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Chinese Car Maker Knocks-Off Prius, Leaves Off Wheel, May Be Electric
Sometimes, less is more. These three-wheeled knock offs of western cars might be such a case. Sure, they're not safe, they're poorly made and they're slow, but who wouldn't want to drive one? More cute and cuddly than their western counterparts, Jin Da Lu's copies are likely to be way more efficient too, powered by an assortment of electric motors and two-stroke gasoline engines.More »
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Detroit Auto Show: Rancheroized Lincoln MKT Concept; No, It's Not Real
If Lincoln had a sense of humor, they might have gone with a Ranchero version of the MKT concept that's showing in Detroit today. Of course, they did build the Blackwood pickup, so they're not completely without irony, intended or not. Still, we're not relying on The Man to supply such a car; instead we turn to commenter Adamskiy, who mocked up an MKT Ranchero, sans white fiberglass cap (though maybe that'll be in a future draft). May all your beers be served in Swarovski crystal.
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We've shown the odd yet endearing work of CWW Studios before. Essentially, they are pinball Photoshop wizards the turn pictures of regular cars into wagons. Or Limos. Or Coupes. Or SUVs. Or convertible wagon SUVs with six doors. Last night, while searching for Fantasy Garage images, we stumbled upon what you're currently looking at. Thoughts? Oh, you think Rolls-Royce panel van is kooky? Make the jump.
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Rolls-Royce Phantom Delivery Wagon
We've shown the odd yet endearing work of CWW Studios before. Essentially, they are 
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What About a Subaru WRX STI Two-Door?
With all of the Subaru WRX STI business coming to a head today, our buddy Dave asks the pertinent question. What about the ages-old rumor that a new, two-door STI hatch was on the way? It went thataway. Nonetheless, Dave pieced together what such a beast might look like if it were ever to materialize. Yes? No? What say you?
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Eight-Legged Fraud: Zagato 575 GTZ "Spyder" a Fake
Zagato would like to inform you the supposed Zagato 575 GTZ Spyder is a fake. A rep from the venerable Italian design firm says the shot we ran earlier this week — the one that triggered some puzzled stares around the Jalopnik virtual campus — is an "illegally photoshopped" spec of the Zagato 575 GTZ coupe, a one-off coachbuilding project Zagato undertook for Japanese Ferrari collector Yushiyuki Hayashi. The prevailing cover story had Qvale Automotive Group — a US distributorship of exotic cars and entity behind the erstwhile, Ford-powered Qvale Mangusta — as the supposed distributor of the roofless rebody. Although we've always believed where there's smoke, there's fire, we still wouldn't bet on any of this panning out.
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De Tomaso Revisited: The Stefan Schulze "Panthera"
3D artist and designer Stefan Schulze did something we wish someone inside an actual car company would — revive the design of the Ford V8-powered De Tomaso Pantera of the 1970s. Once sold at Lincoln-Mercury dealerships, the Pantera — along with the Porsche 930 (911 Turbo) — was the symbol of vehicular sexiness for the unisex-salon-and-coke-spoon generation. Schultze's rendering revisits the Pantera shape as a modern retrospective model built atop the bones of a Lamborghini Gallardo. Lamborghini's already put the kabosh on a production version of the Miura concept. Don't expect the "Panthera" to make it through any automaker's boardroom alive. [via Autoblog.it]
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A 'Cuda for Chrysler? Foose Hints Yes
What's this, then? Apparently during an interview at the New York auto show, hot rod supernova Chip Foose hinted at a possible Chrysler 'Cuda to join the upcoming Dodge Challenger. Of course, without Plymouth, resurrecting the original "Hemi 'Cuda" would seem a hollow exercise. Maybe Chipper was talking about a new restomod project or similar nostalgia play. Either way, our buddy George created a mockup of what such a Chrysler product may look like, using the '72 as a baseline. We'd have liked to have seen the strobe stripe from a 1970 'Cuda AAR, but that may have been over the line. [Thanks to Michael for the tip.] More »
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Spec'ing the 2010 Porsche Panamera
Those seven-day tweakers AutoWeek have set their forensic Photoshop artistes to predicting the coming Porsche Panamera, ahead of its presumed reveal at the 2009 Frankfurt auto show. We've been taken with how ungainly the Panamera has looked in recent spy shots, and the illustrations do little to quell the dread unsettling our collective stomach. AW also summarizes some newly sourced information on the coming four-door's mechanicals. Those are, a base engine based on Volkswagen's 3.6-liter V6 and a 4.8-liter, direct-injection V8 projected to produce 400 hp in free-breathing trim and 520 hp turbocharged. A V6 hybrid-drive version is expected to join the similarly powered Cayanne the company announced in 2005 was in development. As for the rumor Porsche would produce a two-door version to revive the former 928's configuration? Still unconfirmed. More »
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The 2008 Subaru Impreza: Real? Fake? Photoshopped? Yes.
Oh, the tangled web. Let's take a step back from what has become The Great 2008 Subaru Impreza Photos Question of 2007 and see if we can get this straight. 1.) Motor Trend published photos of the redesigned Impreza, taken by its own photographers, in its May issue. 2.) An early recipient of said magazine scanned the relevant pages and put the images online for greedy eyes to scrutinize. 3.) Edmunds created what copyright lawyers might call a "derivative work," using Photoshop to change the color and the background of Motor Trend's photos. 4.) None of it really matters — other than to copyright lawyers — because the car is the 2008 Impreza. Please continue to be happy or sad as the case may be. The question remains, Who should online travelers blame/skewer for this? Motor Trend? Edmunds? Subaru's selective media relations practices? Copyright lawyers? The producers of "According to Jim"? Exactly. [Extra credit to our boy Hammer for the image.] More »
6:56 AM on Fri Mar 30 2007
By Mike Spinelli
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Latest by kaosdog: Well what does matter is I will be suing anyone who uses my photos in an unauthorized way. I will be pursuing legal action against Edmonds.com. I took the photos. The Edmonds shots are a bastardization of more »
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Alfa Romeo Coming Back to the US on April the First! Wow!
We just got this tease of a message from one of our longtime tipsters: More »
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New York Auto Show Preview: Spec'ing the 2008 Subaru Impreza
According to the UK's AutoExpress, the next Impreza will have a drastically redesigned fascia that won't likely remind certain writers of certain, er, body parts. The new model's getting a complete refiguring, likely to be consistent with the company's B5 concept. Gone will be former design boss Andreas Zapatinas's polarizing grill, and — judging from two spec images from AW's artists — it'll be replaced with a more conventional face and more highly sculpted haunches. A new boxer diesel engine will debut at the same time. Still no word on the WRX, yay or nay. More »
9:07 AM on Thu Feb 8 2007
By Mike Spinelli
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Latest by damnElantra: of course they arnt hearing it. there too busy trying to erase the vagina! more »
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Spec'ing the Next Mazda RX-8
That funky extra from Hollywood found this spec image of the next Mazda RX-8, reportedly set to debut in 2009 as a 2010 model. The artiste who rendered such — likely for an unnamed Japanese magazine — pulled some cues from the Mazda Kabura concept. Yeah, that makes sense, though we've heard other stories of a return to the RX-7 model based on the MX-5 Miata's underpinnings. Yeah, no one has a clue. More »
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Spec'ing the Audi Small Hatch: More, Better
That Audi's building a replacement for the ungainly European A2 (or A1, depending on which rumor you prefer) is the subject of wide speculation. What that car will look like, however, is where opinion diverges. One thing generally agreed upon, however, is that the car will share parts with VW's Euro B-segment rides (think: Polo). Gone will be the Bauhaus Hunchback styling that made the last A2 a market laggard against the Mercedes A-Class. Artist Andrea Rosati of Infomotori rendered his own prediction of the next, Mini-fighting A2. It definitely looks like an Audi. As for its accuracy, we're not betting the laptop quite yet. More »
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AutoWeek Gets Mileage from Fake M3 Pics
Hey kids, can you follow the bouncing imagery? Maybe none of this would matter if there wasn't so much pent-up demand to see BMW's new, V8-powered M3. Nonetheless, AutoWeek's built a cover story around the photo illustrations created by Barry Hayden of Motor Forecast, which ran in the February issue of the UK's Car. AW seconds the claim that a concept version of the newest in M-Power will appear at the Geneva show before the production model drops in Frankfurt. Maybe information really does want to be free, after all. [Thanks Dave] More »
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Car Magazine on the New BMW M3
If any of you guys happen to be passing by the UK today, can you pick us up a copy of the latest Car? The glossy mag is featuring BMW's next-gen M3 — that's the new one with the V8 — on its cover. It's the teaser for a piece titled "10 Cars that Matter for 2007." Well, ok. Don't get too excited, because it turns out the shots aren't the real deal, but the digital handiwork of Motor Forecast's Barry Hayden. Looks like we'll just have to wait some more. Props, nonetheless, to Sir Barry for his high-res predictions. More »
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Wagons, Ho! Imagining the Return of the Country Squire
Considering the growing interest in old-school station wagons among lurkers of the collector-car market lately, it may be a matter of time before Detroit reintroduces the wagon to minivan-weary car buyers en masse. Designers of shoulda-coulda cars, CWW Design, is already on scene, with a range prospective Magnum-beaters from Lexus, Mercedes, Rolls, Plymouth (er, in a parallel universe) and others. Yes kids, buy stock in the fake-wood paneling market now, before you miss the runnup. More »
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