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Part Chevy, Part Lamborghini: UK getting VR Camaro

The idea sure sounds horrible; a Camaro with styling cues from the Lamborghini Reventon; but seeing the VR Camaro tells a different story. Available only in two color schemes, a Bandit-pleasing black and gold, or Hurst-reminiscent white and gold, the VR looks badass, either way. Making it past the bombastic fascia, the rest of the body modifications are knife-edged but less over-the-top. The decklid gets a '70s-inspired ducktail spoiler, and while the styling tweaks are un-subtle, Denmark's Hermann and Brandt has used a balanced hand. ... Read more →

Volkswagen prices UK Scirocco R and Golf R, debuts new ad [w/VIDEO] Jonathon Ramsey

For those of you in the U.K., the R-line versions of the Golf and Scirocco have been priced and can now be ordered. The Scirocco is the bargain of the two, going for £26,945 ($44,257 U.S.), ...

UK adventurer challenges Clarkson to cross Sahara in 1937 Austin 7 Ruby Jonny Lieberman

Now we're talking! If there's one thing we're in favor of its pushing cars to their breaking point. See LeMons. But what about pushing cars past their breaking point? Like across Africa? That's ...

VIDEO: Irish rally co-driver gives more confidence than a bottle of Bushmill's [*NSFW] Noah Joseph

Football fans know that offense sells tickets, but defense wins games. Rallying is not so different. Drivers get all the glory, but they'd all be stranded upside-down in a tree somewhere without ...

Steward of the Seven, Graham Nearn, passes away at 76 Jonathon Ramsey

Graham Nearn helped develop and sell the Lotus 7, creating Caterham Cars in 1959 as a retail outlet for the lightweight roadster. After having seen the car through its years of broadcasting fame ...

FIA releases revised 19-race F1 calendar for 2010 11 days ago on Autoblog

With the 2009 season drawing to a close and both the titles already decided, Formula One is heading into the off-season. And that means all parties – teams, drivers, organizers, sponsors and everyone else involved in the sport – will be preparing for next year's schedule. The ...

Sir Frank Williams praises fire fighters for saving factory 11 days ago on Autoblog

Since falling from its glory days of yore – when it won nine constructors championships an seven drivers titles – the Williams F1 team has been desperate to light a fire under its drivers and engineers to get back to its winning form. But we don't think this is what Frank Williams ...

VIDEO: Simply the Best - Clarkson shows Ferrari 348 much love on Top Gear circa 1991 12 days ago on Autoblog

The Sixties came back for a while. Then the Seventies returned for an encore performance. Now, even things from the Eighties are coming back into style. But we're praying to everything holy that the Nineties stay far, far behind us. Especially after taking this trip down memory lane to a 1991 ...

SPOILER ALERT: 2009 World Rally Championship decided at Rally Great Britain 13 days ago on Autoblog

Everyone has their own idea of what constitutes an exciting season in motorsport. For some, it's witnessing the dominant driver shatter records while sailing to one victory after another. For others, it's the down-to-the-wire action that leaves championships undecided until the very last ...

STUDY: Jeremy Clarkson has world's best job. In other news, grass is green, sky is blue. 17 days ago on Autoblog

We'll be the first people to admit that we find ourselves in a pretty cool line of work, but if we were offered the chance to swap jobs with any one person in the world, it very well might be with Jeremy Clarkson. Not surprisingly, it turns out we're not alone. According to a survey of over ...

REPORT: Next generation Nissan Micra coming to the U.S. 18 days ago on Autoblog

On the eve of the Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan has confirmed plans to offer the next generation Micra in the United States. The new, yet-to-be-named model will slot in below the Versa (the Micra is nearly two-feet shorter than Nissan's entry-level hatch) and will be built atop Nissan's new low-cost ...

Trouble in U.K. TelevisionLand: Has Fifth Gear been canceled? 19 days ago on Autoblog

News coming out of the U.K. today suggests that everybody's second-favorite British motoring television show may be facing the axe. According to the Daily Mail, Fifth Gear, which has never quite mustered the following of rival Top Gear, has been put on ice. Or has it? A quick check on ...

Tokyo Preview: Lotus Exige Scura and Stealth cross over to dark side 19 days ago on Autoblog

Depending on where you live, you might be able to get a new 2010 Lotus Exige Stealth or 2010 Lotus Exige Scura, but not both, and neither unless you get crackin'. In anticipation of its official coming out party at the Tokyo Motor Show, Lotus just dropped the deets on a new special edition ...

Noble founder working on new 650-horsepower supercar? 22 days ago on Autoblog

Lee Noble may be known best for his eponymous sportscar firm, but the British designer has experience that extends beyond the small company that bears his name. Before forming Noble Automotive, he penned such greats as the Ascari Ecosse and the record-setting Ultima GTR, to say nothing of the ...

Unexpected Greenery: TVR Artemis concept from Niels van Roij 24 days ago on Autoblog

TVR, a British sportscar manufacturer with a troubled past and a very uncertain future, has historically been known for producing brutish performance cars with impossibly curvy bodies molded from fiberglass and powerful inline-six and V8 engines. As such, the idea of an eco-friendly TVR never ...

Top Gear faces mounting criticism over costly new stunts. Again. 25 days ago on Autoblog

Top Gear fans greet each new season with more eager glee. Top Gear critics have taken to welcoming each new run with more criticism. According to the Belfast Telegraph, the latest "How dare they!" comes from a Minister of Parliament (MP) and Friends of the Earth, who want to run TG up the flagpole ...

2010 Subaru Legacy Wagon debuts in Britain. No, Yankee, it's not for you. 1 month ago on Autoblog

Led Zeppelin said it best, "The song remains the same." Especially if you're an American fan of good old station wagons. You're looking at the just-released-to-our-shepherd's-pie-eating-brethren 2010 Subaru Legacy Wagon and we (yet again) can't have it. Wah. Based entirely on the ...

Aston Martin Cygnet (nee Toyota iQ) to hit European city streets next year? 1 month ago on Autoblog

Most of us would be willing to kill for the opportunity to have an Aston Martin as our daily commuter. (Then again, most of us here at Autoblog are writers and don't commute much of anywhere). But the British purveyor of luxury GTs figures some of its customers – those based in major ...

Along Came a Spyder: McLaren MP4-12C production plans include retractable hardtop? 1 month ago on Autoblog

Reports emerging from the UK are giving us a hint at what to expect in the near future from McLaren Automotive in its bid to make an assault on the exotic supercar market. The reports stem from plans filed by the F1 team's nascent road car division and its new manufacturing facility next to the ...

REPORT: Production lines halted at MG's Longbridge plant. This is not a repeat from 2005. 1 month ago on Autoblog

It is a travesty that the initials "MG" are coming to be a convenient epithet for the term "woe." The British sportscar maker has had an exceedingly trying history recently, and things haven't got any better with word that its owner, MG Motor UK Ltd. (which is really Nanjing Automobile ...

Real Estate? Jaguar XF wagon reportedly back on for 2012 1 month ago on Autoblog

As if the X-Type experiment didn't go poorly enough, the Leaper may be heading back to the wagon trough, with four-cylinder engines, no less. Yet it's not as lame as it sounds. According to Autocar, the idea of an XF wagon is on the plate for when the model gets its refresh in 2012. Jaguar wants ...

VIDEO: Top Gear Live holding design-your-own-stunt contest 1 month ago on Autoblog

We love Top Gear for a lot of reasons, but we love the British motoring series most for its big-budget creativity. After all, how many shows are going to storm a beach in a Ford Fiesta? And from everything we've seen and heard, Top Gear Live takes the creativity to the next level with its gold ...

REPORT: Top Gear host James May crashes camper-dirigible near freeway, unhurt 1 month ago on Autoblog

No guts, no glory, and it wouldn't be a Top Gear episode without some kind of outrageous stunt or challenge. The propensity of autodom's favorite trio to flirt with danger has led to mishaps in the past, most famously, Richard Hammond (right) and his near-death tussle with a high speed rocket car, ...

FOLLOWUP: Angry customer who drove Rolls-Royce through shop window gets 16 months? 1 month ago on Autoblog

Robert Caton was trying to keep a leash on his mounting stress, but – aided by depression and two bottles of whiskey – the beast got away from him. The ensuing explosion – and, again, depression and two bottles of whiskey – led Caton to drive his restored 1983 Rolls-Royce ...

Holland & Holland Range Rover by Overfinch: Gun and booze hauling reaches its zenith 1 month ago on Autoblog

This, friends, is how one rolls. Behold the Holland & Holland Range Rover by Overfinch, a joint effort between the gunmaker, Land Rover's bespokery and, well, Bacchus. One hundred tweed-wearing pheasant slayers will have the opportunity to drive this sybaritic super sled to the hunting ...

Tata confirms closing of Jaguar or Land Rover plant 1 month ago on Autoblog

When the economy gets dinged, luxury vehicles gets massive dents. Jaguar and Land Rover haven't been the most profitable aut for a while, and parent company Tata is studying which of two plants it would shut to try and stem some of the losses; Solihull or Castle Bromwich. It sounds drastic, ...

2009 Goodwood Revival: Minis, Moss and More 1 month ago on Autoblog

The Earl of March is our hero. There, we've said it. The guy took some of his substantial inheritance and decided to do something charitable for the public with it. He had the old Goodwood Motor Circuit cleaned up after decades of neglect and resurrected the great racing that had taken place at ...

Brick By Brick: James May's Lego house comes down 1 month ago on Autoblog

Top Gear host James May went to Dorking, England and built a Lego fort house in an orchard with more than three million Lego pieces. Now it's time for him to vacate the premises, and the house has been torn down. Mays had tried to get the structure taken to the Lego park in Windsor, but the cost ...

Review: 2009 Lotus Exige S 260 offers even more power and lightness 1 month ago on Autoblog

Over its 61-year history, Lotus Cars has spent a considerable amount of time clawing its way back from the brink of insolvency. The company's most recent bout with financial disrepair came in the early Nineties after the front-wheel-drive Elan proved a commercial failure (surprise!) and the ...

Frankfurt 2009: 2011 Bentley Mulsanne looks better in blue 1 month ago on Autoblog

So far, we've only seen the one champagne-colored Bentley Mulsanne. While not our first choice, it's the shade Bentley thought would drum up the most interest amongst potential customers. Not knowing too much about how the mega-wealthy think, we'll trust Bentley. However, us plebes ain't been ...

Frankfurt 2009: Bentley Mulsanne makes 752 lb-ft of torque at 1,800 rpm. 'Nuff said 1 month ago on Autoblog

We warned you the specs would be "staggering." And really that's all you need to know. Fine, we'll tell you a little more. First of all, despite the gumption, it's not a diesel. The Mulsanne generates all that thrust barely off-idle from a gasoline-powered 6.75-liter twin-turbo V8. 505 ...

VIDEO: Ken Block takes unsuspecting DiRT 2 players out on hot laps 1 month ago on Autoblog

DiRT 2 had a coming out party in the UK and not only did Ken Block join the festivities, he decided to surprise some big-talking gamers with a couple of hot laps. If we could take anything from the demonstration, it's that Ken Block looks to be just as badass when driving on the other side of ...

Frankfurt Preview: Toyota lets out the goods on new European Land Cruiser 1 month ago on Autoblog

Like anyone else who's been around for 60 years, the Toyota Land Cruiser has put on weight and girth over the years. Also like some 60 year-olds we've met, the big Toyota has just gone under the knife for cosmetic upgrades and hit the gym to keep the muscles toned. Set to debut this week at ...

Remember that 'No Women on Top Gear' thing? Forget it. Hammond wants Angelina 1 month ago on Autoblog

Last month, Jeremy Clarkson said that introducing a female host to Top Gear "would be a disaster." The relative youngster among the Top Gear crew, Richard Hammond, isn't so sure he'd call it a disaster, depending on the female in question. Hammond's opinion is that old fogies Clarkson and May ...

Ferrari's Prancing Horse voted most iconic badge [w/POLL] 1 month ago on Autoblog

The people have spoken. (Well, the British anyway. But they're people, too). And according to a public opinion survey, Ferrari has the most iconic badge among exotic automakers. The poll in question was conducted by European telecom company Orange for the MPH Top Gear Live show, a sort of ...

2010 Bentley Mulsanne puts in some face time at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel 1 month ago on Autoblog

Bentley invited a few of us auto journo types down to the decadently posh Beverly Wilshire Hotel to meet its COO Christophe Georges and admire the company's new super land yacht, the 2010 Bentley Mulsanne. Not only that, but they spilled the beans on all the juicy technical details that makes ...

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Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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