If the SLR 722 wasn’t exclusive enough for you, Mercedes is bringing the new SLR McLaren Roadster 722 S, an open-top model that delivers 650 hp, accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds and has a top speed from 208 mph.
The new SLR McLaren Roadster 722 S features even more dynamic suspension tuning [...]

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Few weeks ago Aston Martin official announced the revival of the Lagonda luxury brand. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Lagonda will unveil a concept car in 2009 and the first production models (that will compete with Rolls-Royce) will come in 2012.
According to latest reports, the first model from Lagonda will be a large (possibly tall) [...]

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At the Paris Auto Show, Ford will take the wrapping off its latest package for its Kuga crossover. Called the Individual, the package was inspired by the Iosis X Concept first shown in Paris two years ago.
Taking full advantage of the ’kinetic’ shapes of the Kuga’s interior, the Ford Individual Design team has developed [...]

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Mercedes unveiled today the S 600 Pullman Guard, a limousine integrated Highest Protection. The car was unveiled to celebrate 80 years of manufacturing vehicles with factory-integrated special protection.

The technical basis for the new Pullman limousine is provided by the S 600 Guard, the top of the Mercedes-Benz Guard range. It is powered by [...]

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Advertising during the ‘09 Super Bowl XLIII just took a big hit, with GM pulling the plug on any advertising for the game that will air this coming February.
According to Detroit News, GM is one of the Super Bowl’s “most-loyal and biggest in-game advertisers,” and has spent some $77.1 billion on advertising during Super Bowls [...]

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2009 AUDI A4 STYLING
The 2009 Audi A4 sports a larger body with a sense of style like that of the bigger Audi A6, according to reviews from across the Web and the firsthand experience of TheCarConnection.com’s editors.
For the new model year, the 2009 Audi A4 has grown substantially larger in both sedan and wagon form. [...]

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Peugeot aren’t telling us much about this concept car spoiler for a new European market compact crossover, but we’d expect it to be called the 3008, be based on the lower-medium 308 platform and slot in below the existing 4007 crossover in the Peugeot range when it reaches production in 2009.
Notably, the concept car will [...]

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We saw the 9-X BioHybrid concept at Geneva, and at Paris we can expect to see this car as a cabriolet version called the Saab 9-X Air Concept.
The core innovation in this design is the roof which in Saab’s words is: “a powered, flat-folding roof developed from a Targa top principle”. Relating to this, the [...]

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There was a time when South Korean carmaker Hyundai was considered absurdly precocious in challenging Toyota in the U.S. That was more than 3 million sales ago.
Now, they’re taking on Lexus.
The world’s fifth largest automaker, Hyundai — yes, Hyundai — sees its first rear-drive luxury car, the Genesis, as a worthy rival to the Lexus [...]

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Politically and environmentally correct, it isn’t. And we’re glad for that. For as much as we’re chafed that we’ll never see gas under three dollars per gallon again, we are encouraged that manufacturers still have tuning departments that are passionate about performance. This, in turn, inspires them to push the envelope further. So, of course [...]

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