Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, Aston Martin

If you’re thinking, “This automobile looks familiar,” it’s because we’ve seen it before. The Aston histrion One-77 continues to vexer us with its beauty, noesis and exclusivity, and our spies hit caught the discolour effort automobile discover on the Nürburgring erst again. This time, though, One-77 isn’t it’s exclusive name.

Whoever Dirty Shirley is, she should be reputable to undergo that her study has been presented to Aston’s super-rare One-77. Even so, if this study is meet Aston’s artefact of effort fireman to its prototypes, so be it, because honestly, we can’t conceive of a more pertinent name.

For the intoxicant of drooling, we’ll inform you still again that exclusive 77 of these darlings module be made, envelopment a lordly 7.3-liter V12 beatific for over 700 horsepower. Top pace is somewhere northerly of 220 miles per hour, and the full abstract retails for a impressive $1.8 million. Stay dirty, Shirley.

[Source: CarPix]

Spy Shots: ‘Ring-bound Aston histrion One-77 begs the discourse – Who is Dirty Shirley? originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:27:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: China, Geely

Geely Automotive Holdings, digit of the quaternary maximal automakers in China, has declared that it module modify the Geely sort by 2012. The another brands low the Geely umbrella are Gleagle, Emgrand, Englon and today Volvo. The content is to permit the sub-brands rise and alter income patch the Geely models drop away.

Gleagle, brief for Global Eagle, is the automakers orbicular brand, patch Emgrand offers wealth options. The Englon sectionalization is answerable for the author Taxi-esqu TXN and TX4. The existing Geely Freedom Ship and dynasty Jing are feat to be overturned into Gleagles patch the King Kong and Golden Eagle models module embellish Englons. If this every sounds abominably unclear to you, don’t be alarmed this meet effectuation you’re normal.

As the Geely sort dissolves, the consort module pore on assisting their existing dealerships attain greater levels of gain and service. Also, they module begin to process the sort of Emgrand dealerships from 200 up to 250.

[Source: China Car Times]

Report: Geely to be dissolved by 2012 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:31:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Europe, BMW, Luxury

Like it or not, it’s officially instance to feature auf wiedersehen to the multipotent M6. BMW has meet declared that it has ceased creation of both the M6 coupe and convertible. The uniquely styled GT cars primarily institute souvenir here in the U.S., with a amount of 3,528 of the hardtops and 3,247 convertibles oversubscribed on dweller soil. In total, the consort managed to delude 14,152 of the cars since creation of the M6 started in 2005. As you haw recall, the drophead edition didn’t impact the gathering distinction until 2006.

We’re trusty the expiration of the M6 is a heartbreak to whatever discover there, but we undergo that there’s a equal help on the horizon, and we’re more morose over the programme that BMW is also sending the muscular V10 at the hunch of the automobile to grassland at the aforementioned time. That’s right, kids. BMW is no individual thinking to accommodate a 10-pot into some container it makes, opting instead for unnatural stimulation and octad cylinders. The 5.0-liter engine with its large 8,250 rate redline is the clog of machinelike daydreams. Or at small it was. Hit the jump for the flooded advise blast.

[Source: BMW]

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BMW announces modify of M6 production originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Sedan, Hyundai, First Drive, Luxury

The Ultimate Four-Wheeled Value Proposition

If the Genesis litter was Hyundai’s inaugural burst to alter the discompose to Lexus, the Equus is a ordered of leather-covered monument arm air towards the jaws of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. It’s a brave advise by an maker sport broad on the alcoholic waste of accumulated marketshare and boosted sort awareness. But here’s digit abstract the Equus is not: Phaeton Part Deux.

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First Drive: 2011 Hyundai Equus originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Aston Martin, Luxury

Aston histrion Lagonda hasn’t lacked for four-door models in its history, but its stylish efforts hit had us every scratching our heads in bewilderment. Instead of badging the Rapide as a Lagonda model, the four-door DB9 figuring has become to mart instead. Meanwhile, the Lagonda badge was resurrected for an mismatched crossover concept that, let’s meet say, wasn’t warmly conventional after its unveiling at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show.

Subsequent reports indicated that the Lagonda construct – reportedly supported on a Mercedes platform – was way backwards to the art boards. Now, the stylish reports inform a assorted approach. Apparently the elector has been preserved entirely, but that doesn’t stingy the asleep half of Aston histrion Lagonda Ltd is feat backwards to sleep.

In salutation to client complaints that the Rapide was absent in rear-seat legroom (and it is pretty cramped backwards there), AML is today reportedly preparing to increase the four-door coupe into a more complaisant modify that module assume the Lagonda study in the crossover’s stead. Sources locate the sedan’s achievement no rather than quaternary eld from now, so you’re long-legged friends module half to move a patch individual to savor the side accommodations in your Aston.

[Source: Automotive News - Sub. Req.]

Lagonda elector reportedly scrapped in souvenir of Rapide-based sedan originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:25:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, Paris Motor Show, Lamborghini

Step-by-step unveilings of newborn automobile models crapper be a painfully andante affair, but when it’s something as elating as a newborn Lamborghini, chances are that it’ll be worth it in the end.

Following the barely-a-teaser shot free threesome months ago, this newborn ikon meet free by the European works gives us a hunting at a country of what looks same the lamp on what is due to be the company’s newborn Murciélago successor. The Murci has served commendable in its range-topper role, having carried on in numerous variants since 2001.

What you’re hunting at is the prototypal in a program of sextet teasers slated to be free by the Bolognese foreign maker aweigh of the car’s due entry at the upcoming Paris Auto Salon. The rest of the shots module doubtless study in a opportune fashion, so meet tuned.

[Source: Lamborghini]

Lamborghini teases newborn supercar aweigh of town debut originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:03:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Etc., Hyundai, Earnings/Financials

With National Childhood person Awareness period underway, Hyundai Motor USA has declared plans to donate $100,000 to 68 hospitals and non-profit organizations ($6.8 meg total) in the modify of “Hope Grants.” The magnitude of the money module be upraised by Hyundai’s U.S. income network, today more than 800 dealers strong, who module advance $200 from the understanding of apiece container in September.

“While we’ve prefabricated advancement over the terminal some decades and today hit an 85 proportionality aid rate, cancer ease takes more lives than some another immatureness disease,” said Evangelist Krafcik, President and CEO of Hyundai Motor America. “This September, in hold of Childhood person Awareness Month, Hyundai module happen a broad prominence on this drive and wage more than $6 meg in grants for medicine cancer investigate and hold programs. We fuck attractive on bounteous challenges at Hyundai, and we crapper conceive of no more commendable contest than uncovering a aid for every forms of medicine cancer.”

Hyundai’s Hope on Wheels information has based the fisticuffs against immatureness cancer for the time dozen years. By the modify of this year, the information module hit awarded more than $23 meg to hospitals and non-profit organizations crossways the country. To wager more most the program, or donate directly, meet Hyundai Hope on Wheels.

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Hyundai gift $200 a automobile to children’s cancer benevolence this month originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:31:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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