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  Aspid GT-21 Invictus shows plenty of muscle

  16 August 2012 / 7 comments

  It’s called the Aspid GT-21 Invictus, and it’s Spanish company IFR Automotive’s take on what a GT 2+2 should be like. There’s certainly nothing subtle at all about the looks of the rear-wheel drive offering. […]

   

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  Facelifted Kia Sorento comes with ‘completely new platform’ – refreshed cabin seen for the first time

  16 August 2012 / 41 comments

  The Kia Sorento has been given a facelift. That’s not fresh news – we carried that one in June – but a press release announcing the SUV’s European debut at the upcoming Paris show caught […]

   

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  US study: Over 10% of new car buyers skip test drive

  16 August 2012 / 34 comments

  A study carried out by Maritz Research has yielded this result – of 80,219 people who had bought 2012 model year cars in the US, 11.4% didn’t take a test drive, The Detroit Free Press reported. Among […]

   

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  ASEAN to be sixth biggest auto market by 2018

  16 August 2012 / 6 comments

  Our region, ASEAN, is on its way to become the sixth biggest automotive market in the world by 2018, powered by vehicle sales that are expected to almost double to nearly 4.7 million units, compared […]

   

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  Hyundai and Kia planning to move upmarket in the US

  16 August 2012 / 20 comments

  Apart from increasing market share in recent years, Hyundai and Kia are planning to release more prestige-class offerings in the US, reports Automotive News. Kia will launch the Cadenza (K7 in Korea), a premium front-wheel-drive sedan next […]

   

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  McLaren 12C Can-Am Edition Concept

  16 August 2012 / 2 comments

  McLaren GT, the new race car manufacturing arm of the McLaren Group, is presenting a track-focused concept at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours, the McLaren 12C Can-Am Edition. This one-off design study is the debut […]

   

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  Chevrolet Trax SUV – more details and pics released

  15 August 2012 / 12 comments

  We already know that Chevrolet will bring a small SUV to Paris called Trax, but apart from one official pic and the fact that it’ll be sold globally, there was little else to chew on. […]

   

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  Jaguar Land Rover starts 24-hour production at Halewood to meet global Evoque demand

  15 August 2012 / 6 comments

  Jaguar Land Rover’s Halewood production facility has begun round-the-clock production to satisfy big demand for the Range Rover Evoque in more than 170 markets worldwide, with nearly 88,000 units sold since launch. 24-hour operation is […]

   

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  Maybach comes to an end

  15 August 2012 / 15 comments

  Like the Zeppelin dirigibles the company’s engines powered early last century, Maybach has sailed off into the sunset. Daimler has officially pulled the plug on the the brand, which it revived in 1997. Last November, […]

   

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  First pics of next-generation Range Rover now online!

  15 August 2012 / 23 comments

  Pics of the new Range Rover have been released and are circulating online. This fourth-gen car (current one has been around since 2002) will make its world debut at the upcoming Paris Motor Show and […]

   

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  Ford Performance Vehicles Pursuit Ute: only 75 units

  14 August 2012 / 11 comments

  Here’s another Ford Performance Vehicles special – joining the Falcon GT RSPEC as new additions to the Oz portfolio this week is the Pursuit Ute, another limited-edition model. The Pursuit Ute features a GT colour-coded […]

   

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  New Pikes Peak record by Team Rhys Millen Racing!

  14 August 2012 / 10 comments

  An overall world record of 9 minutes 46.164 seconds has been set by Team Rhys Millen Racing at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado Springs. On Sunday, 2010 Le Mans champion Romain Dumas posted […]

   

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  Ford Performance Vehicles GT RSPEC Limited Edition Series – the most hardcore Falcon, ever

  13 August 2012 / 8 comments

  The news may have Ford planning to end its vehicle manufacturing in Australia by 2016, but until then expect the raucous bits to keep coming, like the new GT RSPEC Limited Edition Series. It’s the […]

   

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  Fiat 500 – taking it back to the ’70s, with colour

  13 August 2012 / 2 comments

  Nothing like adding some colour into your life, and those looking for a Fiat 500 over on the Continent will find plenty of that in a new range that dresses up the little car in […]

   

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  Tuner Walkinshaw Performance adds cred to Cruze

  13 August 2012 / 2 comments

  Aussie fettlers Walkinshaw Performance has unveiled this Holden Cruze (Chevrolet Cruze in Malaysia) in their home market down under. Based on the Series II SRi-V hatchback, they’ve managed to extract 241 hp and 310 Nm of […]

   

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