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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 19th, 2012 | Comments Off
This Is What A $6.3 Million Ferrari Looks Like [Car Auctions]
It wasn’t exactly a secret this 1 of 2 1957 Ferrari 625 TRC Spider was going to command an impressive price when it crossed the block at last weekend’s RM Monaco event. Even so, exceeding the high end of a pre-auction estimate by approximately $1.5 million is hardly a common occurrence....
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Posted by admin in Auto Blog, Auto News, muscle cars on 05 19th, 2012 | Comments Off
Garage Fresh 1968 Shelby GT500 Proves Ultra Rare Project Cars Are Still Out There [Found On EBay]
Stories of ultra-rare muscle cars sitting in barns are truly the car person’s equivalent of “the fish that got away”. A few years, a hazy memory or just a desire for a good story have all too often put a Hemi under the hood of a dusty small block Barracuda or turned an average...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 19th, 2012 | Comments Off
Former Car Dealer’s Collection Of Decaying Packards Head To Auction [Secret Cars]
A collection of 15 1950-1956 Packards owned by a man who devoted much of his professional life to selling and repairing examples of the orphan car brand will be sold at auction next Saturday. More » Read the original here: Former Car Dealer’s Collection Of Decaying Packards Head To...
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See The Story Behind One Man’s Lifelong Datsun Obsession [Video]
After a several month hiatus Josh Clason’s Depth of Speed is back with another fantastic video profiling one man’s deep love of all things Datsun. More » Original post: See The Story Behind One Man’s Lifelong Datsun Obsession [Video] Read more from the original source: See...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
Mini JCW Lineup to Adopt Revised 1.6-Liter Four and Available Six-Speed Automatic
The entire line of John Cooper Works Minis— Countryman , hatchback, Clubman, Convertible , Coupe , and Roadster —will be equipped with a slightly revised version of the 1.6-liter powerplant found in the previous generation of JCW models. Those revisions result in an output of 208 hp and 207 lb-ft...
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Posted by admin in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
Tech Dept.: The Latest on the Airless Tire-and-Wheel Combo
When Robert Thomson invented the pneumatic tire a century and a half ago, a rubber doughnut inflated with air was only one of several ideas the Scotsman proposed for softening the ride and reducing the power required to propel the carriages of his day. Thomson also suggested filling what he called his...
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Posted by admin in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
We Interview IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard: Revolutionizing the Sport Won’t Be Easy in the Wake of Dan Wheldon Tragedy
C/D: Your first official appearance as CEO of IndyCar was at the Chicago auto show in 2010 . You seemed so cheerful and innocent then. RB: “Naïve” might be a better word. C/D: You had never been to an IndyCar race then and had zero experience in motorsports when you took over a troubled organization....
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Posted by Maria Palma in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
2013 SRT Viper GTS: In-Depth with the Men Who Made It Happen
Russ Ruedisueli, 53, is sitting in his office at Chrysler’s Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, although he’s the kind of guy who doesn’t sit so much as crouch, muscles tensed and twitching, as if he’s attached to a pair of unseen jumper cables beneath his desk. You’d figure the guy...
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Posted by Maria Palma in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
2013 Subaru BRZ Tested, Tackles France’s Route Napoléon
This is a story of unlikely scenarios. The first concerns the Subaru BRZ, a rear-wheel-drive sports car from the company famous for making all-wheel-drive station wagons pretending to be SUVs. It’s equally unlikely that this Japanese car finds itself on southern France’s Route Napoléon, one of...
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Posted by Admin in Audi, Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
Watch Carlos Sainz Drive An Audi R8 LMS Around Europe’s Second Oldest Track [Video]
Built in 1922 and essentially abandoned in 1923, Autodromo de Sitges-Terramar is the second oldest remaining track in Europe. Unlike the oldest, England’s Brooklands, it was built so well that it remains useable today. Here, rally legend Carlos Sainz laps its 80 year old banking in an Audi R8...
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COTD: Know Your Meme Edition Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
The auto industry is full of progress. Most of the time we know that new cars are just going to weigh more, be less engaging to drive, and basically be less good than the models they replace. Sometimes, though, innovations turn out better than expected. More » View original post here: COTD:...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
This Man Shot Two People On A Mississippi Highway [Car Crime]
When police arrested James D. Willie, 28, for allegedly trying to rape a woman, they found that the gun he fired during that altercation was linked to two highway murders in northwest Mississippi . Investigators initially thought they were looking for someone who had been posing as a police officer,...
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Posted by Admin in Auto Blog, Auto News, GM on 05 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
Why We Aren’t Driving Natural Gas Powered Cars [Video]
America is in the midst of the biggest energy boom since Texas’ 20th Century Gusher Age . All over the country, new drilling techniques have created an abundance of cheap natural gas. With domestic production at more than 25 billion cubic feet per day, prices are as low as they’ve ever been...
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Posted by admin in Auto Blog, Auto News, Hybrids on 05 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
Dismal Sales Kill The Lexus HS 250h Hybrid
The 2012 Lexus HS 250h. Image: Lexus Lexus launched the HS 250h hybrid in the U.S. in the summer of 2009, as a 2010 model. Meant as a fuel-efficient bookend to Lexus’ other entry-level offering, the rear-drive IS sedan, the HS 250h never really took off in the U.S. market. As Inside Line reports,...
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Posted by admin in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
2012 Chrysler 300C Update One: Miles, Smiles, and Some Minor Confusion With the Dials
As we spent January and February preparing for a winter that never quite did arrive, our 300C continued to consume miles at a steady pace. In the seven months since the sparkly gray Chrysler arrived on our doorstep, we’ve managed to push the odometer a few ticks beyond the 20,000-mile mark, largely...
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