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30 May 2007 posted in Japan 5 views
Celebrate 40 years of rotary power with Mazda Click image for a gallery of the Mazda Cosmo Sport The good old internal combustion engine has been in service since the 17th century when Sir Samuel Morland rather impractically used gunpowder to dri ...
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14 May 2007 posted in Auto News 5 views
Gunning for Guinness: Ferrari eyes record with parade at Silverstone This year is Ferrari's 60th anniversary, and Ferrari is doing Rossa-themed things all over the world to celebrate. In Britain, the Silverstone race track will play host to Ferrari Racing Days the week ...
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4 April 2007 posted in Sports/GTs 6 views
New York Auto Show: AMG CLK63 Black Edition Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the Black Edition CLK63 If a standard AMG version of your favorite Mercedes model isn't enough for you, then the gang from Stuttgart now has something even ...
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4 April 2007 posted in Coupes 7 views
New York Auto Show: AMG CL65 40th Anniversary Edition Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the 40th anniversary CL65Mercedes-Benz used its press conference at today's New York Auto Show to announce a special version of the new AMG CL65. 2007 mark ...
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4 April 2007 posted in Sports/GTs 6 views
New York Auto Show: Carroll Shelby crowns Shelby GT500KR click above image for 34 high-resolution pics of the Shelby GT500KRA few of us here at Autoblog Towers consider the Shelby Cobra GT500 to be the purest expression of the musclecar genre since lead was ...
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30 March 2007 posted in Sports/GTs 8 views
New York Preview:  2008 Shelby GT500KR - The King of the Road returns! Click above for a gallery of high-res imagesThis morning, Ford announced that the mighty King of the Road Shelby GT500KR will be making a return in the spring of 2008 -- just in time to celebrate the ...
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29 March 2007 posted in Coupes 6 views
New York Preview: Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG While most everything in the MB AMG stable (including the CL63 AMG) is getting or has already gotten AMG's monster 6.2L 500+ horsepower all-motor V8 crammed underhood, the big CL-class coupe is the be ...
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21 March 2007 posted in Auction Action 6 views
eBay Find of the Day: Bullrun Lamborghini Murcielago If you've seen any of the Bullrun episodes that have aired on Spike TV (Tuesday nights at 10), or even the promotional ads, you might recognize today's eBay find. Although the series has just gotten u ...
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2 March 2007 posted in Sedans/Saloons 3 views
Australians get track-tuned FPV Falcon GT 40th Anniversary model Click above for hires galleryAustralia's FPV (Ford Performance Vehicles) is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the original Ford Falcon GT with a special 200-car limited edition. The FPV Falcon GT 40 ...
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5 November 2006 posted in Aftermarket 14 views
Shelby GT500 40th Anniversary Edition gets visual, power upgrades Business at Shelby Automobiles is going like gangbusters thanks to its cooperation with Ford on the Shelby GT-H rent-a-car and Shelby GT Mustang. Business is so good that the company that Carroll buil ...
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31 October 2006 posted in Sports/GTs 18 views
The return of the Ford Boss 302 Both images are available in hi res, by clicking.For the past few years, one engine has garnered more attention than any other: Chrysler's Hemi. Between garish badging and a sublimely ridiculous TV ad ...
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3 August 2006 posted in Motorsports 25 views
SCCA keeps famous Trans-Am Series alive The Sports Car Club of America will keep the longest-running U.S. road race series on track for at least another year. With 2006 marking the 40th anniversary of the famous series, two events are sched ...
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14 July 2006 posted in Motorsports 13 views
Reunited, and it feels so good Ford reunites GT40 trio that swept Le Mans in '66click for high-resolution version2006 marks the 40th anniversary of Ford's 1-2-3 finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans back in 1966. Born out Ford's desire ...
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5 July 2006 posted in Etc. 9 views
Ford bringing Gurney, GT40 to Goodwood With less than a week to go before the 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the announcements from participating marques continue to roll in. Ford will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its 1-2-3 finish a ...
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9 May 2006 posted in Etc. 6 views
Movie We know many Autoblog readers were among the 7,105 people who signed the petition to persuade Warner Home Video to release this classic movie on DVD. Well, we're a little late in posting this update, ...
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5 May 2006 posted in Etc. 9 views
Ford Bronco celebrates 40th anniversary Ford Motor hasn't made a Bronco for ten years, but the ground-breaking (sorry, couldn't resist) SUV still has a loyal following, with a nationwide network of Bronco owners' clubs ramping up birthday c ...
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31 March 2006 posted in Auction Action 15 views
Ford ends GT run with auction for good cause Mark Fields, Ford’s head honcho of the Americas, notes that the GT was only ever supposed to be produced between the company’s centennial in 2003 and this year’s 40th anniversary of ...
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18 March 2005 posted in Sports/GTs 17 views
Ford Tungsten GT The 2006 Ford GT will be offered in a limited edition Tungsten silver color, as part of Ford's celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Ford GT's 1, 2, 3-sweep at Le Mans in 1966. As far as we can t ...
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