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Ford reveals production Fiesta ST
Filed under: Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Hatchback , Ford This is the production version of the Ford Fiesta ST, and except for the fact that it's missing a couple of doors, it looks just like the Fiesta ST Concept we saw at the Los Angeles Auto Show last year. Of course, the two-door version is cooler, which should be all the clue you need that we won't be getting it in America. Ford is, however, "open to the idea" of bringing it here
Continue reading...Mazda debuts "Revolution" ad to promote new Skyactiv tech
20. February 2012
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Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Technology , Videos , Crossover , Mazda Mazda hasn't turned its back on "Zoom-Zoom" in the least, but from now on the double onomatopoeia takes its orders from the company's SkyActiv technologies. Mazda has been prepping us for the suite of engineering innovations that it plans to use to make its cars, like the 2013 CX-5 , more Earth-friendly but just as much fun to drive, and company CEO Takashi Yamanouchi got big into it during the LA Auto Show
Continue reading...2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible is your toupee’s worst nightmare
8. February 2012
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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.
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5. March 2012
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