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Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione And Maseratis Recalled in the US
OK, now I’m not so jealous anymore, or at least a little less. It seems that there’s some problems with two of the prettiest cars you can buy in America at the moment. Number one, the Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione, with all those luscious curves and slightly retro styling that hearkens back to when Alfa […]
Read More »820 Hp Turbo Upgrade For Nissan GT-R From South Side Performance
In the land of aftermarket “tuning” there’s no such word as excessive. Or so it would seem when it comes to South Side Performance and their 820 hp turbo upgrade for Nissan GT-R. Obviously what the GT-R lacks is power, right? The tuning firm, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, of all places, is offering […]
Read More »VW Bluesport Production Likely
This is the kind of rumor from the Detroit show we like to spread: Word has it that the Volkswagen Bluesport, the drop-top mid engine sports car motivated by the 180 HP diesel that gets 57 miles per gallon will be produced and imported into the U.S.. It was plain to see that the Bluesport […]
Read More »VW Will Bring Polo to America
Finally, Volkswagen is going to bring their Polo sub-compact to the US. This is a good thing on several fronts. First off, it’s good because although the Polo is labeled as a sub-compact, it’s not all that small. The polo is about as big as VW’s Golf from a couple of gens ago. Meaning, from […]
Read More »Tesla Roadster Sport: More Speed, More Money
Here’s something you could have seen coming from a mile away: Tesla is making a performance version of its much heralded Tesla Roadster. What makes the Sport version so different? The Roadster Sport has a hand-wound stator that increases winding density helping to eliminate resistance while increasing peak torque (i.e. more power). It also gets […]
Read More »Bad Grandma Banned From Roads For 1000 Years
As we head into the holiday weekend, here’s some lighter news from the auto world … lighter if you’re not the grandma in question, who is now banned from driving for the next millennium. OK, this is Australia, where, as we all know from Road Warrior movies, the streets and highways are high speed killing […]
Read More »B&B's VW Eos 500HP V6 Turbo
Volkswagen’s Eos is not the first car you’d think of if someone were to say the words “frighteningly fast” or “outrageously overpowered”. No, you might think of words like “I’d like it more if … ” or “flight attendant”. But if you hand over the VeeDub’s drop top to the lunatics at B&B, you’ll be […]
Read More »Pontiac G8 ST Killed
It seems that the hopes of GM, via Pontiac, to resurrect and modernize the El Camino aren’t going to happen any time soon. Pontiac PR man Jim Hopson confirms that the planned for 2010 Pontiac G8 ST, as the new “El Camino” was to be called, has been killed. The company delivered the news to […]
Read More »Volvo's New Twin-Turbo Diesel For The S80 D5
Lots and lots of diesel news these days … and this time, it’s Volvo’s turn. In this case, the Scandy company best known for cars as safe as bank vaults, is rolling out a new twin-turbo oil burner for their S80 sedan. It’s a 2.4-liter, five-cylinder engine putting out 205-horsepower and around 310 lb-ft of […]
Read More »Sources: Honda To Cut More Future Sport and Luxury Models – S2000 and RWD Acuras
The ax continues to swing over at Honda, and this time, it’s a bit too close to home. This time the sources say the axeman cometh for, gulp, the S2000 and various rear wheel drive Acuras. According to CarScoop (via England’s AutoCar) Honda’s restructuring plans call for the death of more models in addition to […]
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