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Maintain Your Car’s Paint Job

Hand wash or machine wash? Should you pay for a hand wash at the car wash down the street, or use the garden hose and dish detergent in your driveway? Which is better in helping maintain the finish of your automobile?

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Back in 1968 Hurst was making shifter that every muscle car owner was drooling after.  They were on top of the world with their pistol grip shifters.  Well that year a program was launched called Hurst Performance Vehicles, but when muscle cars died out so too did this run of special edition cars.  Amazingly the [...]

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The Ford Fiesta Returns to America

The Ford Fiesta has not been available in American since 1976.  This ultra-practical and somewhat boring little vehicle was underappreciated here and therefore discontinued.  Ford did find success with the Fiesta in Europe where new models have been rolling off of the assembly line for over 3 decades.  Given the large span of time, continuous [...]

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The 2009 SEMA show was packed with cool custom cars and accessories. This is to be expected from the most anticipated car event of the year. But there was a big surprise in the sea of automobiles and booths that was the SEMA show. Lingenfelter Performance Engineering or (LPE) has been [...]

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What if you could drive every day without stopping at the gas station?  There’s a new electric car coming out soon: the Nissan Leaf. It’s not gas powered and it’s not a hybrid. It runs strictly on electricity. This means it has ZERO emissions. Sounds good, doesn’t it?

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HKS Hyundai Genesis Turbo

Hyundai Motor Company had HKS USA Inc. create a high performance Genesis Coupe 2.0T for the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show. HKS is the leading manufacturer of premium performance parts and is the second company to join Hyundai for the SEMA show. The Genesis Coupe already has a great chassis, rear-wheel drive, aggressive styling [...]

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The Lexus Hybrid Entry Level Car

Lexus has finally decided to dedicate to the world the first hybrid luxury vehicle; the HS 250h Lexus.  The HS hybrid was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show and marks new territory for Lexus entry level hybrid in the luxury class. When talking about a hybrid the first thing comes to mind is what’s under [...]

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Shelby Automobiles presents a supped up package for the existing Shelby GT500. The newest performance package for the Mustang is the Super Snake. The performance package will include enhancements to the GT500’s handling, styling, and motor.  Available tuning options will include a 600 horsepower V-8 that comes with a warranty, or an unwarranted 725 horsepower [...]

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Infiniti showcased their ultra powerful, ultra luxurious concept car the “Essence” at the Councours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach.  This sleek bullet of a vehicle pulls its 592-hp from a parallel hybrid system that combines an ultra-slim 3D electric motor with a 3.7 liter twin turbo V6 engine.  The 3D motor has a power regeneration mode [...]

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Make room for a new star on the horizon. The Hyundai Genesis has been awarded the exclusive title of 2009 North American Car of the Year. This is a first for the Korean auto Manufacturer and will most likely not be its last.  The Car of the Year study was conducted by a large panel [...]

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