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2010 Porsche 911 GT3 Reveals Minor Exterior Changes, Potentially 440 HP Under Hood

The 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 has been spotted testing on some appropriately curvy mountain roads, showing off its new "evolutionary" design. And by evolutionary, we mean pretty much everything on the new 911 GT3 looks like it does right now. Sure, there are some tweaks on the front air dam and to the rear lights (first shown on the 2009 Porsche 911), but style-wise, no new ground broken with this update. Under the hatch, however, is where the real magic may be being made. More »

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10:20 AM on Tue Sep 9 2008
By Andrew Stoy
1,912 views, 15 comments

Latest by Lawrence: The GT3 is the best Porsche in the 911 line. more »

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Koenigsegg To Build 700 HP Four Door, Prototype To Debut At Geneva

If the Porsche Panamera and the Aston Martin Rapide aren't exclusive or fast enough for you, wait until the Geneva Motor Show next spring. A report from Car Middle East claims the mad men over at Koenigsegg are planning a four-door, all carbon fiber, 700 HP super sedan to make those others look like photo-chopped liver. The report also claims the car is planned to hit the showroom in 2010, and has been under development for two years. But what about the boasts? Well, Koenigsegg’s Dubai manager said the car "will weigh less than any other performance saloon on sale, and will have a top speed of 350 KPH." Cause nothing says "I'm badass" like a 217 MPH afternoon with the family. [CarMiddleEast]

10:00 AM on Thu Aug 21 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,229 views, 25 comments

Latest by moospot: There should be a rule of thumb to all car manufacturers to go by: Sports cars have 2 doors! End more »

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Post Geneva Shocker: Lumeneo Smera Is A Two Seater!

A couple of days ago, we received an email from Lumeneo's PR rep Isabel giving us the business about the all-electric, leaning Lumeneo Smera we brought you. She claimed the car was not as our American eyes could clearly see, a single seater, but in fact a two seater! 'Impossible!' we said, 'Prove it with a picture.' And so she has. Seated inline, inside that tiny little car are father Daniel and son Thierry Moulène, President and Technical Director respectively.

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9:40 AM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,429 views, 42 comments

Latest by laughing_guitarist: Who let the Smart take a photograph of itself with a Powerbook? Come on now.. 'fess up. more »

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Geneva Project Hell? Aston Martin V8 Vantage

As we were exiting the incredibly trippy Schtroumpfs residential development, our eye caught something sleek and silver and slowly floating down the road on a flatbed. This Aston Martin V8 Vantage seems to be in the midst of a restoration and probably becoming a new man's Project Car Hell. We couldn't quite nail down the vintage, but it looks like early 70's for this lithe British beast. The fella with the Touareg seemed happy with the attention the car garnered, but we would have lost our minds driving that big trailer around the cramped streets of Geneva.


5:30 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,936 views, 41 comments

Latest by Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!: @GreenVanMan: Triumph 2500. Originally 2.5Pi, with Lucas injeccy, then carbs as the 2500. (engine fires) BL didn't even trust Lucas when more »

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Skoda Superb GreenLine's Only Emission Is The Sex And CO2

For those who haven't noticed, we're a little dragon for the 2009 Skoda Superb (i.e. the Czech Passat) and it's clever TwinDoor system. And a version that gets better mileage and is better for the environment, why not? This version of the Superb gets a 1.9-Liter inline-four turbodiesel good for about 105 horsepower and the US equivalent of 46.1MPG.

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10:20 AM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,550 views, 13 comments

Latest by Amazonca: Cool designed! Would be pleasantly surprised if "Green Line" is not an empty phrase. signature: "Nothing makes you forget about love more »

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DOTS Geneva: A Tiny Something Or Other

We have no idea what this is, but after the Peel Trident, this is probably the smallest street legal vehicle we've ever seen. And despite our best deciphering and sleuthing efforts, it remains unidentified. F-gobble-de-gook Tech was the best we could get out of it. How can someone get into this thing and feel fine about it? We'd rather take our chances on a regular scoot, at least there you can jump away from a wreck. But hey, this is a convertible and has those fancy, new fangled canvas doors.

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4:45 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,434 views, 30 comments

Latest by mikewebb1514: I read that in France they license these vehicles as motorcycles. That seem ok to me. With the roll bar, more »

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Renault Megane Dragonfly Doors Would Make The Doc Proud

While we're all eagerly awaiting the return of the Delorean, take a gander at Renault's Megane Coupe concept that introduces "dragonfly wing" doors that seems a hell of a lot like the gull-wing style doors of the Delorean DMC-12 that Marty McFly and the Doc drove right into my heart. It's alright, imiation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? Regardless, these doors are only a minor part of what is known as the Renault Megane Coupe Concept.
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4:00 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Travis Hudson
3,710 views, 26 comments

Latest by Tom: qwerk: 30seconds, max more »

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Alfa Romeo 8C Spider Is So Dreamy

Ok, we can't get enough of the Alfa 8C Spider. It's just too beautiful. So why stop at the mere pictures from yesterday? Let's add us some official video of the unveil for you to sink your teeth into. No, the car doesn't move. No, you can't hear the sonorous V8. No, we don't understand what that guy is saying. But do we care? No. We just want to stare at it. Forever. We think we hear it in a dark expo center in Geneva as it cries out to us "I love you!" Or that may have just been us.

3:30 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Mark Arnold
1,216 views, 9 comments

Latest by Number_Six: At least Alfa doesn't feel the need to introduce a new corporate face every three years and model it on more »

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2009 Infiniti FX50 Lands In Geneva, Impresses Booth Professionals With 5.0 Liter V8

Remember when only muscle cars had 390 horsepower? Of course you don't. Therefore, it shan't give thee pause the new 2009 Infiniti FX50 has the same. That by way of Nissan's 5.0 liter V8 — that outpowers BMW's X5 4.8i — over a seven-speed transmission. Other than a significant facelift, the longtime oddball SUV gets a four-wheel double-wishbone suspension with active Continuous Damping Control (CDC); four-wheel active steering and intelligent brake assist. The most notable interior feature, other than the 11-speaker Bose audio system and active safety gewgaws like intelligent cruise control and Distance Control Assist (DCA), is the new 360-degree Around View Monitor system, shared with its smaller EX counterpart. The FX50 will hit the US mid-year before a European ship date in the fall, followed by stoplight-to-stoplight guffaws involving errant X5s in Basel.

1:45 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Mike Spinelli
5,038 views, 29 comments

Latest by litespeed74: I think it's pretty bad ass. I was wondering if they were going to drastically change the style but in more »

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DOTS Geneva: Citroen 2CV

We haven't run the numbers, but there is an assumption the Citroen 2CV makes a decent showing when scored by our official guidelines. We caught this one parked alongside the Eglise Russa (Russian Church) and couldn't help but snap away like it was freshly unveiled. The French horse was tucked in tight and of course passers by assumed we were either French or insane while standing in the road admiring its underpowered glory.

1:30 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
816 views, 26 comments

Latest by ShantJ: @TylerE: Um... how does the jalop=o-meter work? more »