| F Sport, Schmeff Schport: This LS Should Be Lexus’s Answer to Germany’s Luxury Rockets |
Dec 4th, 2012 |
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For some, the politically correct “hybrid” act at Lexus has become a bit overplayed. The brand was founded on ultra-high-quality cars: The first LS blew everyone away with its pitch-perfect S-class impersonation, the first-gen RX crossover was a better M-class, and the long-gestating LFA is one of the best supercars ever created, having toppled the [...]
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| Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 162 |
Dec 4th, 2012 |
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| 2014 Lexus IS Sedan Prototype Drive: A Mini-GS in Pretty Much Every Way |
Dec 4th, 2012 |
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The 2014 Lexus IS sedan is scheduled to debut at the Detroit auto show this January. The first wholesale redesign of the model since 2006, the new IS has been redesigned from nose to tail. On our prototype drive, Lexus revealed a lot about the IS, but the styling is one of the many secrets [...]
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| Mercedes to Launch Four-Cylinder Diesel E250 4MATIC, ML250 Here Next Year |
Dec 4th, 2012 |
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It sounds plenty conventional for today’s auto industry: Mercedes-Benz will downsize engines in two of its cars next year, replacing six-cylinder engines with turbocharged inline-fours. But this ain’t conventional—these are diesels. This is a big move for Benz, and—at least in the E-class—we think it’s going to be a home run. Some months after the [...]
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| Report: Mitsubishi Buyers Have Lowest Credit Scores of All Brands |
Dec 4th, 2012 |
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There are few things that can kill a car deal quicker than a credit score. The salesman can spend hours on an excellent test drive, building customer rapport, and negotiating a fair deal, but when the finance department discovers a poor credit score the deal can go sideways faster than a Motor Trend road test [...]
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| Your Move, Ford: Galpin Auto Sports to Build 1000-HP Ford GT Successor |
Dec 4th, 2012 |
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Galpin Auto Sports president Beau Boeckmann announced plans to build an unofficial successor to the Ford GT supercar during the 2012 LA Auto Show. If built, the proposed supercar would be called the GTR-1. Our friends at Hot Rod learned some new info about Galpin’s latest creation, which hopes to continue where the Ford GT [...]
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| 2013 Motor Trend Truck of the Year Contender: Ram 1500 |
Dec 4th, 2012 |
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There’s no single magic bullet that will meet every truck owner’s needs, so even an entry payload model range like the 2013 Ram 1500 has to have far more breadth and depth than its forebears of a decade ago did. To demonstrate its half-ton’s ability to cover the entire market, Ram delivered an SLT equipped [...]
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| Replicas in Bulk: Go to Costco, Come Home with a Shelby Cobra Clone |
Dec 4th, 2012 |
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Costco is known for offering killer deals on products sold in bulk – where else can you go to stock your bathroom with a year’s supply (or more, in some cases) of two-ply toilet paper for cheap? For the gearhead looking to fill out his or her garage with tools and equipment, Costco now has [...]
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| Video Find: Sexy Lady, Live Scorpion Star in New 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth Cabrio Ad |
Dec 4th, 2012 |
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A new ad for the 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth Cabrio could’ve ended very badly. The commercial spot, titled “Topless,” starts out with the typical elements we’d expect to see in an ad for the Italian hot hatch. There’s the sexy lady in a two-piece bikini sunbathing on a beach, her clothes and hat strewn on [...]
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| Kia Pro_Cee’d GT, Cee’d GT Models Confirmed, Offer 201 hp — Should They Come Here? |
Dec 4th, 2012 |
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We previously heard that Kia was working on a Volkswagen GTI fighter, but it looks like one Korean GTI killer is actually two. Kia confirmed that its three-door Pro_cee’d GT and five-door Cee’d GT are on their way to European markets — but should the duo come to the U.S.? The cars are both variants [...]
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