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BMW 135is, Because We Can’t Have The 1M Anymore
Even though the BMW 1 Series M Coupe is gone forever, performance-minded 1-Series customers must have a high-end performance model, even if a lot of them don’t even know if the car is front-drive or rear-drive. With a 320 horsepower 3.0L twin-turbo six making 317 lb-ft or torque (versus 300/300 for the regular car), the 135is can be had with either a 6-speed stick or a 7-speed dual clutch gearbox
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Automotive News Spills The Beans; Confirms Chrysler 100, Jeep Liberty Based On Dodge Dart Platform
An article in Automotive News lavishing praise on the Chrysler/Fiat merger of equals marriage inadvertently spilled the beans on a couple upcoming products from Marchionne’s minions. The AN piece, which focuses on the birth of the miracle child known as the Dodge Dart, briefly touches on the car’s platform, known as CUSW. Discussing the ability for CUSW to underpin both C and D segment vehicles, AN states “Some of those next vehicles are already out in testing, including the successor to the Jeep Liberty that will be built at Chrysler’s Toledo (Ohio) North Assembly plant and a Chrysler 100 hatchback that will join the Dart on the line in Belvidere, Ill
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Hot BMW M135i: full details and pics
BMW is planning hot hatch supremacy with its racy 316bhp M135i.
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Opel Plant’s Closing Means Next Zafira To Be Built By PSA, Other Future Plans Fall Into Place
Even though Opel will be tasked with developing the next Citroen C5, PSA will be responding in kind by providing some expertise of their own, in the form of small minivans. PSA, which builds a number of popular small minivans, like the Citroen Picasso, will be tasked with building the next generation Opel Zafira – the vehicle that, along with the Renault Scenic, practically invented the small MPV segment in Europe
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Porsche Macan spied testing
The most production-representative Porsche Macan mule yet has been spied testing in Germany for the first time.
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Perhaps This Shiny Free iPad Will Distract You From The Realization That You Have Just Purchased A Cadillac XTS For Reasons Known Only To Yourself
I’m no Jen Friel, but it’s nice to know that I can influence the auto industry in some small degree. Case in point: Just two days after I suggest that Cadillac reclaim and reauthenticate its heritage by placing one of GM’s world-class V-8 engines in every ATS built, Cadillac has announced that they will be putting a V-8 in the new XTS flagship
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Vettel’s Infiniti FX50 to cost £100k
Sebastian Vettel’s special edition Infiniti FX50 S will cost in excess of £100,000, Autocar can reveal.
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Vauxhall Junior to be called ‘Adam’
Vauxhall/Opel’s new style-led city car will be called Adam.
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Fiat 500 Pop, Selling New For $12,995
No, TTAC hasn’t been hijacked by car dealers other than Mr.
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Motor Trend Pits Ford Mustang V6 Versus Subaru BRZ
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BMW X1 xDrive35i: 0-60 In 5.3 Seconds
Although Canucks have been enjoying the BMW X1 xDrive28i for over a year now, the launch of the X1 in the United States will see both the four-cylinder model, and a 3.0L twin-turbo I6 version, dubbed the xDrive35i. And it’s fast. The xDrive35i will dash to 60 mph in 5.3 seconds
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Review: Citroen DS5 Hybrid 4
I hate France. I hate it with a vengeance.