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- World's Coolest Hit and Park Driver is Just Waiting for his Mate
- Rolls-Royce Shows us the New Wraith Coupe's Timbered Door and Dash Clock
- BMW's 4-Series Coupe Promo Sounds Conspicuously German to Us
- My Rotary Diaries: Silver Linings and the Midlife Crisis Handbook
- First Video Look at the 2014 New Chevrolet SS from the Daytona Presentation
- Spied: 2014 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Looks Like a Small S-Class
- Bentley Drops Three More Video Teasers of Re-Skinned 2014 Continental Flying Spur
- Dodge Puts Up a Recall Notice for Viper, Ram Trucks and SUVs
- Volvo Goes on a Facelift Rampage with Refreshed S60, V60, XC60, V70, XC70 and S80 Models
- …And That is How You Backflip a MINI
- Oh, (Big) Brother: Citroen C1 the First Car to be Fitted with Standard Insurance ‘Black Box’
- New Ferrari F150 to Cost €1.0/$1.3 Million Before Taxes, Fresh Rendering Previews its Looks
- Bingo! Two Sloppy Accidents in One Stop
- Toyota Tracks Down the Oldest-Running, British Built Carina E
- BMW Recalls More Than Half a Million Vehicles in the States Over Two Separate Issues
- Is 908 AWHP the Most Powerful Mitsubishi EVO X in the World?
- Mercedes-Benz UK Prepares for New S-Class with Special Edition of Current Model
- Cadillac wants Town Car Fleet Buyers to Move on to New XTS W20 Livery Package
- Lucky Strike for Russian Pedestrians
- First Spy Shots of New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe that Replaces the CL
- We Ask Toyota and Subaru about James May's Claim that Toyota Gets 90% of GT 86/FR-S/BRZ Production
- 2014 Dodge Durango Facelift with 8-Speed Auto Pegged for Production in May
- Nissan Reveals New European Market Note Supermini [33 Photos & Video]
| World's Coolest Hit and Park Driver is Just Waiting for his Mate Posted: 18 Feb 2013 06:04 PM PST  Be prepared for a really, really good laugh everybody; be that with the protagonist of the video, the person recording it from the telly or both… What you're about to watch here is a cop (it sounds like this incident happened in New Zealand or Australia, but feel free to correct us in the comments if we're wrong) approaching a bashed up blue car that's parked on the grass of a shopping mall, after receiving a call for a hit and run incident. Read more »       |
| Rolls-Royce Shows us the New Wraith Coupe's Timbered Door and Dash Clock Posted: 18 Feb 2013 05:30 PM PST  The truth about the all-new Rolls-Royce Wraith performance coupe is slowly unraveling. After two darkened shots of the exterior, the world's most famous luxury car brand released another pair of pictures, this time of the Wraith's cabin, which it says, "hints at the interior of an ultra-luxury yacht" – not the best use of words for a performance car, even if we're talking about its styling… Read more »    |
| BMW's 4-Series Coupe Promo Sounds Conspicuously German to Us Posted: 18 Feb 2013 04:54 PM PST  There's a new BMW coming our way next year: the successor to the two-door 3-Series Coupe and Convertible models, the newly named 4-Series. But you already know that since the Bavarian carmaker brought a thinly disguised concept of the coupe to last month's Detroit auto show. Read more »    |
| My Rotary Diaries: Silver Linings and the Midlife Crisis Handbook Posted: 18 Feb 2013 03:55 PM PST  Nothing seems to scream "midlife crisis" louder than a low-wide sports car. Never mind it's not a Porsche or (heaven forbid!) a Ferrari or that it was acquired used for less than the price of a new city car in entry level trim. The color doesn't help, either; perhaps a "Galaxy Grey Mica" or a "Sunlight Silver Metallic" would make the RX-8 stealthier but mine is a "Winning Blue", which, for some reason, isn't that common as red, silver or black. Stereotypes die-hard and, apparently, sports cars are supposed to be a young man's game. Like Jack in Lost, I let the fear sink in, counted to five and then got on with my midlife crisis' toy, a Mazda RX-8. Read more »   |
| First Video Look at the 2014 New Chevrolet SS from the Daytona Presentation Posted: 18 Feb 2013 03:02 PM PST  Chevrolet's highly anticipated re-entry in the rear-wheel drive, V8-powered sedan segment after an absence of nearly two decades, the new 2014 SS, was introduced this past Saturday at the Daytona International Speedway alongside the bow-tie brand's NASCAR competitor, which borrows the name, but not much else from the production model. Read more »    |
| Spied: 2014 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Looks Like a Small S-Class Posted: 18 Feb 2013 02:14 PM PST  Finally, the time has come for Mercedes-Benz to peel several layers of heavy camouflage off its 2014 C-Class sedan prototypes, and in doing so, to show us that the next generation of its compact executive car will draw heavily on the looks of the new S-Class. The similarities in the design between the two differently sized models become more evident once you focus on the shape of the arched glasshouse and rear end. The styling move might be intentional, as for the first time in its history, the C-Class will have some inside competition from the new CLA, which may be based on the smaller wheelbase platform of the A-Class hatch, but is actually 1.5 inches or 38mm longer than the current C-Class sedan.
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| Bentley Drops Three More Video Teasers of Re-Skinned 2014 Continental Flying Spur Posted: 18 Feb 2013 01:36 PM PST  Bentley is informing us "The wait is almost over..." for the unveiling of its heavily redesigned four-door Continental model, the Flying Spur, through a few more teaser videos, only a couple of days ahead of the car's online premiere on February 20, and its public debut at the Geneva Auto Salon in the beginning of March. Read more »    |
| Dodge Puts Up a Recall Notice for Viper, Ram Trucks and SUVs Posted: 18 Feb 2013 01:11 PM PST  The Chrysler Group has issued two separate recall actions, one that affects 3,660 model year 2003 and 2004 Dodge Viper vehicles manufactured from November 1, 2001, through June 30, 2004, and the other, 278,222 Dodge Ram 1500, Dakota and Durango, and Chrysler Aspen vehicles. Read more »    |
| Volvo Goes on a Facelift Rampage with Refreshed S60, V60, XC60, V70, XC70 and S80 Models Posted: 18 Feb 2013 12:38 PM PST  Over the past few months, we spied a number of current Volvo models with minor cosmetic updates, ranging from the XC60 crossover to the S80 sedan. Now it's time for the Swedish carmaker to release all of them at once. These include the S60 sedan, V60 station wagon, XC60 crossover, V70 station wagon, XC70 crossover and the S80 saloon. In other words, the only models in Volvo's range that remain untouched are the newly launched V40 compact hatchback and the soon-to-be replaced XC90. Read more »   |
| …And That is How You Backflip a MINI Posted: 18 Feb 2013 12:02 PM PST  Some of you may be wondering; why would anyone want to backflip a car in the first place? Well, to be frank, if you're asking that question, then this video probably isn't for you. If you're not questioning, but simply want to enjoy a dangerous stunt made by a professional driver, then by all means, skip through the break. Read more »    |
| Oh, (Big) Brother: Citroen C1 the First Car to be Fitted with Standard Insurance ‘Black Box’ Posted: 18 Feb 2013 11:41 AM PST  See the young lady leaning towards the new Citroen C1 Connexion Edition in the pictures? That big smile on her face isn't because the uncomfortable photo session is coming to an end, but because she just learned that Citroen is the first manufacturer in the UK to offer a 'black box' solution as standard on a new car. Read more »    |
| New Ferrari F150 to Cost €1.0/$1.3 Million Before Taxes, Fresh Rendering Previews its Looks Posted: 18 Feb 2013 11:01 AM PST  You can now forget about that 0.0001 percent chance you thought you might have of being able to own Ferrari's next masterpiece, which we have come to know as the F150-codenamed replacement of the Enzo. A new report from Autoweek citing "people familiar to the matter" says the new Ferrari hypercar will have a pre-tax starting price of around €1 million (US$1.33 million at today's currency rates). Add the taxes, and you're looking at €1.21 million or $1.6 million, if you live in Italy. Read more »   |
| Bingo! Two Sloppy Accidents in One Stop Posted: 18 Feb 2013 10:35 AM PST  How can you rear-end a car that is slowly moving in front of you? Pfff, that's easy; just take your eyes off the road for a split second and keep your foot on the gas pedal, which is exactly what this young Asian lady (she could be from Taiwan, but don't take our word for it) did in her green Nissan sedan. Read more »    |
| Toyota Tracks Down the Oldest-Running, British Built Carina E Posted: 18 Feb 2013 10:07 AM PST  It took Toyota about four months after it launched a competition in Great Britain to find the earliest running example of the first model made at its UK manufacturing plant in Derbyshire, a deep purple-colored (or is that Toyota's version of BMW's Techno Violet?) 1993 Carina E Sedan owned by Mike Hoyland, who registered the car in July of the same year. Read more »    |
| BMW Recalls More Than Half a Million Vehicles in the States Over Two Separate Issues Posted: 18 Feb 2013 09:15 AM PST  The brand recognized by its blue and white roundel has informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) about two separate recall actions. The biggest recall affects 504,545 vehicles sold in the United States, including the following models: 2008-2012MY 1-Series coupe and convertible, 2007-20011MY 3-Series coupe, convertible, sedan and wagon, and 2009-2011MY Z4 roadster, over a battery cable fault. Read more »   |
| Is 908 AWHP the Most Powerful Mitsubishi EVO X in the World? Posted: 18 Feb 2013 08:41 AM PST  One upon a time, the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO series had one of the most powerful 2.0-liter inline-four engines in the world, today, not so much, as the current base model's 291hp unit has been surpassed even by Mercedes-Benz and its A45 AMG performance hatch that delivers an output of 355hp (360PS). Read more »    |
| Mercedes-Benz UK Prepares for New S-Class with Special Edition of Current Model Posted: 18 Feb 2013 08:17 AM PST  You know that a replacement is near when luxury carmakers begin churning out special edition models. In the UK, Mercedes-Benz is preparing for the arrival of the next S-Class by offering customers incentives to choose the current model via the AMG Sport Edition, which features enhanced specification and is priced from £69,995 on the road. Read more »    |
| Cadillac wants Town Car Fleet Buyers to Move on to New XTS W20 Livery Package Posted: 18 Feb 2013 07:56 AM PST  With the demise of the all-conquering Lincoln Town Car, there's a space that needs to be filled in the livery and fleet car market, one that FoMoCo is trying to cover with the MKT Town Car, while it's Detroit foe, General Motors, has placed all of its bets on the new 2013 Cadillac XTS. Read more »    |
| Lucky Strike for Russian Pedestrians Posted: 18 Feb 2013 07:33 AM PST  We've said it once, we'll say it again; Russian sidewalks can be an extremely dangerous place to be during winter time. How do we know? Well, as with anything else that has to do with Russia, automobiles and roads, through the widespread use of dash-cams that tell the world about accidents such as the one featured in this clip. Read more »    |
| First Spy Shots of New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe that Replaces the CL Posted: 18 Feb 2013 07:00 AM PST  Our spies have just nabbed the first ever scoop shots of the all-new Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe while being driven at one of company's German facilities – notably, with much less camouflage than what you would normally expect for a car seen in this stage of development. Similar to how the E-Class Coupe succeeded the CLK-Class, the S-Class Coupe will replace the CL-Class flagship coupe models in Benz's range. The CL nameplate was first used in 1996 for the W140 Coupes, which were originally called SEC. Read more »   |
| We Ask Toyota and Subaru about James May's Claim that Toyota Gets 90% of GT 86/FR-S/BRZ Production Posted: 18 Feb 2013 06:32 AM PST  After testing the Toyota GT 86 and declaring it an absolute blast and very easy to drift even when reading a book (!), then handing it over to The Stig for the customary lap, Jeremy Clarkson sat down with the other two Top Gear hosts and discussed the news. This is usually the less exciting part of BBC's show. A CarScoop reader, who goes by the nickname "Uglydawg69", though, tipped us off that in that episode during the three lads' bantering, James May said Toyota and Subaru have agreed that the former will sell 90 out of every 100 coupes the latter manufactures at its Ota plant located 50 miles northwest of Tokyo. Read more »   |
| 2014 Dodge Durango Facelift with 8-Speed Auto Pegged for Production in May Posted: 18 Feb 2013 06:02 AM PST  Not that we weren't expecting Dodge to update the Durango SUV after Jeep displayed the facelifted Grand Cherokee at the Detroit Auto Show this year, but Mopar-enthusiast site Allpar says it has the inside scoop. Read more »    |
| Nissan Reveals New European Market Note Supermini [33 Photos & Video] Posted: 18 Feb 2013 05:36 AM PST  Nissan is showing its second-generation Note in European guise for the first time ahead of the B-segment model's public premiere at the 83rd Geneva International Auto Salon. Compared to its predecessor, the Note is shaped more like a hatchback and less like a mini-MPV, as Nissan tries to better compete with more traditional superminis such as the Ford Fiesta and Renault Clio. Read more »   |
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