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| Posted: 27 Aug 2011 01:05 AM PDT 2012 Mazda 6 – Well-Rounded Family Sedans First Look: The first and probably the biggest impression people gets when you call a car "Practical" is "Boring", and while there has been such cases in past that this believe has come true, we don't think that this holds true always. The all new 2012 Mazda 6 that we are covering here is one [...] |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2011 01:05 AM PDT 2012 Mazda 6 – Well-Rounded Family Sedans First Look: The first and probably the biggest impression people gets when you call a car "Practical" is "Boring", and while there has been such cases in past that this believe has come true, we don't think that this holds true always. The all new 2012 Mazda 6 that we are covering here is one [...] |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:27 AM PDT Infiniti: al Salone di Francoforte una novità dedicata a Sebastian Vettel I dettagli sul suo conto sono ancora scarsi, ma pare proprio che al Salone di Francoforte vedremo una novità Infiniti legata alla figura di Sebastian Vettel, il Campione del Mondo di F1. Il pilota Red Bull, imparentato con la casa nipponica in virtù del sodalizio tra questa ed il team, è protagonista di un video in cui discute con Shiro Nakamura (responsabile design Nissan) su alcuni dettagli stilistici di un misterioso... |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:27 AM PDT  Vídeo espía: El sucesor del Ferrari 599 gruñe en Fiorano Filed under: Ferrari, Fotos espía, Cupés, Deportivos Ya lo habías visto en imágenes estáticas, pero ahora también tenemos un buen vídeo espía grabado a pie de pista, listo para hacer vibrar tus tímpanos. El sucesor del Ferrari 599 sigue en fase de desarrollo, todavía disfrazado de GTO a falta de una carrocería definitiva, y Marchettino, un usuario de YouTube bastante conocido por sus filmaciones en el circuito de Fiorano, fue a su... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:50 PM PDT  Ventas enero-julio 2011: Rumania Filed under: Industria Durante los siete primeros meses del año, las ventas de automóviles nuevos en Rumania cayeron en un 14% en comparación con el mismo periodo del año anterior, totalizando un volumen de 40.259 unidades matriculadas. Como es habitual, tanto los modelos de Dacia como de Renault están entre los preferidos del público, si bien Skoda, Opel y VW cuentan con gran aceptación.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 09:58 PM PDT  Project Kahn Audi Q5 Project Kahn presenta gli accessori dedicati alla Audi Q5, nello specifico quelli abbinabili al kit ufficiale S-Line. Il nuovo kit estetico rendere ancora più aggressivo il compatto SUV tedesco e viene abbinato a cerchi in lega modello RSR da 22″ ed all'assetto sportivo. La vettura è anche dotata di superfici vetrate oscurate e di un inedito terminale sportivo a quattro uscite, integrato nel nuovo diffusore posteriore.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:41 PM PDT  Wayne Gerdes starts hypermiling mpg record attempt in Kia Optima Hybrid Filed under: Hybrid, MPG, Kia Hypermiling extraordinaire Wayne Gerdes, along with colleague Chris Bernius (both friends of the site), are heading out on a big journey today. The two will leave from Kia Motors' manufacturing facility in West Point, GA on a trip through 48 states in a clockwise direction, finishing in South Carolina 16 days from now. Gerdes and Bernius will jump behind the wheel of a bone-stock 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid,... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:41 PM PDT  Video: Tom Cruise pilots David Coulthard's Red Bull F1 racer around Willow Springs Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Celebrities, Racing Earlier in the week, we got word that Tom Cruise spent time chatting with David Coulthard and getting comfortable with a Red Bull F1 car. Now, Red Bull has release video of Mr. Cruise's somewhat less than impossible mission at California's Willow Springs raceway. We'd be lying if we said we weren't impressed with the actor's ability to push the car around the track, since we... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:58 PM PDT  Video: Dartz continues to confound and amuse, this time with Playboy and vodka Filed under: SUV, Etc., Videos, Specialty, Russia, Off-Road, MISC Russian automaker Dartz is the automotive equivalent of The Jersey Shore. It produces the tackiest products that you can't stop looking at or watching. Case in point: this latest video from Dartz, which highlights the ladies-only armored Prombron Iron Diamond SUV, a Playboy bunny from the Latvian version of the magazine's September issue and a bottle of Russo-Baltique vodka that might just cost... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:21 PM PDT  Mazda first to turn end-of-life bumpers into raw material for... bumpers Filed under: Etc., Mazda Mazda claims to have become the world's first automaker to successfully recycle scrapped bumpers from end-of-life vehicles into raw materials for new bumpers (Ford may disagree). Mazda inaugurated this technology on August 21, and says it will initially be put to use for rear bumpers on its Biante minivan (pictured). Bumpers, according to Mazda, comprise a significant portion of the plastic that is used in vehicles, so the Japanese... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:21 PM PDT  Report: Road Trip! Russia approves tunnel to Alaska under Bering Strait Filed under: Etc., Technology, Russia The Russian government has given the go-ahead on an ambitious new tunnel project that could connect Siberia with Alaska via an underground rail line. If completed, the $65 billion project will be the longest underwater tunnel in the world, besting the Chunnel between England and France by twice the distance.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:21 PM PDT Open Race Thread: NASCAR Nationwide Series Food City 250 | Bristol Motor Speedway Brief introduction to tonight's Nationwide Series Food City 250 from Bristol Motor Speedway. The world's fastest half-mile is one of the crown jewels in the Nationwide Series schedule with drivers from all three touring series and beyond attempt... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:43 PM PDT  Techart Porsche Cayenne Techart presenterà al salone di Francoforte nuovi kit di elaborazione per la nuova Porsche Cayenne. Sarà infatti disponibile, in alternativa alla versione Cayenne Magnum, anche il più semplice e discreto Aerodynamic Kit I, con spoiler anteriore, nuove luci Led diurne, minigonne, archi passaruota allargati, spoiler posteriore e diffusore posteriore con doppio terminale di scarico.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:43 PM PDT  Report: 15,500 Navistar school busses recalled over fire possibility Filed under: Recalls, Safety, Work, Specialty The New York Times is reporting that Navistar is recalling 15,500 school busses over a fire risk. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the popular busses were built with a positive alternator cable that could rub against a mounting bracket. Should the cable's insulation be compromised, the electrical system could malfunction, potentially resulting in a fire.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:43 PM PDT  Fotos y vídeo espía: Chevrolet S-10/Colorado Filed under: Chevrolet, Fotos espía, Comerciales y pickups La nueva Chevrolet S-10, conocida en otros lugares como Colorado, ya está casi lista para su presentación oficial. Es una pick up de tamaño medio que será comercializa en multitud de regiones del mundo, entre ellas América del Sur y Central, Asia, África...... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:06 PM PDT  Teased: Lexus teases GS F-Sport and GS 450h Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Lexus, Luxury Lexus may have debuted the 2012 GS 350 as part of last week's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance festivities in California, but the automaker isn't quite done with the rollout of its new rear-wheel-drive sedan. Seen here, Lexus has just released two teasers of two more models in the GS range: the sportier looking F Sport and hybrid-enhanced GS 450h. Like the rest of Lexus' F-Sport treatments, we... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:06 PM PDT  Virent biofuel works like gasoline, causes "no harm" to vehicles Filed under: Biodiesel, Emerging Technologies Virent Energy Systems has taken a major step in the certification process of its biofuel. Virent's much-like-gas biofuel successfully completed road tests organized and executed by Virent's collaborator, Shell. The tests found Virent's biofuel caused "no harm" to vehicles when compared to Shell's pump gas. For testing purposes, Shell used five identical pairs of late-model European vehicles.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:06 PM PDT  Report: Bentley CEO confirms plug-in hybrid plans, SUV development Filed under: Hybrid, SUV, Europe, BentleyThe crew at Motor Trend recently took the time to sit down with Wolfgang Durheimer, president and CEO of Bentley, for a chat about what we can expect to see from the ultra-luxury manufacturer in the near future. As we've heard, plans are already in the works for a Bentley SUV.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:28 PM PDT  El CEO de Bentley confirma el lanzamiento de híbridos plugin... y no hace muchos ascos al diésel Filed under: Híbridos, verdes y alternativos, Bentley Aunque los coches son siempre el centro de atención en Pebble Beach, una de las mejoras cosas de esta singular cita californiana es la posibilidad de hablar con los ejecutivos de las grandes casas en un ambiente mucho más distendido que la típica oficina o un atestado salón del automóvil.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:28 PM PDT  Long Term: 2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI: August 2011 Filed under: Sedan, Volkswagen, Diesel, Long-Term Garage August was quite the month for our long-term Volkswagen Jetta TDI. Not only did our diesel darling roll over the 10,000-mile mark, it did so while making its journey across the United States - Detroit to Los Angeles - with AOL Autos' Michael Zak behind the wheel. Before hitting the road, we took the Jetta in for its first scheduled maintenance appointment, all of which was... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:28 PM PDT  Honda invests $355 million in mpg-increasing wind tunnel, other upgrades at Ohio sites Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, MPG, Honda, USAHonda Motor is making $355 million worth of upgrades at two facilities in Ohio and has opened its first-ever U.S. wind tunnel. The end goal here is to eke out more fuel efficiency gains from vehicles designed, built and sold in North America. The Ohio projects for the first Japanese automaker to manufacture vehicles in the U.S.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:28 PM PDT  Report: Despite positive negotations with Ford, UAW will vote on strike authorization Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Ford, UAW/UnionsFord and the United Auto Workers are apparently getting along so well in current contract negotiations that the union reportedly contemplated skipping a scheduled vote for strike authorization altogether. As you may have guessed, that authorization is required before the UAW can order its members to strike - one of the more effective bartering chips in the organization's arsenal.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:27 PM PDT  Rapper DMX gepakt met 165 km/u, klaagt politie aan! Rapper DMX is gisteravond door de politie aan de kant gezet (en gearresteerd) omdat hij 165 km/u gereden zou hebben waar 105 km/u was toegestaan. En als klap op de vuurpijl reed hij ook nog eens met een ongeldig rijbewijs. Ok, niks bijzonders zou je zeggen. Accepteer je straf, huil uit en begin opnieuw.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:27 PM PDT Video Reveals Possible Sebastian Vettel/Red Bull Edition Infiniti FX Infiniti recently announced its partnership with/sponsorship of F1′s Renault-powered Red Bull Racing, and now a video has surfaced that hints at the first real-world fruit of the tie-up: a special-edition Infiniti FX. The clip shows Red Bull driver and reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel and Infiniti/Nissan chief designer Shiro Nakamura standing around a table littered [...] |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:27 PM PDT  Wordt dit de Porsche 911 (991) Cabrio? [impressie] Goed. Inmiddels weten we precies hoe de nieuwe dichte Porsche 911 (aka 991) eruit ziet, maar aangezien we Porsche een beetje kennen weten we 100% zeker dat er nog een aantal andere carrosserievarianten komen. Wat dacht je bijvoorbeeld van een open 911? We hebben al wat spyshots gezien en photoshopper theophiluschin is zo vriendelijk geweest om een impressie te maken.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:54 PM PDT Wordt dit de Porsche 911 (991) Cabrio? [impressie] Goed. Inmiddels weten we precies hoe de nieuwe dichte Porsche 911 (aka 991) eruit ziet, maar aangezien we Porsche een beetje kennen weten we 100% zeker dat er nog een aantal andere carrosserievarianten komen. Wat dacht je bijvoorbeeld van een open 911? We hebben al wat spyshots gezien en photoshopper theophiluschin is zo vriendelijk geweest om een impressie te maken.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:07 PM PDT  Americans driving less, log fewest miles since 2004 Filed under: Etc., USA The price of a gallon of gasoline has been a major downer so far in 2011, and data shows that it may be affecting driving habits. According to The Detroit News, the Federal Highway Administration claims that Americans drove 1.453 trillion miles in the first half of 2011.... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:07 PM PDT  Report: Elon Musk bets Dan Neil $1 million he can get Tesla Model S out on time Can a million dollars hold Elon Musks' feet to the fire? That's the value of a bet that Wall Street Journal auto journalist and all-around interesting guy Dan Neil and the Tesla Motors CEO reportedly have going over the release of the upcoming Model S. According to Green Car Reports, the bet hinges on Neil's 2009 comment that the Model S is "ambitious" and that Musk's promised delivery date of late 2012... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:07 PM PDT  Nuevo SEAT Ibiza GT, de momento sólo para Austria Filed under: SEAT, Subcompactos La filial austriaca de SEAT ha decidido lanzar la serie GT ya vista en el Alhambra también en los Ibiza, tanto con carrocería de cinco puertas como en los SC y ST. Sin llegar al planteamiento deportivo de los FR y Cupra, la nueva serie ofrece una estética más dinámica y elementos no vistos en otras variantes como las luces diurnas por LEDs. Entre lo más destacable de esta... |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:07 PM PDT  eBay Find of the Day: Caresto T6 Roadster, 2004 Hot Rod of the Year [w/video] Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Auctions, Etc., Europe We have something of a hard time applying the term "hot rod" to the Caresto T6 R. The unusual Volvo-based retro one-off has simply transcended the art. Whereas most builders start with chassis manufactured by one of the illustrious Big Three, the T6 R is a clean-sheet design with a mid-engine turbocharged I6 swiped from the XC90 that puts power to the rear wheels via... |
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