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Published February 22, 2012 | 
How not to wreck a sports car Houston Chronicle But when you're at the helm of a high-performance sports car, a little restraint is necessary. Just ask the man who wrecked his $350000 2012 Lamborghini Aventador outside Belvedere, a popular nightclub in Uptown Park, earlier this month. |
Published February 22, 2012 |  Globe and Mail | Peugeot-GM alliance? Malaysia Star The French carmaker's shares were up 9.5% as of 0849 GMT, paring the stock's 50% decline over 12 months the worst performance on the 15-member Stoxx Europe motor and parts index. One area of potential European cooperation is commercial vans, ... GM, Peugeot discuss manufacturing alliance Peugeot in talks with GM on 'strategic partnership' Would a Peugeot GM alliance make sense? |
Published February 22, 2012 |  3D Car Shows | NEW ZEALAND'S NEWEST AND FASTEST TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTS QUAIFE 3D Car Shows The weekend of February 18-19 th saw New Zealand's newest and fastest touring car championship hit the tracks for the first time, with British based high performance transmission specialist Quaife Engineering Ltd playing a crucial role by supplying the ... |
Published February 22, 2012 | Dicinoski to race in America Rockhampton Morning Bulletin THERE is a big difference between a go-kart and a high performance car but local racer Matt Dicinoski is well on his way to making the transition. Dicinoski has been a regular on the local karting scene, and successful both locally and nationally, ... |
Published February 22, 2012 |  TechCrunch | The Tesla Bricking Story? It's Nonsense TechCrunch Here's a fun fact: Batteries and cars require maintenance. The Tesla Roadster runs on batteries that also require maintenance. Out of the 2200 Roadster owners, apparently at least five didn't read the manual on their new toy and let the car sit off the ... Tesla announces prices and options for the 2012 Tesla S |
Published February 22, 2012 | Car review: 2012 Buick Regal Chicago Tribune The mild-hybrid Regal eAssist is EPA-rated at 36 mpg on the highway, while the Regal GS reincarnates Buick's Gran Sport performance label in a car with 270 horsepower and a manual transmission. I evaluated both, and I've also driven the mainstream, ... |
Published February 22, 2012 | 'Swooping' toward a high-risk thrill College Times The competition was high-performance and high-risk, and Sean Carey and his 16 fellow skydivers knew it. They were equipped with special parachutes that allowed a faster and better-controlled descent, and their goal Saturday was to dive toward a shallow ... |
Published February 22, 2012 | CHEVY NSCS AT DAYTONA — Team Chevy Racing Display Visits Daytona ... SpeedwayMedia.com (press release) DETROIT – Race fans visiting Daytona International Speedway for the season-opening Daytona 500 will have the opportunity to experience the Team Chevy Racing Display, filled with show cars, production vehicles, GM Performance Parts crate engines, ... |
Published February 22, 2012 |  Sydney Morning Herald | Cop-orate branding Sydney Morning Herald That is the surreal image that popped into heads near the Downing Centre courts yesterday when a police car pulled up, revealing the cops' newest response to tightened budgets, the sponsored police car. This one, ''proudly sponsored by Avis'', ... |
Published February 22, 2012 |  Mopar Muscle Magazine | C-Body Sway Bars - Roll Control Mopar Muscle Magazine Chrysler sold plenty of full-size cars during this era, some with the same high-performance engines found in musclecars. And while C-Bodies can be made to accelerate and stop well, their sheer size and bulk have generally limited their handling ... |