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AUDI Ingolstadt/Shanghai, November 28, 2010 Just one day after his serious accident in qualifying Timo Scheider mounted the podium at the DTM?s world finale in Shanghai (China) as the third-placed driver. Quotes from the Audi camp after the race....

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Big news from today’s Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance conference: a new city-subsidized ferry service will begin crossing the East River in May. City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden announced that the new service will run for at least two years, departing at least every fifteen minutes during rush hour.
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Richard Towler, inaugural winner of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship, hoists the champion?s trophy for NASCAR?s first global championship, while iRacing.com?s Steve Myers and NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt, Jr. present the winner?s check for $10,000.� NASCAR managing director Blake Davidson looks on.� The presentation to NASCAR?s first virtual racing champion took place at the [...]

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AUDI Ingolstadt/Shanghai, November 28, 2010 Just one day after his serious accident in qualifying Timo Scheider mounted the podium at the DTM?s world finale in Shanghai (China) as the third-placed driver. Quotes from the Audi camp after the race....

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Christian Klien says he is working on staying in Formula 1 next season, but it is harder than ever for a driver to secure a seat. The 27-year-old Austrian raced in three grands prix of the season with HRT and says the team is his most likely destination for 2011

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Our extra-long-term Hyundai Genesis is in need of a little extra push to reach the 100,000-mile mark. To that end, everyone here is pitching in to finish the final 38K by December 31?about two months. Follow along as we take road trips of varying necessity in an attempt to roll over that sixth odometer digit.
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Toyota is partnering with Tesla to electrify this small SUV.
Last week, we passed along the news that Toyota would be showcasing its electric RAV4, a vehicle being developed in conjunction with Tesla, at the L.A. auto show. We expected to get the usual full-info download and promised you more details when they surfaced, but we [...]

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Minneapolis's bike-share system has only had two stolen bikes, and not just because people there are Minnesota nice. Theft and vandalism haven't been a problem for any American bike-sharing system. Photo: Kevin Jack via Flickr.
Even as bike-sharing spreads across the United States, it remains dogged by one persistent doubt. Critics, and even some boosters, fear [...]

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Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Performance, Europe, Specialty, Design/Style

Pininfarina Lancia Stratos - Click above for high-res image gallery

It's a shame the Pininfarina Stratos probably won't see widespread production. The car is hewn straight from the naughtiest of our automotive dreams, and with some of its aluminum bones borrowed from the Ferrari 430 Scuderia it promises to be as fun to fling as anything with four wheels. The crew at EVO was lucky enough to weasel their way behind the wheel of the lovely one-off, becoming the first journalists to do so in the process. That sound? It's the noise our boundless jealousy makes when agitated.

EVO was able to take the car out for a couple of hot laps around Circuit Paul Ricard, and the verdict is that, as you might expect, the car is plenty nimble and just as quick. There is some indication that the vehicle's short wheelbase would likely make for some hair-raising antics at higher speeds, though. EVO even goes so far as to say that the vehicle has a completely different personality compared to its Prancing Horse donor. Even better, there may be a very small production run in the vehicle's future.

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Gallery: Lancia Stratos Shows Itself

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Carl Edwards led the most laps and wins his second race in a row after not winning since 2008. Jimmie Johnson is the 2010 Sprint Cup Series Champion -It’s Johnson’s 5th title in a row -He leads all active drivers with the most championships besting his teammate Jeff Gordon who has 4

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SEBRING, Fla. ? Chinese driver Ho-Pin Tung, who serves as a reserve and test driver for the Renault Formula One team, made history over the weekend by becoming the first Chinese driver to take the wheel of an IndyCar during a test with the FAZZT Race Team at Sebring Int?l Raceway. The test, funded by FAZZT?s primary sponsor Bowers Wilkins, was the first step in what the team hopes will become a fulltime effort for Tung in a second IZOD IndyCar Series entry for FAZZT in 2011.

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Filed under: Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

The Jimmie Johnson dynasty in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series stretched to half a decade at Homestead-Miami Speedway Sunday as the most dominant driver the sport has ever seen won his fifth straight championship with a second-place finish in the Ford 400 season finale.

As Carl Edwards motored to his second straight victory in as many weeks, leading 190 laps, Johnson fought back from early pit problems, settled into his regular routine and came on at the end to seal the title.

For Edwards, the two consecutive victories came after a 70-race winless streak.

"This is unreal," Edwards said in victory lane. "It's a great way to finish the season. I think the way we're going, if we can start like that, our Aflac team will have a shot at them next year.

"To finish like this is unreal. It's just these guys not giving up. We don't give up. We've had just an unbelievable run toward the end of this season. It's just a great way to end the season."

The championship battle was a nail-biting contest whose complexion changed time and time again throughout the 267-lap event.

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The DTM season finale on the streets of Shanghai will start behind the safety car, race officials have announced. The decision was taken following lengthy meetings between teams, drivers and senior DTM figures after Saturday's chaotic qualifying session.

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Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) LogoSome of you are avid NASCAR fans; some of you know nearly nothing about it. Here?s what Wikipedia says: ?Professional football is the only sport in the United States to hold more viewers than NASCAR. Internationally, NASCAR races are broadcast in over 150 countries. NASCAR holds 17 of the top 20...more»

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No. 32 Dollar General Toyota CamryHOMESTEAD, Fla. (November 22, 2010) ? The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) traveled to Homestead, Florida this weekend for the final race of the 2010 season. Reed Sorenson and the No. 32 Dollar General team entered the weekend with high hopes for a solid finish to the year. Sorenson battled a...more»

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Dani Sordo says he will wait on word from Ford before responding to the offer he has from Mini for next season. The Spaniard has been approached by Mini to be part of its entry into the World Rally Championship, but is holding out for a possible Ford drive before committing.

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Pos Driver BPts Points Ldr Nxt Starts Poles Wins T5s T10 DNFs Money Won 1 Jimmie Johnson 155 6622 0 0 36 2 6 17 23 4 $7,264,781 2 Denny Hamlin 125 6583 -39 -39 36 2 8 14 18 2 $5,856,553 3 Kevin Harvick 90 6581 -41 -2 36 0 3 16 26 1 [...]

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Finally, an Americanized Italian competitor for Germany?s ?British? Mini.
Nearly 30 years after Fiat sold its last car in the U.S., the 2012 Fiat 500 officially makes its debut at the Los Angeles auto show. Cute as a button?or at least a New Beetle or Mini Cooper?the 500 will be powered by a 101-hp, 1.4-liter four-cylinder [...]

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series LogoDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 23, 2010) ? The recently completed 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season goes down as the most competitive in the 62-year history of the sport?s premier series. Two major competition records were broken this past season in the series: average lead changes and leaders per race. There...more»

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Hendrick MotorsportsCONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 23, 2010) ? Hendrick Motorsports has made personnel adjustments in preparation for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, with drivers Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. being teamed with new crew chiefs. Below are the driver-crew chief pairings for each Hendrick Motorsports car, effective immediately: No. 5 Chevrolet...more»

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Filed under: Sedan, Recalls, Safety, Jaguar, Luxury

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Jaguar has issued a recall covering 6,475 2010-11 XJ sedans built between July 28, 2009 and November 3, 2010 due to defective windshield wipers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration details the exact problem with these XJs, saying:

"The front wiper arms to spindle fixings were not torqued to specification during manufacturing. As a result, the securing nuts could fail to perform as intended, resulting in a loss of wiper arm synchronization and a clash of the wiper arms."

Clashing wiper arms mean they could detach from the vehicle altogether, which is perhaps the last thing any driver would want to have to deal with on a rainy (or snowy) day. The full recall is expected to commence on or before December 13, and dealers will ensure that the wiper arms are securely fitted to the spindle. To read the full details, follow the jump for NHTSA's release.

Gallery: Review: 2011 Jaguar XJL

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Jari-Matti Latvala says he has no doubt his Ford team-mate Mikko Hirvonen will return to form next season. Hirvonen has suffered his toughest year as a professional driver, enjoying just one World Rally Championship victory this season.

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Spy Shots: Pagani C9 - Click above for high-res image gallery

While you might be at home recovering from a Turkey-induced hangover, the dedicated spy photographers of the world are out and about, dutifully catching glimpses of new cars as they are tested. One lucky lensmith caught a camouflaged Pagani C9 being put through a rigorous testing regime.

And rigorous it is, with a reported 500,000-plus combined kilometers having ticked off the odometers of the four prototypes and one test mule. Pagani wants to hit 700,000 kilometers before the car shows its unmasked face, which looks almost Fisker-esque in the photos you see here.

The Pagani C9 is powered by an AMG-developed V12 engine, which is not related to the V12 found in the Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series. Rumor has it that the V12 powering the C9 produces over 700 horsepower while also lowering C02 emissions to sub-supercar levels.

We're still calling it the C9, but the real name will be revealed sometime in the next few weeks. Pagani's Zonda replacement, whatever moniker it might wear, should make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March of 2011. If that happens, you can be certain we'll be on hand to capture it from every angle.

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Spy Shots: Pagani C9 caught flexing its V12 muscle originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bernie Ecclestone was mugged in central London on Wednesday evening, suffering a head injury in the attack.

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NASCAR LogoDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 24, 2010) ? The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) was honored in three separate categories at the Inaugural Sports Media Marketing Awards, held at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York City on Thursday, November 18, 2010. NASCAR was awarded Gold honors in the category of ?Team...more»

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Valentino Rossi's showdown with Jorge Lorenzo at Motegi has been nominated for 'Best Move' in this year's SPEED Performance Awards.

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Pedro de la Rosa says the situation for drivers without personal sponsorship trying to get into the Formula 1 field is tougher than he has ever known, as he continues to chase drives for 2011. The Spaniard is currently working as a Pirelli test driver, having lost his Sauber seat following the Italian Grand Prix, but is keen to get back on the grid next year. "What I know for sure is that if I had money I would 100 per cent be able to be racing," de la Rosa told AUTOSPORT

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The Times devoted a feature story today to NYC’s new bike lanes and the people who dislike them. Hard to argue with the timing of the piece. The separated lanes that went in on the East Side, Park Slope, and the Upper West Side this year are highly visible, they shake up the way the [...]

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Young Driver Aston Martin duo Darren Turner and Tomas Enge maintained their slender GT1 World Championship title hopes by winning the Interlagos qualification race. Turner had pressured Xandi Negrao in the polesitting Vitaphone Maserati throughout the first stint, and then the Young Driver squad vaulted its car ahead as the two leaders pitted in unison just before half-distance. Enge was subsequently able to edge away from Negrao's team-mate Enrique Bernoldi even before the Brazilian was given a late drive-through penalty for a pit procedure infringement - a crew member having thrown a tyre back into the garage during the stop rather than carrying it as the rules stipulate.

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McLaren Group Woking, UK, Mon, 22 Nov 2010 The McLaren Group is today delighted to announce a new multi-year partnership with the ISS Group, one of the world?s leading facilities services companies....

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Dodge mines historic Mopar gold with the latest Challenger SRT8.
The whole 392 thing was a total coincidence. So says Dodge Challenger chief engineer Tom McCarthy. In 2009, McCarthy and his team were discussing a punch-out of the Challenger SRT8?s rather peaky 6.1-liter V-8 for more mid-range torque.
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JEGS DELAWARE, OH. (Nov. 22) Third-generation racer Troy (T.J.) Coughlin Jr. is looking forward to a relaxing off-season following a whirlwind tour of three Florida dragstrips during the annual Winter Series high stakes E.T. bracket races. Competing in 15 events...

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Former MotoGP rider Alex de Angelis will stay on in Moto2 with the JiR team for 2011.

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Economists and talking heads argue endlessly about our economy on a daily basis. "It's back!," "It's almost back!" and "It's never coming back!" seem to be the leaders among the varied viewpoints we hear and read about. One sector that has apparently begun to rebound is the car rental business. Not necessarily in financial terms, but from the standpoint of customer satisfaction, America's rental car companies are returning to to a position last seen in the pre-recession days.

J.D. Power has released its annual North American Rental Car Satisfaction Study, and the results are positive for every company included in the survey. Now in its 15th year, this J.D. Power study examines customer satisfaction with the airport car rental process, and it looks at six specific factors: Costs & Fees, Pick-Up Process, Rental Car, Return Process, Reservation Process, and Shuttle Bus/Van. The highest score possible is 1,000 points and, for the 2010 study, the average Overall Satisfaction score is 750. This is up from 733 in 2009 and 734 in 2008. Every company in the survey has improved year-over-year in the survey.

This year's big winner, however, is Enterprise, which received the industry's highest rankings in customer satisfaction. Enterprise is no stranger to this award, and getting the nod in 2010 makes it seven years in a row for the rental car company. Following behind Enterprise, Hertz and National also performed quite well in the survey while Advantage, Alamo, Avis, Dollar and Thrifty rounded out the results. You can see how each one performed over at the J.D. Power results page.

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Filed under: Classics, Performance, Hatchback, Audi, Design/Style

Audi SWB Sport Quattro - Click above for high-res image gallery

Audiphiles, prepare to have your lederhosen wrinkled. While speaking with Autocar, Peter Birtwhistle went and called the legendary SWB Sport Quattro "bloody ugly." While Birtwhistle is currently the chief designer at Mazda Europe, he's particularly well-suited to comment on the lines of the boxy Audi. After all, he designed the thing. According to the designer, the biggest problem facing the car is that it rides on the Audi 80 platform, and massaging the Sport Quattro design over those cumbersome bones required some sacrifices. Still, when taken a grain of salt borrowed from the time period, the car is as good-looking as it gets.

Of course, our opinion could be slightly tainted by the fact that Audi only minted a mere 200 of the cars as homologation specials. Anything built to justify a race car nets an automatic win in our book, and the SWB Sport Quattro is no different.

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Filed under: Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

A day after the Phoenix race, where Denny Hamlin tossed a water bottle at his car in disgust, Jimmie Johnson beamed as the most confident "underdog" ever and Kevin Harvick vowed his team wasn't done, Twitter on Monday helped to instigate another rise in championship drama.

When three-time Cup champion Darrell Waltrip insisted that Johnson, who is 15 points behind Hamlin second place, is the favorite for Sunday's season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Harvick and Hamlin sounded off.

"Yea I guess (you're) right.. We shouldn't even show up if we are up against that!" Hamlin tweeted in response.

Harvick, never one to back down, personalized his shot.

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THE CONTENDERS: With a second-place finish in Sunday?s Ford 400, Jimmie Johnson (center) vaulted to his fifth-straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title ahead of Denny Hamlin (left) and Kevin Harvick.

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In an effort to patch a budget gap, city officials in Washington D.C. are considering increasing the annual� fee for a residential street parking permit from $15 to $30.
The idea seems like a winner overall: It would help move parking fees ever so slightly more in line with the true value of street space (though [...]

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Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Etc., BMW, Ferrari, Canada

Two speed-loving Canadians have had the keys to their hoon machines taken away. A 2008 Ferrari 430 Scuderia and a 2008 BMW M6 were caught speeding up Mount Seymour in British Columbia, hitting speeds of up to 200 km/h (about 126 miles per hour) in a 60 km/h zone, as well as narrowly missing a mother who was walking with her two children. As you'd expect, the cars were impounded, but the provincial government is taking things a step further. Both vehicles are going to be sold. In fact, the Ferrari has already moved on to a new home and the M6 is set to hit the auction block in the very near future.

The Ferrari is owned in part by a relative of the person driving at the time. That relative will receive 50 percent of the proceeds from the sale, while the other owner receives 30 percent. The government is going to hold on to the rest. The owner of the M6 also receives 30 percent but the government keeps the other 70. The reason for the payouts? To clear notes on each car with the owners respective banks.

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Man caught driving 200 km/h on public roads gets $235,000 Ferrari taken away originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Laurens Vanthoor conceded that Signature team-mate Edoardo Mortara fully deserved to win the Macau Grand Prix because he was the quickest man on the day. The eventual runner-up led briefly early in the race after Daniel Abt crashed out, but he could do nothing to defend against the hard-charging Mortara after making a mistake at a safety car restart on lap seven.

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Jari-Matti Latvala says he has no doubt his Ford team-mate Mikko Hirvonen will return to form next season. Hirvonen has suffered his toughest year as a professional driver, enjoying just one World Rally Championship victory this season.

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Filed under: Etc., Plants/Manufacturing, GM, Earnings/Financials

General Motors is investing $163.2 million three plants as it prepares to ramp up engine production for the Chevrolet Volt, Cruze and a new small Chevrolet. The company's Flint Engine Operations will take home the lion's share of the money, with $138.3 million going to help boost production of the Ecotec turbocharged 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine used in each of the company's fuel-thrifty cars. Meanwhile, The General's Bay City Components plant will receive $12.7 million and Defiance Castings in Defiance, Ohio will see $12.2 million. All told, GM says that the money will protect 184 jobs across the three manufacturing sites.

At the beginning of 2011, the Flint plant will be responsible for producing around 400 engines per day, though GM wants to increase that number to 800 by the end of next year. The Bay City plant is set to increase production of both connecting rods and cam shafts while the Defiance facility will increase its output of crank shafts and engine blocks. Hit the jump for the full press release.

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John Force won an unprecedented 15th National Hod Rod Association Funny Car championship at Pomona, Ca., Sunday, coming back from serious injuries in 2007 to win his first title since 2006.

Force, 61, clinched the title in the quarterfinals after points leader Matt Hagan was defeated in an upset by Bob Tasca. Force then went on to the win the race as well, his sixth victory of the year.

He is the oldest champion in NHRA history, but his career was jeopardized by the bad crash in Dallas in 2007 that left him with injuries that took him two years to fully recover from.

The NHRA also crowned its youngest champion Sunday -- 20-year-old Pro Stock Motorcycle rider LE Tonglet.

Larry Dixon clinched his third Top Fuel championship Sunday. It was his first since he won back-to-back titles in 2002-03. Antron Brown was the top fuel winner in the race.

Hagan came into the event 38 points ahead of Force, but after Hagan's first-round loss, Force needed to win two rounds, and he won those with two strong runs.

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Health Commissioner Tom Farley, a sometimes-bike commuter, offered strong support for slower traffic speeds last Friday. Photo: Daily News
Last Friday, Transportation Alternatives kicked off a new phase of its campaign for safer streets with the Stop Speeding Summit, bringing together doctors, elected officials, transportation advocates and engineers to outline the high costs of high vehicle [...]

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Filed under: Classics, Performance, Hatchback, Audi, Design/Style

Audi SWB Sport Quattro - Click above for high-res image gallery

Audiphiles, prepare to have your lederhosen wrinkled. While speaking with Autocar, Peter Birtwhistle went and called the legendary SWB Sport Quattro "bloody ugly." While Birtwhistle is currently the chief designer at Mazda Europe, he's particularly well-suited to comment on the lines of the boxy Audi. After all, he designed the thing. According to the designer, the biggest problem facing the car is that it rides on the Audi 80 platform, and massaging the Sport Quattro design over those cumbersome bones required some sacrifices. Still, when taken a grain of salt borrowed from the time period, the car is as good-looking as it gets.

Of course, our opinion could be slightly tainted by the fact that Audi only minted a mere 200 of the cars as homologation specials. Anything built to justify a race car nets an automatic win in our book, and the SWB Sport Quattro is no different.

Gallery: Audi Quattro's 30th Anniversary

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Top Gear in Israel - Click above for high-res image gallery

Were you wondering what the Top Gear crew were doing in Israel when they were spotted there last month? Well wonder no more.

Reports from the British Isles are now stating that the tour across the Middle East was actually shot for a Christmas Special in which Clarkson, Hammond and May retrace the steps of the Three Wise Men who, according to Christian lore, visited the Virgin Mary and the Baby Jesus in the manger in Bethlehem. Only while the trio of yore did it on camel-back, two millennia later, the team of British auto journos - who may have picked up as many followers today as the Nazarene messiah did in his - rode in across Turkey and Syria in three old roadsters.

Looks like it's going to be a Merry Christmas after all, Charlie Brown.

Gallery: Top Gear in Israel

[Source: Telegraph]

Top Gear's Middle East tour reportedly shot for Christmas Special originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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