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240 Alfas set World Record at Kayalami track in South Africa
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The Alfisti in South Africa turned out in droves for Alfa Romeo Kyalami Day, setting a new world record for the most Alfas on the track at once. The record - which mirrors the one set by Ferrari at Silverstone last year - required 200 vehicles, but the organizers got no fewer than 240 Alfas to hit the Kyalami circuit (former host of the South African Grand Prix) at once. Nearly 7000 visitors (excluding staff) were in attendance, while the parking lots filled up with over 2300 cars.
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Suzuki SX4 Special Edition gets TRIP navigation
As previously reported, Suzuki has decided to include navigation on its SX4 Sport and Crossover before you make the first mark on the options list. That will make the $15,999 car the lowest priced car in America to come standard with talking maps. And now they're set to arrive in the SX4 Special Editions that arrive in Suzuki showrooms this month.
read more »Saleen makes new value-oriented Racecraft brand official
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Officially Official: 2009 BMW 7 Series
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BMW has officially announced the details pertaining to the 5th generation 7 Series, so let's cut right to the chase. In Europe, there are five models arriving on the market in November of this year: the 730d; the 740i and Li; and the 750i and Li. The latter two are powered by the same twin-turbo 4.4L V8 that debuted in the X6. In the U.S.-market 7 Series, the turbo eight is rated at 400 horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque, and it is the sole engine option being made available. If you want a BMW 7 Series in America, it will be a 750.
read more »Laugh at High Gas Prices With a 282-mpg VW
With gas prices going through the roof and regulators requiring cars to be ever more miserly, Volkswagen is bringing new meaning to the term "fuel efficiency" with a bullet-shaped microcar that gets a stunning 282 mpg.
Volkswagen's had its super-thrifty One-Liter Car concept vehicle - so named because that's how much fuel it needs to go 100 kilometers - stashed away for six years. The body's made of carbon fiber to minimize weight (the entire car weighs just 660 pounds) and company execs didn't expect the material to become cheap enough to produce the car until 2012.
But VW's decided to build the car two years ahead of schedule.
California Requires 'Pollution Labels' For Cars
It's easy enough to know what kind of fuel economy a new car gets - it's printed right there on the window sticker. Finding out how much pollution it emits is a little harder if you don't know what terms like LEV, SULEV and PZEV mean.
The California Air Resources Board is making it easier to identify "greener" cars by requiring new vehicles to display window stickers indicating how much smog-forming and global warming pollution the car produces. The label will note the vehicle's "smog score" and "global warming score" on a 10-point scale, with cleaner cars getting higher scores.
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Uncle Sam Rolls In a 100-MPG Solar Plug-In Hybrid
Tony Markel drives a plug-in hybrid that runs 50 miles per charge, goes 100 miles per gallon and gets power from the sun. If he has his way, you'll drive one too before long.
His 2006 Prius has a lithium-ion battery six times more powerful than the nickel-metal hydride pack Toyota put in it. But what makes the car really cool is the solar panel on the roof. It generates enough juice to go 5 miles.
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