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Hyundai has done one hell of a job transforming the Genesis. The first generation machine was a novel take on a segment on which Germany has held a tight grip. There were hints of luxury, but the car was overall a B- effort. Now though, Hyundai offers up the second-generation Genesis and it's a true shot across the bow of the perceived Teutonic stranglehold on the luxury sedan world. MUST SEE: Lamborghini Pranksters Get Tased For Being Dumb: Video Justice Still, the car can be pushed even further. Need proof? ARK Performance has just what you're asking for. The Specialty Equipment Market...
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2016 Audi TT: Driving With Its Virtual Cockpit A Vision Of The FutureWe have seen the future of the in-car interface—or at least a major part of it—at Audi, and it's in the 2016 TT Coupe and Roadster slated to arrive Stateside next summer. In modern cars, the era of the infotainment system has ushered in—and enabled—some fresh new design...
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Rolls-Royce Wraith Rips Up The English Countryside: VideoTaxTheRich is back at it again, and this time, they’re hooning the Rolls-Royce Wraith in ways that simply should not be possible. MUST SEE: Lamborghini Pranksters Get Tased For Being Dumb: Video Justice Improper ways. Disgraceful ways. Awesome ways. If you’ve ever wondered what it would...
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Ralph Gilles Runs Down CTS-V On Track With Challenger SRT Hellcat: VideoEveryone who has even a little bit of blood still pumping through their veins is excited about the all-new 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. It's a car with the greatest name, one of the most powerful factory-built engines on the planet, and it's wearing a sticker price that is a relative steal...
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2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Hits The Nürburgring: VideoThe 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is almost ready for its showroom debut early next year, where it will be priced from just $78,995 with shipping. But before production of customer cars can get underway, just a few more tests need to be completed, one of which is a mandatory high-speed test on...
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2016 Chevy Camaro Spied, New Lincolns Confirmed, Audi R10 Supercar: Car News HeadlinesChevrolet’s next-generation Camaro has been spotted stretching its legs on the Nürburgring. The new car will be revealed early next year and go on sale next fall, as a 2016 model. Expect it to be lighter, more powerful and better built than the fifth-gen car it replaces. In a...
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There are probably few cars hinted at more via official channels than a new generation of the Mazda RX-7, but despite the rumors going back more than half a decade it feels like we’re still no closer to ever seeing a new rotary-powered sports car being launched by Mazda. The last we heard is that Mazda is looking at not one but two rotary-powered sports cars, a new RX-7 as well as an RX-9, and could have both on the market by the end of the decade. MUST SEE: Lamborghini Pranksters Get Tased For Being Dumb: Video Justice Unfortunately, Mazda design chief Ikuo Maeda has revealed that...
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2015 Honda CR-V Revealed, Priced From $24,150The current Honda CR-V was all-new for the 2012 model year and now the popular compact crossover has received its mid-cycle update. The updated CR-V goes on sale tomorrow, as a 2015 model, and has a starting price of $24,150 with shipping. The updates consist of revised styling, a more potent...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Spy ShotsThese are our latest spy shots of prototypes for the all-new, sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro. As the prototypes confirm, the new Camaro won't look very different from the current model, but there are some big changes taking place beneath the skin. MUST SEE: Lamborghini Pranksters Get Tased For...
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Lincoln Confirms Next MKX And MKS Replacement Plus Two New CarsThe Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has taken a page out of the Volkswagen playbook by making public its aggressive new growth targets, which will see the Blue Oval contend not only with VW but also General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] and Toyota for top automaker status. Under its new ‘Vision...
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Watch How Jay Leno Protects His Supercars From Paint ChipsAnyone who likes to drive their car(s) regularly knows how annoying it can be to get paint chips or even a cracked windshield from all types of road debris. When we’re talking supercars with seven-figure price tags, it’s worth spending a little extra on protection. And one of the...
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Top Ferrari Tuner Novitec Turns Its Attention To… Rolls-Royce?Proving that Rolls-Royce is becoming a brand shopped by people that enjoy driving, rather than purely those that like to sit in the back, leading tuning firm Novitec has launched a new division that specializes in upgrading the luxury vehicles. Novitec has made a name for itself tuning Ferraris...
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Back in 2012, Audi’s then R&D chief Wolfgang Dürheimer let it be known that he wanted to develop a diesel-electric hybrid supercar to sit above the R8 in Audi’s performance lineup. The car would have borrowed technology from Audi’s hugely-successful R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans prototype—along with its styling—and would have targeted the latest generation of hybrid supercars like the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 and the Porsche 918 Spyder. A year later, Dürheimer was dismissed from his post at Audi and reassigned to the role of CEO of Bentley and...
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Awesome Japanese Guy Camps With Ferrari F40, Cooks Eggs On It: VideoYes, this really happened. And yes, he’s our new idol. You, sir, are a god among men and women. MUST SEE: Lamborghini Pranksters Get Tased For Being Dumb: Video Justice Here you see a guy after our own hearts, taking his Ferrari F40 out for a jaunt in the wild, camping out of it, and using it...
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Lamborghini Pranksters Get Tased For Being Dumb: Video JusticeThis, friends, is why you don’t prank people--perhaps especially supercar owners. Or, if you choose to anyway, why you should be prepared for anything. DON'T MISS: Jeep Driver Out-Jerks Corvette Driver's Jerk Parking Job: Video These two Czechs, via Road & Track, sought to get revenge for...
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Czech Rally Driver Shows Off Car Control Skills: VideoThe amount of money and time required to produce one of the Ken Block Gymkhana videos is immense. These are not inexpensive video shoots, and they unfold over the course of a handful of days. That's before you even get into the logistical hurdles of planning, location scouting, and all the other...
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RM Set To Offer 2002 Lincoln Continental Concept CarRemember when Lincoln used to make some seriously cool cars? Even Lincoln remembers, or at least they did, because back in 2002 the automaker created a new concept vehicle that provided a possible glimpse at where the automaker was heading. The car was a retro-futuristic look at a new Continental...
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New Lotus Esprit Is DeadNot long ago, critics of Lotus accused the automaker of biting off more than it could chew. After all, the British sports car manufacturer and engineering firm had shown six all-new concepts at the 2010 Paris Auto Show, was on somewhat shaky financial ground, and had only a range of aging track-day...
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You want to be like these guys when you grow up--or rather, if you never grow up. Plying their wily fabrication skills and dry wit on a mashup made in rally heaven, the dynamic duo from Bad Obsession Motorsport deliver us the seventh episode of the awesome Project Binky. Episode 7 brings us ever closer to the completion of what may well become one of the world's fastest Minis. MUST SEE: Hot Wheels Turns To The Dark Side For Newest Collectible Stuffing a Toyota Celica GT-Four's all-wheel-drive, turbo running gear into an Austin Mini, without widening or lengthening the shell, Project Binky...
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2015 Honda Civic Type R, Porsche 918 Spyder Fire, Buying A Crashed Tesla: Today’s Car NewsHonda has released the first specs for its 2015 Civic Type R, a high-performance version of the Civic hatchback that the rest of the world enjoys. In addition to the new specs, we’ve also been treated with another concept version of the car, this time painted blue. We’re sad to report...
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BMW To Test Autonomous Cars In ChinaWhile Audi and Mercedes-Benz have made headlines recently with news they’ve received permits to test autonomous cars on California’s roads, BMW has now revealed that it plans to start testing self-driving cars in China. Like its rivals, BMW has been testing its own autonomous car...
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First Production 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Sells For $825,000If you were hoping to get your hands on the very first 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, you’re out of luck as the car has just been sold. It was put up for auction by Dodge, which plans to donate all proceeds from the sale to the charity organization Opportunity Village, which helps those...
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2015 Nissan Pulsar NISMO Spy ShotsNissan’s Pulsar hatchback sold overseas will be the Japanese automaker’s next model to receive the NISMO treatment, as our latest spy shots confirm. The shots show a completed Pulsar NISMO being presented at a Nissan facility in Europe, which suggest that we’ll be seeing the car...
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James Glickenhaus Buys Ferrari Modulo ConceptThe awesome car collection of James Glickenhaus has just been graced by the addition of one of the rarest and most legendary automobiles in existence, the Ferrari Modulo concept. The concept was penned by Pininfarina designer Paolo Martin using the chassis of a donor Ferrari 512 S race car, and it...
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