2013 MINI Cooper spied winter testing in daylight

Spies have captured these latest daylight shots of a 2013 MINI Cooper prototype testing in a group of some MINI prototypes in addition to a BMW 1 Series GT.

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2013 MINI Cooper spied winter testing in daylight

2013 BMW 1-Series GT caught testing front-wheel-drive system

The winter testing season is in top gear, the prototypes are coming thick and fast. The latest of these is the new 2013 BMW 1-series GT which has been caught here testing in the snow alongside a Mini prototype.

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Report: McLaren F1 successor to pack KERS into clean-sheet design

Filed under: Coupe , Hybrid , Performance , Technology , UK , MISC If you were impressed by the MP4-12C , well, you should be. It’s an otherworldly performance machine. But we ain’t seen nothing yet from McLaren Automotive , which is gearing up to launch an even more capable supercar.

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Spy Shots: Chevy Corvette C7 prototype spied testing!

Filed under: Spy Photos , Coupe , Performance , Chevrolet The Corvette is the very definition of a halo car, and the fact that 2013 marks its sixtieth year in production is nothing short of a miracle. The seventh-generation Corvette is still a model year away, during which time Chevy plans to send off the C6 with a special edition 60th Anniversary 427 Convertible . Development of the C7 , however, continues at full speed, and we have the very first shots of a prototype being tested in cold weather to prove it. The car in question is wrapped in vinyl covering, underneath which hides the familiar black-and-white swirl paint job we see so often on prototypes.

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Nissan creates first self-healing iPhone case

Filed under: Etc. , Nissan , Design/Style Nissan has been working on its self-healing clearcoat technology called Scratch Shield for more than seven years. While it’s been applied to the company’s cars for four years now , it’s first non-automotive application is here: an iPhone case. Called the Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case, it appears aimed at the doubly-retentive types who not only don’t like their phone getting scratched, but also don’t even like their cases to show any wear

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Alonso and Massa slalom Ferrari FF coupes on the slopes [w/video]

Filed under: Motorsports , Performance , Etc. , Europe , Videos , Hatchback , Ferrari , Celebrities , Racing Ferrari factory drivers are used to racing in all sorts of conditions: under the baking sun, in the pouring rain, at night and at sunset. Competing in the snow has historically been beyond their usual purview, but then again, Ferrari never made an all-wheel-drive vehicle before. That’s where the FF comes in

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