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  Vauxhall Insignia VXR SuperSport: 270 km/h for £30k

  7 November 2012 / 8 comments

  Replacing the Insignia VXR as Vauxhall’s performance model in the large family car segment is the £29,995 Insignia VXR SuperSport, a car that the Luton-based firm says is the fastest and most powerful in Britain […]

   

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  Nine speeds enough for transmissions, says ZF boss

  7 November 2012 / 69 comments

  The nine-speed transmission might be where the race to add gears ends, ZF Friedrichshafen CEO Stefan Sommer said, according to a report by Automotive News Europe. He deemed nine speeds the “natural limit” because surpassing that […]

   

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  UK Black Edition for Audi A6, Avant and A7 Sportback

  6 November 2012 / 6 comments

  Audi in the UK is offering “Black Edition” specs for the Audi A6 Saloon, A6 Avant and A7 Sportback models. The main Black Edition distinguishing feature are the rotor-design alloys with a dark titanium finish. […]

   

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  BMW 116d achieves 2.7l/100km at RAC challenge

  6 November 2012 / 10 comments

  A BMW 116d EfficientDynamics five-door hatch broke the 100 mpg barrier when it achieved 2.7 litres per 100 km over the 102 km Brighton to London route at the recently concluded 2012 RAC Future Car […]

   

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  Seat Ibiza Cupra – the VW Polo GTI’s Spanish sister

  6 November 2012 / 9 comments

  Seat has pulled the wraps of its Ibiza Cupra, the hot version of its B-segment hatchback. The Ibiza is a Volkswagen Group sibling of the VW Polo and this fourth-generation car was given a mid-life […]

   

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  Renault revives Alpine brand, teams up with Malaysian owned Caterham Group to build sports cars

  5 November 2012 / 31 comments

  UPDATE: According to The Malaysian Insider, Tony Fernandes says the JV will eventually produce city cars and a crossover SUV. The first product, codenamed CT02, is expected to roll out in 2015 and for Malaysia, […]

   

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  Subaru WRX and STI ‘Halloween Editions’ for SEMA

  5 November 2012 / 10 comments

  Subaru of America revealed the 2013 Subaru WRX and WRX STI Special Editions at the 2012 SEMA Show in Vegas. Just in time for Halloween, the Special Edition WRX and WRX STI models feature an […]

   

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  Three customised Lexus specials for 2012 SEMA show

  5 November 2012 / 2 comments

  For its sixth apperance at the the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Lexus brought three customised cars. They are the “New Project LS 460 F Sport” by Five Axis, “Supercharged GS 350 F Sport” by […]

   

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  Honda N-One launched, inspired by N360 of 1967

  5 November 2012 / 44 comments

  Here’s a cute new one, the Honda N-One that has just gone on sale in Japan. The N-One is a five-door hatchback kei-car and is the third member of the new N Series mini-vehicle family, […]

   

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  Brabus Mercedes A-Class to debut at Essen show

  5 November 2012 / 13 comments

  Scheduled to make its first public showing at the auto tuning haven that is the Essen motor show is the Brabus Mercedes A-Class. The extensive tuning programme consists of enhancements in the form of aerodynamics, […]

   

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  Nissan to build its second plant in Thailand

  5 November 2012 / 33 comments

  Last Friday, Nissan revealed in Bangkok that it will build a second assembly plant in Thailand at a cost of 11 billion baht ($358 million). Reuters adds that the new plant will be located near […]

   

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  Fourth-generation Subaru Forester SUV revealed

  2 November 2012 / 21 comments

  Subaru has released first pics and info of its 2014 Subaru Forester. The Forester, now in its fourth-generation, will go on sale in Japan on November 13 and make its North American debut at the […]

   

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  Renault Fluence facelift makes debut in Istanbul

  2 November 2012 / 18 comments

  Surfacing for the first time at this year’s Istanbul motor show is the updated Renault Fluence sedan for the European market. Built in the Oyak-Renault factory in Bursa, Turkey, domestic sales are expected to start in […]

   

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  Renault Symbol – Dacia Logan with a Renault symbol

  2 November 2012 / 10 comments

  Renault owned Dacia, with its pioneering low cost car Logan and an expanding range, has been very successful. It helps that in places where the Dacia brand is not known, or won’t work, parent Renault […]

   

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  Nissan unveils steer-by-wire, on sale within a year

  1 November 2012 / 49 comments

  You know about autonomous braking and drive-by-wire; now Nissan has unveiled a ‘steer-by-wire’ of sorts – a system that gets rid of all mechanical connections between the wheel in your hand and those on the tarmac, […]

   

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