January 2010

Archive For January 2010

Porsche 911 Trying to Escape Police

Driving a Porsche 911 in the Netherlands and the cops take you on their radar? What do you do? Our advice, don’t run away, coz here’s what happens when you’re not a very good drive, yet you’re trying to escape the police.

Source: Alex Ion

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Mercedes Benz SLS AMG hits the production floor

The spiritual successor to the 300SL Gullwing has officially arrived and the good news is that it has hit the production floor. The Mercedes Benz SLS AMG, factually speaking, the successor to the SLR McLaren, is now being produced with sales beginning in March this year. It is the first Mercedes automobile designed in-house by [...]

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Ferrari 599 Hybrid confirmed for Geneva Debut

The brains from Modena cannot ignore the fact that the world is turning “green” (protecting the environment, more or less, that is) hence why Ferrari has confirmed the debut of a 599 hybrid, a fuel efficient version of the 599GTB.

The Ferrari 599 hybrid will be break cover at the Geneva International Motor Show in [...]

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How to Beat a Speed Camera

Been getting some of those nasty tickets for speeding and try to find a way to beat the speed camera? The good chaps from myth-busters have it. Of course you may end up in jail, but still, you just beat the speed camera!

Source: Alex Ion

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2012 BMW 3-Series F 30 Spied in the Cold

It seems BMW is out there in the cold with all its latest bimmer model from the M3 and M5 to the latest catch, the 2012 BMW 3-Series F30. Spy photographers caught a glimpse of the 2012 model in the northern part of Scandinavia at a BMW facility close to a frozen lake.

BMW has [...]

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Ozawa’s image headache

Shadow Shogun, The Destroyer and Backroom Fixer.
Japan’s ruling party kingpin, Ichiro Ozawa, has earned several less-than-flattering nicknames for an approach to politics that has seen him shaking up government in the country for decades, culminating in his party’s historic election victory last August.

Ozawa’s tough, combative image was reinforced when he vowed in public to fight against prosecutors [...]

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Dirty Nissan 200sx s13 Drifter

Dirty Nissan 200sx s13 Drifter
Source: Japanese Performance Car News Blog – JapPower

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Growth is not enough for Africa

Lots of talk at the moment about how Africa’s economy is looking up.  The International Monetary Fund, for one, reckons sub-Saharan growth will be 1 percentage point above the world average this year and it has put eight African countries in its top 20 fastest growing economies list for 2010.
Reuters has written a special report on [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized by - 28 January 2010, No Comments

2011 BMW M3 Model with an Optional Competition Package

It is no big secret that the 2011 BMW 3-series performance off-shoot M3 will not be available as a GTS variant in the US. This leaves us guessing what the M division of BMW will come up with to please the performance and aggression hungry Americans. Rumor has it that BMW will be offering an [...]

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2011 BMW M5 Spied Testing in the cold

The big brands are all out there in the cold testing their automobiles to adjudge how well they will perform once they hit the factory floor. The latest catch is the 2011 BMW M5 more specifically known as the BMW M5 F10.

The heavily camouflaged traction-control test mule reveals sculpted door panels and side sills along [...]

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