Twin-Turbo Ford GT burns to an ironic crisp [Video]

Even on fire this 1,000-horsepower twin-turbo Ford GT is kind of sexy. Just look at the outline in the flames. Despite the sadness we feel at seeing a GT burn to the ground, there's a bit of schadenfreude in it for you Ferrari enthusiasts out there. More »

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More Weird Diecast Cars To Clog Up My Desk: Malaise Detroit, Warsaw Pact

Once the word gets out that a 24 Hours of LeMons judge has a thing for oddball toy cars, racers will scour the earth to find increasingly obscure and/or terrible examples. What goes with a Leyland P76 and a Nissan Prairie? Well, a 1:24 scale ’74 Gremlin, for starters. The employees of the Chinese factory [...]

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2011 Lexus IS F ? Short Take Road Test

In revising the IS F?s suspension, Lexus reinvents its sport sedan. The corporate line at Lexus is that the IS F was never intended to dethrone the BMW M3 as the world?s greatest sports sedan. We, like the general public, never believed it. Just look at the two cars? spec sheets: Both are based on [...]

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BMW exploring two new safety innovations

This week in Germany, BMW unveiled a pair of new safety technologies aimed at curtailing one of the most common types of incidents in that country -- impacts caused by driver inattention while making a left- or U-turn.

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Volkswagen to Launch Car-Sharing Program in Hanover, Germany

Volkswagen is launching a car-sharing program in the German city of Hanover, dubbing the enterprise ?Quicar ? Share a Volkswagen.? Initial plans call for 200 VW Golf BlueMotions to be available at 50 locations throughout Hanover, and the picture above seems to indicate something’s afoot with the latest Beetle, too. Other than the fuel-efficient fleet, [...]

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Mugen releases first photos of its supercharged Honda CR-Z

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Honda CR-Z Mugen - Click above for high-res image gallery

That Honda could have done more with the CR-Z than the lukewarm hybrid sport-hatch that resulted is no big news. But Mugen is here to highlight the point.

After teasing us with some initial details, a rendering and a shot of the engine bay, the pseudo-works Honda tuner has released the first photos of the modified CR-Z it is preparing to unveil at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July.

Performance figures haven't been finalized just yet, but earlier, Mugen pegged combined output from the supercharged 1.5-liter four and electric assist at 197 horsepower and 181 pound-feet of torque. Combined with the 110 pounds of weight shaved off the chassis, Mugen figures that ought to be enough to make the custom CR-Z match the acceleration times of the Civic Type R.

Unfortunately, this is strictly a concept car for the time being, but there's no telling what could result from enough positive response. Follow the jump for the press release and check out the trio of images in the high-res gallery.

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Energy Secretary Chu says $20,000, 350-mile electric vehicle possible by 2017

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Steven ChuLast Friday, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa celebrated the installation of Coulomb Technologies' 500th plug-in vehicle charging station. That's interesting in and of itself, but it was something Chu said that captured our attention. First, Chu opened with this obligatory statement:
The Department of Energy is happy to be a part of this, but more importantly we're very happy to be really trying to push for the electrification of vehicles in the U.S. The reason is very simple. We have to diversify our transportation energy.
Then, with some overly optimistic claims thrown in, Chu discussed the future of plug-ins, stating that batteries are the "heart" of electric vehicles, adding that the Department of Energy (DOE) is funding research to slash the cost of batteries by 50 percent within the next three to four years. Chu continued by claiming that batteries will boast double, or perhaps even triple, the energy density within six years:
These are magical distances. To buy a car that will cost $20,000 to $25,000 without a subsidy where you can go 350 miles is our goal.
Magical, indeed. Do we have the wizards to pull it off? Hat tip to Josh!

[Source: Los Angeles Times]

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Report: Chrysler To Repay Government Loans By End Of Month

Chrysler has struck a deal to refinance its debt, which will give the automaker the ability to repay $7.5 billion in government loans as early as next week, according to The Detroit News. The automaker will offer $3.5 billion in bonds, details to be announced, and will fund the remainder via a $1.3 billion cash infusion from Fiat and a new $2.5...


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