Posted on February 26th, 2008
While an Infiniti-badged GT-R sedan might seem semi-plausible, this rendering from Best Car is about as probable as a mentally balanced child star. A GT-R SUV? Why not? Well, let’s start with the ugly factor. The Nissan GT-R isn’t the prettiest vehicle on the block to begin with; jack it up, add a couple of […]
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Tags:gt r, Infiniti, New Nissan, New Nissan GT-R, nissan gt-r
Posted on February 22nd, 2008
Every auto show nowadays has to have its fair share of “green” concepts, and Geneva won’t be any different. Over at the BMW stand, the automaker will be showing off its Vision EfficientDynamics Concept that’s packing a twin-turbo, 2.0-liter four-cylinder diesel that’s mated to a hybrid motor. The diesel mill alone is making 204 hp […]
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Tags:BMW Cars, Bmw hybrid, BMW X5, geneva, hybrid, hybrid X5, news, photos bmw, X5
Posted on February 17th, 2008
Okay, guys. This isn’t funny anymore. We all get that the Porsche Cayenne, though it has its talents, is no prize pig down at the beauty pageant. But this is just mean. Like a caricature of the Cayenne itself, we can applaud the go but shudder at sight of the show. Under the hood, Gemballa […]
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Tags:Cayenne, Gemballa, GTR700, Porsche, Tornado
Posted on February 12th, 2008
While the little green angel on our right shoulder prompts us to applaud cars that get good fuel economy, the Italian-racing-red devil on the left whispers how cool it is to waste gallons of irreplaceable fossil fuels on things like supercharged Land Rovers. Truth be told, we like giving in to the red one. We […]
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Tags:Dragster, Land, Land Rover, Rover
Posted on February 10th, 2008
Land Rovers have run Jaguar’s rorty AJ V8 engine since Ford got tired of sourcing engines from BMW. CAR magazine has dug up information on some mules running around in Finland with a new 4997cc engine underhood. Their photographers also caught the vehicles while they hung out in a parking lot full of tantalizing 2 […]
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Tags:cars, Land, Land Rover, Rover, v8
Posted on January 29th, 2008
If you’re looking to augment your garage with something more punchy than a Cayenne S, but can’t afford the dilithium crystals required to power the warp engines in the delightfully obscene Cayenne Turbo, Porsche has come up with a new middle ground in the 405-horsepower Cayenne GTS. The V8 in Porsche’s newest SUV is basically […]
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Tags:cars porsche, Cayenne, Cayenne GTS, GTS, photos porsche Cayenne GTS, Porsche, Super Cars
Posted on January 22nd, 2008
Tina Turner is one of the most successful performing and recording artists of all time. She’s won eight Grammies, hit the Billboard Top 10 seven times and sold more concert tickets than any other solo performer in history. Unfortunately she never learned how to drive stick, but having sold over 180 million records, she could […]
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Posted on January 17th, 2008
Much to the consternation of the communications staff at General Motors the press photos and story on the new HUMMER HX concept got published a few days earlier than planned last week. Thankfully for us the company didn’t rescind their invitation to come down to the Design Dome at the Warren Tech Center to see […]
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Posted on January 17th, 2008
While walking around the Toyota display during the last day of the NAIAS press preview, we encountered an FJ Cruiser we’d never seen before tucked iaway in the corner. Finished in white with a white roof along with black wheels and accents, it featured “Trail Teams” badging on the IP and bodywork and “PROTOTYPE” lettering […]
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Posted on January 15th, 2008
We’re back from the Chrysler press conference that saw the Detroit Auto Show debuts of the Jeep Renegade, Dodge ZEO, and Chrysler ecoVoyager. As we have mentioned already, each is born out of the automaker’s ENVI program, the focus of which is on new, environmentally-friendly electric propulsion. As such, all the concepts share the same […]
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Posted on January 9th, 2008
Well, there’s another embargo blown. HUMMERForums dropped all the images they had of the HUMMER HX concept that was due to be officially unveiled in a scant five days, and Jalopnik followed suit. So here it is, HUMMER’s Wrangler-competitor in concept form, complete with a 3.6-liter SIDI E85 FlexFuel engine which sends power to all […]
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Posted on January 8th, 2008
Despite slashing some 8,000 jobs worldwide, BMW plans to hire more workers to man its Spartanburg, S.C. production center, while simultaneously upping the night shift from eight hours to ten. The South Carolina plant currently produces the X5 and Z4, but with production of the X6 CUV beginning a few weeks back, BMW is looking […]
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Posted on December 24th, 2007
The closest BMW has ever come to having an off-road vehicle was sticking its V8 engines into Range Rovers. Even it’s “Sport Activity Vehicle”, the X5, rarely sees time off the pavement and sticks to hauling kids to school and soccer practice. Hartge has set out to change that with an off-road program for Bimmer […]
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Posted on December 24th, 2007
The Range Rover has long been known as one of the best off-road vehicles on the planet, and it goes about its dirty business in class and style, if not snobbery. The current Rangey isn’t getting any younger, so to keep its top dog fresh, Land Rover is offering North Americans 500 of its new […]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2007
German tuner Arden is best known for giving Jaguars sharper claws, but it occasionally takes on Range Rovers, as well. They recently released their AR7 package that includes an understated body kit, larger wheels and tires, new interior appointments and, of course, a boost in power that comes from an increase in displacement of the […]
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Posted on December 21st, 2007
Lexus has added its bigger, more powerful 5.7L truck engine to its premium SUV, and as a result, the new LX 570 has a bigger price to go along with it. The upscale ‘ute’s base sticker grows by a knee-wobbling $6,405, starting at a rather monumental $73,800. For those scoring at home, that’s about $18,000 […]
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Posted on December 21st, 2007
Carlsson has applied its tuning magic to the new M-Class with a host of power, visual, and interior upgrades. Starting with the engine, Carlsson’s performance kit for the 320 CDI engine boosts horsepower to 269 and torque to 452 lb-ft, and a new exhaust system with quad tailpipes is also available. The suspension can be […]
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Posted on December 20th, 2007
The United States Government does not believe consumers have enough safety measures in place in their automobiles. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has passed a bill that will require government regulators, such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), to adapt their standards to require various means of diminishing blind spots in trucks […]
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