A4. Read more »   |
| Acura to Tweak ILX Compact Sedan to Improve Mediocre Sales Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:37 AM PST  Much to the dismay of Acura, the ILX hasn't exactly been the success Honda's near-luxury brand expected it to be selling a little over 12,000 units in 2012, or less than half than the 30,000 originally targeted. That's something Acura freely admits. "The ILX is not hitting our sales expectations," American Honda President John Mendel told reported at November's Los Angeles Auto Show, according to Wards Auto. "Consumers have told us they like the 2.4L and they wish they had an automatic, but they say the midrange vehicle is underpowered and they don't see the value in it." Read more »   |
| Peugeot Introduces New Special Edition 208 Intuitive in the UK Posted: 09 Jan 2013 05:23 AM PST  A new special edition version of the 208 supermini named Intuitive has been added to Peugeot's UK lineup. It is offered with a choice of an 81hp (82PS) 1.2-liter petrol and two HDi diesel engines, a 69hp (70PS) 1.4-liter and a 91hp (92PS) 1.6-liter unit, in both three- and five-door body styles. Read more »    |
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