2015
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Subaru’s Forester has received a new STI-enhanced variant, but like the STI-enhanced BRZ the new hot Forester is being offered exclusively in Japan. We’re not talking a fully-fledged STI model like the Impreza WRX STI, but rather a run-of-the-mill Subaru that's been upgraded with some off-the-shelf STI parts. Subaru likes to call them tuned by STI vehicles, or tS for short. MUST SEE: Watch A Big Rig Jump A Moving Formula One Car: Video Mechanical upgrades for the Forester tS include 19-inch alloys from BBS, 17-inch Brembo brake discs at all four corners, lowered suspension, an...
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Hennessey Offering 1,000-HP Upgrade For 2015 Corvette Z06: Video
Deliveries of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 are yet to start but John Hennessey and his team at Hennessey Performance have already come up with a number of performance upgrades for the car, ranging from about 750 to 1,000 horsepower. DON'T MISS: Watch A Big Rig Jump A Moving Formula One Car...
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Jay Leno Gives Wounded Veteran A 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat: Video
The former talk-show host gives a veteran of the Afghanistan conflict the keys to a brand new Hellcat.
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2015 Nissan Juke Priced From $21,075, Juke NISMO RS From $28,845
Nissan’s updated Juke crossover, which we first saw back at the Geneva Motor Show in March, has finally made its U.S. debut, appearing this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The Juke only arrived three years ago so this only represents a mid-cycle update, and a mild one at that. MUST SEE...
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MINI 5 Door Renamed A Hardtop 4 Door For U.S., Gets $22,550 Price Tag
MINI’s new 5 Door unveiled last summer will be called the Hardtop 4 Door when it goes on sale in the U.S. in January. The name change was announced at this week’s Los Angeles Auto Show, where the vehicle is being showcased alongside the tasty Superleggera Vision concept car. The Hardtop...
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2015 Ferrari LaFerrari XX Spy Shots
Earlier in the year a Ferrari exec confirmed that development had started on an ‘XX’ experimental version of the LaFerrari supercar, and soon after prototypes of the track-only special were spotted at some of Europe’s top race tracks, including Germany’s Nürburgring...
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Volvo revealed its all-new V60 Cross Country earlier this month, with a release of pictures and specs; but now it's been priced, at its official U.S. debut at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. The starting price for the V60 Cross Country is just $41,925, which is $1,300 less than the starting price of the 2015 Audi Allroad, or around $4k more than the V60 all-wheel-drive wagon on which it's based. The Cross Country is similar in concept to the Allroad, as well as the Subaru Outback, in that it offers buyers the option of going off-road without them having to resort to a more conventional SUV...
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2015 Chrysler 300 Preview: 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show
If you’re in the market for a big and brawny sedan with a touch of luxury and refinement, it’s hard to look past the Chrysler 300. And now the Chrysler flagship has been made even more enticing, with new styling, greater refinement and more tech, but best of all it’s still...
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2015 Lexus RC Priced From $43,715
While the high-performance RC F may have stolen much of the limelight, the Lexus RC's tamer RC 350 variant certainly shouldn’t be overlooked by anyone in the market for a sporty two-door with a bit of luxury. In the U.S. the 2015 RC is available with either a 3.5-liter V-6 in the RC 350 or a...
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2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Heads To Dealers: Video
The wait is finally over boys and girls. The 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and all its 707 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque is on its way to dealerships across the country. And as you may have guessed there has been plenty of interest surrounding this future collectible; Dodge tells us...
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2015 Maserati Quattroporte And Ghibli Receive Updates
Maserati’s Quattroporte and Ghibli sedans are still fresh on the market but they’re already receiving their first updates. The changes are being introduced for the 2015 model year and we’ll see them for the first time next week at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. The most...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Video Road Test
Germany doesn’t have a lock on great sport sedans—but it sure has more than its fair share. BMW’s 3-Series has had bragging rights for decades, and the Audi A4 has a strong game. So what about the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class? It’s making a harder sell than ever to win over...
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Ferrari is currently working on a more extreme version of its LaFerrari flagship that will follow in the footsteps of previous ‘XX’ experimental cars like the 599XX and Enzo-based FXX. Prototypes have been spotted for the past year and now we’re hearing that the reveal is set to take place in just a few weeks. MUST SEE: Man On Rocket-Powered Bicycle Sets World Record, Smokes Ferrari In the Process: Video According to Top Gear, Ferrari will present its LaFerrari XX (name yet to be confirmed) at the Finali Mondiali event taking place at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit...
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First 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Convertible Crashed
The 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is yet to go on sale but has already suffered its second crash, this time in its convertible bodystyle. This makes the latest crash, which took place on a wet highway near Jackson, Michigan, the first for the 2015 Corvette Z06 Convertible. The previous crash involved...
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Henrik Fisker & Galpin To Debut New American Muscle At L.A. Auto Show
There's some new American Muscle coming to the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. No, we're not talking about anything Hellcat, not the Z/28, and not some sort of Boss mobile. Instead, a familiar name in the car design space has teamed up with a familiar name in the Sell Every Ford on the Planet space...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMG first drive review
Let's get one thing straight right up front: Despite its model name, the 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMG--soon to be a Mercedes-AMG GLA45--is no GL-like utility vehicle. It may have all-wheel drive, but the high-performance sibling of the far more common 2015 GLA250 model sits far closer to the...
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Chevy Picks Green Flash Name For Latest Camaro Special Edition
About a month ago, Chevrolet revealed a pair of special edition Camaros destined to be the last for the current fifth-gen car (the all-new sixth-gen Camaro is just around the corner). One of these didn’t have a name, with Chevy providing fans the opportunity to name the car by posting...
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2015 Alfa Romeo 4C: Motor Authority’s Best Car To Buy 2015
Picking the best performance and luxury car of the year is a difficult thing. Determining which is the best, or at least your favorite, from a crowd of very pleasing choices, can often come down to purely qualitative elements. So it is with Motor Authority's Best Car to Buy 2015, the 2015 Alfa...
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Refined, elegant, and mature in a way almost no other hatchbacks in America are, the 2015 Volkswagen GTI not only boasts a strong and vibrant fan base for its past models, but a strong and growing population of drivers of its newest, seventh-generation, version as well. It’s also a driver’s car, even with all of the modern traction control, torque delivery, and electric steering Volkswagen can throw at it. As Bengt Halvorson noted in Motor Authority’s first drive of the GTI, “And altogether, the knockout punch here is how fluid and unflustered the 2015 GTI feels...
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2015 Subaru WRX: Best Car To Buy Nominee
The undeniable new-car performance bargain of the moment, the 2015 Subaru WRX puts up a spec-sheet-to-dollars display of efficiency that no other car can really match. For the price of a Scion FR-S, you can run with much of the world’s elite road cars in nearly any conceivable setting...
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2015 Porsche Macan: Best Car To Buy Nominee
Like the Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMG, the Porsche Macan is a new breed of crossover that more closely resembles the hot hatch than anything else. Call it a tall, fast wagon, we don’t really care. What it is is amazing. No, really, it is. As Marty Padgett wrote in our first drive review...
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2015 Porsche 918 Spyder: Best Car To Buy Nominee
Watching a professional race car driver slide off the track as he struggles to keep the Porsche 911 Turbo S he’s driving in front of your journalist-piloted 918 Spyder is a remarkably satisfying feeling. That is, until you realize that the car is doing much of the work for you. During my...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMG: Best Car To Buy Nominee
Hot hatch fans of the U.S., you are increasingly out of luck in the form of proper fun-to-drive fast hatchbacks aside from a few notable examples. But, looking forward, the future of the hot crossover is ever brighter—and before you dismiss the idea out of hand, consider this, the 2015...
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Acura Teams Up With Galpin Auto Sports To Build A Custom TLX For SEMA
Acura isn’t a brand you normally associate with SEMA but the Japanese automaker was there this week with a modified version of its TLX, which was developed together with Galpin Auto Sports (GAS). The vehicle is strictly a concept but hints at the tuning potential of the new sport sedan, which...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran