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• Future Cars: Brutish New Lexus RC-F Coupe to Take on Ze Germans
• Here's How to Spend £100,000 or $155,000 on Options for a Ferrari 458 Italia
• Woman Purportedly Showing Off Sends Lamborghini Into a Tree
• Ferrari-Trimmed 1979 Renaut Estafette Van from Rush Movie for Sale
• This Brit Says he Gave Up his Ferrari for a Toyota Prius and he Couldn't be Happier
• Geely Models Co-Developed with Volvo Could Hit The Market in 2015
• 1,024HP Galpin GTR1 is what a Modern Day Ford GT Could Have Looked Like [w/Videos]
• EVO Gets to Grips With the New Porsche 911 GT3, Finds It a Bit Sanitized
• New Opel Adam LPG Has a Total Range of 1,200 KM (745 Miles)
• Another Alfa Romeo Design Study for a Sports Coupe
• Wall Ends Overly-Zealous Attempt at Cornering for Jaguar XJ Supersprt Nürburgring Taxi
• Jaguar Wedded to Intelligent Performance, May Ditch V8s and Superchargers to Cut Emissions
• GM Says New Corvette Won't Spawn a Cadillac Sports Car – What Do You Say?
• Nissan Patrol Sets New World Record for Pulling the Heaviest Aircraft
• Fisker May Fall Into German Hands for $25 Million
• More Revealing Spy Shots of New Kia Sedona Minivan with Less Camo
• Rodzilla is a 1928 Studebaker with Truck Chassis and Turbocharged Tank Engine
• Raging Bull Charges at Cars on Spanish Freeway, Drivers Jump Onto Their Roofs! [w/Video]
• New Need For Speed Rivals Trailer Announces More of the Same for the Series [w/Videos]
• Brand-New Ferrari F12berlinetta Undergoes Major Crash…Lift in Dubai
• Scoop: New BMW M235i and Alpina D3 Touring Diesel Filmed on the 'Ring
• Nissan Teases All-New 2014 Rogue Before September 10 Reveal
• Petersen Automotive Museum to get a Modern Makeover [w/Video]
• Scoop: Revised 2014 Opel Insignia OPC in all its Undisguised Glory
• Mamma Moose Throws a Road-Rage Temper Tantrum in Canada

Future Cars: Brutish New Lexus RC-F Coupe to Take on Ze Germans Posted: 22 Aug 2013 05:15 PM PDT Watch out Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW; Lexus are about to gate-crash the midsize super-coupe arena, and first impressions reveal that they mean serious business. To date, the luxury division of Toyota has had to make do with the thundering IS-F sedan to battle Germany's finest mid-size bruisers - however this is all about to change with coupe version of the latest series that goes well beyond a simple nip/tuck and deletion of the rear doors. Read more »

Here's How to Spend £100,000 or $155,000 on Options for a Ferrari 458 Italia Posted: 22 Aug 2013 04:33 PM PDT If you can afford a Ferrari, you can definitely afford to throw in a few optional extras, right? Well, if you're wealthy it's not a problem, you can even have Ferrari build you a one-off model. If you're "only" rich though, you may have to do the math before you start splashing your cash on options. Because it Ferrari charges for extras much more than what you may have thought… Read more »

Woman Purportedly Showing Off Sends Lamborghini Into a Tree Posted: 22 Aug 2013 04:04 PM PDT There's no problem in using a pricey V12-powered Lamborghini for strolling around busy streets, just as long as you respect and are aware of the tremendous power hidden behind the passenger compartment and you act responsibly – because that's what adults should do. Read more »

Ferrari-Trimmed 1979 Renaut Estafette Van from Rush Movie for Sale Posted: 22 Aug 2013 03:33 PM PDT So, the movie "Rush" is coming out later this year, and it's shaping up to be a good one. If the quality of all their props is as high as that of this carefully recreated Ferrari support van that's going under the hammer on August 25, our hopes are understandably kept high. Read more »

This Brit Says he Gave Up his Ferrari for a Toyota Prius and he Couldn't be Happier Posted: 22 Aug 2013 03:36 PM PDT Some people -you can call them gearheads- would give their souls to drive, let alone, own a Ferrari, regardless of what they think about the company and its practices. In reality, only a very tiny percentage of those people manage to make their dreams of getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari come true. The head of the Hyatt family is one of those lucky individuals – or at least he thought he was, according to this video-interview-promo from Toyota of Britain. The man, whose first name is not mentioned in the clip, says that he gave up an unspecified Ferrari (he is seen playing around with an F355 Spider die-cast model, so that might be the one) for a –let the drums roll- a Toyota Prius. Read more »

Geely Models Co-Developed with Volvo Could Hit The Market in 2015 Posted: 22 Aug 2013 01:59 PM PDT Chinese carmaker Geely's takeover of Volvo was a really mutually-beneficial affair for both parties involved. The former got access to the tech, while the latter received much needed cash to continue development of their models and stay afloat in a very competitive field. Now, we have come to a point where Geely's benefits are coming into play, because it has been announced that the Chinese company will release a series of models jointly-developed with Volvo under its own badge in 2015, reports Bloomberg. Read more »

1,024HP Galpin GTR1 is what a Modern Day Ford GT Could Have Looked Like [w/Videos] Posted: 22 Aug 2013 01:26 PM PDT This year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance wasn't all about mainstream automakers presenting their new studies or limited edition model; one of the most interesting exhibits at the world-class event was the Galpin GTR1, a 1,024hp coachbuilt Ford GT. Designed by Van Nuys-based Galpin Auto Sports, the supercar is based on the Ford GT and shows "what the GT may have looked and performed like had it continued its evolution." Ford built some 4,000 examples of the GT from 2004 to 2006. Read more »

EVO Gets to Grips With the New Porsche 911 GT3, Finds It a Bit Sanitized Posted: 22 Aug 2013 01:01 PM PDT The thrill of driving a 911 was always the direct byproduct of the placement of its engine, and while Porsche proved that they could put an engine pretty much where they want and still make a car handle well, it was always their rear-engined model that received the most attention. Over the years, the 911 has grown and grown up, and the biggest such change was really noticed in the transition from the 997 to the current 991. Read more »

New Opel Adam LPG Has a Total Range of 1,200 KM (745 Miles) Posted: 22 Aug 2013 12:30 PM PDT Opel wants people to think of its Adam minicar as a lifestyle model similar to the Fiat 500 or Mini hatch, but that hasn't stopped the German automaker from chasing cost-conscious consumers as well. This is why Opel / Vauxhall added an LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) version to the Adam's lineup in Europe. Read more »

Another Alfa Romeo Design Study for a Sports Coupe Posted: 22 Aug 2013 12:06 PM PDT In recent years, we have seen more actual concepts and projects for Alfa Romeo cars coming out from independent design studios and coachbuilders like Pininfarina and Carrozzeria Touring, than we have from the Italian automaker itself, which says a lot about the financial decline of the once successful Milanese brand, but also its enduring popularity among auto aficionados. Read more »

Wall Ends Overly-Zealous Attempt at Cornering for Jaguar XJ Supersprt Nürburgring Taxi Posted: 22 Aug 2013 11:41 AM PDT Big cars with long wheelbases aren't renowned for their agility or handling prowess, and even if the Jaguar XJ Supersport packs 503 hp and a mostly-aluminum construction, and has some of the better handling characteristics in the class, it's still a heavy and cumbersome beast. There is so much inertia at play, that if you overstep the margin and go into a corner a bit too quickly, all you can really do is brace for impact. Read more »

Jaguar Wedded to Intelligent Performance, May Ditch V8s and Superchargers to Cut Emissions Posted: 22 Aug 2013 11:14 AM PDT Yet another Australian report concerning the Jaguar-Land Rover group has just come in. This time, it's from Drive with information about Jaguar's strategy regarding future engines and powertrains. The news is that they may ditch V8 engines and supercharging as the boost of choice if they will be constrained to do so by emissions and efficiency regulations. Read more »

GM Says New Corvette Won't Spawn a Cadillac Sports Car – What Do You Say? Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:50 AM PDT Just in case you were wondering, General Motors has put an end to any rumors and gossip regarding the possibility of the seventh generation of the Chevrolet Corvette forming the base for a high-end sports car with the Cadillac badge, much in the likes of the XLR. Read more »

Nissan Patrol Sets New World Record for Pulling the Heaviest Aircraft Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:20 AM PDT You could say that Nissan poked a finger at Toyota and the Tundra pickup truck that was chosen to briefly haul the 150,000-pound (75 tons) Endeavour Space Shuttle last October, with its latest accomplishment in the Middle East. Read more »

Fisker May Fall Into German Hands for $25 Million Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:02 AM PDT The Fisker Karma is too pretty a car for the world to lose right now, and it genuinely doesn't seem to want to go away peacefully. After making us think things were all-but dead and buried, it has now come to our attention that a German company called Fritz Nois AG is interested in acquiring Fisker for $25 / €18.8 million, according to Autobild magazine. Read more »

More Revealing Spy Shots of New Kia Sedona Minivan with Less Camo Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:35 AM PDT Here's another, much better look at Kia's spanking new Sedona people carrier, which like the current model, may bear different names in other markets around the world including Carnival and VQ. This time, our spies photographed a prototype of the Sedona testing in Europe without the heavy cladding on the front and rear ends, thus affording us a first glance at their styling. Read more »

Rodzilla is a 1928 Studebaker with Truck Chassis and Turbocharged Tank Engine Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:05 AM PDT What do you do when you find a 1928 Studebaker body under a tree, and you just happen to have a tank engine lying around, along with some technical know-how of how it may all come together? Well, you may end up with something like Rodzilla over here, which thoroughly deserves its name if only for the horsepower figure alone – a claimed 1,400 ponies on tap! Read more »

Raging Bull Charges at Cars on Spanish Freeway, Drivers Jump Onto Their Roofs! [w/Video] Posted: 22 Aug 2013 08:50 AM PDT A very angry bull that had been caged to be transferred to the Spanish town of Iriépal in Guadalajara for the Fiesta de San Roque on August 16 somehow escaped and ran onto a nearby freeway causing a chaotic scene after it began to charge at cars. Read more »

New Need For Speed Rivals Trailer Announces More of the Same for the Series [w/Videos] Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:55 AM PDT The new Need for Speed game, called Rivals, promises to be a very pretty face in the world of driving games. It won't put emphasis on mimicking the depicted cars' real world handling, focusing instead on making things as entertaining, streamlined and easy to pick up as possible. Read more »

Brand-New Ferrari F12berlinetta Undergoes Major Crash…Lift in Dubai Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:35 AM PDT How do you say 'Ouch' in Arabian? Because, whatever the language spoken by the owner of this literally brand-new Ferrari F12berlinetta, it must deeply hurt to see it in such a condition with its rear quarters ripped off from the body and riding on a funny looking skinny tire at the back. Read more »

Scoop: New BMW M235i and Alpina D3 Touring Diesel Filmed on the 'Ring Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:30 AM PDT Here's a double BMW spy treat, courtesy of YouTube author TouriClip, who spotted what is believed to be the M235i, a higher performance version of the upcoming 2-Series Coupe with a turbocharged straight-six, and the new Alpina D3 Touring. Read more »

Nissan Teases All-New 2014 Rogue Before September 10 Reveal Posted: 22 Aug 2013 06:40 AM PDT Nissan is giving us a heads up on its next brand new product, the 2014 Rogue crossover, with the release of a teaser sketch of the CUV's front corner and a very short statement that reads, "The all-new 2014 Nissan Rogue will push the envelope of CUV design starting on September 10." Read more »

Petersen Automotive Museum to get a Modern Makeover [w/Video] Posted: 22 Aug 2013 06:20 AM PDT Sure, we get modern architecture, design and flamboyant ideas, and we really appreciate the crazier stuff we see, whether that may be buildings, cars, planes or boats. However, there's always a back story associated with these very noticeable projects, and the one behind the Petersen Automotive Museum and its proposed makeover raises many questions… The plan is to have it covered in what looks to me like…metallic toilet paper (an all-new façade), increase the exhibit space by 15,000 square feet and continue to adjust the selection of cars on display until it fits the profile of the place better. Read more »

Scoop: Revised 2014 Opel Insignia OPC in all its Undisguised Glory Posted: 22 Aug 2013 05:56 AM PDT We still haven't managed to learn if there's anything new under the hood of the facelifted 2014 Insignia OPC (Vauxhall Insignia VXR once you cross the English Channel), but we can now answer many of your questions about the car's refreshed looks after our spies caught a red Sports Tourer variant without a single trace of camouflage. Read more »

Mamma Moose Throws a Road-Rage Temper Tantrum in Canada Posted: 22 Aug 2013 05:30 AM PDT As if we didn't have enough people fuming behind the wheel, we now have instances of angry moose with road-rage-like behavior… Bernie Barringer and a fellow bear hunter were driving on a mountain road in British Columbia, Canada, when they stumbled on a mother moose and her two calves walking in front of them. Read more »

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