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Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 4 BF Performance

BestCarEver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:41:59 +0000

Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 4 BF Performance has been released being redesigned with a streamlined carbon body kit.
The front side got bigger air intakes in the new front spoiler which makes it look more aggressive.The rear side got a new bumper, modified and given a new diffuser, and a new aileron that improves the down thrust.
The [...]

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Mercedes S63 AMG 2011 details

BestCarEver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:41:59 +0000

Mercedes S63 AMG 2011 details have been released. It will be powered by a 5.5l V8 biturbo engine.Mercedes S63 AMG 2011 will hide under the hood 544Hp and 800Nm of torque with the help of which it will reach 250(software limited) and will breach the 100km/h mark in 4.5s
If you mount AMG Performance package the [...]

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Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept gallery

BestCarEver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:41:58 +0000

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number of view: 6Might interest youBMW 5 series GT AC SchnitzerCarlsson C25 conceptHartge modified BMW Z4The most powerful Mercedes SLR McLaren 722IMSA tunes Lamborghini Gallardo LP560Renntech spices Bentley ContinentalAlfa Romeo Giulietta videoLamborghini Gallardo LP560 4 BF PerformanceBMW 760i Storm G-PowerKoenigsegg Agera

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Bentley Mulsanne gallery

BestCarEver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:41:57 +0000

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number of view: 31Might interest youBentley Continental Supersports Cabrio

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Toyota Prius investigated after high-speed sudden acceleration incident

BestCarEver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:26:42 +0000

Toyota has made the first nationally publicized deployment of its sudden-acceleration "SWAT" team, fulfilling a promise the company's North American president, Jim Lentz, made at Congressional hearings last month. (Read: "Toyota President Lentz before Congress: More acceleration issues may exist.") Yesterday at about 1:30 p.m., the driver of a 2008 Toyota Prius called 9-1-1, to report that his accelerator was stuck. According to police reports, the blue Prius was heading east…

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Toyota experts refute sudden acceleration study, denounce author

BestCarEver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:26:42 +0000

In a Webcast Monday, Exponent, a company hired by Toyota to investigate the engineering possibilities of unintended acceleration, clearly aimed to discredit the Congressional testimony of Dr. David K. Gilbert. A vehicle engineering professor at Southern Illinois University, Gilbert had said he could show how a malfunction in the electronic system could cause unintended acceleration without triggering the car's check-engine light. The fact that no trouble codes have been associated with unintended…

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GM reinstates 661 dealerships

BestCarEver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:26:42 +0000

General Motors has agreed to reinstate about one-third of the dealerships that it planned to close during bankruptcy last year, as the automaker struggled to reinvent itself through the 2009 auto crisis.

About 1,100 of the dealerships had sought arbitration to be reinstated. In addition, GM also shut down or shed almost 900 dealerships that only sold brands that the company eliminated: Hummer, Pontiac, Saab, and Saturn.

In a notice dated March 5th, the company said it planned to send Letters of I…

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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1948 Mercury ute

BestCarEver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:26:42 +0000

The writers for RM are usually great about filling us in on the details of the cars they auction off, but the story behind this 1948 Mercury ute is rather thin. Over on the RM Fort Lauderdale site we see that it’s from the John O’Quinn collection (and that it’s estimated to sell for $20,000 to $40,000), but we see little else. From the auction description:
A rare right-hand drive example, this Mercury features an older body-up restoration, a flathead Ford V8,a wooden bed and a box cov…

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Skyline, a history in 12 generations: Gen 12, “Godzilla”

BestCarEver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:26:41 +0000

You’ve come a long way, baby.
1962 Prince Skyline sport coupe BLRA-3
2009 Nissan Skyline 370GT Type SP V36.
The current generation appeared in 2006, with corresponding updates to the US version Infiniti G-series. And a few years later, in 2009, GT-R came to America for the first time, 40 years after it debuted in Japan.
2009 Nissan Skyline GT-R SpecV.
“The Nissan GT-R embodies Nissan’s ultimate passion for the automobile,” said chief designer Hiroshi Hasegawa.
“Based on orig…

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Lamborghini Miura Nuovo Design Study: Something Old, Something New

BestCarEver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:26:34 +0000

The name Miura conjures up images of Lamborghini’s original V12 bad boy, considered one of the most beautiful cars in history. Even Lamborghini couldn’t ignore it forever, bringing it back in modernized concept form in 2006. Marco van Overbeeke, a designer from the Holland, is determined to bring it back.

Enter the Lamborghini Miura Nuovo, meant…