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Fiat 500 Euro Car of the Year, High Cinque!

Europe has selected its COTY and it's Fiat's itty-bitty 500/Cinquecento, a car that's impossible not to like. As you'll remember, last year's winner was the edgy and muscular Ford S-Max. In order to win the honors, the micocar had to best the second place Mazda 2 and third place Ford Mondeo. The award will be officially announced Monday, but we're just happy to have an excuse to run these pics again.[Reuters]

1:15 PM on Thu Nov 15 2007
By Matt Hardigree
1,946 views, 23 comments

Latest by imoody: @stepnivolk: Whoops, forgot Mazda was part of the Ford Empire. I meant that they are cars of a similar size and concept, and that since the 5 is doing well, Ford's market research into bringing the S-Max over is already more »

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Oh No Eleanor! Unique Performance Accused of Title Washing

The walls are coming down around Dallas-based Unique Performance, maker of the Shelby-sort-of-endorsed Mustang GT500E Super Snake replicas and other specialty vehicles. Apparently, people have been fronting extensive chunks of change for their pricey Eleanors and not getting them for years. But that isn't why the cops raided the place. It gets worse (unless you're out $250K) after the jump. More »

8:59 PM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Matt Hardigree
52,279 views, 79 comments

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First Chunk Of SSC's World Record Press Release

Fast and loose, just like we told you. And cheers to our man at SSC, the fantastically named Junus Khan, for getting this to us early:
WEST RICHLAND, WA (SEPT 13, 2007) - Shelby Supercars (SSC), manufacturer of the ultra high-performance Ultimate Aero Twin Turbo, set the new "World's Fastest Production Car" record earlier today with an average top speed of 255.83 mph. Confident of the 1183 hp vehicle's abilities, SSC set out to validate their top speed claim in accordance with the strict guidelines set by Guinness World Records. Among other requirements, in order to meet Guinness' approval, a vehicle testing for the top speed record must race down the course, turn around, and make a second pass in the opposite direction within one hour.
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7:00 PM on Thu Sep 13 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
9,624 views, 22 comments

Latest by TrackpediaCow: @bricology: Just look at Koenigsegg's web site. The CC8S and CCR are listed as having a "V8" while the CCX is listed as having a "Koenigsegg V8". Also, when Top Gear reviewed the CCX, Clarkson stated that the more »

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SSC Ultimate Aero TT Is The Fastest Car In The World

The facts are coming in fast and loose, but here's what we know: At around 9:00 am (PST), an 1,183 hp SSC Ultimate Aero TT driven by Rick Doria Chuck Bigelow made two passes, one at 257 mph the other at 254 mph — they're averaging 'em at 255 mph. The official record held by the Koenigsegg CCX is 242 mph. The unofficial record held by the Veyron is 253.4 mph. This makes the American car the official champ. USA! USA! More details when we get 'em. Related posts here and here.

3:05 PM on Thu Sep 13 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
16,124 views, 41 comments

Latest by n/a: don't none of yall know wat yall talking about because the veyron went from 0 to 300 and u think that koenigsegg is faster go on youtube u will see the veyron hit 300mph/407.6kph sorry and the veyron looks way more »