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  Tommy Kaira’s “Silver Wolf” Nissan GT-R

  18 January 2010 / 35 comments

  This is the Silver Wolf, Japanese tuner Tommy Kaira’s take on the Nissan GT-R. Fans of racing game series Gran Turismo should be familiar with this Kyoto based tuner, who interestingly started out by modifying […]

   

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  MINI engines – new specifications for 2010

  15 January 2010 / 11 comments

  The MINI range of cars has some technical updates in the engine bay this year. First of all, it looks like the 1.4 litre Prince engine has been phased out in favor of detuned versions […]

   

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  Chrysler upgrades powertrain tech, courtesy of Fiat

  11 January 2010 / 9 comments

  American manufacturers have been lagging behind in powertrain development compared to their European counterparts, but as we just read about Ford’s aggresive catch up plans, US automakers realise that they need to deliver more efficient […]

   

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  New Peugeot SR1 concept showcases new Pug design language and logo!

  9 January 2010 / 48 comments

  Right now with the Detroit Motorshow coming up real soon, you’d think that the car manufacturers would be all about Detroit, but Peugeot is already setting up the stage for its more Euro-centric Geneva exhibit […]

   

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  Hyundai sales break three million mark in 2009

  8 January 2010 / 36 comments

  2009 wasn’t a good year to remember for many, with the economy bringing sales figures down along with it. But some have turned crisis into opportunity, and companies like Hyundai bucked the downward trend to […]

   

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  Nissan Qazana crossover concept is ready for debut – production car to be called Juke

  8 January 2010 / 14 comments

  This is a teaser image of Nissan’s Juke crossover, which will be unwrapped for the media next month. It is basically the Qazana crossover concept that Nissan showed off at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show […]

   

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  F1’s Bernie Ecclestone in a bid to save Saab!

  8 January 2010 / 5 comments

  Now this is one unexpected piece of news. Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed plans to make a bid for Saab! We previously reported that the original Dec 31 deadline set by GM to […]

   

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  Lotus files patent for twin clutch transmission

  8 January 2010 / 18 comments

  It seems that Lotus has filed a patent for their own twin clutch transmission design on the 30th of December 2009. The Applicant is listed as Lotus Cars GB and the ‘inventor’ is a certain […]

   

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  FHI adds range-topping Subaru Impreza R205

  8 January 2010 / 15 comments

  The new Subaru Impreza R205 follows up on the previous S203 and S204 models available from STI. The R in its name stands for ‘Road Sport’. It uses components from the WRX STI Spec C […]

   

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  Prodrive set to be “India’s tech consultant”

  7 January 2010 / 10 comments

  British motorsport and technology specialist, Prodrive, has established a partnership with India’s Opti Engineering to help bring its engineering skills and technologies to the subcontinent. Prodrive, which also has operations in China and Australia, will […]

   

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  VW Eos is the first petrol engined Bluemotion model

  7 January 2010 / 5 comments

  The Volkswagen Eos will be the first petrol-engined model to feature the marque’s BlueMotion badge, which brings with it fuel saving technologies (previous Bluemotions were TDI powered). The Eos Bluemotion comes with VW’s 1.4-litre TSI […]

   

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  America’s top ten best sellers in 2009

  7 January 2010 / 24 comments

  Vehicle sales data for 2009 has been released in the US, and in the top ten list we see the usual suspects from the mid-sized saloon class and of course, the pick-up trucks. But one […]

   

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  Somali pirates hijack ship with Hyundai and Kia cars

  7 January 2010 / 58 comments

  Those brazen Somali pirates that terrorise the Gulf of Aden are at it again. This time a car shipment has been diverted to their den. Asian Glory, a ship operated by EUKOR Car Carriers Inc, […]

   

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  Cadillac CTS-V Coupe previewed ahead of Detroit

  6 January 2010 / 23 comments

  Following the trend of releasing images of a car before its motor show debut, Cadillac shows us the CTS-V Coupe ahead of the 2010 Detroit Motor Show, which starts in five days time. We will […]

   

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  Vauxhall Meriva leaked pics: suicide doors retained!

  5 January 2010 / 35 comments

  These are leaked official images of the new Meriva MPV, badged here as a UK-spec Vauxhall (Opel in Europe). It appears to have survived the transition from concept to production pretty well, retaining much of […]

   

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