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I was interviewing Porsche designer Michael Mauer last year for a story on his auto designs, when he happened to mention that he prefers to sketch with a pencil.
Up went my ears, because I'm a contributor to Pen World magazine, a publication for crazy pen collectors like me. So I spoke with him a second time, primarily about how he uses pencils to create his work. And now, I've got a story about pencils, including Mauer, in the February edition of the magazine … click here!
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Toyota is mulling over a Nissan Juke competitor using the Toyota RSC (Rugged Sports Coupe) – a 12-year old concept car – as the inspiration, Autocar reports. The Toyota RSC was a RAV4-based two-seat crossover that first debuted back in 2001 at the Chicago Auto Show. Though well-received, the concept didn’t directly lead to any [...]
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Acura celebrated its return to the SEMA show—it took six years off to focus on stuff like the recently discontinued ZDX—by debuting a couple of ILX projects. One is a race car scheduled to compete at Thunderhill in a few weeks and the other is this supercharged roadgoing model.
Based on the ILX 2.4 with its standard six-speed manual, the Street Build car uses the blower and a Hondata ECU reflash to up power to 250 horses at the wheels. (The stock engine is rated for 210.) A GReddy exhaust is fitted…
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The Motor Accident Commission of South Australia is concerned about the negative impact that low-level speeding has on pedestrians.
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Today, BMW confirmed what you could read here last week: The Bavarians will build a BMW factory in Brazil. BMW submitted an investment plan to the Brazilian government, BMW says.
Subject to government approval, a plant with a 30,000 unit per year capacity could be finished by 2014. Investments over the next few years will total more than 200 million euros. The plant will reside in the Joinville region of Santa Catarina.
This will be BMW’s first car factory in Brazil. The company has been manufacturing …
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General Motors sets production date for Cadillac ELR, the plug-in electric car built on Volt platform.
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In 2010 Audi debuted the Quattro Concept at the Paris Motor Show. It wowed crowds with a modern-day take on the original Ur-Quattro. This is after a lot of rumors and speculation that Audi was developing such a car. With a response so favorable, we were hoping Audi would green light it.
After all, the company is centered around performance and has green lighted numerous different model lines to that end over the past few years. According to CAR Magazine, that is exactly the point. With the TT-RS, S5…
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Chevrolet has just launched a brand-new online configurator for the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro including the full new lineup including the Camaro ZL1 Coupe and ZL1 Convertible. The new easier to use configurator also gives you a peak into new features like the optional navigation system, Chevy MyLink and the frameless rear-view-m…
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Bowling Green builds its 1.5 millionth Corvette in 2009 – image: GM Corp
If you’re going to be in the Bowling Green, Kentucky area after September 13 and want to arrange a tour of Chevrolet’s Corvette assembly line, we’re sorry to report that you’re (temporarily) out of luck. In order to gear up for the start of C7 Corvette production, the plant will stop public tours on September 14, resuming them at an unspecified point in the future.
According to The Detroit News, some 40,000 to 50,000…
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Fisker Automotive may be facing some troubles with recalling its Karma following two customer models that went up in flames – however, the company seems to have most of its cards in place.
According to Fisker’s senior director of global corporate communications, Roger Ormisher, the company is currently focused o…
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