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Nissan's studying the Altima's segment hard, looking for nooks and crannies to poke Altima variants into. The first volley is the coupe, which rides on a shortened platform and shares only the hood wi ... Tags: acceleration, coupes, plethora, nissan altima, altima, pontiac g6, chrysler sebring, sebring, solara, sporty lines, variants, volkswagen eos, c70, nissan altima coupe, 2008 nissan altima, chrysler sebring convertible, nooks and crannies, ennui, demeanor, volley
The Suzuki Hayabusa is one of the fastest things I have ever seen in motion. A friend riding his was in front of me once at a stop, and the road ahead of him was long, straight, and wide open. The onl ... Tags: wheel, cars, acceleration, horsepower, suzuki, turbocharged, vw golf, blog, rear wheel drive, german car, holy crap, youtube, suzuki hayabusa, essex, vids, westfield megabusa, busa, millenium falcon, madmen
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Got your calendar out? The Porsche 997 GT2 will attend its first meet-and-greet with the general public at the Frankfurt Auto Show later this year. The newest howler rumbles with 525 bhp. Turn up the ... Tags: porsche, brakes, ferrari, rpm, acceleration, horsepower, gears, car magazine, tweaks, crank, power to weight ratio, frankfurt auto show, oil cooler, porsche 997, ferrari 599, porsche gt2, term source, warp factors, s 220, howler
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Oh, to be Jay Leno. Or at least have his garage. Or in this case, his friends. Autoweek's new publisher, K.C. Crain, dropped by Leno's garage with Audi's $110k R8. Yeah, just dropped by. Before taking ... Tags: autoweek, wheels, acceleration, jay leno, italian car, radio, passenger space, holes, golf clubs, neighborhood, ya, crain
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Jaguar has generally only sent better equipped versions of their models to the US market, reserving smaller engines for the European market where high gas prices have made them more appealing. That pa ... Tags: jaguar, jag, models, gas prices, acceleration, new model, germany, consumption, exhaust system, italy, 2l, switzerland, belgium, portugal, luxembourg, european countries, heart transplant
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click above image to see 38 desktop wallpaper-sized pics of the Foose F-150Ford currently lacks a high-performance truck offering, and Chip Foose's relationship with the Dearborn manufacturer has stre ... Tags: towing capacity, acceleration, flesh, piece wheels, payload, 4l, ford f 150, dearborn, new york auto, new york auto show, stripes, chip foose, rocker panel, desktop wallpaper, customs, performance truck, triton, york auto show coverage, boatload, two elements
Ah, the joys of owning an exotic. This time it's an issue with the half-shafts on the Ford GT separating and causing a loss of power. Fortunately, for both Ford and GT owners, this has only occurred o ... Tags: ford, acceleration, svt, nhtsa, ford gt, highway traffic safety, traffic safety administration, national highway traffic, national highway traffic safety administration, national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa, national highway traffic safety, automotive news, chief engineer, bolts, tsb, jamal, broken shaft
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Ah, the joys of owning an exotic. This time it's an issue with the half-shafts on the Ford GT separating and causing a loss of power. Fortunately, for both Ford and GT owners, this has only occurred o ... Tags: ford, acceleration, svt, nhtsa, ford gt, highway traffic safety, traffic safety administration, national highway traffic, national highway traffic safety administration, national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa, national highway traffic safety, automotive news, chief engineer, bolts, tsb, jamal, broken shaft
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Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of Lotus 2-Eleven imagesThe Lotus 2-Eleven, unveiled just prior to the Geneva Motor Show, recently hit the track for the first time. Apparently the results we ... Tags: acceleration, photo, track car, speedster, lotus, autocar, geneva motor, initial projections
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Getting some attention over on autobloggreen is this post on alternative forms of transportation. What you see here are close encounters of the three-wheeled kind. Included are the Lazareth Triazuma, ... Tags: cars, mileage, acceleration, emissions, fear, harley davidson, fuel mileage, ural, three wheels, forms of transportation, 3 wheeler, Lazareth, Piaggio MP3, harley davidson sidecars, close encounters
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click above image to view high-resolution gallery For 2008, Ford has addressed many of the major issues that were preventing the Ford Five Hundred from being the sales leader that they had hoped for. ... Tags: liter, detroit auto show, new ford, fuel economy, acceleration, automatic transmission, horsepower, new model, wheel drive system, ft lbs, ford five hundred, sales leader, iteration, pillars, ford design, design direction, high resolution gallery, 2008 ford five hundred, chrome fender vents, interior design elements
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Remember the video we showed you a couple of months ago of a Bugatti Veyron charging away from a Nissan 350Z. We said it was like a bike in the way it accelerated. Well, here's another video that trie ... Tags: acceleration, 7 seconds, nissan, nissan 350z, bugatti veyron
Easily one of the coolest automotive sites on the 'net is Trackpedia.com, and the motorsports community continues to flesh out this wiki with telemetry data. Back when we last checked in six months ag ... Tags: segment, acceleration, flesh, map, six months, laguna seca, semantics, data acquisition system, mid ohio, trackpedia, newport, buttonwillow, motorsports community, economical system, msd, graphs, wiki
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There are a myriad of ways to reduce fuel consumption when driving, the most obvious being what type of vehicle you choose. However, one of the most crucial factors in saving dino-juice is the way in ... Tags: wheel, ups, acceleration, myriad, fuel consumption, wheel source, traffic slowdowns, prodigious rate, hold ups, novice drivers, iq test, deplorable state, tap dance, driving instructors
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It's been entirely too long since Toyota offered a credible sports car in its line up. Instead, they've rested on their laurels and let the MkIV Supra keep the Toyota performance idea alive for close ... Tags: detroit auto show, sports car, lexus, mpg, fuel economy, acceleration, autoexpress, liter v6, nissan, supra, sprint, car line, laurels, lexus gs450h, gt car, hybrid power, peter lyon, toyota performance, mkiv, descendant
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When we close our eyes and think "Challenge Stradale," images of candy-cane curbing and wheel-to-wheel action comes to mind. In the tradition of past CS models, Ferrari is in the process of reengineer ... Tags: brakes, acceleration, bhp, porsche 911, spy shots, exhaust note, guise, ecu, rear bumper, four corners, tweaking, predecessors, safety regulations, f430 challenge, cs models, magnesium wheels, exhaust modifications, candy cane, plastic windows, bare essentials
A few years back I had the good fortune of owning a WRX wagon whose tenure began with me leaving it unmodified for as long as I could stand. All told, it only took about two months for all rational th ... Tags: hesitation, acceleration, camry, ponies, dyno, brain, cues, ecu, automotive news, laptop, tweak, maps, cables, conversations, tenure, tsb, relentless pursuit, good fortune, rational thought, generalizations
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Beginning this month, ToMoCo will begin outfitting automatic transmission-equipped vehicles in its home market with what Toyota calls the "Eco Drive Indicator." The dash-mounted display informs the dr ... Tags: toyota, fuel economy, acceleration, automatic transmission, japan, intelligent transportation systems, toyota motor, consciousness, fuel efficiency, engine transmission, toyota motor corp, transmission efficiency, variables, traffic congestion, driver awareness, prong, commercial transportation
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The last of BMW's current generation X5 rolled off the line at their Spartanburg, SC plant on Friday. The Toledo Blue 3.0is X5 with Truffle Brown leather interior and Dark Grain Poplar wood trim will ... Tags: acceleration, new generation, bmw x5, purists, sporty car, wood trim, outcry, milestone, market introduction, suv segment, market segment, sports activity, new x5, brown leather, bmw mobile tradition, x5 bmw, poplar wood, upstate south carolina, first sports, half years
Top Gear's Richard "Hamster" Hammond is in serious but stable condition today in the Leeds General Infirmary, with his family and Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson and James May in attendance.The 36-year-old ... Tags: acceleration, top gear, critical condition, jeremy clarkson, land speed record, car stunts, stable condition, richard hammond crash, leeds general infirmary, hamster, jet car, high profile, speedy recovery, health and safety executive, health and safety, grass verge, crash investigations, members of parliament, airport runway, lobby group
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