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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Sedan

2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI SedanThe Subaru Impreza WRX STI is newly offered as a sedan for 2011.The Subaru Impreza WRX STI, previously available only as a wagon, is newly offered as a sedan for 2011. Our black-on-black test car looks pretty cool, although there's nothing subtle about the huge rear wing, which Subaru claims "maximizes the aerodynamic configuration." I figure it also maximizes your opportunities to be noticed by the police, but what (...)

Cab Cannonball? Men take taxi ride from New York to Los Angeles [w/video]

Filed under: SUV, Etc., Videos, Ford, Specialty Men take taxi ride from New York to Los Angeles - Click above to watch the video after the jump We've taken a couple crazy cab rides in our lifetime, but we've never paid up for a ride that took us from New York to Los Angeles. John Belitsky and his buddy Dan Wuebben have done the deed, though, with cabbie Mohammed Alam providing the yellow Ford Escape taxi. (...)

BMW F10 M-Sport Package by 3D Design

Posted on 04.26.2011 15:00 by Kirby Filed under: BMW | Japan | sedan | BMW 5-Series | sports cars | car tuning | Cars | Car Reviews | BMW Once upon a time, Japanese tuner 3D Design took the task of giving the current generation BMW F10 5-Series a pretty swell aerodynamic (...)

Report: Volkswagen wants to bring three-row CUV, subcompact to U.S.

Filed under: Etc., Crossover, VolkswagenVolkswagen is working hard to make sure it accomplishes its North American assimilation plan. In order to fully realize its ambitious 800,000-unit volume target, the automaker will be required to introduce an even greater variety of vehicles into its existing lineup. Jonathan Browning, CEO of Volkswagen North America, says that he and his team understand this, and a few new VW family members could wind up in U.S. dealer showrooms. According (...)

BMW Motorsport – M3 GT

BMW Motorsport is preparing their cars for the very important endurance race – 24-hour Le Mans. Together with 52 other cars, the two BMW M3 GTs with car numbers 55 and 56 took to the “Circuit de la Sarthe” on Sunday, completing a total of 147 laps. The team collected very useful data, which will be [...]

Girl, 11, takes stand to allege sexual abuse by uncle

Mount Clemens— An 11-year-old girl testified this morning about alleged sexual encounters with her uncle that she says she kept a secret because she "didn't trust anybody" and was "trying to forget."

2012 Fiat 500 Cabriolet Priced Under $20,000

Fiat's put a price on its retracting-roof 500 hatchback. The subcompact 500c goes on sale late this spring in two flavors, 500c Pop and 500c Lounge, wearing some minor differentiation in the badging, wheels and details to distinguish it from the hardtop. Then there's the fabric roof panel, which powers back to stack over the rear end at speeds of...

Report: BMW won't market an M3 GTS sedan... at least, not in the U.S.

Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Europe, BMW BMW M3 Sedan lightweight concept - Click above for high-res image gallery You may recall that earlier this month, BMW revealed a unique M3 Sedan that had been stripped of weight and toughened up, packing the same sort of approach applied to the hard-core M3 GTS coupe, albeit with a couple of extra doors. The one-off was made for the M Festival set to take place during the 24 Hours (...)

China To Be Lamborghini's Number One Market

Detroit Police Bomb Squad investigating suspicious device

Detroit — The Detroit Police Bomb Squad is investigating a suspicious device this afternoon on the city's southwest side.

What Makes A Brand Appeal To One Group Over Another?

What Makes A Brand Appeal To One Ethnic Group Over Another?

Up in smoke: Smokey Yunick's garage burns:

Legendary NASCAR mechanic Smokey Yunick closed the "Best Damn Garage In Town" long before he died in 2001. But the main concrete-block, tin-roofed building on Beach Street in Daytona Beach, Fla.

2012 Vauxhall Astra GTC

Vauxhall has announced the new 2012 Astra GTC. The vehicle will actually go in production and it will have its official debut on September 15 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. For now, the company has released a few pictures, where the hot hatch races down an imaginary road. Full details about the new GTC like pricing, [...]

Toyota recalls 51,000 Tundra pickups over possible driveshaft fault

Filed under: Truck, Etc., Recalls, Safety, Toyota 2011 Toyota Tundra - Click above for high-res image gallery Toyota has announced that it is voluntarily recalling 51,000 2011 Tundra pickup trucks. The automaker says that .05 percent of the vehicles may have been built with a faulty slip yoke on the driveshaft. Due to improper manufacturing during the foundry process, the yoke could break. So far, the incident has only occurred in one customer-owned vehicle and no (...)