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In the Autoblog Garage: 2008 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang

Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2008 Shelby GT500 Mustang
Sometime around late 2003, I first saw the car that was at that time still known as Condor. Condor was the Ford internal code name for the SVT version of the yet to be publicly shown…

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LA 2008: Redesigned 2010 Ford Fusion

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid – front
The Fusion's tail-lamps have also been reshaped at the opposite end of the car. The reflectors have a molded in honeycomb shape that echoes the molding in the fog-lamp pockets up front. The rear vertical face of the…

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Tesla opening a new tech center in MI to work on a CUV?

Tesla Motors has already made clear their intentions to expand their product line beyond the Lotus Elise based roadster that's due this summer. They've previously announced plans for at least the sedans, one in the $50,000-70,000 range and another…

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UK paper gets to drive prototype BMW X1 xDrive 23d

BMW will unveiling the latest edition to its sport activity vehicle lineup this fall, probably at the Frankfurt Motor Show. While the new X1 isn't ready to be shown publicly just yet, the Munich automaker did let a writer from the Times of London…

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AMG may be working on diesel powered super Mercedes

How about a BlueTec CL65 with green tinted Alubeam paint?
Now that Audi has demonstrated pretty conclusively that diesel engines and high performance are definitely not mutually exclusive (as evidenced by the success of the R10 TDi), it may be time…

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Chicago Auto Show: Saturn Vue Green Line faux hybrid

Click on the photo to go the high-res gallery and see the true engine in the faux hybrid Vue
Saturn officially unveiled the 2008 Vue Green Line today here in Chicago, even though it did make an appearance in Los Angeles last November. While we were…