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Aston Martin DBS crashed

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The choice of car for Casino Royale was made in 2005 when Aston boss Dr Ulrich Bez invited Bond producer to look at a new DB9-based model under development in the design studio. Bond producer loved the car and cast it as the perfect transport for Daniel Craig???s leaner, meaner, slightly blonder Bond.

This Aston with a small problem. The new car, to be called DBS, wasn???t due to be launched until 2007 and at that point it was just a styling buck still being finessed by design director. No actual DBSs existed and it wasn???t going to be much of a starring role if all Bond did was lean casually on a clay model.

Of course, the majority of the four cars Aston Martin delivered to the production were completely destroyed for a scene in which Bond swerves to avoid steamrolling his lady love and enters into a series of seven barrel rolls. The scene’s stuntwork was so successful that it entered the Guiness Book of World Records for achieving seven complete rolls, besting Top Gear, the previous record holder. Unfortunately, the end result of the wreck was a destroyed DBS. Brit mag EVO chronicles the story of Aston’s involvement in Casino Royale here, and provides a series of shots showing the DBS before and after the crash. Surprisingly, the Aston Martin DBS still looks gorgeous after going end over end a record number of times. It just needs a little TLC to get back on its feet.

Road Rage

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Beeping a grandma at a pedestrian crossing can be a risky business!

Russo-Balt

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Russo-Balt

Russia was unveiled a new concept car at the Auto-Show in Geneva. Russo-Balt is promoting a Russian-German luxury car concept, called Impression.

Russo-Balt was the first Russian carmaker who produce cars between 1909 and 1923. The brand “Russo-Balt” was resurrected in 2006 by a group of German and Russian investors.

Impression is a coupe with strong hints of European styling of the 1930s. The car is fitted with mechanical parts of Mercedes CL63 AMG.

The new car will be produced by Germany’s Gerg GmbH at a rate of two to three cars a year with a selling price of about 1.5 million euros.

2008 Volkswagen Phaeton

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2008 Volkswagen Phaeton

Volkswagen Phaeton luxury sedan was facelifted for the European market. No longer offered in the United States, this Phaeton will arrive in dealerships summer 2007.

2008 Phaeton is offered with a new 3.0-litre V6 TDI engine developing 238 hp ??? a 13 hp rise over the outgoing V6 TDI engine. The common rail direct injection engine already meets tough Euro V emissions standards ahead of the 2009 deadline. The new powerplant is joined by three gas units in 3.2-litre V6 240 hp, 4.2-litre V8 335 hp and 6.0-litre W12 450 hp guises in either short or long wheelbase platforms.

New front lights feature bi-Xenon bulbs designed to adapt to the direction of the front wheels and illuminate the road accordingly.

2008 Ford F-150

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2008 Ford F-150

2008 Ford F-150 with six doors, “Tough Box” was caught on parking. The package will be marketed towards commercial customers, and will be available on the 2008 models. Ford F-150 prototype – a super long wheelbase extended cab with six “doors.

Two side-access doors have been added to this prototype’s cargo box.

Suzuki Swift X Concept

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Suzuki Swift X Concept

Suzuki displayed their Swift X Sport Concept on the Tokyo Auto Salon.

The hood, splitter, fender flares and spoiler are all made of carbon fiber and if you can get beyond the podium-required underbody neon, Lambo doors and tri-tone hues, you’ll be able to appreciate the 18-inch OZ wheels that frame four-piston Brembos.

In addition to a revised dash, on the inside, you’ll find that the flimsy stock thrones have been replaced with racing buckets, complete with competition harnesses. Naturally, a show car can’t leave the shop without some form of excessive ICE, so Suzuki found ten wholes to fill with speakers inside the diminutive hatch.

2008 Porsche Boxster

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2008 Porsche Boxster

Thefacelifted Porsche Boxster has been spied in winter testing. The new Boxster features a redesigned front bumper with LED daylight driving lights. Also of note are the disguised headlights which are likely to receive a new shape in this revision. The 2008 Porsche Boxster is expected in 2008.

2008 Citroen C5

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2008 Citroen C5

Disguised Citroen C5 was caught on camera phone on the road in France. This is Citroen’s ‘Mondeo’, the all-new C5. Totally redesigned, the French saloon gets a fresh platform, a new air-suspension system and a high-quality interior which offers much more space.

2009 Audi A8

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2009 Audi A8

2009 Audi A8 was caught in Scandinavia as test mule during cold winter testing there. From a powerplant perspective the horsepower wars will continue. Expect to see the V12 TDI engine which recently debuted in the Q7 V12 TDI make its way to the A8 lineup, as well as new gasoline variants.

Toyota Land Cruiser and the Lexus LX 570

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Toyota Land Cruiser and the Lexus LX 570

The new Toyota’s “baby” was caught testing in southern Europe. The spied SUV will be a next-generation version of the Land Cruiser (or it might be the Lexus LX?). While the Land Cruiser is offered with a wide variety of gasoline and diesel six- and eight-cylinder engines worldwide, it’s likely it’ll come to the United States, as it does currently, solely with a V-8 under the hood. But the current 4.7-liter V-8 is likely to give way to the new American-made 5.7-liter, DOHC, 32-valve, VVT-i V-8 that’s being installed in the 2007 Tundra pickup truck. In the Tundra, it’s rated at 381 horsepower, and there’s no reason to think that’ll change much in the Land Cruiser. And as in the Tundra, the 5.7 will probably be mated to Toyota’s new six-speed automatic transmission.

The Lexus LX likely will get a name change to LX 570 to reflect the additional liter of displacement in the new engine, and the interior will be redesigned for something more elegant than what’s currently offered. But don’t expect a hybrid version for this largest Lexus.

The new Land Cruiser and LX 570 should be showing up at dealers before the end of this year as 2008 models.

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