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Aloha Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection a couple of weeks ago, says it is folding its tent after 61 years of service in the islands. If you're holding tickets, here's what you should do.

BMW is digging social network Facebook to promote their new BMW 1-serie. The current contest use the Graffiti tool. Graffiti offers you to make 3 year old style drawing if you are working with your mouse. But for those of you lucky enough to own a graphic pen and tablet you can sometime do cool graffitis. If you are on Facebook and you want to do some creative automotive work, go to the BMW graffiti page and try to win your way to the first place. By the way Topspeed.com is one of the (...)

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It seems that the Koleos is not the only SUV coming from Renault. According to Patrick Le Quement, he company's vice president of design, Renault will add three more SUV in the line-up: "We are developing a range of SUV crossovers and the Koleos sits right bang in the middle. There will be an addition to the Megane range, when the new cars arrive over the next 18-months. A bigger brother for the Koleos is something we are looking at." Koleos' big brother will be built on Nissan Murano (...)

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Looks like Pontiac is taking things seriously in its latest ad. By comparing the Pontiac G8 with Bmw 5-Series, the American manufacturer puts the German vehicle in a bad light in front of millions of people. The 5.3 liter V8 engine of the Pontiac transforms it in a cool ride while the Bmw is seen as a ride for old and dum people. Honestly this is a crazy ad…the American manufacturer take risks with this video and let's hope it will not backfire at them, at least they show they have the sense (...)

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The Genesis luxury sedan launched in January at the Detroit Auto Show is something the Europeans will not enjoy. The Korean carmaker says the failure of Toyota's Lexus premium brand to sell cars in high numbers in Europe is one reason for the decision. "We looked at Lexus' track record in Europe," said Hyundai spokesman Oles Gadacz. Last year, Lexus sold 40,636 cars in Europe and Turkey, according to JATO Dynamics. Gadacz said EU plans for tougher CO2 emission limits were another factor. (...)

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