Heartbreak: Index of Effluency-Dominating Le Car Gets Upside Down [24 Hours Of Lemons]

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Published Feb. 20, 2010 at 10:15 p.m.
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We spent the day watching the Crewe Le Pew Renault Le Car buzzing around the track. No black flags, no mechanical problems. Sure, it was incredibly slow, but it had the look of a survivor ... Then: disaster! ... Opinions differ about what caused the wreck- some say the Le Car was hit, while other say it "just up and flipped"- but the end result was one destroyed Renault with much of its skunk fur scraped off by Texas gravel. Having witnessed the Le Car getting waaaay up on two wheels in a

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What's It Gonna Be In '88, BMW 325… or Hyundai Excel? [Classic Ad Watch]

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Published Feb. 20, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.
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The 1988 E30 was a fine car, but 24 grand for the base 325 coupe? The Hyundai Excel did everything just as well as the E30- everything Hyundai felt was important , that is- and its price tag was $5,499 ... Plush interior, European styling, and room for five… sure, the E30 has all those things, but where's the front wheel drive? Aside from the fact that the Excel had just 68 horsepower (versus 127, 168, or 192 for the E30, depending on whether you got the 325e, 325i, or M3) and build quality

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Audi RS5: Aluminum Und Mean [Geneva Motor Show]

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Published Feb. 20, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.
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Not surprisingly, a slew of pics of the Audi RS5 übercoupe have leaked. No embargo's strong enough to hold back this brutish, 450 HP Euro barnstormer from the interwebs. Do similar easy-to-shed shackles keep it from coming stateside? Maybe ...

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The Ten Most Dangerous Drivers In America [Car Crashes]

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
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Insurance.com recently released a list of the ten most car-accident-prone professions. Lawyers and bankers topped the bill. Karma, as the saying goes, is a bitch ... Driving is a funny thing. Operating an automobile is one of the few American pastimes where success — at least in the eyes of the government and your insurance company — has little to do with skill and everything to do with working the system. Live a safe, cautious life but repeatedly find yourself in fender-benders or 10 mph

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Make Your GT-R Glow In The Light [Tuner Cars]

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
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The Stillen GT-R from last year's Targa Newfoundland featured a set of AP Racing carbon ceramic brakes (same ones found on the Koenigsegg CCX). Watch those rotors glow like Godzilla's angry eyes as the GT-R chases down an STI ...

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2011 Mercedes CL Spied Sans Camo, Snow [Spy Photos]

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.
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The 2011 Mercedes CL — the basis for the next-gen AMG CL65 — was spotted by spy photographers stripped of most of its camo. Thankfully, the new CL fared better in the sun than in the snow ...

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Yo, Check Out My Sweet New 993 [LOLCars]

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
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The proud new owner of this "993 TT" posted these shots of it on the Rennlist 993 forum. The problem is, the second shot reveals the engine bay and it's not turbocharged. In fact, it ain't even a 911! ... Here's what PlayasPapa has to say for himself: ... OK so its not a real 993TT but Im making it into one and its my first 911. Tha dude that ownd it before me upgraded it with a 993TT body kit and real 993TT interior and other parts but left tha motor stock. Tha paint job is tight its Lambo

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What's The Best Cheap Future Collector Car? [Question Of The Day]

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 11:30 a.m.
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CNN Money , of all outlets, put together a surprisingly good list of 10 dirt cheap collectible cars, including the Pacer, Spitfire, and early SHO. But we know you can do better. What's the best cheap future collector car? ... Collectors tend to look for rarity, desirability, story and uniqueness. Given the prospects for a successful Saab of the future we're going to say the original Saab 900 16V Turbo three-door (especially SPG) is going to be a great collectors car that is, in most cases,

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Decades Before The iPad, Steve Jobs Rode A BMW [Moment Of Zen]

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
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Two years before even the original Macintosh was introduced, Apple’s then-and-current CEO was pictured for a National Geographic Magazine feature on Silicon Valley, riding a 1966 BMW motorcycle ... Twenty-seven years old, sporting long hair, fancy tan boots and no black turtleneck, Jobs is very much a sidebar in Moira Johnston’s piece “High Tech, High Risk, and High Life in Silicon Valley,” published in the October 1982 issue of the magazine, which focuses on the cultural changes the

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Sue Like Hell! Shelby Loses Factory Five, Forum Lawsuit [Legalese]

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.
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Carroll Shelby's curious intellectual property lawsuit against Daytona Coupe-replica maker Factory Five, and two web forums has failed with a United States District Court judge dismissing the suit and Factory Five bragging about besting Shelby ... The Shelby lawsuit was sort of strange to begin with, alleging the use of metatags within certain websites from both Factory Five and associated forums was a violation of their trademarks. Here's the summary from the original story: ... The lawsuit

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