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Ford sees its future in small cars, but it won't have to reach far to get them. It seems that the blue oval is considering converting some truck plants to begin producing cars with better fuel efficiency. While this means spending cash to re-tool manufacturing facilities, the investment will not be as great because much of the engineering has already been worked out as these cars are already on the road in Europe. Ford is keeping quiet about which cars may make the move, but creditable (...)

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Ferrari Engineered by Officine Panerai announced the debut of the Officine Panerai Watch Collection at the British International Motor Show. The series of watches are priced as follows: Ferrari 10 Days GMT £8,900 (Scuderia Collection), Ferrari 8 Days Chrono Monopulsante GMT Classic £10,400 (Granturismo collection), Ferrari 1/8th Second £10,400 (Special Edition), Ferrari Chronograph £28,300 (Special Edition). The range of watches is divided into two collections, Scuderia and Granturismo. The (...)

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NICE Car Company, a company specialized in building electric vehicles, unveiled today the Micro-Vett electric Fiat 500. Powered by a Lithium polymer - Kokam battery developing 22 kWh the vehicle can travel 70 miles until the next re-charge and can get a top speed of 72 km/h. After that it will need between 6 and 8 hours for re-charge to be able to travel again. The car comes with a 5-speed manual gearbox and features as standard a Radio/CD/MP2 player, Bluetooth and USB connection, remote (...)

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Lotus unveiled the Evora today at the British Motor Show. And after reading the first details you now can see the video from the unveiling. Evora is powered by Toyota's all-alloy 2GR-FE 3.5-litre V6 DOHC, with dual VVT-i (‘intelligent' variable valve timing). The engine delivers 280 PS at 6400 rpm, while boosting its maximum torque to 342 Nm at 4700 rpm (prototype figures). The 2GR-FE V6 engine is mated to a manual six-speed gearbox, again Toyota-sourced. A close-ratio version of this gearbox (...)

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