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Harrington’s half-size classics to start pint-sized car nuts early
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Classics , Etc. , Mercedes-Benz , Toys/Games Harrington Group’s replica Mercedes-Benz 300SL – Click above for image gallery Want your little car nut to stand out from the neighborhood pack of wheeled terrors? Go for one of these fantastic looking half-scale classics from the Vietnam-headquartered Harrington Group , and wave goodbye to mediocre renditions of roadgoing vehicles as little Bobby (or Bobbie) cruises in style.

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BMW M3 Pure Edition comes from a Land Down Under
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Coupe , Sedan , Performance , BMW , Australia If there’s another place on Earth where they love V8 sedans and coupes as much as Americans, surely it’s Australia . It’s the land of the V8 Supercars series, Holden Commodores, FPV Falcons, Eric Bana’s beloved beast and the country that gave us back the Pontiac GTO and the underpinnings for the latest Chevy Camaro . And with the Germans leading the charge these days with the likes of the BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG , it’s only fitting that the Land Down Under should get its own special edition. Following the release of the Frozen Gray edition and word of the upcoming Tiger edition for China comes news of a special M3 just for Australia.

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Survey: Allstate lists America’s safest driving cities [w/video]
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Etc. , Safety , Videos Allstate has officially ranked the country’s 200 largest cities by the likelihood of their drivers to get into an accident . The annual report singles out localities with the best drivers, and this year, Fort Collins, Colorado took the cake as the city with the safest residents.

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Survey: Allstate lists America’s safest driving cities [w/video]
Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Canada Police in Windsor, Ontario are attempting to determine the type of vehicle involved in a fatal hit and run recently. Kyle Peters, a 15-year-old, was struck while riding his bicycle on Country Road 34.

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Windsor-area police looking to ID car involved in hit-and-run fatality. Can you help? *UPDATE
AutoblogGreen for 09.01.10
Posted by: | CommentsLA Auto Show preview: Infiniti to launch 2012 M35 hybrid Perhaps you’ve met its cousin, the Nissan Fuga hybrid? Smart’s problems mean sales will likely be under 100,000 units for 2010 Next-gen and EV models can’t get here soon enough. Toyota considers hybrid version of subcompact Etios for Indian market It’s still highly unlikely that the subcompact will ever come to the U.S. Other news: Automakers, suppliers lobby Washington to promote green efforts Demand for ethanol-free gas still growing Has hybrid demand peaked

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