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Volkswagen fans, grab the nearest handkerchief to soak up your tears: the best-looking version of the Golf platform is updated ahead of its public debut in Geneva, and it's still not coming to the U.S. The sleek coupe-hatch lines of the Scirocco have been updated, but like the Golf, Volkswagen knows not to mess with a good thing--too much, at least. Proportions, shapes and cues are all familiar, just crisper, cleaner, and, in some cases, higher-tech. Updated lighting options include bi-xenon headlights and LED tail lights. Inside, the Scirocco gets a few tweaks as well, including auxiliary...
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2014 Bentley Continental GT V8 S: First DriveHow quick is the new Bentley Continental GT V8 S? How powerful? If this were the Bentley of the past, when it was intertwined with Rolls-Royce, the deflective reply to such questions would be “Sufficient.” And it would be left up to us to agree. A quarter-century ago, when the...
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Turbocharged Ferrari California T Revealed: VideoFerrari has revealed its new, turbocharged California, the California T, which debuts next month at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show and sees the Prancing Horse return to turbocharged power for the first time since the legendary F40 supercar of the 1980s. Yes, 2014 marks a new era for Ferrari, both on...
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Britain’s Arash Releases More Teaser Photos Of New SupercarSupercar startup Arash is teasing a new model, the first details of which will be announced on February 28, 2014. In the meantime, the company has released a handful of teaser photos to keep our interest piqued. Few details are known about the car but it’s expected to be a more accessible...
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Building The BMW M235i Racing: VideoBMW's odds'n'evens naming scheme isn't as logical as it once was, but most gearheads are prepared to forgive the German marque provided it keeps churning out great drivers cars. That includes powerful, focused M performance models. And while the new BMW 2-Series doesn't yet have a dedicated BMW M...
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2015 BMW X6 M Spy ShotsThe next generation of BMW's X5 M and X6 M performance SUVs are currently in the works and should make their debut by the end of the year, meaning we could see them arrive as 2015 models. While we’ve already seen prototypes for the new X5 M, this is the first time that we are seeing a...
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The 2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe is on its way, and the latest images give us the best view of the car yet, in both standard S-Class coupe form and with what appears to be an AMG aero package. Details at the front and rear are clear, revealing a direct link to the S-Class sedan's styling, though with some notable alterations to the hood for the coupe's sleeker form. Mercedes is creating a whole family of S-Class variants this time around, including the regular sedan, the long-wheelbase version we get standard in the U.S., a new ‘Pullman’ limousine designed to replace the...
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Audi Marks 20th Anniversary Of The RS 2 With New RS 4 Avant NogaroIt was 20 years ago that Audi’s first RS model hit the scene, the legendary RS 2 Avant. The car was a high-performance version of Audi’s 80 Avant wagon, the predecessor to the A4 Avant, and it would set the tone for a string of new RS models to be launched over the next two...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Enters ProductionThe first retail example of the all-new 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class rolled off the line today at the car’s plant in Bremen, Germany. The event marks the start of another chapter for Mercedes’ best-selling vehicle, which has found a home with 8.5 million customers since the...
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2014 Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake is first car off new Shelby American assembly lineShelby American just opened a new assembly facility in Las Vegas, and the first car has rolled off the line. That car was a Grabber Blue 2014 Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, owned by the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust. Probably one of the last Shelby Mustangs built on the current platform, it will go...
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Lexus Reveals Upgraded LFA Code X Race Car For 2014 Nürburgring 24 HoursThe Lexus LFA may no longer be in production, but versions of the car are still being developed for motorsport use. The latest is the Lexus LFA Code X, which was developed together with Gazoo Racing and will compete in this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race. This will be the...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz V-Class Revealed: VideoMercedes-Benz’s R-Class may not have been a success but the German automaker is giving the luxury MPV segment another go, unveiling today the all-new V-Class. The vehicle has not yet been confirmed for the U.S., but there are indications it may come eventually. MUST SEE: Watch A...
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An agent for Formula One racing legend Michael Schumacher has confirmed media reports that the seven-time world champion is slowly being brought out of an induced coma instigated by doctors treating him for a severe brain injury sustained during a skiing accident last month. Earlier today, agent Sabine Kehm supplied a statement to the Associated Press (via Fox News) in which she said, "Michael's sedation is being reduced in order to allow the start of the waking-up process, which may take a long time." Kehm made the statement to address speculation that doctors were attempting to wake...
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2015 BMW X6 Spy VideoBMW’s second-generation X6 crossover coupe has been spotted at the Nürburgring, and we’ve got an exclusive spy video of it. The vehicle, code-named the F16, rides on the same platform as the latest X5 and should feature the same engine lineup too. Though the styling and overall...
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Lexus Reveals 2014 RC F GT500 Race Car For Japan’s Super GTLexus has revealed the race car that will take on similar-spec cars based on the likes of the Acura NSX and Nissan GT-R in Japan’s premier touring car series, Super GT. The new race car is based on Lexus’ recently revealed RC F and will be competing in the top GT500 category of Super...
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2015 Lamborghini Huracán Caught In The Wild Again: VideoThe bright orange Lamborghini Huracán in this video appears to be the first Huracan to make it to the U.S., and its first mission: to go tail out, fast, in front of a camera truck. The second video of the lambent Lambo can be seen below, wherein it dodges debris and revs happily for the...
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Nissan Reveals ZEOD RC’s 400-HP 3-Cylinder Engine, Confirms 2015 LMP1 EntryNissan and its motorsport partner NISMO have finally revealed the engine that will feature in its 2014 ZEOD RC electrified race car, which will compete in the Garage 56 experimental entry in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The engine is a turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder putting out an...
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Infiniti Boss Confirms Flagship PlansInfiniti hasn’t had a proper flagship since 2006, when the Q45 filled this role. Previous rumors had the Q45 being revived, but these were subsequently squashed. While only a year ago Infiniti was unsure of what direction to take for any new flagship, the brand is confident now that it will...
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We've just had our first drive of the 2015 Volkswagen Golf R—even though it's about a year ahead of the time it arrives to the U.S. Oh, and there's one other little asterisk attached to any claim of this being a full review: We really only drove it on ice—up near the Arctic Circle, in the Lappland region of Northern Sweden, on a frozen lake around Arvidsjaur, an area that German automakers favor for cold-weather testing. And that it was. The temperature was a cold -20 degrees Fahrenheit the night we arrived, and a blustery 3 degrees when we headed out on the lake the next morning...
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BMW 2-Series ‘Active Tourer’ Starts U.S. Sales In 2015In the early part of 2010, BMW confirmed it was working on a new front-wheel-drive model designed to compete with the likes of the Mercedes-Benz B-Class and, to a lesser extent, mainstream models like the Ford B-Max and Volkswagen Golf Plus. Numerous prototypes of the car have been spotted since...
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2014 Porsche Cayman GTS Spy ShotsPorsche's Cayman is about to get a more hardcore GTS model.
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2015 Lincoln Navigator Revealed Ahead Of Chicago Auto ShowLincoln’s third-generation Navigator has been with us since the 2007 model year, but the big body-on-frame SUV isn’t done yet, as a facelifted version has just been revealed ahead of next month’s 2014 Chicago Auto Show and will be hitting showrooms in the fall as a 2015 model...
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2016 Cadillac CT6 (LTS) Flagship Rear-Drive Sedan Spy ShotsCadillac's plans for a new, range-topping, rear-drive flagship sedan are no secret; the questions lie in the details. What will it be named? When will it arrive? And what will it look like? The last question, at least, we can give a partial answer to: it will look like this. Or, at the least, it...
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2015 BMW X4 Spy VideoWhether or not you’re a fan of the crossover coupes that have been trickling onto the market since the introduction of the BMW X6 back in 2008, you had better get used to seeing more of them on the roads as a handful of automakers are working on new versions. In the case of BMW, it’s...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran