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Entries from November 2008

BMW Museum: Night of the White Gloves Lets Visitors Touch Exhibits

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

BMW doesn’t mind if you touch their array of classic cars at the BMW Museum in Munich, but they would prefer that you don’t leave any fingerprints.
For a special, one night only event, BMW will host a “Night of the White Gloves” at its museum that will allow visitors to touch the exhibits on display.
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Litchfield Subaru Impreza STI Type-20 Makes 400 PS

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Subaru STI has always had a reputation as a tuner’s dream car thanks to a number of its “natural” characteristics, such as small turbo engines, AWD and superb handling. Litchfield are a prominent Subaru specialist and they now introduce the world – via Autosport show – to Litchfield Subaru Impreza STI Type-20, a hatch as [...]

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Audi R8 by Project Kahn

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Afzal Kahn is a busy guy. He’s CEO of Kahn Design and head of Project Kahn, which brings us this Audi R8. He’s also working on Kahn Pizza delivery, which promises to deliver your pizza in a supercar over 200,000 dollars in value or your money back.
Anyway, Project Kahn does the Audi R8. Kahn lowers [...]

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Rendered: Mercedes E-Class Coupe Convertible

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

As you know by now, the CLK has been morphed into the E-Class Coupe. You won’t be seeing that production model soon, since it will likely first be shown either at Geneva in March 2009 or the Frankfurt Motor Show later next September.
But we’ve seen the spy photos and now here is an artist’s rendition [...]

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JAPAN: Lamborghini Gallardo, BMW M5 and a Lancia Stratos turned into manga cars

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

See these cars right on these pictures? They are owned by one man, a matured gentleman by the name of Yoshida San. Yoshida is an avid gamer, in fact he is President of AGE SOFT, a videogame software house. Note the three customised cars; Lamborghini Gallardo, BMW M5 and Lancia Stratos are decorated Japan manga [...]

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Fiat 500 Abarth DA 0 A 100 Limited Edition

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Fiat have announced the introduction of a new limited edition 500 dedicated to Karl Abarth and his centenary this year. Named the Fiat 500 Abarth ‘DA 0 A 100′, rather tactfully referencing both the celebratory year and the Abarth’s somewhat spritely performance, the limited edition 500 will see just 101 examples and boast a range [...]

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Nissan 370Z Photographed on the street in Los Angeles

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

In a week’s time the world will be able to get a close shot at the new Nissan 370Z in the flesh at LA Auto Show. If the world cannot wait, there are these sneak peak images from GT-R-World which show the car snapping around in Los Angeles suburbs. Good colour too, Vibrant red, so [...]

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Michelin Develops Lunar Wheel for NASA Moon Rover Vehicles

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Michelin; to the moon and beyond? The relationship between tire manufacturer Michelin and NASA goes back more than 20 years, and Michelin is planning for another possible 20. Announcing a new lunar wheel for the next generation of NASA moon rover vehicles, Michelin’s David Stafford, chief operating officer of Michelin Americas Research Company, said:
“Michelin has [...]

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First Image of 1120hp 9ff GT9-R hits the Web

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

The folks over at 9ff have a serious addiction to speed. They spent the best part of a year developing the original 987 hp GT9. A monster of a machine that they managed to beat down the track at a death defying 409km/h, a good 2km/h faster than the Bugatti Veyron but just shy of [...]

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2009 Detroit Auto Show loses Ferrari, Rolls-Royce and Land Rover

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

With the financial crisis in full swing and bankruptcy rumors continuing to dog the big three, the North American International Auto Show in Detroit was already expected to have a rather somber tone this year. Now reports indicate that Ferrari, Rolls-Royce and Land Rover won’t be attending the show at all.
This is just the latest [...]

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