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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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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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2011 Meadowbrook Concours moving to Plymouth, Michigan

2009 Meadowbrook Concours – Click above for high-res image gallery
After more than a quarter century as a mid-summer fixture at Meadowbrook Hall in Rochester, Michigan, the annual Concours d'Elegance is moving in 2011. Come next summer, the renamed…

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Cummins shows off clean diesel technology

The Diesel Technology Forum is having a Clean Diesel Technology Tour in Sacramento, California this week and Cummins is showing off their latest clean diesel technology. In addition to the new version of the engine that Cummins suppies for the Dodge…

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GM performance guru John Heinricy retires

The Nürburgring record-setting Cadillac CTS-V
Over the past two decades, John Heinricy has probably done more to enhance the performance image of General Motors than any other single individual. From the perspective of a petrol-head, Heinricy has for…

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Opel adds Sports Tourer Wagon to Insignia ecoFlex line

2010 Opel Insignia Sports Tourer ecoFlex – click above for high res image
Over in Europe, Opel has expanded it's Insignia ecoFlex line with a Sports Tourer model. That would be a station wagon in American English. Whatever you call it, this handsome…