Aaron Cole, Managing Editor
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By the time you've digested and decoded the mouthful that is the 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320's prolific name, rest assured the muscle car will be nearly halfway down a dragstrip.
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Here's the new Toyota Supra heading to NASCAR next year
A week before our peek at the new Toyota Supra all the way in the U.K., race fans in America got their first look at the Toyota Supra heading to NASCAR. Toyota on Thursday took the wraps off its new Supra heading to a NASCAR Xfinity Series groove near you next season. The NASCAR Xfinity Series sits...
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2019 BMW X5 costs $61,695 to start, country club membership not included
When it goes on sale in November, the 2019 BMW X5 will cost $61,695 to start for a turbo-6-powered, all-wheel-drive, Louis Vuitton transportation device, the automaker announced Tuesday. Stepping up to the V-8-powered X5 xDrive50i will add a breathtaking $15,050 to the bottom line this year...
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Max Verstappen claims victory in wild Formula One Austrian Grand Prix
One week removed from the French Grand Prix and one week ahead of the British Grand Prix, it would have been easy for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix to be overlooked by teams and fans. But from lights out, the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring was anything but forgettable. Aston Martin...
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Tesla Model 3 production booms, automaker reports building 5,000 electric sedans last week
Tesla took every hour—including a couple extra hours Sunday—to meet its self-imposed deadline of building 5,000 Model 3 electric cars in seven days. The automaker reported Monday that it had concluded the three-month period ending Saturday by building 53,339 vehicles, including 28,578...
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Hyundai fun day: rumors swirl of hostile FCA takeover bid
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne has courted potential partners for a merger before, but a new report suggests that a new suitor may be waiting to buy the automaker now. Asia Times reported last week, citing unnamed sources, that Hyundai is waiting until later this year to buy FCA...
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Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath said Wednesday that the newly minted electrified performance brand could produce more versions of its first car than the company had originally planned.
When the...
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2019 Volvo S60 officially debuts, Swedish style meets Southern speed
The 2019 Volvo S60 made its official debut Wednesday at the automaker's new plant in Charleston, South Carolina, with a lot of expectations riding on its sleek, four-door frame. The S60 will be the first car produced on American soil for Volvo, the first without a diesel powertrain in any global...
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Investigators say Tesla Autopilot sped up before fatal Model X crash
Federal investigators said Thursday that a Tesla Model X traveling on Autopilot in California sped up before crashing into an highway barrier, killing its driver and striking two other cars. A preliminary report was made available by the National Transportation Safety Board detailing the moments...
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Partially self-driving Jeep Grand Cherokees may start arriving in 2020
The 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee may be Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' first mass-market vehicle available to buyers with Level 2 self-driving tech, company executives announced on Friday. The do-it-all Jeep will lead the automaker's first significant retail foray into self-driving cars, albeit a few years...
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NTSB reports self-driving Uber spotted pedestrian before crash, but didn't brake
A preliminary report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Bureau determined that a self-driving Volvo equipped with Uber's self-driving sensors spotted a pedestrian roughly 6 seconds before it struck and killed her, but didn't attempt to stop because the automatic braking feature...
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2018 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS first drive review: fighting for attention
Born into a prizewinning family, the 2018 Porsche 718 GTS may never be the champion of anything—not in the Porsche lineup at least. That doesn’t mean it’s not a winner. The 2018 Porsche 718 GTS adds 15 horsepower and 8 pounds-feet of torque above the Cayman S or Boxster S, cuts...
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The scene in the rearview mirror of the 2018 Porsche 911 Carrera T is remarkably clear. It’s all high-definition vineyards and crystal-clear coastline, for as long as I dare look back.
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2019 Jaguar I-Pace electric crossover (brief) first drive review: 4:34 to the future
In the four minutes and 34 seconds that I get behind the wheel of the 2019 Jaguar I-Pace, I could listen to “Moby Dick” (Zeppelin, not Melville), make a bag of popcorn, or charge the electric Jag for about 20 miles. Ideally, I’d like to do all three. But I get four minutes and 34...
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From concept to (virtual) reality: How the Genesis Essentia concept coupe came to be
Two months after the 2017 New York auto show, lead Genesis designer Luc Donckerwolke and his assembled team set to work. Their goal wasn’t to rest long after the success of the New York concept car that precipitated the Genesis G70, it was to pronounce to the rest of the world that Genesis...
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Jaguar I-Pace designer Burgess says I-Pace would've never followed tradition
The days of all long-hood, shapely Jaguar sedans and coupes may be numbered. The automaker’s 2019 Jaguar I-Pace electric car made its U.S. debut this week at the 2018 New York auto show and its designer Wayne Burgess said that drawing the I-Pace required him to skip what made his Aston Martin...
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Genesis Essentia Concept: Here’s your luxury Rorschach test
Pick two for your concept car this year: Fast, green, or coming soon. The Genesis Essentia Concept that bowed Wednesday at the 2018 New York auto show opted for fast and green, a future look at a distant electric two-door coupe from the nascent luxury automaker. The Essentia’s look takes...
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2019 Jaguar F-Pace SVR coming to New York auto show; who ordered the spicy one?
Jaguar signed its chit and joined the “blisteringly fast SUV” country club Monday when it unveiled the 2019 Jaguar F-Pace SVR at the 2018 New York International Auto Show. The high-test, high-riding sports SUV makes 550 horsepower and 502 pound-feet from its uprated supercharged...
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The next wave of self-driving Waymo cars will be electric Jaguar I-Pace crossovers, the automotive supplier said Tuesday. Up to 20,000 electric crossovers will be fitted with the self-driving...
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Video from Uber self-driving car that killed Arizona woman asks more questions than it answers
Arizona officials on Wednesday released grainy footage of the Uber self-driving car crash that killed a 49-year-old woman. The video may pose more questions than it answers. The video stops moments before the impact that killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg. It depicts a dark night, a figure that...
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2019 Volvo V60 first look: Volvo hitches its wagon to its own rising star
Volvo's history is closely linked with wagons that could withstand severe punishment. Now, its future is linked with small-displacement powertrains and selling cars like Netflix. The new Volvo V60 appears to have one tire in the past and three more in the future. The 2019 Volvo V60 was unveiled...
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2019 Jaguar I-Pace revealed: Jag's electric crossover power play
The 2019 Jaguar I-Pace electric crossover SUV broke cover Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, catapulting the small luxury automaker into the EV era with its first a long-range, battery-electric vehicle. The production version follows a long lap of the I-Pace concept, which we...
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2019 Audi A6 revealed: The key(less) to new luxury?
The new 2019 Audi A6 was mostly telegraphed. The luxury four-door sedan that was revealed Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show follows the same jabs that the larger 2019 Audi A8 and 2019 Audi A7 threw first with a mid-size uppercut from Ingolstadt. The A6 combines technology found in...
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Imagine wagon: Subaru Viziv Tourer concept shows at Geneva
It wouldn't be an auto show if Subaru didn't bring a lusty concept to the floor. On Tuesday, the automaker unveiled the Subaru Viziv Tourer concept as a preview for future long-roof designs. The Viziv Tourer is slightly more compact from head to toe than the current Subaru Outback, although the...
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