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0Official: Holden announces export of RWD Commodore to North America, other bodystyles could follow *UPDATE 1337262900
Calling it "Holden's worst kept secret," a report in Australia's Drive indicates that the General Motors antipodean brand will announce "very soon" that it will be exporting "thousands of Commodores to the U.S. from 2013." Or, put another way, we will be getting thousands of Chevrolet SS ...
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Video: Ford's EcoBoost is a toad-killing powerhouse 1336175880
Apparently, the world's population of talking frogs have turned their allegiance from Budweiser and are now shilling for Ford of Australia. At least, those that haven't been smashed into great green globs of greasy, grimy cane toad guts. Let's set the scene: A pair of Australian cane toads ...
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Report: GM considering RWD wagon and ute for U.S. market 1336066080
The General wants more rear-wheel drive vehicles in its lineup and has plans to bring a few more to America, including a sedan and possibly a wagon and sport utility, according to Car and Driver. GM already sells a rear-wheel-drive Chevrolet sedan in the U.S., but only sworn law enforcement ...
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Video: Watch the 2012 Targa Tasmania highlights 1335225660
The 2012 Targa Tasmania has officially come to a close, and while we were a long, long way from the action this year, YouTube closed the distance with a slew of day-end recaps aimed at keeping us up-to-date on the action. This year, Jason White took his Lamborghini Gallardo all the way to the top ...
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Video: Australia's Got Talent contestant wows judges with car impersonations 1334879880
Chances are, if we asked you to replicate the sound of a Chevrolet small block with a mild cam, you could probably pull it off with nothing more than a little slobber and a few embarrassed glares from your significant other. If you keep practicing that particular skill, you may just find yourself ...
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Video: 2012 Targa Tasmania kicks off with prologue stages 1334865540
The 2012 Targa Tasmania is officially underway, having started on the 17th of April. While we'd give (nearly) any portion of our anatomy to see the spectacle in the flesh, we'll simply have to content ourselves with living vicariously through the miracle of YouTube for the time ...
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Report: Next Ford Mustang going global 1334268060
It was only a matter of time before Ford pushed the Mustang out of the American nest and into the global market. According to PopularHotRodding.com and Auto-Motor-Und-Sport.de, that time has come. The German site quotes Barb Samardzich, head of development for Ford Europe, as saying the ...
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Video: Translogic chases the sun with Michigan's solar car team 1334257140
No, that is not the world's most awesome Michigan Wolverines beer pong table. It's a million-dollar race car that's powered by the sun, and in the most recent epsiode of Translogic, our sister site visits the University of Michigan Solar Car Team to learn all about it. The Wolverines have been ...
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Motorsports: 2012 Formula 1 World Championship kicks off with Australian Grand Prix [spoilers] 1332072240
Today is the day that racing fans have been looking forward to. The cars have been unveiled, the drivers announced, the calendar confirmed and everything is in place. Today is race day. After an off season that saw two teams resolve their naming-rights dispute, one driver sued by a team owner ...
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Report: Big decisions loom for next Subaru WRX this week 1330473660
Subaru is currently plotting the future of the next-generation WRX STI. Company delegates from various world markets are currently headed to Japan to decide whether the rally bruiser will continue to be a hardcore racer straight from the factory or if it will head in a new, somewhat posher ...

