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Jaguar kills gold miner in Guyana jungle

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Police say a jaguar prowling the lush jungles of Guyana killed a gold and diamond miner as he fetched water from a creek.

Jaguar kills gold miner in Guyana jungle

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Police say a jaguar prowling the lush jungles of Guyana killed a gold and diamond miner as he fetched water from a creek.

• Jaguar kills gold miner in Guyana jungle - Boston Globe
• Jaguar kills gold miner in Guyana jungle - San Fransisco Chronicle
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Class isn’t cheap: Jaguar XJ to sell for 1.98 million RMB

China Car Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jaguar have found themselves a niche market in China for premium sedans, whilst their traditional competitors have been BMW, Audi and Mercedes in Europe and North America, in China they sail above the Germans. The new Jaguar XJ was shown off in China today at the Guangzhou Auto show along with its eye watering price tag of 1.98 million RMB. The XJ will be available to purchase in the first quarter...

Florida: Jaguar, 7, dies at Brevard Zoo

Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

BY WAYNE T. PRICE • FLORIDA TODAY • November 22, 2009 VIERA — A nearly weeklong struggle to save the life of Xinca, a 7-year-old male jaguar at the Brevard Zoo, ended Saturday morning. "He was one of the more unusual animals here," said Keith Winsten, executive director of the Brevard Zoo. "Jaguars are very powerful cats and often difficult to manage. But he was wonderful."...

Antonov and Jaguar to develop 2-speed transmission for electric vehicles

INAUTONEWS (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Antonov, the UK-based transmission technology specialist, has announced that the company in partnership with Jaguar and MIRA, has been awarded a high profile project by the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board to develop a high efficiency 2-speed transmission suitable for use in electric vehicles. The project will run for one year with Antonov as the [...] > Read complete article inside...

Jaguar XKR – the best drifting car

Cars UK (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Jeremy Clarkson and the Stig take on a ‘Splat the Apple’ competition whilst drifting a VXR and an XKR whilst wearing daft footwear. In a bit of Christmas DVD daftness (a Jeremy Clarkson speciality) Clarkson and the Stig are out playing at ‘Splat the Apple’ on the track at Monteblanco. But there’s a catch. Daft footwear [...] News from: Cars UK | UK Car News Jaguar XKR...

Jaguar kills miner at Marudi

Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

A 43-year-old miner died after he was attacked and mauled by a jaguar in the Marudi Mountains area early yesterday morning. Kurt Rodrigues, police said in ...

Jaguar E Type versus Morris Minor Traveller

Great Classic Cars (Free subscription) | yesterday

Great Escape Classic Car Hire has created the perfect antidote for classic enthusiasts pressurised by the credit crunch. Its new Tortoise and Hare Weekend package is designed to let customers vent their frustration in the company’s rapid Jaguar E Type V12 roadster , then spend a day relaxing and taking in the scenery in its sedate 1957 Morris Minor Traveller . From Great Escape’s base on...

UK firm to develop electric vehicle transmissions

TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

A UK-based transmission technology specialist has received a huge boost after it was awarded a project by the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board to develop a high efficiency two-speed transmission for electric vehicles. The project has been awarded to Antonov Plc, in association with Jaguar and MIRA, and will run for 12 months with the aim [...]

• Antonov to Develop 2-Speed Transmission for EVs - Green Car Congress

Cody, Guy & Adon Join Super Street Fighter IV

PopCultureShock (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

From UDON’s blog Just announced in Famitsu Magazine is the return of three Street Fighter favorites in 2010’s new Super Street Fighter IV game. Last seen in the Street Fighter Alpha game series, players can look forward to the return of: Adon – The wild jaguar of May Thai, and Sagat’s former pupil. Guy – The 39th master [...]

Brown Eyed Handsome Man: Saint Louis Salutes The Father of Rock & Roll - CD - $5.00

Undertow Music Collective (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Features exclusive tracks by The Bottle Rockets, Waterloo, and Magnolia Summer! 1 Fontella Bass - Brown Eyed Handsome Man 2 The Bottle Rockets - Come On 3 Earl - Beautiful Delilah 4 Fairchild - Almost Grown 5 Jay Farrar - Why Should We End This Way? 6 Rockhouse Ramblers - Tulane 7 Tinhorn - Club Nitty Gritty 8 The Skeletons - Jaguar and Thunderbird 9 Soulard Blues Band - No Money Down 10 Bennie Smith...

Car and Driver announces 2010 10Best Cars

Autoblog (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

Filed under: Car Buying , Etc. Our pals over at Car and Driver , now helmed by our esteemable buddy Eddie Alterman , just released their 2010 10Best Cars . Quite an undertaking. As they put it, "58 contenders. $2.5 million total. 12,000 test miles logged." For those keeping track, this is the 28th time C/D has published their 10Best. Surprises this year? No not really. The BMW 3 Series continues...

UK: Antonov leading EV transmission project

Just Auto (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Antonov, the UK-based transmission technology specialist, has announced that the company in partnership with Jaguar and MIRA, has been awarded a high profile project by the UK Government's Technology Strategy Board to develop a high efficiency two-speed transmission suitable for use in electric vehicles.

• Antonov to Develop 2-Speed Transmission for EVs - Green Car Congress

Show us the cash, Lord Mandelson

Autocar (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Having just sat through a speech by Lord Mandelson and an interview, I’ve heard the phrase "low-carbon economy" more times than I’d care to recall. In case you haven’t heard it before, Lord M wants the UK to be the world leader in making low carbon cars and has spent a good chunk of his time in the past year trying to make it happen. He’s also been instrumental in...

SGI unveils Altix UV supercomputer

SlashGear (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

We have talked about SGI before when it unveiled the Octane III desk side supercomputer back in September. SGI is back with the unveiling of what it claims to be the world’s fastest supercomputer called the Altix UV. The machine is scalable from 32 to 2048 cores with architectural provisioning for up to 262,144 cores. The machine supports up to 16TB of global shared memory in a single system...

Startech to debut two new projects at the 2009 Essen Motor Show - 4WHEELSNEWS

habser | 11/19/2009

The latest tuning projects of German refinement specialist Startech include the Land Rover and Jaguar makes. Startech, which is known for its exclusive tuning for Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge vehicles, chose to extend its portfolio with these new packages that will be showcased at the 2009 Essen Motor Show .

Jaguar Land Rover to announce a 170 million pounds loan - 4WheelsNews

habser | 11/17/2009

Jaguar Land Rover is expected to announce today that it has secured a 170 million pounds ($282.5 million) five-year loan from GE Capital, says Financial Times newspaper. This new loan will be used by the company to recover from the global financial downturn.

• Jaguar Land Rover gets £170 million loan - Reuters UK

Preview: Jaguar C-Type - 4WheelsNews

habser | 11/16/2009

Jaguar has plans to produce an all-new C-Type that will be positioned further upmarket and will cost between £45,000-£50,000. The new model, which will sit below the XK, will be designed to rival top-end performance cars such as Audi’s TT RS , the Mercedes SLK 55 AMG and Porsche’s Cayman.