Archive for September, 2011
2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque: First Drive, Off-Road
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by admin.
“A four-cylinder? It’s fuel-efficient? How much power? Nice!” That’s the sort of reaction we found from several middle-age suburbanites who momentarily interrupted their community-center fitness group to ask us some questions about the new 2012 Range Rover Evoque—all the while, gushing about the design. And it’s a scenario that…
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2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8: The Executive’s Muscle Car
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by admin.
Photos by Alex Bellus Say you have a family of four plus a dog, a job downtown as a mid-level executive, and you are a proud American. What do you drive? While you’d love to have a muscle car, your wife says a two-door just isn’t practical right now. Well, let me introduce you to the new 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8, the muscle car for grown-ups. Design…
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Drag Racer Snaps Seat On Launch, Doesn’t Wreck: Video
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by admin.
Drag racing is a hard thing to do on a budget; it’s a sport measured in cubic dollars. But many people manage to bend that immutable rule by doing a lot of work themselves. Sometimes that goes wrong. In this case, it could have gone horribly wrong, but, as this video dug up by Autoblog shows, sometimes a quick reaction to an unexpected equipment…
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Fisker Says ‘Majority’ Of 3,000 Karma Reservations To Be Filled This Year
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by admin.
If you’ve been on the list to own a 2012 Fisker Karma, you’ve probably been waiting a while–it’s been on the show circuit for about three years now. The first deliveries to customers just started a few months ago, but Fisker says it will have the majority of its 3,000 reservation holders driving in Karmic style by the end of the year. That’s what…
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Video: 2012 Toyota Tacoma, TRD T|X Baja Series
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by admin.
Here’s an up-close look at the 2012 Toyota Tacoma and the just-revealed TRD T|X Baja Series desert runner.
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Upscale Jeep Grand Wagoneer’s Return Now Pushed To 2014: Report
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by admin.
Early this year, Chrysler begain talking about a return of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer nameplate as an upscale, seven-seat SUV–to share a platform with a then-unnamed Maserati SUV. It was due to arrive in January 2013, but today, a new slide from Chrysler says it won’t show until 2014. The Maserati Kubang may have some influence on that, as it’s…
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Cars.com Reviews the 2011 Mazda RX-8
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by admin.
The 2011 Mazda RX-8 is certainly a rare breed, and it’s going extinct fast because Mazda recently announced that the model has been discontinued. The RX-8 is the last car powered by a rotary engine, an odd engine that has captured the hearts of many enthusiasts for decades. Still, oddity isn’t necessarily a good thing: The RX-8’s small-yet-powerful engine doesn’t make the car feel fast, and its fuel economy is about as poor as some full-size trucks and SUVs, says Cars.com editor Mike Hanley.
2011 Mazda RX-8 Review
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Porsche Pajun Sedan Speculation Deepens
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by admin.
Talk about a “Panamera Junior,” or Pajun for short, has been whipping about the web all year long. The latest moves the talk into more detailed territory, but remains tentative at best. Dug up by CAR Online as part of its ongoing “scoops” on Porsche’s next round of vehicles, the details say the upcoming Pajun will launch in 2016. It’s expected to…
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2012 Bentley Continental GTC: First Drive
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by admin.
Croatia doesn’t sound like anything familiar to Americans, but Europeans have been calling it the “new Tuscany” since they turned their timeshare-building, economy-hyperinflating attentions away from the last “new Tuscany” in southern Spain. We’re still puzzled about what was wrong with the old Tuscany, but forget that. Croatia has it all…
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Push-Button Ignition Could Detect Drunken Drivers
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by admin.
Push-button ignitions in new cars have few functions other than starting and stopping the engine, but that could change in next decade. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has teamed with an auto supplier and an industry group to create technology that would use the ignition button to detect the driver’s blood-alcohol level through the skin, the Detroit Free Press reports.
