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Lexus fans that admire the RC F but simply can’t live with a coupe have just had their prayers answered. The Japanese firm has revealed a new GS F performance sedan, which will be introduced at next week’s Detroit Auto Show before going on sale later in the year as a 2016 model. Lexus recently announced that it was about to unleash a “track-ready” car destined to sit alongside the RC F in the brand’s growing stable of “F brand high-performance models.” Now we can confirm the car is in fact the long-awaited GS F, which helps fill the void now that the...
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2017 Infiniti Q60 Concept Revealed Ahead Of Detroit Debut--New PhotosA thinly-veiled concept version of Infiniti’s next-generation Q60 coupe will make its debut next week at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, a teaser for which was released last month. Today we have some new photos of the concept, which features a striking design clearly influenced by...
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The future arrives early with Mercedes-Benz F015 self-driving car conceptThe new autonomous car concept Mercedes-Benz has been teasing for this week’s 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been revealed as the F015 Luxury in Motion, a self-driving, fully-connected, hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid that offers a vision of driving in the future. In...
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2015 Detroit Auto Show PreviewWith two feature-packed days of global reveals and over 40 officially scheduled events, this year’s Detroit Auto Show, or North American International Auto Show as it’s officially labeled, is shaping up to be one of the biggest on record. The first reveals will be coming this weekend...
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New Porsche 911 GT3 RS Leaks Its Way Onto InstagramIt's no secret... we're dying to get an eye and ear-full of the latest Stuttgart track assassin. We're talking about the 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which we've seen in spy photos as well as in scale model form. Now it seems that the car has made its debut, in a quiet parking garage in Germany, by way...
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Autonomous Audi A7 Concept Steers Itself From San Francisco To Las Vegas For CESAudi is making two world premieres at this week’s 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, one of which is an autonomous A7 concept that drove to the event itself, after starting off Saturday in San Francisco. The total distance traveled was more than 550 miles, with a number of engineers...
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General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] has used this week’s 2015 Consumer Electronics Show to tease its upcoming second-generation Chevrolet Volt. The new extended-range electric sedan was shown briefly during Chevy’s CES press preview on Sunday night and will be making its official debut in a week’s time at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show before going on sale later in the year as a 2016 model. The car’s styling is much more aggressive than on the original Volt. This is particularly true in the case of the sculpted hood and taut surfacing, which GM design boss Ed Wellburn said...
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More Teasers Released For Mercedes Concept Debuting At 2015 CESMercedes-Benz has released more teaser shots for its new concept car it plans to present at this week’s 2015 Consumer Electronics Show. We’ve already spied a shrouded version of the concept and Mercedes has also dropped a few hints in the recent past. The automaker is hoping the...
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Mitsubishi Evo X Final Concept, Corvette SR-2 Racer, Alfa Romeo 4C Spider: This Week’s Top PhotosProduction of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X is ending with the current 2015 model, and sadly there is no plan for a direct successor. Mitsubishi isn’t letting the Evo die quietly, however, and at the upcoming 2015 Tokyo Auto Salon will preview a special final edition model with this...
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Ford Climate Tests The 2015 Mustang: VideoSure, a great number of Ford Mustangs will wind up as rental vehicles in locations like Hawaii, California, Arizona, and Florida. The convertible V-6 versions will make many visitors happy as they escape the cold weather from whence they came. It's not just a rental special though, and the Ford...
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Just Eight Build Slots Left For Bugatti VeyronWhen Bugatti first launched the Veyron midway through the last decade, the automaker said it would build just 300 examples. Shortly thereafter the figure was lifted to 450 examples, to allow for an additional run of open-top Veyron Grand Sports. Now it’s been confirmed that there are just...
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Mitsubishi Previews 473-Horsepower Lancer Evolution X Final ConceptAbout a month ago, Mitsubishi’s U.S. chief Don Swearingen said the Lancer Evolution’s time had “come and gone” and that there would be no direct replacement for the car once the 2015 model year is out. The Mitsubishi exec also said that a special edition model would be...
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We’ve been lucky enough to get behind the wheel of the Porsche 918 Spyder—at the Circuit of the Americas, no less—so we know just how truly special the superest supercar from Porsche really is. But it’s still amazing to see all of the hand-crafting that goes into its construction. MUST WATCH: Tesla Model S P95D Drag Races Lamborghini Aventador In 691-HP Duel: Video In this video from Cars via Road & Track, you’ll take a trip down the assembly line as the Porsche 918 Spyder, from the hybrid powertrain to the carbon door skins, is assembled. There’s a...
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2016 Cadillac CTS-V Does A Burnout In Its First Driving Footage: VideoCadillac’s third-generation CTS-V has finally been revealed, and we’re glad to report that it’s coming packing a 640-horsepower and 630-pound-foot punch. That’s enough to get the luxurious five-seat sedan from 0-60 mph in just 3.7 seconds and on to a top speed of 200 mph...
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Mazda’s LM55 Vision Gran Turismo Concept Is A Modern 787B: VideoThe reveal of new ‘Vision’ concept cars developed purely to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Gran Turismo video game series is starting to get a bit old hat—after all, we’ve been seeing them periodically rolled out since November of last year—but the latest from...
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Battery, Aero Tweaks Coming For Tesla Roadster 3.0 UpgradeTesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] first car, the Roadster, has been out of production for a while now, but that hasn’t stopped the electric car company from offering new updates for it. The last update’s arrival was back in 2010, and the latest, announced by Tesla this week, looks to be...
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Drama Drives A Cadillac Ciel Four-Door Convertible In ‘Entourage’ Movie: VideoIn the popular television series Entourage, main character Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his crew cruise around Hollywood in a classic Lincoln Continental convertible. However, for the upcoming movie version, it looks like the Lincoln has been dropped in favor of a new set of wheels—the...
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Sleigh Good Enough For Santa Goes Up For AuctionBonhams will sell a European industrialist's collection of horse-drawn vehicles.
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Land Rover has set out to demonstrate the dynamic prowess of its new Range Rover Sport SVR in this video of the performance SUV being driven at the track—with its traction and stability control systems switched off. MUST SEE: 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Crashes In Colorado Behind the wheel is Mike Cross, Land Rover’s chief engineer for vehicle integrity, and in the video he explains how the upgrades made to the vehicle help it handle, even when driven at the limit. Those upgrades include a more powerful version of the Range Rover Sport’s available supercharged...
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Shelby Marks End Of Fifth-Gen Mustang’s Run With 'Signature Edition' GT500 Super SnakeShelby American is yet to present its take on the all-new, sixth-generation Mustang but you can bet the Ford tuner extraordinaire has something special up its sleeve. In the meantime, Shelby is sending out the previous fifth-gen car with a special Super Snake Signature Edition package based on its...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Spy VideoMercedes-Benz’s current E-Class has been on sale since the 2010 model year but despite its age the car is still the second most popular model in the automaker’s lineup, trailing the C-Class by only a few thousand units so far this year. Sales should get a boost in the coming years as a...
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Former BMW M Engineering Chief To Oversee Development Of Hyundai Performance CarsGerman auto industry veteran Albert Biermann, a former engineering chief of BMW’s storied M division, has been hired by Hyundai to oversee the development of new performance cars for the Korean brand and those from its sister brand Kia. Biermann, 57, has been assigned the role of head of...
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Puritalia reveals 427 roadster in production trim, teases new hybrid GTOver the past couple of years there have been quite a few entrants in the premium sports car scene. One that manages to stand out from the crowd is Puritalia’s 427 roadster, which was revealed in its final form at a special event in Milan last week. MUST SEE: 2016 Cadillac CTS-V...
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First Track Footage Of Glickenhaus SCG 003 Emerges: VideoJim Glickenhaus is a buyer of amazing machines, but also a builder of even better ones. That's why the automotive enthusiast section of the world is waiting to see a fully revealed version of his latest project. It's called the SCG 003, with the letters standing for Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus...
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