Roadsters
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It doesn’t seem possible, but the relationship between Mercedes-Benz and AMG stretches back some 45 years, dating to 1967. Founded by a pair of former Mercedes-Benz engineers, AMG originally developed engines for motorsport competition. Today, the company is best known for making Mercedes-Benz luxury vehicles go faster, or in some cases, much, much faster. To commemorate a marriage lasting 45 years, a party and a sheet cake seemed inadequate, so AMG cooked up a special version of its SL 65 AMG roadster for 45 lucky buyers. Details are currently lacking on the 45th Anniversary SL65 AMG...
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Porsche Invades New York's Grand Central Station: Video
To promote its all-new Boxster, Porsche is sponsoring an event it calls The Spirited Escape. Starring NFL-linebacker-turned-travel-host Dhani Jones, The Spirited Escape is a documented road trip from New York City to Porsche's Sport Driving School at Barber Motorsport Park in Leeds, Alabama. To...
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Court Says Classic Mercedes Was Stolen, May Belong To Pyrm Family
A German court has ruled that the 1937 Mercedes-Benz 500K Special Roadster purchased by Dutch collector Frans van Haren in 2011 was illegally liberated from Germany as a “spoil of war,” and that the descendants of the original owner have a legitimate claim to ownership of the car. Van...
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Epic Barn Find: 1961 Corvette, Parked Since 1968
Barn finds are often the stuff of urban legend, and tales usually begin with, “I knew a guy who knew a guy who had a friend with a 13 mile 1978 Corvette parked in his garage since new.” Connecting the dots to find the car often proves to be impossible, or the tale has been handed down...
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2013 Porsche Boxster S: First Drive
With better looks, more power, better gas mileage, and improved handling, the 2013 Porsche Boxster is the best luxury roadster you can buy. Yep, I said it: don't bother with the BMW Z4 or the Mercedes-Benz SLK. This is the roadster you want. The last Boxster, the 986, was a bit rough around the...
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MINI Roadster Designed For 2012 Life Ball Makes Its Debut
MINI has been a part of the Life Ball charity event since 2001, and a string of designers have given various MINI models a high-profile make over. Through the years, MINIs have been restyled by the likes of Diesel, Versace, DSQUARED², and The Blonds for Katy Perry. This year, a MINI Roadster...
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It’s been a busy year for speculation on future Porsche models, and we’re not even at the halfway point yet. In January, Porsche CEO Matthais Mueller seemed to say “nein” to the idea of an entry-level Porsche roadster by commenting, “Possibly we need to wait until the next generation of customers before the idea of a small roadster will work for Porsche.” Not two months later, Mueller told us directly that a sub-Boxster was definitely still in the works, but the timing was the big question. Knowing that such a car would take three years to hit production...
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1958 Porsche Speedster Could Be The Barn Find Of The Year
If you’re looking for an all-original 1958 Porsche Speedster with less than 100,000 miles on the clock, where would you even start looking? A high-end auction, like RM Auctions or Gooding and Company? A retailer of collectible cars, like Canepa Design? Chances are good you wouldn’t...
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BMW Working On Harder-Edged Z4 Replacement: Report
Make a list of the world’s best-handling roadsters, and what would be on it? The Porsche Boxster, without a doubt, and likely the Honda S2000 (even though it’s no longer in production). We’d expect to see the Nissan 370Z on the list, as well as the Mazda MX-5 Miata. On the other...
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Lamborghini Aventador Roadster Likely To Use Targa Top: Report
The open-air version of the Lamborghini Aventador didn’t appear in Geneva as we expected, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t still in the works. Lamborghini is neither confirming nor denying the existence of the car, but sources with ties to the Italian automaker are leaking what they...
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Porsche Explains The Spirit Of The Boxster: Video
Every open-top Porsche model ever built, from the 1948 Porsche 356 Cabriolet to the newly-redesigned 2013 Porsche Boxster, has had a certain spirit about it. There have always been faster open-roof cars, and more luxurious open-roof cars, yet somehow none manage to deliver the essence of a Porsche...
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MINI Supports 2012 Life Ball With New One-Off Designer Roadster
Since 2001, MINI has partnered with the Life Ball, an annual charity event that raises money to combat the spread of HIV and AIDS. Via the donation of 10 designer-prepared MINIs, that automaker has raised over 500,000 euros ($656,500) to support Life Ball in the past decade. This year is no...
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Let’s be perfectly clear about something: Las Vegas exists to separate you from your money as quickly and efficiently as possible. With the possible exception of games of skill, winning a jackpot is as likely as being simultaneously struck by lightening, attacked by a polar bear and swarmed by killer bees. Your odds of winning a six-figure-value prize by playing penny slots aren’t even that good, which could make MaryEllen Cobb of West Nyack, New York, the luckiest person on the planet. Cobb, as Wheels explains, won a Tesla Roadster Sport with a retail value of some $150,000 by...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG: First Drive
To understand a car—okay, especially one that’s perhaps a little removed from our own fiscal reality—it helps to peer into the buyers’ mindset for a stint, and to go where they might go. And when the place happens to be the French Riviera, and the car is the 2013...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class Official Walkaround: Video
So you've seen the photos, you've read the reviews, but you're still eager to see more about the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class? You're not alone, and you're in luck: Mercedes-Benz itself offers us this up-close look at the luxoroadster in a detailed walkaround video. From design to heritage to specs...
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Chrysler Narrates The Evolution Of The 2013 SRT Viper: Video
Chrysler has released a series of videos giving the back story to the 2013 SRT Viper.
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Volkswagen Shows E-Bugster Electric Beetle In Beijing
Volkswagen has chosen the Beijing Auto Show for the Asian market reveal of its E-Bugster electric concept, shown to North American audiences in hardtop form at this year’s Detroit Auto Show. Based on the newly redesigned Volkswagen Beetle, the E-Bugster (which is an amalgam of Electric Bug...
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Acura NSX Roadster Appears At 'Avengers' Premier: Video
The Avengers is a soon-to-be-blockbuster movie about a group of fictitious-yet-realistically-dysfunctional superheros. The Acura NSX Roadster, for the moment at least, remains as fictitious as the Avengers' Iron Man, Tony Stark (whose character, incidentally, was patterned on Tesla’s Elon...
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In 1962, a new sports car with a British body and an American V-8 engine appeared at the New York Auto Show. Built under the vision of Carroll Shelby, a Texas chicken farmer and racer, few could have envisioned that the Shelby Cobra on display would eventually become one of the most iconic cars in the automotive world. The story of the Shelby Cobra is filled with deals that fell apart or never came to fruition. A.C. Cars, the supplier of the body and chassis behind the Cobra, wasn’t Shelby’s first choice for a partner. It was only after Austin-Healey declined Shelby’s...
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Chris Harris Contrasts The New Mercedes SL With The Old: Video
Chris Harris drives four generations of Mercedes-Benz SL roadster to get a sense for the history behind the 2013 SL550.
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Mercedes' New SL550, And The Importance Of Paying Attention To Details: Video
The latest version of Mercedes-Benz’s iconic roadster, the SL, comes packed full of all the best the German automaker has to offer. In addition to the quality of materials that you’d expect in a Mercedes-Benz, the SL comes with a near-dizzying array of standard and available features...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Teased In New Trailer: Video
The Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG shows its stuff in a new video trailer that precedes the car's launch in New York.
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Propane-Powered Morgan Plus 8 Turbo Defines 'Unconventional'
Found on Bring A Trailer, this propane-powered and turbocharged Morgan Plus 8 isn't for everyone.
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Chris Harris Drives Porsche's New Boxster S: Video
Evo's Chris Harris drives the new Porsche Boxster S to reveal the good, the bad and the ugly.
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