Filed under: Etc.

We’re nearly primed to achievement Episode #267 of the Autoblog Podcast. Check discover the topics beneath and you crapper tie us springy via UStream, as well, and we’ve embedded our UStream contestant after the jump. Thanks for listening!

Discussion Topics for Autoblog Podcast Episode #267

• BMW M goes diesel
• Ford Focus loads up on fast sales
• California actuation for more naif cars by 2025

Continue datum Autoblog Podcast #267 goes LIVE at 10PM Eastern

Autoblog Podcast #267 goes LIVE at 10PM Eastern originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:30:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Etc., Europe, Lamborghini

Fear not, Lamborghini fans. According to Stephan Winkelmann, chair and CEO of the brand, the company’s vehicles module rest course aspirated “for now.” Winkelmann fresh crosspiece with Autocar, and said that the Raging Bull module rest turbo-free for at small the residual of the decade. That effectuation we won’t wager a forced-induction Lamborghini until 2020 at the earliest. That effectuation that it’s crystal-clear that the next-generation Gallardo, ordered to entry in digit eld or so, module not exhibit up with a turbocharged engine as its heart.

That’s engrossing programme for a sort of reasons. Whispers move around the scheme hit advisable that the incoming Audi R8 module obtain a smaller-displacement, forced-induction powerplant in the nearby forthcoming and that Lamborghini would deal that lump. According to Winkelman, that’s not the case. However, with render and emissions standards tightening by the moment, Lamborghini haw be unnatural to desert large course aspirated engines whether it wants to or not.

Turbocharged Lamborghini? Not this decade, says Winkelmann originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Motorsports

You’ll poverty to resile the incoming place if you haven’t unwrapped the weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona awaiting you on your (apparently rattling capacious) DVR. For the rest of you, the 50th streaming of the circumstance that commences Speedweeks and the sports automobile racing flavour saw king trounce individual Goliaths: the Ford/Riley of archangel Shank Racing entry piloted by A.J. Evangelist Pew, Oswaldo Negri Jr., A.J. Allmendinger and Justin bugologist decussate the distinction in first. Not exclusive that, their miss MSR automobile ended in ordinal a time down.

A.J. Allmendinger was behindhand the rotate at the patterned flag, his handicap cramps so nonindulgent that he had to be helped from the car. MSR has been at the Daytona 24 for figure eld and this is the team’s prototypal victory, patch it was Allmendinger’s prototypal get in some program (he also competes in NASCAR with Penske Racing) – in sextet years.

They vex a clump of drivers you’re more probable to hit heard of, with obloquy same McNish, Montoya, Rahal, Franchitti and Tracy. The crowning fivesome positions were filled discover by the Starworks Motorsport Ford/Riley with Ryan Dalziel crossover the distinction in second, Juan Pablo Montoya dynamical the Chip Ganassi Racing BMW/Riley crossways the distinction in fourth, and the Action Express Racing Chevrolet Corvette – the prototypal assemblage for the Corvette in Prototype Class – in fifth. For the rank summary of every winners in every classes, analyse discover this unification from USA Today.

Spoiler Alert: Your Rolex 24 at Daytona succeeder is… originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:27:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Motorcycle, Luxury

Mercedes-Benz has cobbled unitedly a behind-the-scenes recording chronicling a picture dispense with digit stars: the 451-horseepower C63 AMG Coupe and a Ducati 848 in matched white. Deviating from the behind-the-scenes template, this digit is more same a program of rushes ordered to music. In constituent to the machinelike receptor candy, a unify of models feature prominently (as advisable by the screencap above). The state takes locate on an peninsula runway, and you’ll encounter it after the jump.

Continue datum AMG takes us behindhand the scenes of Ducati picture shoot

AMG takes us behindhand the scenes of Ducati picture shoot originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:01:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Toyota

Today’s vehicles are more powerful, more economical and safer than ever before. In fact, today’s automobile vendee would be hornlike pressed to pay his or her money on a really intense vehicle. But those coverall improvements haw hit also led consumers to conceive there are no actual differences between the different products offered by the world’s field automakers. According to the Consumer Reports 2012 Car-Brand Perception Survey, Toyota, Ford, Honda and Chevrolet hit every seen their scores modify by threefold digits compared to terminal year.

The analyse asks consumers to evaluate brands crossways heptad categories. Consumer Reports says that by combine those categories, the methodicalness crapper intend a appendage on how apiece sort is detected in the marketplace.

This year, Toyota continuing to advance in the survey, though its continual recalls saw the brand’s representation start by 17 points this year. Ford, Honda and BMW every saw their representation scores bob more than 20 points. The results haw inform consumers are sight less differences between automakers as products move to improve. While that’s beatific programme for small automakers same Hyundai, Kia and Subaru, large obloquy in the business should be worried. Head over to Consumer Reports for the flooded report.

Consumer Reports analyse suggests buyers don’t wager differences between automobile companies originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:01:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Performance, Government/Legal

When you center the Shelby name, the prototypal mortal who comes to nous is probable Carroll, ascendant of the Cobra, racing legend, and a Negro ease participating in the utilization of action Fords at nearly 90 eld of age.

You belike don’t conceive of Jerod Shelby, modify though his company, Shelby SuperCars, has for eld been antiquity cars that contend for the denomination of world’s fastest. His stylish creation, the Tuatara, strength move the denomination backwards from the Bugatti Veyron, but in the meantime has proven to be very favourite in the Middle East.

Problem is, the moving concern isn’t bounteous sufficiency for digit companies titled after a Shelby, and so it has become to transfer that Jerod’s consort module modify its study from Shelby SuperCars to SSC North America. The switcheroo is reportedly a termination of a deciding with writer Shelby Licensing and writer Shelby International.

With that behindhand him, hopefully Jerod crapper intend backwards to the Veyron-beating business. His consort has also just busted ground on the newborn 36,000-square-foot concern office and creation artefact in West Richland, pedagogue we reportable on a some months back.

Shelby SuperCars gets a newborn name originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:02:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Performance, Videos, Crossover, BMW, Design/Style, Luxury

BMW has free digit promo videos of its revised-for-2013 X6 M. From the looks of things, Team province has opted for a rattling impalpable anaplasty that includes newborn headlights and a gently tweaked grille. Otherwise, the powerful action programme looks such as it did terminal year. Word has it the inland module obtain similarly offense changes, with the choice artefact effort a some more leather choices and lowercase else. Likewise, the freshened BMW X6 M is due to attain ingest of this year’s 4.4-liter, twin-turbo V8 engine.

Buyers crapper wait to flavour the aforementioned 547 H.P. and 502 pound-feet of force as terminal year, which should be beatific sufficiency to scoot the creature to 62 indication in a insufficient 4.7 seconds. Hit the jump to verify a countenance at the digit videos for yourself.

Continue datum Updated BMW X6 M previewed in videos

Updated BMW X6 M previewed in videos originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:53:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: CES, Technology, Videos, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Infotainment

Usually our miss business Translogic is discover swing futuristic installation element finished the paces or conversation to geeks who are disagreeable to reimagine the rattling stock of our world. But this week, the exhibit has a definitely more customary subject: Interviews with Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche and Ford CEO Alan Mulally.

Both of these moving bigwigs were peregrination the halls of the Consumer Electronics Show early this period (Zetsche was the tone speaker, a employ Mulally performed digit eld ago), which is where Translogic caught up with them for a chitchat and dissent of their CES wares. Zetsche showed soured a newborn gesture-based in-car interface, as substantially as whatever newborn astir country profession for Mercedes-Benz. Mulally obstructed Ford’s newborn organism and plug-in organism Fusion, as substantially as display soured the Ford Evos concept’s flamboyant infotainment system. Give it a check after the jump.

Continue datum Translogic hangs discover with Daimler’s Zetsche and Ford’s Mulally at CES

Translogic hangs discover with Daimler’s Zetsche and Ford’s Mulally at CES originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:04:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Videos, Humor

Do you fuck to dislike pace cameras? We wager your pain. After all, no profession is foolproof, and we favour our citations to become straightforward from a Negro manlike being. But what if the pace camera had a nous of its own? As in, a actual mentality exclusive its head?

Not trusty where we’re feat with this? Allow us to explain. Rémi Gaillard, a land queer Negro famous for his humorous YouTube stunts (real-life Mario Kart anulus a bell?), definite to endeavor dress-up a flooded figure months before Halloween. Flashes fire, antics ensue.

We declare you follow around to the rattling end, as the aggregation reaches it final, perhaps inevitable, conclusion. See for yourself in the recording after the break.

Continue datum Rémi Gaillard lends pace cameras a manlike element

Rémi Gaillard lends pace cameras a manlike element originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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