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- GTA-Style Road Rage Chase Between WRX STI and Celica is Better Than an F&F Movie
- First Screenshots and Video of 2014 Audi A8 Facelift [Update - Watch the Live Reveal]
- The Winners of Lexus' Modify the 2014 IS Competition, Real Life Version Coming to SEMA
- 2014 Will be the Final Model Year for the Toyota FJ Cruiser
- 2013 Nissan Terrano Officially Revealed in India [w/Video]
- Sony Officially Confirms Gran Turismo Movie!
- Automakers and Other Brands Create Unique Cars for New Gran Turismo 6 Vision [w/Video]
- New Monza Concept is Opel's Idea of a Coupe with Wings for Doors
- If This Accident Doesn't Make You Say Holy Cr@p, We Don't Know What Will [NSFW]
- GM Says Cadillac Elmiraj Coupe Concept is "Very Doable"
- Is This a New Nissan Sports Saloon Concept for the Detroit Show?
- Proud Owner Shows Off KITT Doppelganger which he Zealously Created
- Next Nissan Titan to Offer a New Cummins 5.0-liter V8 Turbo Diesel
- Spy Shots: VW to Top Off New Golf Range with Plus Minivan
- BMW Official Says 8-Series Coupe Has Not Been Green-Lit but Remains Under Consideration
- Dick Van Dyke's Jaguar XJ Burns to the Ground, Man Who Saved Him Films Rescue
- Ferrari Reveals More Hardcore 458 Dubbed Speciale With 597HP
- Ford Tops Kuga's UK Lineup with New Titanium X Sport Edition
- Three GM Kansas City Plant Workers Rap About the Cars They Build
- New Kia Soul and Facelifted Optima to Make Euro Debut in Frankfurt
- 2014 Range Rover Evoque Mildly Refreshed, Gains 9sp Gearbox and New Tech
- OMG, OMG! Bobcat Show-Off Ends in Dust-Off
- Ice, Ice Baby: Skoda's 21 Foot Tall vRS Monster Van Hits UK Beaches to Serve Free Ice Cream
- New Mercedes S500 Plug-In Hybrid Averages 3L/100 KM or 78.4 US MPG
- Mild Updates for European Market 2014 Jaguar XJ
| GTA-Style Road Rage Chase Between WRX STI and Celica is Better Than an F&F Movie Posted: 20 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT  When you're watching a Hollywood flick (Bollywood is another story…), with very few exceptions, you usually know how a chase scene with cars will end. With reality, and especially Russian dash-cam reality, you can never be quite sure what will happen next… Read more »        |
| First Screenshots and Video of 2014 Audi A8 Facelift [Update - Watch the Live Reveal] Posted: 20 Aug 2013 05:26 PM PDT  Audi might be waiting until Wednesday for the official release of its revised 2014MY A8 luxury saloon, but German car magazine Autobild has already published an official promotional video of the facelifted version of the long-wheelbase A8L W12, which more or less, should share the same set of updates as the regular model. Read more »    |
| The Winners of Lexus' Modify the 2014 IS Competition, Real Life Version Coming to SEMA Posted: 20 Aug 2013 04:34 PM PDT  All it took was a little over a month for more than 600 creative minds to take part and send their proposals for a customized 2014 Lexus IS sports saloon in the special competition organized by Lexus and the design community at "deviantART". Read more »    |
| 2014 Will be the Final Model Year for the Toyota FJ Cruiser Posted: 20 Aug 2013 04:00 PM PDT  The retro-style Toyota FJ Cruiser will not continue beyond the 2014 model year, the Japanese carmaker has quietly announced on its fleet website. "FJ Cruiser will be discontinued at the end of 14MY," reads Toyota's short posting. This means that companies interested in the FJ Cruiser have until June 2014 to place their orders. Read more »    |
| 2013 Nissan Terrano Officially Revealed in India [w/Video] Posted: 20 Aug 2013 02:49 PM PDT  Mumbai was the city chosen by Nissan to pull the wraps off its new 2013 Terrano, because it will be built in India, alongside the Micra, Sunny and Evalia. It's an affordable SUV that promises to be a little more luxurious than the Dacia Duster on which it's based. It's couldn't have been a lot more luxurious, otherwise it would have encroached on the territory of its higher-class and higher-priced kinsmen, the Qasqai and X-Trail. Read more »   |
| Sony Officially Confirms Gran Turismo Movie! Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:59 PM PDT  There's plenty of news coming out from Gamescom today, which is a trade fair for video games held annually in Cologne, Germany, but one particular story that will have people in the car industry talking (aside from the release date of the GT6 and the announcement on the special Vision Concept series – read more here), is the official confirmation from Sony of a Gran Turismo movie. Read more »    |
| Automakers and Other Brands Create Unique Cars for New Gran Turismo 6 Vision [w/Video] Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:35 PM PDT  The makers of the world-renowned Gran Turismo racing game for Sony's Playstation, Polyphony Digital Inc. are celebrating the series' 15th anniversary with a new initiative called Vision Gran Turismo that will be part of the GT6 game due for release on December 6, 2013. For this new initiative, the GT franchise formed a unique partnership with a number of automakers, coachbuilders and other brands, including Alfa Romeo, Alpine, Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Bertone, GM Design, Honda, Infiniti, Italdesign Giugiaro, JORDAN Brand, Mercedes-Benz, Nike, Nissan, Peugeot, SRT (Chrysler), Volkswagen and Zagato to create a special series of futuristic concept cars for the game. Read more »   |
| New Monza Concept is Opel's Idea of a Coupe with Wings for Doors Posted: 20 Aug 2013 12:57 PM PDT  The phrase, "My, oh my, what big doors you have" was the first thing that came to mind upon taking a look at these official photos of the all-new Opel (Vauxhall) Monza Concept that were spilled on the internet ahead of the car's world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. We can't say that the new Monza qualifies as a coupe as its body looks more akin to a sleek, sports station wagon, while the gullwing-style doors are truly enormous, essentially taking up the same surface are as two doors on either side.
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| If This Accident Doesn't Make You Say Holy Cr@p, We Don't Know What Will [NSFW] Posted: 20 Aug 2013 12:30 PM PDT  Here's a wakeup call for all of you who continue to think that all absurd, inexplicable and utterly mind-boggling car accidents only take place in Russia and the surrounding countries. A Vine user who goes by the name Alex Stack captured the moment when a pickup truck towing a utility trailer veered into a median on Westbound I-96 and flied over a guardrail into Sycamore Creek this past Friday. Read more »   |
| GM Says Cadillac Elmiraj Coupe Concept is "Very Doable" Posted: 20 Aug 2013 12:05 PM PDT  The Cadillac Elmiraj coupe study wowed the crowds at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance this past weekend and will no doubt be one of the showstoppers at the Frankfurt Auto Show next month, if the Detroit company brings it in. I hope that it will become more than a design exercise, as one of Cadillac's top executives acknowledged. Read more »    |
| Is This a New Nissan Sports Saloon Concept for the Detroit Show? Posted: 20 Aug 2013 11:45 AM PDT  At this month's ongoing Nissan 360 event in California, the Japanese brand shared two sketches of a sporty-looking sedan concept with the press, which Jalopnik's Jason Torchinsky reports that it previews a new study that will break cover in the flesh at the next Detroit motor show in January. Read more »    |
| Proud Owner Shows Off KITT Doppelganger which he Zealously Created Posted: 20 Aug 2013 11:22 AM PDT  Movie car replicas vary greatly in their quality, and sadly most who take on the endeavor of actually trying to convert an existing car into their boyhood dream end up with a half-ass attempt that is not really worthy to show off. We've seen so many of those, that we're thankful for the few people out there that are dedicated and passionate enough to do a thorough job. Read more »    |
| Next Nissan Titan to Offer a New Cummins 5.0-liter V8 Turbo Diesel Posted: 20 Aug 2013 11:00 AM PDT  In a first for a Japanese carmaker, Nissan announced today that its next generation Titan large pickup truck will be offered with a newly-developed diesel engine. While Nissan would not share any additional information on the new truck yet, it confirmed that the turbocharged diesel lump will be a 5.0-liter V8 unit supplied by U.S., Indiana-based manufacturer Cummins. Read more »   |
| Spy Shots: VW to Top Off New Golf Range with Plus Minivan Posted: 20 Aug 2013 10:15 AM PDT  If you're not familiar with Volkswagen's Golf Plus series, it's essentially a high-roofline version of the compact model with added flexibility and a bigger boot, that fills the gap between hatchbacks and pure minivans like the German brand's Touran. Read more »    |
| BMW Official Says 8-Series Coupe Has Not Been Green-Lit but Remains Under Consideration Posted: 20 Aug 2013 09:50 AM PDT  It seems that ever since BMW unveiled the Pininfarina-styled Grand Lusso concept earlier this year, it sparked the imaginations of many, who prophesized the return of a new 8-Series-badged luxury coupe, which would be a kind-of Bentley Continental-GT or Mercedes-Benz CL rival of sorts. Read more »    |
| Dick Van Dyke's Jaguar XJ Burns to the Ground, Man Who Saved Him Films Rescue Posted: 20 Aug 2013 09:20 AM PDT  TV icon and comic actor Dick Van Dyke and his wife, Arlene, were involved in a not so comical situation on Monday afternoon when their latest gen Jaguar XJ saloon burst into flames on a Los Angeles highway, but fortunately, this story had a happy ending for the couple, but not so much for the Jag… Passers-by noticed the white XJ parked on the shoulder of the Ventura freeway with the engine bay spitting out clouds of smoke and the 87-year old actor slumped over the steering wheel trying to make a call. Read more »   |
| Ferrari Reveals More Hardcore 458 Dubbed Speciale With 597HP Posted: 20 Aug 2013 08:45 AM PDT  For most, a standard Ferrari 458 Italia will be more supercar than they'll ever need, with a screaming 4.5-liter V8 engine, lightweight (mostly) carbon and aluminum construction and enough buttons on the steering wheel to make their use a bit of a chore. However, as is tradition, it really needed a more special version, which would get many tweaks to make it even faster and more distinctive, and whereas the more hardcore version of the 430 was called the Scuderia, Ferrari didn't really bother with picking a name for this hotter 458 and just called it the "Speciale." It seems that they chose not to go with the originally-speculated name, "Monte Carlo." Read more »   |
| Ford Tops Kuga's UK Lineup with New Titanium X Sport Edition Posted: 20 Aug 2013 08:21 AM PDT  After noticing that more 80 percent of UK buyers of the Kuga SUV (sold as the Escape in North America) opt for the better-equipped Titanium and Titanium X models, Ford saw the potential for an even higher-specification trim level and thus, the top-of-the-range Titanium X Sport was born. Read more »    |
| Three GM Kansas City Plant Workers Rap About the Cars They Build Posted: 20 Aug 2013 07:59 AM PDT  If you thought passion within the automotive industry was only confined to the minute manufacturers that still make their vehicles by hand, you were wrong. Such positive feelings also seem to be present in the large-scale industrial side of the business too, where workers put their signature on hundreds of cars every day, like in the case of the three GM workers who love the cars that they make so much that they decided to write songs about them. Read more »   |
| New Kia Soul and Facelifted Optima to Make Euro Debut in Frankfurt Posted: 20 Aug 2013 07:35 AM PDT  Joining Kia's display of a new concept model for a small crossover to compete against the Nissan Juke at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month, will be the European premieres of the all-new, second generation Soul and the refreshed Optima sedan. Read more »    |
| 2014 Range Rover Evoque Mildly Refreshed, Gains 9sp Gearbox and New Tech Posted: 20 Aug 2013 07:07 AM PDT  The creation of the Range Rover Evoque was a really smart move by Land Rover, and now there's hardly a posh café without one parked outside – with 170,000 of them sold in just 18 months, it figures. Its concept-like styling, sumptuous interior and decent driving dynamics really set it apart in its niche, and now it has been made even more appealing courtesy of several "exterior and interior design enhancements, plus new alloy wheel designs," as well as an efficiency-boosting nine-speed automatic transmission and other novel features. Read more »   |
| OMG, OMG! Bobcat Show-Off Ends in Dust-Off Posted: 20 Aug 2013 06:44 AM PDT  Note to self: If you ever sit behind the wheel of a Bobcat and want to impress your friends with your driving skills, please make sure the front bucket loader is empty or you just might end up on the other side of the fence making a fool out of yourself… Read more »    |
| Ice, Ice Baby: Skoda's 21 Foot Tall vRS Monster Van Hits UK Beaches to Serve Free Ice Cream Posted: 20 Aug 2013 06:20 AM PDT  Here's a nice gesture and a clever marketing move from Skoda's UK arm which will make use of the 21 foot tall (6.4 meters) ice cream van with 5 foot (1.5 meters) monster truck wheels featured in its new 2013 Octavia vRS television spot to promote the launch of the car by embarking on a national tour offering free ice-cream to children of all ages. Read more »    |
| New Mercedes S500 Plug-In Hybrid Averages 3L/100 KM or 78.4 US MPG Posted: 20 Aug 2013 06:00 AM PDT  After the launch of the new S 400 Hybrid and S 300 BlueTec Hybrid, Mercedes today pulled the wraps off the third hybrid model of the all-new S-Class series, the very frugal S 500 Plug-In Hybrid that returns a combine fuel consumption of 3 liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers (78.4 US mpg / 94.2 UK mpg) and CO2 emissions of 69 g/km. These impressive figures are made possible by an 80-kW (107hp) electric motor that can propel the car all by itself for about 30 km or 18.6 miles. Read more »   |
| Mild Updates for European Market 2014 Jaguar XJ Posted: 20 Aug 2013 05:41 AM PDT  Jaguar's top saloon offering, the XJ, continues largely unchanged for the 2014 model year in Europe and other parts of the world, sans some tech upgrades and comfort improvements While the engine range, which includes the 237hp (240PS) 2.0-liter turbo petrol, 335hp (340PS) 3.0-liter V6 petrol, 271hp (275PS) 3.0-liter V6 diesel, and 5.0-liter V8 petrols putting out 380hp (385PS), 464hp (470PS), 503hp (510PS), and in the XJR, 542hp (550PS), remains the same, the base four-cylinder 2.0L engine now comes with Jaguar's Intelligent Stop/Start system as standard. Read more »   |
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