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Jaguar tops UK J. D. Power Survey 2012

Jaguar has ousted Lexus from the top of the J. D. Power tree in 2012 as top manufacturer.

'American Nitro' is back!

"Seventies drag-race mayhem is back!" bills "American Nitro," a schlocky drive-in exploitation film whose only quote of praise, from a dog-eared period issue of "Car Craft," reads, simply, "SPECTACULAR CRASHES!" Director Bill Kimberlin says that he made "American Nitro" in 1979 as a response to Tom Wolfe's influential 1965 essay, "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby." "I was just getting out of high school in a small town in Northern California when Wolfe's book came out," he said. "Nitro came about as my response to the car culture I was exposed to in the small valley town of Boonville, Calif. Instead of 'American Graffiti,' I made 'American Nitro.'" A fitting comparison, in fact, considering Kimberlin later worked for George Lucas at ILM, starting with" Return of the Jedi." Now the movie is being released on DVD for the first time -- beware of bootlegs, warns the website -- and digitally remastered, while retaining the explosive charm and goofy narration of the 1979 original.

Skoda Superb (2008) teaser

By Ben Pulman First Official Pictures 16 January 2008 16:57 Skoda has released this teaser picture of the Superb ahead of its Geneva Motor Show debut. Although Geneva isn’t until March 2008, Skoda is already drip-feeding information about next year’s new Superb. First on the list is this teaser picture of the big barge, which will use parts from the current Passat.