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• The CarScoop Diaries: Settling Down is Hard to Do
• Meet the Ultimate Pizza Delivery Machine
• Spied: Did Citroen Just Pull a Nissan Juke-Styling Stunt on the New C4 Picasso?
• Scoop: Is This a Fiat Qubo-Based Ram Model or Something Else?
• The Bugatti Veyron…Beetle Edition
• Auto Industry Spent $6.3M Lobbying Decision Makers on Infotainment and Emission Standards
• BMW Z4 Roadster Makes Zombies Feel Alive in "Warm Bodies"
• Spy Shots: Hyundai's ix35 Ready for its First Facelift, Tucson to Follow
• We're Pretty Sure You Shouldn't Use a Daewoo Matiz as a Snow Plow…
• Renault Scenic and Grand Scenic MPVs Receive Second Facelift in a Year
• Super Bowl XLVII MVP Joe Flacco Receives the Keys to a 2014 Corvette Stingray
• Fifth Gear's Season 22 Premiere Airs Next Monday, Vicki Fights Jets With a Boxster S
• New Holden Commodore VF to be Unveiled on February 10, Previews New Chevy SS
• SRT Announces Return to Le Mans 24-Hour Race with New Viper GTS-R [w/Video]
• Bet You Weren't Expecting This to Happen
• Scoop: Skoda Prepping Superb for a Mild Facelift
• Nissan to Build Upcoming VW Golf Rival at Barcelona Plant
• Fast & Furious 6 Trailer has Plenty of Cars, Girls, Explosions and Crashes
• Renault's New Crossover-Inspired Scenic XMOD
• Redesigned 2014 Bentley Flying Spur Sketched and Video Teased

The CarScoop Diaries: Settling Down is Hard to Do Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:54 PM PST In the 2010 film The American, there is a scene where a catholic priest tells George Clooney "Journalism can't make you rich", hinting that he knows the latter is not the photographer he claims to be but something much more sinister. Truer words have rarely been spoken, especially when it comes to the specialized sector that is motoring journalism. It won't make you rich* but, on the other hand, you've turned your hobby into a job and that job does come with certain perks. First and foremost, you get to drive nearly every new car and that includes some of the best. You also visit some amazing places, meet very interesting people and gain an insight about the inner workings of the automotive industry. Read more »

Meet the Ultimate Pizza Delivery Machine Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:34 PM PST Perhaps you may remember a competition launched last year by Domino's Pizza and Local Motors to find the "Ultimate Delivery Vehicle". The winning entry was a concept vehicle called the 'Domino's Pack' by Anej Kostrevc from Slovenia, which you can check out in the gallery after the break. For all intents and purposes, Kostrevc's study for a single-seater model with a tiny Fiat TwinAir engine driving the front wheels would be fine for delivering pizzas, but ask any true car fan, and they will likely tell you that the idea proposed by "Team Door Bangers", sounds far more intriguing from a driver's perspective… Read more »

Spied: Did Citroen Just Pull a Nissan Juke-Styling Stunt on the New C4 Picasso? Posted: 04 Feb 2013 05:50 PM PST We've known for a while that Citroen is developing replacements for the five-seat C4 Picasso and the longer, seven-seater C4 Grand Picasso, and that both minivans will feature a new design. Nevertheless, these scoop pictures of a convoy of C4 Picasso MPVs driving on the streets of the city of Vigo in Spain, and which come to use courtesy of the crew over at Highmotor, caught us completely off guard - not so much by the fact that the cars were completely undisguised as by what is visible… Read more »

Scoop: Is This a Fiat Qubo-Based Ram Model or Something Else? Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:43 PM PST There's so much going on with the Fiat-Chrysler Alliance these days that's it actually hard to keep up. The constant changes to the group's product plan don't help either. At the end of January, for example, Chrysler released a revised business plan for the North American market, axing previously announced models, adding new ones and delaying others. Adding to the confusing is the appearance of camouflaged vehicles like this prototype minivan, which if we're not mistaken, was filmed by KGP Photography testing in Colorado. Read more »

The Bugatti Veyron…Beetle Edition Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:50 PM PST If you had any doubts that Bugatti belongs to the same group as the makers of the legendary Beetle, just take a look at this, admittedly humorous, but at the same time, high-quality digital rendering, from the creative minds at RC82 Workchop. The Polish artist(s) incorporated all the design cues of the original (or classic) Volkswagen Beetle, from the deep-dish steel wheels and bug eyes, to the window frames and exterior door hinges, on the shape of the Bugatti Veyron hypercar. Read more »

Auto Industry Spent $6.3M Lobbying Decision Makers on Infotainment and Emission Standards Posted: 04 Feb 2013 02:50 PM PST Last year, companies spent more than US$40 million lobbying Washington, D.C. decision makers – and according to watchdog Open Secrets, the biggest spender was the auto industry with US$6.3 million. What is the industry lobbying for? Well, the automakers anticipate that distracted driving is soon going to become tomorrow's CAFE; i.e. the next issue on the government's agenda. Read more »

BMW Z4 Roadster Makes Zombies Feel Alive in "Warm Bodies" Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:56 PM PST In a world where advertising is just about everywhere you look, it should come as no surprise that companies are quite fond of the communication tool known as "product placement", in which brands and their goods are integrated into storylines. In the automotive industry, BMW is no stranger to product placement in movies, with its cars having been prominently featured (indirectly advertised) in many films, including three James Bond flicks with Pierce Brosnan in the role of 007. Read more »

Spy Shots: Hyundai's ix35 Ready for its First Facelift, Tucson to Follow Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:13 PM PST Presented in late 2009 as the ix35 in Europe, Korea and other markets around the world besides North America where it retained the Tucson nameplate, Hyundai's compact crossover is approaching that time in life when most car manufacturers facelift their models to keep them competitive with their chief rivals. These new spy pictures of a camouflaged ix35 where shot in Germany where Hyundai has its European headquarters. Read more »

We're Pretty Sure You Shouldn't Use a Daewoo Matiz as a Snow Plow… Posted: 04 Feb 2013 12:21 PM PST Here's a minor accident with a somewhat humorous outcome. According to the author of the video, a large truck with Russian license plates T-boned a learner's Daewoo Matiz hatchback at an intersection at low speed (from what we understand, it may have taken place in Ukraine – if you know, tell us in the comments). While the impact wasn't strong, the Matiz somehow got wedged on the lorry's front bumper! We don't know if the truck driver had any problems with his brakes or if he was trying to stop further down the road to allow the other cars to pass by, but we clearly see the lorry moving with the Matiz. Read more »

Renault Scenic and Grand Scenic MPVs Receive Second Facelift in a Year Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:30 AM PST It has only been a year (and a couple of weeks, to be precise) since Renault updated the Scenic and its longer-wheelbase Grand Scenic sibling last January, but the French carmaker took the opportunity of the unveiling of the new Scenic XMOD to apply another refresh to its minivan series. Read more »

Super Bowl XLVII MVP Joe Flacco Receives the Keys to a 2014 Corvette Stingray Posted: 04 Feb 2013 12:44 PM PST After winning Super Bowl XLVII and scooping the MVP trophy for leading the Baltimore Ravens' to a 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night, quarterback Joe Flacco was also awarded the keys to a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, worth somewhere between $50,000 and $60,000 (GM has not announced pricing yet). Read more »

Fifth Gear's Season 22 Premiere Airs Next Monday, Vicki Fights Jets With a Boxster S Posted: 04 Feb 2013 10:05 AM PST You wait ages for the new season of a new TV car show and, typically, two come along at the same time. After Top Gear's premiere on January 27 on BBC, Fifth Gear's debut episode of the 22nd season will air in a week's time, on Monday, February 11 on the Discovery Channel. The first two teasers about one of the first episodes' stories are now available. They include Vicki Butler-Henderson, a very yellow Porsche Boxster S, an airfield runway and the world's largest civilian aerobatic display team. Read more »

New Holden Commodore VF to be Unveiled on February 10, Previews New Chevy SS Posted: 04 Feb 2013 09:50 AM PST Dubbed by General Motors' Australian subsidiary Holden as the "most advanced vehicle created in this country", the new VF-series Commodore sedan will be officially revealed this Sunday, February 10, though, the automaker will use social media and a new microsite at 'buildthecommodore' to tease bits and pieces of the new model beginning on Wednesday, February 6. The next generation of the Commodore sedan also forms the base for GM's new North American market 2014 Chevrolet SS, which is scheduled for launch towards the end of the year as a limited production model. As some of you may recall, CarScoop's Josh Byrnes recently rendered the new SS. Read more »

SRT Announces Return to Le Mans 24-Hour Race with New Viper GTS-R [w/Video] Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:49 AM PST Even SRT boss Ralph Gilles has admitted that the previous Vipers had an "axe-murderer" kind of demeanor but, despite that, the "snake" has had been quite successful in racing, competing against the best production-based rivals in the world and beating them not only in America but across the globe, too. One of its greatest triumphs has been finishing in the first two places in its class for three years in a row, from 1998 to 2000, in the most prestigious endurance race in the world: the 24 Hours or Le Mans. Read more »

Bet You Weren't Expecting This to Happen Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:19 AM PST Surely, there are certain situations on the road that can be foreseen, even if you cannot really do anything to avoid an impact, but sometimes, life throws you a curveball out of nowhere… We're not going tell you what happened in this dash-cam video, but we will warn you that it's a horrifying surprise, one that no driver or passenger would ever want to experience. Read more »

Scoop: Skoda Prepping Superb for a Mild Facelift Posted: 04 Feb 2013 07:43 AM PST These are the latest images of the upcoming Skoda Superb facelift spotted while testing in Europe. The Czech carmaker's flagship model in both saloon and estate body styles will receive some mild cosmetic touches on the outside to bring it in line with the rest of the range and in particular the new Rapid and Octavia models. Read more »

Nissan to Build Upcoming VW Golf Rival at Barcelona Plant Posted: 04 Feb 2013 07:06 AM PST Up until last year, the Nissan Group's plan was to have Magna Steyr contract-manufacture a new Infiniti premium compact model based on the Etherea concept in Austria, and build its upcoming Opel Astra and VW Golf rivaling hatchback at its own Sunderland plant in the UK. In December, the Japanese carmaker announced a change of plans, with the Infiniti model to be manufactured in Sunderland and the Nissan hatch to be produced at another facility in Europe. Read more »

Fast & Furious 6 Trailer has Plenty of Cars, Girls, Explosions and Crashes Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:30 AM PST The first official trailer of Hollywood's upcoming Fast & Furious 6 movie was released during last night's Super Bowl XVLII and it has all the necessary elements for a blockbuster film: tough guys, sexy girls, tuned and exotic cars, lots of mayhem and…forgettable dialogues. In the sixth installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, the gang of slick drivers reunites, this time to help the U.S. government take down a new villain named Owen Shaw played by Luke Evans. Read more »

Renault's New Crossover-Inspired Scenic XMOD Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:04 AM PST We first saw it testing last December and now, Renault has lifted the covers off a tall-riding version of its Scenic minivan with crossover styling cues named the XMOD, which will make its world premiere at next month's Geneva Motor Show. While the XMOD rounds out the Scenic lineup in most markets around Europe, in the UK, it will replace the regular Scenic, as Renault continues to wind down its offerings in the country after axing the Modus, Kangoo, Wind, Laguna, Espace and Gordini models. Read more »

Redesigned 2014 Bentley Flying Spur Sketched and Video Teased Posted: 04 Feb 2013 05:26 AM PST Following on from the refreshed two-door Continental GT coupe and Continental GTC convertible models and their respective Speed variants, it's almost time for Bentley to reveal the saloon version of the series named the Flying Spur. The redesigned for the 2014 model year Flying Spur was teased on Monday through a sketch and a video that shows bits and parts of the exterior and interior ahead of its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in March, though, Bentley noted that it will share more details about the car on February 20. Read more »

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