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Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/O5xehzP2i_k/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/chrysler-resolves-recall-issue-with-nhtsa-will-inspect-upgrad/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/chrysler-resolves-recall-issue-with-nhtsa-will-inspect-upgrad/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/suvs/" rel="tag">SUV</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/" rel="tag">Recalls</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/jeep/" rel="tag">Jeep</a></p><a href="/2013/06/18/chrysler-resolves-recall-issue-with-nhtsa-will-inspect-upgrad/#continued"><img height="410" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/2005-jeep-liberty.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/chrysler/">Chrysler</a> made big news earlier in the month by <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/05/chrysler-defies-nhtsa-says-it-wont-recall-2-7m-jeep-grand-cher/">refusing a recall request</a> from the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/national+highway+traffic+safety+administration/">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration</a> for the 1993-2004 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/jeep/grand+cherokee/">Jeep Grand Cherokee</a> and 2002-2007 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/jeep/liberty/">Jeep Liberty</a>. Last week, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/15/nhtsa-boss-strickland-weighs-in-on-jeep-recall-fracas/">NHTSA boss David Strickland countered</a> by defending his agency's request for the recall of 2.7 million <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/jeep/">Jeep</a> SUVs. Today marked the deadline for Chrysler to formally respond to NHTSA, and it seems like both parties have met in the middle with Chrysler inspecting and upgrading some of the affected vehicles without using the word "recall," which would constitute the admission of a defect; instead, Chrysler said that it is conducting a "voluntary campaign."<br /> <br /> At issue on these vehicles is the positioning of the fuel tank behind the rear axle that could get damaged during a rear-end collision. NHTSA has stated that at least 51 people have been killed in rear-end collisions involving these Jeeps after the vehicles caught fire, to which Chrysler countered by pointing out that both models "met and exceeded" the requirements for fuel-system integrity.<br /> <br /> As a compromise on the situation, Chrysler says that it will inspect all pre-2004 Grand Cherokees and pre-2002 Liberty models and, "if necessary, provide an upgrade to the rear structure of the vehicle." According to <em>Automotive News</em>, this upgrade will consist of adding a trailer hitch that will presumably better protect the rear-mounted gas tank. Vehicles already equipped with a factory or <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/mopar/">Mopar</a> hitch will not be modified. Chrysler's official statement on the matter is <a href="/2013/06/18/chrysler-resolves-recall-issue-with-nhtsa-will-inspect-upgrad/#continued">posted below</a>, but no additional information has been released, such as when the campaign will begin and how many vehicles could be affected.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/chrysler-resolves-recall-issue-with-nhtsa-will-inspect-upgrad/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Chrysler resolves recall issue with NHTSA, will inspect, upgrade affected Jeeps</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/chrysler-resolves-recall-issue-with-nhtsa-will-inspect-upgrad/">Chrysler resolves recall issue with NHTSA, will inspect, upgrade affected Jeeps</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/chrysler-resolves-recall-issue-with-nhtsa-will-inspect-upgrad/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20626565/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/chrysler-resolves-recall-issue-with-nhtsa-will-inspect-upgrad/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=O5xehzP2i_k:0q9IokO_ZTo:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=O5xehzP2i_k:0q9IokO_ZTo:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=O5xehzP2i_k:0q9IokO_ZTo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=O5xehzP2i_k:0q9IokO_ZTo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/O5xehzP2i_k" height="1" width="1"/>jeepjeep recallnational highway traffic safety administrationnhtsarecallTue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/chrysler-resolves-recall-issue-with-nhtsa-will-inspect-upgrad/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/xjOZehGTBWo/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/fiat-officially-introduces-seven-seat-500l-living/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/fiat-officially-introduces-seven-seat-500l-living/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/" rel="tag">Minivan/Van</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">Fiat</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500l-living/"><img height="410" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/fiat-500l-living.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500l-living/#photo-5972624"><img class="right border" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/fiat-500l-living-250.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 250px; height: 110px; float: right;" /></a>As <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/fiat/">Fiat</a> prepares to expand the lineup of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/fiat/500/">500</a> with the roomier <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/fiat/500l/">500L</a>, the Italian automaker has just announced a further addition to its enlarged hatchback offering. While the standard 500L has a five-passenger seating configuration, the new 500L Living brings a third row of seats, upping capacity to seven passengers.<br /> <br /> Based on the specs Fiat released, the 500L Living has had its overall length stretched by about eight inches to accommodate the extra seats, while width and height stay about the same. We still have no word on the wheelbase of this new model versus the 500L. Fiat also says that the 500L Living will have a luggage capacity of 22.5 cubic feet (we assume that number is with the rear seats folded, which is smaller than that of the five-passenger 500L (12.1 cu-ft with rear seats up and 46.2 cu-ft with rear seats down).<br /> <br /> European sales of the 500L Living will commence this summer, but there is no mention as to if or when this seven-passenger Fiat could be offered in the US, to compete against the likes of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/mazda/mazda5/">Mazda5</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/13/2014-ford-transit-connect-wagon-brings-minivans-back-to-the-blue/">Ford Transit Connect Wagon</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nissan+nv200/">Nissan NV200</a>. <a href="/2013/06/18/fiat-officially-introduces-500l-living-with-seven-seats/#continued">Scroll down</a> for the more information on this new Fiat model.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/fiat-officially-introduces-seven-seat-500l-living/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Fiat officially introduces seven-seat 500L Living</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/fiat-officially-introduces-seven-seat-500l-living/">Fiat officially introduces seven-seat 500L Living</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:44:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/fiat-officially-introduces-seven-seat-500l-living/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20626249/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/fiat-officially-introduces-seven-seat-500l-living/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=xjOZehGTBWo:RVDJFqGAbgA:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=xjOZehGTBWo:RVDJFqGAbgA:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=xjOZehGTBWo:RVDJFqGAbgA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=xjOZehGTBWo:RVDJFqGAbgA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/xjOZehGTBWo" height="1" width="1"/>fiatfiat 500lfiat 500l 5+2fiat 500l livingfiat 500l seven passengerfiat mpvTue, 18 Jun 2013 15:44:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/fiat-officially-introduces-seven-seat-500l-living/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/jG5UqtrTLEA/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/infiniti-gets-boiled-down-to-four-ps-performance-passion-pre/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/infiniti-gets-boiled-down-to-four-ps-performance-passion-pre/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/" rel="tag">Etc.</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/marketing-advertising/" rel="tag">Marketing/Advertising</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/infiniti/" rel="tag">Infiniti</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><img height="460" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/infiniti-red-bull-sponsor-update.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="pull-quote pull-quote-right"> <p>So then we asked, "Well, what does that mean?"</p> </blockquote> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/20/final-recap-days-2-and-3-notes-quotes-and-takeaways-from-the/">We met Andreas Sigl</a>, the global director of Infiniti's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/f1/">Formula One</a> involvement (that's him above on the right), at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/united+states+grand+prix/">US Grand Prix</a> in Austin last year, and our questions to him were aimed at understanding what Infiniti was doing and where it intended to go. In spite of regard for its products and increased sales, few outside - and even inside - <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/infiniti/">Infiniti</a> seemed to have a clear idea of what the brand stood for.<br /> <br /> Its F1 partnership with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/red+bull+racing/">Red Bull Racing</a> was a key example of that. A brand with no motorsports pedigree - save for a listless dalliance with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/indycar/">Indycar</a> and the Infiniti Pro Series - was suddenly married to the world's marquee racing series, but one being continually declined by other brands and even its own entrants for a lack of relevance to road cars. The introduction of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/infiniti+fx+vettel+edition/">Infiniti FX Vettel Edition </a>didn't clarify matters; we still didn't understand how Infiniti logos on Adrian Newey's chassis' made the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/infiniti/g37+sedan/">G</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/infiniti/m/">M</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/infiniti/fx/">FX</a>, et al any better - or who was even supposed to make the connection - and if we were exceedingly cynical we could have said the terrifically expensive <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/sebastian+vettel/">Sebastian Vettel</a>-fettled FX mutant was a marketing mission that needed a hand grenade but instead got a high-impulse thermobaric weapon.<br /> <br /> Seven months after that Austin Q&amp;A with Sigl, during which time Infiniti has <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/29/infiniti-signs-four-year-deal-to-become-title-sponsor-of-red-bul/">become title sponsor</a> of Red Bull Racing and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/27/infiniti-hires-sebastian-vettel-as-director-of-performance/">publicly anointed Sebastian Vettel</a> its Director of Performance, we met Sigl again in Montreal during the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/11/race-recap-canadian-f1-grand-prix-is-one-story-with-a-thousand/">Canadian F1 Grand Prix</a>. It was there we got an answer to what Infiniti stands for: "We've boiled the brand down to the four 'p's," he said. "Performance, passion, precision and provocation."<br /> <br /> So then we asked, "Well, what does <em>that </em>mean?", and Sigl gave us some background on what's been happening behind the scenes of the partnership.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/infiniti-gets-boiled-down-to-four-ps-performance-passion-pre/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Infiniti gets boiled down to four P's: Performance, passion, precision, provocation</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/infiniti-gets-boiled-down-to-four-ps-performance-passion-pre/">Infiniti gets boiled down to four P's: Performance, passion, precision, provocation</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:02:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/infiniti-gets-boiled-down-to-four-ps-performance-passion-pre/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20624416/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/infiniti-gets-boiled-down-to-four-ps-performance-passion-pre/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=jG5UqtrTLEA:5xX0bFMN5a0:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=jG5UqtrTLEA:5xX0bFMN5a0:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=jG5UqtrTLEA:5xX0bFMN5a0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=jG5UqtrTLEA:5xX0bFMN5a0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/jG5UqtrTLEA" height="1" width="1"/>andreas siglf1infinitiinfiniti q50infiniti red bull racingjohan de nysschenred bull racingsebastian vettelsebastien buemiTue, 18 Jun 2013 15:02:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/infiniti-gets-boiled-down-to-four-ps-performance-passion-pre/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/rpjl3m648s4/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-buick-lacrosse-to-sticker-at-34-060/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-buick-lacrosse-to-sticker-at-34-060/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/carbuying/" rel="tag">Car Buying</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/buick/" rel="tag">Buick</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/" rel="tag">GM</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-buick-lacrosse/"><img height="410" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/001-2014-buick-lacrosse628opt.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/buick/">Buick</a> first showed the facelifted <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/buick/lacrosse/">2014 LaCrosse</a> at this year's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/new-york-auto-show/">New York Auto Show</a>, and General Motors' luxury-ish arm has now confirmed that pricing for the updated sedan will start at $34,060 (*including $925 for destination), a increase of $1,505 over the 2013 model.<br /> <br /> Buyers will be treated to an updated appearance, both inside and out. On the outside, tweaks were made to the LaCrosse's front and rear fascias, and new wheels are on offer (though the ones seen on the car pictured above seem to have been simply <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/second-drive-2011-buick-regal/">pulled from the 2011 Regal Turbo</a>). Inside, there's a much cleaner center stack layout, complete with a standard eight-inch reconfigurable touchscreen IntelliLink interface. Buick is also offering a new Ultra Luxury interior package ($2,495), featuring Tamo Ash wood throughout the cabin, black synthetic suede on the headliner and leather seats in a new sangria color. Standalone options include different wheels, Bose audio, rear seat entertainment, navigation and a sunroof.<br /> <br /> The 2014 LaCrosse's base powertrain is the trusty 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine with eAssist, which is capable of achieving up to 36 miles per gallon on the highway. But for folks wanting more power, a 304-horsepower, 3.6-liter V6 is available as a no-cost option, available with either front- or all-wheel drive.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-buick-lacrosse-to-sticker-at-34-060/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2014 Buick LaCrosse to sticker at $34,060*</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-buick-lacrosse-to-sticker-at-34-060/">2014 Buick LaCrosse to sticker at $34,060*</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-buick-lacrosse-to-sticker-at-34-060/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20626042/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-buick-lacrosse-to-sticker-at-34-060/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=rpjl3m648s4:2jVDe7KWvGU:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=rpjl3m648s4:2jVDe7KWvGU:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=rpjl3m648s4:2jVDe7KWvGU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=rpjl3m648s4:2jVDe7KWvGU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/rpjl3m648s4" height="1" width="1"/>2014 buick lacrossebuickbuick lacrossepricingTue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-buick-lacrosse-to-sticker-at-34-060/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/_FeY3r_iSRA/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/mitsubishi-outlander-evo-to-keep-things-safe-at-pikes-peak/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/mitsubishi-outlander-evo-to-keep-things-safe-at-pikes-peak/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/crossovers-cuvs/" rel="tag">Crossover</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/mitsubishi/" rel="tag">Mitsubishi</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/racing/" rel="tag">Racing</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mitsubishi-pikes-peak-safety-cars/"><img height="410" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/mitsubish-pikes-peak-safety-cars.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/mitsubishi/">Mitsubishi</a> has already announced that it will be <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/05/17/mitsubishi-confirms-pair-of-miev-evolution-ii-electric-racecars/">returning as a competitor</a> to the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/pikes+peak+international+hill+climb/">Pikes Peak International Hill Climb</a> with a pair of all-electric <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/mitsubishi/i/">MiEV</a> Evolution II racecars. In addition to these entrants, the automaker will also be the presenting sponsor of the race as well as providing the official safety vehicles to the event using specially prepped versions of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/mitsubishi/outlander/">2014 Outlander</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/mitsubishi/lancer+evolution/">Lancer Evolution</a>.<br /> <br /> While it isn't clear what exactly will be demanded of the safety vehicles, this isn't going to your run-of-the-mill pace car duty. To get the Outlander and Evo ready for the 156-turn, 12.42-mile course, Mitsubishi teamed up with companies such as BBS, Cobb Tuning, AEM and Muellerized Suspension Systems as well as DC Sports and Kenwood to create these one-off safety cars. These vehicles, and all the racecars, will be at Pikes Peak later this month for the 91st running of America's second-oldest racing event. <a href="/2013/06/17/mitsubishi-outlander-evo-to-keep-things-safe-at-pikes-peak/#continued">Scroll down</a> for the official press release.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/mitsubishi-outlander-evo-to-keep-things-safe-at-pikes-peak/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Mitsubishi Outlander, Evo to keep things safe at Pikes Peak</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/mitsubishi-outlander-evo-to-keep-things-safe-at-pikes-peak/">Mitsubishi Outlander, Evo to keep things safe at Pikes Peak</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:32:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/mitsubishi-outlander-evo-to-keep-things-safe-at-pikes-peak/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20624825/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/mitsubishi-outlander-evo-to-keep-things-safe-at-pikes-peak/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=_FeY3r_iSRA:cIN3uHnHtsI:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=_FeY3r_iSRA:cIN3uHnHtsI:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=_FeY3r_iSRA:cIN3uHnHtsI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=_FeY3r_iSRA:cIN3uHnHtsI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/_FeY3r_iSRA" height="1" width="1"/>2014 mitsubishi outlandermitsubishimitsubishi lancer evolutionmitsubishi outlanderpikes peakpikes peak international hill climbsafety vehiclesTue, 18 Jun 2013 13:32:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/mitsubishi-outlander-evo-to-keep-things-safe-at-pikes-peak/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/MKHr7tWisbA/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-cadillac-elr-whirs-into-jay-lenos-garage/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-cadillac-elr-whirs-into-jay-lenos-garage/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/videos/" rel="tag">Videos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/cadillac/" rel="tag">Cadillac</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/electric/" rel="tag">Electric</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="/2013/06/17/2014-cadillac-elr-whirs-into-jay-lenos-garage/#continued"><img height="410" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/jay-leno-cadillac-elr.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /></a><br /> <br /> While Jerry Seinfeld was <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/15/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-season-2-opens-with-sarah-silve/">gallivanting around LA with Sarah Silverman in a Jaguar XKE</a>, our favorite car-loving comedian, Jay Leno, was checking out the all-new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/cadillac+elr/">2014 Cadillac ELR</a>. Set to go on sale later this year, Cadillac brought its ELR to <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/jay+lenos+garage/"><em>Jay Leno's Garage</em></a> to show off some of its styling and technology as well as give Leno some seat time in the range-extended EV. Leno owns both a Volt and a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/cadillac/cts-v/">CTS-V</a>, and the ELR is a kind combination of the two (sort of).<br /> <br /> In this episode, Leno spends some time talking to Frank Saucedo, GM director of advanced design, and ELR chief engineer Chris Thomason before logging a few miles on the sleek coupe. Interestingly, it seems that GM has definitely changed its tune a little since the introduction of the Volt a couple years ago; Saucedo and Leno both refer to the ELR as a hybrid, and Thomason says that it gets the "bulk of its propulsion" from the electric motors. Whatever you want to call it, <a href="/2013/06/17/2014-cadillac-elr-whirs-into-jay-lenos-garage/#continued">scroll down</a> to watch the latest episode of JLG with some great information and driving shots of the plug-in <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/cadillac/">Cadillac</a>.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-cadillac-elr-whirs-into-jay-lenos-garage/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2014 Cadillac ELR whirs into Jay Leno's Garage</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-cadillac-elr-whirs-into-jay-lenos-garage/">2014 Cadillac ELR whirs into Jay Leno's Garage</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:43:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-cadillac-elr-whirs-into-jay-lenos-garage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20624314/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-cadillac-elr-whirs-into-jay-lenos-garage/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=MKHr7tWisbA:kcL4mZFr4d4:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=MKHr7tWisbA:kcL4mZFr4d4:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=MKHr7tWisbA:kcL4mZFr4d4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=MKHr7tWisbA:kcL4mZFr4d4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/MKHr7tWisbA" height="1" width="1"/>2014 cadillac elrcadillaccadillac elre-revextended range electric vehiclejay lenojay lenos garagevideoTue, 18 Jun 2013 12:43:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-cadillac-elr-whirs-into-jay-lenos-garage/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/eQTvYD_ajCk/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-mercedes-benz-cla45-amg-review-first-drive/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-mercedes-benz-cla45-amg-review-first-drive/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/mercedes-benz/" rel="tag">Mercedes-Benz</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/driving/" rel="tag">First Drives</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><em><big>A Really Hot Little GT Plants The Seed For A Better AMG</big></em><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-mercedes-benz-cla45-amg-first-drive/"><img alt="2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/2014-mercedes-benz-cla45-amg-fd.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 628px; height: 417px;" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/">Mercedes-Benz</a> has <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/amg/">AMG</a> on an impressive growth curve these days, the official name of the effort being Performance 50. By the 50th anniversary of AMG in 2017, the Mercedes performance division will produce 30,000-plus units per year. That's up from today's 20,000 or so, and AMG will boast a catalog of 30-plus models. Despite that very full range, this new CLA45 AMG is certain to be an important contributor on all accounts.<br /> <br /> The thrill monitors at AMG have a long-established reputation for creating large, open-road rockets that err on the side of brute force and everyday comfort over zippy, tight-feeling sports car finesse and balance. The strategy has worked wonders for the company's sales ledger and created handsome levels of profit per unit, but entire developing sectors of the premium hot-car market have been knowingly left out of the AMG equation. While there are exceptions, AMG has never been considered a maker of truly agile machinery that's easily tossed around.<br /> <br /> The very first thing that we notice while driving the CLA45 AMG - on schedule for North American deliveries beginning in April with a reported starting price of $47,450 - is exactly how lively its new 4Matic chassis can be. It's an entirely new feeling for an AMG, and it's entirely welcome by us. Some will complain about the price being asked for this super CLA-Class, but this little sedan is a true AMG of the new genre, and as such, it might just be something of a bargain.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-mercedes-benz-cla45-amg-review-first-drive/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-mercedes-benz-cla45-amg-review-first-drive/">2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:59:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-mercedes-benz-cla45-amg-review-first-drive/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20625067/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-mercedes-benz-cla45-amg-review-first-drive/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=eQTvYD_ajCk:tvYMCDBoAsc:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=eQTvYD_ajCk:tvYMCDBoAsc:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=eQTvYD_ajCk:tvYMCDBoAsc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=eQTvYD_ajCk:tvYMCDBoAsc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/eQTvYD_ajCk" height="1" width="1"/>2014 mercedes cla45 amgfeaturedfirst driveFirstDrivemercedesmercedes cla-classmercedes cla45 amgTue, 18 Jun 2013 11:59:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/2014-mercedes-benz-cla45-amg-review-first-drive/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/4iagTmuHaz0/http://green.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/elon-musk-confirms-tesla-model-s-battery-swaps-demo-coming-this/http://green.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/elon-musk-confirms-tesla-model-s-battery-swaps-demo-coming-this/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/emerging-technologies/" rel="tag">Emerging Technologies</a>, <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/" rel="tag">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/tesla-motors/" rel="tag">Tesla Motors</a></p><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/tesla-model-s-8/#photo-5076576/"><img alt="tesla model s red" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/model-s-signature-red-628.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 628px; height: 343px;" /></a><br /> <br /> For something as secret as a battery swap option in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tesla/model+s/">Tesla Model S</a> electric vehicle, we sure have heard rumors about it for years. Four (!) years ago, after all, we knew that the Model S was designed to <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/27/report-tesla-model-s-being-designed-with-battery-swaps-in-mind/">accommodate battery swaps</a> and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has talked about taking long-distance EV trips that included battery swaps, and Tesla's proprietary Supercharger network was <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2012/06/12/tesla-supercharger-network-to-feature-solar-panels-battery-swap/">supposed to have</a> a battery swap component at one time. But then the discussion shifted to focus on that Supercharger network, and how, by stopping for lots of 20-minute sandwiches along the way, a cross-country EV road trip would be totally doable. And, for a while, the Tesla battery swapping talk disappeared.<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="pull-quote pull-quote-right"> <p>"Live pack swap demo on Thurs night. Seeing is believing" - Elon Musk</p> </blockquote> Until, of course, Musk brought it back a month ago by <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/332516435488280577">tweeting</a>: "There is a way for the Tesla Model S to be recharged throughout the country faster than you could fill a gas tank." That set off a <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2013/05/14/tesla-model-s-battery-swap-announcement-coming-soon/">fresh search for information</a>, which we now know we will be cleared up later this week.<br /> <br /> Yesterday, Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/346895679471357952">tweeted</a>: "Live pack swap demo on Thurs night at 8pm California time at our design studio in Hawthorne. Seeing is believing." He also <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/347005150860283905">tweeted</a> that <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/better-place/">Better Place</a> founder Shai Agassi "actually got the idea from a visit to Tesla. The idea is obvious (many things allow battery swap), but the technology is not."<br /> <br /> We have so many questions about this new option: does it apply to all Model S vehicles? Will it be free, like <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/supercharger/">Supercharging</a>? Will the swap locations be at Tesla stores, Supercharger stations or at other locations? Why is Tesla thinking of battery swaps when it's also been so bullish on its fast-charging technology? We'll try to find answers to all of these questions when the first public swap is performed live on Thursday.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/elon-musk-confirms-tesla-model-s-battery-swaps-demo-coming-this/">Elon Musk confirms Tesla Model S battery swaps, demo coming this week</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:30:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/elon-musk-confirms-tesla-model-s-battery-swaps-demo-coming-this/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/20626135/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/elon-musk-confirms-tesla-model-s-battery-swaps-demo-coming-this/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=4iagTmuHaz0:YERGgKH9r2Q:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=4iagTmuHaz0:YERGgKH9r2Q:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=4iagTmuHaz0:YERGgKH9r2Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=4iagTmuHaz0:YERGgKH9r2Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/4iagTmuHaz0" height="1" width="1"/>battery swapelectric vehicleelon muskteslatesla model sTue, 18 Jun 2013 11:30:00 ESThttp://green.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/elon-musk-confirms-tesla-model-s-battery-swaps-demo-coming-this/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/0W80Xr13JMk/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/gm-will-no-longer-release-monthly-production-figures/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/gm-will-no-longer-release-monthly-production-figures/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/" rel="tag">Plants/Manufacturing</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/" rel="tag">GM</a></p><a href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130617/OEM10/306179945/gm-goes-dark-on-output-stats-causes-stir#axzz2WTYIeXew"><img height="353" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/gm-production-628.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/gm/">General Motors</a> has announced that it will no longer disclose monthly production figures to automotive data providers. <em>Automotive News</em> reports that GM notified research and data providers IHS Automotive, Automotive News Data Center and Autodata Corp. about the change, saying that the company will now provide numbers for wholesale deliveries. Up until now GM, along with many other car companies, provided monthly North American production figures, broken out by individual models.<br /> <br /> The automaker says that the new policy is due to a change in the way it records financials for vehicles. In the first part of this year, GM started assigning profit and loss to the country in which a vehicle is sold, rather than to the facility at which it was manufactured. This, says GM, makes the production numbers less critical to keep track of.<br /> <br /> Concerns about the change in reporting are multitudinous. Many automotive suppliers use production forecasts that are based on real production data to plan their own manufacturing schedules for coming months. What's more, <em>Automotive News</em> tells us that the GM numbers have been used in many other standard indicators of economic health in the US, including those published by the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/the+federal+reserve/">Federal Reserve</a>. While models exist for estimating the production data, nobody is exactly sure how accurate they'll be, or what the longer term fallout in the industry will look like.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/gm-will-no-longer-release-monthly-production-figures/">GM will no longer release monthly production figures</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/gm-will-no-longer-release-monthly-production-figures/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20624822/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/gm-will-no-longer-release-monthly-production-figures/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=0W80Xr13JMk:kv1MnrRmhRk:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=0W80Xr13JMk:kv1MnrRmhRk:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=0W80Xr13JMk:kv1MnrRmhRk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=0W80Xr13JMk:kv1MnrRmhRk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/0W80Xr13JMk" height="1" width="1"/>automotive productiongeneral motorsgmTue, 18 Jun 2013 10:58:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/gm-will-no-longer-release-monthly-production-figures/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/Kgf3qhyfiOk/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/arrest-warrant-issued-for-nascar-driver-mike-harmon/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/arrest-warrant-issued-for-nascar-driver-mike-harmon/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a></p><a href="http://www.14news.com/story/22611339/nascar-mike-harmon-stolen-vehicle-arrest-police-jennifer-jo-cobb"><img alt="Mike Harmon" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/mike-harmon-nascar.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 628px; height: 404px;" /></a><br /> <br /> The next step in the off-track saga involving <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nascar/">NASCAR</a> Nationwide Series drivers Mike Harmon and Jennifer Jo Cobb has been taken, with arrest warrants issued for Harmon and business associate David Novak. In May, Harmon was charged with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/01/vehicles-stolen-from-nascar-driver-seized-from-home-of-rival-rac/">stealing a car hauler and other goods</a> worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from Cobb's shop, and after saying he didn't steal them and maintaining his innocence, seven of the stolen vehicles were found on two of his properties that same month.<br /> <br /> The issue is an acrimonious commercial separation with Cobb on one side, Harmon and Novak on the other. Harmon drives for Novak's team - and Cobb did too until last year - and Harmon and Novak allege that the stolen property actually belongs to the team, but Cobb took it. Novak and Cobb are in court over the matter, but when <a href="http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Camping-World-Trucks/News/Articles/2013/06/Additional-Warrants-Issued-to-Mike-Harmon.aspx">a judge declined Novak's request</a> to have Cobb return the property, it appears he worked with Harmon to get it back the five-finger way.<br /> <br /> Harmon and Novak have been charged with breaking and entering, as well as larceny after breaking an entering. At the time of writing, neither man had been arrested, the hauler still hasn't been found, and as for the cars that were recovered it's been <a href="http://www.wcnc.com/news/crime/More-charges-filed-in-case-of-stolen-racing-vehicles-211869571.html">claimed that they were stripped</a> and are worth something like $10,000 apiece, a steep drop from their original reported value of $150,000 apiece.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/arrest-warrant-issued-for-nascar-driver-mike-harmon/">Arrest warrant issued for NASCAR driver Mike Harmon</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:12:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/arrest-warrant-issued-for-nascar-driver-mike-harmon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20625139/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/arrest-warrant-issued-for-nascar-driver-mike-harmon/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=Kgf3qhyfiOk:LSxuw9mL7a8:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=Kgf3qhyfiOk:LSxuw9mL7a8:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=Kgf3qhyfiOk:LSxuw9mL7a8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=Kgf3qhyfiOk:LSxuw9mL7a8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/Kgf3qhyfiOk" height="1" width="1"/>camping world truck seriesdavid novakjennifer jo cobbjjr racingmike harmonnascarnascar nationwide seriesTue, 18 Jun 2013 10:12:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/arrest-warrant-issued-for-nascar-driver-mike-harmon/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/0Tr-o-1YZhY/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/suzuki-back-in-motogp-for-2015/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/suzuki-back-in-motogp-for-2015/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/suzuki/" rel="tag">Suzuki</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorcycles/" rel="tag">Motorcycle</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/racing/" rel="tag">Racing</a></p><a href="/2013/06/18/suzuki-back-in-motogp-for-2015/#continued"><img height="460" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/suzuki-xrh-1-motogp.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /></a><br /> <br /> It had been planned for 2014 but it's going to be 2015 instead - that's when <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/suzuki/">Suzuki</a> returns to the manufacturer ranks of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/motogp/">MotoGP</a> after quitting the series at the end of 2011 because of The Great Recession. When Suzuki stopped after 37 continuous years of racing, it said it intended to return three years later and it has been in talks with MotoGP's rights holder, Dorna Sports, since last year. No doubt, though, that fan anticipation of the team's return outdoes any dismay at the delay. It will join <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/yamaha/">Yamaha</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ducati/">Ducati</a> in the premiere league.<br /> <br /> Its bike has already been testing in Japan and was with the official MotoGP tribe in Barcelona, Spain on Monday when Suzuki announced its return. It's said the development bike is called the XRH-1, being ridden by official tester Randy de Puniet (who currently races in MotoGP on an Aprilia-based bike with TeamAspar). and after a day of testing de Puniet got the new Suzuki to within <a href="http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2013/De+Puniet+highly+encouraged+by+Suzuki+pace">seven-tenths of a second</a> of the top time posted by other MotoGP teams. Davide Brivio, who once ran the Fiat-Yamaha team and has been close with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/valentino+rossi/">Valentino Rossi</a>, will be the team manager.<br /> <br /> Speaking of Rossi, The Doctor is back with Fiat-Yamaha after a bad run with Ducati but is only contracted to the end of 2014. Brivio is the man who got Rossi to join Fiat-Yamaha, then got him to Ducati. Until he took the head of Suzuki's works effort, Brivio was working with Rossi's VR46 management company, heading areas like merchandising. The rumormill has already begun its work, with folks wondering <a href="http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Jan/130125r9cvo.htm">if Rossi will head to Suzuki</a> in 2015 if his second stint at Yamaha doesn't prove fruitful before then. Scroll down <a href="/2013/06/18/suzuki-back-in-motogp-for-2015/#continued">below</a> for the official press release from Suzuki.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/suzuki-back-in-motogp-for-2015/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Suzuki back in MotoGP for 2015</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/suzuki-back-in-motogp-for-2015/">Suzuki back in MotoGP for 2015</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:33:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/suzuki-back-in-motogp-for-2015/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20625034/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/suzuki-back-in-motogp-for-2015/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=0Tr-o-1YZhY:Y4ixxDY3mqM:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=0Tr-o-1YZhY:Y4ixxDY3mqM:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=0Tr-o-1YZhY:Y4ixxDY3mqM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=0Tr-o-1YZhY:Y4ixxDY3mqM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/0Tr-o-1YZhY" height="1" width="1"/>motogpsuzukisuzuki xrh-1Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:33:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/suzuki-back-in-motogp-for-2015/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/caZuoO-3hvE/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/lamborghini-cabrera-spotted-ready-to-fill-gallardo-shoes/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/lamborghini-cabrera-spotted-ready-to-fill-gallardo-shoes/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/frankfurt-auto-show/" rel="tag">Frankfurt Motor Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/lamborghini/" rel="tag">Lamborghini</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lamborghini-cabrera-spy-shots/"><img alt="Lamborghini Cabrera" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/lamborghini-cabrera-01-628.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 628px; height: 418px;" /></a><br /> <br /> Facebook user <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152933529485035&amp;set=a.10150381995540035.610390.233730055034&amp;type=1&amp;permPage=1">Marchettino</a> (already a minor YouTube celebrity for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/marchettino">his supercars channel</a>) spotted the successor to the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lamborghini/gallardo/">Lamborghini Gallardo</a> throne out and about on public streets and was kind enough to snap a few photos of the machine. Word has it that a concept car precursor to the newest supercar will bow at the upcoming <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/frankfurt+motor+show/">Frankfurt Motor Show</a> this September under the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/lamborghini-to-show-gallardo-replacement-concept-in-frankfurt/">Cabrera</a> name. As you've likely already heard, the model is said to ride on the second-generation <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/audi/r8/">Audi R8</a> platform, complete with a composite aluminum and carbon fiber construction to reduce weight as much as possible. How light will will the Cabrera be? Lamborghini is reportedly shooting for a curb weight of around 3,300 pounds.<br /> <br /> Power will likely come from a massaged version of the 5.2-liter V10 in the current Gallardo. Expect around 600 horsepower and 400 pound-feet of torque.<br /> <br /> The vehicle in these photos looks to have abandoned some of the Gallardo's angles in favor or more organic lines, though it's possible body cladding is hiding the car's true design. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/lamborghini+murcielago+sv/">Murcielago SV-style</a> sills and side air intakes serve up quite a bit of aggression and the quad exhaust looks properly menacing as well. We can't wait to see the finished product.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/lamborghini-cabrera-spotted-ready-to-fill-gallardo-shoes/">Lamborghini Cabrera spotted, ready to fill Gallardo shoes</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:45:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/lamborghini-cabrera-spotted-ready-to-fill-gallardo-shoes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20625681/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/lamborghini-cabrera-spotted-ready-to-fill-gallardo-shoes/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=caZuoO-3hvE:1ZkpyzK7Hnc:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=caZuoO-3hvE:1ZkpyzK7Hnc:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=caZuoO-3hvE:1ZkpyzK7Hnc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=caZuoO-3hvE:1ZkpyzK7Hnc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/caZuoO-3hvE" height="1" width="1"/>gallardolamborghinilamborghini cabreralamborghini cabrera photoslamborghini cabrerar spy shotslamborghini gallardospy photosspy shotsTue, 18 Jun 2013 08:45:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/lamborghini-cabrera-spotted-ready-to-fill-gallardo-shoes/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/pLNak1er1Yc/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/porsche-piech-buy-10-stake-in-vws-holding-company/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/porsche-piech-buy-10-stake-in-vws-holding-company/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/porsche/" rel="tag">Porsche</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/volkswagen/" rel="tag">Volkswagen</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/earnings-financials/" rel="tag">Earnings/Financials</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/middle-east/" rel="tag">Middle East</a></p><a href="http://europe.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130617/ANE/130619890/porsche-piech-family-buy-qatars-10-stake-in-vws-majority-owner#axzz2WTcxypIi"><img alt="F.K. Piech" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/fk-piech.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 628px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /> <br /> In August, 2009, as the scuttled merger of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/porsche/">Porsche</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/">Volkswagen</a> had gone bad and Porsche was backed up against the ropes, Porsche Automobil Holding SE (PAHSE) <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/14/qatar-buys-10-percent-of-porsche-options-for-20-percent-of-vw/">relinquished a ten-percent stake</a> in itself to Qatar Holdings as well as options it held on 17 percent of VW shares. The sale meant that, for the first time since the founding of the company 61 years before, an entity outside the Porsche and Piech families had a say in the running of PAHSE.<br /> <br /> Buying that ten-percent stake back returns full ownership to the two families, the holding company's sole possession being ownership of 50.7 percent of VW's common shares. The price paid wasn't disclosed, but at market rates the purchase would be worth close to $1.25 billion. Qatar intends to hold onto the 17-percent stake it has in Volkswagen.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/porsche-piech-buy-10-stake-in-vws-holding-company/">Porsche-Piech buy 10% stake in VW's holding company</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/porsche-piech-buy-10-stake-in-vws-holding-company/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20624984/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/porsche-piech-buy-10-stake-in-vws-holding-company/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=pLNak1er1Yc:2sYPVxgTpas:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=pLNak1er1Yc:2sYPVxgTpas:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=pLNak1er1Yc:2sYPVxgTpas:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=pLNak1er1Yc:2sYPVxgTpas:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/pLNak1er1Yc" height="1" width="1"/>Ferdinand Piechporscheporsche automobil holding seporsche volkswagenQatar Holdings LLCvolkswagenTue, 18 Jun 2013 08:00:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/18/porsche-piech-buy-10-stake-in-vws-holding-company/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/hOupxg9NjEU/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/watch-these-dudes-pull-off-amazing-stunts-with-a-fiat-500/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/watch-these-dudes-pull-off-amazing-stunts-with-a-fiat-500/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/convertibles/" rel="tag">Convertible</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/videos/" rel="tag">Videos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/humor/" rel="tag">Humor</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">Fiat</a></p><a href="/2013/06/17/watch-these-dudes-pull-off-amazing-stunts-with-a-fiat-500/#continued"><img alt="Dude Perfect Fiat 500 stunt driving" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/dude-perfect-fiat-500.png" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 628px; height: 405px;" /></a><br /> <br /> These dudes are perfect, which, we surmise, is why their YouTube channel is called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/corycotton?feature=watch">Dude Perfect</a>. But we digress. In their latest video, Dude Perfect performs some amazing trick shots with footballs, basketballs and baseballs, along with a trio of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/fiat/500c/">Fiat 500C Abarth</a> convertibles. It's perfect, dude.<br /> <br /> Joining the dudes this week are stunt drivers Roger Richman and Samuel Hubinette from LA Motorsports, and some of their coolest tricks wouldn't be possible without some equally precise driving. Looks like they had a total blast, but remember, these guys are professionals and performed their tricks on a closed course. In other words... do not try this at home.<br /> <br /> Dude. Scroll down <a href="/2013/06/17/watch-these-dudes-pull-off-amazing-stunts-with-a-fiat-500/#continued">below</a> to watch the video.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/watch-these-dudes-pull-off-amazing-stunts-with-a-fiat-500/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Watch these dudes pull off amazing stunts with some Fiat 500C Abarths</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/watch-these-dudes-pull-off-amazing-stunts-with-a-fiat-500/">Watch these dudes pull off amazing stunts with some Fiat 500C Abarths</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:58:00 EST. 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A total of 13 horsepower offer riders a top speed of 30 miles per hour, which probably seems plenty fast on an upright rig like this one. Riders stand on a pivoting, spiked deck that turns by way of leaning, just like a skateboard, while the upright handle offers throttle and brake, and a place to hang on. And, of course, ownership of the vehicle grants one admin status on all <em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</em> <a href="http://www.thetechnodrome.com">fan boards</a>.<br /> <br /> We could go on, but the <a href="http://autoblog.search.aol.com/search?q=translogic&amp;s_it=header_form"><em>Translogic</em></a> crew does a first-rate job of explaining what the Shredder is, as well as getting the low down about the project from BPG Werks CEO Ben Gulak. <a href="/2013/06/17/the-shredder-is-like-a-jet-ski-for-land-with-tank-treads/#continued">Watch it all, below</a>.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/the-shredder-is-like-a-jet-ski-for-land-with-tank-treads/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Shredder is like a jet-ski for land, with tank treads</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/the-shredder-is-like-a-jet-ski-for-land-with-tank-treads/">The Shredder is like a jet-ski for land, with tank treads</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:14:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/the-shredder-is-like-a-jet-ski-for-land-with-tank-treads/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20624588/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/the-shredder-is-like-a-jet-ski-for-land-with-tank-treads/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=iut9HWmDv88:-qy4aocHIRA:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=iut9HWmDv88:-qy4aocHIRA:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=iut9HWmDv88:-qy4aocHIRA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=iut9HWmDv88:-qy4aocHIRA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/iut9HWmDv88" height="1" width="1"/>atvbpg werksdtv shreddershredderthe shreddertmnttranslogicMon, 17 Jun 2013 19:14:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/the-shredder-is-like-a-jet-ski-for-land-with-tank-treads/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/aeb6RqV1yTo/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/nismo-gt-r-poised-to-be-fastest-nissan-ever/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/nismo-gt-r-poised-to-be-fastest-nissan-ever/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/nissan/" rel="tag">Nissan</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-nissan-gt-r-track-edition-chicago-2013/"><img height="417" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/2014-nissan-gt-r-track-edition-1371485543.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /></a><br /> <br /> For almost every year since the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/gtr/">Nissan GT-R</a> first debuted, Nissan has been figuring out how to cram more power under the hood or give it <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/porsche/911/">911</a>-like quickness around the N&uuml;rburgring. Looking to <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/26/nismo-confirms-hotter-gt-r-return-to-le-mans-and-more-performan/">create a brand image for its performance arm</a>, we already knew that a hotter, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nismo">Nismo</a>-branded GT-R was in the works, but it seems some details may have leaked regarding this new Nismo GT-R.<br /> <br /> While little has been spoken of this Super GT-R since February, <em>Top Gear</em> is reporting that Nismo is planning to make improvements to the coupe's power, handing and styling - three things that we're sure few have complained about since 2009. What could this mean for the GT-R? According to the article, Nismo could be looking to raise horsepower from the current 545-hp mark to more than 570 hp, and handling upgrades could give the car a 'Ring lap time of seven minutes and 22 seconds, which as <em>Top Gear</em> points out, is four seconds quicker than the new 911 GT3.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/nismo-gt-r-poised-to-be-fastest-nissan-ever/">Nismo GT-R poised to be fastest Nissan ever</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/nismo-gt-r-poised-to-be-fastest-nissan-ever/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20624501/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/nismo-gt-r-poised-to-be-fastest-nissan-ever/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=aeb6RqV1yTo:69uDmFGcZA8:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=aeb6RqV1yTo:69uDmFGcZA8:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=aeb6RqV1yTo:69uDmFGcZA8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=aeb6RqV1yTo:69uDmFGcZA8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/aeb6RqV1yTo" height="1" width="1"/>nismonissannissan gt-rnissan gt-r nismonissan motorsportsMon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/nismo-gt-r-poised-to-be-fastest-nissan-ever/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/y0hZIeDaKiI/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/lamborghini-to-show-gallardo-replacement-concept-in-frankfurt/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/lamborghini-to-show-gallardo-replacement-concept-in-frankfurt/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/" rel="tag">Concept Cars</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/frankfurt-auto-show/" rel="tag">Frankfurt Motor Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/lamborghini/" rel="tag">Lamborghini</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><img height="417" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/2013-lamborghini-gallardo-628.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lamborghini/">Lamborghini</a> will give us a big clue as to the look and feel of the impending replacement for its <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lamborghini/gallardo/">Gallardo</a> model at this September's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/frankfurt-auto-show/">Frankfurt Motor Show</a>. According to a report by <em>Autocar</em>, the Italian supercar maker will have a concept car in Frankfurt that will preview a 2015 replacement for the current Gallardo (pictured above).<br /> <br /> While nothing is set in stone, the word is that Lamborghini is still considering "<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/30/lamborghinis-gallardo-replacing-cabrera-to-pack-600-supercharge/">Cabrera</a>" as the Gallardo-successor's name. We didn't know the company had so many Tigers fans, but the <em>Autoblog</em> Detroit office is stoked.<br /> <br /> The same report tells us that the new Lamborghini, currently going by the internal designation LP724, will be based on the same platform as the second-generation <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/audi/r8/">Audi R8</a>, rather than on the more exotic <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lamborghini/aventador/">Aventador</a> underpinnings. That means a modular spaceframe, aluminum and carbon fiber construction and a reduction in curb weight as a result - the target is less than 3,300 pounds. Even with the diet, the next Gallardo will be slightly longer than the current car, but about the same height and width.<br /> <br /> The svelte Lamborghini will draw power from an updated version of the current 5.2-liter V10, which should be good for more than 600 horsepower and 400 pound-feet of torque. <em>Autocar</em> also indicates that both a six-speed manual and a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission will be optional on the new Gallardo, replacing the existing six-speed E-gear automated manual. Standard cars will offer all-wheel drive, but rear-drive models will be available at some point as well. Bring on Frankfurt, we're ready to see this one in the metal.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/lamborghini-to-show-gallardo-replacement-concept-in-frankfurt/">Lamborghini to show Gallardo replacement concept in Frankfurt</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:44:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/lamborghini-to-show-gallardo-replacement-concept-in-frankfurt/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20624343/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/lamborghini-to-show-gallardo-replacement-concept-in-frankfurt/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=y0hZIeDaKiI:sElbe4Ree6k:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=y0hZIeDaKiI:sElbe4Ree6k:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=y0hZIeDaKiI:sElbe4Ree6k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=y0hZIeDaKiI:sElbe4Ree6k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/y0hZIeDaKiI" height="1" width="1"/>frankfurt motor showlamborghinilamborghini cabreralamborghini gallardoMon, 17 Jun 2013 17:44:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/lamborghini-to-show-gallardo-replacement-concept-in-frankfurt/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/m4XhsCyRN4E/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/theres-no-substitution-for-bmws-e30-mmmmm3/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/theres-no-substitution-for-bmws-e30-mmmmm3/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/timewarp/" rel="tag">Classics</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/videos/" rel="tag">Videos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/bmw/" rel="tag">BMW</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="/2013/06/17/theres-no-substitution-for-bmws-e30-mmmmm3/#continued"><img height="357" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/m3-petrolicious.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /></a><br /> <br /> If you told someone that you had a friend with a four-cylinder <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/">BMW</a> who "would let me wash the car," and in exchange for the privilege then let you drive that clean BMW once around the block, your first question would probably be "What kind of BMW is this?" There's a chance you wouldn't be surprised once you found out the coupe in question was the E30 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/m3/">M3</a>, a car our own Zach Bowman dubbed the "Mmmmm3."<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/petrolicious/">Petrolicious</a> talks to Gabor Mester about the car he fell in love with, a black version of the original "Munich mauler" that was owned by the parents of a high-school friend - oh, and Mester was also in high school when this washing and driving took place. When the original owners were ready to sell, Mestor was ready to buy, and he hasn't had a single regret about it since.<br /> <br /> You can enjoy his story in his words in the video <a href="/2013/06/17/theres-no-substitution-for-bmws-e30-mmmmm3/#continued">below</a>.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/theres-no-substitution-for-bmws-e30-mmmmm3/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>There's no substitution for BMW's E30 Mmmmm3</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/theres-no-substitution-for-bmws-e30-mmmmm3/">There's no substitution for BMW's E30 Mmmmm3</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/theres-no-substitution-for-bmws-e30-mmmmm3/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20619992/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/theres-no-substitution-for-bmws-e30-mmmmm3/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=m4XhsCyRN4E:inGdWUenw_E:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=m4XhsCyRN4E:inGdWUenw_E:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.autoblog.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=m4XhsCyRN4E:inGdWUenw_E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=m4XhsCyRN4E:inGdWUenw_E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/m4XhsCyRN4E" height="1" width="1"/>bmwbmw m3e30 m3gabor mesterpetroliciousvideoMon, 17 Jun 2013 16:58:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/theres-no-substitution-for-bmws-e30-mmmmm3/http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/nTgnOHJHq10/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/audi-readying-650-hp-sport-quattro-concept-for-frankfurt/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/audi-readying-650-hp-sport-quattro-concept-for-frankfurt/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/" rel="tag">Concept Cars</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/audi/" rel="tag">Audi</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/audi-quattro-concept-quick-spin/"><img alt="Audi Quattro Coupe Concept - front three-quarter view" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/audi-quattro-concept-drive-628.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 630px; height: 418px;" /></a><br /> <br /> Remember Audi's perfectly lovely <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/quattro+concept/">Quattro Concept</a> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/29/paris-2010-audi-quattro-concept-celebrates-30-years-of-performa/">from the 2010 Paris Motor Show</a>? Of course you do. The latter-day Ur-Quattro is laser-etched in our brains as well - and not just because Audi was kind enough to offer our man Michael Harley <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/07/audi-quattro-concept-quick-spin-review-road-test/">a mountain drive</a> of its seven-figure showcar. At the time, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/audi/">Audi</a> hinted that the coupe might have a showroom future, but the gossip pipeline has long since gone dry, leading us to believe that the car's production hopes had soured.<br /> <br /> That 2010 concept was powered by a 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine yielding 380 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque, a relatively modest but appropriate engine configuration in light of the Ur-Quattro's five-banger. Given the Quattro Concept's size and specs, it wasn't clear exactly where such a vehicle might fit into the company's lineup, though, as it already already offers the successful <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/audi/a5/">A5</a>/<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/audi/s5/">S5</a>/<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/audi/rs5/">RS5</a> lineup.<br /> <br /> Apparently, Audi might have a solution to that conundrum. A <a href="http://www.autozeitung.de/auto-neuheiten/iaa-2013-neue-modelle-vw-konzern-audi-quattro-concept-golf-7-r-gn20230">new report from Germany's <em>AutoZeitung</em></a> suggest that the automaker is posed to reveal a production version of the concept at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/frankfurt-auto-show/">Frankfurt Motor Show</a> in September - on the Ur-Quattro's 30th anniversary, no less. Word is that Audi is taking the Quattro Concept upmarket in a big way, with a tuned version of the twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 from the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/rs7/">RS7</a> churning up in the neighborhood of 650 horsepower. Naturally, all-wheel drive will get all that power to the ground, and new bodywork is expected as well. In addition to the powertrain switch-up, there is talk of extensive use of lightweight materials, including magnesium, carbon fiber and aluminum, with a target weight of under 2,900 pounds. Magnetic ride control suspension and carbon-ceramic brakes are also expected to find their way onto the model. Unsurprisingly, all of that extra equipment is likely to impact the car's bottom line - reports suggest its sticker price could crowd that of the mighty <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/audi/r8/">R8</a> at around $150,000.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/audi-readying-650-hp-sport-quattro-concept-for-frankfurt/">Audi readying 650-hp Sport Quattro Concept for Frankfurt</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:28:00 EST. 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Volvo is partnering with Garry Rogers Motorsport and its own <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/polestar/">Polestar</a> tuning firm to create Volvo Polestar Racing.<br /> <br /> A V8 engine will be produced by the Swedish arm of the racing effort, and will be supplied to the Garry Rogers team, which will get the whole shebang ready for the track. The outfit will be running two V8 Supercars "based on the production <a href="http://autoblog.com/volvo/s60/">S60</a> road car." Considering that the S60 uses a range of transversely mounted engines with four, five or six cylinders (powering either the front or all four wheels) while the new race car will employ a V8 sending about 650 horsepower to the rear wheels, make that <em>very loosely</em> <em>based</em> on the production S60...<br /> <br /> Volvo claims this is the first factory-backed entry in the V8 Supercars series from a luxury brand. We should note, though, that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/23/erebus-motorsport-mercedes-e-class-v8-supercar-completes-the-fie/">Mercedes-Benz is represented in the series with an E-Class sedan</a>, but that outfit isn't quite an official entry from the car's German parents. In any case, you're encouraged to watch the teaser video and read the press release <a href="/2013/06/17/volvo-joins-australias-v8-supercars-series-w-video/#continued">below</a> for all the details.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/volvo-joins-australias-v8-supercars-series-w-video/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Volvo joins Australia's V8 Supercars series [w/video]</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/17/volvo-joins-australias-v8-supercars-series-w-video/">Volvo joins Australia's V8 Supercars series [w/video]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:43:00 EST. 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