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  Volkswagen Scirocco to enter Nürburgring 24 Hours

  2 May 2008 / 15 comments

  Click to enlarge Volkswagen will enter a factory-developed racing version of the new Volkswagen Scirocco in the upcoming Nürburgring 24 Hours race to be held from May 24 to 25 2008. The racing-tuned Volkswagen Scirocco […]

   

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  Facelifted Ford Focus ST

  1 May 2008 / 24 comments

  The new facelifted Ford Focus ST goes on sale in the UK beginning from today, and gets Ford’s new kinetic design styling that was applied to the base Ford Focus. Making a return under the […]

   

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  B8 Audi S4 will come with supercharged V6

  30 April 2008 / 5 comments

  German car magazine Auto Motor und Sport reports that Audi will be replacing it’s 344 horsepower 4.2 litre V8 found in the Audi S4 and other cars with a forced inducted V6 instead, in line […]

   

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  Audi unveils facelifted Audi A3

  29 April 2008 / 13 comments

  Audi has unveiled a facelifted version of the Audi A3 for the 2009 model year. It receives an updated front end, with the headlamps getting the new LED running lights for the S line trim. […]

   

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  Stiffer Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart Version-R “Special”

  28 April 2008 / 14 comments

  Mitsubishi has launched a new special edition of the Colt Ralliart in Japan called the Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart Version-R Special, which has a special chassis that is 10% stiffer than the standard version. This is […]

   

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  Honda announces new China-only sub-brand: Li Nian

  23 April 2008 / 23 comments

  Honda’s joint venture company in China Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. has announced a new car brand called Li Nian, which is positioned much alike to what Toyota is doing with its Scion brand in […]

   

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  Porsche launches Porsche Cayenne Turbo S

  22 April 2008 / 21 comments

  The Porsche Cayenne Turbo S has been revived for this new facelifted model and puts out 550 horsepower from its 4.8 litre twin turbocharged V8 gasoline engine, compared to the 520 horsepower of the pre-facelift […]

   

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  Volkswagen Lavida for the Chinese domestic market

  17 April 2008 / 25 comments

  The car above is the Volkswagen Lavida, a Chinese domestic market model that has been developed and set to be sold only in the China market as it was developed for domestic tastes. I’m not […]

   

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  International Engine of the Year Awards 2008 results coming in May!

  17 April 2008 / 18 comments

  The results for the 2008 International Engine the Year Awards 2008 will be announced on the 7th of May 2008. Personally I can’t wait to see if BMW retains its engine throne or not. BMW […]

   

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  Ajanta planning sub-1 lakh Oreva electric car

  15 April 2008 / 13 comments

  The Ajanta group in India currently produces electric scooters and bikes under the Oreva brand, but in the works is a new electric car which Ajanta aims to price at Rs 85,000, or 0.85 lakh […]

   

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  Limited edition 194hp Toyota Hilux in the UK

  14 April 2008 / 27 comments

  Toyota has launched a limited 500 unit run of the UK market Toyota Hilux Invincible. The special edition features a unique look and a more powerful engine. The Hilux’s 3.0 litre D4-D common rail turbodiesel […]

   

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  Minimum sound level for US cars

  14 April 2008 / 13 comments

  While our motoring-related laws remain relatively stagnant (road tax calculated based on engine displacement in this age of engine downsizing with turbocharging, for example), the US has been actively shaping its laws to suit current […]

   

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  First ever speed limit imposed on Autobahn!

  14 April 2008 / 24 comments

  It’s official – the autobahn now has a speed limit! Well, just one 60km stretch of it anyway. A 60km stretch of the legendary unrestricted German motorway that goes through the northern city of Bremen […]

   

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  RS*R Scion tC: turbocharged with rear wheel drive!

  14 April 2008 / 25 comments

  Ken Gushi’s car for the Formula Drift championship in the US is an interesting one. The Scion tC is based on a transverse engine front wheel drive platform, but all-wheel drive derivatives are also available. […]

   

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  Fiat to develop new low cost car: new Palio? Uno?

  11 April 2008 / 8 comments

  The latest automaker to jump onto the low cost car bandwagon is Fiat. The company plans to reveal its low cost car somewhere in 2010. According to Fiat R&D Chief Harald Wester, the new low […]

   

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