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Update: The Bugatti Divo has made its Monterey Car Week debut. You'll find all the details at this link. Bugatti has a track-focused hypercar coming today. It's called the Divo, and we'll see livestreamed from the The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering in Monterey, California at 11:20 am PDT. A new teaser photo was uploaded to Bugatti's Facebook page on Friday and revealed the Divo will feature dramatically different bodywork to the Chiron on which it is based. An earlier teaser video embedded below gave us a taste of the car's exhaust note as well as the taillights, which look to have adopted a...
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Lamborghini Aventador SVJ arrives with thundering 759 horsepowerIt's finally here. Lamborghini's Aventador SVJ, the current record holder for production cars at the Nürburgring, was unveiled Thursday night in Monterey, California. The covers came off during The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, where Lamborghini confirmed all of the specs including a...
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2019 Acura NSX: New color, new options, new tireIt took Acura 15 years to bring back the NSX nameplate in 2017, but the Japanese automaker is giving the hybrid supercar an update after just two years. On Thursday Acura revealed the revised 2019 NSX at Monterey Car Week. It will take a keen eye to discern the 2019 NSX from earlier...
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Audi PB18 e-tron combines Le Mans prowess with electric futureAudi dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the better part of a decade with its R18 TDI prototype diesel race car and the German luxury brand is now on the front lines of the race for an electric future. At Monterey Car Week on Thursday, the brand unveiled a concept car that combines the two, the...
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New 2019 BMW Z4 roadster breaks cover with M40i First EditionBMW showed the Z4 concept at Pebble Beach last year and further detailed it a month later at the Frankfurt motor show. This year, we finally see the production version. BMW unveiled the next generation of its two-seat roadster with a special 2019 Z4 M40i First Edition. The lines are now locked in...
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Lamborghini Aventador SVJ first lookUpdate: The Lamborghini Aventador SVJ has made its Monterey Car Week debut. You'll find all the details at this link. Lamborghini's Aventador SVJ is set for a reveal during this week's Monterey Car Week, which concludes Sunday with the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. However, our first complete...
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Thousands may apply, but only 200 make their way to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance's famed lawn on the Pebble Beach Golf Links. The event is known for displaying some of the most elegant and exclusive cars in the world, but what process must the cars endure to be accepted? The Concours detailed exactly how it selects vehicles in a video created after last year's event, and it's a great way to kick off this year's event. The process is actually pretty straightforward. A Selection Committee seeks out the best cars from a variety of classes, and it is always open to outside...
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AMG GT R Roadster, Opel GT X Experimental, Ultimate Aero TT: Car News HeadlinesMercedes-AMG is out testing a prototype for a GT R Roadster. The car is expected to debut next year alongside a mid-cycle update for the entire GT range. Rivals include the Audi R8 V10 Plus Spyder, Aston Martin Vantage Roadster, and a possible Porsche 911 GT3 Cabrio. Germany's Opel has unveiled a...
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Opel GT X Experimental concept debuts new design languageOpel on Wednesday provided the first look at a new concept previewing the design destined for models arriving in the mid-2020s. The concept is called the GT X Experimental, and it's a compact crossover designed under the themes of “bold and pure,” the characteristics of Opel's new...
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2020 Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster spy shotsMercedes-AMG's GT R track car by the looks of things is about to drop its top. A GT R Roadster prototype was spotted recently at the Nürburgring and on some of the German race track's surrounding roads. It should arrive on the market next year alongside a mid-cycle update for AMG's standalone...
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Aston Martin's newest hypercar has the most powerful road engine in the world*When the Aston Martin Valkyrie makes its official debut—likely later this year—it will have a record-breaking engine mounted behind the passenger compartment. On Tuesday, Cosworth announced the supercar will make a whopping 1,130 horsepower—the most of any naturally aspirated...
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1967 Ford Shelby GT500 prototype discovered after 50 yearsLong thought crushed and lost to time, a fascinating piece of Shelby and Ford history has recently been found. The car is known as "Little Red" and it's a one-off GT500 notchback coupe used by Shelby American to develop performance parts. Back in 1967, Ford sent Carroll Shelby and his team a...
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Porsche's rally cars of the 1980s are the stuff of legends. We're talking cars like the 911 SC RS and 959 Group B heroes. While Porsche has focused more on the race track than the dirt track in recent years, you'll still find modern Porsches at rally races around the globe. These are typically modified 911 GT3s competing in R-GT events. Now it looks like Porsche wants to offer a rally car straight from the factory. The German firm presented a 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport-based rally car concept during the past weekend's German round of the 2018 World Rally Championship, and said a decision on a...
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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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SSC reveals Tuatara hypercar's twin-turbo V-8It’s been a while since we last heard about SSC North America (formerly Shelby SuperCars) and its promised Tuatara hypercar, a car that could potentially reclaim the production car land speed record for the firm. The good news is that the Tuatara is coming, and soon. After first showing us a...
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Infiniti Prototype 10 speedster concept takes shape in new teaser sketchInfiniti will start switching over to an electrified lineup around 2021 when the first models based on a new modular platform are introduced. That date's a few years off but in the interim Infiniti will provide a glimpse into its future with concept cars. The Q Inspiration unveiled in January gave...
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All SRT products undergo 24 hours of racetrack endurance testingPerformance cars need to perform, and that means withstanding the rigors of track duty and the heat buildup it causes. We've seen that Chevrolet tests every Camaro SS and above (plus 1LE models) on a racetrack for 24 hours and that Audi Sport models do almost 5,000 miles on the Nürburgring...
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2019 Audi RS 5 Sportback first drive review: Faith at unholy speedsBelieve 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 for drivers to flex their figurative muscle and courage, directly proportional to the angle of their...
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Current McLaren driver Fernando Alonso will end his career in Formula 1 after the current season, the double world champion confirmed Tuesday. “After 17 wonderful years in this amazing sport, it’s time for me to make a change and move on,” he said. The Spaniard also thanked his loyal fans and hinted that he might end up in a new endeavour in the not too distant future. “Let’s see what the future brings; new exciting challenges are around the corner,” he said. “I’m having one of the happiest times ever in my life but I need to go on exploring new...
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2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata first drive review: The sports car Mazda intendedThe new Mazda MX-5 Miata we got in the U.S. in 2016 wasn’t really the car it was supposed to be. According to Mazda North American Operations manager of vehicle dynamics Dave Coleman, Mazda wanted to use a 1.5-liter 4-cylinder engine worldwide. Pushback from the U.S. allowed installation of...
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2020 Cadillac CT4 spy shotsCadillac's new small sedan has been spotted for the first time. The car will serve as a direct replacement for the ATS and will likely carry the CT4 name into production. It is expected on the market in late 2019 as a 2020 model. Cadillac has previously referred to the car as a compact but it will...
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America's Vector wants to build a new WX8 hypercarVector hasn't made a splash in the supercar scene since the W8 arrived in 1990 with a 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 and 625 horsepower of grunt. The company is still kicking, however, and it plans a new supercar it's calling the WX8. Vector's website lists some pretty pie-in-the-sky...
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SSC Tuatara hypercar headed to Monterey in production formIt's hard to believe it's been seven years since the Jason Castriota-designed SSC Tuatara concept was first shown to the world. During that time, SSC North America has been busy not only further developing the car but also securing funding as well as establishing new headquarters and modern...
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More details on Alfa Romeo's new 8C supercar due by 2022Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, in its latest product roadmap for Alfa Romeo revealed on June 1, confirmed plans for a new 8C tech flagship to join the Italian marque's fleet by 2022. At the time, we learned that the new 8C will be a mid-engine supercar with a carbon fiber monocoque chassis and a hybrid...
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