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Posted on 03.21.2010 13:00 by Kirby Filed under: Lamborghini | USA | Supercars / Exotic cars | video | Lamborghini Gallardo | Cars | Car News On most days, we spend our time working our tails off at work or – if it’s a weekend – enjoying some well-earned down time at the mall or doing some outdoor escapades. The folks at Motor Trend are just like all of us, except that on certain days, they can spend their afternoons doing something all of us wish we could do and get paid for it: testing out supercars like the Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni Edition .

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Video: Motor Trend takes Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Balboni Edition out for a spin

Posted on 03.19.2010 20:00 by Simona Filed under: Kia | suv | Kia Sorento | $20K-$30K | Cars | Car Reviews | Kia When Kia unveiled the Sorento at the Los Angeles Auto Show they announced it will be offered in only two trim levels: LX and EX. But today Kia added the third version: SX. This new version adds smart key with push button start, leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, telescopic steering wheel, heated side mirrors, automatic up/down driver-side windows and privacy glass, leather-trimmed seats, heated front seats, electrochromatic mirror with Homelink and a voice-activated navigation system with back-up camera.

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Kia Sorento SX

Posted on 03.19.2010 18:00 by Simona Filed under: Ferrari | ferrari 430 | sports cars | roadster | car tuning | Cars | Car News Underground Racing is well known by now for its Twin-Turbo models. And while last time the tuner customized a Lamborghini, this time turned their attention to another Italian sports car: a Ferrari F430 Spider .

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Twin-Turbo Ferrari F430 by Underground Racing

Posted on 03.19.2010 17:00 by Simona Filed under: Honda | UK | rally cars | honda Civic | hatchback | Cars | Car Reviews | Honda Honda (UK) and Team Dynamics Motorsport announced today the Civic BTCC rally car that will race the 2010 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship by Matt Neal and Gordon “Flash” Shedden. The car will be painted in Championship White paint, Honda’s traditional racing color.

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Honda Civic BTCC

Posted on 03.19.2010 16:00 by Simona Filed under: Ferrari | coupe | ferrari 599 | sports cars | future cars | Cars | Car News While everyone expected to see the 599 GTO in march at the Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari decided to postpone the launch date until April 7th. The 599 GTO will be limited to only 500 units, each priced at around half a million dollars

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Ferrari 599 GTO specifications revealed

Posted on 03.19.2010 12:00 by Simona Filed under: Ferrari | sports cars | Italy | Ferrari 458 | Cars | Car News The first Ferrari 458 Italia for he US market was auctioned for an impressive $530,000. All the assets will go to relief efforts in Haiti. Besides it, Ferrari also auctioned: a Fernando Alonso’s original racing suit (which raised $31,000) and on two experiences as a Scuderia Ferrari team member at the Canadian Gran Prix in Montreal next June (which went for $20,000 and $21,000).

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First US Ferrari 458 Italia sold for $530,000

Posted on 03.19.2010 11:30 by Kirby Filed under: | Europe | formula 1 | video | Cars | Car News So Heikki Kovalainen has a personality after all. Who would have thought of that? The Lotus F1 driver stars in this hilarious F1 commercial that was made for a local Finland sports channel.

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Video: Heikki Kovalainen’s hilarious F1 commercial

Posted on 03.19.2010 11:00 by Simona Filed under: Kia | USA | crossover | kia soul | Cars | Car Reviews | Kia Kia announced the SOUL Safety Car that will be used at the U.S. Touring Car Championship (USTCC) circuit sanctioned by the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) at the season opener race on March 21 at Infineon Speedway in Sonoma, Calif. The Safety Car is based on a Sport model and adds enhanced aerodynamics, low friction synthetic Mobil 1 engine oil, a custom free flow Borla exhaust, a light weight Optima battery, Whelen Engineering strobe lights, light weight Konig wheels with low resistance tires as well as a short ram intake by Takeda to further enhance efficiency

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Kia SOUL Safety Car

Posted on 03.19.2010 08:20 by Simona Filed under: Ford Roush | coupe | Ford Mustang | muscle cars | car tuning | Cars | Car News Roush and Barrett-Jackson revealed a new special edition Ford Mustang that will be sold at No Reserve during the 8th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Palm Beach on April 1-3, 2010. The price for the package is $41,495

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Barrett-Jackson Edition Roush Mustang

Posted on 03.19.2010 08:12 by Alexander Filed under: Lotus | news | $80K-$90K | Lotus Evora | Cars | Car News It was a mere 6 ½ months ago that the very first Lotus Evora was sold to Matthew Melling in Twickenham, UK and now Mr. Melling will have to share the spotlight with the owner of the very first Lotus Evora sold in North America. Bruce Rice, an Austin-area resident, accepted the keys to his brand new 2010 Lotus Evora sports car earlier today from Lotus of Austin

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Austin, TX Sees the First Evora Delivered in North America