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Chicago Auto Show-Well, in case you have been waiting with baited breath to hear about Ford’s vehicle launches at the Chicago Auto Show, go ahead and breathe. The Ford Transit Connect has been the only real launch so far at this year’s show, although the Bullitt Mustang and 2009 F-150 were “officially” launched, those models have seen a lot of exposure in the media already. Read the rest of this entry »

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After much disappointment from the participants and fans of this years Dakar Rally cancellation, Amaury Sport Organization, which runs the Dakar Rally, has found an alternate event which will be held in Central Europe.

The Central Europe Rally is scheduled to run from the 20th to the 26th of April 2008.

It will be staged in Romania and Hungary which is a complete new terrain for the participants and fans. It will be an interesting change of scenery from the sandy dunes of Sahara that we are accustomed to seeing.

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Not too much info or more than these pictures have been released, but we can definitely expect to see the new Audi A4 to come with the S-Line package which refines the regular A4 into a much sportier looking sedan. Read the rest of this entry »

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The burgeoning crossover market has another product to offer- but how attractive is it? The Chevrolet Traverse, based on GM’s Lambda platform, is the cheapest crossover in GM’s arsenal, and there’s a good reason for that- and it ain’t the Chevelle-style grille. Read the rest of this entry »

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So now that the most modern iteration of the Challenger has been out for about a day now, the good folks over at AutoWeek have done burnouts in driven it. And surprisingly enough, they seem genuinely pleased with this rip-snortin’ new Mopar.

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Porsche has unveiled its GT3 Cup club car this December but already that was too slow for some of us. Porsche now has released the ‘S’ variant of the GT3 Cup car which like the standard version, is based on the 911 GT3 RS.

What the GT3 Cup S offers is a slight power upgrade, a fully stripped interior, and a special 6-speed sequential tranny.

The new S gets a slight bump in power of 20 hp courtesy of some ECU mods and a new exhaust system. Power output now is 440 hp compared to the non-S model’s 420hp. Maximum torque remains the same 440Nm at 7,250rpm.

A couple of suspension tweaks have been taken from the GT3 RSR car which races in the GT2 class. Also braking performance has been improved for the added power.

Car is said to be released in April for €250,000 and only 265 examples will be produced of the non-S variant, so expect production of the GT3 Cup S to be even more limited.

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Chicago Auto Show- The 2009 Dodge Challenger has finally been unveiled to the public, in all of its SRT glory. The Hemi Orange car at the show is the first of many to see production this year, with standard Challenger production beginning for 2010 models. Read the rest of this entry »

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I didn’t think it could get much worse than, mf’ing snakes on the mf’ing Cayenne. But it can. German tuner, WaM (wheelsandmore), has aborted created some ridiculous interesting wheels for this CLS55. The chrome 20’s are adorned with hundreds of Swarovski crystals. If that isn’t good enough, WaM will substitute real diamonds. They also did some bumper work, added some carbon fiber. And well, a bigger price tag. Price for the conversion runs in at 175,000 euros. Which is like nine million US dollars. That doesn’t include the cost of the car. Oh, they supposedly also managed to pull 600hp out of the motor.

Detail shots of the wheels follow

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