Report: Car and Driver Lightning Lap is back, throws two trucks into the mix [w/video]

Filed under: Videos , Comparisons Car and Driver is back with its annual Lightning Lap roundup for a sixth year, with 20 of the world’s best vehicles taking to Virginia International Raceway to lay down the quickest time around VIR’s 4.1-mile Grand West Course. Included in this year’s running is a suitably diverse spread of sports cars and sedans, ranging from the lowly Volkswagen Jetta GLI to the formidable Porsche Panamera Turbo S – a difference of 350 horsepower and over $168,000. And, just to add a bit more spice to the festivities, C/D introduced a new class (LLT) to include two trucks in the running: the BMW X5 M and Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 . But what C/D gives, it taketh away.

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Report: Car and Driver Lightning Lap is back, throws two trucks into the mix [w/video]

Volkswagen Golf VII coming to Paris Motor Show – report

According to a recent report, the Volkswagen Golf VII will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in September.

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Official: Kizashi to return to Super Bowl in new ad from Suzuki [w/video] [UPDATED]

Filed under: Budget , Sedan , Marketing/Advertising , Suzuki Suzuki is about as small as automakers get here in the United States, even if its parent company does mad business in Japan and other parts of the world. So when the scrappy purveyor of the SX4 and Grand Vitara says it will again be ponying up for Super Bowl ads featuring its Kizashi mid-size sedan, it raises some eyebrows, including ours. Super Bowl ads are notoriously expensive, and Suzuki sold just 26,619 vehicles in the U.S. in 2011.

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Video: Watch a twin-turbo Lamborghini Gallardo race an Aventador

Filed under: Motorsports , Coupe , Performance , Videos , Lamborghini , Specialty There’s no doubt a stock Lamborghini Gallardo doesn’t have the guts to go toe-to-toe with its more powerful sibling, the Aventador . But make no mistake: That’s nothing a couple massive turbochargers can’t fix. The twin turbos come courtesy of Heffner Performance, and they turn the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera into a monster with more than 600 horsepower force fed through the V10 engine and to all four wheels.

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Official: Kizashi to return to Super Bowl in new ad from Suzuki [w/video]

Filed under: Budget , Sedan , Marketing/Advertising , Suzuki Suzuki is about as small as automakers get here in the United States, even if its parent company does mad business in Japan and other parts of the world. So when the scrappy purveyor of the SX4 and Grand Vitara says it will again be ponying up for Super Bowl ads featuring its Kizashi mid-size sedan, it raises some eyebrows, including ours. Super Bowl ads are notoriously expensive, and Suzuki sold just 26,619 vehicles in the U.S. in 2011.

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