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Paolo Pininfarina elected Chairman at Pininfarina SpA

Paolo Pininfarina elected Chairman at Pininfarina SpA

Our friend DerTuner just caught this facelifted BMW 3 Series wagon in Germany. If you look closer to the front you will see a night vision system integrated in an M3 front bumper. Strangely this doesn't seem to be an M3 model considering the hood and side fender are standard. To add to the confusion, the back bumper is also M3 styled but the right side exhaust are not there. Would any non M3 version be fitted with the M bumpers.. the future will say. (...)

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I'm helping a friend of mine's father restore a 1940 Ford truck. He's just begun a hobby of collecting cars and the Ford is a nice compliment to his 1964 Corvette Convertible. As I'm sanding down the bodywork on this old truck, it's evident that the body lines are amazingly simple, but the overall effect is an elegant little hauler. It's a true original, which makes me begin to wonder what's going to be in my own collection. I now realize that I will have to wait another twenty years (or the (...)

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Carlsson, the well known tuner specialized in Mercedes-Benz cars, unveiled today its new set of -spoke monobloc wheel 1/11 Ultra Light, available exclusively in 21 inch. The new wheels not only look good but also improve the road-handling properties of your vehicle, due to the fact that there are one of the world's lightest wheels available on the Mercedes tuning sector. Press release: Carlsson expands its Ultra Light wheel family with the 11-spoke monobloc wheel 1/11 Ultra Light. It is (...)

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First, a quick and heartfelt thanks to all who offered condolences via comments and email. We're still in Chicago doing the family thing. BUT... today is the first day I...