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What good is having a supercar if you can't stretch its legs out once in a while? Well, if you have a big enough group with a pile of cash, you can. A group of high performance car owners hired the Florida police to block off a section of I-75 and escort them on a high speed club run near Naples. …

On the list of vehicles that we can say definitively don't make great getaway cars, we now have Good Humor ice cream truck to add to Krispy Kreme truck and gardening truck. Shawn Stewart and Wesley Jumper were, apparently, quite dirty as they deviated from Stewart's normal ice cream route and stopped at a La Plata, Marlyand CVS and boosted $500 worth of shampoo and soap. …

As the development timing of the pending crop of super saloons converges, the Nürburgring is getting crowded these days and the Aston Martin Rapide is one seeing track time. Now it's been snagged on video and it certainly makes a fun sound. …

In a press release last week Chrysler announced it would be auctioning off the first three production Challengers to benefit charitable organizations. Car #1 is to be auctioned off at Barrett Jackson. And car #2 is supposed to be auctioned off in a private dealer auction. Well,

In a press release last week Chrysler announced it would be auctioning off the first three production Challengers to benefit charitable organizations. Car #1 is to be auctioned off at Barrett Jackson. And car #2 is supposed to be auctioned off in a private dealer auction. Well,

from jalopnik.com — On this episode of Press Release Regurge, we announce the Dodge brothers' intent to auction off the first 2008 Challengers for charity. All you early adopter types, grab on to your T-bills real tight and get ready. Dodge says the proceeds from Challenger number one, to be auctioned at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale event in January, 2008, will benefit notMYkid

taking a yearlong hiatus. With the new A4 appearing this fall atop Audi's oft ballyhooed modular architecture, the current RS4 will be shelved. A new RS4, based on the updated A4 and sporting what could total 450 horsepower, will appear at the end of 2008. Meanwhile, Audi's spending down the remaining parts on the limited-edition RS4 convertible, due by year's end. Only 300 of the droptops will be built, each costing around 90 grand each. And we didn't even have to pick up the phone. Ain't meta media

2008 Challengers for charity. All you early adopter types, grab on to your T-bills real tight and get ready. Dodge says the proceeds from Challenger number one, to be auctioned at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale event in January, 2008, will benefit notMYkid

2008 will be all about the Lexus GS 460, which gets Toyota's new 4.6-liter V8 producing 342 horsepower and 339 lb-ft of torque. The new mill gives the midline Lexus a snappy zero-to-60 figure of 5.4 seconds, while nearly retaining its respectable mileage

the destination charge -- for those of you counting that. The newly hotted-up 'bu shows up in dealerships in November and expect the $100 million marketing campaign to begin just in time for Thanksgiving. Full press release after the jump. All-New 2008 Chevrolet Malibu Delivers A Lot Of Value Starting At $19,995 CHICAGO - Chevrolet today announced pricing for its all-new 2008 Malibu midsize sedan lineup, with MSRPs starting at $19,995 for the base LS and for the first time, a hybrid for $22,790. The

After all the hoopla, we're now done with our coverage of the Chevy HHR SS. We've just seen "Maximum" Bob Lutz drive the 2008 Chevrolet HHR SS into the parking lot here at the Athens Coney Island on Woodward Avenue in lovely Birmingham, MI and we now feel we can die complete. OK, that's a lie. Really, it was kind of a let-down. No fireworks, no explosions of flame. It was

Infiniti released details and artwork regarding its 2008 M45 sedan, and new M45x, which will get the company's all-wheel drive system. The system, known as ATTESA E-TS (advanced total traction engineering system for all electronic torque split -- gesundheit) can adjust front/rear torque distribution from

stateside wearing a set of New Jersey manny plates. The hatchback, which we first saw unveiled at the 2006 Paris Auto Show for sale in Europe, was recently green-lighted for the US beginning in October as a 2008 model. We're assuming this here C30 is probably being used as a media fleet car by some embargo-signing journalist. Maybe that particular invite got lost in the mail.