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Revealed: Toyota's new Avensis flagship sedan

rybo submitted on 8/29/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:25:16 PM

Toyota will present its third-generation Avensis sedan at this October’s Paris Motor Show, along with the upcoming iQ minicar and Urban Cruiser compact SUV. The Avensis will continue to be built at Toyota’s Burnaston plant in the UK, and is set to go on sale in January next year. Read More

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Sinister Mercedes C-Class by Kicherer

rybo submitted on 8/29/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:20:50 AM

Kicherer may not be as well known as its rival German tuners such as Brabus and MTM, but the company has a penchant for building some of the most stylish and aggressive kits in the business - especially when it comes to modifying cars from Mercedes-Benz. Some recent highlights include the SL63 Evo Edition and CLK63 Black Edition, and now the tuner has released a package for the more practical C320 CDI. Read More

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Production Chevy Volt caught out in the open

rybo submitted on 8/29/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:07:06 AM

The production Chevrolet Volt is still a few weeks away from its first official reveal but images of the car have surfaced thanks to filming on the set of the Transformers 2 movie, which it is set to appear in. The ‘Volt’ name can clearly be seen at the rear of the car as well as on the side-mirror, while the rest of the images reveal a number of different angles for the upcoming plug-in hybrid. Read More

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Toyota will beat Volt to market

rybo submitted on 8/28/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:00:05 PM

General Motors’ product chief Bob Lutz has a revealed that test fleets for the production Chevrolet Volt would start running as early as next year and that the first customer cars could start rolling of assembly lines earlier than the proposed November 2010 release date. However, Lutz also stressed that GM is not in a race with Toyota to be the first to the market with a mass produced plug-in hybrid vehicle, explaining that the two vehicles will be very different. Read More

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Pirelli launches new Cyber tires with electronic monitoring

rybo submitted on 8/28/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 8:58:10 PM

Tire pressure monitoring systems have become commonplace on all but the most entry-level cars, but Pirelli is set to take the next step in tire telemetry - a self-powered microchip-based system that reports temperature, pressure and load wirelessly to the car’s computer. The tire, dubbed the Cyber Tire (P-Zero pictured), will debut in 2010. Read More

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Microsoft bringing cheaper internet to cars

rybo submitted on 8/28/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:30:17 AM

Microsoft has teamed with the Universities of Massachusetts and Washington to develop a new wireless internet system designed exclusively for cars. The technology, which is currently being tagged as Vi-Fi (short for Vehicle Wi-Fi), aims to provide motorists and their passengers with cheaper and more accessible internet than current cellular broadband systems used by the likes of Chrysler and BMW. Read More

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Revealed: Splinter wooden supercar

rybo submitted on 8/27/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 8:56:03 AM

The Splinter, a wooden car designed by a group of college students, has made the rounds to the International Woodworking Fair, where it met with acclaim. While the car is still under construction, photos on the car’s website detail just how far along the Splinter has come from its initial design stages. Read More

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GM releases GTR-style multi-function display

rybo submitted on 8/26/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:16:48 PM

While General Motors’ new ‘Reconfigurable Performance Display’ may be nowhere near as involving as the multi-function display system used in the Nissan GT-R, the performance feedback tool provides a number of vital vehicle statistics for very little money. The dealer-installed option will list for $295 and will be available initially on the Chevrolet Cobalt and HHR SS models, however it may eventually filter across to other GM models including the Pontiac Solstice GXP and Saturn Sky Redline line of cars. Read More

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Peugeot could return to the US

rybo submitted on 8/26/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:41:33 AM

Peugeot will focus on emerging markets and expanding its model range to cultivate its desired goal of selling more than two million vehicles worldwide per year by the end of the decade. While a return to the U. Read More

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Revealed: Camaro SS

rybo submitted on 8/25/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:02:13 PM

The new Camaro has been a long time coming, with concepts on the scene for the past two years and more than six years since the last Camaro was produced. The hot SS variant is taking even longer than the standard car, though these photos show what appears to be the final version of the fastest Camaro, expected to be powered by an LS3 V8. Read More

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Widebody SLK on sale in U.S.

rybo submitted on 8/25/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:01:04 PM

California tuning company Rex Accelero has revealed a widebody kit for the SLK 55 that brings the front and rear fenders out by at least 2. 5 inches, offering lower-weight replacement parts, special aero pieces and the ability to house much wider wheels. Read More

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First official teaser for Buick LaCrosse

rybo submitted on 8/25/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:59:41 PM

The next-generation LaCrosse has already been spotted behind the scenes completely free of camouflage, but today General Motors released a new teaser image which reveals the logo and a portion of the grill, but little else. Nevertheless, the image does confirm what was seen in the grainy and small images from the earlier leak. Read More

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First Fast and Furious 4 trailer

rybo submitted on 8/25/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:41:14 PM

Paul Walker and Vin Diesel return for the fourth instalment of the Fast & Furious series and once again play characters caught up in the seamy underworld of truck hijacking and stolen cars. The first official trailer for the upcoming movie has just been released, revealing that a number of other characters from the first movie also return. Read More

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Infinti G37 cabrio will be bigger than the coupe

rybo submitted on 8/25/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:05:59 AM

Infiniti’s parent company, Nissan, first hinted at the introduction of a convertible version of the new G37 Coupe when it released its GT 2012 company-wide strategy back in May. The company has now formally announced that the G37 Convertible will arrive in the first quarter of next year as a 2009 model following a world debut at November’s Los Angeles Auto Show. Read More

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Mercedes already working on CL facelift

rybo submitted on 8/25/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:04:30 AM

The current C216 Mercedes-Benz CL was first introduced at the end of 2006 and didn’t appear in most markets until early the next year, however, engineers are already hard at work testing prototypes for an updated version of the car. Given the lack of modifications to the exterior of this prototype, it’s still too early to confirm if Mercedes is planning a full facelift or only a serious of slight styling changes. Read More

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