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Rendered Speculation: Alfa Romeo 8C GTA

Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione – Click image above for a high-res gallery
We have an old saying: there’s no such thing as too much Alfa Romeo news. With that in mind, why is the world’s hottest Alfa sporting a “Got Milk?” mustache? Because the Photoshop warlocks at Britain’s favorite automotive tabloid have no idea what the [...]

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eBay Find of the Day: BMW 3.0 CS/CSL Group 2 Racing Coupe

BMW 3.0 CS/CSL Group 2 Racing Coupe – click above image for gallery
So how’d you like to get your hands on this? First, a little explanation of what this is. You are looking at (and hopefully bidding on) a car that began life in 1968 as a 1969 BMW 2800 CS where it served for [...]

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REPORT: Corvette C7 Coming in 2012 as a 2013 model

Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept – click above image for high-res gallery
If you like Corvettes, this is going to make you smile. Fresh out of bankruptcy court, General Motors announced its two-year product plans for Chevy, Caddy, Buick and GMC. Included are go codes for the new C7 Corvette. The plan is to introduce the C7 [...]

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Confirmed: "Phoenix" Trans Am conversion kit coming for Camaro

Kevin Morgan Pontiac Trans Am Renderings – Click above for high-res image gallery
So… as of January 1, 2010, Pontiac is dead. Buried. Gone forever. No more. Obviously, something as pesky as death ain’t going to stop hard core Trans Am fanatics from driving an (almost) honest to goodness 2010 Pontiac Trans Am and/or Firebird. Why? [...]

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Paging Mr. Vader: Gemballa creates the Mirage GT Matte Edition

Gemballa Mirage GT Matte Edition — Click above for a high-res gallery
First, there was the Gemballa Mirage GT Carbon Edition, soon followed by the Gemballa Mirage GT Gold Edition. And now, there’s a third version that’s just slightly different on the outside, but it’s the one we’d buy if we had a spare Porsche Carrera [...]

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Bentleys Galore: Bentley Drivers Club 60th Anniversary Meeting

Bentley Drivers Club 60th Anniversary Meeting – click image above for high-res gallery
It’s hard to argue against Bentley. From the marque’s start as high speed play things for Europe’s Jazz Age, monied neerdowell/rapscallion set to an impressive string of Le Mans victories at the hands of ubermenschen like Woolf “Babe” Barnato to all the Bond [...]

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Spy Shots: Audi preparing lightweight, track-focused R8 V10?

First came the R8. Then came the race-spec R8 LMS. Then the V10-powered R8 5.2 FSI, with the roadster version waiting in the wings. The diesel version may have been canceled, but now Audi is said to be working on a light-weight, track-focused version of its flagship supercar.
Test mules for what is believed to be [...]

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From the Ringside Rumormill: Aston Martin working on upgraded DBS?

Aston Martin DBS – Click above for high-res image gallery

It may be too soon to say, but word has it that Aston Martin is working on an even more extreme version of its lightweight DBS super-GT. Rumors have been circulating around the Nurburgring, where Aston Martin has been seen testing new aerodynamic elements for the [...]

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Spy Shots: Devon GTX chasing the production car ‘Ring record

Why it was just last week that we talked about the Devon GTX “setting” the one lap “record” at Laguna Seca. We actually got on the horn and called Devon, begging asking for a detail or two about the GTX’s upcoming reveal at Pebble Beach in just four short days (August 15). All we could [...]

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Hennessey Venom GT to debut at 2010 Geneva Motor Show

Hennessey Venom GT – Click above for high-res image gallery
It’s been two long years since John Hennessey announced plans to build his very own supercar, and we were beginning to wonder if it was ever going to happen. Apparently, Hennessey’s plans are still a go as the Texas tuner just announced through its newsletter that [...]