Aaron Cole, Managing Editor
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2019 Hyundai Elantra GT N Line hatchback is here because brandalism isn't exclusive to Germany Aaron ColeThe assimilation of the N performance sub-brand into the Hyundai borg didn't take long.
On Monday, the automaker introduced the 2019 Hyundai Elantra GT N Line at the 2019 North American...
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2020 Cadillac XT6 luxury three-row crossover first look: Welcome to the aspirational neighborhoodYou know the type. The suburban home with Hardie board siding, a gabled garage, and HOA-friendly lawn decorations. If it weren’t for the new 2020 Cadillac XT6 parked in the 2+1 garage, there'd likely be a Denali or Jeep Grand Cherokee parked next to the Escalade instead. Now, there are more...
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Aston Martin preparing for "worst case scenario" with no deal Brexit loomingAston Martin CEO Andy Palmer told Reuters on Monday that the automaker has prepared for a "no deal" Brexit future by stockpiling some finished cars in Germany and planning to fly parts in on private jets. "We have to prepare for the worst case scenario," he told Reuters. Palmer said the automaker...
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2018 LA Auto Show in pictures: The cars, crossovers, trucks, and SUVs you need to seeThe calendar year's final major car show felt more like a beginning—not an end. This year at the 2018 LA Auto Show, the 2020 Porsche 911 signaled a new chapter for the automaker and its iconic sports car. We learned that the man responsible for the car's recent success would soon step down...
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2020 Hyundai Palisade revealed: Three-row SUV with family mattersHyundai's on-again, off-again relationship with crossovers not named "Santa Fe" is complicated. The 2020 Hyundai Palisade that just made its debut for the 2018 LA Auto Show isn't named Santa Fe either, but follows closely the Santa Fe XL that it replaces atop the automaker's lineup. When it goes on...
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2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S officially revealed: Here it isAfter countless spy shots and endless speculation, the 2020 Porsche 911 made its appearance Tuesday evening ahead of the 2018 LA Auto Show. Not much about the iconic sports coupe was a secret to fans of the brand, patiently awaiting the 992 model, which is officially the eighth generation of the...
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Simon Blake is a disappearing artist. His most significant contribution to the new Bentley Continental GT Convertible is that it goes away in less than 20 seconds.
That’s hardly enough time to...
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2020 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque first look: Sleek has a sequelWhen it first arrived in 2012, the Range Rover Evoque was quickly derided by pearl-clutching off-road purists who were still debating the merits of air conditioning, power windows, and fuel-injected engines. The sleek, small, luxury SUV grated those folks because the Evoque didn't have a hulking...
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Quiet talk could be big hint about new Land Rover Defender plug-in hybridOur best evidence yet of a Land Rover Defender powered by electrons surfaced this week and hinted at a 2020 arrival. Employees at Land Rover-corporate parent Tata have posted publicly on social media about a "L663 PHEV" project due for 2020. A tipster pointed us toward a Tata engineer who reported...
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10 things we learned from the 2018 Paris auto showThe 2018 Paris auto show delivered a handful of surprises for American car enthusiasts, albeit l'addition attached to each was mostly weighty. This year's most significant reveal for U.S. buyers certainly came from Mercedes-Benz—although which one is debatable. The new 2019 BMW 3-Series was...
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2019 Kia Niro EV sneak peek: More range, more details, more comingThe Kia Niro EV made its European stop Tuesday, likely the last stop on its world tour before a U.S. model is revealed. The Niro EV that showed at the 2018 Paris auto show gave us the most detailed look at the electric crossover heading to the U.S. next year, although Kia hasn't yet said when the...
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2019 BMW 3-Series revealed in Paris with updated tech, engines–no manualThe 2019 BMW 3-Series that debuted Tuesday at the 2018 Paris auto show not only represented the seventh generation of the sedan, but it’s also a substantial leap forward for the iconic four-door that has withered for nearly a decade. The new 3-Series dramatically improves its interior tech...
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SEC sues Tesla CEO Elon Musk for lying about funding, seeks to bar him from running Tesla Aaron ColeNote to readers: This story has been updated from its original version with comment from Musk.
Federal regulators said Thursday in a lawsuit that Tesla CEO Elon Musk intentionally misled investors...
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2019 Cadillac XT4 first drive review: Luxury crossover SUV finally shows up, shows offFashionably late to the party, the 2019 Cadillac XT4 small crossover SUV doesn’t bother to shake hands at the door. It swaggers past competitors and waits for the party to come to it. Uncork the expensive stuff, you guys. The 2019 Cadillac XT4 is the girlfriend meme in automotive form, svelte...
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2018 Goodwood Revival: Polishing the past, preparing for the futureColor slowly fades from sunset at the Goodwood Motor Circuit like an aging photograph. The sun sets low on the southern England horizon like the high desert. Bright yellows edge toward a brassy orange, tip toward a sultry red, and effortlessly disappear from the day. The pits and paddock drip with...
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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE first look: Luxury family crossover, emphasis on luxuryComing soon to a suburban traffic jam near you: the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class creeping along, fully loaded with cargo and kids. The newest luxe family conveyance bowed Tuesday, full of fuel-saving tech—and just plain ol' tech. It'll hit streets next year, although Mercedes-Benz didn't say...
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Opinion: It's time for Tesla's Elon Musk to step asideIt’s hard to overstate Elon Musk’s contributions to the 21st century. As one of PayPal’s founders, Musk cemented his fortune. As the dreamer behind SpaceX, he cemented his vision for humanity’s future. As Tesla’s CEO, he’s created an automaker that not only...
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Audi Sport boss Michael-Julius Renz talks racing, competition, Formula EAudi Sport's two-year-old headquarters in Neckarsulm, Germany, is an imposing complex of handling circuits, skidpads, and windows that cast light onto every nook, cranny, and crevice of the automaker's high-performance cars. Chief Michael-Julius Renz combs the grounds daily after taking over this...
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Believe what you’ve heard about the blissfully open and unfettered stretches of the Autobahn. These long, gently curving and pencil-straight stretches of German highways are the last bastion...
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2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt first drive review: noteworthy and nostalgicI want to be a hero. A hero reminds me of the best versions of me, especially when I can hardly muster enough courage to get out of bed in the morning. The 1968 Ford Mustang fastback sprayed in Dark Highland Green wasn’t a hero when it rolled off the line in January 1968 and onto the screen...
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8:10 to Romania: Watch Mark Higgins blitz hairpins on legendary highway during practice runGood news for car fans but bad news for productivity: We finally have video evidence of Mark Higgins running like hell up a Romanian mountain last week. This 8-minute clip is a practice run up the hairpin section of the Transfagasaran highway in Romania on July 10 as seen from the nose of the...
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The cars that Sergio Marchionne left us: the good, the bad, and the "unfit"Sergio Marchionne's death Wednesday left a hole in the automotive industry that may last for decades. The plainspoken, sweatered CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles pulled few punches in public—and fewer in private. Longtime interior designer at FCA, Klaus Busse, tweeted Wednesday that design...
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Marchionne steps down as CEO of FCA, Jeep boss Manley to replace himSergio Marchionne, longtime CEO and chief for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, stepped down Saturday due to serious complications after surgery, the company announced. Mike Manley, head of Jeep and Ram brands, replaced him. John Elkann, grandson of Gianni Agnelli and chairman of the company that controls...
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Romanian roulette: Subaru, Prodrive take a record-setting gamble up legendary highwayRichard Thompson picks up his phone with a wet hand and calls back to England from a rain-soaked rural highway in Romania. Something is wrong with the turbocharging system in Mark Higgins’ car. The turbocharger isn’t spinning up to 125,000 rpm consistently. It needs reliable boost...
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