2012
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Nissan is expanding its Nismo tuning arm, promising Nismo versions of mainstream Nissan models beginning with the Juke crossover.
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Brabus Tunes The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG RoadsterBrabus has announced a tuned version of the SLS AMG Roadster, built to customer specifications and available with up to 611 horsepower.
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2012 Best Car To Buy Winner: 2012 Porsche 911Picking a single winner out of a field of excellent cars is a tough task, particularly this year, with so many new or significantly improved cars in the luxury and performance realm. Value, style, performance, comfort, and practicality all weigh in, but ultimately, the question of which is truly...
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2012 Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2012 BMW 6-SeriesTop down, cruising through the hills and along the coast of Baja or in the coupe, dashing down Highway 1, the 2012 BMW 6-Series is an experience not quite like any other in the segment: fast, comfortable, stylish, and fun, yet unconcerned with the outer limits of extreme sportiness. In other words...
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2012 Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2012 Nissan GT-RThe 2012 Nissan GT-R gets some serious upgrades to performance, style, and options, and it's up for a 2012 Best Car To Buy award.
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2012 Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2012 Land Rover Range Rover EvoqueThe 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque went from all-new model to staff favorite very quickly, and now it's up for a 2012 Best Car To Buy award.
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Billed by Porsche as the best 911 yet, the 2012 model, or 991, is much like its predecessors, and yet much different. The differences start with a wheelbase extended by almost four inches, nearly two inches wider front track, and yet about 80 pounds less weight. Despite the wheelbase and track extensions, the overall car's size is still amost the same as the 997 911. More aluminum explains the lighter weight, and the longer wheelbase means more useful (though still tight) back seats. But as we found in our first drive, the 2012 911 is more different, more improved, than these factors would...
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2012 Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG CoupeThe BMW M3 has long held the top spot on the affordable luxury sport coupe hierarchy, and for good reason. The latest M3, though not much like its predecessors, continues that heritage with tremendous performance and sharp handling. But it's no longer as solidly perched; rivals like the 2012...
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2012 Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMGThe 2012 CLS 63 AMG's strengths overcome its weaknesses to make it a nominee for Motor Authority's 2012 Best Car To Buy award.
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2012 Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302The 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 is a potent, track-ready car with a bargain price, retro-classic styling, and unique features. It's also a nominee for Motor Authority's 2012 Best Car To Buy award.
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2012 BMW 3-Series Sedans Priced From $35,795The 2012 BMW 3-Series sedans are out, and today, they've been priced. The 2012 328i starts from $35,795 including destination fees, and the 2012 335i starts from $43,295. These new prices represent rises of $320 and $370, respectively, but include more standard equipment, such as a 6.5-inch center...
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2012 Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2012 Audi A7The 2012 Audi A7 is a fine mash-up of luxury sedan and hatchback, with style few have managed to match in the segment. Combining practicality with performance and style with luxury, it's a nominee for our 2012 Best Car To Buy award.
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Earlier this month two brothers from the UK drove a Jaguar XF luxury sedan across the U.S., starting in New York and ending up in Los Angeles after traveling some 2,884 miles. While this in itself is nothing spectacular, the fact that they averaged a fuel economy of 52.4 mpg over the course of the journey is nothing short of amazing. The key was the car’s engine. Rather than relying on hybrid technology, the Jaguar XF driven by brothers David and Alexander Madgwick was an XF 2.2 Diesel. This model isn’t currently sold in the U.S. so the brothers, with the help of Jaguar, had one...
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Autonomous Toyota Prius Gives Test Rides At 2011 Tokyo ShowUnless you're a rich businessman or lazy teenager, you probably see cars as objects to drive, rather than be chauffeured in. A Toyota Prius available to test at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show might make people think a little differently, as an example of the hybrid will be giving show-goers rides...
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Chrysler Gets Poetic With Latest Imported From Detroit AdThe latest ad starring the 2012 Chrysler 300 features some prose from Michigan Poet Laureate Edgar A. Guest.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2012 Porsche 911 Cabriolet Cruises The Coast: VideoWith its brilliant new underpinnings, the 991 Porsche 911 is an incredible sports car. It's also a great daily driver--if you can swing the purchase price. But what if you prefer convertibles? Porsche has you covered. And uncovered. The 911 Cabriolet, revealed to the Internet today, builds on the...
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2012 Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG RoadsterThere's every reason to love the newest gullwing, the SLS AMG. But what about it's drop-top Roadster variant? Is it still just as much fun without the doors? In a word, yes. In fact, the SLS AMG Roadster may be even more fun, in a different way; where the gullwing hardtop is built for purposeful...
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Mercedes-Benz Details The 2012 ML 63 AMG: VideoFresh off its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the 2012 Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG is the company's latest entry into the high-performance SUV fray. AMG's boss Ola Kallenius says it's a segment the company invented with the original ML AMG, and though BMW and Porsche have attacked it with a...
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This January’s 2012 Detroit Auto Show will see the unveiling of the convertible version of the new 991 series Porsche 911, which as we previously reported will debut an innovative folding roof design offering a sharper look, improved aerodynamics and increased refinement. The new 911 Cabriolet has been revealed in two trims, the basic Carrera and slightly sportier Carrera S, which will join their coupe counterparts in showrooms as late 2012 models, meaning they’ll arrive just in time for summer. The biggest difference with the roof compared with previous generations is its...
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Another Fiat 500, Another J-Lo Ad: VideoA new Jennifer Lopez ad shows the Gucci Edition Fiat 500.
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Ashton Kutcher Gives Demi Moore A Lexus, Divorce ImminentPeople put a lot of effort into saving troubled marriages. They see counselors, buy expensive gifts, take romantic vacations, have more kids. According to TMZ, Ashton Kutcher has tried at least one of those tactics to save his rocky marriage, but so far, Demi Moore ain't biting. If you've turned on...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG First DriveThe insults are common and predictably gender-biased: the hairdresser's car, the chick car, etc. But the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK, especially the SLK 55 AMG, throws off those epithets with abandon, rising instead to deliver a combination of sport, speed, style, and comfort anyone could love--even...
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Bentley Auctions Off Continental GTC For Children In NeedBentley has auctioned off a brand new 2012 Continental GTC for charity, helping to raise more than £240,000 (approximately $377,000) in the process. The car was auctioned off at a star-studded event at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester, England, an event that saw singer Kelly Rowland and British...
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All-Wheel Drive Jaguar XF And XJ Plans ResurfaceTo compete against luxury AWD sedans from Audi, BMW and Mercedes, Jaguar is developing AWD drivetrains for some of its cars.
Kurt Ernst