Austrian motorcycle builder KTM today released the first images of a scale model of its new X-Bow (crossbow) roadster. The model was built for wind-tunnel testing, has a scale of 1:2.5 and corresponds in almost every detail with the final car. The first prototype of the car, which will be unveiled at the Geneva [...]
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Volvo has elected not to replace its high-performance V70R following the launch of the next-generation V70. Volvo says the new 280 hp T6 model partly fills that gap and will remain the top-of-the-line V70 for the foreseeable future, according to Autocar.
Volvo says it will also not offer a
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Ferrari and HAMANN - a combination to set the pulse racing of all fans of Italian sports cars. The vehicle tuning specialist from Laupheim, Germany, has various new details and a power boost up its sleeve for the latest model from the Maranello stable. The power is produced by fitting an HAMANN high-performance sports header [...]
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Images from the show floor at the Chicago Auto Show provide us with an early glimpse of the 2008 Pontiac G8, which will be officially revealed later this week. The photos show a projector screen at the Pontiac booth displaying a promotional video of the G8.
The images were captured via one of [...]
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Over the years, we have heard a lot of gripes about unreliable luxury cars.
Lamborghini’s LM002 “had the durability of a potato chip,” one car-industry analyst remarked. Your typical Land Rover, one reader wrote, is “as reliable as a drunken house painter.”
And there
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Volkswagen's new CEO Martin Winterkorn intends to fill "lucrative market niches" with new models over the coming years. The plan aims to boost profit while shrinking capacity.
"The Volkswagen brand is
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Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premiere of the new Hakaze design concept at the 77th annual Geneva International Motor Show to be held from Tuesday, March 6 through Sunday, March 18, 2007. Officially titled the Salon International de l’Auto de Genève, the press days are March 6 and 7, and the public days [...]
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Honda will present the "Small Hybrid Sports Concept" at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The debut follows Toyota's launch of FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept in January.
"Honda Small Hybrid Sports Concept represents Honda's proposal
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BMW will offer an eight-speed automatic transmission in 2009, according to industry sources cited by Automotive News and consultancy CSM Worldwide. The transmission is being developed by ZF Friedrichshafen.
It will debut as part of the next-generation 7-Series sedan. It will help the German luxury car maker compete with the Lexus LS460,
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is to unveil the European market version of the Outlander on-road SUV and to display the Prototype-X concept for the next-generation high-performance 4WD sedan at the 77th Geneva International Motor Show in March. The 2007 Geneva Motor Show runs from March 6 through March 18 at the Geneva Palexpo exhibition and conference [...]
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