Posted on May 17th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Ford has finally released EPA-certified fuel economy numbers for the 2011 Fiesta, and as expected they’ve bested the competition. When equipped with its optional six-speed PowerShift dual-clutch automated manual, the Fiesta is rated at 29 mpg city and 40 highway. Equipped with the standard five-speed manual, the ratings are 28/37 mpg. That means the Fiesta [...]
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Posted on April 24th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Ferrari is the latest manufacturer to claim a lap record on the famed Nürburgring, with the race-ready 599XX. ( Click here to read our review of the burly beast.) Test driver Raffaele De Simone lapped the German track just in 6 minutes, 58 seconds. Click here to watch an in-car video of the lap.
Ferrari says [...]
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Posted on April 24th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
The sleek, 7-series-based four-door concept from Beijing will make it to production.
After a two-year hiatus in which the project sat on the shelf, BMW’s 7-series-sized four-door “coupe” is back on again. The licorice-black Gran Coupé concept shown in Beijing at a private reveal for journalists “will be built” according to BMW head of design, Adrian [...]
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Posted on March 30th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
The STI loses some luxury and goes quasi-JDM for less coin.If you know what the acronym JDM stands for (Japanese domestic market) and that it doesn’t refer to cleaning products for Tokyo housewives, then the 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Special Edition will probably interest you.
The Special Edition is the rabid all-wheel-drive proto-rally STI we [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
The 1-series menu now includes a new engine, a new transmission, and—hooray!—free leather upholstery.
Give us leather upholstery any day. It’s easy to clean, is almost always paired with seat heaters, and we hate cows. (OK, we don’t really hate cows. Well, we hate the rude ones.) Nowadays, extended leather packages can be selected to cover [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
The bloggers over at Inside Line have a scoop from Japan claiming that the 2013 Nissan GT-R will be offered with hybrid power. The thinking goes that a hybrid form of “Godzilla” would use the 158-hp electric motor setup seen in the Infiniti Essence concept coupled to the current GT-R’s twin-turbo V-6. Combined output would [...]
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Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by ElectroGeek
Aston engineers spent last week running high-speed tests on the One-77 supercar in southern Europe—we’re supremely jealous—and managed to hit 220 mph. That makes the One-77 the fastest factory Aston ever: the V12 Vantage and DBS, for example, can “only” muster 190 mph.
Devout readers of these pages know that velocity is achieved courtesy of a [...]
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Posted on December 14th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
This year’s Nardò High Performance Event at the Nardò Ring in Italy saw two familiar tuners join the 200-mph club—with SUVs.
The Brabus GLK V12 (seen above) is based on a Mercedes-Benz GLK-class. Propulsion is courtesy of a 5.5-liter, twin-turbo Mercedes V-12 engine that has been bored and stroked to displace 6.3 liters for output of [...]
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Posted on December 11th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
Now that Volkswagen controls Porsche, we hold the suspicion that certain brands will be pressured to alter their product lines to avoid internecine battles, particularly Audi and Porsche. After all, the Audi R8 competes with the Porsche 911, the TT with the Cayman and Boxster, the A8 with the Panamera, and the Q7 with the [...]
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