Nissan says it may be the best-handling front-drive sedan on the market. The 3.5-liter V6 has been massaged to deliver 290 hp and 261 lb.-ft. of torque. PM

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Last night miamipress was invited to an exclusive event at Cocowalk featuring the Chevrolet Volt concept car. We met and had dinner with Senior Creative Designer From the GM Advanced Technology Studio Team Mathieu Boimare.
Mathieu’s three European university degrees in science, fine arts, and industrial design provide him with a broad international vision. In [...]

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Toyota FT-HS Concept Debuts At The 2007 North American International Auto Show The Toyota FT-HS hybrid sports concept will make its debut at the 2007 North American International Auto Show. Pairing a potent hybrid powertrain with essential sports car fundamentals, the FT-HS concept was a joint undertaking of Calty, Toyota’s North American-based, research and design [...]

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A report released today by the Clearwater, Fla. Police Department about the crash involving Nick Hogan doesn’t say much, but it does indicate that authorities are waiting for the results of drug and alcohol tests.

The St. Petersburg Times reports the wreck totaled Hogan’s Toyota Supra valued at $50,000. The crash also caused $500 in property [...]

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In the summer of 2006 Michiel van den Brink and Robert Koumans started the Vandenbrink Design company, located in the Netherlands. The talented industrial designer Michiel van den Brink (28) is specialised in automotive design, with a unique modern interpretation of the DNA of classic automotive icons like Ferrari. Robert Koumans (44) is entrepreneur [...]

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On October 24, the latest chapter in Nissan’s storied GT-R history will officially kick off with the unveiling of the new Nissan GT-R at the Tokyo Motor Show. To help ramp up excitement (as if the barely-disguised prototypes snapped taking shots at Porsche’s Nurburgring records haven’t done that enough this week), the official Nissan GT-R [...]

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