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- Audi A8 Driver Throws a Wild Hissy Fit After Minor Accident and Trashes His Own Car!
- BMW Paints M3 Individual in the Wrong Color But Doesn't Make Things Right…
- Chrome-Wrapped VW Golf Mk7 will Blind You on a Sunny Day
- More Than 300 Cars and 2 Real Tanks Used in Fast & Furious 6 Movie
- Aston Martin Teases New Model, Can You Guess What It Is?
- VW Celebrates Production of 250,000th Passat at Chattanooga Plant
- Need for Speed: Rivals Racing Game Announced, Shows Impressive Graphical Fidelity in Teaser
- U Spy: What's Jeep Doing with a Fully Camouflaged 2014 Cherokee in Hollywood?
- Renault Confirms New Versions of the Laguna, Espace and Scenic
- BMW Concept Ninety Sports Bike Is the R 90 S of the 21st Century [w/Video]
- Pagani Readies First Zonda R Evolution for Customer Delivery
- Watch Lady Luck Save This Man's Life
- 2014 Fiat 500L Arrives in the U.S. with a $19,100 Sticker Price
- New BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso V12 Coupé Looks More 7-Series Coupe than 8-Series [Video]
- Maserati Boss Denies Development of LaFerrari Sibling
- Chris Harris Drives the Ford Fiesta ST, Makes Theoretical Comparison to Renault Clio RS
- Italdesign Says Concorso d'Eleganza Didn't Accept its Application for the BMW Group Organized Show
- Elon Musk Replies to Chrysler: You’re not American, You Still Owe $1.3 Billion
- Well Played Sir: Driver Bails Out Just Before Truck Smashes his Tricycle
- New Mitsubishi Attrage Sedan Revealed in Depth in Brochure Shots, But Beware; It Ain't Pretty…
- Renault's Twin'Run Concept is a 320HP Pocket Rocket Previewing Next Twingo [56 Pics & Video]
- Daimler Consults with Ford for Creation of New Three-Cylinder Turbocharged Engine
| Audi A8 Driver Throws a Wild Hissy Fit After Minor Accident and Trashes His Own Car! Posted: 24 May 2013 08:45 PM PDT  If this incident, which purportedly happened in Malaga, Spain, is indeed real as claimed and doesn't turn out to be some sort of hoax, then the driver and protagonist of the scene should be considered a prime candidate for the coveted "moron of the year" award. Why? Well, let's take it from the beginning. The man behind the wheel of the Audi, which we believe to be a front-wheel drive (you'll soon see why that matters), first generation A8 sedan – unless we're mistaken about the size and it's an older A6, is said to have had a minor accident crashing into a metal rail. Accidents like that happen all the time, but what took place after, does not… Read more »       |
| BMW Paints M3 Individual in the Wrong Color But Doesn't Make Things Right… Posted: 24 May 2013 05:17 PM PDT  Any BMW M3 is a special car, even if you go for the most basic model without options - any spirited driver would love to own one, regardless of doors, color and specs. However, M3Post member "b-thumper" explains that things are much more complicated and contrived than in the real world, and his story is quite an eye-opener. Having owned an E46 M3 for eight years, b-thumper decided it was time to get his hands on the wheel of the latest V8-powered M3, so he set about trying to order one, but realizes deadline for the e90 model had passed on. So, he went for an E92, which he ordered through BMW's Individual program that allows buyers to choose special colors for the exterior and interior, and also opted for the European delivery program. Read more »   |
| Chrome-Wrapped VW Golf Mk7 will Blind You on a Sunny Day Posted: 24 May 2013 04:06 PM PDT  Have you ever wondered how aftermarket companies apply chrome wrap to cars? Well, if you haven't seen it done before, now is your chance to find out, as UK's Creative FX firm has shared a "how it's made" video showing the entire operation of wrapping a VW Golf Mk7 in chrome foil. Read more »    |
| More Than 300 Cars and 2 Real Tanks Used in Fast & Furious 6 Movie Posted: 24 May 2013 03:44 PM PDT  You expect a lot of cars to be used up on a movie set, where many identical models are needed for various scenes, in which you end up perceiving them as one when watching everything after it's been properly edited. Furthermore, if said movie also happens to be part of a street racing series, like the Fast and Furious franchise, you expect the number of used cars to be high. In the case of the sixth installment of the Fast and Furious series that hit cinemas today, it's 300 cars. Read more »   |
| Aston Martin Teases New Model, Can You Guess What It Is? Posted: 24 May 2013 03:08 PM PDT  The festivities and special models dedicated to Aston Martin's centenary continue with yet another teaser for a new car, bits and parts of which are shown in a video that was released today. In the clip, we see the outline of a coupe model and a collection of images detailing certain elements of the car such as the hood vents, center stack, and headlamps. To spare you from entering game-mode with the pause button, we did the work for you by attaching the screen shots below. Read more »   |
| VW Celebrates Production of 250,000th Passat at Chattanooga Plant Posted: 24 May 2013 02:32 PM PDT  A year after it announced the making of the 100,000th Passat in Chattanooga, Volkswagen today said it has produced the 250,000th Passat in its only U.S. plant. The milestone car carries Night Blue paint and has black leather interior. It is powered by VW's so-called "clean-diesel" TDI engine and features navigation, a sunroof, 18-inch alloy wheels and the Volkswagen Fender premium audio system. Read more »    |
| Need for Speed: Rivals Racing Game Announced, Shows Impressive Graphical Fidelity in Teaser Posted: 24 May 2013 02:01 PM PDT  There has been a lot of talk about the Need for Speed movie recently, and you'll hear the name even more now that "Need for Speed: Rivals" racing game has been announced through a short teaser trailer designed to impress with the excellent graphics backed up by the "All Footage From Game Engine" message, which basically means that this is how the final game will look like. Read more »    |
| U Spy: What's Jeep Doing with a Fully Camouflaged 2014 Cherokee in Hollywood? Posted: 24 May 2013 01:32 PM PDT  Given Carscoops' readers sentiments on the design of the new generation 2014 Jeep Cherokee, as strongly expressed in the comments sections our inaugural posts about the car here and here, it's not hard to imagine what some of the answers may be to the question posed in our title. But seriously now, if you were to block the images of the Cherokee from your thoughts, what do you think Jeep is doing with this prototype in full camouflage, which was nabbed this week by Carscoops' reader Stephen D. as he was driving to his work in Hollywood, California? Read more »   |
| Renault Confirms New Versions of the Laguna, Espace and Scenic Posted: 24 May 2013 01:04 PM PDT  While PSA is announcing the closing of one factory after the other, local rivals Renault are doing nothing of the sort. In fact, Renault announced that it will be investing €420 ($542) million for the preparation of the Douai factory, in France, for the production of no fewer than five different cars at the same time. Three of them have been announced for 2014: the all-new Laguna, Espace and Scenic. Read more »    |
| BMW Concept Ninety Sports Bike Is the R 90 S of the 21st Century [w/Video] Posted: 24 May 2013 12:44 PM PDT  The BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso V12 Coupé is not the only new concept from BMW for the 2013 Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza. The Bavarian company also brought along a motorcycle named the BMW Concept Ninety, which is both a present for BMW Motorrad's 90th anniversary and a tribute to its iconic R 90 S motorbike that turns 40 this year. Read more »    |
| Pagani Readies First Zonda R Evolution for Customer Delivery Posted: 24 May 2013 12:07 PM PDT  Pagani might not produce many models – in fact, the Modena-based carmaker has only built two supercars since its inception in the early 1990s, the Zonda and more recently, the Huayra, but it sure has many different editions and versions of each car, especially of the former that has been around longer. One of the last special editions of the Zonda is the R Evolution model based on the non-road homologated Zonda R, which was first shown to the public during the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed where it took part in the famed Goodwood hillclimb race Read more »   |
| Watch Lady Luck Save This Man's Life Posted: 24 May 2013 11:28 AM PDT  We don't know if the video we posted below is from Russia, but since the Cyrillic alphabet is used, and a Lada Niva can be seen in the background, it's plausible. In any case, it features a very lucky man who narrowly escapes being crushed alive by a truck that collided with the bus he was putting diesel in at a filling station. Read more »    |
| 2014 Fiat 500L Arrives in the U.S. with a $19,100 Sticker Price Posted: 24 May 2013 11:05 AM PDT  Fiat has launched the 500L small MPV in the United States, with the first cars to arrive in dealerships this June. Priced from $19,100 (equal to €14,790), excluding an $800 destination charge, the 500L will be available with four equipment lines – the base 500L Pop, 500L Easy, 500L Trekking and 500L Lounge. Read more »    |
| New BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso V12 Coupé Looks More 7-Series Coupe than 8-Series [Video] Posted: 24 May 2013 03:50 PM PDT  BMW and Pininfarina have blown the covers off their new jointly designed and developed Gran Lusso Coupé in advanced of the one-off model's world premiere at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013 this weekend. The large coupe model is the outcome of the first collaboration between BMW and Pininfarina, and it follows the BMW Z4-based Zagato Coupé presented at last year's Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. When the Bavarian carmaker shared a sketch and a couple of cropped details of the car along with the information that it uses a V12 powerplant earlier this month, the first thing that came to mind was the possibility of a 21st century version of the 8-Series Coupe that was built from 1989 to 1999.
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| Maserati Boss Denies Development of LaFerrari Sibling Posted: 24 May 2013 09:02 AM PDT  Maserati CEO Harald Wester denied reports that the Modena-based carmaker will develop its own version of the Ferrari LaFerrari supercar. According to an Edmunds report, at the launch of the Maserati Quattroporte V6, Wester dismissed stories about the project as unfounded, although Maserati had in the past built its own derivative of Ferrari's Enzo, the MC12. However, the CEO confirmed that Maserati plans to offer new limited-edition models, although he did not offer further details. Read more »   |
| Chris Harris Drives the Ford Fiesta ST, Makes Theoretical Comparison to Renault Clio RS Posted: 24 May 2013 08:14 AM PDT  Chris Harris may have driven the new Ford Fiesta ST, but he says that he will wait until he gets behind the wheel of one of its main rivals, the paddle-shifting Renault Clio RS, both on the road and the track, before passing final judgment on the Blue Oval's hot hatch. However, he begins the comparison in his latest video review of the former, and asks several questions, important to those in the market for such a vehicle. Read more »   |
| Italdesign Says Concorso d'Eleganza Didn't Accept its Application for the BMW Group Organized Show Posted: 24 May 2013 07:47 AM PDT  For more than 80 years now, some of the most beautiful and rare production and concept cars have come together from all parts of the world on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, for the annual Concorso d'Eleganza (Competition of Elegance) a Villa d'Este. This year's edition of the show kicked off on Friday, May 24 and will run through the weekend. Iconic design studio Italdesign Giugiaro has participated in the event every year since 2002, when it won two awards for the Alfa Romeo Brera Concept, but it won't be attending the 2013 edition of the show, something we learned about today via a press statement. Read more »   |
| Elon Musk Replies to Chrysler: You’re not American, You Still Owe $1.3 Billion Posted: 24 May 2013 06:50 AM PDT  Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is not one to back down from a public dispute. The latest one started with Tesla's announcement that it had repaid in full its government loan, with the release adding that it is the first American carmaker to do so. This made Chrysler respond with a statement in which it said it was the first U.S. carmaker to have repaid the U.S. government loan in 2011, not Tesla. Did you think Musk was convinced by Chrysler's statement and stopped right there? No, he replied to Chrysler's release on Twitter by saying the Detroit-based carmaker is no longer American, as it is owned by Fiat, and it still owes money to the government. Read more »   |
| Well Played Sir: Driver Bails Out Just Before Truck Smashes his Tricycle Posted: 24 May 2013 06:07 AM PDT  It is in the human nature for people to freeze in the presence of danger, but it's not always like that, or at least, it doesn't apply to all individuals. The driver of the tricycle truck in this video from Wenshan, China, is one of those exceptions to the rule. The man was apparently in a hurry and had pulled up in the middle of the crossway (illegally) positioning his tricycle in front of the oncoming lane when a mid-size truck was approaching at speed without slowing down. Read more »   |
| New Mitsubishi Attrage Sedan Revealed in Depth in Brochure Shots, But Beware; It Ain't Pretty… Posted: 24 May 2013 05:38 AM PDT  Turning a supermini into a four-door sedan may be fairly easy from a technical and engineering standpoint, but if not always, most of the times, the aesthetic results leave much to be desired. The Mitsubishi Mirage-based Attrage small sedan is no exception to this rule, and this becomes quite evident in the brochure photos of the car that surfaced online a few days after the Japanese brand announced the production version, which will first go on sale in Thailand later this year, with more countries to follow. Read more »   |
| Renault's Twin'Run Concept is a 320HP Pocket Rocket Previewing Next Twingo [56 Pics & Video] Posted: 24 May 2013 05:09 AM PDT  Following the reveal of the Twin'Z study last month, Renault strikes back with a more hardcore, three-door version called the Twin'Run. It's not entirely new for our eyes, as the car was scooped in March during the filming of a promo clip in Madrid. However, now we have all the official details and photos to share, as Renault displayed the concept in Monaco, where the Formula 1 Grand Prix will take place this Sunday. Read more »   |
| Daimler Consults with Ford for Creation of New Three-Cylinder Turbocharged Engine Posted: 24 May 2013 04:53 AM PDT  Ford is one-step ahead of some of its competitors in terms of very small turbocharged engines, and its 1.0-liter EcoBoost unit is so far proving to be a solid unit. However, they are not holding the information to themselves, and have shared details with representatives from the Daimler group, in exchange for intel on how to achieve the Euro 6 emissions standard. Read more »    |
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