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Video: Automobile puts the voice of K.I.T.T. in Mini Cooper Camden

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Filed under: Technology , Videos , Hatchback , Mini , Luxury Mini’s Mission Control gets a voice transplant – Click above to watch video after the jump Remember the Mini Mission Control in the special edition Camden – the one that was obscenely annoying? There are something like 1,300 audio phrases within Mission Control, and Mini gives owners the audio files on an SD card. That means you can record your own phrases in new voices… or use voices that are already out there…

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eBay Find of the Day: C/D Pinto Project Race Car

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Filed under: Motorsports , Classics , Auctions , Ford Car and Driver 1972 Pinto race car – click for high-res image gallery Time was, automotive magazines used to do stuff that was awesome . This IMSA Pinto is evidence of that. Car and Driver built this car in 1974 to illustrate that racing on a big scale for a modest budget was possible. The car grabbed the pole position in half the races it entered that season and won outright at its second race at Charlotte.

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Automobile announces 2010 All-Stars

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Filed under: Etc. , Europe , UK When Automobile magazine put together a list of potential all-star cars, 39 new models made the initial cut from the Audi A3 and (Euro-edition) Honda Civic to the Ferrari 599GTB Fiorano and Tesla Roadster . From that selection, only ten cars ascended to the winner’s circle.

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