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Police release worst red light runners caught on camera

Autoblog Canada — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Abiding by traffic signals is perhaps the simplest rule of the road, yet that doesn’t stop a staggering number of drivers from ignoring red lights altogether. Speeding through a red light is a dangerous and illegal activity,yet Florida police found dozens of high-risk drivers mixing all kinds of …

Unsafe cars made in Brazil blamed for country’s high death rate

Autoblog Canada — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:00 +0000

The Detroit Free Press reports the new generation of Brazil-built cars are to blame for the country’s high death rate. Thanks to a booming middle class, Brazil is the fourth-largest vehicle market in the world, but four of the country’s best-selling models have failed independent crash tests. …

Another R/C movie car chase mini movie, but this one’s really an advert

Autoblog Canada — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:00 +0000

When a video touts itself as “probably the greatest hollywood-style RC action movie car chase ever,” (sic) you should set yourself up for disappointment. That’s not to say that this joint effort, a clearly well-funded partnership between LA Muscle Sports Supplements and Fast & Furious 6, …

2013 Fiat 500 Turbo

Autoblog Canada — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:57:00 +0000

Diet Abarth

Try as I might, I just can’t bring myself to stick to a routine of drinking diet soda. Nevermind the fact that I’m trying to cut soda out of my life altogether - every now and then, I just want the high-octane stuff, and diet simply won’t do. If I’m already going to subject …

Car thief caught in McDonald’s drive-thru after placing order with owner [w/video]

Autoblog Canada — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000

If you’re going to drive a stolen car in a small town of roughly 77,000 people you want to be very careful about where you drive that stolen car to eat. That’s the lesson Katherine York of Kennewick, Washington learned when she was arrested for being in possession of a stolen Toyota 4Runner that …

Rolls-Royce gets into LSR game, backs Bloodhound SSC [w/video]

Autoblog Canada — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Rolls-Royce, the “power solutions” company that makes jet engines and much more (not the luxury motorcar company) has signed on to support the Bloodhound SSC Land Speed Record attempt project. This isn’t just a financial tie-up and exchange of engines and tech, though, Rolls-Royce is just as …

A conversation with Ted Klaus, chief engineer of the new Acura NSX

Autoblog Canada — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000

Last week, Autoblog sat down with Ted Klaus, chief engineer of the upcoming Acura NSX flagship, at the corporate headquarters of Honda North America in Southern California. The roundtable discussion with a few other members of the media was very casual. However, since the hybrid supercar isn’t due …

Porsche again staring down another US$1.8B in hedge fund lawsuits

Autoblog Canada — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:00:00 +0000

The sequence of events from 2007 that began with Porsche’s secret attempt to take over Volkswagen, and instead lead to Porsche being taken over by VW, continues to instigate lawsuits against the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer. A group of hedge funds that suffered over US$1 billion in losses …

Facebook buying nav/traffic app Waze for US$1B? [w/video]

Autoblog Canada — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:00:00 +0000

TechCrunch reports that Facebook is moving to purchase the navigation and traffic app Waze for a lofty sum. The buy would be the latest in a long line of high-dollar acquisitions by the social networking site, and both sides of the acquisition have reportedly entered into advanced due diligence …

Couple found guilty of trying to sell GM hybrid tech to China sentenced to year in prison

Autoblog Canada — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Five months ago, former General Motors engineer Shanshan Du and her husband, Yu Qin were convicted of stealing hybrid technology trade secrets, in attempts to sell the information to Chinese competitors.

US District Judge Marianne Battani sentenced Du to serve one year and one day in prison, …