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Très Exclusif: French Abarth importer creates special edition Cinquecento

The Fiat 500 Abarth is a pretty sweet little retro rocket all on its own, but the Italian automaker's performance division hasn't stopped churning out a seemingly endless stream of special editions, from the Opening Edition to the 695 Tributo Ferrari. We can now add to that list the 500 Abarth SpeedGrey by Neubauer. Unlike the Competizione edition made specially for the Dutch market, the SpeedGrey is actually an undertaking of Neubauer, the official Abarth distributor for France. Starting with the up-rated EsseEsse spec, the Neubauer ... Read more →

VIDEO: Citroën remixes its 90-year history for celebratory commercial Jonathon Ramsey

Citroën is perhaps the wackiest mass-market auto manufacturer still in business (have you seen the 2CV, C-Cactus, and that dancing robot?), and this year, the company celebrates 90 years of ...

Concours d'LeMons Worst of Show: stone-driven 1980 KV Mini 1 Jonny Lieberman

Man, talk about an honor. We knew going in how special the first annual Concours d'LeMons would be (just check out the classes). What we didn't know exactly was just how horrible the cars would be. ...

Follow-up: Toyota may not produce hybrid Yaris after all Michael Harley

A Toyota insider is countering yesterday's report that the automaker is planning a Yaris-based hybrid to be built in France. Such a vehicle would be unnecessary, according to the unnamed source. ...

REPORT: French workers vote against blowing up plant as long as their demands are met Michael Harley

Workers at French car parts maker New Fabris (its main clients include Renault and Peugeot-Citroen) have voted down immediate plans to explosively send the roof of their plant into the troposphere, ...

French unions try a new negotiating tactic: kidnapping 7 months ago on Autoblog

Parts suppliers are experiencing just as much trouble as the automakers they supply. Employees at one company, though, have taken a tip from Somali pirates and upped the anger stakes. When Faurecia felt it had been wronged by Chrysler, it took Chrysler to court. When Faurecia's employees in France ...

France's Sarkozy urges verification that U.S. auto aid jibes with world trade rules 9 months ago on Autoblog

The European Union made noises last year about having the WTO verify that the U.S. auto industry assistance package doesn't violate any international trade rules. Now French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will ask the World Trade Organization to stick their hands into the matter. Critics ...

REPORT: French government calls for auto execs to forego bonuses 10 months ago on Autoblog

The French government has put €6 billion ($7.79 billion USD) on the table for car companies. And as part of the effort to make sure that every drop of the money goes toward maximizing performance and retaining jobs, the French government has asked that Peugeot/Citroen and Renault company bosses ...

Sacr bleu! French torch 1000+ cars on New Year's 11 months ago on Autoblog

Throughout France on New Year's Eve, 1,147 cars met crispy deaths at the hands of arsonists. That's almost 300 cars more than the previous year. Lighting cars on fire as a form of protest has been a habit among youth in France since the 70s, but ever since the protests of 2005, after two boys were ...

VIDEO: French motorcycle cop training is not easy, but looks fun 11 months ago on Autoblog

Spend some time in France and you would naturally assume that the police are just as relaxed as the rest of society. However, have a look at the video after the jump and you'll see that it requires strenuous training to look so calm. French motorcycle gendarme training is part trials, part ...

McQueen's LeMans Porsche may fetch $2m at Bonhams 1 year ago on Autoblog

One of Steve McQueen's co-stars in the 1971 documentary-style film Le Mans, a Porsche racing car, is up for action this August in Carmel Valley, California. The car is a 1969-1970 Porsche 908/2 Spyder. It features a 3.0-liter air/oil-cooled flat-8 engine rated at 350 hp @ 8500 rpm. While many of ...

The Rallye de Paris, an event for the true automotive enthusiast 1 year ago on Autoblog

Do not consider the Rallye de Paris simply another Gumball-type event. While the celebrity-laden Gumball 3000 was entangled in lawlessness, and eventually tragedy, the Rallye de Paris is designed for the devoted car lover and track junkie. Starting in Paris, participants make a round-trip trek ...

Volvo found guilty of manslaughter, fined 1 year ago on Autoblog

Two children tragically lost their lives when French driver Catherine Kohtz lost control of her Volvo 850. The 1999 incident, which Kohtz blamed on a loss of braking ability in her Volvo, has led to French courts handing down a finding of manslaughter. The guilty verdict against Volvo also carries ...

Dragonslayer: Renault rolls out the Twingo Extreme 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Twingo still won't take you to mythical Silene, but the UK gets its own specially pimped version of the entry-level Twingo called the "Extreme." Think of it as a Tercel Blackhawk en français, s'il vous plaît. The Twingo Extreme consists of mostly graphics for the exterior, though ...

French revelers take it easy, torch only 372 cars New Year's Eve 1 year ago on Autoblog

Automobile flambé is a familiar dish in France, where rioters, protesters and revelers seemingly use any occasion involving large congregations of people to torch whatever cars happen to be in the vicinity. Apparently, New Year's Eve is always good for a spike in car-burning incidents, but ...

France family will not sell NASCAR 2 years ago on Autoblog

Nothing is better at propagating a rumor like a nasty social disease than the internet, and the France family just got a lesson. A report surfaced in Europe that an investment firm based there was investigating the potential purchase of NASCAR. Brian France, chairman of NASCAR, dismissed the report ...

Singapore night race joins 2008 F1 Calendar 2 years ago on Autoblog

Singapore is getting ready to host the first night race in Formula One history after the FIA approved the proposed calendar for next year's championship. Race promoters in Singapore got the clearance from the FIA to build the Monaco-style street circuit in May, and things are reportedly moving along ...

France set to invade Germany 2 years ago on Autoblog

Renault and Citroen are winding up to launch a frontal assault on the German car market. Germany is Europe's largest automotive market, filled with über-drivers that demand cars that set the performance and luxury standard for the rest of Europe, and arguably the world. The French automakers ...

Peugeot recalling 240,000 307s 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's no big deal, really, just an eensy weensy potential short circuit in the ABS/Stability control system. A seal on the hardware that the ABS and ESP systems share can allow water infiltration, which leads to electrical maladies. A mass self-immolation of 307s would be rather unseemly, so Peugeot ...

Another tragedy befalls the France family 2 years ago on Autoblog

The family of former NASCAR chairman Bill France Jr. has suffered yet another tragedy only one month after the former NASCAR chief died of cancer. The husband of NASCAR executive Lesa France Kennedy died in a tragic plane crash along with another long-time NASCAR employee after their twin-engine ...

It must be fast, look at all the stickers 2 years ago on Autoblog

From the too much time on his hands file, we bring you this unfortunately customized Renault Clio. The owner of this little French runabout has a serious sticker fetish, and a hankering for knicknacks, too. This car is just bristling with stuff and we're surpised that it passes any kind of safety ...

Franco-American: Peugeot considers re-entering US market 2 years ago on Autoblog

The American market is thirsty for diesels and for more fuel-efficient cars altogether. That's why PSA's recently-installed CEO Christian Streiff sees now as the perfect time to bring Peugeot back to the United States. And though he's new on the job, he's planning on pitching just that idea in a ...

SPOILER ALERT: 2006 Race of Champions 2 years ago on Autoblog

This past Sunday, the Stade de France in Paris played host to the 2006 Race of Champions. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the ROC is an event that draws racing drivers from a variety of motorsports – including F1, NASCAR, Champ and Indy cars, rally racing, touring cars and more ...

Your spaceship has arrived: The spiritual successor to the Citroen DS? 3 years ago on Autoblog

1955 – Elvis is just heating up, Blackboard Jungle is in theaters and tailfins will take a couple more years to really get outrageous. Across the Atlantic in France, the Martians forgot their space capsule. There is no other way to explain a car that debuted in 1955 having such sophistication ...

European union leaders meet over Renault-Nissan's proposal for General Motors 3 years ago on Autoblog

Speaking of the Renault-Nissan-General Motors goings-on, leaders at unions in European countries Germany and France have a meeting scheduled to chat about how a deal between Renault-Nissan and General Motors could affect European automotive workers. It's unlikely that union pressure would kill any ...

DaimlerChrysler sending EVs to France 3 years ago on Autoblog

Global Electric Motorcars (GEM), a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler that has produced over 30,000 electric vehicles that are silently traversing the roadways of America as we speak, has inked a deal with Matra Manufacturing and Services to market its EV wares in France. GEM produces two-, four- and ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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