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Nurburgring Nordschleife Racetrack Lap Times - 'Ring MastersFactory Stopwatches Hit The Green Hell.
As the phrase "tuned at the legendary Nürburgring" has found its way into ad copy for more and more performance cars, lap times at the Nürburgring Nordschleife racetrack have become the newest measure of performance, taking their place alongside top speed, quarter-mile, and 0-to-60-mph times. Most recently Chrysler, which had not done any development work at the track, took a 2009...
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2009 Toyota Venza Wallpaper GalleryThe Venza is a (mostly) carlike, (not too) small (high-utility) passenger vehicle. It's based on the Camry platform, with which it shares some specifications, and has a high level of standard equipment.Read More | Digg It | Add to del.icio.usVia Automobile RSS Feed - 27 days 17 hours ago
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BMW Gina Light Visionary Model - By DesignDon't Laugh. This Is A Serious Car
Sure, it looks familiar. It should; this brilliant design exercise was done seven years ago, and traces of its lines and vestiges of its surfaces have turned up on numerous BMW concept and production models since. lines that were superb on the 2006 Mille Miglia concept car or that seemed not to make any sense in the grotesque (but very important) X Coupé were established by this concept, which BMW has finally...
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GM GlobalSpec "Great Moments in Engineering" Award - Green Innovators HonoredAlthough the concept of the catalyst existed prior to 1973, getting them to work in the harsh automotive environment was a genuine breakthrough.
You've got to be pretty old to remember when new cars didn't have catalytic converters. Whether you know it or not, these now-ubiquitous devices occupy a frontal position in the assault against dirty car emissions. But being green wasn't popular in the early 1970s. The...
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2008 Volkswagen TouaregThe whole car has an overall sense of refinement, it coming out of VW's We're-just-as-good-as-Mercedes era, a period which also produced the Phaeton luxury car.
For me, the Touareg has always been something of a disappointment - a car without a purpose. It's neither as sporty as its European competition (BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz ML) nor as useful, practical, and functional as the American SUVs that it was patterned after. Poor sight lines, a relatively space-inefficient...
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2009 Toyota VenzaThe Venza is a (mostly) carlike, (not too) small (high-utility) passenger vehicle. It's based on the Camry platform, with which it shares some specifications, and has a high level of standard equipment.
Crossbreed a Saint Bernard, a Labrador Retriever, and a Poodle, and you just might get a dog that works hard, loves everyone, and wins shows.
Photo Gallery: 2009 Toyota Venza - New Toyota Crossover SUV Review - Automobile MagazineRead More | Digg It | Add to...Via Automobile RSS Feed - 28 days 8 hours ago -
2010 Ford Fiesta - The Cars We Need Now!Developed in conjunction with the Mazda 2, the new Fiesta is going on sale in Europe this fall as a two- or four-door hatchback.
The tectonic plates have shifted. The U.S. Automotive Order, little changed for the last two decades, has suddenly been upended. No longer insulated from the high fuel prices that afflict so much of the world, America needs a drastically different national motor pool, and we need it now. luckily, the fun, frugal, small cars...
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2008 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KRThis is a car capable of holding its own against anything a Dodge Challenger or Chevy Camaro brings to the street in factory trim.
This was amusing. I worked late last night, and when I left the office, downtown Ann Arbor was largely deserted, and a light rain was falling. The few pedestrians present were dashing through crosswalks, heads bowed, in a hurry to reach warm and dry bars and cars. But the angry sound of this Mustang's 540-hp, supercharged V-8 and...
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2009 Nissan 370ZEnough with the teaser shots, already! Courtesy of the automaker, this is our first look at the 2009 Nissan 370Z.
Seven years after the debut of the 350Z, the Z-car is thoroughly re-worked both inside and out for 2009. We're perhaps excited most by the mechanical change implicated by its nomenclature - lurking underhood is the 3.7-liter VQ37VHR V-6 that also powers the Infiniti G37. Nissan's not released specs on what the motor produces in Z-tune, but it manages to pump out...
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2010 Ford FusionThough much of the sheetmetal between the A- and C-pillars carries over unchanged, the fore and aft ends of the 2010 Fusion do receive considerable cosmetic changes.
Soon after catching its Mercury sibling out in the wild, the first photo of the 2010 Ford Fusion made its way to the internet, along with details on the revised powertrain offerings.
Photo Gallery: 2010 Ford Fusion - Ford Midsize Sedan - Automobile MagazineRead More | Digg It | Add to del.icio.usVia Automobile RSS Feed - 1 month 1 day ago