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- Woman Hurled Into the Air by her Partner-in-Crime After Trying to Steal Gas
- GM Talks About the Evolution of the 2014 Camaro Coupe
- Toyota Says its 2015 FCV-R Fuel-Cell Car will Cost Between $50,000 and $100,000
- Dash-Cam Captures Shocking Boeing 747 Crash in Afghanistan [Graphic]
- Daimler in Talks with Renault to Build Large Van Together
- The Latest Batch of Spy Videos of the New Mercedes-Benz S-Class W222
- Hyundai Exec Confirms 2014 Genesis Sedan World Premiere at Detroit Auto Show
- Swedes Tell the Tale of the New Volvo S60 Polestar Sports Sedan
- 2014 Nissan 370Z Nismo Arrives This Summer with a Subtle Styling Refresh
- Alfa Romeo Stradale Design Concept Imagined as an 8C Competizione Replacement
- Mind the Russian Baby, Flame the Parents
- Chevy Astro Van Turned Into Would-be Lamborghini Gallardo Wants to Find a New Home
- Watch a Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Hit 300km/h – 186mph on the Highway
- Skoda Details New Octavia Combi 4x4, Shares a Huge Gallery of Photos
- Toyota GT86 Cup Edition Takes Over Pace Car Duties at VLN Endurance Championship
- Subaru Recalling Cars for Curling Mats, Nissan for Spare Tire Inflation and Honda Over ESC
- 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class – This is the First Official Photo!
- Dawn of the Eerie Pigeon Riders
- Irmscher Treats Chevrolet Trax with Styling Upgrades
- Land Rover Marks its 65th Anniversary with Defender LXV Special Edition
| Woman Hurled Into the Air by her Partner-in-Crime After Trying to Steal Gas Posted: 30 Apr 2013 06:31 PM PDT  True, gas prices have gone up in most places around the world in the past few years, but are a few gallons of petrol worth more than the safety and well-being of your partner? Obviously, for most people the answer to this question would be "no", but when it comes to criminals and possibly harmful individuals, anything goes, as we see in this surveillance video from a gas station at Mt Warren Park in southeast Queensland, Australia. Read more »       |
| GM Talks About the Evolution of the 2014 Camaro Coupe Posted: 30 Apr 2013 05:47 PM PDT  As you would have thought, even though it's been a month since we first laid eyes on the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro, General Motors isn't done talking yet about the redesign of its modern-day muscle car. This time, the microphone is passed onto the Chevrolet Camaro's Program Engineering Manager, Mark Dickens, who has a few things to say about the redesign of the fifth generation model and how it relates to the performance improvements. Read more »   |
| Toyota Says its 2015 FCV-R Fuel-Cell Car will Cost Between $50,000 and $100,000 Posted: 30 Apr 2013 04:37 PM PDT  While we still have many years ahead of us for fuel-cell vehicles to become a practical and affordable alternative to gasoline- and diesel-powered models, automakers are edging closer and closer to that goal. On Tuesday, during the Fortune Brainstorm Green conference in Laguna Niguel, California, Chris Hostetter, group vice president of strategic planning for Toyota USA, told Automotive News that the brand's production version of the 2011 FCV-R fuel-cell concept should cost between $50,000 and $100,000 when it goes on sale in the States in 2015. Read more »   |
| Dash-Cam Captures Shocking Boeing 747 Crash in Afghanistan [Graphic] Posted: 30 Apr 2013 03:58 PM PDT  Footage from a dashboard camera of Monday's horrifying airplane crash at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of seven American crew members, has surfaced online. Fox Detroit reported that according to military sources in the Pentagon and in Afghanistan, the video was most likely shot by a service member driving security at Bagram Airfield, which could explain how calm the driver is after witnessing the crash. In the video, the Boeing 747 cargo plane that was transporting vehicles, is seen ascending but then it slowly starts to veer of course before it quickly plunges into the ground. Read more »   |
| Daimler in Talks with Renault to Build Large Van Together Posted: 30 Apr 2013 03:19 PM PDT  Following the Renault Kangoo – Mercedes-Benz Citan joint project, Daimler and Renault are now holding talks to build a large van together, expanding their existing partnership. "We're in early talks with Renault," Daimler spokeswoman Uta Leitner acknowledged, with Renault spokeswoman Raluca Barb also confirming the discussions. "No decisions on possible production sites have been taken," Barb said. Read more »    |
| The Latest Batch of Spy Videos of the New Mercedes-Benz S-Class W222 Posted: 30 Apr 2013 02:12 PM PDT  Our Mercedes-Benz radar hit red this morning when the German carmaker mistakenly released the first official photo of the brand-new, and highly anticipated, S-Class, on one of its consumer webpages. With only a fortnight left for the formal presentation of the car on May 15, it's safe to assume that we'll be getting more sneak peeks of the W222-codenamed luxury model in the coming days and weeks. Read more »   |
| Hyundai Exec Confirms 2014 Genesis Sedan World Premiere at Detroit Auto Show Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:38 PM PDT  We knew from a variety of sources, including Hyundai CEO Kim Choon-ho, that the new generation of the Genesis sedan would land in dealerships next year, but now, the Korean carmaker has provided a precise date for the world premiere of its luxury mid-size sedan via Brandon Ramirez, senior group manager of product planning with Hyundai Motor America. Read more »    |
| Swedes Tell the Tale of the New Volvo S60 Polestar Sports Sedan Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT  In a somewhat ironic twist, Polestar's first true performance production model, the new Volvo S60 Polestar, won't be offered in its home market. In fact, it won't even be available in Europe. Instead, the only country that will get the car is located several thousand miles on the other side of the world, in Australia – at least for the time being, as Volvo did say that further markets "are under investigation". Read more »    |
| 2014 Nissan 370Z Nismo Arrives This Summer with a Subtle Styling Refresh Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:54 AM PDT  Nissan has released more details on the 2014 model year 370Z Nismo that comes with new exterior and interior accents, and which will go on sale this summer at Nissan dealers throughout the U.S. We'll remind you that Nissan had revealed the 2014MY 370Z Nismo at the Chicago Auto Show this past February. Read more »    |
| Alfa Romeo Stradale Design Concept Imagined as an 8C Competizione Replacement Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:21 AM PDT  Few, if any, Alfa Romeo models of recent times, have rekindled a passion for the Italian brand as much as the 8C Competizione, which was produced in coupe form from 2007 to 2009 and as a roadster from 2008 to 2010 in just 500 examples each. Even though the 8C Competizione was built on Maserati gear (platform and engine) and assembled at the Maserati factory in Modena, Italy, its unique and exotic looks were enough to get the hearts of Alfa Romeo fans in racing mode. That said, attempting to design a successor isn't the easiest task for any designer, professional or not, but it's one that Aurelio Argentieri is willing to take on. Read more »   |
| Mind the Russian Baby, Flame the Parents Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:39 AM PDT  This definitely not the first Russian dash-cam video in which we get to see acts of bad parenting. I've seen so many of these (somewhat similar to the one posted après le jump) that it stopped being funny a long time ago. There are also some thematically-related videos, in the violent far reaches of YouTube, where what you see are no longer near-misses – don't search for these, just be aware that they are there and extremely gruesome. Read more »    |
| Chevy Astro Van Turned Into Would-be Lamborghini Gallardo Wants to Find a New Home Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:14 AM PDT  From the strange depths of Craigslist comes this 1994 Chevrolet Astro, which as you may have noticed, doesn't really look like GM's mid-sized van as it comes with an…Italian flair of sorts. Before you break your head trying to figure out where you've seen it before, as mentioned by Jalopnik, the Lamborghini Gallardo-inspired "Astroghini" was one of the cars built for Discovery Channel's long-gone "Ultimate Car Build-Off" reality show and it has once again hit the sales block. Read more »   |
| Watch a Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Hit 300km/h – 186mph on the Highway Posted: 30 Apr 2013 09:42 AM PDT  You don't really need a speed limit-free highway to enjoy an exotic Italian supercar like the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4, but it doesn't hurt to stretch that howling 6.5-liter V12 on an open road like Germany's famous Autobahn either, right? Read more »    |
| Skoda Details New Octavia Combi 4x4, Shares a Huge Gallery of Photos Posted: 30 Apr 2013 08:48 AM PDT  Following the world premiere of the new Octavia Combi at this year's Geneva Motor Show, Skoda has released information about the 4x4 variants of its station wagon that are now fitted with an updated AWD system featuring the latest-generation Haldex 5 clutch. Of the 124,500 Skoda Octavia estates sold last year in Europe, almost 20 percent were all-wheel drive versions, with the ratio being even higher in Scandinavian and Alpine countries (61 percent in Norway, 55 percent in Switzerland). Read more »   |
| Toyota GT86 Cup Edition Takes Over Pace Car Duties at VLN Endurance Championship Posted: 30 Apr 2013 08:11 AM PDT  Toyota has prepared a pace-car version of its newly introduced GT86 Cup Edition for this season's VLN Endurance Racing Championship. The GT86 Cup Edition, of which only 86 examples will be produced exclusively for the German market, brings a host of styling accessories and accents ranging from racing stripes and 18-inch OZ Ultraleggera alloy wheels shod in 225/40 performance tires, to an Alcantara interior. Read more »    |
| Subaru Recalling Cars for Curling Mats, Nissan for Spare Tire Inflation and Honda Over ESC Posted: 30 Apr 2013 07:40 AM PDT  In its latest release, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has shared detailed information on three separate and unrelated recalls from the same number of carmakers. We'll begin with Subaru, which is recalling 10,137 Forester SUVs made from January 2013 through March 2013 over an issue with the carpeted floor mats that may curl when exposed to heat. This can be a problem when it occurs with the driver-side floor mat as it can interfere with the "proper operation of one or a combination of, the vehicle's clutch, brake, and accelerator pedals". A similar issue had plagued Toyota causing one of the widely publicized sudden acceleration-related recalls. Read more »   |
| 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class – This is the First Official Photo! Posted: 30 Apr 2013 07:07 AM PDT  The May 15 world premiere date for the all-new Mercedes-Benz S-Class is nearing, and the first official photo showing the exterior of the car has broken cover, courtesy of the German firm itself. To explain, Mercedes-Benz uploaded the picture on its mobile consumer website in Austria earlier this morning but has since removed it. The single picture shows the front-quarter end of Mercedes' new flagship luxury sedan, which is dominated by a larger grille than on the current model and teardrop-shaped headlights. Read more »   |
| Dawn of the Eerie Pigeon Riders Posted: 30 Apr 2013 06:15 AM PDT  Even though pigeons have many admirers across the world, many people also like to call them "rats of the sky" for their often-dirty appearance and diseases that they may carry around with them. After watching this video from, where else but Russia, you could add a Mafia mentality or a…Norman Bates quality to their bag of tricks. Read more »   |
| Irmscher Treats Chevrolet Trax with Styling Upgrades Posted: 30 Apr 2013 05:22 AM PDT  Aside from Opel, German tuning firm Irmscher also applies its expertise on Chevrolet's European offerings, with its latest project being the Trax small crossover, which is related to the Opel Mokka and the North American market Buick Encore. Read more »    |
| Land Rover Marks its 65th Anniversary with Defender LXV Special Edition Posted: 30 Apr 2013 04:49 AM PDT  Land Rover just turned 65 on April 30 and aside from the usual festivities with a historical display of more than 130 vehicles at the company's original testing ground at Packington Estate, the automaker presented a new special edition Defender named "LXV", which is the Roman numeral for 65. It is based on the standard Defender Hard Top and equipped with a 2.2-liter diesel engine producing 120hp (122PS) and 360Nm (265 lb-ft) of torque, linked to a 6-speed manual. Read more »   |
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