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Main > Car Makers News > Other > ‘Avions Voisin’ name revived with new supercar concept Just as Volkswagen Group’s Veyron supercar revived the longstanding Bugatti label, Portuguese-based designer Ernesto Freitas from Luso Motors envisages his new Voisin Concept injecting some life into France’s forgotten carmaker, Avions Voisin. At the moment his new Voisin Concept remains just a 3D simulated model but Freitas has plans to create a full scale model and hopes to display it at several international car shows. Avions Voisin was a carmaker based in Paris, which built a number of luxury... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:32 Article Views Rating: 201 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > 1934 Ford concept sells for $1.76 Million After being hidden away for decades in a Florida garage, an original Ford concept car designed by the son of Henry Ford, Edsel Bryant Ford, has sold at auction for $1.76 Million. The car is the 1934 Ford Model 40 Speedster and is regarded as one of the Blue Oval’s first ever concept cars. Edsel was president of Ford from 1925 up until his untimely death in 1943 from cancer, and during that time he was responsible for a number of important models including the original 1932 Ford and a concept car that... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-08 05:01:04 Article Views Rating: 207 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > 1934 Ford concept sells for $1.76 Million After being hidden away for decades in a Florida garage, an original Ford concept car designed by the son of Henry Ford, Edsel Bryant Ford, has sold at auction for $1.76 Million. The car is the 1934 Ford Model 40 Speedster and is regarded as one of the Blue Oval’s first ever concept cars. Edsel was president of Ford from 1925 up until his untimely death in 1943 from cancer, and during that time he was responsible for a number of important models including the original 1932 Ford and a concept car that... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-08 05:00:37 Article Views Rating: 166 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > 1934 Ford concept sells for $1.76 Million After being hidden away for decades in a Florida garage, an original Ford concept car designed by the son of Henry Ford, Edsel Bryant Ford, has sold at auction for $1.76 Million. The car is the 1934 Ford Model 40 Speedster and is regarded as one of the Blue Oval’s first ever concept cars. Edsel was president of Ford from 1925 up until his untimely death in 1943 from cancer, and during that time he was responsible for a number of important models including the original 1932 Ford and a concept car that... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-08 05:06:45 Article Views Rating: 816 Main > Car Makers News > Other > 200,000 British drivers could get refund on speeding fine Anyone that has been caught by a speed-camera knows the angst felt at the thought of paying a fine and losing points on your license depending where you’re from, but the sad fact is that most of us just take it on the chin and move on. But one man, a Brit by the name of Simon Grills, has fought the system and come out on top. His case now leaves the floodgates for victims of ‘Britain’s most profitable speed camera’ to contest their fines and points back as well. The case involved a speed... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-11 08:37:15 Article Views Rating: 155 Main > Car Makers News > Other > 2008 International Engine of the Year nominees chosen There are many publications, organizations and companies that hand out awards to the automotive industry for its various technical and design achievements, but few are so lauded as the winner of the International Engine of the Year competition. Judged by a panel of 62 of the world’s top automotive journalists from around the globe, the engine that comes out on top - or tops in its class - can lay claim to being the best there is. For a year, at least. The reigning International Engine of the Year... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-20 07:59:08 Article Views Rating: 291 Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZO6 update The Chevrolet Corvette was given a major overhaul for the 2008 model year, receiving a more powerful LS3 V8 engine, a new exhaust system and improved gearboxes, but for the car’s latest update engineers have kept the changes to a minimum. There will only be a few trim and content updates incorporated on the performance Z06 for the 2009 model year. These include a set of new ‘spider’ design 10-spoke alloy wheels finished in either silver, gray or chrome. There’s also color-keyed door and... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-14 06:15:13 Article Views Rating: 4084 Main > Car Makers News > Lamborghini > 2009 Lamborghini LP560-4 pricing info Lamborghini’s stunning new LP560-4 supercar is set to go on sale in the U.S. by the middle of the year with prices starting at $201,000, not including shipping and the federal gas-guzzler tax. This is just under $20,000 more than the standard Gallardo model, which the new LP560-4 replaces, but somehow we feel Lamborghini will have no trouble at all selling every one of them. The price hike is not without reason as the new 2009 LP560-4 features a number of significant upgrades over the Gallardo, both... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-08 08:27:08 Article Views Rating: 3602 Main > Car Makers News > Lamborghini > 2009 Lamborghini LP560-4 pricing info Lamborghini’s stunning new LP560-4 supercar is set to go on sale in the U.S. by the middle of the year with prices starting at $201,000, not including shipping and the federal gas-guzzler tax. This is just under $20,000 more than the standard Gallardo model, which the new LP560-4 replaces, but somehow we feel Lamborghini will have no trouble at all selling every one of them. The price hike is not without reason as the new 2009 LP560-4 features a number of significant upgrades over the Gallardo, both... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-09 04:44:06 Article Views Rating: 4429 Main > Car Makers News > Subaru > 2009 Subaru Forester gets IIHS Top Safety Pick The redesigned 2009 Subaru Forester has earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick award, earning the highest rating of ‘good’ in the Institute’s front, side, and rear tests. The tough criteria of the tests of the IIHS safety rating has been designed with the intention carmakers will continue to improve safety of their vehicles, and it appears to be working. Last year there were just 13 vehicles that qualified for the award, while this year there have already... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-18 04:24:01 Article Views Rating: 167 |
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