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SEMA 2009: Gran Turismo Best in Show is the Trans-Cammer Mustang

Phillip Koenen brought a really gorgeous, miles-deep-black, 1970 Mustang to SEMA and came away with another fine piece of hardware:The Gran Turismo Best in Show award. For the past several years, Sony Computer Entertainment America has hosted these awards, which honor some of the coolest cars at SEMA. Koenen's SOHC 427-powered "Trans-Cammer" snagged the Best Hot Rod award in addition to winning Best in Show. Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi awarded the trophy himself at the awards ceremony, which rocked The Palms' Rain nightclub ... Read more →

SEMA Sweeps: Win one of five Sony PSP/Gran Turismo bundles - Day 4 John Neff

It's Day 4 of our SEMA Sweeps! After giving away three of five limited-edition PSP/Gran Turismo bundles, we're ready to give away our fourth. Yesterday's winner has been randomly selected and ...

SEMA Sweeps: Win one of five Sony PSP/Gran Turismo bundles - Day 2 Chris Paukert

We're on to Day 2 of the SEMA Sweeps in which we're giving to you, dear readers, five limited-edition PSP/Gran Turismo bundles over five days. Yesterday's winner has been randomly selected and ...

SEMA Sweeps: Win one of five Sony PSP/Gran Turismo bundles! - Day 1 Chris Paukert

Because our thumbs are practically aching in anticipation of the new Gran Turismo 5 game for Playstation 3, we've been hunting high and low for ways to keep our inner-child occupied until its ...

Rumormill: BMW looking at cheaper 5 Series Gran Turismo, rules out M model Chris Paukert

The famed automotive pot-stirrers at Autocar are at it again. According to two blurbs from the UK publication, BMW's new 5 Series Gran Turismo may spawn at least one less costly, less powerful ...

PSA: Maserati relabels GranCabrio as GranTurismo Convertible for North American market 19 days ago on Autoblog

What's in a name, you ask? A lot, especially when you're trying to increase market share against such storied brands as Aston Martin, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz, to name just a few. Maserati took the wraps off its first proper four-seat convertible at last month's Frankfurt Motor Show. But while ...

VIDEO: Japanese market Gran Turismo PSP commercial is fantastic and revolting 23 days ago on Autoblog

Don't worry, this video is totally safe for work. But we're saying revolting because we can remember back years ago we watched Clint Eastwood's Pink Cadillac with a friend's father who happened to restore muscle cars for a living. Anywho, as you might imagine the 1959 Cadillac gets pretty dinged ...

VIDEO: Gran Turismo 5 box art and packaging, SLS AMG may be cover car 24 days ago on Autoblog

Gran Turismo 5. We've teased you in the past with constantly shifting debut dates and posted most every video we can find. But today is a new day, and this time we're going to show you... another video. GT5 creator Kazunori Yamauchi sat down with GT Planet to discuss how much work goes into the ...

Has Gran Turismo 5 been postponed? 1 month ago on Autoblog

We don't know if the marketing folks at Polyphony Digital are messing with us or if building one of the most impressive racing simulators of all time is just really, really hard. For some reason, the rumored release date of the hotly anticipated Gran Turismo 5 is jumping around like the rear axle ...

VIDEO: Toyota FT-86 Concept finds its way into Gran Turismo 5 1 month ago on Autoblog

That didn't take long. Hot on the heels of the Toyota FT-86 Concept's reveal, we've got videographic proof that ToMoCo's new boxer-powered 2+2 is bound for the virtual circuits of Gran Turismo 5. Make the jump to see a darkened shot of the C-4S flat-four underhood, followed by the FT-86 ...

VIDEO: Behind the scenes of the PSP vs Driver ad 1 month ago on Autoblog

If you missed the Gran Turismo Playstation Portable ad we featured earlier this week, have a look. We'll wait... Back? Great. What you saw was Tanner Foust and Rhys Millen running around Laguna Seca, with Millen behind the wheel of a Corvette ZR1 and Foust riding shotgun while running the ...

VIDEO: Gran Turismo PSP ad at Laguna Seca is art imitating life imitating art. Or something. 1 month ago on Autoblog

In terms of tracks, we'd guess that while the Nürburgring gets the most press, Laguna Seca is number two. And with good reason, as Mazda's Raceway is fast, technical, beautiful and challenging. Plus, because the famed track's in Caramel, California, you get gorgeous, picture postcard ...

VIDEO: Gran Turismo PSP opening movie - Here come the supercars 1 month ago on Autoblog

The folks who have crafted Gran Turismo for Sony's PSP have put together an opening movie sequence, and as you might imagine, it is chock full of supercars. And we mean bursting-at-its-pixelated-seams with just about every hot car you could ever want to drive on the road, the dirt, and the ...

Gran Turismo 5 to ship internationally in late 2009 after all? 1 month ago on Autoblog

Last week, Sony announced that Gran Turismo 5 would launch by March 2010. The folks at Polyphony Digital don't see things that way, though, as company boss Kazunori Yamauchi told reporters at a GT5 event that the game could launch in late 2009. And Yamauchi has apparently mentioned that both ...

Gran Turismo 5 will launch March 2010... in Japan 1 month ago on Autoblog

When Gran Turismo 4 was launched in Japan for the Playstation 2, George Bush was just getting ready to start his second term and the Chrysler 300 was the big buzz in the auto world. In other words, January 10, 2005 was a very long time ago, and we're probably going to have to wait a while longer ...

First Drive: BMW 535i Gran Turismo evolves the wagon with clever packaging, solid dynamics and... a prehensile tail? 1 month ago on Autoblog

Evolution is a tough thing to watch – and not merely because it takes millions of years. While the developmental pace of the automobile has proven to be rather quicker than the natural world surrounding it, the car industry's recent house-on-fire rush into new niches and sub-genres has ...

VIDEO: Beyond Gran Turismo 5 - Koenigsegg CCX 1 month ago on Autoblog

We're pretty excited about the new Gran Turismo 5 video game for the PlayStation 3 and PSP, and the sneak peeks we've seen so far have been astonishingly good. We know GT5 will have some sweet damage rendering capabilities, night racing and weather changes. Plus, we know the graphics are ...

Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Maserati GranCabrio drops its top 2 months ago on Autoblog

There are a few things Maserati could do to make the GranTurismo look better than it does, but not many. One option is to surround it with unspeakably beautiful women. Another is to remove the roof. Thankfully, they opted for both here in Frankfurt, where the Trident marque took the wraps off ...

VIDEO: Gran Turismo 5 gets its damage rendering on 2 months ago on Autoblog

If you're a big fan of Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo series like we are, you were probably bouncing off the walls when you heard the news that GT5 would finally have damage rendering. We're pretty pumped too, but at the same time we have to ask, what took so long? After all, Forza has had ...

Gran Turismo PSP adds Lamborghini to the mix 3 months ago on Autoblog

An entirely galaxy could have been birthed in the time it's taking for Gran Turismo 5 to arrive, but at least Sony is trying to make it worth everyone's while when the portable driving sim shows up October 1. If you pre-order Gran Turismo PSP, you'll be able to add one of five cars in select ...

Corvette ZR1 gets the cover of Gran Turismo PSP 3 months ago on Autoblog

Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi picks the image that goes on the cover of each breathlessly-awaited edition of the franchise. For the latest version of the game for the PSP, the Corvette ZR1 graces the box. Though he hails from Japan where there's many flavors of off-the-hook cars from the ...

BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo may write epitaph for range's wagon bodystyle in America 4 months ago on Autoblog

Autoblog road test editor Damon Lavrinc is in Spartanburg, South Carolina to drive BMW's new all-conquering X6M, and in between bouts with the monster-motor'd crossover, he has had a chance to bend the ear of Martin Berkmann, manager of product planning for BMW North America, about another new ...

REPORT: BMW 335i Gran Turismo dialed in for 2011 4 months ago on Autoblog

According to a report by InsideLine, BMW is set to expand its wagonesque line-up by one in 2011 with the introduction of the 335i Gran Turismo. The 3 series-based crossover takes its inspiration from the 2011 BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo, with a sloping X6-like hatch that will feature the same ...

First Drive: 2010 Porsche Panamera a 4-door sedan 78 years in the making 4 months ago on Autoblog

Porsche invited us to Germany to be one of the first to drive its all-new Panamera, the company's first four-door sedan. We spent three days assailing the Bavarian Alps, streaking across the German Autobahn, and meandering through picturesque Alpine towns. We touched 170 mph at one point and sat ...

Stunning GTbyCITROËN concept car runs Gran Turismo London city streets course in real life! 4 months ago on Autoblog

The almost impossibly long and low GTbyCITROËN, which started life as a concept car for the wildly popular Gran Turismo gaming franchise (part of Polyphony Digital Inc. and Sony's Playstation empire), has made its first real-life foray through London in a recreation of the video game's ...

VIDEO: Gran Turismo PSP footage gets out 5 months ago on Autoblog

Fans of Gran Turismo are rejoicing over the fifth edition of the legendary racing series that was shown at the E3 gaming expo last week. The world-renown racing sim will also debut a new version for the Sony PSP Go this October, and it It boasts 60 frames-per-second rendering, 800 cars, 35 ...

REPORT: PSA to decide on GTbyCitroen production within four weeks 5 months ago on Autoblog

When Citroen collaborated with the people behind Sony Playstation's hit Gran Turismo game franchise on the show-stopping – if clumsily named – GTbyCitroen for last year's Paris Motor Show, few thought it would see the light of day. That includes the French automaker itself, but as ...

REPORT: GT5 to get weather changes, night racing - and yes, damage rendering [w/POLL] 6 months ago on Autoblog

Audi is obviously looking forward to being in the coming Gran Turismo 5. After all, the Quattro company has created a website to promote its car on the Nürburgring in real life and in the game, and it interviewed GT5 mastermind Kazunori Yamauchi about what fans can expect. Yamauchi-san ...

Ordoñez becomes first racer to make transition from virtual world to racetrack podium 6 months ago on Autoblog

We've all dreamed it, but Lucas Ordoñez gets to live it. As the winner of the Nissan/Playstation GT Academy contest, in which Gran Turismo gamers competed to win a slot as a pilot in the European GT racing championship, Ordoñez spent the latter half of 2008 training under Johnny ...

Novitec Tridente supercharges the Maserati GranTurismo S for 600hp 6 months ago on Autoblog

Some people believe in tuning exotics, some prefer to leave them alone. But everybody's got to respect Novitec. The German tuning house, now celebrating its 20th anniversary, is one of the established names in tuning Italian exotica. The company's Novitec Rosso line is known for strapping ...

Study suggests driving cars in video games could lead to more purchases in real-life 9 months ago on Autoblog

When playing car racing video games, do you find yourself choosing vehicles or brands that you've owned in the past? We are definitely guilty as charged on this count, but it seems that this sort of logic works the other way too. People that play popular games like Gran Turismo and Project ...

Gran Turismo 5 could arrive Stateside in late 2009 11 months ago on Autoblog

We've been playing Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for about a year now on our PS3, and it looks like we'll be waiting another 12 months before we get our hands on the full version. Spanish newspaper El Financiero claims that senior executives at Polyphony point to a Christmas 2009 date for the full ...

Porsche releases Panamera teaser video, forgets the tease 1 year ago on Autoblog

"The first true sports car for four." That's what Porsche wants visitors to take away from its Panamera microsite after viewing a minute-long teaser. The only problem in our eyes (hyperbole aside) is that it never actually shows any images of the four-door sports "coupe," save for a shot of the ...

Maserati could add a small sedan, wagon is a no-go 1 year ago on Autoblog

Maserati is on a bit of a tear, and if things keep going its way, the Trident will turn that into a full-on ripper. The Gran Turismo S and Quattroporte S have secured the right kind of buzz, a Gran Turismo convertible – said to feature a cloth top, not a folding steel unit – is on ...

Citroen GT Concept now available in GT5 Prologue 1 year ago on Autoblog

Polyphony's Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is about to get a pretty substantial upgrade. The next time you boot up your Playstation 3, an update will be available for GT5 that will add the GT by Citroen, Ferrari's new California and the Lotus Evora. Lotus fans got a sneak peek into the Evora's GT5 ...

How you say "enough" in French: Citroen releases sixth GT teaser 1 year ago on Autoblog

In a move more "Um, yeah..." than "Oh yeah!", Citroen has released the sixth teaser image of the car that will, one of these days, be revealed entirely to the world, all at once, front and back. We aren't even sure if this qualifies as a tease, since getting a glimpse at a front end we've ...

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