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Subaru Impreza XV
Subaru has just announced its vehicle lineup for the 2010 Geneva Motor Show and besides the European premiere of the Hybrid Tourer Concept the Japanese automaker has also announced an world premiere for the Subaru Impreza XV. The Subaru Impreza XV is based on the Impreza 5-door model and it will feature a new crossover style with an exclusively designed front grille and wheel arch, specially equipped roof rails and a roof spoiler. Besides the Subaru Impreza XV the automaker will also showcase the Subaru Plug-in STELLA which is a production electric vehicle launched in Japan last year, and a number of Boxer Diesel equipped models that comply with the Euro 5 emission regulations…
2010 Volvo S80 in depth
In depth information with the facelift version 2010 Volvo S80 has just been released by the Swedish automaker. Besides a number of discrete exterior refreshes and a further refined interior, the 2010 Volvo S80 is available with a number of new options that include two new 5-cylinder diesel engines, two new chassis (Sport and Comfort) plus a highly efficient DRIVe version. With the 2010 Volvo S80 DRIVe fuel consumption is as low as 4.5-litres per 100 Km and CO2 emissions are 119 g/Km and at the interior features like HD (digital) radio…
Jaguar Returns to 24h of Le Mans
This year Jaguar is celebrating 75 years of existence and such an event required something special, so the British manufacturer announced it will return to 24h of Le Mans race. With a total of 7 wins between 1951 and 1990, Jaguar is the most successful make in the 24h of Le Mans race history and for 2010 it will align a Jaguar XKR GT2 run by JaguarRSR on the starting grid. The last Le Mans victory for Jaguar was 20 years ago with a TWR Jaguar Sport driven by John Nielsen, Price Cobb and Martin Brundle…
GM and NASA develop Humanoid Robot
GM and NASA are working on developing a new humanoid robot called the Robonaut 2 (R2) as well as related technologies that will be used in both automotive and aerospace industries. The Robonaut 2 is basically the faster more dexterous version of Robonaut, who can use its hands and work alongside people. If you’re not quite sure how all this can help GM then the company’s vice president Alan Taub says “this is about safer cars and safer plants” as the advancements in controls, sensors and vision technology can take vehicle safety to the next level. NASA says that this new humanoid robot developed in partnership with GM will open the gates of a new era of space exploration…
Danica Patrick’s Super Bowl GoDaddy Ad Banned
If you remember last year’s GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial featuring Danica Patrick then you surely agree that the footage was a bit controversial. Well it looks like this year the world’s biggest domain name registrar wanted to pull it off again, with an ad that just like most of GoDaddy’s commercials has certain sexual connotations. The problem this year was that Danica Patrick’s Super Bowl GoDaddy ad got banned,and even though you can’t say exactly why we think id did have something…
Making of Video: Porsche Panamera Family Tree Promo
If you remember the Porsche Family Tree Promo for the new Porsche Panamera, then the following footage gives details of what kind of effort went into creating this ad and the crew that was involved. As mentioned in the Making of Video of the Porsche Panamera Family Tree Promo below, the footage took three days to film, required 162 crew members, 4 cameras, 2 helicopters, 50 Porsche sports cars and 22 professional drivers. The Porsche Panamera Family Tree Promo was directed by Jeff…
Hyundai Tucson 2010 Super Bowl Commercial
Two new commercial videos that will be shown during this year’s Super Bowl have been launch by Hyundai. This time the automaker is promoting their Tucson SUV also known as the ix35. The Hyundai Tucson 2010 Super Bowl Commercial clips send the same message as the Hyundai Sonata adverts seen yesterday which is more standard equipment included in a highly competitive priced vehicle backed by…
MR Car Design VW Touran
The latest project from MR Car Design involves a VW Touran 2.0 TDI which besides its new appearance it also received an improved chassis and boosted performance. Due to optimized engine electronics and a new stainless steel, hand welded sport exhaust system the MR Car Design VW Touran is now capable of producing 223 PS and 457 Nm of peak torque. This figures bring the MR Car Design VW Touran’s level of performance close to the VW Golf 5 GTI which is pretty impressive for a van this size. At the exterior the MR Car Design VW Touran received a set of custom 19 inch alloy wheels, two white stripes that run from the front bonnet and continue on the roof plus a pair of side…
2010 SEAT Ibiza ST
The 2010 SEAT Ibiza ST will debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month and the company says their new compact estate will target young buyers that have a sporty lifestyle. The 2010 SEAT Ibiza ST measures 4.23 meters from one end to the other, meaning it is 18 cm longer than the Ibiza, with a generous capacity of 430 litres. There will be six engine choices available for the 2010 SEAT Ibiza ST when the car hits the market, out of which three petrol and three TDI’s with power ranging from 70 HP (51 kW) to 105 HP (77 kW). The most efficient will be the 1.2 TDI and 1.2 TSI units but no fuel consumption figures have released so far. The 2010 SEAT Ibiza ST price was not announced but…
Video: 2011 Porsche Boxter Spyder
The video below represents the official trailer played at the LA Motor Show where the 2011 Porsche Boxter Spyder premiered in November 2009. With the 2011 Porsche Boxter Spyder the German manufacturer has taken things back to basics, ‘turning old values into new benchmarks’ and we don’t your opinion regarding this footage but the scenery, the guy playing thedrums and the new roadster are just awesome. The 2011 Porsche Boxter Spyder price is 53,100 Euros and the car comes fitted with the 3.4-litre six-cylinder engine that produces 320 BHP. Watch the 2011 Porsche Boxter Spyder video after the jump…