Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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Tesla Model S ‘Ends Range Anxiety’ With New Range Assurance, Trip Planner Updates, Says Elon Musk Nelson Ireson
It’s official, folks: we live in the future. Maybe not the one our parents dreamed of, but a future nonetheless. With just a software update, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] will once again push new...
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Awesome Jeep Chief Concept Leads Six Others To Moab Easter Jeep Safari
There may yet be unexplored country in the off-road utility vehicle world, but the classics are still among the very best. That’s why the Jeep Chief Concept for the 49th annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, is such a stunner. ALSO SEE: New 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Details Released Designed...
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New 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Details Released
The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is still two full months away from its Belle Isle unveiling in Detroit, but it is arriving in bits and pieces, Johnny Cash-style, in the lead-up. Today, Chevy revealed more details about the car’s construction and engine. That’s right, not that anyone doubted...
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2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed First Drive
Whipping three tons of steel, wood, and glass through the corner, I settle the wheel, straighten the car, and press the brakes—hard. Coming to a stop, I press and hold the traction control button. It’s time for a $406,000 burnout. Sadly, none of this is on video. Gladly, my head is a...
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MINI Cooper ‘Ghosts’ To Save Earth From Rogue Alien Pacman in ‘PIXELS’
What if a peaceful, friendly, knowledge-seeking mission went horribly, awfully awry? What if sending a capsule of Earth’s art, science, and culture into space were to lead a killer race of video game characters straight to our homeworld? DON'T MISS: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At...
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Tesla Can Now Sell Directly To Public In New Jersey
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today signed into law a provision for Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] unorthodox direct-sales model in the state. Dealer associations have been fighting to block Tesla’s direct-to-consumer model in several states, including New Jersey. ALSO SEE: Watch Kids...
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If you’re accustomed to the speed, handling, and the thrill of the chase you get with a good car on track, you might not figure an electrified econobox is a good pick for your daily driver....
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YOU SAVED IT! YOU MOTHER#@#$%R!!: Video
Fast cars get a lot of press for how well they go. People are always sticking phones to the seat of their Tesla Model S P85Ds, or laying long stripes of rubber with their Hellcats. But an equally important attribute of truly fast cars is the ability to NOT GO; to stop. To stop hard. ALSO SEE: Angry...
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Onboard With Nissan’s Front-Drive GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 Race Car: Video
Sadly, the new wrong-wheel-drive Nissan GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 car won’t be making it to the first couple of rounds of the World Endurance Championship thanks to a failed crash test, but it is nonetheless one of the most interesting cars in the Le Mans series running—whether on the grid or...
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LaFerrari Gets Upgraded Fuel Tank (NOT A RECALL) To Reduce (Completely Not Serious) Fire Risk
The Ferrari LaFerrari hardly seems like it needs an upgrade, especially so soon after its unveiling, but an upgrade (NOT A RECALL) is in progress. All LaFerraris will be given this upgrade (NOT A RECALL) in the near future. MUST SEE: Watch Kids React To The Tesla Model S P85D's Insane Mode: Video...
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2016 Nissan GT-R Priced, 45th Anniversary Gold Edition Announced
There are some minor changes in store for the 2016 Nissan GT-R, including a new 45th Anniversary Gold Edition celebrating the GT-R’s heritage. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At Lamborghini Aventador: Video Wearing the same Silica Brass color that adorned the R34 2001 Skyline GT-R...
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Hear The 2016 Chevy Camaro’s V-8 Engine Rev & Rumble: Video
The pistons flagellating your eardrums are the octuplets found under the hood of the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro, and fortunately, we won’t have much longer to wait until we hear them in real life rather than through a set of speakers. DON'T MISS: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Spy Shots In just two...
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2016 Camaro Teased, Toyota Makes Funny, 'Furious 7' Skydrops Cars: The Week In Reverse Nelson Ireson
The 2016 Chevy Camaro is teased again as part of the promo for the 500,000th fifth-generation Camaro’s production, Toyota does make boring cars—but its ads sure can be funny, and the...
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Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At Lamborghini Aventador: Video
This is one of those moments of intolerance the world could really do without. The scene: A Lamborghini Aventador runs through the revs, but appears to be under 60 mph when a man walks into the street. The Aventador driver slows, and the man, chanting “Keep racing! Keep racing!” while...
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Hand-Building A Bugatti Veyron’s W-16 Quad-Turbo Engine: Video
Not even a small town’s worth of people will ever own a Bugatti Veyron of any stripe, and it’s no longer being built, but it’s still one of the most important cars of the past two decades. Here, we get to see the quad-turbocharged, W-16 engine being built. MUST SEE: First 725-HP...
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Cadillac CT6 Gets 64-Percent Aluminum Structure That Saves 198 Pounds
With just weeks left until the Cadillac CT6’s unveiling ahead of the 2015 New York Auto Show, we don’t have long to wait to find out all of the details on the new flagship American luxury sedan. But as you’d expect, Cadillac is prepping us with some of the nitty gritty details...
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Dodge Temporarily Restricts Orders Of All SRT Hellcats Due To Crazy Demand
In the realm of problems, this is a good one to have: Dodge has had to restrict new orders of the Charger and Challenger SRT Hellcat until it can fill existing orders, because too many people want to buy the 707-horsepower cars. WATCH: 2016 Chevy Camaro Teased In 500,000th Fifth-Gen Camaro Video...
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2016 Chevy Camaro Teased In 500,000th Fifth-Gen Camaro Video
The 2016 Chevy Camaro is coming—soon—and GM can hardly wait. They’ve got the sixth-gen Camaro itch so bad, they keep dropping teasers of it everywhere. Here we have the latest: at the tail end of the video celebrating the sale of the 500,000th fifth-generation Camaro in the U.S...
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Hidden alongside this morning’s announcement of the new fourth-generation Mazda MX-5’s arrival in a free-to-download Forza Horizon 2 pack is some even better news: the actual curb weight...
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Clarkson So Upset With BBC He May Quit 'Top Gear': Punch, Cry, Run?
The bravado and buffoonery that have become Jeremy Clarkson’s trademark style have landed him in hot water with the BBC once again—and this time, he’s been suspended. On top of that, Top Gear will not be broadcast this Sunday as a result. Now, according to a source close to...
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Bloodhound SSC Ballistic Testing Shoots Bits Of Wheel At Driver At 2,300 MPH: Video
When traveling at 1,000 mph, the Bloodhound SSC land speed record car’s wheels will spin 10,200 times per minute—or 170 times per second. If part of the wheel comes off at that speed, you’re talking about a life-ending projectile. ALSO SEE: Clarkson So Upset With BBC He May Quit...
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500-WHP 311RS Evo X Spec Blew Previewed At Twin Cities Auto Show
The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X may be on its last legs before dying an odd death—to be reincarnated as some type of hybrid—but the gang at 311RS have breathed new life into the car once again. ALSO SEE: Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson Suspended By BBC For Alleged Punch Thrown, No...
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BMW i8 Joins Dubai Police Fleet: Video
Socially conscious criminals of Dubai, rejoice: soon, you may be apprehended in a very efficient vehicle. The BMW i8 has joined the Dubai Police force. ALSO SEE: Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson Suspended By BBC For Alleged Punch Thrown, No Show This Week Alongside exotics and hypercars like the...
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(Unofficial) World’s Fastest Hot Tub: The Carpool Deville
While 50 mph doesn’t sound like much for a top speed, and a Cadillac Deville filled with water doesn’t sound like much of a top-speed car, the Carpool Deville is the world’s fastest—hot tub, that is. Unofficially. ALSO SEE: Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson Suspended By BBC...
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