BMW M Performance Line: Tri-Turbo Diesel 5-series, X5, X6 for Europe and Power Packs for U.S. X6

by AUTHOR & ORIGINAL WEBSITE BELOW on January 28, 2012

If the offerings of BMW’s M Performance line can be likened to cupcakes, the initial U.S.-market model is a cupcake without frosting. (Note that M Performance does not mean M: These will be hotter than typical Bimmers, but not as reworked or expensive as full-bore M cars.) The frosting in this analogy that’s being reserved [...]

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Bayne and McMurray united by faith and Daytona 500 wins

by AUTHOR & ORIGINAL WEBSITE BELOW on January 27, 2012

Source: http://www.skirtsandscuffs.com/2012/01/bayne-and-mcmurray-united-by-faith-and.html Joseph Francis Nemechek III Olivier Grouillard Kasey Kenneth Kahne

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Speedway Children?s Charities Marks 30 Years of Helping Children With Year-Long Birthday Celebration

January 26, 2012

Source: http://www.skirtsandscuffs.com/2012/01/speedway-childrens-charities-marks-30.html Masten Gregory Horace Gould Danny Kladis

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Say Hello to Luna Blue Evans-Snyder

January 25, 2012

Introducing the newest member of the Streetsblog family… Luna Blue Evans-Snyder was born the afternoon of January 13. She weighed in at 6 pounds, 12 ounces. As you might imagine, Tanya’s byline is going to be a little scarce over the next several weeks. If you’d like to send her well-wishes and recommendations for a [...]

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2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Tested: Looks Like Nothing Else, Drives Like A Few Somethings Else

January 23, 2012

Land Rover has been trying to bolster its sales with a small ute for a while. The first, 2002?s Freelander, was slow, unpretty, and?at a base price of less than $26,000?might have been a bit too cheap to support the cachet of its brand. In Europe, where the brand?s image still is intimately tied to [...]

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Chris Rice Named Crew Chief of RAB Racing’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Team

January 22, 2012

Source: http://www.skirtsandscuffs.com/2012/01/chris-rice-named-crew-chief-of-rab.html Kenny Dale Irwin Jr nascar truck schedule 2010 Fred Gamble

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No New Mainstream VWs in the U.S. for Two Years as Internal Battle Over Three-Row SUV Continues

January 21, 2012

Volkswagen has made a huge push in the U.S. in the past two years. Over that span, the German company has launched three cars developed specifically for our market in the Jetta, Beetle, and Passat, the last of which is being built at a brand-new factory in Tennessee. But VW still desperately needs more U.S.-centric [...]

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Loeb in charge after Monte day two

January 20, 2012

January 19th, 2012 Sebastien Loeb continues to dominate the Monte Carlo Rally at the end of the second day. The world champion?s run of fastest stage times was interrupted by Mini?s Dani Sordo on SS8, but the Spaniard was only 0.2 seconds quicker than Loeb, whose lead is now 1m37s. Sordo holds second at the [...]

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2012 Volkswagen Beetle 2.5 Automatic Tested: Not Necessarily One for the Boys

January 19, 2012

Longer, lower, wider. Those words were a Detroit marketing mantra in the 1950s, when the original Volkswagen Beetle began its march to immortality here in the U.S. But of course the thing that made the Bug so lovable, and such a counterculture icon, was that it possessed none of those traits. Keep Reading: 2012 Volkswagen [...]

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Volkswagen Jetta to Get Subtle Upgrades?And a New 1.4-liter Turbocharged Four

January 18, 2012

Volkswagen’s new Americanized Jetta will be improved quietly over the coming year, executives from the company have told us. Some of the things we criticized when the car launched, such as the standard rear drum brakes, have already been addressed?all Jettas, regardless of trim level, now have four-wheel discs?and others are going to be dealt [...]

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