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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Saleen stages muscle car return | detnews.com | The Detroit News Steve Saleen is back, and he's putting his initials not only on high-performance versions of the Ford Mustang but also the Dodge Challenger and the Chevrolet Camaro. Saleen studied business at the University of Southern California. He also raced cars and built a successful sports car plus Indy and Le Mans racing teams. Applying what he learned on the track to modifying Mustangs for the street, Saleen Autosport which at one time was based in Livonia grew into Saleen Inc., which like Shelby and Roush... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-07 09:36:15 Article Views Rating: 170 Main > Car Makers News > Other > 2009 Vw Polo GTI: first details revealed Volkswagen has a brand new Polo coming this year, and is preparing the wildest, quickest and most athletic model ever to top the lineup. Following the MkV Golf GTI, which demonstrated VW could still create astounding performance vehicles when it opened in 2004, the Polo GTI appears ready to be a popular sales hit.The lead vehicle will come with a host of visual belligerence. It includes all the classic GTI design cues, from the ebony black grill accented in red to the GTI emblem and deep air vents. Trim... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:53 Article Views Rating: 151 Main > Car Makers News > Lotus > Lotus developing new electric sports car Lotus is laboring on an electric sports car to compete with Tesla’s Roadster and Fisker’s Karma. The CEO of Lotus, Michael Kimberley, said the company is already “working on the technologies that will go behind” the electric Lotus, and that buyers should not be “surprised to see an electric Lotus shortly”.The news emerges after the latest revealing of the Lotus Evora 4-seater, for which there is already a long list of celebrities expressing interest. The Evora and the latest electric Lotus... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:51 Article Views Rating: 243 Main > Car Makers News > Maserati > The Best Car To Be Seen In Or Just The Best Car To Drive? Maserati Gran Turismo Review If you can talk about the Maserati Gran Turismo high-performance coupe for more than two minutes without using a naughty innuendo, you should get a prize. We'll try to remain prizeless. Just looking at the $121,000 GT is enough to make you vibrate, so you can imagine what happens when you actually drive it. You lean into the throttle coaxing the Maserati-designed, Ferrari-built, 4.2-liter V-8 into delivering as much power and speed as your lawyer and bank account can handle. And you wonder: If... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:51 Article Views Rating: 248 Main > Car Makers News > Bugatti > Rare 1937 Bugatti car found in garage | detnews.com | The Detroit News LONDON -- It was the equivalent of finding an old Picasso or an unknown Beatles tape hidden away in your uncle's attic. Relatives of Dr. Harold Carr found an extremely rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante -- a Holy Grail for car collectors -- as they were going through his belongings after his death. The dusty two-seater, unused since 1960, didn't look like much in the garage in Gosforth, near Newcastle in northern England. But only 17 were ever made, and when it's cleaned up and auctioned in Paris next... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:47 Article Views Rating: 256 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Racing tires are street legal too | detnews.com | The Detroit News Toyo's high-performance Proxes are well-known among automotive enthusiasts. Now, the tire maker has something new for folks who want to drag race in their modern Detroit muscle cars -- the Dodge Challenger, Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro -- as well as the Chevrolet Corvette. Toyo has rolled out its first sets of D.O.T. U.S. Department of Transportation approved radial drag racing tires: the Proxes TQ. The tires are designed to allow enthusiasts to drive from their garages to the drag strip, race and... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:43 Article Views Rating: 152 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > 2009 Audi A4 Avant: A wagon with heart | detnews.com | The Detroit News I really should get a Sun Pass. In Florida, the Sun Pass is the electronic thingy you put on your dash and it pays tolls or other charges on your credit card or something. We don't have anything like it in the greater Detroit area because we don't collect tolls or even repair roads. But other enterprising states use this popular device to speed up traffic, collect revenue and convict commuting criminals -- just watch "Law and Order." I don't know exactly how it works, and I may not like the idea of The... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:37 Article Views Rating: 243 Main > Car Makers News > Subaru > Toyota-Subaru Mystery Sports Car Gets Delayed Toyota and Subaru have been busy at work building an all-new rear-wheel drive sports car together. While the collective strengths of these two Japanese automakers would no doubt bring about a great sports car, the product has officially been delayed.[source] Full article... Article added: 2008-12-24 05:44:16 Article Views Rating: 313 Main > Car Makers News > Maserati > 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S revealed At the 2009 North American International Auto Show next month in Detroit, Maserati will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of its first Indianapolis 500 win. To celebrate the occasion Maserati will unveil a special-edition 2009 Quattroporte Sport GT S, a model that it says is a “a real driving machine in the guise of a luxury sedan”.There are no performance figures yet on the 433-hp sedan. Maserati said that it has upgraded the gearshift management software, the front and rear suspension system... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-23 06:51:57 Article Views Rating: 260 Main > Car Makers News > Subaru > Subaru/Toyota sports car delayed until 2012 According to Japan’s Nikkei newspaper, the upcoming Subaru/Toyota rear-wheel-drive sports car has been delayed to 2012. Nikkei did not say where it got the information but said that production was to start at the end of 2011 and that Toyota has decided to postpone it until 2012.“We’re discussing with Fuji Heavy the timing for the start of production and other details,” Hideaki Homma, a Toyota spokesman, said when contacted by Bloomberg. He declined to give further details on the talks.The... 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