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Posted by in Audi, Auto News on 05 16th, 2012 | Comments Off
2013 Kia Rio Reviewed, Audi Created A Chair, Fiat Giving Away Cars: Car News Headlines
Today at High Gear Media, Guy Fieri is going to drive the pace car at the Indianapolis 500 and someone is posing as a fake cop and killing people. Audi designed a chair and we reviewed the 2013 Kia Rio. All this and more in today’s car news, right here on The Car Connection. The 2012...
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Posted by in Audi, Auto News on 05 16th, 2012 | Comments Off
Audi Cops A Thousand Feels To Design The Perfect Chair
Crowdsourcing is everywhere these days. Astronomers are using it to find rogue asteroids. City planners use it to revitalize downtown promenades. And it’s the ethos behind the game-changing Kickstarter.com. So naturally, when Audi’s Lightweight Design Centre needed to crank out...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 16th, 2012 | Comments Off
770 HP, 74 MPG, Looks That Can Kill [New Cars]
Releasing these new photos of the Porsche 918 Spyder , the company has announced some exciting development news: with the aid of its electric motors, the plug-in hybrid prototype is currently developing 770 HP and returning up to 74 MPG. Also, ummm…I messed my pants. More » Here is...
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Posted by Maria Palma in Auto Blog, Auto News, BMW on 05 16th, 2012 | Comments Off
BMW Announces 2013 135is Coupe And Convertible
The 2013 BMW 135is coupe. Image: BMW AG BMW’s 1 Series M is heading out of production, and (as far as we know) all inventory has already been spoken for. If you missed your chance to buy one, BMW will soon offer you the next best thing: the 2013 135is. Available in both coupe and convertible flavors,...
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Posted by Maria Palma in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 16th, 2012 | Comments Off
A Car Thief Crashed This Stolen 1970 Chevelle SS In A Police Chase [Car Crime]
Salt Lake City police told KSL TV they may have averted tragedy when they apprehended a wanted man driving a stolen muscle car packed with firearms. But the car — a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS — was trashed in the chase. Sounds like a tragedy to me. More » Read more: A Car Thief...
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Posted by in Auto News, GM on 05 16th, 2012 | Comments Off
Land Rover Range Rover Sport
The Land Rover Range Rover Sport is a five-door luxury sport-utility vehicle designed and first produced by the British automaker when it still was owned by Ford Motor Company. Since 2008, Land Rover has been a part of the Tata Group, which has brought an updated version of the Sport to the U.S. for...
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Posted by Admin in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 16th, 2012 | Comments Off
For $1,500, You’re In The Army Now [Nice Price Or Crack Pipe]
In his seminal work on what humans find attractive about babies and juvenile animals – A Biological Homage to Mickey Mouse (pdf) – Stephen Jay Gould implies that it’s the proportion of head to body size that is key. At the other end of the spectrum, today’s Nice Price or Crack...
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2013 Kia Soul
With its bulldog nose, edgy roofline, and boxy, appliance-like tail, the Kia Soul brought a new attitude to small cars–as well as more practicality and small-car spirit to small utility vehicles. Just one look inside and out is all it takes to see and understand why the Kia Soul has been a very...
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Famous Water-Drenched Ferrari Enzo Resurrected
Famous Water-Drenched Ferrari Enzo Resurrected
  In September of last year, the annual Targa Newfoundland road rally in Canada gained viral video attention for the misadventure of an edo competition-prepared Ferrari Enzo Evolution XX. On the final day of the 6-day event in 2011, a yellow and black Enzo Evolution XX, owned and driven by Calgary...
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Posted by Horisly in Audi, Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 16th, 2012 | Comments Off
Quattro lives! Group B rally weapons return to UK
Filed under: Motorsport , Latest News No this isn’t a story from the mid-eighties that got mislaid. The “too fast to race” rally cars that were banned in 1986 are going to compete in a multi-stage rally in Cheshire in August 2012. Group B cars were fire-breathing monsters (literally...
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2013 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
A Range Rover for a more enthusiastic set of drivers, the Range Rover Sport may not be the brand’s hallmark vehicle, but it is its most exciting vehicle, even with the arrival of the pint-sized Evoque. Reimagined on a smaller scale than the big Rangie, but with much of its off-road ability, the...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News on 05 16th, 2012 | Comments Off
VW accidentally advertises Fiat 500
Filed under: Humour , Latest News Fiat has managed a cool piece of ambush marketing in Sweden – by parking a Fiat 500 directly outside VW headquarters when Google was filming it for Streetview. Now anyone in Sweden looking up the VW HQ in Södertälje will see a Fiat 500 perfectly parked...
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Hertz launches Electric Vehicle car club in Oxford
Filed under: Latest News Hertz, the car rental company, is setting up a car sharing club in Oxford that will only offer electric vehicles. This probably makes a lot more sense for most people than buying an electric car. Members of the car club can rent the Nissan Leafs by the hour for as little as...
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Is Chevy Overprotective of the Equinox Crossover in US?
Is Chevy Overprotective of the Equinox Crossover in US?
Expanding their global product portfolio, Chevrolet announced the pending addition of a new crossover production vehicle. Being officially presented at the upcoming Paris Motor Show in September, the Chevrolet Trax is a compact crossover utility, five-passenger vehicle with what is said to be class-leading...
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2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco, 2012 Hyundai Azera Earn Top Safety Ratings
The 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco, and the 2012 Hyundai Azera—both recently redesigned family-size sedans—have earned top crash-test ratings across the board from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Also taking into consideration their standard safety equipment, they’ve...
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