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Cadillac Aims To Distance Itself From GM

With a bankruptcy and bailout all unfolding over months last year, it goes without saying that the image of General Motors as a brand was tarnished significantly. Prior to this period, someone at GM had the bright (not!) idea of adding a small GM badge to every one of its vehicles and brands. The company has [...]

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Lamborghini Posts $47.6 Million Loss, Sales Decline

Conventional thinking is that in times of economic turbulence, companies of non-essential high-end products like Lamborghini would suffer greatly. For the year of 2008 at least, Lamborghini bucked that, posting both a sales and profit increase. Problems accelerated significantly in 2009 though, and reality set in for everyone – including Lamborghini. Lets take a look at [...]

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VIDEO: Audi RS5 Meets Up with the Ur-Quattro

We’re big fans of Audis here at CarThrottle, especially the ones that go fast! The new Audi RS5, introduced at the Geneva Auto Show, definitely falls into that category. The standard A5 is already one of our favorite vehicles that we can’t wait to get our hands on, and the RS model doesn’t make things [...]

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2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupé Review

Test vehicle: 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8L V6 with 6-speed ZF Shiftronic Automatic Transmission Throughout the history of the automotive industry and other industries too, there have been times (admittedly rare) when a company not only manages to survive in a difficult climate, but thrive. An example of that would no doubt have to be Hyundai [...]

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Geneva 2010: Lexus CT 200h

The new small Lexus has been a long time coming. At last year’s Frankfurt Auto Show, the LF-CH Concept was introduced, previewing the production version to come. A teaser was released a little bit ago of the car as well. The introduction in Geneva is fitting given that Lexus intends for the car to spearhead the [...]

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Geneva 2010: Porsche Cayenne

One of the most emblematic and landmark vehicles of the previous decade has no doubt been the Porsche Cayenne. Porsche purists moaned and complained about its introduction, saying a Porsche emblem could never rightfully grace an SUV. Years later, the debate still rages. What cannot be debated, however, is the incredible success that it has had. With [...]

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Lexus LFA Gets An Official Pricetag

The Lexus LFA and its whole buying process has been one of the most extensively covered in the automotive industry. We’re convinced its a ploy to keep it consistently in the news. But, that is our job – to bring you the news. Until now, the Lexus LFA’s pricetag for the United States market hasn’t been [...]

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Infiniti To Debut New Production Model at Geneva

The Nissan LEAF electric car has made a big splash – it is a big commitment to full-electric vehicles by a large automaker. It is only fitting then that Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury brand, would be getting one as well. Every luxury brand is eager to get it on the eco-conscious market and be a leader in [...]

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A New Porsche 928, Rendered

One of the most persistent rumors lately has been the introduction of a new Porsche 928. When the original car came out it was thought that one day it could replace the venerable 911. Obviously, that didn’t work out quite like Porsche anticipated. Porsche has expanded quite a bit since then, introducing the Panamera, whose platform [...]

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VIDEO: Porsche Panamera V-6

We look forward to the videos released by manufacturers for the action that most of them have. Or at least, seeing something that hasn’t come out before. The Porsche Panamera V-6 is new, so Porsche released a video of it. Got to hand it to them – besides a walk around (like Audi and Infiniti), this [...]

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