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2008
Sold exclusively on the Japanese automarket, the Honda Airwave received a new tuning kit from the well-known Japanese tuner, Mugen. The Mugen Airwave body kit consists in: a front sports grille, a front under spoiler which includes 2 stylish fog lamps, side skirts, rear under spoiler featuring an air diffuser with integrated stainless steel exhaust, rear wing spoiler, a Mugen side quarter emblem, ventilated visors, 15” aluminium wheels NR available in three different styles.
At the interior, Mugen added also a side brake cover, shift knob cover, under door garnish and aluminium sport pedals.
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May
2008
When Ford announced the GT500KR’s based price of $79,995, many of you thought that it was pretty steep for a Mustang. Even though it’s a limited edition Shelby with 540 horsepower, $80,000 can buy a lot of really nice cars. What’s even more insane is that we know people will not only buy the KR, but they will pay tens of thousands of dollars over MSRP just to have one. The only question was how much dealers would try and gouge. That question has been answered. Lone Star Ford in Houston, TX has put up a red GT500KR on eBay Motors with a “Buy It Now” price of…$154,991.00. That’s nearly double the MSRP. Who knows if anyone will actually buy it at that price, but going off what happened with the standard GT500, then it’s quite possible. While we enjoyed our first drive in the GT500KR (check out Part 1 and Part 2), we can think of quite a few cars we’d rather have for $150,000.
[Source: eBay Motors]
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May
2008
AFS Trinity Power Corporation hybrid
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May
2008
Most of the conversations I overhear at car events sound something like, “So then we iteratively ran the variables in Simulink and found the optimum regen rate to be, blah, blah, blah,” instead of “Oh, how nice to see you, Daryl!” As in Daryl Hannah. Quincy Jones was holding court in a corner — as a jazz fan, I recognized him, but honestly, I have no idea who Jenny McCarthy is and believe she was standing nearby only because somebody told me. And, I must say, these people don’t appear to be buying their clothes at J.C Penny’s, either. Next time, Angus or Art — guys in the know — really need to accompany me to these Tesla Motors events to point out the celebrities, tell me their names, and what movies they’re in. Me, I’m a tech guy. Burt Rutan, I’d recognize. The last movie I saw was a documentary about how Steinway makes grand pianos (it takes a year!). Still, being there made some sort of sense, I guess, because, after all, this was the grand opening of Tesla’s new Los Angeles showroom on Santa Monica Boulevard.
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May
2008
For the 2009 model year, the Mercedes-Benz SL gets its most extensive refresh yet with a completely redesigned front end which, for the U.S. market, includes standard AMG body styling. Arrow-shaped turn signals incorporated inside larger side mirrors are new as is the rear fascia and trapezoidal exhaust tips. A new three-spoke flat-bottom steering wheel is the most eye-catching change inside.
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May
2008
In the early 1970s, at the same time she embarked on the road to becoming a tennis legend, a young Martina Navratilova also was developing another, but lesser-known passion: cars.
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May
2008
The United Auto Workers strike against American Axle, now in its 68th day, has become one of the longest walkouts in the 73-year history of the UAW — surpassing even the union’s momentous national strike against General Motors Corp. in 1970.
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May
2008
Two top executives have left German engineering company EDAG, which has been struggling for the last three years to become profitable. CEO Klaus Blickle and Chief Operating Officer Juergen Boehm left the company this month.
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May
2008
Nissan is only two years away from launching its first electric car – and there will soon be a full family of battery-powered models, boss Carlos Ghosn revealed today. Forget milk floats or crazy concepts like the Pivo 2 (pictured far right) – he vowed the cars will be desirable and stand alone as real cars that are as practical as a Micra or Qashqai.
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May
2008
Who better to judge the pick of Porsche’s track-day heroes? CAR turned to Le Mans legend Derek Bell to help decide the greatest high-performance Porsches - and you can see him at work in the sublime 1973 911 2.7 RS and contemporary GT2 in our exclusive video. We spent a day with Bell driving six hardcore legends at the Rockingham test track - read the full story in the June 2008 issue of CAR Magazine. Click on the video below to see him in action.
Don’t miss CAR’s 60th anniversary Porsche special, including:
• Games, blogs, polls and competitions on our Porsche homepage
ГўВЂВў Derek Bell on the ‘73 911 2.7 RS, 924 Carrera GTS, 964 RS, 968 Clubsport, 993 GT2 Clubsport, 997 GT3 in the June 2008 issue of CAR Magazine
ГўВЂВў Watch behind-the-scenes video footage at CAR’s June cover shoot of Porsche 959, Carrera GT, 911 2.7 RS and GT2
• Is the Cayenne a real Porsche? Watch our video comparison with the Boxster as we find out
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