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29 March 2007 posted in Green views
Officially Official: Connaught Type D V10 hybrid sports car unveiled For some reason, there is something about the island of Britain that makes small cottage industry carmakers pop up like weeds. A surprising number of these low-volume makers have actually managed and ...
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17 November 2006 posted in China 2 views
Nissan launches Livina Geniss in Beijing The word of the decade is 'global.' As in global platforms shared throughout the world. To this end, Nissan has launched the Livina Geniss at the Beijing Motor Show and sales are expected to begin nex ...
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30 October 2006 posted in Japan 10 views
Mitsubishi Delica D:5 minivan announced for Japan Mitsubishi has released the first photo and initial details of its upcoming Delica D:5 minivan for the Japanese market. The D:5 -- so named because this is the fifth generation of the vehicle -- is th ...
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10 October 2006 posted in Time Warp 33 views
Southern Comfort: the Southern 358 street rod pickup A new American auto manufacturer has just popped up on our radar promising a product that is all-American, completely retro, and thoroughly modern at the same time. Fashioned after a 1950s era Chevy p ...
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14 September 2006 posted in China 3 views
Visionary Vehicles pushes back Chery's U.S. launch Malcolm Bricklin's Visionary Vehicles announced Wednesday another delay in his plans to import Chinese-built cars to the U.S., this time to late 2008 or early 2009. Bricklin originally planned a U.S. ...
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1 September 2006 posted in Euro 5 views
Blow out the candles: The Ford Ka turns 10 The Ford Ka went on sale September 11, 1996. Over the last ten years, it's sold over one million units in a dizzying array of trim levels (special models have been quite common throughout its run). Od ...
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28 July 2006 posted in China 2 views
Honda enters Chinese luxury auto market with U.S. Acura brand Honda's luxury brand, Acura, dropped off its first shipment of TL's at the port of Shanghai this week. The brand, developed originally by Honda Motor Co. for the U.S. market, has only recently pursued ...
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21 July 2006 posted in Euro 7 views
SLK 55 AMG Black Series first from AMG Performance Studio The opening of the AMG Performance Studio is being marked by the introduction of its first model, the SLK 55 AMG Black Series. You may recall the Black Series is one of three series being produced by ...
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21 July 2006 posted in Etc. 6 views
VIDEO: OBVIO! 828 in action Progress is steadily being made to bring the Brazilian-based OBVIO! mini cars to the U.S. through ZAP. The California-based automobile distributor that brought us the SMART fortwo before DaimlerChrysl ...
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3 July 2006 posted in Etc. 4 views
Oldest Accord ever still running strong - UPDATE MotorTrend.com discovered Ben Johnson who traded his Pontiac GTO for a Honda Accord back in 1977 and never looked back. The Goat had been eating a hole in Johnson's pocket because of the era's high ga ...
Tags: models, gas prices, tires, honda, pontiac gto, pontiac, honda accord, high performance, tokyo, goat, car nut, first model, vin number, honda accords, rising energy, energy costs, buying habits, performance shocks, ben johnson
13 December 2005 posted in Sedans/Saloons 10 views
Connaught planning four-door V12 luxury saloon as second car The first Connaughts to be produced, the "Syracuse" Type-D GT (shown) and Type-D h coupe, haven't even gone on sale yet and the company is already announcing what it's next model will be – a V12 ...
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7 October 2005 posted in Concept Cars 10 views
Nissan GT-R prototype to be unveiled at Tokyo Nissan has teased enthusiasts for years over the next GT-R. It seems the teasing will end soon. The Japanese automaker will unveil the GT-R Prototype at Tokyo this month. The exterior styling will be ...
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24 August 2005 posted in Sports/GTs 8 views
Porsche 911 named best performance car ever by Auto Express British-based car mag Auto Express has named the Porsche 911 the greatest high-performance car of all time from a pool of 60 cars produced over the last 50 years. The mag states that the latest versio ...
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30 June 2005 posted in Concept Cars 7 views
More Project 1221 details revealed You can't help but feel the sketchiness of Project 1221 must hurt its legitimacy. Hopefully, it will not be a disappointing tease. New details seem to indicate that the car's development is moving som ...
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30 June 2005 posted in Car Buying 4 views
Long-term durability figures for 2002 cars are in J.D. Power has released its 2005 Vehicle Dependability Study, which tracks the problems recorded by original owners of model-year 2002 vehicles. Industry-wide, the numbers improved by over 10% compare ...
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16 March 2005 posted in SUVs 9 views
Kia wants you to rethink the Sportage Kia rolls out an all-new Sportage, a reskin of Hyundai's Tuscon, and it cannot be any more different from the original Sportage that introduced North America to Kia. The biggest difference is the unib ...
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7 March 2005 posted in Car Buying 7 views
Hummer powers up warranty coverage All 2006 Hummers will come standard with a new feature: a four-year/50,000-mile warranty plan. The 2006 H1 Alpha, which is at dealerships how, is the first model to feature the new enhanced warranty. ...
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