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• Ford Taurus SHO & Fusion Hybrid receive ‘2010 Urban Autos of the Year’ award

  
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  On Wheels Media’s award for the Urban Automobile of the Year goes to the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO. On Wheels Media has been staging this award for 14 years now. Randi Payton, president and publisher of On Wheels Media, said that the award is given to cars that “resonate with the majority of new car [...]
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• Lotus celebrates F1 return with Lotus Exige S Type 72

  
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  Lotus is celebrating its return to F1 by paying a tribute to its Lotus Type 72 Formula One car, which won 20 Grand Prix victories between 1970 and 1975. The new Lotus Exige S Type 72 features a black and gold exterior finished by the same sign writer who painted the race cars for Team Lotus. The special-edition model ...
  2 days ago

• A.R.T. G Streetline based on Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG

  
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  The Mercedes-Benz G55K AMG-based A.R.T. G Streetline was recently unveiled at the Dubai Motor Show. It follows the A.R.T. AS55K YAAS EDITION, a one-off vehicle created for the Royal Family of Abu Dhabi. Its modifications are revealed to be extensive and to affect every aspect of the vehicle. For the exterior, the car ...
  2 days ago

• Rumor: Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake coming to the Paris Motor Show

  
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  Speculation is mounting that Daimler will be bringing a Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake to the Paris Motor Show this October. It actually shouldn’t come as a surprise since the Porsche Panamera had received favorable feedbacks, according to our Dutch sources.It is believed that the new CLS model will get a market ...
  2 days ago

• 2010 Volvo XC60 priced from $42,400

  
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  Volvo fans can expect that in the coming year, the R-Design package to the XC60 will be released. Priced from $42,400, the 2010 Volvo XC60 has sportier driving dynamics and looks. Actually, a standard Volvo XC60 T6 starts at just over $39,000.Standard equipment includes the top-of-the-line 281-hp turbocharged ...
  3 days ago

• 2011 Kia Sorento priced at $19,995

  
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  Pricing for the 2011 Kia Sorento has been revealed through Kia’s consumer website. It turns out that it’s actually not as expensive as it was initially estimated to be.For a starter model that is priced at $19,995 (plus $795 in destination charges), you’ll get a five-seat unibody crossover with a 2.4-liter ...
  3 days ago

• Fully loaded Ford Fiesta will carry a premium price of more than $23000

  
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  Are you ready to pay premium prices for small cars? Ford Motor Co. seems to think so as it will charge more than $23,000 for a fully loaded Fiesta, a car that’s smaller than the Focus.The market for small cars has long been dominated by budget shoppers. But Jim Farley, Ford’s group vice president [...]
  3 days ago

• 2009 Ford Focus RS by Mcchip makes 401-hp

  
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  At the 2010 Detroit Auto Show next month, F oMoCo will unveil the next-generation Ford Focus . Of course, we’d eventually like to see Ford bring the European Focus RS hot-hatch to the states so we can do things like this to it. Meet the Ford Focus RS by Mcchip – a German based tuner that thought 300-hp was just ...
  3 days ago

• Volume Sales of Plug-In Toyota Prius to Begin in Two Years

  
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  Toyota will start leasing 150 of its Prius plug-in hybrids in the United States this winter and plans retail sales of tens of thousands in two years. The North American arrival, scheduled for around February, is part of a global rollout of 600 units. With a longer electric-only cruise range than the standard ...
  3 days ago

• 2010 Toyota Prius pricing increased! 2011 Camry starting from $26,400!

  
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  Pricing for Toyota’s lineup, including the extensively upgraded 2011 Sienna, has been revealed. For most of the vehicles, the starting prices are noticeably down a bit compared to the current models but this isn’t the case with the Prius and Camry.At the bottom of the Sienna presser, there’s a chart illustrating ...
  4 days ago

• Chrysler’s stand in Detroit to show Fiat 500 electric, Ferrari 458 Italia, Maserati GranCabrio

  
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  As reported earlier this morning, Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group LLC will show a Lancia derived Chrysler vehicle at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show next month. According to Automotive News , Chrysler will also show an electric version of the Fiat 500 minicar. Sources say that Chrysler has no immediate plans to sell either ...
  4 days ago

• 2011 Toyota Sienna priced at $25,060

  
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  The completely redesigned 2011 Toyota Sienna will cost $280 less than buying a 2010 model. Toyota revealed the model is priced from $25,060, including $800 for destination. That price puts you into a base Sienna, equipped with a new 2.7-liter I-4 and a six-speed automatic transmission.The I-4 enables the Sienna to ...
  4 days ago

• Breaking: Next-generation Audi Q7 to take on Bmw X6

  
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  According to our sources from Ingolstadt, it appears that Audi is seriously considering in giving a punch to the Bmw X6 and the brand new Acura ZDX. So, what is the German manufacturing planning? Well, it seems that a new Audi Q7 will come in 2013 in two different versions: a 7-seat long version, just [...]
  4 days ago

• 2011 Bmw 5-Series by Lumma Design

  
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  A new kit for the 2011 BMW 5-Series F10 is now up for grabs. The tuning firms TopCar and Cardi, which are from Russia, and Germany-based Lumma Design have decided to collaborate for an aggressive styling package that will boost performance. The renderings show that that the car will keep its bulging nose and [...]
  5 days ago

• Honda to unveil new small car concept on Jan. 5

  
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  On January 5, Toyota will unveil a new compact car concept for the Indian market at the 10 Auto Expo New Delhi Show. According to The Wall Street Journal , No.2 Japanese automaker Honda will also use the show “globally premiere a new concept small” car. The concept will hint at a subcompact vehicle for the ...
  5 days ago

• Ford hoping to catch premium prices with 2011 Fiesta

  
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  Ford is poised to evolve the small-car market to include premium priced vehicles with the introduction of the 2011 Ford Fiesta which, fully loaded, will command a price in excess of $23,000. With the price already announced, Ford has been able to lock down 1,000 orders, says FoMoCo group VP of global marketing Jim ...
  5 days ago

• More production Honda CR-Z Hybrid brochure images leaked, interior revealed

  
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  About two weeks ago, the folks over at Temple of VTec received some leaked images from a JDM Honda CR-Z Hybrid coupe brochure. Today, the site has received some more images, but this time we get to see some interior shots and unlike last time, they are all in high-res. The Honda CR-Z Hybrid will go on sale in the ...
  5 days ago

• Ford dealers having trouble getting some versions of the 2010 Taurus

  
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  Because Ford Motor Co. failed to accurately predict which variants of the 2010 Taurus would be highly popular and how many should be produced, its dealers are now having difficulty getting hold of some versions, such as SEL and SHO trims. Jim Farley, Ford’s group vice president of global marketing, said that it’s ...
  5 days ago

• Ford readying its first global marketing launch of 2011 Focus

  
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  Ford Motor Co. is preparing to unveil the new Focus, at the Detroit Auto Show next month. It will be Ford’s first global marketing launch of a mass-market car.Instead of using the dozens of various ad campaigns that were used globally when the first Focus arrived in 1999 as a 2000 model, Ford will use [...]
  5 days ago

• 2010 Kia Ignition Soul: A second-special edition Soul starting at $17,500

  
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  The 2010 Kia Soul has won numerous accolades since it starting making its way to dealerships. The winner of two “Top Safety Pick” awards from the IIHS and the winner of the “Grooviest Interior” for Kelley Blue Book’s 2009 Coolest Cars Under $18,000 now has a special-edition model – the 2010 Kia Ignition ...
  6 days ago

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