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• Watch a Reckless BMW M5 Driver in a Real-Life Need for Speed Video in Georgia
• First Official Shots of New Seat Leon SC Three-Door Hatch
• New Rolls-Royce Wraith Coupe's Slow Strip Tease Continues
• This Heavily Modded Infiniti FX Comes from Russia with Love
• CarScoop Riddle: What’s the Donor Car for This Creation?
• Brochure Reveals Interior of Lykan HyperSport, Which Costs Twice as Much as a Bugatti Veyron
• 2013 Range Rover has a Six-Month to a Year Waiting List in the U.S.
• Local Motors Rally Fighter Keeps on Racing After Flipping Over
• Scoop: Funny Looking Twingo Prototype is a Chassis Mule for Next Smart ForFour
• VW Group's MQB “Mega-Platform” is a Huge Game Changer for the Auto Industry
• Ferrari F150 Announcement on Instagram Sounds Fishier than Cod…
• TechArt Gets Personal with New Porsche 911 Carrera 4S
• Spain's Police Impounds Six Mercedes E63 AMGs During Media Launch
• The Only Thing This Woman Cares About is Getting on the Tram…
• SsangYong Previews New Concept SIV-1 Crossover Ahead of the Geneva Auto Salon
• European Market 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee to Debut at Geneva Auto Show
• Jeremy Clarkson Approves of Toyota’s GT 86 in Third Episode of Top Gear’s 19th Season
• First Photos of Kia's Five-Door Cee'd GT with 1.6L Turbo Engine
• Porsche Cayman S Goes Snow Drifting and Tops Out at 290km/h – 180mph
• New Seat Leon SC Three-Door Sport Hatch Teased? We Think So
• Prior Design's Audi R8 GT650 Hits the Snow for a New Photo Shoot
• Mitsubishi Recalls 14,700 i-MiEV Electric Cars Worldwide Over Faulty Brakes

Watch a Reckless BMW M5 Driver in a Real-Life Need for Speed Video in Georgia Posted: 11 Feb 2013 07:02 PM PST If you're a regular here at CarScoop, then you've probably played some version of Electronic Art's Need for Speed racing video game and are aware of the concept. Now, driving a virtual car like there's no tomorrow, disregarding every law on the book and endangering any life that shares the road with you on Need for Speed is one thing, practicing the same in real life is a completely different game, one that nobody should ever play… Read more »

First Official Shots of New Seat Leon SC Three-Door Hatch Posted: 11 Feb 2013 06:35 PM PST Earlier today, we showed you a teaser image of the new Leon SC (Sports Coupe), which is the three-door version of the Seat's compact hatchback, shrouded in a white blanket. From what we know, Seat will unveil the car online on Tuesday, ahead of its world premiere at the Geneva Auto Salon in March. At least that was the plan as some cheeky Czechs got hold of the first official images of the Leon SC and dropped them onto the web for our viewing pleasure. Read more »

New Rolls-Royce Wraith Coupe's Slow Strip Tease Continues Posted: 11 Feb 2013 04:40 PM PST Here's a new teaser image of Rolls-Royce's high-performance, two-door version of the Ghost saloon, called Wraith. Previously, we saw a darkened rendering of the car's profile, and now, the British company is sharing an image of the Wraith's "muscular rear haunches" – those are Rolls-Royce's precise words. Read more »

This Heavily Modded Infiniti FX Comes from Russia with Love Posted: 11 Feb 2013 04:17 PM PST Did you know that Miami-based Vossen Wheels has collaborated with a Russian company named Rus Wheels? Neither did we, and to be frank, we probably wouldn't have paid much attention anyway if it weren't for this picture of a customized Infiniti FX shared by the alloy-wheel specialist. Read more »

CarScoop Riddle: What’s the Donor Car for This Creation? Posted: 11 Feb 2013 03:43 PM PST Are you ready to flex your eye muscles and prepare them for an intensive work out? If you continue to read this, that means the answer is yes. What we have here is neither an official creation from an automaker (big or small) nor a replica of an existing model, but a custom-built and designed sports car discovered by CarScoop reader Shawnz. Read more »

Brochure Reveals Interior of Lykan HyperSport, Which Costs Twice as Much as a Bugatti Veyron Posted: 11 Feb 2013 02:36 PM PST Some of you were wondering what the interior of the Lykan HyperSport looked like when Lebanese-based W Motors unveiled the car at last month's Qatar motor show with blacked out windows. While we still don't have live photos yet, we did discover a digital copy of the official brochure, in which the company shares renderings of the cabin. Read more »

2013 Range Rover has a Six-Month to a Year Waiting List in the U.S. Posted: 11 Feb 2013 01:30 PM PST The completely new, all-aluminum Range Rover went on sale in the U.S. as a 2013 model last December, and it's proven to be a big hit for the company. Probably bigger than even Land Rover itself anticipated, as its dealers have sold all their allocation until summer. Read more »

Local Motors Rally Fighter Keeps on Racing After Flipping Over Posted: 11 Feb 2013 01:02 PM PST Well, you know what they say, when you fall down, get back up and keep trying, which is precisely what a driver in a Local Motors Rally Fighter did during the Parker 425 off-road race in Arizona last week. The Baja-style crossover coupe hit a bump on the course and performed a scary 360-degree flip. However, far from being discouraged, the driver continued the race as if nothing really happened! Read more »

Scoop: Funny Looking Twingo Prototype is a Chassis Mule for Next Smart ForFour Posted: 11 Feb 2013 12:03 PM PST It has been seven years since Daimler pulled the plug on the four-seater, four-door Smart ForFour, which shared its underpinnings and was built in the same factory with the European-market Mitsubishi Colt in Holland. Now, the Germans want to expand the range of their Smart unit again to include a more spacious model than the ForTwo, only this time, they are going at it in a different way. For starters, Daimler has found a new partner for Smart in the form and shape of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Read more »

VW Group's MQB “Mega-Platform” is a Huge Game Changer for the Auto Industry Posted: 11 Feb 2013 11:34 AM PST It's been a year since the Volkswagen Group revealed its brand-new MQB platform ("Modularer Querbaukasten", which is German for Modular Transverse Matrix) to the world. This new architecture, which debuted on the third-gen Audi A3, will not be used only for the group's C-segment cars, like the VW Golf, Seat Leon, Skoda Octavia etc. but in other categories as well. In fact, it may be the German group's biggest weapon in achieving its goal to become the number one manufacturer globally, outselling current leader Toyota, by 2018 – or even sooner. Read more »

Ferrari F150 Announcement on Instagram Sounds Fishier than Cod… Posted: 11 Feb 2013 12:06 PM PST We need not tell you that you should be extra careful with what you read on the internet these days, as it's easy to fall victim to harmless pranks, sloppy journalism, or bloggers simply churning out one piece after the other like they're working in a Chinese bubblegum factory without ever questioning the source they found the information on. Today, the net is abuzz with a posting on Instagram from a page called "oficialfFerrari" (did you notice the "f" missing from the name?) with a teaser showing the replacement for the Enzo, codenamed F150 (which we've already seen), and the following oddly worded statement: Read more »

TechArt Gets Personal with New Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Posted: 11 Feb 2013 10:39 AM PST Well-known Porsche aftermarket specialist TechArt will be heading to next month's 83rd Geneva International Motor Show with a batch of goods for one of the latest additions to the 991-generation 911 family, the all-wheel drive Carrera 4S in coupe and convertible body styles. Read more »

Spain's Police Impounds Six Mercedes E63 AMGs During Media Launch Posted: 11 Feb 2013 10:06 AM PST Being a member of the media does not give you immunity from the law, as many have found to their detriment. You have to obey all road regulations and behave in the appropriate manner. Of course, during media launches, some may bend the rules a bit in order to test the cars properly, especially if the launch happens to be about the 557HP Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG. Would you be able to resist exploring that fire-breathing twin-turbo sedan or estate? Thought so… Read more »

The Only Thing This Woman Cares About is Getting on the Tram… Posted: 11 Feb 2013 09:29 AM PST Drivers from Russia and the surrounding countries often receive a lot of flak for not paying attention to pedestrians, but that's not always the case. Take these two women for example. Not only do they walk on the road instead of the pavement, but also in their hurry to get on a tram that had stopped further down, they completely disregard the cars – and that's something you don't want to do, especially during winter months when ice and snow cover the roads. Read more »

SsangYong Previews New Concept SIV-1 Crossover Ahead of the Geneva Auto Salon Posted: 11 Feb 2013 08:37 AM PST SsangYong may be a small fish in the global pond of automakers, but the South Korean company that was acquired by India's Mahindra & Mahindra Limited in February of 2011, will have at least two world premieres at the Geneva International Auto Salon in March. Read more »

European Market 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee to Debut at Geneva Auto Show Posted: 11 Feb 2013 08:11 AM PST After its world premiere at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit last month, the cosmetically and mechanically updated 2014 model year Jeep Grand Cherokee is heading to the Geneva Auto Show (March 7-17) for its European debut. The refreshed Grand Cherokee will be introduced in the European market in the third quarter 2013, and will be offered in the Laredo, Limited, Overland and Summit trim levels, with V6 diesels, and a choice of V6 and V8 petrol engines. Read more »

Jeremy Clarkson Approves of Toyota’s GT 86 in Third Episode of Top Gear’s 19th Season Posted: 11 Feb 2013 07:39 AM PST He is probably the most famous car TV show host, a fame he has earned mostly due to his sometimes brilliant, other times controversial or plainly insulting remarks. Either way, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson doesn't really mind and continues doing what he knows best. He is a hard man to please, too; just ask the automakers that have been on the receiving end of his comments about their cars. Read more »

First Photos of Kia's Five-Door Cee'd GT with 1.6L Turbo Engine Posted: 11 Feb 2013 07:17 AM PST A couple of weeks ago, we had the opportunity to share the first official imagery of Kia's sported up Pro_Cee'd GT in advance of the three-door hatchback's world premiere at next month's Geneva Auto Salon. Now we can show you what the five-door model of Kia's sport series, the new Cee'd GT, will look like thanks to an official picture and a trio spy shots of an undisguised model that was photographed parked on a road in South Korea. Read more »

Porsche Cayman S Goes Snow Drifting and Tops Out at 290km/h – 180mph Posted: 11 Feb 2013 06:53 AM PST With the right set of tires and an experienced pair of hands behind the wheel, a mid-engined sports car like the new Porsche Cayman S (981) can be quite a joyful toy on a snow-covered track, as Sport Auto's Christian Gebhardt proves in this video that was shot at the Hockenheim racetrack in Germany. Read more »

New Seat Leon SC Three-Door Sport Hatch Teased? We Think So Posted: 11 Feb 2013 05:56 AM PST What do you see in this teaser image released by Seat on its social media channels today? A car covered up in a white blanket, right? Well, if you take a closer look, you will notice a few more interesting details such as the outline of the headlights, the hatchback shape of the body and a door handle that's located far more back than usual suggesting a three-door configuration. Read more »

Prior Design's Audi R8 GT650 Hits the Snow for a New Photo Shoot Posted: 11 Feb 2013 05:31 AM PST Are you still not convinced about Prior Design's GT650 cosmetic package for the Audi R8 sports coupe? Well, while nothing has changed since the German tuning house first told us about its R8 offerings in December, Prior Design sent over a fresh batch of pictures of the GT650 posing outside on the snow. Read more »

Mitsubishi Recalls 14,700 i-MiEV Electric Cars Worldwide Over Faulty Brakes Posted: 11 Feb 2013 05:07 AM PST A possible brake pump failure in certain 2012 i-MiEV models manufactured from December 2, 2011, through September 7, 2012, is forcing Mitsubishi to recall a worldwide total of 14,700 examples of its electric hatchback. The recall affects 1,402 vehicles in the United States. Read more »

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