THE AUSTRALIAN ARMS of Mercedes-Benz and BMW have ruled out entering factory-backed teams under the V8 Supercars 'Car of the Future' programme. Speaking with The Australian this week, Mercedes-Benz Australia's David McCarthy said that while the...
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The 2010 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance was held Sunday, March 14th on the 10th and 18th fairways of the Golf Club of Amelia Island adjacent to the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. An estimated 15,000 people attended the event on a...
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With the impending retirement of Nissan’s US design chief Bruce Campbell, the carmaker has announced that Nissan’s European design chief Alfonso Albaisa will step into the role. Meanwhile, Victor Nacif, who has been in charge of business...
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Honda Motor Co.’s new CR-Z sporty hybrid went on sale starting Feb. 25 but already, there have been 7,000 orders received in Japan. This figure is more than half of Honda’s target of 12,000 units each year in its home market. This many orders...
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Luxury Swiss watch manufacturer TAG Heuer has celebrated its 150th anniversary with the reveal of a special edition Tesla Roadster, which made its debut earlier this month at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show and marks the beginning of a new worldwide...
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The first image of the GT roller coaster at Ferrari World has been released straight from Abu Dhabi. The full story...
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GM earned some goodwill with dealers in recent weeks by reinstating over 600 dealers, most of them rural Cadillac stores. But as always, as soon as one grating issue in GM’s relations with its dealers is resolved, another one appears. Automotive...
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You know, metaphorically. Based on the latest readings from our official TTAC losing-the-plot-ometer, Porsche is still at least ten years away from matching this spectacular achievement in short-sighted brand...
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It's quite easy to find a small car that makes sense on paper—one that's cheap, fuel-efficient, will fit in a small footprint, and maneuver easily—but it's relatively hard to find one that just feels right, in most of the ways that people who...
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NASCAR’s official pace car at the Food Land 500 at Bristol International Speedway is the 2011 Ford Mustang. But instead of the reincarnated 5.0-liter V8 (which was used at the 2010 Daytona 500 in February), it will be the revised V-6 car that will...
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The Toyota circus continued today. First Toyota discredited the story of one Mr. James Sikes by releasing the preliminary results of its own investigation. Turns out, the facts don't seem to support Mr. Sikes claim. Shocker that one....
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RECENT SPY PHOTOS of a 2011 BMW 1 Series prototype undergoing cold-weather testing reveal that development of the next generation is moving along. Our new three-door and five-door hatch renderings (below and in gallery) offer a look at what is...
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VIP guests at the premiere of Yves Saint Laurent’s retrospective exhibition last week were treated to a unique ride. Citroen collaborated with famous fashion designer to create a Yves Saint Laurent special edition of the DS3. The colors...
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I was driving our 2010 Volkswagen GTI into the office and caught this guy driving in traffic beside me on the freeway. Looks a heck of a lot like the 550i Gran Turismo we tested last month. Why is it still wearing the...
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I have big sunglasses. They come in a ridiculously big, white case. But should the ridiculously big, white case not be able to find a safe storage spot in a big car like the BMW 7 Series? Won't fit in the center...
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We have the scoop on another set of Porsche Panamera convertible patent illustrations that surfaced this week. The story...
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The arrival of a flagship sedan from Infiniti to replace the Q45 remains unclear. The Q45 was removed from the lineup in 2006 and while there are requests from regional markets to bring back the big sedan, the company is wavering since the Q45 never...
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A new CEO has been appointed to lead the Peugeot brand. Starting April 2, Vincent Rambaud will be in charge of the company. In addition, the company announced a shake-up of its sales organization. Rambaud will report to Jean-Marc Gales, who had been...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has yet to find evidence that would either support or contradict a claim from a California motorist that his Toyota Prius sped out of control on its own. It even mentioned the possibility that the...
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found about 2 hours ago by Anthony Carbone on
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In March 2010, Lamborghini announced the release of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera – a ultra light and powerful version of the latest Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4. Utilizing carbon fiber where they could (replacing glass...
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In the wake of middling sales, despite new models, General Motors has been quickly reshaping its Cadillac brand. But the latest report out of the automaker’s downtown Detroit headquarters says that the brand won’t look to dramatically crop its...
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Sebastian Vettel, after the 2010 Bahrain GP. I’ll be honest. I’ve been a bit skeptical about the 2010 Formula One season. While the driver points changes seemed as though they had the potential to make things more interesting, I don’t think...
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I’ve heard some quarries are located in super-isolated areas, and that the guys who work on such sites wind up living there for weeks at a time. I’ve also heard alcohol is banned entirely, so those poor bastards must get pretty frustrated and...
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After early versions of the 2010 Mustang Convertible were caught crushing crash dummy heads, Ford re-worked its retro cruiser for a less “mind-blowing” crash test performance. If you’ve got a 2010 ’stangvertible in mind, you might want to...
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Despite its rivals offering huge discounts, Ford’s new-car sales in its main 19 European markets soared to 93,200 units in February 2010, a 1.8% increase compared with the record in February 2009. With the ending of scrappage schemes, it is...
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MASERATI IS DEVELOPING a new rear-wheel-drive platform that it will share with Alfa Romeo, according to reports online this morning. The new platform, which Maserati is working on with parent company Fiat, is expected to underpin all of the...
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Whenever Audi introduces a new model, chances are that the folks at Abt Sportsline are going to get their hands on one. The German company has been tuning Volkswagens and Audis since the 1970s and has enjoyed success racing the Audi A4 in DTM and...
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All carmakers would want to have Subaru’s main problem – which is keeping up with the high demand for a product. The Outback wagon has had tremendous success ever since it debuted last summer. It’s no wonder that Subaru got the highest...
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Reports of Maybach’s demise have been coming for almost as long as the brand (in its modern iteration) has been around for, which is now just on eight years. But with no new models in the pipeline, paltry sales figures of less than a third of...
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In my weekend with the Insight, I was reminded of how badly Honda's nav/audio interface needs an upgrade. Honda's interface isn't that bad -- to its credit, it's got an intuitive layout and is easy to use. But when compared to the...
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