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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s a Crapload of Green Supercars to Look At

 
Well, you’re probably all too drunk to be reading this, but maybe you’ll catch it in the morning.
As you and your liver know, it’s St. Patrick’s Day today! St. Partick’s Day started when…huh? Yeah, pass over another Guinness!
Enough talking – check out the gallery below and let us know what green supercar is your favorite. Feel free to share your own in the comments!

Originally posted on Automoblog.net – A Car Blog for Au…

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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1984 Renault R5 Turbo 2

The Eighties and even the Nineties would have been so much more interesting if more manufacturers had taken their front-drive econoboxes and moved their engines to the back to create little rally monsters like this 1984 Renault R5 Turbo 2 for sale on Hemmings.com, a recently serviced example that appears ready to rock. From the seller’s description:
This R5 Turbo is one of the best I have ever owned and I have owned many. It is exceptional both above and beneath, the mechanicals are excellent and …

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Ferrari’s F1 Drivers Alonso and Massa Have Fun in a 458 Italia

You could say that a Formula 1 driver will find it hard to have fun in a series-production road car, after being used to F1's extreme sensations. But we’re talking here about the 570HP Ferrari 458 Italia, arguably one of the best mid-engine sports cars available on the market right now. Scuderia Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa took the car for a spin around the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona to see how it handles. Read more »

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Should the Porsche 991 GT3 Be PDK-Only?

An almost audible gasp from the automotive world was heard when Porsche announced – unapologetically – that the newly revealed 991 GT3 will come equipped with Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) only. It will be the first time ever in the GT3’s history that a manual gearbox will not be offered. Apart from the change of the Mezger engine to the new, completely unrelated direct fuel injection (DFI) engine of the lesser 911 models, Porsche’s decision on PDK has got to be the single most talke…

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Team West Alex Job Racing’s Sebring ends early

SEBRING, Fla. – The Team West/Alex Job Racing/Boardwalk Ferrari had an early end to its day at the seven hour mark at the 61st running of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) presented by Tequila Patron Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
#23 Team West/ AJR/ Boardwalk Ferrari Ferrari F458 Italia: Bill Sweedler, Townsend Bell, Leh KeenPhoto by: Eric Gilbert
After a positive start to the race, the Team West AJR crew was running a steady pace in the midst of the GT field. Bill Sweedler (Westport, Conn.), Towns…

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Team West Alex Job Racing’s Sebring ends early

SEBRING, Fla. – The Team West/Alex Job Racing/Boardwalk Ferrari had an early end to its day at the seven hour mark at the 61st running of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) presented by Tequila Patron Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
#23 Team West/ AJR/ Boardwalk Ferrari Ferrari F458 Italia: Bill Sweedler, Townsend Bell, Leh KeenPhoto by: Eric Gilbert
After a positive start to the race, the Team West AJR crew was running a steady pace in the midst of the GT field. Bill Sweedler (Westport, Conn.), Towns…

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Southern Discomfort 24 Hours of LeMons Day 1: Cessna Road Racer Doing Well, Some Other Stuff Happened

When we saw that Speedycop and the Gang of Outlaws had raised the bar to stratospheric heights with their race car made from a Cessna 310 fuselage affixed to a Toyota Space Van chassis during the Southern Discomfort inspections on Friday, almost everybody at the track thought that the Spirit of LeMons would explode, or flip over, or something terrible as soon as its tires touched the race track on Saturday morning. Not so! As you can see in the above photograph of the Spirit of LeMons dueling with the C…

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Ethanol’s Days of Promise and Prosperity Are Fading

Five years ago, rural America was giddy for ethanol. But nearly 10 percent of the nation’s ethanol plants have stopped production over the past year.

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Ford Cuts Mulally’s Compensation After Falling Short of 2012 Goals

2012 proved to be a mixed bag for automakers, with strong sales in North America and some emerging markets, but record losses and low sales in Europe. Unfortunately for Ford, the losses and issues in Europe kept the company from meeting its performance goals for the year. Ford CEO Alan Mulally’s 2012 compensation, while still [...]

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Another TTAC Writer Makes Good

Lord, Mr. Farago what  have you done? Baruth just did a Lotus/Porsche comparo for Road & Track, Steve Lang is currently contributing to Yahoo Autos and Jalopnik, and Murilee Martin’s been writing for Autoweek and pieces for Car and Driver lately as well. Those writing gigs follow TTAC alumni Justin Berkowitz and Jonny Lieberman’s buff book editorial positions. The Learned Elders of TTAC continue to infiltrate and influence the autojourno world. I’m happy to announce that I’m…

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