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Fiat's 500 Goes Atomik, Gets Electrified
Atomik Cars wants to make an electric Abarth 500, which is a good idea from the start.
Claimed to have "supercar performance in a city car's size", Atomik's 500 features a bunch of fancy tech under its carbon fiber skin: "high performance LiFePO4 batteries", brushless synchronous motors, two new transmissions (resulting in permanent AWD), a ceramic heater, and a carbon/Nomex rear chassis (by the way, Nomex is what Batman's suit is made out of).
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All-new Ford Gt Supercar Arrives In 2016 With More Than 600hp
Ford has unveiled the all-new GT supercar in Detroit, a mid-engined coupe that will go into production in 2016 powered by a new twin-turbocharged Ford EcoBoost V6 with more than 600hp. Ford describes it as an "an ultra-high-performance supercar"...
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Fiat Boss Confirms Automatic Transmission For Sporty Abarth 500 Models
Even before automatic or dual-clutch transmissions became the norm for most automakers, any foreign company that wanted to have a moderate success in the U.S. market always offered a two-pedal option for its models. One exception is Fiat's Abarth...
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Fiat Abarth 500 And Catrinel Menghia Meet Again In Ebay Motors' World's Fastest Car Show Promo
For the third time in the past six months, Romanian model Catrinel Menghia is participating in a commercial as the sensual Italian owner of a Fiat Abarth 500. After assuming the role in Fiat USA's "Seduction" and "House Arrest"...
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Blimey…eterniti Motors Hemera Looks Like A Tuned Porsche Cayenne
After all the hype about a "new luxury car brand" that will hand-build "the world’s first Super-SUV", the self-proclaimed "independent, boutique British luxury carmaker, uniquely based in London", which we will come...
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Bmw And Sgl Team Up For Washington-based Carbon Fiber Plant
BMW (holding a 49% stake) and SGL (holding 51%) have joined forces to create SGL Automotive Carbon Fiber LLC, which will be located in Moses Lake, Washington. The joint venture will build a $100 million "state-of-the-art carbon fiber manufacturing...
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