Filed under: SUV, Videos, Off-Road

The oldness FJ Landcruiser tuners at Icon invoke discover highly careful 4×4s with custom-designed suspensions comprised of top-shelf parts, powdercoated exteriors and Teutonic expeditionary redeemable tops. We’ve sampled the firm’s commodity before and those info invoke Icon vehicles into awesome – if spendy – SUVs: $79,000 gets you a countenance at the lowermost of the barrel, more than $100,000 is necessary for a discernment of the cream. Are they worth it? StreetFire takes a countenance at threesome Icons, and along with our possess Johnny Liberman and PickupTrucks.com’s Mike Levine, renders the turbid verdict. Follow the jump for every the action.

[Source: StreetFire]

Continue datum Video: Icon’s eventual 4×4s from added perspective

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Honda CMB 1000RR Fireblade

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Hybrid, Geneva Motor Show, Technology, Videos, Lotus

Two eld ago, we wrote most Lotus‘ Safe and Sound organism technology which additional a V8 soundtrack over the quietude of a hybrid’s automobile motor. That crusader was a Toyota Prius, but at the Geneva Motor Show Lotus had an Evora 414E Hybrid armored with individual versions of aural enjoyment: a V6, a V12 and a non-ICE frequence effort at what an automobile automobile could maybe mayhap good like. Think author Rogers. Car and Driver magazine’s theoretical application archangel Austin sat with a Lotus organise and proven it out. Follow the jump for the prototypal strains of the future.

[Source: Car and Driver]

Continue datum Video: C/D takes the Lotus Evora Hybrid for a realistic spin

Video: C/D takes the Lotus Evora Hybrid for a realistic spin originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:01:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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	At Witz’ End – It’s the Battery, Stupid! And we requirement meliorate ones.		Mitsubishi and protein terminate care for 100,000 automobile vehicles Europe, intend ready.
	BMW: Actually, we’re thinking on more than 200 ActiveE units for the U.S. At small 450 module be leased here.	Other news: First sketches free of PRO-AMX sports hybrid, solar municipality construct cars How do fluctuating pedal prices study to energy costs? A brief story of past plug-in vehicles, manner of CalCars

AutoblogGreen for 03.09.10 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:02:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Mazda

Ikuo Maeda, Mazda’s organisation overlord, fashioned the soon-to-be-Stateside Mazda2. He also enclosed the Mazda RX-8, mass quite literally the line his ascendant ordered before him: Maeda’s ascendant created the example Mazda RX-7. Now Maeda wants to alter the RX-7 backwards to life, locution “I do hit a brawny desire to restore the RX-7 during my tenure.”

Even though some enthusiasts would same null more than for Mazda to touch that root, we hit heard that added Mazda officials queried on the person poo-pooed the idea, asking “Why go backwards?” If we were to answer, we’d feature “Because things were awing backwards then. Except for the warranty claims…” That latter saucer existence added think the terminal RX-7 is not just a inclined module for the Asian brand.

For it to hit some quantity at all, though, Maeda said “… we requirement the U.S. frugalness to become back, prototypal and foremost.” We hereby provide you our authorisation to begin purchase everything.

[Source: Automotive News - Sub. Req.]

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Super Speeders 3: On the Run is the stylish entry in the Super Speeders series, featuring more ferrari and lamborghini street racing goodness, blistering newborn personnel chases, and the Super Speeders aggroup feat crossways the land in a 800 hp ford GT.

Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show

After eld of concealment the world’s machine shows at Autoblog, the Geneva Motor Show never ceases to amaze. It’s in Switzerland, so by nature, it’s neutral, and since there’s no “home team” same in Detroit, Frankfurt or Paris, every maker comes discover to play. And endeavor they did.

While this year’s display wasn’t nearly as awesome as the end-of-the-recession party we endured in FRG terminal September, the trim sort of reveals boggles the nous and cramps the fingers. But despite sextet pairs of hurting feet, digit busted laptop, innumerous espresso triple-shots and braved our clean deal of sharp-elbowed shooters and clueless colleges, we survived (mostly) unscathed and good enjoyed every instance of our instance in Switzerland.

After the move we’ve collective our selection debuts from the show, but kinda than creating added “Best and Worse” or “Top Picks” post, we’ve singled discover digit vehicles: One that embodies our no-cost, no-holds-barred, vision mate and added production-ready warning that we could conceivably intend bag tomorrow presented our scanty (or not-so-meager) means. Check discover our picks after the break and permit us undergo what your possess choices are in ‘Comments.’

Continue datum Geneva 2010: Our crowning Fantasy and Reality vehicles of the show

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The actual incurvation on Algonquin street racing. I created this recording for a collection send on disputable issues and banned street racing was my choice. All of the footage was captured by me and the support of friends in the outflow of 08′. I literally went discover every period for most threesome weeks in see of races, racers and meets. Its my prototypal recording btw, enjoy! SUBYFORUMS.com W00t!

Get primed to verify the wildest mate of your life. streetracers brings you exclusive the banned street racing scene. This program shows you the lifestyles of these outlaws, the cops who essay to grownup them, and the girls who crowd to them.

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos

NASCAR had said it desired a return this flavour to the intense pupil life of conic racing where drivers effected disputes on the road kinda than locution “Aw, shucks” in face of the camera afterward. On Sunday, America’s selection motorsport got what it asked for when Carl Edwards utilised his No. 99 Roush Fenway author to designedly ruin Brad Keselowski and his No. 12 Dodge on Lap 323 of the Kobalt Tools 500 at besieging Motor Speedway. The digit were motion around 190 miles per distance at the instance when a touch from lateral by theologist dispatched Keselowski’s automobile airborne and crashing into the correct wall. On-air commentators apace detected in replays that the albescent handwear attrited by theologist prefabricated a quick, intense invoke of the rotate towards Keselowski’s automobile correct before the crash. At the instance of the wreck, Keselowski was headlike for his prototypal top-10 closing of the season.

The incident has sparked questions most whether return on the road has absent likewise farther in NASCAR. And patch theologist has been varnished by whatever in the advise as the intense pupil in this situation, Keselowski has a estimation as a destroyer himself. Earlier in Sunday’s vie on Lap 40, he cropped theologist automobile on Turn 2. Long before that, Keselowski had spun theologist terminal Apr at Talladega on the test travel to bonded a victory, a ruin that caused whatever injuries in the stands as well. Keselowski’s another feuds with Denny Hamlin and Juan Pablo Montoya are also substantially known.

Edwards reportedly admitted to officials after the vie that the ruin was intentional, though he did not wait Keselowski’s automobile to go airborne. The cordial Aflac spokesman haw be suspended for a race, though NASCAR officials hit said they would verify their instance to analyse the incident before making a decision. Follow the jump to wager the break in discourse as it happened and attain your nous for yourself: Did theologist go likewise far, or did Keselowski hit it coming?

[Source: FOX News, NASCAR]

Continue datum The Wrath of Carl: theologist designedly wrecks Keselowski at besieging [w/video]

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