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| KTM preparing a more powerful X-BOW Posted: 16 Jul 2008 06:52 PM CDT  Via TopSpeed  | ||||
| Kia Soul production version unveiled Posted: 16 Jul 2008 06:44 PM CDT  The new model, Soul, will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show, this October and it can be bought a month after. From the first official photos we can see that Soul still has the features of its concept, but also has some similarities with the newer Skoda models. The car is 4105 mm long, 1785 mm wide and has a high of 1610 mm (this are almost the same dimensions as Nissan Note). Under the bonnet there will be a 122 hp 1.6 liter engine, a 2.0 liter one and a Diesel, also 1.6 liter - 115bhp (turbocharged). The base 1.6 liter engine will be the same as those from Kia Cee’d. Although it has a SUV look, Soul will be available only in front wheel drive. The concept was created by the designers from Kia Europe, but the series model was made by two creation teams, one from California and one from Coreea. Check out more photos after the jump.
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| World’s largest parade of Mitsubishi Evos Posted: 16 Jul 2008 02:37 PM CDT  This weekend, at Castle Combe Racing Circuit in Wiltshire, England, MLR (Mitsubishi Lancer Register) has set a new world record for the largest parade of Mitsubishi Evos. Though less than expected, 273 Evos , grouped by color, drove for 2 miles at constant speed and managed to brake the record and also raise £7,459.27 for the Richard Burns Foundation, with a big support from Mitsubishi Motors UK. The record was confirmed by Buiness World Records and Darin Frow, the MLR Chairman said that “it has taken a small team of MLR members a huge amount of time and effort over the last year to pull this World Record attempt together, but to see it finally come to life on Saturday was incredible [..] Everyone involved had a great day and to see so many Evos on track all at once whilst history was in the making was truly spectacular. We were delighted with the support we received from Mitsubishi UK and for their generous contribution to our chosen charity."  | ||||
| Captain America themed Honda Pilot Posted: 16 Jul 2008 01:08 PM CDT  No, don’t imagine that the car you see in these pics was created by some comics fanatic. This custom Captain America themed Honda Pilot was created by Marvel Comics and it’ll be the grand prize of a lottery organized by "The San Diego Blood Bank" and the "Easy Going Honda Dealers of San Diego County". For those interested, the car will be on display at the 32nd Annual Comic-Con Blood Drive, taking place at the San Diego Marriott Hotel, between Thursday, July 24, and Sunday, July 27. So, if you’d like to get a chance to win this interesting car and help the San Diego Blood Bank secure funds for the refurbishment of one of our aging bloodmobiles, here’s your chance! Check out more details on the San Diego Blood Bank website. More photos after the jump.
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| The new 2009 Mazda6 to have a good price Posted: 16 Jul 2008 10:49 AM CDT  Mazda has just announced the pricing for the new Mazda6. The 2009 Mazda6 starts from $18,550 for a Mazda6 i SV with 170hp and 2.5 4-cylinder mated to a 6-speed manual gear. Mazda6 s is more expensive but has 273hp 3.7L V6 engine mated to a 6-speed automatic gear. This one starts from $24,130. Mazda6 will one by offered as a four-door sedan in four trim levels, the Touring and Grand Touring, the SV and the Sport. The car will hit showrooms starting this August. Mazda6 is the highly anticipated 2009 car and is the first of Mazda’s “Zoom-Zoom Evolution” second-generation vehicles, builded on a heritage of sports sedans and sports car that no other automaker can boast. It combines a sports sedan with sophistication like no other car that cand be found in the market. President and CEO of Mazda North American Operations, Jim O’Sullivan said “"This is the most important new vehicle Mazda has launched in a decade". As it has been since the first MAZDA6 launched in 2002, all North American MAZDA6s will continue to be built at AutoAlliance International, in Flat Rock, Mich, a joint venture with partner Ford Motor Company.  | ||||
| Posted: 16 Jul 2008 10:42 AM CDT  We all know that BMW takes pride in being considered one of the sportiest wide range german manufacturers, and that being said, their special performance M division has quite a job to do, having suceeded in most of them, their newest M3 being praised as a great entry level sedan, but there’s always room ot improve, such is the case that the CSL version of the M3 is reported to appear in early 2010. This CSL version, standing for Coupe Sport Lightweight, will represent the top of the range of 3 series based models, essentially being a much lighter version of the M3. The target weight to be saved is around 100 kg, engineers using a lot of carbon fiber based materials and eliminating altogether “luxuries” like the radio, A/C or the navigation deemed not worthy of this pure performance oriented car. But the changes don’t end with the “diet” that the car has been put on, the CSL will have a new reworked suspension, a boost of almost 50 bhp for the engine, taking it to a total of 470 bhp and to transfer all this power to the road, new performance tires will be fitted to special rims. To demonstrate the track oriented use for this model, BMW hope it will lap the Nurburgring in 7:45, other supposed performance specs are the 0-100 km/h time of 4.5 s and a top speed around to 300 km/h (186 mph). All of this performance does come with a cost, prices set to be around €90,000, and considering the limited run of the previous model of about 1400 cars, buyers should hurry when it will be officially announced.  |
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