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2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG The supercar rumormill is a wild and wily thing, only credible because the real-world cars that form its fodder are themselves so unbelievable. But it’s not beyond the pale at all to think Mercedes-Benz’s AMG tuning arm might already be hard at work cranking out a lightweight, ultra-performance Black Series version [...]
2010 buick lacrosse first drive 002 Ever since our first drive of the 2010 Buick LaCrosse, we’ve been impressed with the car’s quality and value, and today’s award by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) of a Top Safety Pick to the car therefore comes as no surprise. Buick has built a very solid [...]
Land Rover Defender Few, if any, automotive icons have as wide and as immediate a recognition factor as the Land Rover Defender. Spanning the globe and over six decades of production, the classic boxy go-anywhere-mobile is finally due for an update, and according to the latest reports, it’s already underway, appropriately dubbed Project Icon. The [...]
2010 Audi TT As fuel economy rules tighten, sales stagnate or grow slowly and carmakers seeks ways to deliver more for less, some re-shuffling of products is inevitable. At Audi, that means cutting V-6 engines and (mostly) replacing them with turbo four-cylinders, including in the 2010 Audi TT. The 3.2-liter V-6 is completely gone from [...]
RSR Jaguar XKR GT2 Race cars aren’t always directly relevant to road cars, but when they’re built directly from production vehicles, it’s an interesting exploration of what a car, in this case the 2010 Jaguar XKR, is capable of given nearly unlimited money and talent both behind the wheel and in development. The RSR racing [...]
Abt Sportsline Audi TT-RS Abt Sportsline is more than just a tuning shop–the firm supplies and sponsors one of the biggest teams in Germany’s DTM race series. So when it steps up with aerodynamic and power upgrades for some of the best cars in the world, Abt doesn’t just add show, it adds go. The [...]
Lagonda SUV Concept by Aston Martin The Lagonda Concept unveiled earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show was an almost unmitigated failure. Odd proportions, widespread public rejection and a host of excuses marked its birth and untimely death. But that hasn’t deterred Aston Martin from reviving the Lagonda brand, and now new reports of [...]
2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG leak The successor to the legendary Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing from the 1950s (and replacement for the SLR) has finally been revealed today after months of drip-fed teasers and spy shots. Picking up the official title of SLS AMG–a nod to its exclusive development by Mercedes’ official in-house tuner, AMG–the latest [...]
If approved, the Belgian loans will only be applicable for Volvo’s local operations Ford is having trouble offloading its failing Volvo subsidiary but the company is determined to sell and in spite of the tough economic conditions still has several potential buyers. According to a recent report, however, the only potential buyer that has so [...]
McLaren MP4-12C When the McLaren F1 first hit the streets it almost immediately catapulted to the top of the performance car scene, taking home the title of world’s fastest production car in 1998 and holding it up until 2005. Building a car better than the original F1 was always going to be a difficult challenge, [...]