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eBay Find of the Day: The ‘Nunrunner’ V10-powered eight-door Dodge Dart Limowagon [w/VIDEO]
Filed under: Time Warp , Wagons/Estates , Auction Action , Etc. , Videos , Dodge , Special/Limited Editions 1962 Dodge Dart limo 'Nunrunner' - Click above for high-res image gallery And now for something completely different. We can't recall ever seeing another vehicle quite like this 1962 Dodge Dart, which was converted into a limo wagon that was supposedly intended for the Vatican and later sold to a Catholic Church in Kentucky - and that's probably for the best.
Continue reading...Spy Video: Porsche Cayman Shooting Brake caught on camera phone?
8. July 2009
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Filed under: Spy Photos , Sports/GTs , Wagons/Estates , Videos , Hatchbacks , Porsche Camera phones are turning into quite an asset in this business, as readers of various automotive news sites across the interwebs and around the world have turned into legions of spy photographers. In this instance, one such reader-turned-paparazzo (apparently in Italy, no less) caught on video what appears to be some sort of Porsche Cayman Shooting Brake test mule. Looking something like the product of a one-night-stand between said Porsche and either a Volvo C30 or an original BMW Z3-based M Coupe, the supposed mule is wearing all black, but apart from that, it appears to be undisguised
Continue reading...BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo may write epitaph for model’s wagon bodystyle in America
8. July 2009
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Filed under: Wagons/Estates , Crossovers/CUVs , BMW BMW 5 Series Sports Wagon - Click above for high-res image gallery Autoblog road test editor Damon Lavrinc is in Spartanburg, South Carolina to drive BMW's new all-conquering X6M , and in between bouts with the monster-motor'd crossover, he has had a chance to bend the ear of Martin Berkmann, manager of product planning for BMW North America, about another new capacious Bimmer - the 5 Series Gran Turismo . Given the Bayern brand's increasingly crowded stable, it should come as no surprise that the boundary-blurring 5GT may result in the death of the sole 5 Series Sports Wagon model offered here in the States (a 530i model is shown)
Continue reading...Honda Accord Crosstour officially confirmed for Fall 2009 as 2010 model
7. July 2009
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Filed under: Wagons/Estates , Crossovers/CUVs , Hatchbacks , Honda Honda Accord Crosstour spy shots - Click above for image gallery In what is doubtlessly the briefest press release we'll read today, Honda has finally officially confirmed what we've known for some time now - the Japanese automaker will gain a new genre-crossing model called Accord Crosstour, with sales earmarked to begin this fall as a 2010 model.
Continue reading...REPORT: BMW 335i Gran Turismo dialed in for 2011
2. July 2009
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Filed under: Wagons/Estates , BMW According to a report by InsideLine, BMW is set to expand its wagonesque line-up by one in 2011 with the introduction of the 335i Gran Turismo. The 3 series-based crossover takes its inspiration from the 2011 BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo , with a sloping X6-like hatch that will feature the same two-stage tailgate on the 5 series GT, allowing owners to open either the small trunk or complete hatch.
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9. July 2009
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