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- 2013 Geneva Motor Show; It's a Girls Thing Photo Edition
- Marangoni Introduces Toyota GT86-R Eco Explorer That Can Run On…Ammonia
- LaFerrari Visualizer Goes Online, Ferrari Receives Double the Requests Than the Cars it Will Build
- GM Reportedly Working on EV With 200-Mile Range
- Sir Elton John-Owned and Barely Used Ferrari 512TR Heads to the Auction House
- Renault Announces 2013 LeMans Debut for Alpine with a Nissan-Sourced Engine
- Highway Karma Gets Sweet Revenge on Arab Drifters
- 2013 Honda Civic Unflustered by Small Overlap Test – Named IIHS Top Safety Pick+
- Scoops: BMW i8 Hybrid Sports Coupe Puts On its Production Lights
- Italian Magazine Readying Documentary On Oldest Existing Porsche
- Rare 2013 BMW 750Li M-Sport Individual in a Laguna Seca Blue for Sale [126 photos]
- Ferrari-Apple Collaboration Shows First Results in Geneva
- Girls Bounce in Twin-Turbo'd Corvette and Gallardo Sports Cars
- Reconstructing an Alfa Romeo RZ Roadster Vilner Style [w/Video]
- The Days of RenaultSport Models with a Manual Gearbox May Be Numbered
- Best Spy Shots Yet of 2014 Porsche Panamera Facelift with Minimal Camouflage
- Kia Optima Hybrid Updated for 2013, Has Less HP but More Torque
- Prior Design Drops New Images of BMW F30 3-Series Aero Tune
- Oops, We Did it Again: Brazilian Derailment Cleanup Leads to…Bigger Derailment Accident
- Infiniti JX Turns Into the New QX60 and Gains a 250hp 2.5-liter Supercharged Hybrid Powerplant
- Spy Video: Take a Look at the New BMW 4-Series Coupe on the Move
- Nissan and Mitsubishi Reveal a Quadruple of Jointly Developed Minicars for Japan
| 2013 Geneva Motor Show; It's a Girls Thing Photo Edition Posted: 08 Mar 2013 05:56 PM PST  It's been a long time since we last saw an international auto show with so many interesting sports car premieres as the 2013 edition of the Geneva Auto Salon, ranging from the poor man's Ferrari, the mid-engine Alfa Romeo 4C, all the way up to the super rich man's real LaFerrari, and everything else in between. Read more »        |
| Marangoni Introduces Toyota GT86-R Eco Explorer That Can Run On…Ammonia Posted: 08 Mar 2013 05:02 PM PST  Italian tire manufacturer Marangoni chose the 83rd edition of the Geneva Motor Show to show off their own special version of Toyota's nimble sports coupe. Called the GT86-R Eco Explorer, it features a number of modifications and, of course, a set of high-performance Marangoni M-Power EvoRed tires. Read more »    |
| LaFerrari Visualizer Goes Online, Ferrari Receives Double the Requests Than the Cars it Will Build Posted: 08 Mar 2013 04:15 PM PST  La…name might sound like a crude joke to most people who will never have the chance to see, let alone drive or own the car, but for those select few in this world who can Lafford it, the LaFerrari is no Laughing matter. Read more »    |
| GM Reportedly Working on EV With 200-Mile Range Posted: 08 Mar 2013 03:34 PM PST  GM first made the EV in the late 1990s, and then scrapped each and every one of them. The Detroit brand's next eco move came with the Chevrolet Volt range-extender hybrid, about which they appeared to have doubts after its release, due to less than satisfactory sales numbers (it still managed to outsell the all-electric Nissan Leaf last year, though). Read more »    |
| Sir Elton John-Owned and Barely Used Ferrari 512TR Heads to the Auction House Posted: 08 Mar 2013 03:04 PM PST  You might not agree with Sir Elton John's (well, he was actually born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, but that's another story, for another time and place), taste in clothes and glasses, but you have to give him props for his taste in music and surprise, surprise, cars as well. Read more »    |
| Renault Announces 2013 LeMans Debut for Alpine with a Nissan-Sourced Engine Posted: 08 Mar 2013 02:30 PM PST  Renault seems very determined to make its re-born Alpine brand more well-known, in preparation for the launch of the first Alpine-branded car in a very long time, set to take place in 2016. The road car is developed by Renault and Caterham, with which the French automaker signed an agreement for the creation of the "Societe des Automobiles Alpine Caterham" in November of last year. Read more »   |
| Highway Karma Gets Sweet Revenge on Arab Drifters Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:55 PM PST  It's your typical Middle East 'hagwalah' scene (sans the passengers hanging out of the car); a Hyundai Sonata YF drifting between and alongside other cars on the highway, with a couple of other vehicles following on from behind to film the driver's "accomplishments", and by that, we mean putting himself and other drivers in danger. Read more »    |
| 2013 Honda Civic Unflustered by Small Overlap Test – Named IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:03 PM PST  The introduction of the controversial Small Overlap Test into the regular battery of assessments through which all US-bound cars must pass in order to earn their stars (preferably five of them) had a direct effect on these cars' ratings. Its introduction raised questions as to whether the automakers were making cars safe for actual people to ride in, or if they were just engineering their cars to do very well in the standard tests, but not generally excel at it. Read more »   |
| Scoops: BMW i8 Hybrid Sports Coupe Puts On its Production Lights Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:34 PM PST  While BMW's high-ranking officials were at the Palexpo center in Geneva mingling with the press, their engineering counterparts were out in the cold trialing the Bavarian brand's most revolutionary sports coupe since the M1 of the 1970s, the new i8 Coupe. Read more »    |
| Italian Magazine Readying Documentary On Oldest Existing Porsche Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:13 PM PST  More often than not, the older and rarer a car is, the more interesting it is, as well. That's especially true if the car in question is a very rare and old Porsche. In fact, the word rare doesn't do the car in question justice, as it's the oldest of Ferdinand Porsche's creations still in existence – the vehicle with chassis number 004. Read more »    |
| Rare 2013 BMW 750Li M-Sport Individual in a Laguna Seca Blue for Sale [126 photos] Posted: 08 Mar 2013 11:13 AM PST  For BMW enthusiasts, the Bavarian brand's cool looking Laguna Seca Blue metallic shade is a very sought after color for the M3 series (especially the E46), though, occasionally you might also see it on a Z coupe or an M5. What you wouldn't expect to see it on is a long-wheelbase 7-Series, yet a California dealer made it happen through BMW's Individual program that allows buyers to select special exterior colors and interior combinations that are not offered to the general public on the standard list of options. Read more »   |
| Ferrari-Apple Collaboration Shows First Results in Geneva Posted: 08 Mar 2013 10:32 AM PST  Since the launch of the LaFerrari was such a big event for Ferrari, nothing else they had at their stand could compare, in terms of arousing interest. Still, the 2013 Geneva Motor Show was the venue chosen to reveal the fruits of the collaborative effort between the Italian automaker and Apple. Read more »    |
| Girls Bounce in Twin-Turbo'd Corvette and Gallardo Sports Cars Posted: 08 Mar 2013 10:02 AM PST  After a failed attempted to film professional [sic] model Sarah Leann riding shotgun in LMR's twin turbocharged Corvette C6 last month due to hazardous weather conditions (for the car, not the lady), the crew at HighTechCorvette brought the brunette back to the passenger seat of the Detroit dragster that runs the quarter mile in 8 seconds and completed the shoot. Read more »    |
| Reconstructing an Alfa Romeo RZ Roadster Vilner Style [w/Video] Posted: 08 Mar 2013 09:04 AM PST  Some five years ago, I remember we posted an article asking you, our readers, what was your favorite ugly car, and I quote myself: "There's ugly and there's ugly; a Pontiac Aztec or a BMW 7-Series E65 are just plain hideous, whichever way you see it, while a 1990's Alfa Romeo SZ or its roadster sibling, the RZ, are ugly in an alluring kind of way that's hard to be explained in words. The best description I have ever heard about the Zagato-penned 'beast' is from a 1990 issue of Car Magazine that stated, 'Ugly as a sin and just as tempting'." Read more »   |
| The Days of RenaultSport Models with a Manual Gearbox May Be Numbered Posted: 08 Mar 2013 08:33 AM PST  The sporty division of Renault, RenaultSport, has made some cracking drivers' cars over the years, being largely acknowledged as one of (if not the) best maker of fun-to-drive hot hatches. The combination of a great balanced chassis, sharp steering and a positive mechanical gearshift meant that any RS-badged car, including the smallest car they made, the Twingo RS, were a hoot to drive. Read more »   |
| Best Spy Shots Yet of 2014 Porsche Panamera Facelift with Minimal Camouflage Posted: 08 Mar 2013 08:04 AM PST  If the design of the Porsche Panamera never caught up with you, then chances are the facelift model won't win you over either, as the changes made to the sports saloon are the typical evolutionary updates we've become accustomed to from the Stuttgart company. Nevertheless, this fresh batch of scoop photos provides us with the best look yet at the 2014 Panamera as Porsche engineers have removed all camouflage from the car sans the deceptive headlamp decals and the darkened film on the tail lamps. Read more »   |
| Kia Optima Hybrid Updated for 2013, Has Less HP but More Torque Posted: 08 Mar 2013 07:30 AM PST  Kia has slowly been etching upmarket around the world, and most of their latest crop of models are considered among the top picks in their class. The Optima Hybrid, which is priced from under $26,000, is one of those vehicles, and in an effort to keep it up to date, the Korean automaker has announced several updates for the 2013 model year car. Read more »   |
| Prior Design Drops New Images of BMW F30 3-Series Aero Tune Posted: 08 Mar 2013 07:05 AM PST  Word of advice to tuners like Prior Design who want to show off their creations: when you release new photos of a car fitted with your goods, try choosing a different color, and not just a different time of day (…), so customers can see the vehicle from a fresh perspective. With that said, Prior Design published a new set of images of the same white BMW F30 3-Series sedan fitted with its aero components as it did in December, only this time, the photo shot was made during the day. Read more »   |
| Oops, We Did it Again: Brazilian Derailment Cleanup Leads to…Bigger Derailment Accident Posted: 08 Mar 2013 06:43 AM PST  Have you ever had one of those moments when you try to fix something and you end up messing it up even more? Well, these guys have. The cleanup crew, purportedly from Brazil, was trying to remove a group of derailed train wagons using another locomotive and a cable. Read more »   |
| Infiniti JX Turns Into the New QX60 and Gains a 250hp 2.5-liter Supercharged Hybrid Powerplant Posted: 08 Mar 2013 06:08 AM PST  At the upcoming New York Auto Show that takes place in the Big Apple from March 27 through Sunday April 7, Infiniti will unveil the 2014 model year JX crossover, which adopts the brand's new nomenclature and will be known from now on as the QX60 premium crossover, while also gaining a new hybrid variant. The QX60 Hybrid premieres the Nissan Group's new petrol-electric hybrid system that was first announced in late 2010 and which connects a 2.5-liter supercharged four-cylinder engine to a 15kW (20hp) electric motor and a CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission). Read more »   |
| Spy Video: Take a Look at the New BMW 4-Series Coupe on the Move Posted: 08 Mar 2013 05:38 AM PST  The next big thing to come from the BMW automotive studios is the replacement to the 3-Series Coupe that will be known as the new 4-Series and which is the main protagonist of this new spy video, courtesy France's Automobile magazine. Read more »    |
| Nissan and Mitsubishi Reveal a Quadruple of Jointly Developed Minicars for Japan Posted: 08 Mar 2013 05:20 AM PST  Japanese automakers Nissan and Mitsubishi have unveiled their jointly developed minicar quadruplets, which were created exclusively for the local market. The tall, five-door hatchbacks will go on sale in Japan in June this year under the following names: Nissan DAYZ and DAYZ Highway STAR, and Mitsubishi eK Wagon and eK Custom. Read more »    |
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