Archive for April, 2012

Shut Up and Drive Races a 2013 Lexus GS F Sport on a Closed-Off Highway

By Ant On April 28, 2012 No Comments

In its premiere episode, Speed’s new television show “Shut up and Drive!” with hosts Justin Bell and Townsend Bell took the brand new 2013 Lexus GS F Sport out to Northern Oregon’s twisty Rowena Loops.

After closing a section of the public highway, the two men battled it out in the new Lexus sedan that sports a 306-horsepower 3.

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Kahn Design Applies Vesuvius Treatment to Range Rover Evoque

By Ant On April 28, 2012 No Comments

Aftermarket tuning house Kahn Design has borrowed the Vesuvius package first seen on the Range Rover Sport and applied the styling touches on the British firm’s smallest model, the Evoque.

The exterior makeover is rather subtle. Aside from the Vesuvius orange finish for the body, the package includes a Matt Pearl Grey color for the center section of the front and rear bumpers and the front and side air vents, plus a new set of 21-inch alloy wheels and brake calipers finished in Vesuvius orange.

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Honda Dreams its Future Through its Past in New JDM Spot

By Ant On April 28, 2012 No Comments

A new Japanese commercial from Honda’s corporate division attempts to show the passionate and innovative side of the company by displaying several products from its past, mainly focusing on cars but also including motorcycles and even agricultural machinery.

The advert’s title loosely translates to “We won’t be beaten”.

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Chinese Collector Interested in Buying Bertone's Nuccio Concept Car

By Ant On April 28, 2012 No Comments

At this week’s 2012 Beijing Auto Show, Italian design and engineering firm Bertone displayed the completed version of its Nuccio supercar concept, which we first laid eyes on at last month’s Geneva Salon.

The fully functional prototype that is propelled by a mid-mounted 4.

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Nisan Resurrects Cima Nameplate in Japan with a New Sedan Based on Stretched Infiniti M35h

By Ant On April 28, 2012 No Comments

Nearly two years after Nissan discarded its flagship model series in Japan, the Cima nameplate returns for another round in the premium sedan segment.

The Cima was introduced in Japan in the late 1980s to rival the Toyota Crown Majesta. From the mid-1990s, the Cima was based on the equivalent versions of the Infiniti Q45 series.

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Tool of the Month: We Have a Winner!

By Ant On April 28, 2012 No Comments

As if it wasn’t bad enough that the owner of this Toyota Camry sedan parked the car illegally at the end of a crosswalk, thus forcing pedestrians to stand inside the road, the driver proves to be an even bigger tool by backing into a kid returning from school who was waiting to cross the street!

Head past the break to watch the video.

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Cadillac XTS Features Capless Fuel Filler, will be Produced in China as Well

By Ant On April 28, 2012 No Comments

This week, we learned two new things about the 2013 Cadillac XTS, the first being that it features a new capless fuel filler assembly and the other that General Motors has plans to build the full-size sedan in China for the domestic market.

We will begin with the new capless fuel filler system that replaces the traditional twist-off cap, with Cadillac promising a cleaner and safer experience.

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Old School 1968 Camaro SS Convertible Rocks and Rolls on a CTS-V Supercharged V8

By Ant On April 28, 2012 No Comments

What General Motors did to the current day Chevrolet Camaro with the presentation of the ZL1 model powered by a 6.2-liter supercharged LSA V8, is very similar to what Southern California resident Bob Hall did to his Camaro, the difference being that Hall’s model is from 1968.

It all began in 2009 when Hall bought a 1968 Chevy Camaro SS Convertible with the intent of performing a full restoration, but as the project evolved, he ended up creating a supercharged monster fitted with a lightly tuned 6.

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Aston Martin Reportedly to End Production of DBS with 100 Ultimate Editions

By Ant On April 28, 2012 No Comments

With the debut of the new V12-powered DBS sports car scheduled for the end of the year, Aston Martin reportedly wants to bid farewell to the current model that has been in production since 2007 with a special edition version.

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Mazda RX-8 to Live a Little Longer Due to Increased Demand in Japan

By Ant On April 28, 2012 No Comments

Last November, Mazda announced that it would mark the end of production of the RX-8 sports car with the release of 1,000 examples of a special edition model called Spirit R, all of which would be unloaded in the Japanese market.

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