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• Quiz: Can You Find the Donor Car for this Ferrari 458 Italia Replica?
• Racy Girl Takes an…Ahem…NSFW Ride in a Rally Car
• Secret Semi-Official Holden Monaro VF Surfaces Online
• Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 10 Million Deliveries of C-Class and 190E
• Velvet Ferrari 599 GTB Looks Even Worse When It Rains
• Ferrari Says No to EVs, But Yes to More Hybrids
• New 2014 Mazda3 Gets Positive Nod from Consumer Reports
• Honda Applies a Minor Nip-n-Tuck to 2014 Fit Shuttle
• The Smoking Tire Justifies its Name with New Corvette Stingray Clip
• Tesla Begins Taking Chinese Orders, But Faces Trademark Issues with Name
• Spied: This Jaguar F-Type Coupe Might be the High-Performance 'R' Model
• New City-Bound EV from Korea Folds In Half for Parking
• Lady Walks Across Highway Causing Multiple Crashes, Drivers Want Help to Identify Her
• 2014 Lexus GX Comes with a New Face and a $4,700 Lower Starting Price [w/Video]
• Spied: New BMW X4 Takes a Ride on Public Roads
• GM Says Chevrolet's Small and Compact Car Sales Grew 229 Percent in Three Years
• 2014 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Facelift: This Is Really It [w/Videos]
• Can You Help Us Identify This Allegedly New Concept Car?
• China Grants Volvo Full Rights to Build Cars Locally
• This Guy Did What Many Think of Doing When Seeing Distracted Drivers Talking on Cell Phones
• Updated Hyundai ix35 Arrives in the UK Priced from £16,995
• Kia Releases New Pictures and Details on European-Spec 2014 Soul
• Toyota Pits Tacoma Against Crying Girlfriends, Magicians, Mimes and the Reaper in New Ads
• Mopar Presents Range of Accessories for the New Fiat 500L Minivan in the U.S.

Quiz: Can You Find the Donor Car for this Ferrari 458 Italia Replica? Posted: 23 Aug 2013 05:33 PM PDT So, you think you know your kit car stuff? Well then, here's your chance to shine and show off to the rest of our readers with this Rosso Corsa-colored Ferrari 458 Italia replica that we recently discovered. All we want you to tell us is the donor car that's hidden underneath this curvalicious synthetic body mimicking the lines of Ferrari's mid-engine supercar. Read more »

Racy Girl Takes an…Ahem…NSFW Ride in a Rally Car Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:33 PM PDT Last May, we wondered what will YouTube channel owners and let's not forget, Google AdSense affiliates (…), think of next when it comes to showing off pretty girls in fast cars after the crew from 1320Video had a lightly dressed blonde lady strapped in the seat of a twin-turbo Lamborghini trying to grab a 100 bill during acceleration. Read more »

Secret Semi-Official Holden Monaro VF Surfaces Online Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:06 PM PDT The 2001 Holden Monaro V8 coupe was probably one of the best Australian cars of recent memory, and it found fans not only in its home market, but also in the US and UK, where it was sold as Pontiac and Vauxhall respectively. Sadly, in the current economic climate and packed state of the GM rage, particularly in the US, it would not be particularly lucrative to create another one, based on the new Commodore. Read more »

Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 10 Million Deliveries of C-Class and 190E Posted: 23 Aug 2013 03:30 PM PDT Launched in 1993 as a replacement for the highly successful 190 range, the C-Class has become one of Mercedes' main three nameplates, along with the E-Class and the flagship S-Class. Although the C-Class name was first used in 1993 with the launch of the W202 generation, Mercedes considers the 190 sedan as part of the C-Class family history and includes its sales in the total. Read more »

Velvet Ferrari 599 GTB Looks Even Worse When It Rains Posted: 23 Aug 2013 02:58 PM PDT You probably know by now the velvet-wrapped Ferrari 599 GTB – or the Furarri as some call it - but did you stop for a second and think about how "practical" the unusual wrap is? Well, I didn't either, but when the following video surfaced I realized the velvet wrap is not only a clear case of bad taste, but that it also comes with a series of practical shortcomings. Read more »

Ferrari Says No to EVs, But Yes to More Hybrids Posted: 23 Aug 2013 02:05 PM PDT Ferrari is one of the most image-conscious automakers out there - there really are few others, if any, that would actually cut production to preserve the value and exclusivity of their cars. For this reason, it is harder for the Italians to simply give up using big V12s and try something else, than it is for Jaguar or any other slightly less exclusive brand. Read more »

New 2014 Mazda3 Gets Positive Nod from Consumer Reports Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:35 PM PDT The Mazda3 seems like a smaller version of the very stylish Mazda6, and in sedan form, its rear is even more successful and better proportioned, I think. It's not only nice design that makes the 3 an interesting choice, but also its decent efficiency and the fun-to-drive factor which is mostly absent among its rivals bar the Ford Focus, though even that is not as fun around the twisties as the previous-gen. Read more »

Honda Applies a Minor Nip-n-Tuck to 2014 Fit Shuttle Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:12 PM PDT The world premiere of the third generation Honda Fit (called Jazz in other global markets) in Japan last month hasn't affected the production of the Fit Shuttle, which will continue in its current form for at least for another year, although with some minor updates that were presented today. Read more »

The Smoking Tire Justifies its Name with New Corvette Stingray Clip Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:12 PM PDT Matt Farah is doing a review of the new C7 Corvette Stingray, but that still seems to be stuck in the editing phase for now. However, the crew over at The Smoking Tire thoroughly justified their name in the latest 'Vette, putting together a compilation of burnouts that were performed during the actual test drive. Read more »

Tesla Begins Taking Chinese Orders, But Faces Trademark Issues with Name Posted: 23 Aug 2013 12:09 PM PDT A Weibo post by the dealer Kingston Chan (KC) officially announces that Tesla has begun accepting reservations from China. KC asks potential buyers to send an email to an address connected to the EV maker's official U.S. site – there is no mention of the price, though, or how much higher it will be. Read more »

Spied: This Jaguar F-Type Coupe Might be the High-Performance 'R' Model Posted: 23 Aug 2013 11:34 AM PDT While taking high-resolution shots of a Jaguar F-Type V8 prototype running around on the Nürburgring, our spies noticed something that couldn't be seen on the same test car filmed by Carscoops' reader Timo back in July on the same track: the huge carbon ceramic brakes with the yellow calipers and cross-drilled brake rotors, which look awfully similar to the ones fitted on the limited edition XKR-S GT. Read more »

New City-Bound EV from Korea Folds In Half for Parking Posted: 23 Aug 2013 11:12 AM PDT Parking is a major problem for all who live in or close to large cities. One way to try to get around this is to make cars smaller, though, this compromises their interior space, handling and safety characteristics to a certain degree. Another way, which has been tried before, is to have folding cars that make themselves smaller so as to use as little space as possible when not in use. Read more »

Lady Walks Across Highway Causing Multiple Crashes, Drivers Want Help to Identify Her Posted: 23 Aug 2013 10:52 AM PDT It's amazing, or rather scratch that and replace it with terrifying, how little common sense some people have these days. Senseless is the only word that comes to mind after watching this lady slowly walk –not even run- across a busy freeway in the Zhongshan district of China. In the dash-cam video provided from one of her victims, we see a passenger van stopping in front of her as she calmly walks on the road. Unfortunately, the other drivers were caught by surprise and ended up crashing into each other. Read more »

2014 Lexus GX Comes with a New Face and a $4,700 Lower Starting Price [w/Video] Posted: 23 Aug 2013 10:06 AM PDT Moments after a series of press videos of the revised, global-market 2014 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado surfaced online, the Japanese carmaker's luxury arm Lexus released full details on the SUV's North American sibling, the 2014 GX. The first thing you will notice on the facelifted GX is the brand-new front end that mimics the styling of the larger LX570, which itself was cosmetically updated last year. Together with the brand's signature pinched grille, the 2014 GX obtains a new set of LED headlamps and daytime running lights, plus a new front bumper with optionally available LED foglamps. Read more »

Spied: New BMW X4 Takes a Ride on Public Roads Posted: 23 Aug 2013 09:04 AM PDT If not always, most of the times, BMW's mainstream concepts are nothing more than lightly disguised versions of the actual production cars that will soon adorn the Bavarian brand's store floors. That holds true for the 4-Series Coupe, M4 Coupe and in this case, the X4 study as well. Read more »

GM Says Chevrolet's Small and Compact Car Sales Grew 229 Percent in Three Years Posted: 23 Aug 2013 08:28 AM PDT Here's a very positive number for General Motors and its Chevrolet brand: +229 percent. That's how much the bow-tie automaker's small and compact car sales grew year over year, from the second quarter of 2010 to the same quarter this year – though, the Detroit company doesn't clarify whether it's referring to North American or global sales. Read more »

2014 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Facelift: This Is Really It [w/Videos] Posted: 23 Aug 2013 08:02 AM PDT The other night, we were tipped off about a pair of photos depicting the redesigned 2014 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. Today, we'll not only confirm the legitimacy of those images, but we'll also share with you a full set of official videos of the facelifted SUV along with a batch of screenshots for those of you who dislike pressing pause buttons. Read more »

Can You Help Us Identify This Allegedly New Concept Car? Posted: 23 Aug 2013 07:24 AM PDT Our mystery car segment has a new participant in the form of this purportedly fresh creation of which we first heard about from Carscoops reader Jacob J. who told us the following: "This picture has been popping up on car forums during the last 24 hours. It's obviously shopped but then Wallpaper* tweeted this: 'A surprising makeover from this car brand. We got an early glimpse of their latest offering. What do you think?' It appears that it's some sort of concept from a known manufacturer but I can't figure out what it is". Read more »

China Grants Volvo Full Rights to Build Cars Locally Posted: 23 Aug 2013 06:54 AM PDT If you want to build cars – or anything else, for that matter, in China, there are two basic requirements: a) you need a joint venture with a local partner and b) receive approval from the Chinese government. Volvo is already owned by a Chinese company, and in particular, Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., so all it needed to build vehicles in China was clearance from government authorities. Read more »

This Guy Did What Many Think of Doing When Seeing Distracted Drivers Talking on Cell Phones Posted: 23 Aug 2013 06:30 AM PDT If you don't follow the practice of talking on a cell phone behind the wheel yourself, then you've surely been frustrated by drivers who do so and don't pay attention to the road. And if that's the case, then at some point, the idea of throwing a distracted driver's mobile device may have crossed your mind… Naturally, these thoughts are best to be left as thoughts and humorous jokes. Read more »

Updated Hyundai ix35 Arrives in the UK Priced from £16,995 Posted: 23 Aug 2013 06:05 AM PDT After its European premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in March this year, the mildly facelifted Hyundai ix35 has landed in the UK with on-the-road prices starting from £16,995 for the base 1.6-liter petrol 2WD to £27,755 for the 2.0L diesel AWD. First deliveries will commence on September 1st. Read more »

Kia Releases New Pictures and Details on European-Spec 2014 Soul Posted: 23 Aug 2013 05:32 AM PDT Kia has shared new information and photos of the European-market specification 2014 Soul in advance of its regional premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show in mid-September. The additional pictures confirm that the only visible differences with the American-market version of the second generation Soul show in NY earlier this year are only in some trivial details such as the clear-indicators on the headlamps. Read more »

Toyota Pits Tacoma Against Crying Girlfriends, Magicians, Mimes and the Reaper in New Ads Posted: 23 Aug 2013 05:11 AM PDT If you're not interested in a pickup truck, you're not going to buy one no matter how many commercials a brand releases. However, but unlike Toyota UK's questionable promo-interview of a man giving up his Ferrari for a Prius, we found these fresh cheeky spots from the Japanese carmaker's U.S. arm for the Tacoma quite enjoyable. Read more »

Mopar Presents Range of Accessories for the New Fiat 500L Minivan in the U.S. Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:47 AM PDT Mopar, Chrysler's service, parts and customer-care brand, has launched a wide range of aftermarket accessories for Fiat's latest model in the U.S., the 500L minivan. More than 100 items are on offer, ranging from practical accessories to design upgrades. Read more »

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