F1 fans on Wednesday got their first glimpse of a 2012-specification car. Caterham is launching its new CT01 in the pages of British magazine F1 Racing on Thursday. But some subscribers got their c…
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Eyebrows raise as ‘ugly’ Caterham photos leaked
Filed under: Government/Legal New York City drivers rarely get much to be happy about, but a recent decision by the New York City Council to eliminate the practice of stickering parking violators is bound to be greeted with unanimous joy. Outside of the mayor’s office, that is. Despite The New York Times reporting a 47-0 vote in favor of prohibiting the city’s sanitation department from applying the stickers to cars parked in the way of its cleaning crews, the Bloomberg administration was steadfast in its support of the “shame” stickers.
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Report: NY city council bans alternate side parking shame stickers
Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Chevrolet , Toys/Games Super Bowl commercials are big business, with multimillion-dollar 30-second spots and productions that seem to get more costly and elaborate every year. General Motors bucked that trend by giving independent film makers the opportunity to make their own 60-second spot, with the winner having their ad played in front of an estimated 110 million viewers during The Big Game. Long Island, New York resident Zach Borst is that winner, and his first place entry is available after the jump. Borst decided to show what would happen if a new graduate was given a brand-new Camaro convertible as a graduation present – except the grad is really getting a mini fridge.
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Video: GM chooses "Chevy Happy Grad" for Super Bowl ad
A few years ago, Fisker announced the Karma would be priced from €78,780 ($101,720) in Europe. Fast forward to today and the car is reportedly going to cost a wallet-busting €101,800 ($131,250) in Germany.
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Fisker Karma European pricing jumps by €23,020 – report
New details are starting to emerge about the next-generation Passat which is expected to be launched in the spring of 2014.
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2014 Volkswagen Passat comes into focus – rumors
For less than €1500 Norwegian firm Customized.no offers a bio-ethanol E85 conversion that can transform your 651 bhp (485 kW / 660 PS) V12 powered all-wheel drive Ferrari supercar into a bona fide 875 bhp (652 kW / 887 PS) hyper car.
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Ferrari FF with bio-ethanol E85 conversion produces 875bhp