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Archive : Autos
RSS feedMercedes-Benz unveils 2012 model CLS four-door coupe
Posted by Naeem on September 1, 2010 · View Comments
The leaking of pics last week looks to have prompted Mercedes-Benz to officially unveil its 2012 model CLS, which will make its debut at this year’s Paris Motor Show. The car retains the long hood, frame-less side windows and sweeping roof of the car that was first introduced back in 2004 that is credited with pioneering the four-door coupe market. Although the dimensions are the same, the [...]
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Top 10 Most Expensive Cars 2010
Posted by Naeem on August 17, 2010 · View Comments
What is the most expensive car in the world? The 1931 Bugatti Royale Kellner Coupe was sold for $8,700,000 in 1987. However, that car and many alike will not be included in this list because it is not available on the market today. It is hard to imagine someone would actually spend 8 million dollars on a car instead of using it for something more productive.
However, if you have the money and [...]
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Top 10 Fastest cars 2010
Posted by Naeem on August 17, 2010 · View Comments
Wondering why you need to go to college and get a degree? Well there are many obvious choices such as better jobs, more money, self improvement, etc. But then you may ask, well what do I do with a good job and more money? Well here are the Top 10 Fastest production cars in the world for 2010, take a look at the price tags. You won’t be able to afford these cars working at McDonalds
1. SSC Ultimate [...]
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Priestmanngoode unveils new high speed train concept for Britain
Posted by Naeem on July 26, 2010 · View Comments
In an effort to persuade the UK Government to move forward with the project as soon as possible, design studio, Pristmanngoode, has unveiled its high speed train concept, the Mercury. The company has previously worked with Chinese rolling stock manufacturer, Sifang, to design high speed trains for China and other parts of the world and now believes that a new high speed train is vital for the [...]
BLOODHOUND team unveils 1:1 scale replica of the car out to smash the world land speed record
Posted by Naeem on July 23, 2010 · View Comments
The UK team behind the BLOODHOUND Project announced a number of significant milestones this week on the way to their goal of setting a new world land speed record. The biggest – or at least the longest – was the unveiling of a 1:1 scale replica of the car that the team believes will smash the current land speed record of 763 mph (just under 1,228 km/h) set in 1997.
The life size Show Car that [...]
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BMW’s iDrive Gets Improved Apple iOS Functionality
Posted by Naeem on July 12, 2010 · View Comments
BMW is evolving the integration of iPod Touch in Bimmer which will be available in 2011. It is also expected that BMW will include iPhone OS applications support to its iDrive which will enhance user experience with other Apple iDevices.
Watch out the video to know about BMW’s plan about Apple iDevices support.
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Chinese university students build KIRF Bugatti Veyron all-electric vehicle from discarded cigarette packs (video)
Posted by Naeem on June 7, 2010 · View Comments
In order to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking (or to make cigarettes look even cooler — we’re not sure which) a group of five students at Xi’an University in China have built an all-electric Bugatti Veyron entirely out of old cigarette boxes. This bad boy is the same size as the world-renowned touring car — a feat which took 10,280 packs of cigarettes and eight [...]
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Japanese team sets new standard: 1000km on a single charge
Posted by Naeem on June 5, 2010 · View Comments
Giving us yet another reason to get behind electric, the Japan Electric Vehicle Club recently exceeded its own Guinness record for longest distance driven without recharging, achieving a staggering 1,003.184 km (or about 623 miles).
The club’s Mira EV, a modified Daihatsu Mira, was powered by a Sanyo battery system containing more than 8,320 lithium-ion batteries, the very same kind found [...]
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World’s largest auto mall has a race track on top
Posted by Naeem on May 21, 2010 · View Comments
Those ambitious Turks in Istanbul must be planning to sell a lot of cars. They’re building the gigantic Autopia Europia auto mall, the biggest in the world, giving you a full race track on top to test cars before you drive one home.
Under construction now, the five-story, 708,661-square-foot building will have room for 200 car galleries, displaying 2526 different kinds of vehicles. Meanwhile, [...]
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The Chrysler-Designed 2009 Mitsubishi Raider
Posted by Naeem on April 26, 2010 · View Comments
The Mitsubishi Raider, a restyled version of the Dodge Dakota midsize pickup, ended production in 2009. For its final model year, it came only with a V6 engine; Mitsubishi dropped the optional V8 in 2007. The Raider’s sole engine was a Chrysler-designed 3.7-liter V6. Known as EKG, this 12-valve, SOHC engine is part of Chrysler’s PowerTech family. It is essentially a six-cylinder version [...]
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