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Jaguar’s new F-Pace has been revealed ahead of its debut tomorrow at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. The small, sporty crossover SUV represents the British automaker’s first foray into the world of high-riding vehicles and is sure to sizzle in the marketplace thanks to a combination of handsome styling and impressive engineering. It arrives next spring, as a 2017 model. ALSO SEE: Porsche Mission E Is A Mid-Size Electric Sedan With 310-Mile Range, 15-Minute Charging: Live Photos And Video Prototypes have already been seen proving the everyday usability and exceptional ride and...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Performance Specs Confirmed: VideoThough we’ve already had a taste of the performance of the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro during our brief drive of a prototype, we now know exactly what it can muster as Chevrolet has confirmed key performance specs for the car. The new Camaro, which lands in showrooms this fall as a 2016...
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Close Look At Shelby's 50th Anniversary Daytona Coupe: VideoThe 50th Anniversary Daytona Coupes Shelby American debuted at last month's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance pay tribute to the legendary models which won the FIA World Sportscar Championship in 1965. CHECK OUT: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Performance Specs Confirmed: Video And while they certainly won't...
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2016 Lexus RX first drive reviewIn a market in which luxury brands are seeming queuing up to change naming strategies for their vehicles—Infiniti, Mercedes-Benz, and Cadillac, for example—the 2016 Lexus RX lineup carries forward with the same familiar RX 350 and RX 450h (hybrid) badges. Truth is, it’s changed so...
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2016 Honda Civic SpottedThe 2016 Honda Civic is officially going to bow next week; but Honda apparently couldn’t wait to sneak out in public with it. Thank CivicX for these first undisguised photos of the 2016 Honda Civic. We'd call them spy pics, but there was no sleuthing required; here it is, in U.S.-spec form...
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Brabus Extracts 600 Horsepower From The Mercedes-AMG GT SLegendary Mercedes-Benz tuner Brabus has finally unveiled its first take on the stunning Mercedes-AMG GT S sports car, and already, even in this initial state of tune, the car is developing a meaty 600 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque. That, says Brabus, is enough for 0-62 mph acceleration...
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A couple of weeks ago, we heard that Nissan was tossing up a radical change in direction for its next Z car, one that would ditch the conventional sports car format in favor of a small, sporty crossover body. As previously reported, the logic behind such a move is to get new, younger enthusiasts interested in the brand. In case you had somehow missed it, crossovers are all the rage these days. Well, perhaps our worst fears have been confirmed as Nissan has previewed a new crossover concept called the Gripz that the automaker says takes inspiration from the original Datsun 240Z, as well as the...
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2016 Borgward BX7 first lookAfter remaining dormant for almost half a century, Germany’s Borgward is finally back with a new model. The company unveiled the BX7 at the 2015 Frankfurt auto show. The modern incarnation of Borgward has little to do with the company that went bankrupt in 1961 and was at one point one of the...
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Rezvani Launches Tamer, More Affordable Beast SpeedsterCalifornian sports car startup Rezvani has launched a new version of its Beast street-legal track car, one that’s slightly less of a beast in character than the original and slightly less expensive to boot. The new version is called the Beast Speedster, and it’s on sale now priced from...
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2017 Cadillac XT5 Revealed In First Official PhotosCadillac’s replacement for the SRX, the 2017 XT5, will make its auto show debut in Dubai on November 10. A local debut will then follow at the Los Angeles Auto Show just one week later. However, we already have a good look at the design thanks to a round of teaser photos released overnight...
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Should Elderly Drivers Be The Autonomous Car Early Adopters?Some automakers tease concept cars with autonomous-driving modes, lounge-style interiors, and augmented-reality windshields and windows, while others tout automatic cruise control, lane-keep systems, and automated parking features as technologies that are the gateway to autonomous driving. But the...
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2017 Cadillac XT5 To Debut At 2015 Dubai Motor Show: ReportFollowing the CT6, Cadillac’s replacement for the SRX will be the next model to adopt the brand’s new naming strategy where sedans and coupes all feature a “CT” in their names and the high-riding models get an “XT”. The names also feature a number corresponding...
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Normally a car coming to a stop on the side of the road isn’t worth a second look but when said car is a Bugatti Veyron, and there’s video involved, it’s worthy of posting. This clip comes to us by way of Almuraba and depicts a Veyron Grand Sport whose driver futilely attempts to start the car while it is blocking traffic on a busy London street. Fortunately some bystanders come to the aid of the driver and help push the car out of harm’s way. ALSO SEE: Google Exec's Wife Hits Fiorano In Her New Ferrari FXX K: Video The reason that one of the fastest cars on the planet...
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2015 Frankfurt Auto Show PreviewThe Frankfurt Auto Show is renowned for its size and prestige, with last year’s event seeing 80 automotive brands take part and 159 world premieres made. This makes the German show the biggest on the automotive calendar, and this year is shaping up to be just as grand. We’ve sorted...
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2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn Drops Top Ahead Of Frankfurt Debut: VideoRolls-Royce is introducing a new model to its lineup of ultra-luxurious rides in the form of the Dawn convertible, which the automaker describes as the “sexiest” car it’s ever built. Due for a formal debut at next week’s Frankfurt Auto Show, Rolls-Royce previewed the vehicle...
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Borgward Teases Its First New Car In More Than 50 YearsMany readers won’t be familiar with historic German brand Borgward, since the company originally went bankrupt back in 1961. That’s set to change, however, as a revival is in the works, with brand founder Carl F. W. Borgward’s grandson Christian Borgward and Chinese industrial...
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2016 Jaguar XF first drive reviewE-Class, 5-Series—some of the best luxury cars in the world are mid-size sedans. But the battle for hearts and minds, and roads, isn't just between those epic four-doors. We'd put the vaunted Audi A6 and the excellent Cadillac CTS on the list, too. Is there room for one more truly great...
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Audi Ups Power On SQ5 TDI With Plus Trim: Forbidden FruitAudi is working on a new generation of its Q5, but to send out the current model with a bang the German automaker is launching a new, more powerful version of the SQ5 TDI model. The new version adopts Audi’s Plus labeling and makes its debut on September 15 at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show...
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General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] Australian division Holden has given us our first look at its final Commodore fully developed and built in Australia. The new model, internally referred to as the VF Series II and due on sale towards the end of the year, is actually an update of the VF Commodore launched in 2013 which itself is an update of the VE Commodore launched all the way back in 2006 and sold here as the Pontiac G8. The VF Series II will be unveiled September 13 and is expected to benefit from a few minor cosmetic tweaks as well as some mechanical updates that bring higher...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Gains Three New Variants Including Plug-In Hybrid And DieselMercedes-Benz’s latest C-Class was all-new for 2015 and for its first year on the market the vehicle was offered in just two variants, a C300 and C400, both of which came standard with 4Matic all-wheel drive. For the 2016 model year, the C400 is replaced by the sporty new C450 AMG, and...
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2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 Coupe Edition 1 And 2016 C63 DTM Racer RevealedMercedes-Benz’s sexy new C-Class Coupe and its high-performance C63 variant from Mercedes-AMG will arrive in showrooms early next year. However, other markets will receive the vehicles shortly after their debut this month at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. To treat the early bird buyers...
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Jaguar Sharpens Prices Across Lineup, 2017 XE To Start At $35,895Jaguar is gearing up for an aggressive push into the North American market as it prepares to launch a new generation of models, some of which are new to the lineup like the XE small sedan and F-Pace small SUV. As part of the aggressive push comes some sharp new pricing on most model lines. For the...
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BMW 330e and 225xe plug-in hybrids revealed ahead of Frankfurt auto showBMW is well on its way of offering its eDrive plug-in hybrid option on every model in its lineup. Having already shown the fuel-efficient versions of its X5 and 7-Series, the German automaker has now given us our first look at its upcoming 2-Series Active Tourer and 3-Series plug-in hybrids. They...
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Elon Musk: Tesla Model X Starts Delivery Sept. 29, Costs $5k More Than Model SYesterday we got our first look at Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] highly anticipated Model X electric SUV thanks to some leaked shots taken from a special configurator set up for early bird customers that reserved the Model X Signature launch edition. The Signature cars are the first to come off...
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