Friday, October 30, 2009

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Friday, October 30, 2009                 
The Lexus IS 350 C by Fox Marketing gains a host of suspension mods and a supercharger....
Look for several Lexus cars in Las Vegas, two with F-Tuned bodies, four from various tuners and one genuine LFA supercar making its U.S. debut after last week's worldwide reveal at Tokyo. The LFA likely will be the white one (as opposed to the black one; there ain't too many of these around) that we drove a month or two ago on the autobahn and for three glorious laps around der...

  It wouldn't be Halloween without a little car fun. So we asked a couple of our writers to hand out their picks for "scary" cars. First up: Kevin A. Wilson and his list of Screen Horrors. Kevin says: "Maybe not the scariest cars ever, but neither are most Halloween costumes or supposedly...

  Scion has done a remarkable job of maintaining the cool, urban hip milleau it established way back when the division started. To unveil three of its seven SEMA show cars, it held a party at its own art gallery on the fashionable west side of Los Angeles. We found ourselves ending many sentences...


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  Noted Texas attorney John O'Quinn, a car collector who at one time owned more than 600 vehicles, died after the SUV he was driving in Houston ran off the road and crashed into a tree. O'Quinn was 68.Police are continuing to investigate the crash, which happened Thursday morning on wet roads. A...

  Britain has lost another of the champions of its specialist sports-car industry, Graham Nearn, who died on Oct. 24 at age 76.Originally a Lotus dealer, Nearn built a highly successful sports-car business around the lightweight two-seat Lotus Seven, which he bought from Lotus founder Colin Chapman...

  The new-for-2010 FIA GT1 World Championship is on course to visit North America next year.The series' provisional calendar includes a race in Canada. No circuit has been fixed for the July date, but series boss Stephane Ratel's comments indicate that the race might not take place at one of the big...

  NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya has checked in with the tweet of the day on Twitter.A few days removed from ESPN commentator Bob Griese's now infamous comments during a college football telecast that suggested Montoya was out having a taco--that's in fact what he's doing.Montoya tweeted on...

  Toyota Racing's Jarno Trulli and Force India-Mercedes' Adrian Sutil still have not settled their Brazilian Grand Prix dispute, and the drivers engaged in a heated argument on Thursday during the first press conference ahead of this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.The press conference was cordial...

  According to multiple reports, Mooresville, N.C., police arrested NASCAR Sprint Cup driver A. J. Allmendinger early Thursday on a charge of drunken driving. Police said they pulled the driver over and that he failed a field sobriety test.NASCAR responded late Thursday by putting Allmendinger on...

  The National Corvette Museum is showing its appreciation for those who wear the uniform by offering free admission in November.All military personal--plus police officers, firefighters and their immediate families--can get into the Bowling Green, Ky., shrine to America's sports car by showing their ...

  Looking for something slick to drive the next time you’re in Europe? Hertz is filling out its lineup with some of our favorite cars.The BMW Z4 sDrive 23i, the Lotus Elise and Exige, and the Fiat 500 Rosa will be available at various locations. The Z4 can be rented in Madrid, Barcelona and...

  Williams F1 driver Nico Rosberg confirmed on Thursday that he will not return to the team next year as he looks for a more competitive seat that will allow him to fight for race wins.The 24-year-old German is in his fourth Formula One season, all spent with Williams."It is my last race for Williams,...




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