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Review: The Lotus 2-Eleven Super Sports Car

HETHEL, England -- The Lotus 2-Eleven is $80,000 of race car so singular in purpose and flawless in execution that it can make your grandmother look like Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton. Simply put, the 2-Eleven is one of the best track cars money ...

From BRUCE GAIN, Wired,  4 Feb 2008
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Fragging with Alienware’s Area-51 Gaming Laptop

Some gamers like to brag about how, by themselves, they built what they claim is the best PC gaming machine money can buy. But for others who don’t have the time or patience to do the grunt work of selecting individual components and dealing with ...

From BRUCE GAIN, Wired,  23 Oct 2007
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Renault's Twingo and Europe's Small Car Treats

Europe's car market is crowded, which makes it very competitive, especially when it comes to small cars. This is a good thing if you're a consumer here, as carmakers are frantically leap-frog themselves by packing more and more features in their ...

From BRUCE GAIN, Wired,  12 Oct 2007
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Audi's China Sales Surpass U.S.

Audi said today that its sales in China blew past those in the U.S. at a 26 per cent clip, totaling 76,168 cars from January through September versus sales of 68,479 cars Stateside.  This is only the most recent piece of evidence that the American ...

From BRUCE GAIN, Wired,  12 Oct 2007
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It's a Mini and It's a BMW SUV

BMW's Chairman Norbert Reithofer gave a speech today about the firm's corporate strategy and all of that fascinating business stuff, but buried down below the release were some cool tidbits about upcoming models. One that stuck out in my mind was the ...

From BRUCE GAIN, Wired,  2 Oct 2007
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High-Tech Yacht, European Sport Car Flair

Boat designer Andrew Hawley brought this sailing yacht concept to our attention. The aim of the design , he says, is to give the boat a "the super slick European flair that you might see in a high performance sports car." It does look nice, but you ...

From BRUCE GAIN, Wired,  13 Sep 2007

The S-Class Will Negotiate Pot Holes for You

The Mercedes S-Class was the first--and possibly the only--street car to see production with distance control sensors that automatically bring a car to a dead stop in a traffic jam and then bring the car back up to a pre-set speed as traffic picks up ...

From BRUCE GAIN, Wired,  11 Sep 2007

Test-Driving Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet: 480 Horsepower

STUTTGART, Germany -- Dawn is breaking as I turn onto the autobahn south of Stuttgart behind the wheel of Porsche's new 911 Turbo Cabriolet, which has just gone on sale in the United States. I hit the gas, and in less than four seconds, I've blasted ...

From BRUCE GAIN, Wired,  11 Sep 2007
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