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It’s been a few days now since we got the Mini Cooper S. And we are still playing with it. It took us a while to get used to its firm steering/clutch/shifter setup before we could enjoy it (which, thankfully, we could due to BMW’s long four-day test policy). But what surprised us most is that we actually matched the company-quoted 0-100 kph time of 7.1 seconds. And that too with the a/c on in the middle of the summer. Our previous BMW X5 tester took more than a second longer than what BMW said it would take,

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Here is a police chase in California involving a Toyota Highlander “crossover” 4WD, a whole lot of police cars, a boatload more traffic, and a guy demonstrating the downfall of wearing loose ghetto pants when running.

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Nissan USA revealed the production version of the 2008 Infiniti EX35 at some snooty upscale auto show called Pebble Beach.

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Dubai Autodrome invited us to a press conference to introduce some of their new “experience” offerings, namely involving driving their cars on their track with some instruction thrown in. One of us went to try it out. Sort of.

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During some American classic car show, called the Woodward Dream Cruise, Chevrolet introduced the 2008 HHR SS. It is the turbo version of the standard car, with 260 hp on tap.

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Hot on the heels of our X5 tester, this weekend, we just got a brand new Mini Cooper S for four whole days, complete with a manual transmission and a panoramic sunroof.

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We have found official photos of the 2008 Toyota Land Cruiser that were leaked by a Toyota dealer somewhere in Honduras. No kidding.

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The Chevy Aveo sedan was redesigned a year or so ago to sport a facelift. While not exactly beautiful, it gave the sedan a much better look, but GM left the hatchback alone, continuing in its older form. Well, the hatchback finally gets its facelift, and it ain’t pretty.

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I’d like to thank the higher powers for not extending the concept of Ski Dubai to the entire city. This video shows how tough people in snowy cities have it.

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This is what the latest generation of the all-wheel-drive Subaru Impreza WRX STi is expected to look like, when it is unveiled later this year.

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