Rumormill: Lamborghini packing a surprise or two up its sleeve for Geneva?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

Filed under: Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Lamborghini , Rumormill It was quite a while back that Lamborghini promised it would have something new for every major auto show. That seemed quite the claim at the time, particularly for a company with a two-car model lineup, but with a few exceptions here and there, the Italian automaker has been keeping pace famously. So what has Sant’Agata Bolognese got in store for us for the upcoming Geneva Motor Show ? A surprise – or two – from what we hear.

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Report: One-off Mercedes 500K barn find discovered in South Central, LA salvage yard

Posted on January 23, 2012 by admin

Filed under: Classics , Coupe , Etc. , Mercedes-Benz , Specialty Being agriculturally inclined to build barns in the country, we don’t expect barn finds to turn up in the middle of a high-turnover metropolis. Yet that’s been happening more regularly of late, and writer Michael Mraz has found another example in South Central, Los Angeles: a one-of-one Mercedes-Benz 1935 Caracciola 500K built especially for Silver Arrows race driver Rudolph Caraccioloa. It is pictured above in better days, after having been restored and displayed on the lawn at the Pebble Beach concours in the late 1970s.

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Report: One-off Mercedes 550K barn find discovered in South Central, LA salvage yard

Posted on January 22, 2012 by admin

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Nissan Juke-R dusts Gallardo, Ferrari 458 and SLS AMG [video]

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

The Juke-R takes on a Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari 458 Italia and Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG on an improvised sprint track that is very short and dusty with impressive results.

Video: Nissan Juke-R takes on Gallardo, 458 Italia and SLS AMG in Dubai

Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin

Filed under: Performance , Etc. , Videos , Crossover , Nissan , Middle East The Nissan Juke-R found some adventurous extracurriculars to take part in while in Dubai to pace the Dunlop 24-Hour race. Nissan said it would be making a film of the Juke-R taking on other street-legal supercars in the Dubai International Marina, but that race is meant to include a Mercedes/McLaren SLR -engined Mercedes-Benz SLK .

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Is Chevrolet Serious About Its $20,000, Rear-Wheel-Drive Sports Car?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

Is Chevrolet Serious About Its $20,000, Rear-Wheel-Drive Sports Car? Two possible directions for Chevy’s affordable halo car. Chevrolet’s stand at the Detroit auto show provided an intriguing if confusing look into the bow-tie brand’s sport compact strategy, from the mild — a slightly modified version of the Sonic due out later this year — to the wild — a Lamborghini Gallardo knock-off called the Tru 140S, which would ride on the same platform as the Cruze. Photo Gallery: Is Chevrolet Serious About Its $20,000, Rear-Wheel-Drive Sports Car?

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