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Laptop Car Mounts

June 30th, 2010 · No Comments

The Laptop Car Mount is a tray that lets you place your laptop either on the steering wheel or the seatback. With devices fast transforming into take-away structures, the Laptop Car Mount has taken the baton to ease the task of using the shrunken gadgetry while on the go. Its a handy accessory that [...]

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The Safest Cars of 2010

January 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

A new year and new decade has begun, and for many people this means a new beginning and new things to welcome in their lives. For car enthusiasts, this means new cars to look forward to. Obviously, cars aren’t really something many people can collect…unless you’re a Hollywood celebrity or the CEO of a multinational [...]

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Nissan Sentra FE+ 2.0 SR

March 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Nissan presents today its new sportier looking version of the Sentra S. The Sentra SR starts with a standard Sentra 2.0 S and adds sport-inspired exterior enhancements, including SE-R-style front and rear fascias, side sills and rear spoiler; sport grille; dark chrome bezel headlights and dark smoked bezel taillights; 16-inch aluminum-alloy wheels; and “SR” trunk [...]

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Afzal Kahn pays a record $873,000 for F1 number plate

January 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Afzal Kahn, head of the Kahn Design and Project Kahn aftermarket tuning house, placed the winning bid of 375k pounds, which comes to more than 440k pounds with tax (the equivalent of about $873,000). Kahn will reportedly (and fittingly) put the F1 plate on his custom Mercedes SLR McLaren. How does he feel about blowing [...]

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Longest Wedding Procession of the Ford Focus

July 11th, 2007 · No Comments

The Moscow Ford Focus fans decided to make the longest wedding cortege of their favourite Focus cars - at one of their Focus Club members wedding. They gathered more than two hundred Ford Focus cars. The road police officers also brought police Ford Focus to the head of the procession. They claim it would be [...]

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2007 BMW 1-Series

January 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

BMW has unveiled the 2007 BMW 1-Series hatchback. The new three-door car goes on sale this spring, and will be offered with five engine in Europe. It’s not known if the three-door model will be offered in the United States, but coupe and convertible variants are expected in America in the coming years.
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Auto Brands You’ve Never Heard Of

August 15th, 2006 · No Comments

Forbes has posted a very interesting list of unknown automotive brands. For example, how many people have heard of Koenigsegg? Or of Leblanc?
Sweden’s Koenigsegg builds the $550,000 CCR supercar. Switzerland’s Leblanc makes the $650,000 Mirabeau. Both companies are little known because they produce their modified race cars in very low quantities.
Hongqi, for example, is the [...]

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Panhard A4 Fast

August 14th, 2006 · No Comments

Above snapshot of the new toy for danger boys, called Panhard A4 Fast. It look like a Hummer, but the Panhard A4 Fast is really strong vehicle. The 2.8-liter Iveco diesel inline four pushing out a meager 146 horsepower and 236 ft.-lbs of torque. Panhard A4 Fast is equipped with anti-mine flooring, ABS brakes [...]

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2007 Mazda MX-5 Roadster Coupe

August 14th, 2006 · No Comments

Mazda has anounced that prices for the new Mazda MX-5 Roadster Coupe range will start from £18,210 (for the residents of the U.K.). This represents a modest premium of £1,200 over the soft top model, as both climate control air conditioning and the Option Pack are standardised on the 1.8i and 2.0i Roadster Coupe models. [...]

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Volkswagen Individual’s Logo

August 8th, 2006 · No Comments

The exclusive cars of Volkswagen Individual GmbH can be marked by its own new logo. The ???i??? for the product brand ???Individual???. It is worked into an emblem which bears resemblance to the Volkswagen emblem of the 50ies. The product brand logo reflects what the competence center for striking low volume productions and innovative [...]

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