Archive for 'Audi'
Nissan Fields Facebook Questions On The Juke-R: Video
Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Nissan has long proclaimed the Juke-R to be the world’s fastest crossover, much to the chagrin of automakers like Porsche and BMW, who build fast crossovers (and SUVs) that you can actually buy instead of just watch on video. That said, it’s hard to argue with the performance numbers put out by Nissan and reported by World Car Fans..
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Lexus LF-LC, Volvo XC-60 Plug-In, Ford EcoSport: Car News Headlines
Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Today is all about the new car concepts and previews as the Delhi Auto Expo gets underway and the Detroit Auto Show gets on deck. First up we have the new Ford Fiesta-based EcoSport crossover, which we'll likely be seeing on our own shores soon, as it's unveiled at the Deli Auto Expo.
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Opel Celebrates 150 Years, Cautiously: Video
Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Opel wasn’t founded as an automaker, and it’s first business had nothing at all to do with transportation. In 1862, Adam Opel began producing sewing machines in his father’s locksmith shop, and his humble manufacturing business soon took off. In 1886, Opel began producing bicycles, and by the mid-1920s was the world’s..
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X Factor Judge Simon Cowell Swaps Bugatti Veyron For Smart
Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by admin.
We know he has a Bugatti Veyron.
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Ford Fiesta-Based EcoSport Crossover Debuts At 2012 Delhi Auto Expo
Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by admin.
We’ve been spying prototypes for months, including in the U.S., but now, finally, Ford has taken the wraps off its new Fiesta-based crossover. Making its debut as the Ford EcoSport at the 2012 Delhi Auto Expo in India this week, the new compact crossover is the latest installment in Ford’s ever-expanding global product family.
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Oliver Gavin Tackles New Corvette Daytona Prototype
Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Oliver Gavin will be one of many American Le Mans Series (ALMS) regulars racing in this year's 50th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona Grand-Am endurance contest. The lanky British driver has been a factory GM sports car ace and a member of Corvette Racing for many years, driving for the multiple championship-winning Corvette Racing squad in ALMS. Now..
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Snoop Dogg’s Price Is Always Right When A ’62 Lincoln Is On The Line
Posted on 03. Jan, 2012 by admin.
This video is so surreal it's likely to blow your head open, but here it is: Snoop Dogg joins forces with Drew Carey on The Price Is Right to offer a 1962 Lincoln Continental convertible to a very excited, somewhat nerdy, and decidedly under-dressed young woman. Mayhem, TPR-style, ensues
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Porsche Pickup Seems Even Less Likely
Posted on 03. Jan, 2012 by admin.
In 2008, when Porsche AG attempted to take over Volkswagen AG, some reports said the hubris shown from Porsche came from the fact the company had been on the brink of collapse at the turn of the millennium but came roaring back with the huge global success of its first SUV, the Cayenne. Not long after the introduction of the Cayenne, rumors began to float regarding the possibility of a pickup truck platform pulled from the same architecture. Functionally this made sense because the Cayenne was actually a joint venture with VW and Audi, as all three companies planned to use the exceptionally versatile platform for their own derivatives.
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Quantum Levitation Racing: Wipeout Videogame Made Real
Posted on 03. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Anyone under the age of about 30 who grew up in the "PlayStation Generation" will have heard of the videogame Wipeout. For anyone who hasn't, it's a game in which you pilot a futuristic anti-gravity racing ship around utopian race circuits
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Sareni United Turns The Chevy Camaro Into A GT Racer
Posted on 03. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Reiter Engineering has earned a solid reputation building Lamborghini race cars, but now its founder, Hans Reiter, is undertaking a new challenge.
