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Ford to Debut Rear-Drive EcoBoost Setup at SEMA with Unlikely ‘34 Hot Rod

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments

At SEMA, anything is possible. Manufacturers have been known to get pretty wacky at the aftermarket parts show where over-the-top tends to be just another day in the life, so in reality we probably should have seen this coming. But still…
We wouldn’t call it a proper debut in the sense that this isn’t a production [...]

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Tags: News · SEMA Show · Tuning

2009 Tokyo Motor Show: Toyota FT-86 Concept

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Toyota has been absent from the performance world for some time now while they focused on green products and messaging. However with the unveiling of the Lexus LFA, the company is clearly back in the game. They’ve showed us their $375,000 supercar, which is great if you did something like invent the Internet. But what [...]

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2009 Tokyo Motor Show: Honda CR-Z

October 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Now on display at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show is Honda’s CR-Z concept car. The CR-Z is the rebirth of the much loved CRX, the tiny pocket rocket that propelled Honda into the performance game with U.S. buyers. Although a CR-Z concept was already unveiled two years ago at the Tokyo Motor Show, the new [...]

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Lapping the Web: Frankfurt Roundup

September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

We’ve spent quite a bit of time covering the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.  Now that the show is in full swing (and open to the public), we thought we’d put some of the many highlights from Frankfurt in one place.

We mentioned the Audi E-Tron Concept last week (and the Audi’s e-Tron video game this week), [...]

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Tags: 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show · Frankfurt Motor Show

Top 5 Electric Cars of the Franfurt Motor Show

September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

The Frankfurt Motor Show, which alternates venues every year with Paris, marks the beginning of the auto show season, making it an important stage for manufacturers to display their latest and greatest. Supercars, step aside; this year was all about green. Not the color – though there was a bit of that too – but [...]

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Tags: 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show · Green