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  • Aston Martin CC100 Speedster Concept is One Bodacious Birthday Present [w/ Video]

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    000 aston martin cc100 speedster concept 640x369 Aston Martin CC100 Speedster Concept is One Bodacious Birthday Present [w/ Video]

    If you didn’t know that this year marks the centenary of Aston Martin, you probably have a lot of company. The nameplate hasn’t organized concours d’elegance on each continent, or released centennial edition packages consisting of special paint schemes and sequentially-numbered dashboard plaques for any of its regular production models. The occasion also hasn’t gotten nearly as much ink in the buff books (at least that we have seen) as some other automotive anniversaries – i.e. the Porsche 911’s 50th birthday – have.

    However, we’re willing to bet only the most ripped of the world’s van Winkles will remain in the dark about this milestone anniversary once they’ve gazed upon Aston Martin’s stunning present to itself. This present is called the CC100 Speedster Concept and, if you ask us, it beats the snot out of any store’s or company’s gift card.

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  • Porsche 918 Spyder Production Model Revealed in Full

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    001 2015 porsche 918 spyder 640x417 Porsche 918 Spyder Production Model Revealed in Full

    In 2010, Porsche stunned the automotive world by revealing the 918 Spyder Concept, a plug-in hybrid supercar. Not long after the concept completed its tour of the auto show circuit, Porsche announced it would be putting the 918 Spyder into production, with assembly of the first car set to begin on September 18 (9-18…get it?) of this year. Granted, Ferrari and McLaren beat Porsche to the punch by premiering their hybrid hypercars at Geneva in March, but there’s still anticipation aplenty surrounding the 918.

    Now Porsche has pulled back the curtain on the production 918 Spyder’s shape, as well as its technical details. And even though it’s the last of the big-name green supercars to go public, we don’t think that has even a slight chance of hurting its chances for success.

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  • Piecha Design Mercedes-Benz CLA250 GT-R Emboldens Stuttgart’s New Starter Sedan

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    Piecha Design Mercedes CLA GT R 2 640x480 Piecha Design Mercedes Benz CLA250 GT R Emboldens Stuttgart’s New Starter Sedan

    The all-new CLA-Class represents a sizable philosophical shift for Mercedes-Benz. It’s an extension of the company’s “four-door coupe” portfolio, and it’s the first front-wheel-drive Mercedes-Benz offered in the United States. But it also represents an open and concerted effort by the world’s oldest car company to court the highly-desirable youth market.

    And if there’s one thing younger car buyers like to do, it’s modify their rides to make them look different from everyone else’s. But because the CLA is so new, there aren’t very many options for making one’s baby Benz stand out from the crowd just yet. Thankfully, one of those options – from the German firm Piecha Design – looks damn good.

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  • ALMS 2013: Back to Back Wins at Laguna Seca for Muscle Milk

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    The American Le Mans Series travelled once again (and sadly for the last time) to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this past weekend. And for the second time in 2 years, the #6 Muscle Milk HPD ARX-03a driven by Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf took the top step at the podium. This was Luhr’s 43rd victory in ALMS, making Lucas the winningest driver in ALMS history.

    Luhr and Graf battled for the entire 4-hour race with the #12 Rebellion Racing Toyota powered Lola B60/12 driven by Neel Jani and former F1 driver Nick Heidfeld. Jani had actually set the fastest time in qualifying the previous day with a lap time of 1:13:429. Both Rebellion and Muscle Milk took turns leading the race, trading places 3 or 4 times throughout the 4-hour battle.

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  • 2013 Formula Drift Road Atlanta: Round 2 Sees Daigo Saito Get His Title Defense Back on Track

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    chen9781 640x426 2013 Formula Drift Road Atlanta: Round 2 Sees Daigo Saito Get His Title Defense Back on Track

    While none of the three podium finishers of last month’s opening round of the 2013 Formula Drift championship were very unexpected, the fact that the defending series champion wasn’t among them was. In fact, Daigo Saito was knocked out in the second round of eliminations in Long Beach, clearing the way for the likes of Dai Yoshihara and Vaughn Gittin Jr. to scoop up oodles of points. This begged the question: Was Saito’s fairy tale rookie season in America’s premier drifting series a fluke?

    Well, Daigo Saito responded to that question with an emphatic “No” by winning this past weekend’s second round of the Formula Drift championship trail, held at the world-renown Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia. The venue’s Formula D course utilizes the track’s Turn 10a and 10b complex, before negotiating a paved loop through the gravel trap and winding its way back through the chicane in the opposite direction. So who, along with Saito, was best able to tame this tricky layout? Read on and find out!

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  • The Girls of 2013 Extreme Autofest Anaheim

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    Extreme Autofest always plays host to lots of eye candy. The first event of the season, which took place at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, stuck to the time tested formula of girls and cars. While there were many ladies who were a no-show for the model lounge, those who came were fully decked out in costumes for the Heroes vs Villains theme. It was like Halloween in May! In addition, there was a bikini contest before E40 came to the stage to make his headline performance. Check out the import models, booth babes and promo models after the jump…

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  • Top Tips for Trading in Your Bike

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    Top Tips For Trading Up Your Bike img 01 Top Tips for Trading in Your Bike

    Whether you’ve owned motorbikes for most of your driving life or just for a couple of years, you’ll probably decide at some point that it’s time to trade up.

    Perhaps you’ve been finding your feet with your first bike and now feel ready for something more challenging, or you’ve come into a fortuitous windfall and can afford the bike of your dreams. Whatever the reason, there’s a time in every motorcycle riders life when they consider the virtues of a younger model.

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  • Ford Fusion Energi and C-Max Energi: Smarter Than the Average Electric Car

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    Some 50 weeks ago, we accepted an invitation from Ford to try out some of its newest and coolest creations on the streets and freeways of Los Angeles County’s South Bay region. We came away from the experience more than a little impressed with not just the hog wild rides like the Mustang GT and SVT Raptor, but also the more sensible rides like the then-new Escape crossover and the remarkably zippy Focus Electric. We could barely believe this was the same company that, a few short years earlier, brought the American motoring public vehicles like the “Did someone ask for MOAR OVALS?” third-gen Taurus and the “Pay no attention to the rest of the world’s Gen 2 Focus behind the curtain” Focus Sedan and Coupe.

    This year’s test drive event picked up more-or-less where the 2012 edition left off, but there were some notable changes this time around. For one, there were no V8s or naturally-aspirated V6s present. And, perhaps not coincidentally, Dearborn sent multiple examples of its two new Energi plug-in hybrid models – the Fusion mid-size sedan and the C-Max wagon/crossover/mini-minivan thingy – for us car journos to try out.

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  • Revozport Gives the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Some Carbon Fiber Jewelry

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    Ferrari F12 Berlinetta by Revozport 1 640x416 Revozport Gives the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Some Carbon Fiber Jewelry

    The Ferrari F12 Berlinetta is just the latest in a long, proud line of front-engine, two-seat V12 grand tourers. It belongs to the same bloodline that such classics as the 275 GTB/4 and 365 GTB/4 Daytona and late-model masterworks like the 550 Maranello and 599 GTB Fiorano do. Of course, none of those can deliver the kind of eye-popping performance that the F12 can; a 730hp 6.3L V12 and 7-speed dual-clutch transmission will do that, you know…

    So Ferrari’s latest autostrada eater is quite desirable. But is it possible to make it even more desirable? Some tuners have certainly tried, but what if all you want is a set of subtle upgrades that only the most perky-peepered Prancing Horse pedants will perceive? Well Revozport offers a possible solution.

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  • 2014 Porsche Carrera ‘Hurricane’ Rendering by Maher Thebian

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    2014 Porsche Carrera Hurricane2 640x360 2014 Porsche Carrera ‘Hurricane’ Rendering by Maher Thebian

    Automotive designer Maher Thebian is back at it again… We have been fans of his work for some time now, ever since his creations first started making their way around the Interwebs. Now, he has turned his attention towards the 2014 Porsche 911 Carrera, with a bold re-envisioning dubbed the Hurricane. It almost seems to be a cross between the current TechArt offering and the extreme nature of the RWB 993s.

    Maher’s take on the new Porsche 997 involves an aggressive wide-body kit with massive flared fenders, a huge open grill and shark-like front fascia, a large mesh rear fascia with an integrated diffuser along with a ginormous rear spoiler. There are scoops, sills and fins strategically placed as well as a host of carbon fiber bits. The rendering also showcases two sets of deep dish wheels, one bright orange and the other bright green. While it is definitely over the top, it somehow all works very well together.

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