In the lead-up to the US debut of Hyundai’s all-new Genesis coupe, the Korean automaker has released a comprehensive spec sheet of the car that many say will redefine the common man’s perception of Korean automobiles.

Much of the US-bound car’s specs are shared with the Korean-market Genesis models, however there were a few paragraphs in [...]

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Perhaps prompted by last week’s leaked press shots, Renault has now released a whole slew of photos and pages of information on the new third-generation Megane. The styling of the Megane III is a marked departure from that of the preceding model, with the rather, ahem, pronounced posterior of the current Megane hatch [...]

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Well, we know, or at least we think we do, that Nissan will be renaming their hi-po version of the new R35 GT-R, the ‘Spec-V’ and not the ‘V-Spec’ as it was in R32-33-34 guise.

Generally thought to be set for a 2010 debut, the Spec-V is real and Japanese mag Best Car have published an [...]

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Yesterday saw the launch of the Nissan GT-R micro-site and a brochure leak none of which really provided a whole lot more information on the about to be released GT-R.

The members of NAGTROC (North American GT-R Owners Club) have in the meantime been compiling the facts as they come to hand and thanks to them [...]

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Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) have announced the release of their new limited-edition F6 R-Spec Typhoon. The F6 R-Spec is one of two expected limited-edition releases in the lead-up to the new ‘Orion’ Falcon in early 2008, the other being the rumoured ‘Cobra’.

The F6 R-Spec features FPV’s R-Spec suspension package as first introduced on the GT [...]

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While the HSV marketing machine seems to be in a state of permanent overdrive there has been little to be heard from FPV in recent months. The big news of 2007 was the Prodrive broom sweeping aside six senior executives including the General Manager at the time, Sak Ryopponen…an unfortunate first name given that Sak [...]

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There was a time when Black and Gold was synomynous with the bland tasting econo brand generic food in the black and gold packaging on Australian supermarket shelves. Reaching for it at the supermarket was like a final weak admission that you weren’t quite where you had hoped to be at this point in your [...]

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