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Many cars have been sidelined by the usual mechanical problems, but some have just kept on going around and around and around. With the first session of racing over, we've got three Germans and two Japanese in the top five. A (Read More)
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You've seen the Angry Hamster Racing V65 Magna-powered Honda Z600 under construction, and of course you're familiar with the LeMons-winning CBR900-powered Geo Metro-Gnome… but the engineering behind these two machines pushes (Read More)
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Two teenagers were killed in Milford, Connecticut on June 13 by a speeding police car. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the video has finally been released to the public. Warning: graphic footage below. According the (Read More)
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Two teenagers were killed in Milford, Connecticut on June 13 by a speeding police car. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the video's finally been released to the public. Warning: graphic crash footage below. According (Read More)
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A new nose, a new front differential, and a button on the dash that says "Tarmac." Is the 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander GT the Lancer Evolution of SUVs, or just another… er… pretty face? Full Disclosure: Mitsubishi flew us out to (Read More)
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Scooby-doo had trouble pronouncing anything but Rs. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has the mystery of a Rot Rod that should have been a Miata — if it weren't for its meddling owner. The '88 M3 drove you all to frothing-at-th (Read More)
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This year, people aren't thinking about buying a car the IIHS considers one of the 27 safest for 2010. They're thinking about pink slips, erectile dysfunction, and suicide. According to the IIHS, these people should buy Toyot (Read More)
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Like all brands, Mazda gets porkier every year, its vehicles adding 80 lbs with each successive redesign. Now Mazda says it plans to hit the gym, reducing vehicle weight by at least 220 lbs beginning in 2011. How, Ultra Slim- (Read More)
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The 6th Annual Design Challenge winner will be announced at the LA Auto Show, picked from this selection of six radical concepts designed for sale in thirty years to appeal to the cell phone, internet and Guitar Hero generati (Read More)
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The IIHS has been on a crusade lately to expose automakers for the high price of repairs in low-speed crashes. Subaru's apparently paying attention, redesigning their 2010 Legacy's bumpers to jump from "poor" to "acceptable." (Read More)
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Get ready for the final race of the 2009 season, taking place in two weeks at chilly Thunderhill Raceway! More cars than ever before, and the most staggeringly wrong collection of vehicles ever seen on the same track. Ah, th (Read More)
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The Suzuki Kizashi is competitive with the other mid-size sedans in terms of performance, but no one is going to buy one unless it's competitive on price. At $18,999 for a well-equipped base model it could be a Sonata-killer. (Read More)
New York Times:
You get a lot of car for your money with a Mazdaspeed 3, but no amount of checked option boxes or dealer haggling will get you an automatic transmission. The Mazdaspeed 3 only comes with a 6-speed manual transmission.
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If you've ever seen a Mazda rotary engine or driven an RX, you've wanted the same powerplant plopped into the nose of a Miata. Mike Burlas Design has done just that and thrown in a turbo. Not only is this Miata equipped with (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares edged lower in early trading Wednesday in Tokyo, with financials leading the declines. Japan's Nikkei 225 Average fell 0.1% to 9,788.81, and the Topix shed 0.4% to 876.65, with Aozora Ba (Read More)
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TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Ford Motor Co., the Dearborn, Mich., automaker, said that two senior executives in the Asia-Pacific and Africa region would retire. John Parker, executive vice president for Asia-Pacific and Africa, (Read More)
Jalopnik:
Did you think the LeMons-winning CBR900RR-powered Geo Metro Gnome is a good idea? Well, then you're going to love this car, which is even now being prepared for next month's Arse Freeze-a-Palooza LeMons! I first heard from t (Read More)
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LeMons race #20 took place last weekend, and we saw a BMW win for the third time. That brings BMW closer to Mazda's and Toyota's five LeMons wins apiece. Let's go check out the other 122 cars now! We had our first-ever Britis (Read More)
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TOKYO/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen said business remained tough after third-quarter earnings plunged on Thursday, while Japan's Mazda predicted a smaller full-year operating loss. (Read More)
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Enjoyable cars are neither expensive nor bad for the environment, argues Joe Eaton of Rumblenote in Slate, when you use them as replacements for boring cars that spend all their life stuck in traffic. Eaton presents the follo (Read More)