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2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible is your toupee’s worst nightmare
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show , Convertible , Performance , Ford Slather on an extra glob of Gorilla Glue adhesive, as the 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Convertible is going to seriously strain hairpieces. Like its GT500 Coupe sibling, introduced late last year at the Los Angeles Auto Show , the drop-top is fitted with a supercharged 5.8-liter V8 making an astounding 650 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque, which makes it the most powerful eight-cylinder production engine in the universe. Ford says the new model, equipped with the optional Performance Package that includes Bilstein electronic adjustable dampers, is capable of running Sebring International Raceway about 3.5 seconds quicker per lap compared to the 2011 and 2012 models (both down 100 horsepower against the 2013 model).
Continue reading...2013 Porsche Panamera GTS w/video
31. January 2012
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Filed under: Performance , Europe , Hatchback , Porsche , First Drives , Luxury The Panamera That Can Win Over Purists The roads winding from the southernmost coast of Spain up to Ascari Race Resort near the town of Ronda are enough to bring telling tales out of any car that professes to have high performance intentions. What talented few acquit themselves well on these roads are then exposed to the 3.4-mile Ascari circuit, and that's usually enough to send most of them home in a huff of brake dust and blow-by. This time in the crucible, it's the 2012 Porsche Panamera GTS , a car first shown under the hard lights of November's Los Angeles Auto Show .
Continue reading...AOL Autos announces new Technology of the Year award
10. January 2012
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Filed under: CES With in-car technology coming fast and furious at this week's North American International Auto Show and the Consumer Electronics Show , it seems like the perfect week for AOL Autos , Autoblog , Translogic and Engadget to announce a new "Technology of the Year" Award program that will reward the best purveyors of new tech, and serve as a useful hub of info for our readers. At CES today, AOL Autos Editor-in-Chief David Kiley is announcing the new award, which will be rolled out throughout 2012, with a winner presented with the laurels at next year's CES.
Continue reading...Land Rover Defender concepts turn red for New Delhi w/video
6. January 2012
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Filed under: Concept Cars , SUV , Land Rover , India , Off-Road Land Rover took to the Delhi Auto Expo with a pair of Defender Concepts , demonstrating a few design possibilities Land Rover could pursue with the next-generation SUV. The company says it intends to launch the vehicle by 2015, which means the automaker has its work cut out for it if it plans to meet that deadline.
Continue reading...Lincoln getting its own ad agency?
19. December 2011
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Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Lincoln , Luxury Assuming the Mayans were not correct and there will still be a world in 2013 where people buy cars, Lincoln plans to be there commencing its rebirth: the 2013 MKZ overseen by Max Wolff will be the first model to reset the Lincoln brand. When there's a new story to be told, one often finds a new storyteller, so it's no surprise that Ford is setting up a "luxury-oriented boutique agency" in New York to handle Lincoln exclusively. The unnamed firm is being assembled in conjunction with Team Detroit, the agency currently overseeing Ford and Lincoln
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8. February 2012
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