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Abt Sportsline gets its hands on Audi R8 Spyder
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Aftermarket , Convertible , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Audi Abt Sportline R8 Spyder – Click above for high-res image gallery Whenever Audi introduces a new model, chances are that the folks at Abt Sportsline are going to get their hands on one. The German company has been tuning Volkswagens and Audis since the 1970s and has enjoyed success racing the Audi A4 in DTM and more recently the new R8 LMS . Needless to say, Abt knows how to properly modify cars bearing the four rings. Abt’s latest project is the droptop version of the Audi R8
New Porsche Panamera Alleged Patent Sketches Show Alternative Design Principles
Posted by: | CommentsWe have the scoop on another set of Porsche Panamera convertible patent illustrations that surfaced this week. The story inside.
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New Porsche Panamera Alleged Patent Sketches Show Alternative Design Principles
Report: Ginetta acquires Farbio, GTS rebadged, U.S. certification under way
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Faster Downloads: Exotic Racing Series DLC coming to NFS Shift [w/video]
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Videos , Toys/Games Need for Speed SHIFT Exotic Racing Series DLC – Click above for high-res image gallery Playstation3 gamers: If you were disappointed that only XBox 360 players got the Ferrari DLC package for Need for Speed SHIFT , take heart, because the next one’s got your name on it, too. The Exotic Racing Series pack is being released by EA for both platforms (though not for PC, PSP or mobile platforms) on March 18, with some of the most alluring machinery this side of Maranello. Included in the downloadable content package are the McLaren MP4-12C and SLR Stirling Moss, the Alfa 8C Competizione and Maserati GranTurismo S , BMW M1 Procar , Gumpert Apollo and Acura NSX .
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Faster Downloads: Exotic Racing Series DLC coming to NFS Shift [w/video]
Report: Saab pondering tech partnership with Germans, picks GMAC as official financer
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Car Buying , Sedan , Wagon , Technology , GM , Saab 2010 Saab 9-3X – Click above for high-res image gallery While newly emancipated Saab has some fresh product in its near-term pipeline, it’s fair to say that the biggest challenge for the Swedish automaker over the long haul will be the development of costly new technologies and platforms. To that end, Spyker CEO Victor Muller has let slip to Automotive News Europe that Saab is actively looking at technology sharing arrangements with other OEMs – and they aren’t just looking in former parent General Motors ‘ direction. More to the point, Muller says that Saab has already been contacted by around a half-dozen OEMS, including “some German brands,” although the unnamed Deutsch companies are said to exclude Volkswagen and Audi . Saab presently has production and intellectual property agreements in place with GM to keep fresh product flowing through the rollout of its next-generation 9-3 in 2012, but after that line launches, it could receive parts developed from outside partners, including things like new powertrains, and potentially down the road, platforms.
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Report: Saab pondering tech partnership with Germans, picks GMAC as official financer
USF1 reportedly still holding out hope for 2011
Posted by: | CommentsFiled under: Motorsports Easy come, easy go. Only it was anything but an easy arrival for USF1, the highly anticipated and much-hyped American grand prix team that was slated to hit the grid this past weekend for the start of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship . And in the end, much as Bernie Ecclestone predicted , the team failed to make it. FIA president Jean Todt had dispatched his technical chief Charlie Whiting to assess where things stood at USF1 headquarters in South Carolina, and reported back on the construction of several cars at the factory
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USF1 reportedly still holding out hope for 2011