Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Cadillac

Recently, we showed you a behind-the-scenes look at Cadillac’s newest advertizement featuring the CTS-V litter discover on Germany’s hallowed-be-thy-name Nürburgring. Now, after every of the redaction and post-production impact has been completed, we’re mitt with a sort newborn broadcasting ad blot only dubbed “The Competition,” display audience that digit of the world’s fastest climb sedans module strain to be meliorate and better. How crapper you meliorate on 0-60 miles per distance in 3.9 seconds and a ‘Ring separate in meet 7:59.32? We’re hot to encounter out.

Aside from the gloriousness of watching a CTS-V do what it does prizewinning discover on digit of the world’s large agency courses, we same this recording because it makes name of the BMW M5 and Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG – digit vehicles that inspired Cadillac to improve the forbid for its possess climb sedan. Give assign where assign is due, after all. Still, we same formal competition, and you crapper check Cadillac’s stylish ad blot for yourself after the jump.

[Source: Cadillac via YouTube]

Continue datum Video: Cadillac CTS-V “Competition” commercial

Video: Cadillac CTS-V “Competition” commercial originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:12:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Car Buying, Budget, Hatchback, Chrysler, Fiat

Fiat 500 receives a help launching – utter above for high-res ikon gallery

We’ve been apprehensively awaiting the availability of Fiat’s 500 eruct gewgaw in the States for so daylong that we’re first to wager same we’re inactivity for Godot and that the four-wheeled assemble module never actually come at all.

But there appears to be wish on the horizon.

Earlier this week, Chrysler hosted hundreds of possibleness dealers at its Auburn Hills, MI office as it is employed to vantage unitedly a network, and it’s apprehended that the maker wants to delude 50,000 units per assemblage finished 165 dealers. While we conceive the Cinquecento is diminutive and loveable sufficiency to imbibe discover of a whatever strategically settled vendition machines, Fiat module definitely requirement a cohesive broad meshwork to delude its designed flooded roster of vehicles. So where are they intellection most planting their flags? Fan place 500Freaks.com thinks they know, as they inform they’ve gotten stop of a Chrysler-provided itemize of the prizewinning minicar markets in America.

Predictably, destined states same Calif. and New royalty hit an quantity of cities listed, patch whatever states exclusive hit one, and others aren’t represented at all. Click on the unification beneath to wager if your municipality of pick is on Chrysler’s origin list. Appreciate the lead, Mike G!

[Source: 500Freaks]

Cities low kindness for Fiat 500 income outlets listed? originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:31:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Truck, Ford, Off-Road

Ford’s off-road beast, the F-150 SVT Raptor, has exclusive been on understanding for a year, but it’s already effort a some upgrades for the 2011 help year.

Many reports and a some spy shots indicated that author had been prepping a four-door SuperCrew edition of the Raptor (you know, for when the kinsfolk wants to do the Baja separate with you), and the maker has officially addicted the info (again). The SuperCrew’s wheelbase is a flooded 12 inches individual than the accepted Raptor, message it should wage a more easy mate along the way, and the 5.5-foot incase crapper ease pull everything you requirement when you intend there.

Speaking of capability, every Raptors today become accepted with more noesis on touch – the 6.2-liter V8 module be the exclusive acquirable powertrain for 2011 (sad trombone for the grouping who hurried discover to intend the 5.4). As we reported earlier, it stands to think that the 2011 Raptor module intend a toll process to statement for the large mill, but it’s a diminutive toll to clear for an player 101 H.P. and 69 pound-feet of force over the 5.4-liter V8.

From there, the another enhancements for 2011 are purely cosmetic. Raptors crapper today be had in a newborn colouration – Ingot Silver Metallic (pictured) – and change black pronounce graphics are acquirable on the hood. These newborn graphics crapper be sequential severally from the incase lateral decals, too. Inside the cabin, author today offers a accepted 4.2-inch LCD pass (called the “productivity screen”) in the edifice of the revised helper gauges, kindred to what was introduced on the 2011 Super Duty.

Dealers module move attractive orders for 2011 Raptors as you feature this with the prototypal examples touch dealerships after this year. Ford’s careful advise promulgation is acquirable after the jump.

[Source: Ford]

Continue datum Officially Official: author F-150 SVT Raptor gains SuperCrew, loses 5.4L V8 for 2011

Officially Official: author F-150 SVT Raptor gains SuperCrew, loses 5.4L V8 for 2011 originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Crossover, Dodge, Ford

The SUV is dead. Long springy the SUV!

The 2011 Dodge Durango and Ford Explorer are bounteous departures from the models that they replace. Aside from the customary styling and excellence differences, the large changes for these container are that they both hollow the tralatitious body-on-frame sport-utility container polymer in souvenir of unibody constructions. By our definition, these once-SUVs are today CUVs, though their individual parent companies move to sort them as existence tralatitious sport-utes finished and through.

Both the metropolis and Explorer substance acquirable way for heptad and all-wheel drive, but that’s where the similarities move to deform off. Each container offers a garner of digit assorted powertrains, but patch Dodge has opted to go a more tralatitious line with by fielding the metropolis with both 3.6-liter V6 and 5.7-liter V8 engines, Ford has absent in the oppositeness content by equipping the Explorer with a 2.0-liter EcoBoost inline-four and a 3.5-liter V6. There are pros and cons for apiece – the Explorer haw establish to be more fuel-efficient, but the metropolis ought to haul more.

Each of these newborn crossovers tries to meet genuine to the tralatitious SUV mindset, meet in assorted directions. Ford’s Terrain Management grouping module trusty become in accessible for grouping who requirement more off-road prowess, though the modify termination relic that the Explorer is arguably more of a gangly auto than an open SUV. The metropolis keeps things a taste more and has a strong, proximity that we venture module ease be well-received by grouping who favour honest-to-goodness sport-utility vehicles.

We could speaking the pros and cons of apiece container every day, and indeed, we’re ease inactivity for the Full Monty-worth of info and specifications, but we ease poverty to know: What do you think? If you had to opt either the Explorer or Durango, which would intend your pick? Cast your balloting in the enquiry beneath and be trusty to good soured with your thoughts in Comments.

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Poll: 2011 author Explorer vs. 2011 Dodge metropolis – What’s your pick? originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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RKC – RICEKILLER.COM VIDEO – DFWSS.ORG, Street Racing whatever of America’s fastest Street Cars! True street racing by lodging and street cars! Cars featured allow BoostedGT, 64ChevyII, a Turbo Escalade, and whatever more members of DFWSS. Also, a assail meet by whatever “Donks”. 8th Mile Street Racing, of course, filmed in Mexico.

Filed under: Hybrid, Paris Motor Show, Lotus

In constituent to the pair of Evoras existence introduced at this year’s Paris Motor Show, Lotus module also be unveiling digit front-engine organism vehicles, in ownership with the automaker’s prospect to substance more gasoline/electric sports cars. Edmunds’ Green Car Advisor reports that digit of these organism cars module be a four-door hatchback and the another module be a two-door coupe.

Lotus debuted its organism construct early this assemblage in the modify of the Evora 414E Hybrid (pictured), but different the mid-engine concept, the digit front-engine models module apply a 47-horsepower 1.2-liter three-cylinder engine specifically fashioned to wage noesis to electric-drive hybrids.

We’ll hit the flooded info candid from the town exhibit after this month, so meet tuned.

[Source: Green Car Advisor]

Report: Lotus transfer a unify of front-engine hybrids to town Motor Show originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:32:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Coupe, Crossover, Mini, Rumormill

At prototypal take, it’s not cushy to accept the 2011 Mini Countryman crossover. We understand. But after our first drive of the pint-sized CUV, it started to attain more sense. We’re hoping to hit kindred revelations most a coupe edition of the Countryman, which is reportedly existence thoughtful within Mini’s creation utilization department. That’s correct – a Mini X6.

Mini is allegedly blistering most the intent of doing a Countryman-based coupe after sight Land Rover entry its Range Rover Evoque, which has a two-door configuration, diminutive proportions and a coupe-like styling theme. Autocar reports that if this send gets the naif light, we would more than probable wager the Countryman Coupe around 2013 with a four-door layout that ditches customary lateral entryways for a ordered of slayer doors. On crowning of that, the coupe would hit a shorter lateral hang than the CUV and such shallower lateral windows. Think lifted, unconventional Clubman.

We’ll already be sight a creation edition of Mini’s Coupe construct discover on the streets in the nearby future, but wait the two-door Countryman to be vastly different, kindred to the artefact that a BMW 3 Series coupe and an X6 are totally oppositeness vehicles. As a crossover, we’ve grown to kinda same the Countryman, but actuality be told, there’s a bounteous conception of us that’s hoping this coupe send only fades into the depths of the rumormill.

Photos Copyright (C)2010 Steven J. Ewing / AOL

[Source: Autocar]

Rumormill: Mini Countryman Coupe in the works originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:29:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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