Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Hatchback , Hyundai , Humor , Racing We can think of a handful of automobiles that appear to be closer to golf carts than what we’d otherwise think of as “cars”. Like the Smart ForTwo , for example. Or the Tata Nano .
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Video: Rhys Millen’s Hyundai Veloster rally car is about par for the course
Details of Ferrari’s unlaunched 2012 car have emerged in the pages of Italian specialist publications.On Tuesday, Autosprint publishes drawings by technical illustrator Giorgio Piola of Maranello’s…
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Details of 2012 Ferrari F1 car emerge in Italian press
Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Misc. Auto Shows , India , Design/Style , MISC DC Design , an Indian firm better known for creating one-off customized vehicles based on anything from the Tata Nano to Rolls-Royce coupes , has officially pulled the covers off its first production supercar at the New Delhi Auto Expo. Called the Avanti, we can’t help but wonder what esteemed designer Raymond Loewy might think of this creation. We’re not going to call this Audi-R8 -meets-duckbill-platypus attractive, though we do spot design themes borrowed from the likes of Ferrari and Lotus (and there’s probably a bit of Bertone Mantide in there, too).
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Official: DC Design Avanti rolls up in New Delhi
Filed under: Budget , Hatchback , Misc. Auto Shows , India , MISC The Tata Nano may not be the runaway sales success the vehicle’s Indian manufacturers had hoped, but that hasn’t stopped other automakers from eying India’s blooming inexpensive vehicle segment. The country’s largest manufacturer of three wheelers is set to dip a toe into the automotive manufacturing with an all-new vehicle. The Bajaj RE60 features a water-cooled 200cc engine with around 20 horsepower, and as a result, the vehicle has a top speed of just 43 mph
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Bajaj RE60 may take World’s Cheapest Car title from Tata Nano
Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupe , Performance , Misc. Auto Shows , India Think “supercar” and only a handful of countries are likely to come to mind. And most of them are in Europe: Italy, Great Britain, Germany… even Sweden and France have pitched in here and there with such notables as Koenigsegg and Bugatti
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Teased: DC Design previews India’s first supercar
Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Technology , Videos Automakers are being pinched to increase safety and improve fuel efficiency, but those two goals often work against each other. That could change thanks to a material that is 99.99-percent air.
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Report: Auto applications sought for new advanced metal that’s 100x lighter than Styrofoam [w/video]