Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Every year since 1981, thousands of Volkswagen and Audi enthusiasts have convened in the Austrian town of Reifnitz, beside lake Wörthersee, for one of the world's biggest Volkswagen group...
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Porsche Tells Us Just How Efficient Its 919 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype Is: Video
As the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race draws ever closer—now just three weekends away—Porsche has revealed even more details of its 919 Hybrid endurance racer. Not only is the car aiming for success at the famous French endurance race, but Porsche sees it as a test-bed for future...
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Volvo Celebrates 60th Anniversary Of Its First Sports Car, The Sport P1900
You've probably never heard of the Volvo Sport P1900 before. The beautiful P1800 coupe or the handsome Amazon have probably registered on your car-guy radar, but in 1954, Volvo produced just 68 units of the Sport P1900—a chic convertible that pointed the way for the more popular P1800 in the...
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MG Eyes New Sports Car, U.S. Return
The old MG car company is best known for its lightweight, open-topped sports cars of the 1950s and 1960s, but since 2006 the brand has been owned by Chinese firm SAIC. Now, SAIC has plans to return MG to its sports car heyday—and could even bring cars to the U.S., if conditions are right...
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Brabus Reveals Upgrades For Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class
If you like Mercedes-Benz cars but find the brand's own AMG line isn't quite fast or eye-catching enough, you've probably heard of Brabus. The Bottrop-based tuner modifies Smarts to S-Classes and everything in between—and now it's turned its attention to the brand-new GLA-Class crossover...
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2015 BMW i8 Tech Highlights Revealed: Video
If you bought a 2015 BMW i8 based on its styling alone, we'd not begrudge you for it. While BMW's i3 has gone for high-tech and futuristic styling, the i8's designers added some good, old-fashioned beauty to the plug-in hybrid sports car. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View...
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Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este is one of the world's premier classic and vintage car events, and visitors can be assured that any vehicle coming away with a trophy is among the best in...
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Mansory Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6: No More Wheels, Much More Power
When Mercedes-Benz showed off the G63 AMG 6x6, many declared it the ultimate iteration of the venerable "G-Wagen"--more wheels, more luxury and more power than ever before. We all forgot one thing, though: Companies like Mansory exist. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View: Video...
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Ryan Hunter-Reay Wins 2014 Indy 500
Ryan Hunter-Reay took his second win of the 2014 IndyCar season at the weekend, emerging victorious in the 98th running of the famous Indianapolis 500. Hunter-Reay, driving the DHL Honda for Andretti Autosport, has become the first American to win the event since 2006, snatching the lead from Helio...
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BMW Individual Designs M6 For DTM Racer
We're sure there are downsides to being a professional racing driver, but it's fair to say the upsides probably cancel these out somewhat. You get paid to drive cars quickly around race tracks, for a start, but the jet-set lifestyle, adoration from fans around the world and healthy income can't be...
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2014 BMW i3's EPA-Rated MPG And Range Revealed
The 2014 BMW i3 is quite unlike any other car BMW has produced in its history, and the same can be said of its efficiency figures. Those have now been revealed for the i3's optional range-extended model, and like its all-electric brother it's one of the most-efficient cars on the roads. DON'T MISS...
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New Aeroboat Revealed With Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12
If there's one thing more satisfying than a Rolls-Royce car, it's a Rolls-Royce engine. A Merlin engine, specifically, of the sort that once powered Spitfires, Hawker Hurricanes and all manner of other fighter aircraft and bombers during the second World War. ALSO SEE: 2015 Audi A7 And S7 Preview...
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It's quite common for automakers to buy examples of competitors' vehicles for benchmarking when they're developing new cars. Only a foolish company would ignore when others are onto a good...
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Toyota Refines Semiconductor Tech For Higher-MPG Hybrids
The greatest fuel efficiency gains can be made on the least efficient vehicles. Improve a 15 mpg car by 5 mpg, and you've raised its gas mileage a third—find a similar 5 mpg improvement on a 50 mpg Toyota Prius and you've dragged it up by a scant ten percent. Despite those odds, Toyota says...
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Mercedes Auctions S63 AMG Coupe For Charity At Cannes Film Fest
The annual Cannes Film Festival isn't just a place to screen the latest movies and rub shoulders with the stars, but a fabulous opportunity for advertising your latest wares. Mercedes-Benz is doing just that this year, but is doing so for charity—by auctioning an S63 AMG Coupe for the benefit...
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Non-Satellite GPS Could Soon Be A Thing
The "quantum compass" sounds like something Dr Who might use, or a 1990s special edition car name. In actuality, it's the name of a new device under development with the British military to allow GPS-style navigation in submarines without the use of satellites. The big news here is that GPS itself...
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BMW Brings In Hollywood Director For i8 Sports Car Ads: Video
So you've developed a flashy new plug-in hybrid sports car, and now you need to advertise it. Self-deprecating is a no-no, as people may not take the new technology seriously. Artful weirdness has its place, but that's not appropriate either. And while the car is fast, footage of it screaming along...
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Enzo Ferrari Biopic Close To Approval
Few car companies are as famous as Italian sports car builder Ferrari, and few company bosses as charismatic as its founder, Enzo Anselmo Ferrari. And "il Commendatore" could soon get hits own movie biopic, following in the footsteps of Ayrton Senna, and F1 racers James Hunt and Nikki Lauda in the...
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If one thing is needed more than any other to succeed in the automotive industry, it's money. A good product helps too, but money is the difference between that product reaching the audience it needs...
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2015 Volvo V60 Polestar first drive review
The Volvo V60 Polestar, we were told before getting behind the wheel for the first time, should not be judged against traditional competitors. Instead, says Volvo, it should be judged on the smile it leaves on your face after a drive. DON'T MISS: Mercedes-Benz 300SL Wrecked After Mille Miglia...
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Blancfleet Makes Supercar Rental Affordable With Crowdfunding
Most of us can't afford to buy the supercar of our dreams. And realistically, most of us can't afford the thousands of bucks it requires to hire one or join a supercar club with regular access to the world's fastest vehicles either. ALSO SEE: Seller Rejects Million-Dollar Offer For Ferrari 575 GTZ...
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Seller Rejects Million-Dollar Offer For Ferrari 575 GTZ
If someone offered you a million bucks for your car, you'd take it, right? Well, you probably would if the car in question was your beat-up old Honda Civic and the man with the money had momentarily taken leave of his senses, but in the rarefied world of coachbuilt cars it isn't so simple. DON'T...
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New Rolls-Royce Phantom To Debut In Three Years, Offer Plug-In Option
Rolls-Royce has reportedly started work on a replacement for its Phantom flagship sedan, due to appear on the roads in the next three years. It will feature a new take on Rolls-Royce's familiar design language, while offering technology not yet seen on any production Rolls-Royce--including an...
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Production VW Golf R 400 May Offer 400-Plus Horsepower: Report
You needn't look little further than the humble Volkswagen Golf as to how far performance cars have come in recent years. Back in 1975, the most powerful Golf you could buy was the 108-horsepower GTI. By 1998, 33 years later, the Mk4 GTI had crept to just 150 horses. Fast forward another sixteen...
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