Archive for December, 2011
Street Racing Corvette Drivers May Face Charges Following Crash: Video
Posted on 01. Dec, 2011 by admin.
Pull up to a set of lights and you see a matching pair of Chevrolet Corvettes, one a current-generation C6 and the other a previous-gen C5, and you can bet the drivers of the respective cars will have a score to settle. And that’s exactly what unfolds in this video taken by another motorist during Thanksgiving weekend. Of course, driving…
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2013 Subaru BRZ Tech Details, Pricing, Live Photos: Tokyo Motor Show
Posted on 01. Dec, 2011 by admin.
At about the same price, would you buy a new rear-wheel-drive 2013 Subaru BRZ sports coupe or an all-wheel-drive Subaru WRX STI? With both cars ringing in at approximately the same price, you might think that the new BRZ might divert customers from the legendary rally hatchback. But as we saw at the Tokyo Motor Show yesterday, as Subaru officially…
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Ecclestone Gives Austin F1 Track One More Week
Posted on 01. Dec, 2011 by admin.
The promoters of next year’s proposed U.S. Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas outside Austin, TX have another week to fill Bernie Ecclestone’s coffers and ensure the race takes place in November, Ecclestone told the Associated Press from his London home. Initially, the diminutive head of Formula 1′s commercial entity expected to have funding…
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BMW And Toyota To Collaborate On Green Tech, Swap Diesel Engines
Posted on 01. Dec, 2011 by admin.
As we reported just a few days ago, BMW and Toyota will be working more closely in the future over the development of green technology. This week at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show the two auto giants signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning a mid-to-long-term collaboration on next-generation environment-friendly technologies. They will…
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Hennessey Announces 2013 Venom GT Spyder
Posted on 01. Dec, 2011 by admin.
If you think 270 mph in a convertible is a good idea, there’s probably only one car that comes to mind: the upcoming Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Super Sport. That’s really the only supercar out there that could possibly deliver that blend of world-record-level speed and open-air touring. Or it was the only car in that category until Hennessey…
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2013 Scion FR-S Revealed Ahead Of 2012 Detroit Auto Show
Posted on 01. Dec, 2011 by admin.
The 2012 Detroit Auto Show is still more than a month away but Scion has decided to reveal its star attraction, the brand new 2013 Scion FR-S. Essentially a rebadged version of the Toyota GT 86 sports car we saw at this week’s 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, the new FR-S features a number of attributes making us all giddy inside. Namely, a…
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Guilty Pleasure: Pontiac 2000 Sunbird Turbo
Posted on 01. Dec, 2011 by admin.
After last week’s Guilty Pleasure, the unloved-by-Alfa-fanatics 164, it just seems right to get back to the good old U.S. of A for this week’s car. Turbocharged front-wheel drive machines were all the rage during the Late Malaise Era, and GM was right there with the Ford EXP Turbo and Renault Fuego Turbo. The new J-Body platform was just the…
