Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 31, 2007
[Image Source: AutoExpress] SMART will bring to market an electric vehicle - "EV" - in the not so distant future. According to AutoExpress, the latest of three is set to eclipse the prius...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 31, 2007
[Image source: CAR] There's a reason why the Blue Oval is making more money abroad than it is in the home market. Actually, there are probably many, but when you see Ford's Euro-sourced...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 30, 2007
Dr. Dieter Zetsche (aka Dr. Z) along with Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda sent an 405 word e-mail to Chrysler employees thanking them for all their hard work over the past nine years. They addressed the...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 30, 2007
[Image Source: CAR] Spy shooters have snapped volkswagen's lightly disguised, sixth generation Golf hatchback in the middle of a bout of weekend testing in the Californian desert. What's...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 27, 2007
Teched out and kit-ed up, the Audi S3 certainly makes a sportier impression than the far more sedate A3 hatchback. In this 01:18 video, the white S3 is showcased carving up the roads in a corner of...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 27, 2007
For fans of the Swedish marque, this 07:30 video offers a lovely retrospective of Volvo models past. Mostly cars from the mid-90s, enthusiasts will take stock of the terrific company footage of the...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 26, 2007
[Image Source: GadgetManiac] For the first time since... ever it seems (or 17 years say some) the trident marque has returned to profitability. In the second quarter this year, Maserati managed to...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 26, 2007
[Image Source: jaguar cars USA] In a move that's about to go down as smoothly with the Party Faithful as putting a cobra in a pit of Indian mongooses, Jaguar Cars is removing the fabled leaper...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 25, 2007
[Image Source: egmcartech] Second quarter profit @ Mercedes-Benz has just about doubled to $1.95 Billion on sales of $17.26 Billion after the introduction of the all-new C-Class. The entry-level...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 25, 2007
[Image Source: CAR] Showing traces of VW's IROC concept, Audi is set to take the suddenly-hot hot-hatch war to the streets. Following BMW's 1-Series and MINI, Daimler's SMART ForTwo, and...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 24, 2007
Reuters reported that the record gas prices currently afflicting the U.S. (and world) consumer is having an impact on consumer spending. With the national average remaining at around $3 per gallon of...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 24, 2007
[Image Source: CAR] It's Big. It's Bad. It's Loud. And it's proud. The Ford Interceptor Concept created quite a stirr when the four-door super sedan premiered earlier this year. Seen...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 23, 2007
It's rare that we ever get to see a sports car, let alone an exotic, tested for passive safety. But in this video, we get several good vantages of a mclaren f1 crashing into a barrier head-on and...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 23, 2007
[Image Source: Automedia via AutoExpress] The SL inhabits a relatively unchallenged segment of its own in the automotive marketplace. This goes some way in explaining why the current R230 generation...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 20, 2007
[Image Source: CAR] Ford plans to introduce a new, compact (midsized to European standards) 4X4 called the "Kuga" to the European market. First introduced at the Paris Auto Show as the...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 20, 2007
[Image Source: BusinessWeek] Over in the Great Britain, it's the end of an era. Aston Martin has officially closed its Newport Pagnell operations and built the last of the flagship Vanquish GTs....
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 19, 2007
[Image Source: CanadianDriver.com] Toyota's luxury subsidiary is set to enhance its Green image by ramping up production of hybrid models including the flagship LS600hL. Lexus offers three...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 19, 2007
Few rivalries in the automotive world are as hot or as contested as that between sportscar manufacturers Ferrari and Porsche. The Prancing Horses from Maranello and Stuttgart, respectively, both have...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 18, 2007
[Image Source: Caradisiac.com] The imperious Imperial: a hulking, suicide-doored juggernaut of a Chrysler that premiered in concept back in 2006 was slated for production. That's before all the...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 18, 2007
Anyone who has been caught in New York City traffic know only too well that Gotham's traffic jams are as outsized as North America's largest metropolis. In fact, in these United States only...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 17, 2007
gmac, the insurance and finance corporation paired with General Motors, is expanding a scheme the company's been working with since 2004. Drivers of OnStar equipped vehicles can agree to have the...
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Filed in archive by Gunnar Heinrich on July 17, 2007
Rolls-Royce has launched its first (under BMW) manufacturer-approved previously-owned sales scheme according to Autocar. Similar to other certified used car schemes, buying a used Rolls under the...
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