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Fans of Shelby's Series 1 sports car launched in the late '90s can look forward to a modern version based on the donor chassis of one of the originals. Unveiled Thursday, the new car is called the Series 2, and virtually every element from the donor Series 1 has been either redesigned or replaced for enhanced performance. The Series 1 arrived for 1999 and has the honor of being the sole car designed and developed from the ground up by Carroll Shelby. The plan was to use the car's aluminum honeycomb monocoque chassis for a line of modern sports cars, which was why the first was called the...
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2018 Ford Mustang GT Performance Package Level 2 first drive: making it a real sports carThe Ford Mustang was born a pony car, but it’s worked tirelessly for most of the last decade to move past its roots. To become a true sports car. The reintroduction of the Boss 302 in 2012 came close, but only in 2015 did Ford finally ditch the Mustang's solid rear axle for modern technology...
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2019 BMW M2 Competition priced from $58,900Roundel fans, rejoice. While BMW is busy focusing on bringing more SUVs and electric cars to the market, the M division still wants more performance options. By hook or by crook, the M folks seem to have snuck one past the money men: the 2019 M2 Competition. And the best part is that there's no...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2019 Bentley Continental GT first drive review: The stuff of dreamsThe day begins in a Sequin Blue 2019 Bentley Continental GT at the exclusive Kitzbuhel Country Club in the Tyrolean region of Austria. Set against verdant rolling hills and tooling through storybook villages, it would be easy to think one is lost in a fairy tale. This car’s cabin is outfitted...
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2019 Bentley Continental GT Convertible spy shotsBentley revealed its redesigned Continental GT at the 2017 Frankfurt auto show and today we have new photos of a prototype for the open-top version, the redesigned Continental GT Convertible. The lack of camouflage gear suggests the reveal is coming up soon. We expect the car to go on sale later...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid first drive review: Porsche’s case for electrificationAn air of practicality sweeps over Porsche these days. It’s not unlike the strong winds coming off the Mediterranean Sea on the warm spring day when I find myself behind the wheel of a 2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid pushing toward the French coast from hilly Provence. This warm, humid breeze...
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The 2018 Aston DB11 Volante just may be the grandest of today’s grand touring cars. A 2+2 convertible with a sensuous shape and 503 German horses under its clamshell bonnet, it’s a beautiful means of getting you wherever you want to go. We drove the DB11 Volante on the California coast to find out just how grand Aston Martin’s latest grand tourer actually is. The concept of the grand touring car traces its roots back to pre-World War II Europe. A two-seater or 2+2, a grand tourer could carry you, your sweetie, and your luggage to a weekend getaway and do it at high speeds...
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BMW prepares for Le Mans return and reveal of new 8-SeriesYou've seen the prototypes and leaked shots, but in just a few weeks BMW will finally pull the covers off its new 8-Series. The debut will take place June 15 in Le Mans, where BMW the next day will compete in the French town's famous 24-hour race with the M8 GTE race car. The last time BMW competed...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Mercedes-AMG GT S now available as roadsterBuyers looking for a serious sports car with luxury and style have a new option in the form of the 2019 Mercedes-AMG GT S Roadster. The open-top version of AMG's sports car made its debut in 2016 but only in GT and GT C guises. Now the Affalterbach tuner has added the mid-range GT S Roadster. Like...
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2019 Aston Martin DB11 gets the AMR treatmentThe DB11 is very much the grand tourer of Aston Martin's lineup, meaning it's big and comfy though not necessarily the best choice when heading for a track. For that there's the Vantage. However, not everyone will want to go with the smaller car, so Aston Martin has developed a sharper, more...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2019 Porsche 911 GT3 R race car revealedPorsche has introduced a major update for the GT3 R racing version of its 911 sports car designed for the 2019 motorsport season. The 911 GT3 R represents the middle tier of 911 race cars, sandwiched between the 911 GT3 Cup and 911 RSR, and is most closely aligned with the 911 GT3 RS road car. As...
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Hennessey Demon runs the quarter mile in 9.14 secondsHennessey Performance Engineering once looked to exorcise the Demon with the Exorcist based on the Camaro ZL1, but now the Texan tuner is fully embracing the dark side. The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon has been receiving attention from Hennessey's wrenches, and the company is ready to offer its...
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Volkswagen's Golf GTI race car developed for the TCR International Series is about to spawn a road-going version. To be called the Golf GTI TCR, VW previewed the new range-topping GTI with a thinly veiled concept version on Thursday at the 2018 Wörthersee Tour, a tuning fest with a focus on GTIs held annually in Austria. The new car is due at the end of the year and will be the fastest and most powerful GTI to date, at least as far as production cars are concerned, with VW confirming an unrestricted top speed of 164 mph to be made possible by an increase in output to 290 horsepower and...
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2019 Rolls-Royce Cullinan ultra-luxury SUV revealedIt may be named after the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, but Rolls-Royce's new Cullinan ultra-luxury SUV is certainly no diamond in the rough. It's polished from the get go and answers a direct call from Rolls-Royce customers seeking a vehicle that can handle any terrain together...
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Lagonda previews ultra-luxury electric SUV coming in 2021The Bentley Bentayga and Rolls-Royce Cullinan better watch out as Aston Martin's revived ultra-luxury brand Lagonda is preparing an SUV for launch in 2021. A preview sketch released Wednesday gives us our first look at the Lagonda SUV and hints at similar radical design themes to those featured on...
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2019 BMW M5 Competition drills out 617 HP for $111KBMW already won us over with the 2018 M5 super sedan. On Tuesday, it hit the gas on a more potent Competition model. The M5 Competition arrives for 2019, joining a M2 Competition unveiled in April. With slightly more power, specific suspension tune and enhancements, and new engine mounts, the M5...
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Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV teased ahead of May 10 revealRolls-Royce is set to enter the SUV game this year with a new model called the Cullinan, the name borrowed from the largest diamond in the British Crown Jewels. It was in early 2015 that Rolls-Royce first announced plans for the vehicle and on May 10 the covers will finally come off. To build the...
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2019 Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe gets Edition 1 treatmentMercedes-AMG's new super sedan, the GT 4-Door Coupe, is ready for its market launch and to mark the occasion the Affalterbach tuner has revealed a special launch edition. Dubbed the Edition 1, the car is based on the GT 4-Door Coupe's range-topping 63 S model and features exclusive interior and...
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We’re far off charted roads, somewhere in France’s L’Occitanie region, on some family estate where wine and off-roading are baronial hobbies, when I first take a peek in the rearview mirror. As I crash a 2019 Mercedes-AMG G63 through trashcan-sized holes and muddy slip-n-slides for a good 10 minutes at AMG-appropriate speeds, I see something trapped in a spiderweb of belts and handles. Behind me, my co-driver has each limb hooked on a headrest or braced against a panel. He tries to stabilize himself as we careen—at our AMG driving instructor’s request—over...
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2018 Aston Martin Rapide AMR spy shots and videoIt's hard to believe it's been almost a decade since the Aston Martin Rapide went on sale, as even to this day the sexy fastback sedan remains one of the best looking four-door cars on the market. The Rapide is on its way out, however, and there aren't any plans for a direct successor since Aston...
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BMW M2 Competition sharpened with M Performance partsBMW already has a full assortment of performance upgrades for the new M2 Competition due in showrooms later this year. Munich's latest creation is near perfect straight out of the box but BMW is well aware that the car targets the enthusiast market. It's no surprise then that the automaker is...
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Alonso tastes victory with Toyota at 2018/2019 6 Hours of SpaIt's been five years in the making but Fernando Alonso on Saturday finally tasted victory again in top-level competition. Driving for Toyota, the Spaniard won the opening round of the 2018/2019 World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, together with teammates Sébastien...
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BMW 8-Series leaked...againA new photo showing an undisguised version of BMW's modern 8-Series has hit the web. It was posted to the Instagram account of Wilco Blok on Sunday and reveals the interior of the new BMW coupe. It joins some earlier photos posted to the Bimmerpost forum in January and revealing the exterior of the...
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Here's what a couple of Le Mans winners think of the Jaguar XE SV Project 8Jaguar created a monster sedan when it built the XE SV Project 8. The 592-horsepower four-door set a production car record when it went around the 'Ring in just 7:21.23 back in 2017. The full production version is being made even faster and Jaguar has quite the helping hand as the Project 8 enters...
Jeff Glucker