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Fifth Gear: Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera vs D
2007-09-19 14:46:00 Fifth Gear : Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera vs D Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera vs Ducati 1098; the ultimate car v bike race. 1098, ducati, Gallardo, Lamborghini, race, superbike, supercar, superleggera, Videos Clips, vs More About: Allard , Gera
2007 Jaguar XKR Convertible - A Thoroughbred GT
2007-09-19 12:52:00 BY STEVE SILER The most expensive Jaguar convertible ever offers flash and dash. There is no shortage of write-ups about Jaguar?s new XK, in all its variations, on CARandDRIVER.com. That?s probably because Jag?s latest?and in terms of performance, its greatest?GT is pretty sensational, whether or not it has a roof, a supercharger, or both. We would have ... More About: Convertible , Luxury Car , Vert , Thoroughbred
Subaru WRC Concept
2007-09-19 12:33:00 PHOTOGRAPHY BY MORGAN SEGAL Still no sign of the STI, but it?s got to look like the WRX rally car, right? Look past the distinctive Subaru rally team paint job and what you see is very close to what the much anticipated Subaru WRX STI will look like. From the deep front bumper to possibly even the ... More About: Concept Car , Concept , Racing Car , Baru
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS
2007-09-19 11:59:00 BY CSABA CSERE An everyday sedan with a sporty demeanor. With the recent doubling of crude-oil prices, Mitsu bishi ?s ninth-generation Lancer is arriving at a time of renewed interest in smallish sedans. As with most new vehicles, this latest Lancer is stiffer and more powerful than its predecessor, but unlike most of its competitors, it hasn?t grown much ... More About: Sedan , Bish
Chevrolet Volt Concept
2007-09-19 11:47:00 BY DAVE VANDERWERP, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFFREY G. RUSSELL GM toys with a plug-in hybrid. Aside from a couple aftermarket companies that offer conversion kits to boost a production-model hybrid?s battery capacity and allow it to recharge those batteries from a conventional, 120-volt household outlet when parked, there hasn?t been much action when it comes to plug-in hybrids. ... More About: Chevrolet , Hybrid car , Concept
2008 Audi RS 4 Cabriolet
2007-09-19 11:37:00 BY JARED GALL Audi decides its fantastic RS 4 is safe for U.S. consumption in convertible form as well. Maybe you need a 420-hp, 8250-rpm V-8 in your family convertible. Or maybe you need to peel the top off of your 420-hp, 8250-rpm, V-8?powered family sedan. Either way, the time to rejoice is now. Audi has announced ... More About: Cabriolet , Convertible , 2008
2007 Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Roadster - Road Tests
2007-09-19 11:18:00 BY AARON ROBINSON, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MORGAN SEGAL Options are a mere $52,710. Nabbing a Lamborghini for testing involves trying to chisel into a press-car calendar thick with celebrity-studded red-carpet parties hosted by the likes of Donatella Versace. It isn?t easy getting on the schedule. Lamborghini?s silk-suited brand managers are hyping a fantasy lifestyle, and we in the ... More About: Road , Tests , Luxury Car , Roadster
Dodge Demon Concept - Previews
2007-09-19 11:03:00 BY STEVE SILER AND ALISA PRIDDLE Dodge crafts a cute little roadster from a rib of the Viper. Will they build it? The springtime ritual of manufacturers letting us drive concept cars from past auto shows is in full swing, and one of our recent (and favorite) joy rides was in the driver’s seat of the Dodge ... More About: Demon , Concept , Roadster
Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Concept - Previews
2007-09-19 10:47:00 BY STEVE SILER Sunny days ahead: Wheel time in the droptop Camaro concept portends good things to come in 2009. Seventeen months have passed since the Camaro concept coupe made its debut. Since then, we have learned that the Camaro two-seater would indeed be produced (on GM?s much touted Zeta platform), we saw the stunning convertible concept, ... More About: Chevrolet , Concept , Convertible , Chevrolet Camaro
Honda FCX Concept
2007-09-18 09:05:00 BY BARRY WINFIELD Behind the wheel of Honda ?s latest fuel-cell concept car. If anyone can get fuel-cell technology developed at an affordable price level, Honda looks to be in the running. The company is on its third version of a fuel-cell powertrain, and each one has bumped the performance and range upward, with decreased size and improved ... More About: Concept Car , Concept , Onda
Chevrolet Trax, Beat, and Groove Concepts
2007-09-18 08:56:00 BY ALISA PRIDDLE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JARED HOLSTEIN GM testing minicar appetite with concepts in N.Y. General Motors wants to know if there is an appetite for minicars in the U.S. To that end, three Chevy concepts will be front and center at next week?s New York auto show to gauge reaction. The first is the Trax, a five-door ... More About: Concept Car , Chevrolet , Concepts , Beat , Groove
Suzuki SX4 WRC Car
2007-09-18 08:39:00 BY JORDAN BROWN WRX, Evo, and now SX4? Suzuki shows off its World Rally Championship car before its racing debut. Suzuki hopes to steal the rally crowd?s attention at the Frankfurt auto show with its newest entrant in the World Rally Championship, the SX4 WRC. The automaker gave notice earlier this year at the Geneva auto show that ... More About: Racing Car
Audi TT Clubsport Concept
2007-09-18 08:28:00 BY JAKE HOLMES An exaggerated TT that houses a 300-hp version of the 2.0-liter turbo. Maybe Audi owners who want a high-performance version of the TT never commute in the rain, because Audi nixed the roof in the TT Clubsport Quattro concept. But the Clubsport isn?t meant to be a daily driver, rather showcasing what a track-ready TT ... More About: Concept Car , Concept
2008 Limited Edition Porsche Boxster and Boxster S
2007-09-18 08:16:00 BY JAKE HOLMES Orange-flavored Boxsters to go into production soon. There?s really only one way to describe Porsche ?s Limited Edition Boxster and Boxster S: Orange. We first saw this retro-inspired paint job on the 911 GT3 RS a year ago, and now it has been bestowed on the Boxster line. In fact, the color covers everything in the ... More About: Luxury Car , Roadster
2008 Audi A5 and S5
2007-09-17 10:30:00 BY STEVE SILER AND JON YANCA, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JARED HOLSTEIN Coupe scoop! Audi ’s new two-doors are based on the next-generation A4 and S4. Look out, BMW 3-series coupe, Infiniti G37 coupe, and Mercedes-Benz CLK, the 2008 Audi A5 and Audi S5 are poised to make their debuts later this year. Derived from the next-generation A4 platform, dubbed ...
2008 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster
2007-09-17 10:03:00 BY STEVE SILER AND JARED GALL Mercedes -Benz debuts its glamorous half-million-dollar SLR McLaren roadster in our inboxes. Usually, automakers debut important or exciting new cars at a major auto show, all the better to drum up consumer interest, my dear. We expected the same to be true of Mercedes-Benz ?s upcoming SLR McLaren roadster. ?Twas not to be, however. ... More About: Mercedes Benz , Special Edition
2008 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe and Convertible
2007-09-17 09:39:00 BY ERIK JOHNSON If Vette = Powerful, then Better Vette = More Powerful, right? Yup. Chevy?s mad scientists have been hard at work tweaking the C6 Corvette for its fourth model year, and the results are finally in. The most important figures: 6.2 liters of displacement, 430 hp, and 424 lb-ft of torque from its V-8 engine, ... More About: Chevrolet , Convertible , Luxury Car , Coupe
2007 Porsche Boxster S - Road Tests
2007-09-17 09:30:00 The top-level Boxster is now as quick as a Cayman S and the previous-gen 911. Running in opposition to the logic that governs the rest of the automotive world, Porsche charges nearly $3500 more for a hardtop Cayman S than a ragtop Boxster S. Presumably? with its myriad electronic servos and labor-intensive clothtop, a convertible Boxster ... More About: Road , Tests , Luxury Car , Roadster
2007 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible Indy Pace Car Edition
2007-09-17 09:07:00 BY STEVE SILER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARY SEELHORST Corvette paces The Race ? again. But this time, Chevy lets you share in the glory For the ninth time in 29 years, Corvette will lap Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the official pace car of the Indy 500. And to celebrate the occasion, Chevrolet will build replicas to sell to ... More About: Pace , Special Edition
2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 Coupe and Convertible - Road Tests
2007-09-16 12:39:00 BY MARK GILLIES, PHOTOGRAPHY RICH CHENET With 600 horsepower, the Viper has more venom for 2008. Just 20 years ago, when Porsche and Ferrari unveiled the astonishing 444-hp 959 and the 478-hp F40 supercars, 400 horsepower was a very big number. Nowadays, the horsepower wars have gotten so crazy that there are a number of sedans?thank you, ... More About: Dodge , Road , Tests , Convertible , Luxury Car
Saab Biopower Hybrid Concept
2007-09-16 12:16:00 BY HOWARD WALKER An all-wheel-drive hybrid Saab ragtop with 260 horsepower? Bring it on. Saab claims its new BioPower Hybrid concept provides V-6 punch from a four-cylinder coupled with zero-emission electric power and the capability of running on bio-ethanol (E100) fuel. The concept?being showcased at the Detroit show in a Saab 9-3 convertible?uses the two-mode hybrid system that ... More About: Concept Car , Hybrid car , Concept
Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Concept
2007-09-16 12:09:00 BY HOWARD WALKER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFFREY G. RUSSELL Well, whaddya know? After last year’s Camaro Coupe concept, along comes the convertible. It didn?t take a rocket scientist, or the brain power of that guy who kept winning Jeopardy, to deduce that GM would follow-up its much-praised Chevy Camaro Coupe concept with a ragtop version. The production Camaro is ... More About: Concept Car , Chevrolet , Concept , Convertible
2007 Mini Cooper Convertible Sidewalk
2007-09-16 12:00:00 BY DAVE VANDERWERP Here’s a $4000 trim-package stopgap while you wait for the new, second-gen Mini droptop. While you’ve already seen the all-new 2007 Mini Cooper coupe, the Mini convertible soldiers on for 2007 essentially unchanged. Make that one change; the Sidewalk model you see here, which is a new, $4000 trim package for either Cooper or ... More About: Convertible , Vert
2008 Chrysler Sebring Convertible
2007-09-16 11:52:00 BY JARED GALL 2006 Los Angeles auto show: Chrysler joins the hardtop convertible parade. Chrysler showed off its 2008 Sebring convertible in L.A., joining the folding hardtop parade but adding its own interesting twist. The car will be available with a choice of three tops: folding hardtop, cloth, and vinyl. All three tops will actually use the ... More About: Convertible , Chrysler Sebring , Vert
2007 Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Cabriolet
2007-09-16 11:44:00 BY DAVE VANDERWERP, PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON KILEY Add 113 horses to last year’s model. The current CLK is four years old, so it?s not surprising that the highlight here is the new, AMG-developed 6.2-liter V-8 beast that is spreading throughout Mercedes ? lineup of cranked-up AMG cars. It puts out 475 horsepower in the CLK63, making last year?s ... More About: Mercedes Benz , Mercedes-Benz , Cabriolet , Benz
2007 Volkswagen Eos 2.0T
2007-09-16 11:11:00 BY PATRICK BEDARD, PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM DREW The goddess goes topless. Eos is the Greek goddess of dawn, but this new VW has a much broader portfolio. Hard-roof convertibles have gone from rarity to novelty to commodity in a half-dozen years. The robotic roof fold-down no longer grabs headlines. Now the question is: How clever is the ... More About: Volkswagen , Volkswagen Eos , Convertible , Swag
2008 Aston Martin V-8 Vantage Roadster
2007-09-16 10:58:00 BY AARON ROBINSON Barbie loses her head. Aston Martin ?s rooflines are some of the hottest numbers in car couture?they?re low cut, tight fitting, and steaming with sex appeal. Cutting off one is like shearing the blond locks off a Barbie doll. Alas, the lovely V-8 Vantage goes headless with the new Vantage roadster, on sale now and ... More About: Luxury Car , Roadster , Roads
2008 BMW 335i and 328i Cabriolet
2007-09-16 10:46:00 BY JARED GALL, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFFREY G. RUSSELL The 3-series joins the hardtop convertible parade. BMW has announced its fourth-generation 3-series convertible and released these photos of its first folding-hardtop car. The tin roof is a three-piece unit operated either by a single switch on the center console or a button on the key fob for remote ... More About: Cabriolet , Convertible , 2008
2008 Audi TT Roadster
2007-09-16 10:38:00 BY MICHAEL D. AUSTIN Audi ’s sexy, two-seat TT remains a soft top. We knew that Audi would debut a roadster variant soon after the introduction of the new 2008 TT coupe, but now it?s official. The 2008 Audi TT roadster mimics the hardtop version?s style and powertrain options ? either a 200-hp 2.0-liter turbo four powering the ... More About: Roadster , Roads
Frankfurt Autoshow 2007 Day 2 - Fast Lane Daily
More articles from this author:2007-09-13 16:06:00 More from the Frankfurt Autoshow , today we uncover the Audi A4 and RS6 Avant, Aston Martin shows off the goods, we take a look at the Evo-WRX, and much more. Hosted by Ji Young Min. Check out http://feed.fastlanedaily.com and tell us what to include in our next episode! 500, Aston, Audi, Autoshow, Avant, Cinquecento, DB9LM, DBS, ... More About: Daily , Lane , Fast 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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