Mazda Shinari Concept

Mazda has releases its future design direction with the sleek Shinari concept car. which will make its public debut at the Paris Motor Show at the end of September. The stylish four-door coupe previews the look of the next generation of Mazdas and ushers in a new design language.With the launch of the new concept, Mazda also announced that the company’s future design language will be described by the word Kodo, which is Japanese for soul of motion. Talking about the new design language, Ikuo Maeda, general manager of Mazda Motor Corp.’s design division said: "this design will lead to the next generation of Mazda design and will lead to other elements."The coupe shows the future face of Mazda's family of vehicles -- an aluminum signature wing,...

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2011 De Macross GT1

These are the first pictures and details of a new supercar from fledgling Canadian company De Macross Motors Corp (DMMC), which was set up in 2009. It's called the GT1, and CAR has been given the lowdown on this new supercar.The power of the De Macross GT1 will come from a 5.4-litre V8 engine produced by North American company Roush Yates Racing Engines. If you're not familiar with this company, you just have to know they also provide the engines for Ford's NASCAR activators. This means the De Macross GT1 will have some serious muscle under that skin.Performance figures aren't forthcoming yet, but with a chassis made from carbonfibre and aluminium, don't expect it to lose out at the lights too often. De Macross claims the...

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2011 Holden Commodore VE Series II

Holden has just released the 2011 Holden Commodore VE Series II, a facelifted version of the VE Commodore that will be available with either a 3.0-liter V6, 3.6-liter V6, or a massive 6.0-liter V8.The 3.0-litre SIDI V6 and 6.0-litre V8 engines are the ones compatible with E85 fuel. The flex-fuel system allows the car to use organically-developed ethanol fuel at the standardised 85 percent ratio. Using this fuel is said to reduce CO2 emissions coming out from the tailpipe by as much as 40 percent. And it doesn’t matter if you top the car up on regular unleaded or premium unleaded either, the engine and its software will figure it all; there’s no need to ‘switch’ from fuel to fuel.A similar story can be told about these cars' interiors – minute...

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ABT Audi TT RS 501 hp

The tuners from ABT Sportsline have released a new power upgrade for the Audi TT RS. debuting a power package back in September 2009 that helped put down 420-hp from the roadster. An 80-hp increase from the factory 340-hp, most would think that would be enough to keep everyone happy. But ABT Sportsline wouldn’t be ABT Sportsline if they didn’t find a way to break the 500-hp mark.The ABT Audi TT-RS comes with 161 HP (118 kW) over than what the standard version has to offer, which translates into a total output of 510 HP (368 kW). The tuners previous upgrade package called the ABT POWER was squeezing 420 HP (309 kW) out of the German 2+2 coupe.Try 0-100km/h in 4 seconds and a top speed of 292km/h if you go for the POWER S version, or 0-100km/h...

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