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| Car O Focus |
| world and reviews on cars, the every concept, comments, feedback of cars be it interior and exterior which comprises of modifications, in car entertainments, accessories reviews and etc. |
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| New York 2008: Top debuts of the show (w/ Poll) |
| 2008-03-23 03:03:06 |
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Coupes, Etc., Videos, Hyundai, Kia, Pontiac, Suzuki
The 2008 New York Auto Show press preview is in the books, and now it’s the public’s turn to roam the floor in the Javits Center. After thinking things over, we thought we’d put together a video of our top five most significant [...]...
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| Lexus brand isn’t flying in Toyota’s home market |
| 2008-03-23 00:03:57 |
Filed under: Car Buying, Lexus, Toyota
In trying to establish a Japanese-market foothold for Lexus, Toyota has seemingly fallen prey to the same tactic that made the Cadillac Cimmaron such a maroon. When trying to launch a brand, especially an upscale brand, it’s not advisable to rebadge existing models and crank up the price. It doesn’t [...]...
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| New York 2008: The Mitsubishi i is A-OKei |
| 2008-03-23 00:03:54 |
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Japan, Hatchbacks, Mitsubishi, Driving
Click image for a high-res gallery of the turbocharged Mitsubishi i
I’m the resident kei car obsessive here at Autoblog. That means I’m the guy who actually thinks, “That is awesome,” when he reads the (Google translated) announcement of yet another Suzuki Wagon R [...]...
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| Mint condition Yamaha R6 for sale… just don’t buy like this guy did |
| 2008-03-23 00:03:25 |
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Motorcycles
We always appreciate when folks can give it to us straight. Even if they’ve done something, um, regrettable, they can at least admit it, give us a no-bull explanation, and we can all get on with the show. Next up in the Please Relieve Me of My Mistake category is [...]...
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| Hyundai launches site for Genesis Coupe |
| 2008-03-22 23:03:17 |
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Coupes, Videos, Hyundai
We dug the hot new Genesis Coupe at the New York Auto Show, but not everybody can head out to Gotham to see Hyundai’s future tuner de force. Hyundai knows it has a good thing on its hands, and has now shared it with the world in [...]...
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| Mark LaNeve: Camaro won’t be positioned as a muscle car |
| 2008-03-22 16:03:07 |
Filed under: Sports/GTs, Green, Marketing/Advertising, Chevrolet, GM
The hits just keep on coming for fans of the Chevy Camaro. Just yesterday, we quoted Bob Lutz as suggesting that the Camaro could get a four-cylinder engine option. Now we hear that Mark LaNeve, VP of sales and marketing for GM North America, says that, “We won’t position [...]...
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| 2008 Road Trip Vehicles of the Year as chosen by Thule |
| 2008-03-22 15:03:35 |
Filed under: Aftermarket, Hybrids/Alternative, Wagons/Estates, Crossovers/CUVs, Subaru, Toyota, Driving, Lifestyle
There are few words in the English language which can conjure up as much meaning, and likely so many memories, as these: road trip. We’ve all been on them before; some are the highlights of your life and some… well, not so much. But having the [...]...
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| Grand Prix: Renault F1 opens internship program |
| 2008-03-22 06:03:36 |
Filed under: Motorsports, Contests, Euro, Renault
Click the image above to view in high resolutionIf you’re a recently graduated or soon to graduate student in a technical or scientific field, listen up, because this could very well be the internship that could jump-start your career. Every year for the past five, the Renault F1 team has [...]...
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| New York 2008: NYC oddities and side splitters |
| 2008-03-22 04:03:57 |
Filed under: New York Auto Show
We were extremely busy while trying to cover the snot out of the New York Auto Show this past week at the Jacob Javits Center. Even when we were running across the show floor to make a press conference and get a good seat, we still had our fingers on [...]...
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| Motorcycle Bloggers International release 2008 awards |
| 2008-03-22 04:03:28 |
Filed under: Motorcycles
Motorcycle Bloggers International is a group of 159 member sites that focus primarily on motorcycles or scooters. Each year, they release their awards, which recognize both greatness and serious lapses in judgment. After the members vote, those results are tallied and then the public gets a crack at it, too. The results are [...]...
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| New York: 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe |
| 2008-03-20 11:03:45 |
New York brought many acclaimed wonders into the world like the Yankees, CBS, and bagels. And then, came the Genesis Coupe. The 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe made its official debut at the New York International Autoshow today. It seems as if the telephone was a technological marvel when the first spy shots of the car [...]...
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| Rumormill: twin-turbo V10 BMW supercar coming in 2012 |
| 2008-03-20 06:03:55 |
Filed under: Spy Photos, Supercars, BMW
Mercedes has the SLR McLaren. Audi has the R8. Porsche has the 911 Turbo and GT2. Only BMW is lacking a range-topping supercar, so how does the Bavarian automaker carry the mantle of “the Ultimate Driving Machine”? If the latest reports are to be believed, BMW may finally be coming [...]...
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| Lutz says GM considering 2.0-liter turbo for Camaro |
| 2008-03-20 05:03:40 |
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Green, Chevrolet
A four-banger in a Camaro! Blasphemy you say? Could be, but what four-pot are we talking about? In this case, the General’s car czar Bob Lutz suggests that the new 2010 Camaro due next February could offer the same 2.0 liter direct-injected engine used in the [...]...
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| New York 2008: Late Night in NYC with the Kia KOUP concept |
| 2008-03-20 05:03:22 |
Filed under: Concept Cars, New York Auto Show, Coupes, Kia
Click the image above for a high-res, albeit very red, gallery of the Kia KOUP.
Kia was kind enough to invite us (and the rest of the media types braving a monsoon in NYC) down to an art gallery this evening to check out this newest concept [...]...
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| VIDEO: There’s a Chevy Matiz in this ad, somewhere (NSFW) |
| 2008-03-20 05:03:08 |
Filed under: Euro, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Chevrolet
Click above to view video
You may not want to watch this at the office if you work in a puritanical professional environment, but we swear there’s a car in this commercial somewhere. We just don’t seem to notice it, no matter how many times we watch the video. (Believe us, [...]...
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| New York 2008: Ford flexes its creative side with cool lids |
| 2008-03-20 04:03:38 |
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Etc., Ford
Click above image for a high-res gallery and discover what those graphics add up to
At the Javits Center in New York today, Ford rolled out its “Cool Lid” project with “urban artist” Tristan Eaton on hand to live-art the roof of a Ford Flex. Tristan is perhaps best [...]...
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| Indy seeks return of U.S. Grand Prix for 2009 |
| 2008-03-20 04:03:23 |
Filed under: Motorsports, Marketing/Advertising, Earnings/Financials
American fans of Formula One, take heart: Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Tony George is pushing to bring the U.S. Grand Prix back to Indy for 2009.
The race was taken off the calendar after George and F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone failed to come to a financial agreement, but while other sites have [...]...
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| New York 2008: Hyundai Genesis Coupe debuts! |
| 2008-03-19 23:03:08 |
Click above to view a high-res gallery of the Hyundai Genesis Coupe
Here it is, the 2009 Hyundai Genesis Coupe. We can hardly contain our enthusiasm over this car. On the one hand, Hyundai is offering enthusiasts the only rear-wheel-drive coupe on the market powered by a turbocharged four-cylinder (not all of us want our hair [...]...
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| Chrysler plans to make vehicle improvements on the fly |
| 2008-03-17 04:03:40 |
Filed under: Car Buying, Gadgets, Minivans/MPVs, Sedans/Saloons, Chrysler, Dodge
The interior woes of recent Chrysler products have been well documented, and consumers rightly expect better these days. Chrysler has come to realize this fact and is taking appropriate measures to fix the problem and be sure that its future products come better equipped to face the [...]...
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| 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe gets web-assisted early unveiling |
| 2008-03-16 23:03:14 |
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Hyundai
Click image for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Genesis">Hyundai Genesis Coupe
As some of you might have already heard by now. The Hyundai Genesis Coupe has been unceremoniously de-cloaked courtesy of MyRide.com and the New Tiburon forums and is now making the rounds online. The consumer-grade version [...]...
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| SPOILER ALERT: 12 Hours of Sebring officially in the books |
| 2008-03-16 22:03:50 |
Filed under: Motorsports
Click image for a gallery of race photos from the ‘08 12 Hours of Sebring
The 2008 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring took place yesterday, officially kicking off the sports car racing season. In case you recorded the race and haven’t gotten around to watching it yet, we’ve placed the recap after [...]...
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| First Drive: the 2008 Lexus IS F |
| 2008-03-16 17:03:04 |
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Sports/GTs, Lexus, Driving
Click the image above for a hi-res gallery of Lexus IS F pics
So we recently got some seat time in the Lexus IS F, and we can proudly report that it’s not anything Lexus has ever been before. Does it really compare to the M3 and C63 AMG? In a [...]...
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| TCB Exclusive: 2009 Kia Spectra (TD) information |
| 2008-03-16 12:03:07 |
The slew of news tips and informations we get from our readers is undoubtedly the backbone of our posts. Last time, GreyhoundBoy87 sent us the first undisguised shots of the revised Kia Optima. This time, an avid reader of TCB named Gabriel Joo sent us an e-mail containing exclusive information of the next-generation Kia Spectra. [...]...
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| Chrysler plans to make vehicle improvemens on the fly |
| 2008-03-16 04:03:23 |
Filed under: Car Buying, Gadgets, Minivans/MPVs, Sedans/Saloons, Chrysler, Dodge
The interior woes of recent Chrysler products have been well documented, and consumers rightly expect better these days. Chrysler has come to realize this fact and is taking appropriate measures to fix the problem and be sure that its future products come better equipped to face the [...]...
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| Grey Anatomy: How to import vehicles from overseas |
| 2008-03-15 23:03:25 |
Filed under: Car Buying, Government/Legal
Bill Gates’s adventure in importing his Porsche 959 brought increased media attention to the world of grey market automotive imports. It even prompted the creation of the “show or display” exemption for vehicles of extremely low production combined with historical or technological significance. The 1999 amendment opened the door for many [...]...
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| Man’s best friend relegated to running board sack in 1936 |
| 2008-03-15 22:03:49 |
Filed under: Time Warp, Etc., Safety
Back in the day, they loved their unmitigated dangerousness. Don’t want exciteable little Muffy getting all nutso and chewing the seat foam? Stick him in his very own doggy bag and make his stinky little backside ride on the running board. Cut one of those shrinking yellow lights too close, [...]...
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| Rendered Ruminations: Porsche Traveller Concept slaps Stuttgart in the face |
| 2008-03-15 22:03:14 |
Filed under: Concept Cars, Etc., Crossovers/CUVs, Porsche
There’s probably a few clunkers in DaVinci’s sketchbook, too. Looking more gnarled than Van Gogh’s Potato Eaters hand studies, Ivan Volkov’s Porsche Traveller concept picks up design ideas from the Matchbox Fandango, though it doesn’t look like the spare wheel on the Traveller incorporates Rolamatic action. Rather than heap [...]...
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| Spied: 2009 Kia Optima (Facelift) |
| 2008-03-14 06:03:39 |
Didn’t I mention that Kia was on an ever-growing roll recently? GreyhoundBoy87 sent me the first shots of the upcoming refreshed Optima undisguised today, and the first impression is mighty good. The Optima, known as the Magentis or the Lotze in other markets, was released as a MY2006.5 model. The facelift imaged here will be [...]...
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| Toyota and BMW: two of the world’s most admired companies |
| 2008-03-14 05:03:47 |
Filed under: BMW, Toyota, Earnings/Financials
Back in 2006, Toyota was the first non-American company to crack Fortune’s list as one of the Most Admired Companies in America by coming in at number nine. A year later, they jumped up to number three on the list. This year, they remain on the list at the fifth position, [...]...
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| Recall Watch: 207,542 Pontiacs and Buicks recalled due to engine fire fears |
| 2008-03-14 05:03:43 |
Filed under: Recalls/TSBs, Buick, GM, Pontiac
Normally, we get our recall notices directly from NHTSA, but since the fed’s search section is down for maintenance, we’ll rely on Kyle’s tip to point us to GMInsideNews. The forum for all things General-related has posted a directive addressed to all Buick and Pontiac dealers regarding an upcoming recall [...]...
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| How car names are concocted |
| 2008-03-14 04:03:50 |
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Marketing/Advertising
Did you ever wonder how the Aztek received its name (okay, maybe not)? Well then, how about the Tiburon, Prelude, Aveo, or Allanté? What possessed Acura to drop “Legend” for “RL,” or “Integra” for “RSX” (we’re still dumbfounded on those). Why would anyone name a car The Thing?
Whether it [...]...
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| Chrysler likely to miss goal of 10,000 buyouts |
| 2008-03-14 04:03:08 |
Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, UAW/Unions
A key part of Chrysler LLC’s agreement last year with the UAW gave the automaker the ability to hire new employees at a fraction of wages and health care of current workers. Since the deal was signed, Chrysler has been trying to show high-cost workers the door. The privately-owned automaker [...]...
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| Jeep Performance may offer diesel engine swap kit for Wrangler |
| 2008-03-14 00:03:02 |
Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Green, Jeep
Chrysler LLC should be credited with making a strong push for diesels in the U.S., having sold oil burners like the last-gen Jeep Liberty CRD and current Grand Cherokee CRD for the past few years already. People who prefer crawling rocks to carrying kids, however, are clamoring for a diesel motor [...]...
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| Wolfgang Porsche joins VW board |
| 2008-03-13 23:03:48 |
Filed under: Trends, Euro, Hirings/Firings, Plants/Manufacturing, Porsche, Volkswagen
Porsche has been in the news quite a bit over the past few weeks. While one hand is embroiled in an emissions tax battle with the Mayor of London, the other hand is slowly scooping up shares of Volkswagen.
In related news, Porsche Chairman Wolfgang Porsche was nominated today [...]...
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| Top Gear renders the Focus RS |
| 2008-03-13 22:03:47 |
Filed under: Euro, Hatchbacks, Ford, Misc. Auto Shows, UK
The arrival of the production version of the Focus RS won’t be happening until 2009, but during the London Motor Show in July, we’ll get our first glimpse of Ford’s newest road rocket. Top Gear conjured up some unofficial renderings of what the new RS would look [...]...
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