Fiat 500 Abarth visits Jay Leno's Garage

Joe Grace, Fiat Vehicle Line Executive, swung by Jay Leno's garage with the brand's new 500 Abarth for a little history lesson and a quick walk around. Here in the States, it's easy to forget that Karl Abarth, the man behind the Fiat tuning division, was as driven as they come when pushing the performance envelope. Abarth got his start racing motorcycles before turning his eye to four-wheeled prototypes and aftermarket performance, and his list of lifelong achievements is as lengthy as it is varied. Abarth was our kind of guy.

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Philips Xenium X623 Dual SIM Phone

Philips is gearing up to drop another dual SIM phone in Russia called the Xenium X623. Coming in a candybar form factor, the handset sports a 2.4-inch 240 x 320 display, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), dual SIM card slots, a 5.0MP camera, an FM radio with RDS, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, a USB port and a 2000mAh battery (up to 23 hours of talk time or up to 50 days in standby). The Xenium X623 will become available this month for 6000 Rubles (about $194).

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Nokia Asha 300 Touch And Type

Nokia India has released the Asha 300 Touch and Type. Powered by the S40 OS, the 3G handset is powered by a 1Ghz processor with a 2.4-inch resistive touchscreen display and a 5MP digital camera with video recording at 25fps. Other specs include a Stereo FM radio, an MP3 player, an upgraded Nokia Browser gives you swipe access to apps, music or games from the Nokia Store. The Nokia Asha 300 Touch and Type comes with a 1,110mAh battery that provides up to 7-hour of talk time and up to 550-hour of standby time. Available in graphite, night Shade, gold, white silver, pink and red, the Nokia Asha 300 Touch and Type is priced at Rs.7,409 ($144).

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Traxxas XO-1 Electric RC Supercar

Remote controlled cars are always quite interesting gifts for the young and the young at heart. There are also RC cars that appeal to the serious enthusiasts that buy them to race them in specially built in race courses with other RC enthusiasts. It may be for the latter group that this unique Traxxas XO-1 Electric RC Supercar might become appealing. The Traxxas XO-1 Electric RC Supercar looks beautiful enough as a sportscar model to ogle at. But it is what it can do that makes it even more appealing. This RC sportscar can travel at a top speed of 100 mph. it can also go from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.3 seconds.

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November 2011: Black Friday Edition

U.S. auto sales during the month November were up on the backs of companies like Chrysler, Volkswagen and Kia, all three of which reported major gains for their respective brands. The Chrysler Group in particular posted positive numbers for all four of its brands, including a spectacular 92.23-percent rise in sales for the Chrysler brand itself. Volkswagen and Kia didn't perform quite as well, but each managed gains of around 40 percent.
This time, Honda stands alone as the only major automaker to post a sales decline in November. The Japanese automaker's brands (Honda and Acura) together posted a drop of 6.35 percent.

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Jaguar's jungle looks awfully inviting in new ad

There are plenty of attributes we associate with Jaguar. Luxurious, powerful and attractive all spring readily to mind, but we're not sure we'd tie the world "playful" to the brand. Jaguar seems to think otherwise, and has released a new ad showing three of its most sultry models frolicking about in jungles both natural and urban. The spot ends with the tagline "Welcome To Our Jungle," though Axl Rose and Slash are conspicuously absent.
The XJL Supersport, XFR and XKR-S all share some time on screen set to a little Spanish guitar and the bark of delicious supercharged 5.0-liter V8 exhaust notes.



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Brazilian motorcycle stunt show doesn't go as planned

We have serious respect for the individuals employed in the world's various stunt shows. It takes hours of practice, meticulous choreography and massive amounts of skill to be able to manipulate vehicles in concert, and the specter of immediate death is waiting just off screen should you miss your cue. Take the stunt show at the Beto Carrero World theme park in Brazil, for example. The action centers on two dueling motorcyclists in a faux city center. After an impressive burnout display, the two riders were to pull a wheelie before narrowly threading between three compact hatchbacks.

That's what was supposed to happen.



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