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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Woman Hurled Into the Air by her Partner-in-Crime After Trying to Steal Gas



True, gas prices have gone up in most places around the world in the past few years, but are a few gallons of petrol worth more than the safety and well-being of your partner?

Obviously, for most people the answer to this question would be "no", but when it comes to criminals and possibly harmful individuals, anything goes, as we see in this surveillance video from a gas station at Mt Warren Park in southeast Queensland, Australia.


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GM Talks About the Evolution of the 2014 Camaro Coupe



As you would have thought, even though it's been a month since we first laid eyes on the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro , General Motors isn't done talking yet about the redesign of its modern-day muscle car.

This time, the microphone is passed onto the Chevrolet Camaro's Program Engineering Manager, Mark Dickens, who has a few things to say about the redesign of the fifth generation model and how it relates to the performance improvements.


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Toyota Says its 2015 FCV-R Fuel-Cell Car will Cost Between $50,000 and $100,000



While we still have many years ahead of us for fuel-cell vehicles to become a practical and affordable alternative to gasoline- and diesel-powered models, automakers are edging closer and closer to that goal.

On Tuesday, during the Fortune Brainstorm Green conference in Laguna Niguel, California, Chris Hostetter, group vice president of strategic planning for Toyota USA, told Automotive News that the brand's production version of the 2011 FCV-R fuel-cell concept should cost between $50,000 and $100,000 when it goes on sale in the States in 2015.


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Dash-Cam Captures Shocking Boeing 747 Crash in Afghanistan [Graphic]



Footage from a dashboard camera of Monday's horrifying airplane crash at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of seven American crew members, has surfaced online.

Fox Detroit reported that according to military sources in the Pentagon and in Afghanistan, the video was most likely shot by a service member driving security at Bagram Airfield, which could explain how calm the driver is after witnessing the crash.


In the video, the Boeing 747 cargo plane that was transporting vehicles, is seen ascending but then it slowly starts to veer of course before it quickly plunges into the ground.


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Daimler in Talks with Renault to Build Large Van Together



Following the Renault Kangoo – Mercedes-Benz Citan joint project , Daimler and Renault are now holding talks to build a large van together, expanding their existing partnership. “We’re in early talks with Renault,” Daimler spokeswoman Uta Leitner acknowledged, with Renault spokeswoman Raluca Barb also confirming the discussions. “No decisions on possible production sites have been taken,” Barb said. Read more »




The Latest Batch of Spy Videos of the New Mercedes-Benz S-Class W222



Our Mercedes-Benz radar hit red this morning when the German carmaker mistakenly released the first official photo of the brand-new, and highly anticipated, S-Class, on one of its consumer webpages.

With only a fortnight left for the formal presentation of the car on May 15, it's safe to assume that we'll be getting more sneak peeks of the W222-codenamed luxury model in the coming days and weeks.


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Hyundai Exec Confirms 2014 Genesis Sedan World Premiere at Detroit Auto Show



We knew from a variety of sources, including Hyundai CEO Kim Choon-ho , that the new generation of the Genesis sedan would land in dealerships next year, but now, the Korean carmaker has provided a precise date for the world premiere of its luxury mid-size sedan via Brandon Ramirez, senior group manager of product planning with Hyundai Motor America. Read more »