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  918 Spyder prototypes begin testing

  May 15, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  The Porsche 918 Spyder is on the road: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has taken the driving trials of the super sports car of the future a step further with completion of the initial prototypes. The 918 Spyder is planned for production at the end of September 2013, with the first customer deliveries currently scheduled for the United States late in 2013. "What we are doing with the 918 Spyder is redefining driving fun, efficiency and performance," said [...]

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  All-New BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon

  May 13, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  BMW today released the first images and information on the next generation BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon and announced that, as with the two previous generations, this model will be offered in the US. Unlike anything else on the market, the all-new 3 Series Sports Wagon will again offer the flexibility and utility one would expect from a premium wagon combined with the driving dynamics of the quintessential sport sedan, the BMW 3 Series. The new BMW 3 Series Sports [...]

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  2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 to Pace 96th Indianapolis 500

  May 8, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful production car ever to pace the race. This will be the 23rd time a Chevrolet has paced “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and the 11th time a Corvette is serving as the Pace Car. Both are event records. The 2013 model year will [...]

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  VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT SETS WORLD RECORD

  May 8, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  The world’s most fuel-efficient couple has done it again. John and Helen Taylor were determined to break the record for the farthest distance traveled on a single tank of fuel. They decided to attempt the record in the U.S. with a stock 2012 Volkswagen Passat SE TDI Clean Diesel vehicle equipped with a six-speed manual transmission. The previous record for the most miles covered on a single tank of diesel was 1526.6 miles, achieved with a VW Passat 1.6 BlueMotion® [...]

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  Camaro ZL1 Joins the 11-second Club

  May 8, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is officially in the “11-second” club, as engineers recently turned an 11.93-second/116-mph quarter-mile elapsed time run in a showroom-stock Camaro ZL1 automatic. A Camaro ZL1 manual ran an 11.96-second ET at 117 mph. Only a few other production vehicles can run the quarter-mile as quickly as the ZL1. Fewer yet can also run 0-60 in 4 seconds, reach a top speed of 184 mph and lap the famous Nürburgring in 7:41.27 – all with the [...]

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  Order Bank Opens for New High Performance Ford Focus ST

  May 3, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  Drivers in the U.S. can now place their order for the new Ford Focus ST, a high-performance hatchback that will offer exhilarating performance and handling, a distinctive interior and muscular exterior design. Focus ST, Ford’s first global performance car, will integrate a collection of advanced and sport-oriented technologies previously unavailable to North American customers. The combination of these technologies into a refined yet high-performance sport compact will elevate the category and further cement Focus as the most complete compact car [...]

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  Chrysler Returns to China with Premiere of Chrysler 300 Ruyi Design Concept

  April 30, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  The Chrysler brand announced its return to the China market at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. To commemorate this important occasion, Chrysler unveiled the 300 Ruyi design concept, a vehicle based on the innovative Chrysler 300C sedan and catering to the tastes of Chinese customers. The ruyi and its significance in Chinese tradition inspired designers in creating the unique concept vehicle especially for China. Ruyi means “as one wishes” and takes the form of a curved decorative object, like [...]

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  Jeep Wrangler “Dragon” Design Concept

  April 28, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  The Jeep® brand introduced the Jeep Wrangler “Dragon” design concept at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. The concept integrates two icons together in one: the Wrangler, as the off-road icon of the Jeep brand, and the honored Chinese dragon. Belief holds that both possess incredible capabilities, making them a perfect combination. According to the Chinese Zodiac, this is the Year of the Dragon, which is held with high regard in Chinese culture. The dragon symbolizes strength and power and [...]

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  2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Certified As World’s Most Powerful V8

  April 28, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  The all-new supercharged 5.8-liter powerplant in the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 has been officially SAE-certified as the most powerful series production V8 in the world with peak output of 662 horsepower and 631 lb.-ft. of torque. That’s more power and torque than low volume sports cars costing tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the GT500, which is the most fuel-efficient vehicle in its segment. In fact the 2013 GT500 is the most fuel-efficient car with over 550 [...]

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  Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe

  April 19, 2012 / Industry News

  The four-door coupé is a rebel when it comes to style: nonconformist, provocative and masculine. Technical highlights include its striking headlamp design featuring innovative indicators, the new four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with 155 kW (211 hp) and the all-wheel drive system 4MATIC. "The Concept Style Coupé is expressive and powerful in its design", said Dr Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars. "We are staking our claim very clearly here. This [...]

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  Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG and G 65 AMG

  April 19, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  Every new AMG high-performance vehicle offers an outstanding mix of “more power from less fuel” – and the G 63 AMG is no exception. The “strong man” in the AMG model range has been further enhanced with the state-of-the-art powertrain of the new ML 63 AMG. The design has been comprehensively reworked, so that, for the first time in the 33-year history of the G-Class, AMG customers can enjoy a raft of future-oriented systems: spray-controlled petrol direct injection, the ECO [...]

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  Dodge Announces Pricing for the All-new 2013 Dodge Dart

  April 17, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  The all-new 2013 Dodge Dart leverages the world-class architecture and DNA of Alfa Romeo and then infuses it with Dodge passion and design, creating an agile, fun-to-drive compact car with mid-size levels of interior roominess and unmatched style, technology, safety and customization. The Dodge Dart brings this style and technology to market starting at a U.S. Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of just $15,995 (excluding destination), delivering a thoroughly modern vehicle that’s beautifully designed and crafted with high-quality materials, attention [...]

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  2013 SRT Viper – The Return of the Snake

  April 13, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  The all-new 2013 SRT® Viper was unveiled to the world at the New York International Auto Show, marking its highly anticipated return to the high-performance sports car market. The fifth generation of the iconic two-seat, American-built supercar has been deliberately evolved to incorporate superior craftsmanship, a host of new technologies and ergonomic improvements while respecting its visceral legacy of outright performance. “After a gut-wrenching period of uncertainty, the Street and Racing Technology brand team is extremely proud that our hand-built [...]

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  2013 Porsche Cayenne GTS

  April 10, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  Porsche is set to unveil the second-generation Cayenne GTS at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, also known as Auto China, on April 24, 2012. Based on the Cayenne S, this new model is equipped with 20 additional horsepower, a 20 mm lower ride height and a lower final drive ratio for improved driving dynamics. The latest Cayenne transmits power from its 420 hp V8 to an active All-Wheel-Drive system coupled to an eight-speed Tiptronic S transmission with integrated Auto Start [...]

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  FALKEN TIRE LAUNCHES SWEEPSTAKES FEATURING 2013 MUSTANG CUSTOMIZED BY DRIVERS PAWLAK & GITTIN, JR.

  April 5, 2012 / Industry News

  FONTANA, CA – As Falken Tire, a leader among high performance tire companies, continues the expansion of its motorsports activities for the 2012 racing season, the brand has announced a special Sweepstakes featuring a 2013 Ford Mustang, one of the most dominant chassis in recent Formula Drift history, customized by Team Falken Drivers Justin Pawlak and Vaughn Gittin, Jr. The Sweepstakes was announced as the new season of Formula Drift begins at the Long Beach Grand Prix in Southern California. [...]

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  2013 Scion FR-S

  April 2, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  Scion’s high performance compact rear-wheel drive sports car will be available for sale this spring at a remarkably affordable Canadian manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $25,990. When equipped with a six-speed automatic transmission that features paddle shifters and rev-match technology the MSRP is $27,170. “Scion’s goal was to achieve “Pure Balance” by designing a lightweight sports car with a low centre of gravity that also includes the world’s only boxer engine that uses Toyota’s D-4S direct and port injection system,” [...]

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  MINI Cooper Yachtsman

  April 1, 2012 / Industry News

  MINI customers will be able to boldly go where no motorer has gone before when the all-new MINI Cooper Yachtsman makes its world premiere at the New York International Auto Show next week, right beside the Hudson River. Designed to bring MINI ownership to people who regard the 70 percent of the earth’s surface covered by water as their home, the new MINI Cooper Yachtsman is a corner-carving crustacean that promises go-kart-like handling and a sensational combination of amphibious* and [...]

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  The BMW i8 Concept Spyder

  April 1, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  The BMW i8 Concept Spyder with eDrive is an open-top two-seater embodying a form of personal mobility with equal sporting and emotional appeal.

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  Subaru to debut 2013 Outback and Legacy in New York

  March 30, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that it will debut the re-styled 2013 Subaru Legacy at the 2012 New York International Auto Show. The 2013 Legacy is powered by either a 3.6-liter H6 or a new, more efficient 2.5-liter four-cylinder powertrain and debuts revised styling as well as the new EyeSight driver-assist system. Chassis enhancements improve both ride quality and agility in the 2013 Legacy, which also offers new amenities and audio capabilities. The 2013 Subaru Legacy features a new, [...]

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  Toyota to Debut a Stunning North American-Designed Sedan at the 2012 NYIAS

  March 27, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

  Toyota Canada Inc. announced today that an all-new North American-designed sedan will make its debut at the 2012 New York International Auto Show. This global premiere will take place in the Galleria room within the Jacob Javits Center at 10:30 a.m. EDT on April 5, 2012. The sedan’s exciting new design features an elegant yet athletic look.

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