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Top Gear is an Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. The programme is estimated to have 8 million viewers each week in the UK.

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Audi’s 3-series and C-class competitor just got a whole lot better.

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Hello Rally fans, your favorite is here. When comes to Rally, Mitsubishi Lancer and Subaru Impreza always come to mind. In this Best Motoring segment today, the “WRC-spec Rally EVO takes on the J’s Racing S2000 in the Touge.” The point of this battling is to see which ride can follow the closest without passing. This is the first time seen S2000 in rally. see video here

The 10 Finalist in PEUGEOT Design Contest 2008.
“Create a Concept Car which is designed to evolve within the cities of the future, whilst retaining the key values of the 21st century. The projects should bear Peugeot’s stylistic codes and must contain the following four aspects included in this design competition: environmental awareness, social harmony, interactive mobility and economic efficiency“

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Wow! Policemen in Kuwait will get the chance to ride on Dodge Chargers as there are 150 Dodge Chargers have been ordered and to be modified as police vehicles.

“In the meantime, the lots of them are heading to Canfield Equipment Service in Michigan where they’ll be fitted for their new Kuwaiti roles in traffic, security, and emergency response.”

Besides policemen, criminals will have the chance to sit on it too. At the back please!

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This is the City, Honda’s latest City, which is going to hit Asian countries. It is powered a by 120-horse 1.5-liter four cylinder i-VTEC engine, which found in Fit and Jazz models and mated with an automatic transmission.

As for my view, I will give a thumb up for the front but for the back, i will says it’s a bit squarish and the design looks like the Toyota Vios 2nd gen. More pictures after the break.

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The truth about Smart, a great example of interactive storytelling: simple, wit and even very informative.

As soon as the combustion engine was invented, men started playing with automobiles to see how fast they could make them run. Over the past decades, hundreds of sports cars were produced by dozens of car manufacturers around the world.

Which are the best sports cars of all time is a question Ridelust wanted to tackle head-on. Some featured innovative designs, others had incredible power, but one factor unified them all: they were all made to drive pretty darn fast!

Yes. Watch out number plates.

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This is the Mastretta MXT from Mexico which powered by a turbocharged 2.0L engine, producing 240 hp, boost 0-60 in less than five seconds and achieving the top speed of 150mph which all thanks to its curb weight of less than a ton. This fiberglass bodied sports car is available for £32,999 at the beginning of May next year and will start in the U.K., followed by other European countries. More pictures after the break.

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In the Top Gear season 11 episode 6, Richard Hammond took Gumper Apollo out for a road test. This 1200 kg monster is powered by eight cylinder, bi-turbo mid-engine producing up to 800 horsepower and it is capable for shooting from 0-100km/h in 3 seconds.

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A project of the Honda mark with this concept-because equipped with a body to the round forms. The car wants to be clean, functional and ecological. The smooth body of Puyo is also luminescent and changes color the night.

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We have seen a similar product, The Cirbin V13R a three wheeled sports vechicle. Today we will see this concept, the Proxima Bike/Car Hybrid Concept. Proxima is meant to be a merge between a car and a motobike. It has 2 tandem seats. From the front to the rear it ideally change from a car to a bike. I like its back wheels design, so cool!

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Mobsters, execs, and other well-heeled large car aficionados take note: the all-new 2009 BMW 7 Series ($TBA) is coming. Outfitted with either a twin-turbo V8 or a super-mean 6.0-liter V-12, the big cruiser is packed to the gills with advanced tech like optional four-wheel steering, next-gen iDrive with a 10.2-inch display, active blind spot detection, night vision with pedestrian detection, and more. It’s made for the guy who wants his car to be as smart as his gadgets.

DC Designs from India has pimped the Rolls Royce into um… some kind of Nissan 350Z. According to the source, the car was owned by the Sultan of Brunei’s family. More pictures after the break.

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