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  Lexus to recall Variable Gear Ratio Steering equipped LS

  20 May 2010 / 16 comments

  Toyota Motor Corporation is preparing a recall of Lexus LS models equipped with Variable Gear Ratio Steering (VGRS). The number of cars involved is still being finalised but initial figures show approximately 11,500 affected vehicles […]

   

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  Honda skeptical of electric cars, to focus on improving fuel efficiency in internal combustion engine

  20 May 2010 / 46 comments

  Honda is skeptical of the electric car as the future of motoring. Tomohiko Kawanabe, president of Honda’s R&D unit, said that “they lack confidence” in EV tech. “It’s questionable whether consumers will accept the annoyances […]

   

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  VIDEO: Lexus CT 200h “Dark Ride” viral ad campaign

  19 May 2010 / 10 comments

  Lexus is pulling out all the stops to promote its new hybrid hatchback – the CT 200h. Making the car look like a star is vital in creating appeal, and with the Dark Ride viral […]

   

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  Ford to campaign hybrid rally car in 2013 WRC

  19 May 2010 / 11 comments

  Ford is planning to campaign a hybrid rally car in the 2013 World Rally Championship. Not only has the Blue Oval been pushing for FIA regulations to allow hybrids, they claim to already have a […]

   

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  Avus Performance makes its own “RS4” to rival the M3

  19 May 2010 / 12 comments

  There may be no RS badged variant for the current B8 Audi A4, but German tuner Avus Performance has come up with a tweaked S4 that provides RS4 levels of performance to challenge the BMW […]

   

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  Torque Developments supercharger kits for FN Type R

  19 May 2010 / 14 comments

  The Honda Civic Type R, whether in JDM or Euro spec, is famous for its howling, rev hungry i-VTEC engine, which makes trips to the redline so addictive. But when faced with turbocharged Euro hot […]

   

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  Great Wall C30 Teng Yi set to be GWM’s global car

  19 May 2010 / 79 comments

  Great Wall Motor’s freshly launched C30 Teng Yi is set to be the company’s first global car, which means that the company will look seriously at export markets for the car instead of usually just […]

   

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  Driven reviews the Panamera and puts different transportation to the test!

  19 May 2010 / 0 comments

  Watch Driven Season 1 Episode 7’s 30 second promo This Sunday Driven will showcase the Panamera and find out if Porsche has done it right with its first 4-door Gran Turismo. In this special episode […]

   

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  Toyota pays record $16.4 million fine over recall issue

  19 May 2010 / 26 comments

  Toyota has paid a record $16.4 million fine to settle allegations by US regulators the company was too slow to recall vehicles with defective accelerator pedals. It was claimed that Toyota hid the issue from […]

   

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  Cayenne gets 200 bhp boost and 911 eyes from Russians

  19 May 2010 / 23 comments

  Old or new, we’ve never been big fans of the Cayenne’s looks. Now, look what Topcar has done to the second-gen yet to be launched Cayenne. The Russian tuning firm has developed three different styling […]

   

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  Aston Martin One-77 – ten units sold to one customer!

  19 May 2010 / 34 comments

  Ultimate luxury and class comes with a price tag. A price tag of 1.2 million pounds to be exact. The item it’s attached to is none other than the gorgeous Aston Martin One-77. But for […]

   

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  Lontra Blade Supercharger to be tested in Ford prototype

  18 May 2010 / 16 comments

  The Blade Supercharger by British company Lontra is a variable mass flow positive displacement compressor that can be used for both petrol and diesel engines. It is said to be able to change boost pressure […]

   

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  Team BMW wins the 2010 Nürburgring 24 hours race

  18 May 2010 / 8 comments

  Team BMW Motorsport has won the 2010 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, five years after its last victory at the endurance classic. The No.25 BMW M3 GT2 driven by Jörg Müller (DE), Augusto Farfus (BR), […]

   

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  Formula 1 too elitist, too little fan interaction for Toyota

  18 May 2010 / 58 comments

  Toyota will not be returning to Formula 1, saying that the pinnacle of motor racing is out of touch with its customer base. The Japanese automaker pulled out of F1 last year after seven years […]

   

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  Hybrid Jaguars leaping out in two years time, XJ is first

  18 May 2010 / 6 comments

  Jaguar plans to introduce hybrid variants of the XJ, XF and the XK, expected to hit the market by 2013-2014. This comes after sister company Land Rover announced similar plans starting with the hybrid Range […]

   

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