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Jul
26th

24 Hours of Spa: McLaren GT to enter three MP4-12Cs

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Ten drivers to compete in three MP4-12C GT3 race cars at Spa-Francorchamps on 30-31 July.
Jul
26th

Rally: How a stock Ford Fiesta can be turned into a rally beast

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The R2 Conversion Kit has been designed exclusively to turn a stock 1.6-litre, 3-door Ford Fiesta into a rally beast.
Jul
26th

Fiat 500 Abarth: Finally coming to America!

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Oh yes! The 500 was long awaited, sure, but it's always the performance version of any car that is always the most anticipated.
Jul
25th

Ford must face new trial in acceleration suit, judge says

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Ford must face a new trial in a lawsuit it previously won and can't dispute that a defect caused an Aerostar van to accelerate out of control, a judge ruled. A state court jury in Bushnell, Fla.
Jul
25th

LG Chem lands new U.S. battery randd contract

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Battery maker LG Chem Power Inc. said today it has been awarded a $9.62 million development contract by the United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC.
Jul
25th

Million Dollar Fiat: 1953 Zagato Fiat 8V Elaborata:

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Fiat's first, and only, V8 engine debuted at the 1952 Geneva Auto Show powering a sleek two-seater intended to dominate Ferrari, Maserati and Lancia in two-liter sports-car racing.
Jul
25th

Nissan Leaf gets highest safety rating from U.S. regulators

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U.S. regulators have awarded the Nissan Leaf the government's highest safety rating.
Jul
25th

By Design: Ferrari 250GTO Ferrarissima

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By Design: Ferrari 250GTO Ferrarissima
Ferrari 250GTO Ferrarissima - By Design - Automobile Magazine
Ok, you've got the money.

Ok, you've got the money. These are incredibly cool and beautiful. But what could you do with a hard-driven car without a speedometer, heater, insulation, bumpers, or soundproofing in Manhattan? Get real!" That was rational me, talking to myself in 1967. Tucked under a ramp at Garage Mon Repos in Lausanne, Switzerland, were two several-year-old Ferrari 250GTO coupes, either one $3500 -- my choice. I passed, dismissing owning one as preposterous. Twenty-odd years later, the better-looking but harder-used of the pair brought more than $15 million from a Japanese collector. Some years after, I told that story at dinner on the Riviera. The man across from me, Jean Guichet, said, "You can't imagine how happy I am to hear that. That was my car, and my wife made me sell it -- for $4500! -- if I wanted to buy another racing car." Guichet had a lot of success with GTOs, including finishing second overall at Le Mans in one of his two personal examples, and he did quite well racing three others, but he took particular pleasure learning that the man who bought a GTO from him for "almost nothing" sold it for even less.


Photo Gallery: Ferrari 250GTO Ferrarissima - By Design - Automobile Magazine


Jul
25th

Automakers gun for healthcare savings in UAW talks

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Worried about its rising healthcare costs, General Motors tried several years ago to buy a bar adjacent to its Wisconsin assembly plant so it could eliminate a source of junk food and alcohol.
Jul
25th

GM earnings, UAW talks loom as U.S. mulls when to sell shares

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GM is set to cruise through a series of headwinds over the next few months that may determine whether the Treasury begins cutting its stake in the top U.S. automaker in September or even later.
Jul
25th

Porsche GT3 RS 3.8: A year in the life:

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When the final RS 4.0 rolls off the production line, the Porsche 997 era will finally end.
Jul
25th

Russian investor gives EV maker Think another lifeline

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After declaring bankruptcy last month in the fourth financial restructuring in its 20-year history, the small and oft-troubled Norwegian electric car maker Think Global AS has a new owner, the company announced today.
Jul
25th

Russian investor gives EV maker Think another lifeline

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After declaring bankruptcy last month in the fourth financial restructuring in its 20-year history, the Norwegian electric car maker Think Global has a new owner.
Jul
25th

AUTOWEEK TV: Road-testing the Audi R8 Spyder:

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Also in this episode: Four-cylinder engines get more popular with car buyers, the inventor of Hot Wheels cars dies and Mercedes-Benz rolls out the C63 AMG Black Series coupe.
Jul
25th

Russian tech entrepreneur buys EV maker Think:

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Norwegian electric-car maker Think Global AS, which filed for bankruptcy in June, has reportedly been bought out by a global technology entrepreneur.
Jul
25th

Honda releases image of 2012 CR-V

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The third in Honda's quartet of crucial new products will arrive in November, in the form of the CR-V compact crossover. Honda's release of its first public image of the redesigned Civic-based CR-V shows a substantially larger cargo area.
Jul
25th

More Saab creditors seek to collect payment, Swedish Agency says

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Sweden's Debt Enforcement Agency has been asked by eight companies to collect debts owed to them by Saab Automobile, the Swedish automaker forced to halt production amid a cash shortage.
Jul
25th

More Saab creditors seek to collect payment, Swedish Agency says

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Sweden's Debt Enforcement Agency has been asked by eight companies to collect debts owed to them by Saab Automobile, the Swedish automaker forced to halt production amid a cash shortage.
Jul
25th

2011 Kia Forte SX Sedan

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2011 Kia Forte SX Sedan
2011 Kia Forte SX Sedan - Editors' Notebook - Automobile Magazine
The Kia Forte is a perfectly competent small sedan.

The Kia Forte is a perfectly competent, quite acceptable small sedan, and if your heart is set on buying one, by all means do so. But first check out the competition, especially the Mazda 3, the Ford Focus, and the Hyundai Elantra. Each of those cars is more attractive, more refined, and more fuel-efficient than the Forte sedan, yet no more expensive than the Kia.


Photo Gallery: 2011 Kia Forte SX Sedan - Editors' Notebook - Automobile Magazine


Jul
25th

2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible, an AutoWeek Drivers Log Car Review

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EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: A 2011 Chevrolet
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