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Jaguar XF Police Cars On Duty in England

27. April 2010

Hello God? It’s me, Tony. Are you jerking me around? Seriously man. I know we don’t talk all that often – oh and hey, I really want to thank you for Caitlin – but I really want to know just what the Hell your thinking letting Jaguars being turned into cop cars. Honestly, man. Yes, [...]

Peugeot 308 1.6THP Review: Performance Car Or….?

22. April 2010

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Peugeot 308 1.6THP Review: Performance Car Or….?

What is a Performance Car? According to some it is a car that is fast and handles well. Some would expand this by saying that a performance car must look its part too, a swoopy body like what a Ferrari has or something with ‘GTI’ badging, large exhaust tips, big fat arches and tires to [...]

VW Amarok priced at $35k in Europe

20. April 2010

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So Volkswagen finally announces pricing for its Amarok 4 door pick up. Bottom line: €26,203, or $35,260 U.S. And it was widely speculated whether VW was going to bring this truck to the U.S. or not. Guess the answer to that is a resounding not. That is a lot of money for a newcomer to [...]

Lancia Delta HF Integrale EVO Stretch Limousine

16. February 2010

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Lancia Delta HF Integrale EVO Stretch Limousine

Ottengami la mia lama così posso tagliare il fronte del cane che lo ha insultato!! I mean seriously. Limosines are bad enough as they are, you know, but this? Yes, this is no joke (or if it is, it’s a very bad joke). Someone decided that what the world was missing was a Lancia limo. [...]

My Eyes! My EYES!!!! Protoscar Lampo 2 Revealed Before Geneva

5. February 2010

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My Eyes! My EYES!!!! Protoscar Lampo 2 Revealed Before Geneva

Do you have to make electric vehicles look ugly? No, you don’t. The Fisker Karma is quite attractive, and that’s even a sedan, but this? This, sadly, is the Protoscar Lampo 2. A Swiss EV that has been highly anticipated by some, but I bet this will cool their ardor slightly. Protoscar describe themselves as [...]

Citroen U55 Cityrama Currus

22. January 2010

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“Wow, is this for real,” is what I literally said out loud when I saw this. Short answer: Yes. Of course it’s French. Citroen made the darn thing back in the 1950s for a Paris tour operator Groupe Cityrama. Groupe Cityrama commissioned the French coachbuilder Currus to build their tour bus on a Citroen U55 [...]

The Return Of The Bugazzi

17. December 2009

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Really? Did people every really drive cars like this in any sort of serious way? I mean, yeah, I get it, this thing is a custom and all that, and a custom by George Barris (The King of The Kustomizes) to boot – and that guy was anything but subtle and restrained, but the last [...]

Official Photos of 2010 Aston Martin Cygnet

16. December 2009

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Official Photos of 2010 Aston Martin Cygnet

Really Aston Martin? You’re really going to go through with this? Remember when the guys that owned the rights to the James Bond films thought that Pierce Brosnan was a good idea? What we have here, the coming in 2010 Aston Martin Cygnet is the automotive equivalent of that. Look, I understand. The world is [...]

100mph Record Breaking Lawn Mower

7. December 2009

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See, this is why they keep you on an island. It would seem that some Englishmen decided that what the world needed was not just a riding lawn mower capable of going 100 MPH, but they also want its top speed certified by the Guinness Book of World Records people. Sure, it’s good to have [...]

Lumma Design Twin-Supercharged BMW M5 CLR 730 RS

4. December 2009

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Lumma Design Twin-Supercharged BMW M5 CLR 730 RS

Uh-oh, der Germans have gotten into the Jagermiester and found the crayon box again. Check out this Twin-Supercharged BMW M5 CLR 730 RS from a tuning house called Lumma Design. Black and white on the outside, red and whit on the inside, and they went and made the blower intakes orange. The last time I [...]