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  Carbon loaded BMW M3 CRT – 70 kg lighter, only 67 units

  28 June 2011 / 19 comments

  What happens when the BMW M3 Saloon is put on a carbon rich diet? You’ll have this, the limited edition BMW M3 CRT. CRT stands for Carbon Racing Technology, and besides being motorsport inspired, the […]

   

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  Renault Koleos facelift to enter market later in the year

  24 June 2011 / 19 comments

  Renault has announced that its facelifted Koleos will enter the market later in the year. The primary changes to the model, which was launched in 2008, are with exterior styling elements as well as with […]

   

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  Lexus LS 600h L Landaulet – one-off wedding limo

  24 June 2011 / 10 comments

  Click to enlarge It’s definitely unique, this one, a Lexus LS 600h L with only half a roof. It’s called the Landaulet, and the one-off vehicle – reworked with a one-piece transparent polycarbonate roof fitment […]

   

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  Honda Beat – successor to ’90s roadster announced

  24 June 2011 / 22 comments

  Honda is currently developing a vehicle set to be the successor to the Beat roadster from the 90s, according to reports. The company’s president, Takanobu Ito, revealed the development during a general shareholders meeting yesterday. […]

   

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  Suzuki to build new engine plant in Indonesia

  24 June 2011 / 17 comments

  Suzuki has unveiled plans to construct an engine plant in Indonesia, which is set to be ready by March 2012, according to the Nikkei. When operational, the facility – which is being built at its […]

   

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  MINI John Cooper Works Coupé Endurance – all set to premiere at the 24 Hours Nürburgring

  24 June 2011 / 2 comments

  Joining the fray at the 24-hour race at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife this weekend will be a new offering from MINI – the John Cooper Works Coupé Endurance is set to make its world debut at the […]

   

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  Proton’s Neo rally car heads to Belgium for IRC round 5

  23 June 2011 / 2 comments

  Proton will be competing in the Geko Ypres Rally in Belgium for round five of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, which will take the team through an asphalt course through the Belgian countryside, alongside a total […]

   

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  Lotus unveils revised and restored Hethel test track

  23 June 2011 / 8 comments

  Lotus’ revised and restored Hethel test track was unveiled earlier in the week, with 1992 F1 world champion Nigel Mansell having the honour of opening the circuit in a 1981 Essex-Lotus 81B in which he […]

   

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  Toyota GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept – electric in the front, V6 in the rear

  23 June 2011 / 21 comments

  This is the Toyota GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II, a hybrid sports car that it will be entering into the 24 Hours of Nurburgring endurance race in late July 2011. The GRMN acronym stands for […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf24: 450 hp beast set to take on Nürburgring

  22 June 2011 / 8 comments

  Click to enlarge Volkswagen is set to challenge for honours at this coming weekend’s 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, with no less than five factory-fielded VW Motorsport entries. Leading the charge are three 450 hp […]

   

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  MINI Coupé – teased on video in a reveal film

  22 June 2011 / 8 comments

  BMW has presented the first video impressions of its new MINI Coupé in a 50-second reveal film. The flick is a teaser for the launch of the car, and also leads into the new MINI […]

   

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  BMW to unveil M3 DTM Concept Car next month

  22 June 2011 / 5 comments

  Ahead of its return to the DTM championship in 2012, BMW will be presenting a concept car at next month’s DTM event at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. The concept car – which will be […]

   

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  Renault Mégane R.S. 265 Trophy sets a new FWD lap record of 8’08” at the Nürburgring

  21 June 2011 / 13 comments

  Records are meant to be broken, and with that do we come to a new one set by Renault’s latest wunderkind, the Mégane R.S. 265 Trophy. The car has set a new lap record for […]

   

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  Japan setting out to get its own GPS off the ground

  21 June 2011 / 1 comment

  Some GPS-related news. The Japanese government – with the the assistance of private firms – is ramping up research on a Japanese version of the Global Positioning System in a bid to turn satellite-based technologies […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG powerslides for 2,308 metres – Mauro Calo sets new world record for longest car drift

  21 June 2011 / 22 comments

  Driving a stock Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, Mauro Calo has set a new world record for the longest car drift at the Mercedes-Benz World in Surrey, UK. Calo smashed the existing world record by 394 metres, […]

   

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