Official: Kia GT Concept puts a familiar face on a rear-wheel-drive platform

Filed under: Concept Cars , Frankfurt Motor Show , Kia Now that Kia has proven itself to be a true leader in terms of automotive design (thanks for that, Peter Schreyer ), it’s time for the Korean automaker to evolve its styling language to new types of vehicles. Every new Kia design has been created for a front-wheel-drive platform, but now, Schreyer and his team have expanded to the world of the rear-wheel-drive architecture, previewed here with the GT concept, making its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show . “We wanted to create something similarly graceful, athletic and confident, but not aggressive or overbearing,” says Gregory Guillaume, Kia’s European design chief. Those of you with keen eyes will note that the GT concept is a sort of evolution from Kia’s Kee concept , first seen in Frankfurt back in 2007.

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Video: Aston Martin One-77 stars in new episode of NatGeo’s Megafactories

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Videos The factories were supercars are made can often be as impressive, if not more so, than the vehicles they produce. Unfortunately few of us ever get to see them, remote as they often are from our locales and generally not open to the public. That’s where Megafactories comes in. The National Geographic program – broadcast Stateside as Ultimate Factories – regularly gains access to these plants, and the next episode is heading to Gaydon in Warwickshire, England, to take us behind the scenes of the dedicated facility where Aston Martin makes its top of the line model: the One-77

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Report: Lotus to turbocharge new Esprit into UK’s fastest supercar?

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Lotus , UK Lotus Esprit concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Fast. Lightweight. Eminently enticing. There are a lot of things you could call a Lotus , but perhaps “ambitious” would be the most suitable.

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Aston Martin One-77 up for sale in Dubai

If you missed out on your chance to buy the Aston Martin One-77, you might want to give Alain Class Motors a call as the company has one in stock.

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First Aston Martin One-77 delivered to Monte Carlo

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Europe , Aston Martin It’s official, ladies and gentlemen: Aston Martin has entered the million-dollar ultra-hyper-supercar league with the new One-77 . Now, we know what you’re thinking, the One-77 was released a while ago already. But it wasn’t until now that the first example has left the factory and delivered to its first lucky (and evidently very wealthy) customer. Delivery took place in no less prominent a location than Monaco, right in front of the iconic Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo.

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Aston Martin One-77 already being delivered to customers?

After years of hype, it appears the first customer has taken delivery of their new Aston Martin One-77.

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