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SoCal Speed shop wins AMBR award as hod-rodding returns to its roots

In a competition that "took hot-rodding back to its SoCal roots," the SoCal Speed Shop--the entity founded by original hot-rod hero Alex Xydias and now helmed by Pete Chapouris--finally won the AMBR. That's AMBR, as in, America's Most Beautiful Roadster, the most sought-after title in all of hot-rodding and the crowning glory of the Grand National Roadster Show. There is that competition at the Detroit Autorama that hands out the Ridler Award, but that is open to all manner of kustom kars.

New Mercedes A Class leaks out early

New Mercedes A Class leak The new Mercedes A Class has hit the web before Mercedes has had time to take the wraps off in Geneva The new Mercedes A Class has been coming for some time, and we’ve had the Concept A to give us a clue and plenty of spy shots and video of the new A Class to keep us pointed in the right direction. Now have the first official photo leaked to us in our inbox just hours before Mercedes take the wraps of the new A Class officially. At first glance when the photo of the new A Class dropped in we thought it looked like a BMW 1 Series with a Mercedes star on the front.

Hyundai ix35 at 2009 Frankfurt motor show

Hyundai ix35: Korea's replacement for the Tucson SUV By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 25 August 2009 12:27 Farewell Tucson, the new Hyundai ix35 is unveiled today. Due to be shown at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show, the new ix35 is the Koreans' latest crossover and will land in UK showrooms in spring 2010. Hyundai heralds its new 'fluidic sculpture' design language; we say it looks jolly slick, and not a little unlike Ford's Kuga junior SUV.Hyundai ix35: the new lookThe styling touches of note include the hexagonal grille, which is spreading across the faces of Hyundai's rapidly refreshed model line-up.