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Okay, this will be the last Mercedes based posting from me for this month at least. I promise. We end this trilogy of Mercedes tuner related postings with another Geneva Motor Show preview. Brabus has officially launched the coupe version of the EV12. Last year at the Frankfurt Motor Show they previewed the E V12 in the newly launched W212 E Class chassis and they absolutely went bonkers by shoehorning in that 788bhp twin turbocharged V12 engine as well as putting full rear wheel covers on it. Making the car look like a throwback to some 1930s art deco car but only a million times uglier. Now they've done the same with the newly launched E Class coupe with the exception of the rear wheel covers. Which I think is a sensible deletion.
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| On a tour with the new BMW 5 Series Date posted: 15 Mar 2010 | Posted by: SYF77
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Just as the new sixth-generation BMW 5 Series sedan goes on sale in Europe, a new station wagon variant has been unveiled. Like the previous generations of the 5 Series Touring, this one is essentially the same as the sedan, only with the roof extending straight back to enclose a substantially larger cargo area.
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| A Jaguar that bites your head off - The new Jaguar XFR Date posted: 14 Mar 2010 | Posted by: CheeJun
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This is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, some say that this is hell in a can. But what you’re looking at here is the new Jaguar XFR. It doesn’t have huge scoops protruding out from its bonnet, neither does it have a hideous spoiler on the back. There are only tiny hints of it being a sports saloon unlike the BMW M5 with all its M badge trinketry and carbon fibre panels. The XFR is elegant, sophisticated and most importantly, incredibly fast.
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| New Kia Optima first official photos Date posted: 14 Mar 2010 | Posted by: SYF77
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Kia is getting ready its all new D-segment offering, the Kia Optima (or Magentis in other markets such as Singapore). The new Optima is set to make its debut at the New York international Auto Show in April 2010.
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| Porsche 918 Spyder concept Date posted: 14 Mar 2010 | Posted by: SYF77
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Porsche is seriously considering a production version of the 918 Spyder which was shown as a concept at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. According to CEO,Michael Macht, the public's response to the 918 Spyder concept was marvellous.
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| More from Geneva: Carlsson Super GT C25 Date posted: 14 Mar 2010 | Posted by: Rigval
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Hello. We're back with mental Mercedes Benzes again. This time Carlsson has decided to do their own version of the AMG SL65 Black in their own manic little way. The Carlsson Super GT C25 is a fixed head coupe unlike the model the car is based upon, the normal SL65. Like the AMG SL65 Black, the GT C25 has its own bespoke bodywork that dispenses with the folding top and has that fixed roof. Of course this lessens weight by losing all those motors and folding roof parts from the original SL65. The material utilized for the bespoke bodywork is mainly the very light and very strong carbon fibre. All the lights have been changed and from the outside, it is barely recognizable as a Mercedes.
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| AMG showcases their new 5.5-litre V8 in a "stripped" out S-Class | 1 | |
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This here folks is the AMG-Mercedes showcase S63 AMG Concept car. Why they still call it a 63 is beyond me as the new engine is a twin turbo 5.5-litre V8. But the Gurus of All Mighty Grunt, AMG has done it again. It has plastered an S-Class with racing livery, added a full roll cage and race seats to it. Imagine a 50 year old CEO of some large multi-national company driving a car decked out like this.
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| GQbyCITROËN concept by...Citroen of course! Date posted: 13 Mar 2010 | Posted by: SYF77
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Well, don't let that unimaginative name of the car puts you off. The design of the concept is a far cry from the word unimaginative. For the sake of the majority Singaporeans, GQ is UK's leading monthly men's magazine. The GQbyCITROËN concept is a collaboration between Dylan Jones, GQ's editor, and Mark Lloyd, a British designer who is most recently credited for the new Citroën DS3. And it looks like GQ certainly knows what a fashionable man hopes to see in his parking lot.
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| Mitsubishi's Ralliart to wind down business Date posted: 12 Mar 2010 | Posted by: Rigval
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It looks like Mitsubishi's Ralliart division is going out of business in Japan. I have extracted from their website the following news / announcement:
Partial Cease of Business Activities along with Ralliart Inc's
Business Scale Down
Ralliart Inc (President Masao Taguchi) has announced as follows.
Dear all of our customers ,
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| Awesome Pagani Zonda R track video Date posted: 12 Mar 2010 | Posted by: Blogger
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Pagani has released a new 2min 6 sec promotional video for the Pagani Zonda R showing the supercar on the track for the first time. The Pagani Zonda R is powered by the 6.0 liter V12 engine from AMG that churns out 750 bhp and 710 Nm of torque. The 0 to 100 km/h sprint time of the Pagani Zonda R is an amazing 2.7 seconds. This throws it directly into the hypercar universe. If you think you can handle a Pagani Zonda R, you'll have to take S$2.9 million out of your wallet to own one.
Watch the Pagani Zonda R on the track in the video after the jump.
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| Some odd rambliings: Specialty workshops, Subarus and ZR rated tires Date posted: 12 Mar 2010 | Posted by: Rigval
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One of the activities that most motor heads do during the weekends is that they congregate their friendly neighbourhood specialty mechanic shop. There they exchange views and look at each others ride while having the mechanic change their engine oil or brake pads. But some go there just to meet up with friends. Usually the shop that is frequented by them are specialist tuner type shops and not the average workshop. Take for example the workshop in the photo above, it is filled with Subarus as well as a few fast Mitsubishis.
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| Alfa Romeo Mito 1.4. A car suffering from bi-polar disorder Date posted: 12 Mar 2010 | Posted by: Rigval
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I love Alfa Romeo. Every time I see one passing by I will always do another take at it as these cars ooze character from every body panel. The first time I sat in an Alfa I was very, very young. This was sometime in the early '80s. My uncle had a Alfa Giulia 1300 super and it was an awsome looking car. It looked nothing like the square boxes that most sedans looked like during that period and it sounded totally throaty every time my uncle blipped the throttle. Nowadays, Alfas sound a little subdued, but they still ooze character from every panel as they are like a nicely fitted Italian suit. Even though some days you have to pray whether the Alfa would function perfectly instead of some electrical gremlin or some mechanical anomaly that would suddenly plague it for no apparent reason.
So I recently drove the Alfa Romeo Mito.
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| Audi's limousine goes hybrid Date posted: 11 Mar 2010 | Posted by: SYF77
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Audi has pulled the curtain off the A8 Hybrid at Geneva. This is a near production concept which is scheduled for production in late 2011.
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| The argument against electric cars of the near future Date posted: 11 Mar 2010 | Posted by: Rigval
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- A Leaf
Now after writing about hybrids and then reading about the Nissan Leaf I am of the opinion that totally electric cars (not hybrids) of the near future (anything less than 5years from today) are actually going to be troublesome for most of us. Firstly, if you read their specs they have the range of about 2 feet on a single charge. Really. A supposed 160 kilometers range (like the Nissan Leaf) is actually useful if you work within a radius of 20km and you don't do any outside appointments. This is because in our climate, humidity, heat and traffic will mean that batteries will not last as long as cooler climates and a theoretical 150km mileage could be much less. If you travel a lot, which this writer over here does on a daily basis, a totally electric car isn't practical at all. And not all drivers are sensible drivers. Last week I witnessed a Toyota Prius which was piloted by someone who absolutely was trying to overtake every other car on the highway. I don't think any hybrid or totally electric car will save the world if Lead Foot Larry was doing the driving.
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| Long road ahead for alternative fuels Date posted: 11 Mar 2010 | Posted by: Blogger
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Image: The Tesla Roadster, an electric sports car
Alternative fuels for vehicles have, in recent years, become one of the most hyped topics in motoring. The frequency which it is mentioned in the media or by politicians may seem to suggest that alternative fuels are the future of motoring and marks the way forward. At the risk of sounding like an idiot (should I be proved wrong by future events), I proffer my opinion - alternative fuels will not become mainstream in our near future; in fact, I might die before that happens (I am 26, by the way).
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| Facelifted Toyota Vios Date posted: 10 Mar 2010 | Posted by: SYF77
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Toyota has just released the facelifted Vios in Thailand. The timing couldn't have been more appropriate with the onslaught of the Mazda 2 sedan, and the upcoming Ford Fiesta sedan. Externally, the cosmetic changes include a revised grille, rear tail lamp and chromed boot lid. The 1.5L VVTI unit with 4 speed transmission in the current Vios continues to power the facelifted model.
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| Toyota needs to rediscover their fundamentals and stop building Unclemobiles Date posted: 10 Mar 2010 | Posted by: Rigval
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- the Unclemobile that has been in the limelight due to faulty accelerator pedals in left hand drive form.
Today I was bored. I came home from my day job, made myself a cup of tea as usual, ate dinner with the family and decided that I would write something that would basically bore the heck out of me on a regular day. But since I was already feeling bored, writing about a company like Toyota couldn't make the day any duller.
Toyota is currently reeling from the blows it had sustained from all the recalls it had to make from faulty accelerator pedals that have purportedly killed a lot of people, mainly Americans. It has learned that in its relentless quest to be the world's number one car manufacturer it has slackened on its quality and safety of its products.
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| Volkswagen replaces its 7 seater Date posted: 09 Mar 2010 | Posted by: SYF77
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Volkswagen has pulled the curtain off its latest 7 seater at Geneva - The all new Sharan. It is a timely replacement as the existing model is looking like an antique, and the replacement sports the new VW corporate 'face'.
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| Hyundai flows into the future Date posted: 09 Mar 2010 | Posted by: SYF77
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If you are impressed by the design philosophy of the new Hyundai Sonata, be ready to be thrilled by what the Korean maker could offer going forward. Hyundai presented to the world the i-flow concept car in Geneva, not only as a possible design study for the company's future products, but also as a testing ground for technological innovations.
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| Three Hybrids, a Proton, a Ferrari and a Porsche at the Geneva Motor Show Date posted: 08 Mar 2010 | Posted by: Rigval
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- the Porsche 918 Spyder Concept. A 718ps all wheel drive hybrid supercar.
Recently we have read or heard that Proton has come up with a hybrid/electric/something green prototype of a car that basically resembles a box on wheels. The designed by Italdesign-Giugiaro is supposedly an achievement in how a car should be packaged. It looks like either an elongated SMART Fortwo or a shortened Mercedes A-class. So the actual innovative thing is that the Proton concept EMAS is that its a environmentally friendly car made by a company that is a few decades old instead of one which is a hundred or so years old. A milestone for quite a young company I suppose.
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