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| Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:23 AM PDT  Pole para el Ferrari de Farnbacher en las 24 Horas de Nurburgring Filed under: Competición Ayer por la noche terminó la clasificatoria para las 24 Horas de Nurburgring, y lo hizo con una pequeña sensación de "coitus interruptus", debido a que, de golpe y porrazo, nos encontramos con un aguacero de primera categoría que cortó la progresión de algunos equipos en su lucha por la pole. De esta manera valió el tiempo del Ferrari 458 de Farnbacher, calzado con neumáticos Hankook, con un 8:23.764, seguido... |
| Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:23 AM PDT  Top Gear groeit verder: nu ook een Zuid-Korea-editie Nee, van een gebrek aan Brits kolonialisme kun je het productiebedrijf achter Top Gear niet betichten. Na de meest recente spin-off in China krijgen nu de petrolheads in Zuid Korea hun portie landelijke Top Gear. (more…) |
| Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:51 AM PDT  Bentley Continental GT Mulliner La Bentley Continental GT può da oggi essere ordinata con il nuovo pacchetto estetico Mulliner, composto da uno spoiler anteriore più profilato, da una mascherina con trama a nido d'ape, da bandelle sottoporta più vistose ed un estrattore posteriore che ingloba anche i due terminali di scarico ovali. A richiesta si possono aggiungere lo spoilerino posteriore e le calotte degli specchietti laterali in fibra di carbonio, le griglie anteriori ad effetto... |
| Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:19 AM PDT  Hyundai Veloster: ¿También con carrocería cinco puertas? Filed under: Hyundai, Compactos Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería Una de las características más peculiares y a la vez ¿atractivas? del Hyundai Veloster podría convertirse en una opción más. El sitio australiano Car Sales Network habló hace poco con Eunjuu Shin, director de planificación de producto para el extranjero de Hyundai, quien confesó que próximamente se lanzará una versión del Veloster con cuatro puertas laterales para "los mercados... |
| Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:19 AM PDT 2012 Audi A6: Road Test Audi's "Sagacious" Sedan : The best introduction to 2012 Audi A6 is what we called it in the subheading above, "Audi's Sagacious Sedan." It becomes even clearer with the statement of Wolfgang Egger, the Chief Designer of Audi, who says that the 2012 Audi A6 carries has the same "line of ancestry" that all the [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:47 PM PDT  Ventas mayo 2011: Noruega Filed under: Industria Durante el pasado mes de mayo las matriculaciones de vehículos nuevos en Noruega se incrementaron en un 31,4% en comparación con el mismo mes del año anterior, alcanzando un volumen total de 13.005 unidades vendidas. Las firmas más demandadas fueron: VW 1.822 Toyota 1.306 Volvo 1.084 Ford 1.067 Peugeot 1.018 Mitsubishi 827 Audi 720 BMW 714 Skoda 585 Nissan 537 Continue reading Ventas mayo 2011: NoruegaVentas mayo 2011: Noruega originally appeared... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:12 PM PDT  Bugatti: venduta la 300sima e ultima Veyron Negli scorsi giorni un appassionato europeo ha ordinato la Bugatti Veyron numero 300, l'ultima ancora disponibile, ponendo fine all'epoca di una fra le più notevoli coupè degli ultimi decenni. La sportiva francese continuerà ad essere prodotta nella versione Grand Sport, con carrozzeria targa e tiratura di 150 esemplari, fino a quando non verrà introdotta la berlina Galibier.... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:12 PM PDT Video: la nuova Stratos a Spa Francochamps Michael Stroshek è un vero appassionato: si è fatto costruire la versione moderna della Stratos, ma non l'ha rinchiusa in un museo come pezzo d'arte. Ha iniziato ad usarla per divertirsi, come in questo video che mostra la vettura sulla pista belga di Spa Francochamps, dove il V8 della Ferrari 430 Scuderia può scatenare tutta la sua potenza.... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:28 PM PDT  2011 Pikes Peak Hill Climb, Practice Day 3 sets the running order Filed under: Motorsports 2011 Pikes Peak Hill Climb Practice Day 3 - Click above for high-res image gallery This morning, the Unlimited Class cars headed for the bottom portion of Pikes Peak, the sole remaining part of the course that still contains unpaved roads. The three-plus miles of dirt will be paved over before next year's race, and since we'll be spending race day at the finish line, this is the last time... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:57 PM PDT Ford Rolls Out Inflatable Seatbelt Across Lineup Back in 2009, Ford introduced the inflatable seatbelt on its 2010 Ford Explorer SUV . The automaker has announced it plans to roll out the feature across the rest of its lines and Lincoln brand as well. |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:57 PM PDT  Size matters! U.S. consumers prefer compacts over subcompacts Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, MPG, Lightweight, USA With gas prices on the rise, U.S. consumers are turning to fuel-efficient compact vehicles, according to a study conducted by GfK Automotive. Surprisingly, demand for subcompact vehicles has remained relatively low despite an uptick in pump prices. According to GfK Automotive, compact vehicles accounted for 18.1 percent of what it refers to as "six-month demand" in May of 2011.... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:57 PM PDT  Video: Caterham R300 Superlight tackles the Nürburgring Filed under: Videos Caterham R300 Superlight at the Nürburgring - Click above to watch the video after the jump Nothing punishes quite like the Nürburgring. Drive anything around its twisting, undulating ribbon of tarmac and you know the suspension is working overtime. But it's quite another matter to see it. Unfortunately, the suspensions on most cars are hidden beneath their bodywork - but not on a Caterham Seven. The classic lightweight roadster has its... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:57 PM PDT New Car Manufacturing in Australia: Is the ship sinking? The Australian new car manufacturing industry is on its knees. If we were discussing a horse race, the likelihood of the industry surviving the next decade – in particular the survival of two of the three players – would be, to put it mildly, a long shot. If the Australian new car manufacturing industry were [...]Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:25 PM PDT  What you missed on 6.24.11 Quick Spin: 2012 Porsche 911 Turbo S Edition 918 Spyder After a day of driving the 911 Turbo S Edition 918 Spyder on good roads all around Stuttgart's farm country and blasting along the no-limit Autobahn, we break down like always and decide it's pretty damned cool to possess any 911 Turbo S whatsoever. Minis on Top tackles the Mt.... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:25 PM PDT  Vídeo: El Venom GT ilumina la noche con sus colectores Filed under: Cupés, Deportivos Más de 1.200 CV en un Elise con gigantismo suena bien. Muy bien. Eso ya lo sabíamos, como también sabemos que no conviene ponerse demasiado cerca de los escapes del Venom GT mientras carraspea. Pero tan impresionante como oírlo es verlo, así que tras el salto te dejamos un impactante vídeo del motor del primer coche "propio" de Henessey Performance (concretamente del chasis #4) en el banco de... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:25 PM PDT  Boeing 747-8 completes historic biofuel-powered transatlantic flight Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc. On June 20th, a Boeing 747-8 Freighter landed at Paris Le Bourget Airport, completing a historic biofuel-powered transatlantic flight. This marks the first time that a sizable commercial airplane crossed the Atlantic Ocean with all of its engines burning a somewhat sustainable aviation jet fuel. The unmodified Boeing 747-8, piloted by captains Keith Otsuka, Rick Braun and Sten Rossby, flew from Everett, WA to Le Bourget with all four... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:25 PM PDT  Video: Pirelli takes us on a virtual lap around Valencia Filed under: Motorsports, Europe, Videos Pirelli laps Valencia - Click above to watch the video after the jump Power Is Nothing Without Control. That was Pirelli's long-serving slogan, most famously accompanying that now iconic poster of Carl Lewis in high heels. And of course, they're right. Just ask any racing driver, and they'll tell you how important tires are to winning a race. These days, Pirelli serves as the official tire supplier to the... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:54 PM PDT  Report: Top Gear global conquest continues with South Korean series Filed under: Etc., South Korea The sun may have long since set on the British Empire, but the UK's finest export doesn't appear to be showing any signs of slowing down its global expansion. After setting up studios in Australia, the United States, Russia, China and more - not to mention the countless editions of the magazine in different languages around the globe - word has it that a new series of Top... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:54 PM PDT  Bugatti vende el último Veyron coupé (ya llegas tarde) Filed under: Industria, Cupés, Deportivos, Bugatti Haz clic en la foto para saltar a la galería Señoras, señores, nos encontramos ante un momento histórico. O casi. Bugatti ha comunicado que tras ocho años y 300 unidades vendidas, el último Veyron ha sido vendido a un cliente europeo no identificado. Su estirpe W16, sin embargo, continuará viva, puesto que el Grand Sport seguirá brevemente llevando el testigo de la marca hasta finalizar los 150... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:54 PM PDT Video: Record al Tourist Trophy per la Subaru Impreza WRX STI Sedan Subaru ha stabilito il nuovo record per autovetture di serie sul percorso del Tourist Trophy sull'isola di Man. Il percorso, lungo 37 miglia (pari a poco meno di 60 km) è stato percorso da Mark Higghins in 19 minuti e 37 secondi, alla media di 115 miglia orarie, pari a circa 184 km/h !... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:54 PM PDT 2012 Volkswagen GTI Edition 35 – First Drive Review Volkswagen tries to corner its own all-wheel-drive Golf R with a front-drive GTI. The Volkswagen GTI is one of our favorite cars, and not just among compacts. It terms of driving enjoyment and overall refinement, it's a difficult car for anything on the market to top, especially when you take price into consideration. |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:54 PM PDT How To: Win the Car-Importing Game Once upon a time, it was easy to import any vehicle you desired from overseas. By the mid-1980s, Americans were annually bringing in as many as 60,000 of these so-called gray-market cars, creating a thriving conversion-to-U.S.-spec industry and denting dealer sales. Ostensibly to save consumers from sloppy modifications and itself from litigation (and lost profits), [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:54 PM PDT Volkswagen GTI: A History in Pictures Our first drive of the Euro-market GTI Edition 35 sent us rummaging through our archives for photos and info on the history of VW's pocket rocket. We thought we'd share. Conceived by a small group of engineers under the "Sport Golf" code name, the original Golf GTI is somewhat engineered from the corporate parts bin. |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:54 PM PDT Lamborghini Deciding Whether to Build Estoque Sedan or Crossover SUV No, we don't mean a prequel to the 2010 Paris show's carbon-drunk Sesto Elemento (i.e., "Sixth Element"), but rather the exact state of Lambo's third model line, which has commonly been referred to as an "every-day" model. (No doubt for the "every-day" well-heeled.) It actually seems as if this third model has remained an almost [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:22 PM PDT Land Rover Most Improved in Latest JD Power Quality Report The autosphere is abuzzed with findings of the latest J.D. Power and Associates report. |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:22 PM PDT  Will the Think bankruptcy affect operations in Elkhart, IN? Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Th!nk (Think), USA Think City factory in Elkhart, IN - Click above for high-res image gallery The bankruptcy filing by Think Global makes us question the future of Think's only North American factory. Located in Elkhart, IN, Think's U.S. production site was initially touted as an economic boost for an area hammered by job loss in the recreational vehicle industry.... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:22 PM PDT  Report: Growing international demand for Jeep Wrangler straining Toledo plant? Filed under: SUV, Europe, Plants/Manufacturing, Jeep, Off-Road 2011 Jeep Wrangler Mojave - Click above for high-res image gallery Fiat is working to sell more and more Chrysler models abroad, and the effort may already be pushing some of the automaker's manufacturing facilities to capacity. That appears to be true in the case of the Jeep Wrangler.... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:51 PM PDT  Rumormill: Porsche 550 rumors resurface Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Etc., Europe, Porsche, Rumormill, Luxury Another day, another rumored entry-level Porsche. Auto Express is reporting that the German sports car manufacturer may be looking into resurrecting the 550 moniker for a new sub-Boxster model. Stop us if you've heard this one before, but the article claims that the ride will be based on the same bones as the Volkswagen Bluesport Concept that debuted way back in 2009. The resurrected... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:50 PM PDT Bruce McCall Presents the E. Hardy & Fils Classic-Car Auction 1956 Li'l Sunshine Bumper Car Personal bumper car of the late Michael Jackson, fresh from a Neverland estate clearance sale. This provenance, and tasteful customizing work, no doubt helps explain a selling price well over the reserve. The engine compartment, housing a 4.0-liter Lamborghini V-12, is admirably finished and detailed, especially in view of the [...] |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:19 PM PDT  Video: New Stratos gets rallied, needs more dirt Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Europe, Videos, Specialty Lancia Stratos at the Sachsenrallye in Germany - Click above to watch video after the jump When we first got word that someone was taking the time to resurrect the legendary Lancia Stratos, our minds immediately leapt to visions of the lethal little wedge meticulously dissecting the meandering ribbons of a rally stage.... |
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