2014
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Sure, the BMW M235i would be a wonderful machine to put in your driveway or garage. It's not cheap though, and perhaps the 228i might be more in line with your budget. That doesn't mean you can't gain access to a vehicle that wants to reward you when the going gets twisty. BMW has just announced an option for those looking to extract more from their compact two-door. It's called the Track Handling Package, and it's jam-packed with enthusiasts goodies. MUST SEE: How To Put A 2015 Ford Mustang On Top Of The Empire State Building: Video Should you check this box on the options list, your 228i...
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Dodge Launches 'Double-Up' One-Year Lease On 2014 Challenger, Charger
Dodge will allow customers to lease 2014 Challenger and Charger models for one year, then trade up to 2015 models.
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Extra Warranty For 2014 Porsche 911 GT3 Owners
If you own a brand new Porsche 911 GT3, you're probably not enjoying it that much right now. Mainly because it's parked immobile, probably at a Porsche dealership somewhere, mitigating the risk of it spontaneously combusting. It's rather embarrassing for Porsche, which sees itself as an arbiter of...
Antony Ingram -
New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Catches Fire In Germany
The era of camera-equipped and internet-enabled smartphones means we're never more than a few taps of a thumb away from events across the world. That's not so great for Mercedes-Benz though, as it's the latest automaker to suffer a very public fire incident. Images on German website Merkur Online...
Antony Ingram -
BMW Bringing 7-Series Horse Edition To 2014 Beijing Auto Show
On the Chinese calendar, 2014 marks the arrival of the year of the horse, and to celebrate BMW has built a limited edition 7-Series that it will present for the first time at next week’s Beijing Auto Show. Called the 7-Series Horse Edition, the latest special edition is based on the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Launched at SEMA last year, Dodge has now announced performance details and pricing for its retro-inspired 'Scat Pack', available on the 2014 Dodge Challenger and 2014 Dodge Charger R/T. DON'T MISS: Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 To Star In Jurassic Park 4? Inspired by the 'Scat Pack Club' launched in 1968 as a banner for its performance models, the latest performance kits bring a performance boost to the 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 found in both models. The highest-performance Stage 3 kit boosts power by as much as 58 horses and 47 pound-feet of torque over standard--for a total of 433 hp and 457 lb-ft. A...
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Mopar ’14 Challenger Sells Out In 24 Hours
Dodge unveiled a special model at last year’s SEMA show, the Mopar ’14 Challenger, the latest in a long line of Mopar-enhanced models that started in 2010 with the original Mopar '10 Challenger. Well, the latest one has proven so popular that all 100 examples destined for production...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
How To Drive 'The Most Difficult Turn In Racing' - In A Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
The team at /DRIVE have put together another brilliant little bit of motorsports madness, this time in the form of the MOMO NGT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup piloted by Henrique Cisneros. The challenge? Getting through Turn 17 at Sebring International Raceway, known to many as the most difficult turn in...
Nelson Ireson -
2014 Cadillac ELR Recalled For Faulty Stability Control Software
The Cadillac ELR extended-range electric car has received its first recall. The software for the car’s electronic stability control (ESC) system may inhibit certain ESC diagnostics, which in turn may cause the system to fail in alerting the driver when the ESC is either partially or fully...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Cadillac Goes The Informative Route For New ELR Ad: Video
Cadillac's last advert for its ELR range-extended electric coupe was... polarizing, to put it mildly. Called "Poolside", its lead character is either loved or hated depending on what kind of American you see yourself as. Actor Neil McDonough portrayed a man who'd probably sell his own mother if it...
Antony Ingram -
2014 Corvette Stingray Buyers Get $1,500 Discount At Ron Fellows Performance Driving School
Anyone who buys a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray can sign up for a two-day program at the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School near Las Vegas and receive a $1,500 discount. That means you have to pay just $1,000 to learn how to get the most out of your Vette as well as how not to see it end up...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Recently retired racing driver Dario Franchitti, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and four-time IndyCar champion, will be pacing this year’s ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’ from behind the wheel of a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. Franchitti’s appearance at the Indy 500 signals a new start after his career-ending crash last year, with the British driver set to embark on a driver development role with Chip Ganassi Racing. MUST SEE: The Camaro Z/28 Is So Fast, It Outran Its Own Tires. Here's How Chevy Fixed It. As for the Camaro, this will be the eighth time the popular...
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Cadillac Launches 2014 ATS Crimson Sport Special Edition
Cadillac is offering buyers in the small luxury segment more reasons to opt for its award-winning ATS sedan with the launch of a new special edition dubbed the ATS Crimson Sport. The special edition sedan will be produced during the spring of 2014 only, and comes exclusively in a seductive Crimson...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Full Specs On Callaway’s 652-Horsepower Supercharged Camaro Z/28
Just in case the 500 horsepower of the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 isn’t enough to satisfy your power demands, Callaway has developed a supercharger kit that will boost output of the car to a supercar-like 652 horsepower. We recently brought you the first details on the kit, which costs...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Mazda MX-5 Driver Takes Porsches, BMWs, Hondas To Task: 15 Passes On First Lap
There are many things that make oval-track racing more conducive to huge audiences than road racing, not least of which is that the track is always visible to people in the stands, and so, too, are the passes. Fortunately the Internet exists, to let us see acts of greatness like this first lap from...
Nelson Ireson -
Porsche Fires: Every 2014 911 GT3 Engine Will Be Replaced
No carmaker is infallible, and Porsche has found that out the hard way with a series of fires in its 2014 911 GT3. Now, the German sports car manufacturer has announced how it's solving the problem: It will replace the engines on every single 2014 model year GT3 sold--a full 785 vehicles. As...
Antony Ingram -
BMW Hoons The 2014 M5 Competition Package In New Video
We've known since the debut of the 2014 BMW M5 that it would offer an upgrade from the already-monstrous 560 horsepower to 575 horsepower thanks to a Competition Package. Now, BMW is showing off what the new hotter M5 variant can do. MUST WATCH: World's Longest Car Jump Attempt Ends In Fierce...
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The essence of the classic Mini Cooper is easy to define: it's endearingly small. What happens when you mess with the "small" part? In more than a decade since Mini transformed into MINI, its makers have laid progressively larger patches on the road with models like the Clubman, the Paceman and the Countryman, even the second-generation Cooper hardtop. Nowadays, none are all that small, and frankly, not all of them are endearing. MUST SEE: 1966 Ford Mustang ... Limousine? The Things You Find On eBay You could worry that the gradual inflation and mission creep of the BMW-bred MINIs could...
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Porsche To Announce Remedy For 2014 911 GT3 Fires Soon
Porsche has come up with a solution for the issue that caused two of its 2014 911 GT3 sports cars to catch fire.
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The Camaro Z/28 Is So Fast, It Outran Its Own Tires. Here's How Chevy Fixed It.
It's well known that the Chevy Camaro Z/28 has the widest front tires of any production car. At 305 mm wide, those tires produce tremendous grip--especially since they're Pirelli P Zero Trofeo Rs. In fact, they make so much grip, the Z/28 was spinning the tire around the wheel under braking--the...
Nelson Ireson -
2014 Honda Civic Si Priced From $23,780, Civic Si Coupe From $23,580
Honda has introduced a range of updates for its 2014 Civic and Civic Coupe models to help address a number of quality concerns following the introduction of the redesigned models in 2013. The changes add some refinement to the cabin and a bit of aggression to the look of the sporty Si models, with...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Even Cadillac Marketing Chief Worried About 'Provocative' ELR Ad
Turns out that even the marketing chief at Cadillac was "troubled" by the ad it ran during the recent Oscars and Sochi Olympics broadcasts. The goal, according to Cadillac's advertising director Craig Bierley, had been to air a "provocative" ad that would break through the clutter and draw...
John Voelcker -
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Gets A $2,000 Price Increase
Chevrolet has raised Corvette prices in response to higher-than-expected demand.
Stephen Edelstein