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Posted by in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 23rd, 2012 | Comments Off
Stunning Renault Alpine concept leaks
Filed under: Latest News The picture above is a leaked image of a new Renault. You’re not dreaming. Leaked onto the global blotting paper that is the internets, the wondrous blue thing above is the much anticipated Alpine concept, due to debut at the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend....
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Mazda and Alfa Romeo to make sweet roadster together
Filed under: Humour Mazda and Fiat have announced that they’re partnering to make a rear-wheel drive sports car together, one badged Mazda, the other Alfa Romeo. This car manufacturer love-in thing is catching on. By that we’re referring, of course, to the Toyota-Subaru tie-up...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 23rd, 2012 | Comments Off
Three-quarters of drivers can’t check their oil
Filed under: Humour A survey commissioned by Mobil, purveyors of sensational engine oil, has found that 75% of British drivers don’t know how to check their car’s oil. Half of all drivers don’t even know why oil is used. Mobil sells oil, by the way. Most staggeringly, 94% of motorists...
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Posted by Maria Palma in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 23rd, 2012 | Comments Off
K-Tec boosts Renaultsport Clio
Filed under: Humour K-Tec Racing has developed a tuning package for the awesome Renaultsport Clio 197 and 200, lifting power to 215bhp with 175lb.ft. Small gains, apparently, but the company says that it has “created the ‘KTR215′ package with the goal of increasing driveability, response...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 23rd, 2012 | Comments Off
FTA slams Dartford toll rise
Filed under: Humour The Freight Transport Association has slammed the Government for increasing charges at the Dartford River Crossing The first rise comes in October this year, when the toll for a heavy goods vehicle will jump by £1.30, to £5.00. Drivers using the ‘Dart-Tag’...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto News, general, GM, Honda on 05 23rd, 2012 | Comments Off
Chevrolet Engines Dominate 2012 Indy 500 Pole Day
Chevrolet Engines Dominate 2012 Indy 500 Pole Day
  As the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Chevrolet celebrated 100-year anniversaries in 2011, the shared motorsport passion of both American brands receives another page in their expanding chronicles this year. Returning to the Brickyard for the first time since 1993 in competition, Chevrolet was...
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Posted by Maria Palma in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 23rd, 2012 | Comments Off
Toyota Reveals Its Camry for NASCAR Duty, We Talk With the President of TRD
And then there were three: Toyota Racing Development debuted its 2013 Toyota Camry that will be competing in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup series, beginning with the Daytona 500 season opener next February. Read full story » More: Toyota Reveals Its Camry for NASCAR Duty, We Talk With the President...
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Posted by Maria Palma in Auto Blog, Auto News, BMW on 05 22nd, 2012 | Comments Off
2012 BMW M6 Convertible Test: 0 to 60 mph in Four Flat
The 2012 BMW M6 convertible is a puzzling machine. Two conundrums, for example, present themselves immediately upon use of the primary controls. The first is trivial: the presence of a narrow, three-pedal-style brake-pedal pad in a car with no clutch pedal. The second is of infinitely more import to...
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Posted by in Auto Blog, Auto News, Mercedes on 05 22nd, 2012 | Comments Off
Mercedes-Benz May Be Planning C300 and E300 with 248-hp V-6, Documents Show
Mercedes-Benz is preparing a light late-in-life face lift for the E-class, and that may include an entry-level E300 for the 2013 model year. Paperwork the company filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration includes entries for an E300 and an E300 4Matic. Each is described as a sedan...
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Posted by Maria Palma in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 22nd, 2012 | Comments Off
2013 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Convertible Stops By, Shows Off New Retro Rearview Mirror
Al Oppenheiser sweats the details. The Camaro chief engineer pulled the frameless rearview mirror off of his ’68 and told those responsible for the modern car’s reflective surfaces to “make me one like that.” This throwback element will be standard equipment on all 2013 versions of the retro-futuristic...
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Posted by Admin in Auto News, BMW on 05 22nd, 2012 | Comments Off
Next-Generation BMW M3 Switching Back to Inline Six
Next-Generation BMW M3 Switching Back to Inline Six
We’re convinced that the previous generation BMWs (save for probably 3-Series) will stand out as divergent from the developmental flow. That is true in both styling and in powetrains. Last time around the M5 ditched its traditional V-8 power plant for a V-10. A BMW V-10? That was a shocker. Then,...
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Posted by Admin in Auto News on 05 22nd, 2012 | Comments Off
90-percent of drivers who experience vehicle-to-vehicle safety technology want it in their own car
Nine out of 10 drivers who experienced safety technology that allows cars to communicate to one another would like to see such features in their own vehicles, according to results from connected vehicle driver acceptance clinics conducted by the Department of Transportation (DOT). Vehicle-to-vehicle...
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Posted by Maria Palma in Auto Blog, Auto News, Mercedes on 05 22nd, 2012 | Comments Off
A Mercedes 300SL Roadster In The Swiss Alps [Car Porn]
I’m pretty sure Julie Andrews would have to change her underwear after seeing these pictures. I know for a fact that my pants are alive with the sound of this alpine 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300SL roadster. Sploosh. More » Excerpt from: A Mercedes 300SL Roadster In The Swiss Alps [Car Porn]...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 22nd, 2012 | Comments Off
COTD: Ariel Atom Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
One of the great things about hard-edged track cars like an Ariel Atom is that if you handed the keys to your grandma, there is just no way that she could drive it (unless your grannie is a grade-A badass). More » More: COTD: Ariel Atom Edition [Commenter Of The Day] See the original post:  COTD:...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 22nd, 2012 | Comments Off
A Broken Traffic Light Caused This Nightmare Tieup in Beijing [Video]
A busted traffic light can ruin people’s day anywhere, but in Beijing, a densely peopled city known of for some of the worst traffic in the world , it can be a see-it-from-space problem. More » Read more here: A Broken Traffic Light Caused This Nightmare Tieup in Beijing [Video] More: A...
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