Car News
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McLaren and the McLaren Special Operations personalization department on Wednesday revealed a handful of special-edition cars. The company debuted the McLaren 570S Muriwai, Papaya Spark, and Sarthe Gray, each of them marking a specific time period in McLaren's racing history—a collection the company calls "Racing Through The Ages." The 570S Muriwai is meant to recall company founder Bruce McLaren's first racing endeavors in New Zealand. Muriwai White exterior paint covers the car, which takes inspiration from Muriwai Beach in New Zealand. There, Bruce McLaren competed in his first race...
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Generation X, Millennials take over in the classic car marketFor the first time, individuals that make up Generation X and Millennials have surpassed Pre-Boomers and Baby Boomers as the largest share of those interested in classic car ownership. Popular classic car insurer Hagerty released data findings on Tuesday that showed Gen Xers and Millennials...
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2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 to pace Daytona 500For the first time, a pickup truck will serve as the official pace car for the Daytona 500. Chevrolet announced Wednesday that its redesigned 2019 Silverado 1500 will serve as the official pace vehicle for the race, with none other than Dale Earnhardt Jr. behind the wheel. Earnhardt Jr., himself a...
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2019 BMW 3-Series first drive review: Benchmark or bookmark?The BMW 3-Series has made bank for decades off its undeniable clout. With its mastery of nimble steering feel and brilliant balanced handling, it’s oozed something from its pores that seeps into brains of enthusiasts like sugar, or mercury. When we talk about “sport sedans”...
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Russian firm wants to build high-tech EV styled like a classic MustangClassic cars fitted with electric powertrains is starting to become a thing, but there's a Russian company by the name of Aviar taking a very different route to achieve a similar result. The startup company is working on a car that features an electric powertrain, a modern interior, and advanced...
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2019 BMW 3-Series, 2020 Toyota Supra, Aston Martin Valkyrie V-12: Today's Car NewsBMW has a redesigned 3-Series on its hands and we've just spent some time behind the wheel. The new 3-Series is bigger and bolder than ever, and BMW is confident the car is the new standard in sport sedan qualities such as ride and handling. Find out what it's like in the links below. Toyota's...
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The Ford Bronco is making a return, and no, we're actually not talking about the yet-to-be-revealed 2020 model. Instead, we're focused on Hamel, Illinois-based Gateway Bronco, which has obtained an exclusive license from Ford to build fresh examples of the first-generation Bronco. Thank the Low Volume Vehicle Manufacturer Act of 2015 for the original Bronco's return. The legislation allows a company to legally assemble limited number of classic cars and sell them as new cars without having to meet modern safety and emissions regulations. Gateway Bronco has for a long time kept a pulse on...
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Bram Schot officially replaces Rupert Stadler as Audi CEOAudi on Wednesday confirmed Bram Schot will serve as its new CEO starting January 1, 2019. Schot, currently the sales and marketing boss at the German automaker, has served as interim CEO since June. He was asked to take over after former CEO Rupert Stadler was arrested in relation to a German...
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Aston Martin Valkyrie's 1,000-hp, 11,100-rpm V-12 rated for 62,000 milesAston Martin on Wednesday gave us our first look at the mighty V-12 engine that will power its Valkyrie hypercar due next year. The engine is being developed by Cosworth, a fellow British firm that has supplied a number of race-winning Formula 1 engines over the years, and it is destined to be the...
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Daimler to spend $22.75B on batteries through 2030German automaker Daimler has put its money where its mouth is with its promise of a fully electrified future: the company announced Tuesday that it will purchase $22.75 billion worth of batteries through 2030. The automaker has plans to not only go all-in on electrification for the Mercedes-Benz...
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Feel the raw speed of the Brabham BT62 at PortimaoBrabham's BT62 supercar is currently testing at top racetracks all around the globe in the lead up to the start of production in 2019. The company recently released video of one of the test sessions conducted at Portugal's Algarve International Circuit, more commonly referred to as Portimao. The...
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Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle could be the fire truck of the futureHonda will use next month's 2019 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to highlight a number of technologies it is working on in fields as diverse as robotics, connectivity and self-driving capability. Among the highlights will be a prototype for a self-driving all-terrain vehicle...
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Volkswagen's 2015 diesel emissions scandal isn't entirely in its rearview mirror yet, and now another scandal threatens the automaker. VW confirmed this week that it sold thousands of pre-production Volkswagen vehicles as used cars, which did not meet regulations in the United States and Europe. German publication Handelsblatt reported on VW's admission after a spokesperson told reporters 6,400 pre-production cars were sold between 2006 and 2018. To make matters worse, Herbert Diess, CEO of VW Group, was aware of the practice since 2016 when he headed the Volkswagen brand. It took the...
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First details emerge on Porsche's hybrid plans for the 911Details on Porsche's first 911 road car with hybrid technology have reached the Internet. Autocar reported Tuesday that Porsche will put performance ahead of efficiency with the hybrid system destined for the recently revealed 992-generation 911. Retiring chief 911 engineer, August Achleitner, told...
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2020 BMW M340i will set buyers back $54,995BMW's new M340i M Performance sedan will cost $54,995 when it goes on sale next summer. The German luxury brand announced pricing for the stylish sport sedan on Tuesday. Should you want all-wheel drive, the price rises to $56,995. Both figures include a mandatory $995 destination fee. The base...
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2020 Ford Explorer spy shots and videoA prototype for Ford’s next-generation Explorer has been spotted again. The vehicle is expected on sale in 2019 as a 2020 model, and judging by the lack of camouflage gear the debut should take place very soon. The last time the Explorer was redesigned was in 2011, when the popular SUV...
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Mid-engine Corvette reportedly not debuting at 2019 Detroit auto showThe 2020 mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette will not make its debut at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, according to a new report. Those eagerly awaiting the most revolutionary Corvette in decades will need more patience, it seems. GM Authority reported the information Monday...
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2019 Porsche Macan, 2020 Audi RS 7, Pininfarina Battista: Car News HeadlinesPorsche's Macan has been updated for 2019 and we've just driven the latest model, in Macan S guise. This particular model features a new engine delivering 348 horsepower, or 8 more than before. What's it like? Crossovers have no business being this fast. Audi has a redesigned A7 Sportback on its...
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Duesenberg may have only been a blip along the automotive industry's vast timeline, but it left a lasting mark. And one of the car's the company was best known for is the latest to be featured at Jay Leno's Garage. It's a 1931 Duesenberg Model J...chassis. Leno explains that be bought the car without a body and has left it that way since. Duesenberg allowed customers to completely customize their cars and often showed vehicles without a body. Toward the end of the company's life, it often swapped different bodies onto the same chassis and called them "new." The Model J was the most powerful...
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Pininfarina SUV will reportedly borrow Rivian techPininfarina will launch itself into the car business in 2020 with the Battista electric hypercar (previously PF0), but it will follow up its first act with an electric SUV that will reportedly use engineering from American electric car startup Rivian. Autocar India reported the news on Friday...
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Germany's Bitter plans Corvette-based shooting brakeBitter is a German tuner of Opel cars that made its mark on the world in the 1970s when it produced a shooting brake called the CD. The car was based on an Opel sedan and came with a Chevrolet V-8, and it had the full blessing of General Motors, which owned Opel at the time. In fact, legendary GM...
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Bugatti Veyron turbochargers cost over $42,000 to replaceExpensive cars often come with lofty maintenance charges, but the Bugatti Veyron is something else entirely. The $1 million-plus supercar's turbochargers cost over $42,000 to replace, according to an EPA document Road & Track reported on last week. To break down the extent of the cost, it will...
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Pininfarina Battista is new name of electric Bugatti Chiron rivalPininfarina Battista is the chosen name of the electric hypercar currently being developed by the new car manufacturing division of Italian design house and coachbuilder Pininfarina. Previously referred to by its code name PF0, the electric hypercar is scheduled for its debut next March at the 2019...
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2019 Porsche Macan first drive review: Honed and tonedThe corners are blind. An oncoming car, bus, or bicyclist could await on the other side. Please don’t be a bus. The lane is narrow. The SUV I’m in takes up almost all of it. There is barely any shoulder, and sometimes a guardrail sits right on the lane line and threatens to add an...
Kirk Bell