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Good Buy/Bad Buy: The Tale of 2 Porsche GT1s

Good Buy/Bad Buy: The Tale of 2 Porsche GT1s

  The Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion (street version in English) is one of the most special and rare super cars of the 90s. It comes from the period when teams were required to build 25 production versions of their racecars for homo...
01.08.2012 | 6126 views | 0 comments
Pickups: What's in a Name?

Pickups: What's in a Name?

General Motors' medium duty consumer truck brand GMC is among the brand's oldest companies. It actually predates GM by 7 years. GMC was founded in 1901 as the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company. GM bought the company in 1909 along with Reliance a...
01.08.2012 | 1772 views | 0 comments
Speculation Runs Rampant About Who Will Take Massa's Spot

Speculation Runs Rampant About Who Will Take Massa's Spot

It has become a foregone conclusion in the Formula 1 world that Felipe Massa will not be driving for Ferrari next season. He has repeatedly underperformed this season and is hurting the team in the constructors' championship by not finishing i...
01.08.2012 | 1216 views | 0 comments
Volkswagen Opens Factory in China to Build Polo

Volkswagen Opens Factory in China to Build Polo

Volkswagen has opened a new factory in Yizheng, China, to build the Polo. It will be able to build 300,000 cars a year. Volkswagen allocated the money to build the factory in July 2010, and it has been finished earlier than planned. The factory wi...
31.07.2012 | 989 views | 0 comments
Lexus Considering Variant of Prius C

Lexus Considering Variant of Prius C

Lexus is reportedly considering a smaller model based on the Prius C to add to its lineup. Lexus has tried smaller models in the past with the HS250h and CT200h and had mixed results. The HS250h was a complete failure and managed to sell just ...
31.07.2012 | 7949 views | 0 comments
GM Applying Wi-Fi Direct to make crossings safer

GM Applying Wi-Fi Direct to make crossings safer

GM is developing Wi-Fi Direct technology to make four-way stops safer. Wi-Fi Direct is an upcoming technology similar to Bluetooth but with a longer range. One application is exchanging data among vehicles. The data can go between vehicl...
31.07.2012 | 1093 views | 0 comments
WRC Crew Heads to Finland. Will Loeb Win Again?

WRC Crew Heads to Finland. Will Loeb Win Again?

The World Rally Championship heads to Finland this weekend ending a six-week summer break. The Rally Finland packs its stages into three days from Thursday to Saturday. The rally is made up of gravel roads and is famous for its jumps. Seba...
31.07.2012 | 1797 views | 0 comments
6 of Top 20 Most Popular Youtube Ads Star Cars

6 of Top 20 Most Popular Youtube Ads Star Cars

Adweek has gone through Youtube to find the 20 most popular videos on Youtube that are not movie trailers or risque international ads. Of them, six are related to cars.  In the 19th spot is the Chrysler ad for the Chrysler 200 made during...
31.07.2012 | 7339 views | 0 comments
Mini Reveals Production Paceman on Facebook

Mini Reveals Production Paceman on Facebook

Mini has revealed the first images of the Paceman on its Facebook page, but it is still keeping its rear camouflaged. Perhaps that means that Mini is planning something unique for the back of the car.  The Paceman is meant to be the ...
31.07.2012 | 1403 views | 2 comments
2nd Quarter Automotive Financial Results Roundup

2nd Quarter Automotive Financial Results Roundup

Last week, we reported on the financial results for Renault, Volkswagen Group, Nissan, Tesla, Toyota, Daimler, and Ford. It took a week for all of those results to be released. Today, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Chrysler, Audi, Porsche and Fiat...
31.07.2012 | 938 views | 0 comments

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