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- Designer Envisions New Cadillac C-Ville Luxury Sedan Concept
- Kiwi Takes a Whiz from Inside his Minivan While Passing…a Patrol Car [NSFW]
- 2 or 4 Doors? C&D Pits the BMW M6 Against the M5 to Find Out
- U.S. Auto Market Records Nearly 14.5 Million Sales in 2012, Ford F-Series is No 1
- Spied: New Porsche 911 Turbo and GT3 Flogged Around the Nürburgring
- Skoda Confirms Six New Model Presentations for 2013, Can You Guess What They Are?
- Quad-Amputee Drifts a MazdaSpeed 6, Wants Ken Block to Give Him a Ride
- China Poised to Overtake Europe as the World's Biggest Car Producer in 2013
- Range Rover SDV8 Tows an Airstream 684 Series 2 from England to Morocco and Back
- Fiat Sets New All-Time Sales Record in Brazil with 838,000 Deliveries in 2012
- Shooting Firecrackers from a Car is as Stupid as it Sounds
- New Skoda Logo and Brand Lettering for Fabia and Roomster
- Watch Evo’s Harry Metcalfe Review the 750HP Aston Martin One-77 Supercar
- Subaru Sings The Lights That Don't Light Recall Jingle for More Than 633,000 Cars
- 2014 Mazda6 on Sale Now Priced from $20,880*, Returns up to 30MPG Combined
- Spied: This is the New 2014 Hyundai i10 City Car
- If Mike Terrorista's Ride Doesn't Make You Dizzy, We Don’t Know What Will…
- GM Brags About Being the First Carmaker to Sell Over 1 Million Vehicles with 30mpg+ in the U.S.
- Top Gear UK to Begin Filming on January 23, Air on January 27? Plus New Trailer for Season 19
- Capristo Opens Up a Window for Ferrari 458 Spider
| Designer Envisions New Cadillac C-Ville Luxury Sedan Concept Posted: 03 Jan 2013 05:57 PM PST  For those of you who are perhaps too young to remember, the Seville was a long-running nameplate in Cadillac's arsenal, which first appeared as a designation for the two-door hardtop version of the finned Eldorados built between 1959 and 1960. A decade and-a-half latter, the Seville name reappeared on a standalone model supposedly created as the wreath and crest brand's answer to German imports from the likes of BMW and Mercedes-Benz, before it was replaced by the STS in 2005 and to some extent, the XTS just last year.
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| Kiwi Takes a Whiz from Inside his Minivan While Passing…a Patrol Car [NSFW] Posted: 03 Jan 2013 05:33 PM PST  While not as near as disgraceful or embarrassing as drunken Twilight star Bronson Pelletier who was filmed [NSFW link]…relieving himself on the floor of the LAX airport just the other day, being that anything you place on the internet is there to stay for good, this young man from New Zealand will be forever known as the guy who air-peed on a patrol car. Unlike Pelletier, though, the young man featured here doesn't really look intoxicated, instead he simply had to go, and with the recommendations of his pals, he decided to crank open the window of their minivan, which at that point, was rolling on the highway, and…turn on his natural sprinkler. Read more »   |
| 2 or 4 Doors? C&D Pits the BMW M6 Against the M5 to Find Out Posted: 03 Jan 2013 04:11 PM PST  BMWs bearing the tricolor M badge have been for quite some time the darlings of sports car fans. M3s, apart from the E36, have been worshiped; M5s likewise – even the 1-Series M Coupe-based received raving reviews. In every family, though, there's a black sheep: in BMW's M-family, it's the M6. This is kind of weird, as it's supposed to be pegged at the top of the food chain. It just couldn't cut it, though, against rivals such as Porsche's 911 Turbo. The all-new, second-generation of the 6-Series wasn't very well received by the motoring press, either. Can the new, third generation M6 coupe change that perception? Read more »   |
| U.S. Auto Market Records Nearly 14.5 Million Sales in 2012, Ford F-Series is No 1 Posted: 03 Jan 2013 03:44 PM PST  As far as the U.S. automotive industry is concerned, 2012 was a great year. Scratch that: it was a great year and the best since 2007, thanks to nearly 14.5 million light vehicle sales, representing a 13 per cent increase over 2011's 12.7 million units. Ford's F-Series pickup truck was, once again, America's best-selling vehicle with 645,316 deliveries. Read more »   |
| Spied: New Porsche 911 Turbo and GT3 Flogged Around the Nürburgring Posted: 03 Jan 2013 02:22 PM PST  The easiest way to tell a Porsche 911 Turbo from a 911 GT3 when they're running wild on a fast circuit like the Green Hell and on top of that, they're plastered in black camouflage, is to try to take a look at the exhaust pipes. You see, the milder Turbo edition has two outlets on either side of the rear diffuser while the rougher GT3 sports two centrally mounted pipes. Read more »   |
| Skoda Confirms Six New Model Presentations for 2013, Can You Guess What They Are? Posted: 03 Jan 2013 01:45 PM PST  The VW Group's pride and joy from the Czech Republic has plans to release six new models onto the European market in 2013, according to a teaser card published by Skoda France on its social media account. Read more »    |
| Quad-Amputee Drifts a MazdaSpeed 6, Wants Ken Block to Give Him a Ride Posted: 03 Jan 2013 01:21 PM PST  Feel free to add Taylor Morris to our selective list of remarkable people. The young man you're about to watch drift a MazdaSpeed6 sedan (also known as the Mazda6 MPS in other markets around the world) on the snow is a quadruple amputee with replacements for his lost parts. Morris, who lost his limbs while serving in Afghanistan, along with his buddies, made this video to capture the attention of professional driver Ken Block as he wishes to ride with him in a race car. Read more »   |
| China Poised to Overtake Europe as the World's Biggest Car Producer in 2013 Posted: 03 Jan 2013 12:26 PM PST  Even if Europe wasn't experiencing economic and structural problems that have deeply affected the domestic car industry, it would only be a matter of time before China with its growing economy and massive population overtook the Old Continent as the world's biggest automotive producer. However, with Europe in a deep recession, it's just going to happen faster than we thought. In fact, according to projections made for the Financial Times by five forecasting groups, including IHS, LMC Auto and PwC consultancies along with investment banks UBS and Credit Suisse, China will produce more vehicles than Europe this year for the first time ever. Read more »   |
| Range Rover SDV8 Tows an Airstream 684 Series 2 from England to Morocco and Back Posted: 03 Jan 2013 11:49 AM PST  Just like Julius Caesar's wife must be above suspicion, all products from Land Rover and especially its flagship Range Rover SUV must be capable of conquering all sorts of terrain and hauling anything you throw at it, regardless if a substantial number of owners will never set foot on dirt. Having already shown its off-road prowess, Land Rover wanted to demonstrate what it describes as "the class-leading towing ability" of the all-new 2013 Range Rover. Read more »   |
| Fiat Sets New All-Time Sales Record in Brazil with 838,000 Deliveries in 2012 Posted: 03 Jan 2013 11:13 AM PST  Italy's largest carmaker Fiat set new production and sales records in Brazil in 2012, posting its best ever results in the 36-years that it has been operating in the South American country. The automaker said on Thursday that it sold 838,219 passenger and light commercial vehicles, representing an 11.1 percent increase over 2011 when it delivered 754,276 units, and a 10.2 percent increase over the previous sales record of 760,495 units that was set in 2010. Read more »   |
| Shooting Firecrackers from a Car is as Stupid as it Sounds Posted: 03 Jan 2013 10:38 AM PST  If we had to guess, we'd say the that these festive knuckleheads shooting firecrackers from inside their car on the road, are from Russia or one of the neighboring countries. Regardless of where they're from, you can hear them at first, and then watch them as well, having a blast (literally) from the recording device of an adjacent automobile. Read more »   |
| New Skoda Logo and Brand Lettering for Fabia and Roomster Posted: 03 Jan 2013 10:08 AM PST  To underscore the brand's entry into a new growth phase, VW Group-owned Skoda presented an updated version of its winged arrow logo with a more modern design that did away with the integrated ŠKODA lettering on the VisionD Concept study back in 2011. Read more »    |
| Watch Evo’s Harry Metcalfe Review the 750HP Aston Martin One-77 Supercar Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:36 AM PST  Reviewing a car two years after its production commenced is quite unusual in the automotive world, even if the vehicle in question is a supercar. Aston Martin, though, had vowed that no motoring journalist would get his/her hands on the One-77, so it didn't provide a test car to anyone. But as they say, when there is a will, there's a way. The simplest is to convince an owner to lend you the car. Not the easiest of tasks when it's a £1.2 million (US$1.9 million, €1.5 million at today's exchange rates), 750HP hypercar of which only 77 exist. Read more »   |
| Subaru Sings The Lights That Don't Light Recall Jingle for More Than 633,000 Cars Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:49 AM PST  The first automotive recall of the New Year goes to Subaru, which has discovered a potential problem with puddle lights that could lead to smoke or fire on 633,842 models sold in the United States. Subaru told U.S. safety regulators that the recall concerns certain 2010 and 2011MY Legacy and Outback vehicles, 2006-2012MY Tribeca crossovers sold before January 2012, and some 2009-2012MY Forester crossovers, also sold before January 2012. Read more »   |
| 2014 Mazda6 on Sale Now Priced from $20,880*, Returns up to 30MPG Combined Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:22 AM PST  We've already told the pricing details about the all-new 2014 Mazda6 sedan, since the Japanese carmaker quietly posted the MSRPs on its website last month, but now we have full details on the equipment specifications of each trim level as well as the official EPA fuel economy figures. Mazda's new entry in the highly competitive mid-size sedan segment is currently offered in the States only with a 2.5-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine generating 184 horsepower at 5,700 rpm and 185 lb-ft of torque at 3,250 rpm (a turbocharged diesel option has been confirmed for the second half of 2013). Read more »   |
| Spied: This is the New 2014 Hyundai i10 City Car Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:47 AM PST  Hyundai is like one of those kids who just can't stay put, always looking to improve and/or renew its product line, something that has served the Korean automaker well over the years. In the past few weeks alone, we've seen Hyundai update both its Korean market Equus and Grandeur (also known as the Azera), while also preparing a facelift for the North American market Equus, and continuing development on the next Genesis Sedan. Now, our spies from Europe have nabbed a camouflaged prototype of the next generation of the i10 sub-compact. Read more »   |
| If Mike Terrorista's Ride Doesn't Make You Dizzy, We Don’t Know What Will… Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:12 AM PST  Talk about challenging your fate. A biker nicknamed Mike Terrorista from São Paulo, Brazil is making headlines in his country (and probably soon all over the world) for his crazy and dangerous motorcycle rides, which he films and then uploads on his YouTube channel – always a good idea when you're doing something clearly illegal… The following video speaks for itself – though, come to think of it, we wouldn't mind a translation from our Brazilian readers highlighting some of the things heard from both the biker and the television presenter. Read more »   |
| GM Brags About Being the First Carmaker to Sell Over 1 Million Vehicles with 30mpg+ in the U.S. Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:29 AM PST  While we're waiting for General Motors to release its December 2012 sales later today, the Detroit-based company found the time to announce that it became the first U.S. automaker to sell more than 1 million vehicles with an EPA-estimated 30mpg (equal to 7.8lt/100km and 36mpg UK) or better on the highway test cycle in its home market in the previous year. Read more »    |
| Top Gear UK to Begin Filming on January 23, Air on January 27? Plus New Trailer for Season 19 Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:12 AM PST  We missed them last year after the BBC decided to move Top Gear season 19 to 2013, but fear not, as Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will soon be back on our tellies. While there's no official confirmation yet on the date, be that from Top Gear itself or via Clarkson who is still making jokes about Pierce Morgan on his Twitter account, according to ApplauseStore.com, which as stated on the website is the "only official ticket unit to handle Top Gear studio audience tickets" in Britain, filming for season 19 will begin on January 23. Read more »   |
| Capristo Opens Up a Window for Ferrari 458 Spider Posted: 03 Jan 2013 05:33 AM PST  If there was one thing you could change on the Ferrari 458 Spider, what would it be? Well, the answer to that question really depends on whom you ask, but for German tuner Capristo, which specializes on exhaust systems, it would be the open-top supercar's engine cover. You see, contrast to the 458 Italia Coupe that sports a window pane offering a clear view of the car's high-revving V8 powerhouse, the Spider was designed with a regular vented hood. Read more »   |
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