Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 [Morning Shift]

This is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/jalopnik/full/~3/Wgfzs7TH1rc/wednesday-april-27th-2011

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Will lasers replace spark plugs? [Car Tech]

Like Jello molds, spark plugs haven't changed much since their invention 150 years ago. Now, researchers say they can use lasers to ignite an internal combustion engine's fuel/air mixture far more efficiently than spark plugs. Vaporware or the next big thing? More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/jalopnik/full/~3/7t5Qthxdtyk/will-lasers-replace-spark-plugs

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What recession? Rolls-Royce expects to more than double sales in Q2

While much of the world is still doing its best to survive and recover from the major economic woes started in 2008, Rolls-Royce is predicting a major sales boom this quarter.

Source: http://feeds.leftlanenews.com/click.phdo?i=8c9ab63aafc0e2aae4cc008664268e37

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Why gas prices go up much faster than they go down [Feature]

You might have heard over the weekend that skyrocketing gas prices have finally "plateaued." If gas prices were like gravity, you would anticipate they would start plummeting soon. Raise your hand if you expect that. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/jalopnik/full/~3/pXPeOkCNH68/why-gas-prices-go-up-much-faster-than-they-go-down

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Bugatti Veyron Johnny Cash and Moody Blues Editions Appear at Shanghai Show

Okay, so those names aren’t official, but two Veyrons did show up at the 2011 Shanghai auto show: One based on the 1200-hp Super Sport and the other a riff on the targa-roofed and 1001-hp-weakling Grand Sport. Let’s cover the roofless one first. Commissioned by an unspecified buyer from an unspecified location, this one is [...]

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/caranddriver/blog/~3/pQkWuvWr7Lg/

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Three-row Infiniti JX Coming - 2011 NY Auto Show

Accompanied by a hazily sketched vehicle that looks like something we'd happily park in our own driveway, Infiniti announced on the eve of the 2011 New York Auto Show an all-new three-row crossover set to go on sale in spring 2012.

Source: http://rss.kbb.com/~r/kbb-car-news/~3/Qje4cm3rdk0/three_row-infiniti-jx-coming-_-2011-ny-auto-show

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Lexus CT 200h by Fox Marketing


Dressed in a burnt orange paint finish and looking shiny and smug, Fox Marketing?s take on the Lexus CT 200h is what we call a smoking hot hatch ready to rumble with the best of ?em.

The car was introduced at the New York Auto Show where Fox Marketing showed off the reworked Japanese hot hybrid hatch with a new Eaton supercharger and a Climax Racing intake manifold. When added to the CT 200h?s 1.8-liter VVT-i petrol engine, these elements can turn the hot hatch into a 300-horsepower piece of hybrid awesomeness. Since it?s a hybrid, Fox also gave the car?s batteries a good upgrade, although details of that remain unknown - at least for now.

With the added ponies under the hood, Fox also gave the CT 200h a new and customized suspension system with 13? Baer brakes to go with a set of 20? wheels wrapped in 225/30-series tires. And just to give it more aesthetic spunk, Fox also dressed up the car with some new duds. On top of the metallic burnt orange paint, the aftermarket company gave the CT 200h a wide body kit with three-inch fender flares, a set of Yonaka racing seats, and LED Lexus logos on the door panels.

Save for a few, we don’t have a whole big fascination for hatchbacks, but if this is what a reworked Lexus CT 200h is going to look like, then sign us up!

Lexus CT 200h by Fox Marketing originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 26 April 2011 10:00 EST.

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Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/lexus/2011-lexus-ct-200h-by-fox-marketing-ar108707.html

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2012 Honda Civic: As Exciting As a New Toothbrush?

Upon barking repeatedly at my children to brush their teeth and get to bed, I was handling the precision-engineered, ergonomically-designed, cavity-preventing Oral-B electric toothbrushes that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend, when I noticed that the brush heads needed replacing. I must prevent cavities and not enrich our dentist. So I did the usual...


Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCarConnection/~3/Zaz31wih6aQ/1058955_2012-honda-civic-as-exciting-as-a-new-toothbrush

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