Photos Of The Week
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Audi gained a new flagship SUV this week in the form of the Q8. It's a mid-size offering with coupe-like styling, and its aggressive looks are said to presage the new design for future SUVs from the brand. Another SUV in the headlines this week was Hyundai's Grandmaster concept. The big SUV not only previews the Korean brand's new design language, but also a full-size SUV due in 2019 and thought to be called a Palisade. Nope. We're not done with SUVs yet. This week we saw BMW unveil a redesigned X5. The popular nameplate is into its fourth generation, with the newest version offering more...
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2018 Dodge Demon, 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, 2018 Nissan Titan: This Week's Top Photos
Dodge this week built its very last Challenger SRT Demon, and there's likely to never be a car like it again, at least from a major automaker. The street-legal drag racer doesn't have an owner yet as Dodge plans to sell it along with the last Viper in an upcoming charity auction. Fresh from its...
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2019 Ford F-150 Raptor, 2018 Porsche 911 Carrera T, Ferrari SP38: This Week's Top Photos
The performance and capability of Ford's F-150 Raptor is unmatched in the new car market, but the Blue Oval isn't resting on its laurels. The automaker has introduced some updates on the current Raptor just two years after it went on sale. Key among them is a new electronically controlled shock...
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Aston Martin DB11, Ford Mustang GT, coach-built Ram: This Week's Top Photos
Aston Martin's DB11 can be had as either a coupe or a convertible, which is referred to as a Volante by the British automaker. This week we drove the latter on the California coast to find out just how grand Aston Martin’s latest grand tourer actually is. Another vehicle we drove was the...
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BMW M5 Competition, Dodge Viper Targa, Mercedes-AMG G63: This Week's Top Photos
The standard BMW M5 just not quick enough for you? Well, you're in luck as the car has spawned a Competition model with extra power and stiffer suspension. The result is a mid-size luxury sedan that will hit 60 mph in just 3.1 seconds. Volkswagen has revealed its fastest, most powerful Golf GTI in...
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Brabham BT62, Mercedes-AMG E53, Roush Jackhammer Mustang: This Week's Top Photos
The Brabham race team seemingly came out of nowhere this week with one of the most interesting supercars we've seen in a while. While thoroughly modern, it's got an old-school naturally aspirated V-8 delivering 700 horsepower. Just 70 examples of the track-only car, called the BT62, will be built...
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Mercedes-Maybach's Ultimate Luxury concept was one of the major talking points of this week's 2018 Beijing auto show, though not entirely for positive reasons. The concept blends elements of sedans and SUVs but with results that can best be described as polarizing. While the concept isn't bound for production, some elements could appear on a Maybach version of the next-generation Mercedes-Benz GLS. Mercedes also had the first-ever A-Class sedan on show in Beijing. The version shown, designated an A-Class L, has been developed for the Chinese market but an A-Class sedan is also headed to the...
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Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, Buick Enspire, BMW M2 Competition: This Week's Top Photos
Ford's latest prototypes for the Mustang Shelby GT500 are wearing the least camouflage gear yet. Clearly visible are the car's new aero elements, massive brake discs, and the famous cobra badge. Another vehicle we spied this week is the next-generation Ford Focus ST. There's expected to be a...
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Porsche 911 Speedster, Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, Aston Martin Vantage: This Week's Top Photos
The 991 generation Porsche 911 is on its way out, and Porsche is preparing a special 911 Speedster variant to send it off. A prototype was spotted this week, revealing signature Porsche speedster design cues such as the double-bubble rear deck and raked windshield. Another car we spied this week is...
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BMW M8, Jeep Wrangler pickup, Yenko Silverado: This Week's Top Photos
A new generation of BMW's 8-Series is just around the corner, and a high-performance M8 variant is coming too. Here we see the latter flexing its muscles on the Nürburgring. Expect it to feature a twin-turbo V-8 very conservatively rated to just over 600 horsepower. Another vehicle spied...
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This Week's Top Photos: the 2018 New York auto show edition
Cadillac's brand renaissance continued this week at the 2018 New York International Auto Show with the unveiling of the XT4 compact crossover SUV. The segment is booming right now and the XT4, with its combination of handsome styling, generous size, and sharp pricing, should prove a hit. Hyundai's...
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Equus Throwback, Jeep Wagoneer Roadtrip, Volkswagen Touareg: This Week's Top Photos
The folks at Equus are back with another retro creation. This time it's a Chevrolet Corvette with a 1,000-horsepower output and styling cues from multiple past generations of America's sports car. See if you can guess some of them. One of the big surprises this week was the reveal of the updated...
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Porsche pulled one of the biggest surprises of this week's 2018 Geneva International Motor Show by unveiling a new variant of its Mission E electric car concept. Called the Mission E Cross Turismo, it's a higher riding, more rugged version of the Mission E sedan, and Porsche says it will go into production early next decade. Another big surprise was Aston Martin's vision for its Lagonda brand. Aston Martin wants to turn the dormant Lagonda brand into a purveyor of ultra-luxury electric cars. The first model is due as early as 2021. Aston Martin also had on its stand the Valkyrie AMR Pro. This...
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Alfa Romeo Stelvio, Jaguar I-Pace, McLaren Senna: This Week's Top Photos
If you're looking for the fastest SUV in production right now, then look no further than Alfa Romeo's Stelvio Quadrifoglio. It's the current record-holder for the Nürburgring, at least as far as SUVs are concerned, and we just took one for a spin at the Circuit of the Americas. Another vehicle...
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Ferrari 488 Pista, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Yenko Silverado: This Week's Top Photos
Ferrari this week revealed the hardcore version of its 488 GTB. It's called the 488 Pista, and there are rumors it will be able to lap a track faster than Ferrari's LaFerrari hypercar. We guess Pista, Italian for “track,” is an appropriate title here. Another track machine, this one...
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2019 BMW X4, 2019 Mercedes-AMG G63, Ares Mulsanne coupe: This Week's Top Photos
BMW this week unveiled a redesigned X4, which the automaker is introducing for 2019. The quick replacement rate—the outgoing model was only introduced for 2015—is due to the X3, from which the X4 is derived, having just been redesigned itself for 2018. Prototypes for the...
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McLaren Senna, New Stratos, 2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro: This Week's Top Photos
McLaren's latest supercar is the stripped-out track special known as the Senna. Only 500 will be built and all are accounted for. This week we saw the 789-horsepower beast in a new baby blue color and learned all the juicy specs. We headed to South Africa to test the 2019 Audi A7. Right now there's...
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2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1, 2018 Mercedes-Benz A-Class, 2018 Lister Thunder: This Week's Top Photos
Chevrolet this week revealed that its 2019 Corvette ZR1 blasted around Virginia International Raceway's Grand Course West in a time of 2:37.25 during routine testing last month, beating the previous record set by a Ford GT by a full 1.37 seconds. Now, if the front-engine Corvette is already this...
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Mercedes-AMG will add a standalone sedan to its arsenal of fast cars this summer. A late-stage prototype was spotted this week, revealing a number of new clues about the final design. Another Mercedes in the headlines this week was the W125 grand prix racer of the 1930s. A special streamliner version 80 years ago set an average top speed of 268.8 mph over the course of 1.0 kilometer on a stretch of German Autobahn near Frankfurt. It was a record that stood up until last year, when it was beaten by a Koenigsegg Agera RS. BMW this week revealed the racing version of its yet-to-be-revealed...
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This Week's Top Photos: the 2018 Detroit auto show edition
Ford pulled off a huge surprise at this past week's 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit by presenting the original Highland Green 1968 Mustang driven by Steve McQueen in front of the cameras during filming of the hit movie “Bullitt.” Long thought to be lost, the car...
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This Week's Top Photos: the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show edition
The Consumer Electronics Show is certainly not an auto show but cars were very much the central theme at this year's event. One of the standouts was the Fisker EMotion electric sedan, which is slated for production in late 2019 and promised with a 140-kilowatt-hour battery with more than 400 miles...
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Next-gen Porsche 911, Infiniti Q Inspiration, HSV’s final Commodore: This Week’s Top Photos
A prototype for the next-generation Porsche 911 was spotted this week. The latest testers are wearing barely any camouflage gear and also look to be fitted with the production head and taillights. The reveal will take place in late 2018. The folks at Reiter Engineering this week unveiled an updated...
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Aston Martin Vulcan, Koenigsegg Regera, Chevy Corvette EV: This Week’s Top Photos
The Aston Martin Vulcan was designed from scratch to be a track car, so making it legal for street use entails more than just slapping on a license plate and some indicators. A company in the United Kingdom has managed to do it, however. This 1939 Mercedes-Benz 770K was one of the cars used by...
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BMW X7, Ford Ranger Raptor, Volkswagen Touareg: This Week’s Top Photos
BMW’s X7 has reached the pre-production stage. The full-size, 3-row SUV is still a year out unfortunately, but official photos released by the automaker this week give us a good idea of what to expect. Saleen’s S7 supercar went out of production in 2009, but the Californian company is...
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