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Fabled Lexus GS F to use LFA’s V10

Posted December 30th, 2009 at 08:12 am by Editor
Filed under: Auto News, Lexus

We've been hearing rumblings about a Lexus GS F for over two years, with the most recent report indicating that the maxed-out super sedan was ...

The best from Tokyo’s Motor Show

Posted November 23rd, 2009 at 04:11 am by Editor
Filed under: Auto Show, Featured

The 41st Tokyo Motor Show starts tomorrow and will run until 4 November. Not only will there be lots of car geeks, scantily clad models ...

2010 Aston Martin Vantage V12

Posted July 18th, 2009 at 12:07 pm by Editor
Filed under: Aston Martin, New Cars

As soon as the brains at Aston Martin made their exquiste DBS sports tourer - they gave it to James Bond. While this may ...

2009 Aston Martin DBS Volante First Driv...

Posted July 01st, 2009 at 03:07 pm by Editor
Filed under: Aston Martin, Reviews

James Bond's current motor of choice has gone topless. The DBS, Aston Martin's high-protein version of the DB9, has heretofore been sold only in coupe ...

Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept

Posted July 02nd, 2009 at 05:07 am by Editor
Filed under: Concept Cars

The French make the most outrageous modern super car and the current winner of Le Mans. What if they came back from an exile in ...

2010 Buick LaCrosse

Posted June 20th, 2009 at 12:06 pm by Editor
Filed under: Auto Show, Concept Cars

What is it? The redesigned LaCrosse is a mid-sized four-door sedan, with either front or all-wheel drive. It will be the smaller of Buick's two ...

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Oil plunges below $64 on fears recovery may lag

Oil prices plunged nearly $3 to below $64 a barrel Monday as dismal unemployment figures from the U.S. and Europe last week sparked investor doubts about any nascent economic recovery. A significant fall in natural gas prices — a likely sign that industries are still struggling and unlikely to ...

Oil price rebound attributed market operations

VIENNA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The optimistic outlook of the world economic recovery is a major factor driving the rebound of international oil prices in the first half of this year. Experts say, however, that the price boost may be attributed more to current market operations than actual growth ...

Iraq Opens Bids for Oil Fields

Iraq auctioned contracts Tuesday to run eight huge oil and gas fields, but only made a deal on one of the fields. A consortium including BP and China's CNPC accepted a contract to expand production in the largest oil field on offer, Rumaila in the south. A group that included ...

BP shuts alternative energy HQ

BP has shut down its alternative energy headquarters in London, accepted the resignation of its clean energy boss and imposed budget cuts in moves likely to be seen by environmental critics as further signs of the oil group moving "back to petroleum". But Tony Hayward, the group's chief executive, ...

Energy prices drop with gas supplies healthy

By CHRIS KAHN NEW YORK Gasoline markets showed the first signs this week that an extended rally in pump prices is nearing an end after 52 straight days of price increases. Gasoline futures started falling midweek after a government report showed that gas production and imports jumped during an extended rally ...

Gas prices pass $3 a gallon

Oh brother, Californians dealing with double-digit unemployment, steep wage cuts and bleak 401(k) reports are getting hammered again. Gas prices crossed the $3 threshold in California on Monday, hitting an average of $3.01 a gallon, the highest since Halloween and $1.21 a gallon more than we were paying at ...

Oil back above $72 as dollar slumps

By PABLO GORONDI Oil prices rose back above $72 a barrel Tuesday as investors picked up commodities after the U.S. dollar slumped on comments by Russian President Medvedev, who said the world needed new reserve currencies. Benchmark crude for July delivery was up $1.74 to $72.36 a barrel by mid-afternoon ...

Oil falls below $72 per barrel

By CHRIS KAHN NEW YORK Benchmark crude for July delivery fell 64 cents to settle at $72.04 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the first time oil prices have fallen in several days. In other Nymex trading, gasoline for July delivery fell 2.18 cents to settle at $2.0431 a gallon and ...

Behind Oil’s Surprising Surge

OPEC production cuts and hedge fund money have lifted oil prices. And fears about a falling dollar could push them higher London—It seems like a paradox: Demand for oil, which almost always rises, is likely to drop by 3% in 2009—the worst decline in almost 30 years. Stockpiles ...

Oil soars above $71, hitting 2009 high

VIENNA – Oil prices soared above $71 a barrel Wednesday to reach a 2009 high, as investors poured money into crude markets to protect themselves against the inflation risks posed by a weakening U.S. dollar. Oil, which typically trades inversely to the dollar, has more than doubled in price ...

Oil rises to above $69 as investors weigh outlook

Oil prices rose to above $69 a barrel Tuesday as traders brushed off concerns that the doubling of crude prices since March is out of step with a weak global economy. Prices also benefited from investors looking for a safe haven in commodities as the U.S. dollar lost ground ...

Oil Falls Toward $68 From Seven-Month High

Oil fell toward $68 a barrel on Tuesday as prices slipped from a sharp rally to a seven-month high in the previous day. U.S. light sweet crude [US@CL.1 68.15 -0.43 (-0.63%)] fell. On Monday, it closed at $68.58 after hitting $68.68, the highest settlement ...

OPEC Expert Says Oil Prices Could Fall Again

Oil prices could fall again because fundamentals are still weak, OPEC's director of research said on Tuesday. U.S. crude [US@CL.1 68.01 -0.57 (-0.83%)] hit a seven-month high over $68 a barrel on Monday amid optimism that the economy would recover, although it retreated below ...

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