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- Check Out This Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Clone Made in Kyrgyzstan [w/Videos]
- BMW M3i Sports Coupe Concept Envisioned as a Nissan GT-R Competitor of Sorts
- Leaked Catalogue Page Allegedly Reveals Mugen-Prepped Honda Fit
- Ford Releases Mustang Countdown Online Video Series
- Um…Is That a Cop Ornament on Your Hood?
- Spy Shots: This Undisguised Tester Looks Like a 2015 Lexus GS F to Us…
- MT Sees if the New Jeep Wrangler Can Compete with the Classic Willy CJ-3A on the Farm
- Consumer Reports Says Jaguar XF is Not a Rational Choice, But a Blast to Drive
- Fiat UK Enhances Punto with New Sporting Trim Level and Equipment Upgrades, But Is It Enough?
- This Is What Some Prospective Buyers Think of the New BMW i3 EV
- Nissan GT-R Nismo Edition Rumored to Hit 60MPH / 96KPH in Two Seconds!
- What do You Say: Does This LAPD Officer Need to Chill Out or Not?
- Rookie Ford engineer Creates Useful Vibrating Shift Knob [w/Video]
- Group of 2015 Ford Mustang Coupes Spied Outside of Hotel
- Fake Ferrari Fabricating Racket Closed Down by Spanish Police [w/Video]
- Scoop: Hyundai Sharpens Up All-New i20 Supermini
- One for the Road: Acura Drops Another Short Video of 2015 NSX Prototype
- Ferrari Considers Le Mans Comeback from 2015, Report Says
- Oh, Lordy! Looks Like this Biker's Words Came True...
- Audi Presents New 181HP 2.0L Diesel and LED Headlamps for A3 Range in the UK
- "What on Earth!" Is a Satirical Documentary on Our Civilization from a…Martian Perspective
- GM Admits Defeat and Pulls Opel Brand from Australian Market Less Than a Year After Launch
- Spied: Is That a Turbo'd Four-Cylinder Hiss We Hear on this 2015 Ford Mustang?
- BMW Group Confirms Frankfurt Show World Premieres, Including Production i8 Coupe
- MG’s MG3 Hatch Priced from £8,399 in the UK
| Check Out This Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Clone Made in Kyrgyzstan [w/Videos] Posted: 02 Aug 2013 05:50 PM PDT  A design studio from Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet Republic, has built a replica of the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento from scrap metal. Using the chassis of a 1982 Volvo, the wheels from a BMW X5 and parts of other cars made of plastic, carbon steel and acrylic glass, the crew from the "New Format" studio managed to craft a Lamborghini Sesto Elemento look-alike. Read more »        |
| BMW M3i Sports Coupe Concept Envisioned as a Nissan GT-R Competitor of Sorts Posted: 02 Aug 2013 03:48 PM PDT  We will have to wait and see how BMW's i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe plays out and whether it will satisfy demanding drivers or if it will be more of a relatively fuel-efficient, high-tech cruiser with an equally high…price tag, but for those who like to work with their imagination, we have a new conceptual proposal from designer Alexander Imnadze to share with you. Read more »    |
| Leaked Catalogue Page Allegedly Reveals Mugen-Prepped Honda Fit Posted: 02 Aug 2013 03:12 PM PDT  While the Ford Fiesta ST, Renault Clio RS and Peugeot 208 GTi don't have anything to worry about a Mugen-prepped version of the newly-revealed Honda Fit as the company's offerings are mainly focused on the styling aspect of the tune, these purportedly official scans from the brand's online catalogue show that the sub-compact model will soon be able to be upgraded with an assortment of goods. Read more »    |
| Ford Releases Mustang Countdown Online Video Series Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:43 PM PDT  The Ford Mustang will celebrate its 50th anniversary on April 17, 2014, and to mark this important event, the Blue Oval has launched a new online weekly video series called the "Mustang Countdown". The series reveals the stories behind its most famous model and how it has influenced people all over the world. Read more »    |
| Um…Is That a Cop Ornament on Your Hood? Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:16 PM PDT  As you've probably figured out by now, it's not easy being a traffic officer in Russia. Actually, we'd say it's rather extremely dangerous at times. Luckily, the cop featured in this video can file the incident under the category "It could have been worse". Read more »    |
| Spy Shots: This Undisguised Tester Looks Like a 2015 Lexus GS F to Us… Posted: 02 Aug 2013 01:35 PM PDT  If there's one feature that has remained consistent on Lexus' F-branded high-performance models (not to be confused with the F-Sport trim variants), are the signature stacked tailpipes on both sides of the rear bumper. Add to that a group of Lexus employees who were enraged with our spy photographers for catching a few shots of a completely undisguised Lexus GS with the aforementioned feature, and you will understand why we believe that the car parked in one of the brand's garages is a prototype for the GS F. Read more »   |
| MT Sees if the New Jeep Wrangler Can Compete with the Classic Willy CJ-3A on the Farm Posted: 02 Aug 2013 01:03 PM PDT  Once the Second World War was over, the American vehicle manufacturing industry was still tooled up for production of military equipment, and while there were some factories that were able to quickly adapt to peace-time production, others were bigger and therefore their moves were cumbersome. Read more »    |
| Consumer Reports Says Jaguar XF is Not a Rational Choice, But a Blast to Drive Posted: 02 Aug 2013 12:42 PM PDT  Trying to challenge the BMW 5-Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Audi A6 and even the Lexus GS is a hard task nowadays, as all of them are extremely talented, and you'd be hard-pressed to find any real faults with any of them. However, Jaguar is still trying to convince us with its now moderately-popular XF, a car which has slowly been getting better over the years, along with its styling – I frankly didn't like the shapes of the headlights for the first-gen model. Read more »   |
| Fiat UK Enhances Punto with New Sporting Trim Level and Equipment Upgrades, But Is It Enough? Posted: 02 Aug 2013 12:03 PM PDT  With the current environment in Europe and especially in Fiat's home market of Italy, the automaker is no hurry to present a replacement for the Punto, as stated by the company's CEO Sergio Marchionne himself last year. And if you're wondering, the current generation Punto, originally launched as the Grande Punto, before being renamed to Punto Evo for its first facelift in 2009, with Fiat…reverting back to the Punto nameplate for the second facelift in 2012, has been on sale for eight years now - more than enough to show its age in plenty of aspects, even though Giugiaro's design still holds up today. Read more »   |
| This Is What Some Prospective Buyers Think of the New BMW i3 EV Posted: 02 Aug 2013 11:40 AM PDT  BMW, like any self-respecting multinational corporation, uses committees to decide what goes into production, what goes into the bin and what still has a chance to make it if a certain number of modifications are made. While a committee may be very good at compiling market research data, and analyzing field reports, they cannot and will never be able to simulate an actual consumer/customer, let along vast numbers of them, even if they say they can - that's why the ads try to sell a lifestyle, instead of the actual car. Read more »   |
| Nissan GT-R Nismo Edition Rumored to Hit 60MPH / 96KPH in Two Seconds! Posted: 02 Aug 2013 11:16 AM PDT  Manufacturers like a nice punch line to promote new cars, or a new version of an older one, especially when it brings significant improvements over its predecessor. They want us to know about it so that they can sell it to us. Now, frankly, there is no better way to promote a high-performance model nowadays, than to say it can hit sixty miles per hour (96km/h) in just two seconds – that's mad racing car territory right there! While not having been officially confirmed, AutoExpress says it has information that's how long the Nismo GT-R will take to reach the benchmark speed, making it faster than pretty much any road car on the planet, in stock form. Read more »   |
| What do You Say: Does This LAPD Officer Need to Chill Out or Not? Posted: 02 Aug 2013 10:48 AM PDT  The truth is you need to hear both sides of a story or at least have all the facts in your hands before you judge and draw a sound conclusion on any story or incident. On the face of it, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer featured in this video from YouTube user CENTETNB1 who posted it back in April, needs to at least learn some manners. The clip starts with the man in the driver's seat saying "watch this" to his female passenger as his turns on the recorder (likely a mobile phone) upon seeing that the cop was coming back. Read more »   |
| Rookie Ford engineer Creates Useful Vibrating Shift Knob [w/Video] Posted: 02 Aug 2013 10:16 AM PDT  While the idea of a vibrating shift knob is something we've heard of before, we had not heard of it being associated with the name of a major manufacturer. Now, it has been used by Ford to show off its OpenXC platform, which basically allows you to connect your smartphone to the car and have it send back information that can then be used in any number of ways. Read more »    |
| Group of 2015 Ford Mustang Coupes Spied Outside of Hotel Posted: 02 Aug 2013 10:09 AM PDT  It's not that we haven't seen 2015 Ford Mustang prototypes before –actually, we shared a video of one we believe may be fitted with a 2.0-liter turbocharged four engine just earlier today, but we can't remember seeing so many in one place together. These scoops pictures come to us from Mike at the Mustang6G forums who says the test cars were "just hanging out in a hotel parking lot". Ford has used so many layers of camouflage that it's virtually impossible to tell what the car looks like sans for some details like parts of the headlamps, wheels, exterior mirrors and bits of the interior. Read more »   |
| Fake Ferrari Fabricating Racket Closed Down by Spanish Police [w/Video] Posted: 02 Aug 2013 09:06 AM PDT  There's a big difference between a fake and a replica. The former has all sorts of negative connotations attached to it, and usually implies that while said product may resemble the original, at first, it definitely fails to deliver the same kind of experience once it starts getting used. Read more »    |
| Scoop: Hyundai Sharpens Up All-New i20 Supermini Posted: 02 Aug 2013 08:26 AM PDT  Since Hyundai skipped the Geneva Salon in March for the presentation of the i10, it's possible that the Koreans will reveal their city car in Frankfurt this September. However, it's not the only small car Hyundai is preparing, as next in line is the successor to the i20 sub-compact hatch that has been among us for five years in its current form, having received a facelift in early 2012. Read more »    |
| One for the Road: Acura Drops Another Short Video of 2015 NSX Prototype Posted: 02 Aug 2013 08:05 AM PDT  Are you itching for another look at the latest 2015 Acura NSX prototype before the hybrid sports car takes a lap on August 4 before the Mid-Ohio Indy 200? Perhaps not, but maybe curiosity will get the best of you as it did to us… Like they say, guilty as charged. Read more »    |
| Ferrari Considers Le Mans Comeback from 2015, Report Says Posted: 02 Aug 2013 07:45 AM PDT  Ferrari's motorsport activities are nowadays synonymous with Formula 1, but in the past, the most successful manufacturer in F1's history also had a glorious run at Le Mans. A nine-time winner of the world's most famous endurance race (last time in 1965), Ferrari may be considering a return to Le Mans from as early as 2015 - if Auto Motor und Sport's report is accurate. The German magazine says Ferrari is mulling a return to Le Mans 40 years after its last participation as a factory team with the 312PB (pictured). Read more »   |
| Oh, Lordy! Looks Like this Biker's Words Came True... Posted: 02 Aug 2013 07:26 AM PDT  Even if you don't always comply with speed limits, you should use common sense and adjust your speed according to the conditions of the road, traffic, weather and your skills, regardless if you're driving a car, a truck or a motorcycle, making sure you keep a safe distance from other rides. Of course, you can choose not to, but then don't complain if you find yourself in the same situation as this UK (?) motorcyclist, who should be extremely pleased to have made it out alive from this incident. Read more »   |
| Audi Presents New 181HP 2.0L Diesel and LED Headlamps for A3 Range in the UK Posted: 02 Aug 2013 06:47 AM PDT  A much peppier diesel-fuel engine has been added to the Audi A3 lineup in the UK. The new 2.0-liter TDI delivers 181hp (184PS) and peak torque of 380Nm (280 lb-ft) between 1,750 and 3,250rpm, and supplements the 148hp (150PS) version which has been available since launch. Read more »    |
| "What on Earth!" Is a Satirical Documentary on Our Civilization from a…Martian Perspective Posted: 02 Aug 2013 06:21 AM PDT  We take many things we face in our daily lives for granted, both good and bad. We invariably accept that our daily existences follow certain set patterns, most of which revolve around some sort of vehicle, taking us somewhere and back, and in particular, the car. Read more »    |
| GM Admits Defeat and Pulls Opel Brand from Australian Market Less Than a Year After Launch Posted: 02 Aug 2013 06:08 AM PDT  When General Motors launched the Opel brand in the Australian market just 11 months ago in September of 2012, officials predicted local sales of around 15,000 cars within the first three years. Reality, however, proved to be a bitter disappointment as Opel delivered a pitiful 541 vehicles last year and only 989 in the first six months of 2013. With these kind of sales figures, there was only one thing GM could do and that was to pull the plug and take its losses. The company made the announcement today stating in order to be competitive in the Australian market, it would have to slash prices on all models. Read more »   |
| Spied: Is That a Turbo'd Four-Cylinder Hiss We Hear on this 2015 Ford Mustang? Posted: 02 Aug 2013 09:41 AM PDT  If you're still not comfortable with the idea of a four-pot turbocharged Ford Mustang, then you better head over to one of our previous posts, all of which degenerated into lots of for and against arguments that unfolded in the comments sections. We won't be covering that here. Read more »    |
| BMW Group Confirms Frankfurt Show World Premieres, Including Production i8 Coupe Posted: 02 Aug 2013 05:18 AM PDT  For the BMW Group, the Frankfurt Motor Show, also known as the IAA for 'Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung' that translates to 'International Automobile Exhibition', is not only one of the largest and most important events in the automotive calendar, but also one that takes place in its home country of Germany. Therefore, it shouldn't surprise anyone that the company has prepared plenty of world premieres. The highlight of BMW's presence in Frankfurt will be the introduction of its new i series of eco-friendly cars, including the i3 all-electric supermini that we've already seen, plus the production version of the i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe. Read more »   |
| MG’s MG3 Hatch Priced from £8,399 in the UK Posted: 02 Aug 2013 06:51 AM PDT  MG has announced pricing for the MG3 supermini in Britain, which starts from £8,399 (€9,640) for the base MG3 3TIME model. Standard equipment includes front LED    |
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