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Maserati has facelifted the Quattroporte, but can you spot the difference? Watch our video of the new Maser in action to decide for yourself. We’ve got some official Quattroporte footage in our new video – just check out the player below. And to read our first drive review of the Maser Quattroporte S, click here.

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Maserati has facelifted the Quattroporte, but can you spot the difference? Watch our video of the new Maser in action to decide for yourself. We’ve got some official Quattroporte footage in our new video – just check out the player below. And to read our first drive review of the Maser Quattroporte S, click here.

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BMW has Efficient Dynamics, Mercedes has BlueEfficiency and Audi has… what? On the surface, Audi seems to have missed the green boat entirely, having not created an eco-brand to act as an environmentally friendly halo for its mainstream range. Audi says this isn’t the case; it’s not late to the party – it’s not coming at all.

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Maserati has facelifted the Quattroporte, but can you spot the difference? Watch our video of the new Maser in action to decide for yourself. We’ve got some official Quattroporte footage in our new video – just check out the player below. And to read our first drive review of the Maser Quattroporte S, click here.

Don’t forget, if you’ve got any videos you’d like to share with the world you can publish them directly onto this website. (If you’re having problems viewing this video you may need to update to the latest version which you can do free here.)

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Maserati has facelifted the Quattroporte, but can you spot the difference? Watch our video of the new Maser in action to decide for yourself. We’ve got some official Quattroporte footage in our new video – just check out the player below. And to read our first drive review of the Maser Quattroporte S, click here.

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Porsche doesn’t stand still with the 911 – but these spy photos of the new 998-generation 911 remind us that it prefers evolution at a glacial pace. You can almost feel the weight of four decades’ continuous development hanging over the new 911…

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Troubled General Motors has notified two racetracks that run NASCAR events — New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway — that their current contracts will not be renewed as part of an overall $10 billion cost-cutting program. That seems to be just the first step in what could be a huge drop in support by GM, Ford and Chrysler for tracks and teams in NASCAR’s top three professional divisions, the NHRA and other racing series in the face of the weakest U.S. auto sales in a decade. Read more here.

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If you haven’t noticed yet, we got a really terrific Audi R8 to drive here at MotherProof.com. My opportunity to drive it happened to fall on my son’s and my husband’s birthdays. We decided not to throw birthday parties this year, instead we spent time together — as well as indulged in the R8 (even if it was only two of us at a time).

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Did you miss out on the chance to reserve a Challenger SRT-8 during the pre-production feeding frenzy? Don’t worry– they’re still available. It turns out the “sold out” production run wasn’t. While many of the first 6.4k built were pre-sold, “a quarter of the cars were set aside for dealer orders.” The Detroit News reports they’re available at some dealers; in fact, one Michigan dealer has nineteen of them for sale. Jim Simpson, sales manager at Dick Huvaere’s Richmond Chrysler Jeep Dodge, said “I wish I had 50 of them.” So far he’s sold one; he currently has two on the lot with 17 more expected later this month. A quick scan of inventory at Dodge dealers in the metro Atlanta area turned up five on dealer lots. So if you’re interested, you might be able to find one in your area too. Or you can wait a few months until dealers have milked the “market price adjustment” and they’re willing to talk turkey (so to speak) to get them off their lots.

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Motown pundit Peter DeLorenzo frequently takes his hometown heroes to task for their insularity. It’s more than a bit ironic; the self-styled Autoextremist steadfastly refuses to allow comments underneath his weekly rants. The columnist also backed out of simultaneous TTAC publication because he didn’t want to respond to TTAC’s Best and Brightest when they ripped his writing to shreds thoughtfully analyzed his insightful commentary. In e-pistle 454, DeLorenzo once again tries to play it both ways. On one hand, he validates the “perception gag” [sic]. You know; the deep psychological chasm between U.S. consumers’ understanding of GM and Ford’s products (ominously enough, Chrysler’s been excluded) and the vehicles’ “true” competitiveness with their transplanted rivals. Well, some of them. OK, the Chevy Mailbu. On the other hand, Sweet Pete eviscerates The Big 2.8 for their “indecision, non-decisions and monumentally bone-headed decisions.” In sum, uber-mensch Bob Lutz and his pals tried hard to do/build the right thing. They got tripped-up by gas prices (in just three months!) and hamstrung by their handlers’ stupidity. And who do you think you are criticizing Detroit, Jane you ignorant slut? Despite DeLorenzo’s writing talent, it’s clear the inside outsider is rhetorically conflicted. But at least DeLorenzo has doubts. Even now, deep into the last act of a Shakespearian tragedy, the same can not be said for the people who once paid his salary. 

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