Car News
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If there’s a more unlikely pairing of serious road-going performance cars on YouTube this week, we don’t know what it is. Here, you see a single-seat, stripped-down, relatively affordable BAC Mono on an open track day as it chases and tries to hang with a McLaren P1 hypercar at Silverstone. Can the tiny, light-makes-right single-seater Mono really hang with the car that proclaimed its world’s best status right there in its name? It turns out that yes, it kind of can. For one thing, the driver of the Mono appears to be quite skilled—and, in many corners, very committed;...
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2016 Ford Focus RS Coming With All-Wheel Drive: ReportFord’s previous Focus RS has earned a well-deserved reputation for pushing the boundaries of a factory-built, front-wheel-drive hot hatch. The car, which was never offered in the U.S., delivered as much as 345 horsepower to the front wheels in some guises, made possible thanks to rally-bred...
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Jay Leno Drives Iconic '32 Ford Roadster In Latest VideoIf someone mentions the term "hot rod", the image that forms in your head probably isn't dissimilar from the '32 Ford Highboy Roadster you see here. Jay Leno drives said roadster in his latest video and as the car's restorer Bruce Meyer explains, it pretty much matches that image of the perfect hot...
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Toyota surprises with Land Cruiser 70 re-releaseIf you want to buy a classic vehicle re-manufactured brand new by the original automaker, you currently have two options. One is to spend well over a million dollars on one of the six brand-new Jaguar E-Type lightweight coupes being built. The other is to buy a brand new 1980s-era Toyota Land...
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Renault’s New R.S. 01 Race Car Comes With A GT-R Heart: VideoRenault chose the 2014 Moscow Auto Show kicking off today in the Russian capital to unveil a striking new race car that’s set for competition next year. Dubbed the R.S. 01, the new race car has been developed by the French automaker’s motorsport unit Renaultsport and will compete in a...
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New Corvette Already Popular, Hugely Outsells Previous ModelWhen an automaker launches a new car, particularly one as iconic as the Chevrolet Corvette, it takes a risk. Will people actually buy it? Will customers be turned off by the new styling? Or has the market simply moved on to something new? If General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] had any concerns...
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Warning: This video contains some NSFW language. Back in 2009, Andy Lee House, one of the first people in the country to own a Bugatti Veyron, crashed the exotic supercar into a lake. Upon exiting the vehicle, House left the engine running, causing it to suck up the lake’s salty water and cause irreparable damage. Following a series of investigations relating to the matter, House, 39, yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Giblin. He is now facing up to 20 years in prison. A sentencing date is yet to be set. WATCH: Lamborghini...
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SCG 003 Supercar To Offer Twin-Turbo V-12, Cost 2.1 Million EurosThe reveal of James Glickenhaus’ latest supercar project at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show next March is quickly approaching, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about the new car, which will be the first fully developed by Glickenhaus’ own company Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus...
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Lamborghini Huracán Goes 0-211 MPH In Launch Control Test: VideoIf you think the Lamborghini Huracán was just the flashy little brother to the Aventador, without any real teeth of its own, you’re wrong. It’s a beast in its own right. DON'T MISS: Man Who Crashed Bugatti Veyron Into A Lake Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Of course, you’d know...
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India Fines Carmakers For Violating Anti-Trust LawsIndian regulators accuse carmakers of overcharging for spare parts.
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Mercedes C450 AMG Sport To Debut At 2015 Detroit Auto ShowMercedes-Benz will soon have an answer for Audi’s S line and BMW’s M Performance range, as the automaker from Stuttgart is set to announce a new ‘AMG Sport’ trim that will help bridge the gap between the most powerful non-AMG models and those actually built by the...
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Noble M600 Roadster, 2016 Volvo XC90, 2017 Mazdaspeed 3: Today’s Car NewsNiche British sports car manufacturer Noble is still committed to launching an open-top version of its M600 supercar. The company is also looking to add a paddle-shifted gearbox to the M600’s options list. Volvo’s all-new XC90 has finally been revealed. The vehicle, which arrives as a...
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In Stockholm, Sweden, Volvo today pulled the wraps off the first of an entirely new generation of vehicles—with a fully redesigned, second-generation version of the Volvo XC90. MUST SEE: Tiny V-8 Nitro Engine Looks, Sounds Amazing: Video Developed in-house at Volvo, as part of a three-year and $11b effort, under the ownership of China’s Geely Holding, the 2016 XC90 packs a new generation of powertrains as well. It will offer available plug-in hybrid technology, a next-generation version of the Sensus touch-screen interface, and an interior design that’s just as cleaned-up...
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Nissan Juke Rebadged An Infiniti ESQ For ChinaThe Nissan Juke is hardly what you’d call premium, but Infiniti has seen fit to strap some of its own badges to the vehicle and market it to new car buyers in China. To be fair, we’re not talking about a base Nissan Juke here but the sporty Juke NISMO model. MUST SEE: Tiny V-8 Nitro...
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Mazdaspeed 3 Arrival To Coincide With 2017 Mazda 3 Facelift: ReportWe’ve heard that a new Mazdaspeed 3 based on the latest-generation Mazda 3 is in the works, and that it could be fitted with an all-wheel-drive system to help give it the edge over the front-wheel-drive Volkswagen Golf GTI and Ford Focus ST—potentially allowing it to target the likes of...
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Mercedes To Rename M-Class The ‘GLE’ In SUV Nameplate Shakeup: ReportMercedes-Benz may be about to change the names of some of its most popular SUVs in an effort to harmonize the various nameplates ahead of the rollout of several all-new high-riding models. According to reports out of Germany, the transition will start with the facelifted M-Class due out later this...
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Volvo Makes Sensus Connect Standard Across The RangeVolvo has announced that all of its vehicles, at least in the U.S., will be fitted as standard with its Sensus Connect infotainment system—making Volvo the only manufacturer to have connected car and telematics standard across its entire lineup. The latest version of the system provides...
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Noble Remains Committed To Launching M600 RoadsterA couple of years ago, niche British sports car manufacturer Noble started teasing a new open-top version of its M600 supercar, dubbed the M600 Roadster. Noble said production would only take place if demand was sufficient, which it would seem hasn’t been as the green light is yet to be given...
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Drivers of a certain age will most likely associate Volvo with its boxy wagons of the 1980s and 1990s. But its earlier cars were anything but boxy, and one that used curves to great effect was the PV444 of 1944. Launched on September 1 of that year, the PV444 celebrates its 70th anniversary next week, and remains one of Volvo's most significant models to date. MUST SEE: Tiny V-8 Nitro Engine Looks, Sounds Amazing: Video The car might have actually debuted four years earlier, but the outbreak of the Second World War meant Volvo produced virtually no civilian vehicles during the conflict...
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Red Bull F1 Car Goes Technicolor With Tire-Melting Infrared Burnout: VideoThis stunning array of pinks, purples, oranges, and reds isn’t some impressionist masterpiece. Or then again, maybe it is. However you classify it, it’s certainly impressive to watch the Red Bull RB8 F1 car do tire-melting donuts in infrared. DON'T MISS: Tiny V-8 Nitro Engine Looks...
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Sebastian Vettel Drives First Lap Of Full Russian GP Circuit: VideoHot on the heels of his drift session around a wet Spa Francorchamps in the Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge, Sebastian Vettel is back, making us even more envious, with this, the first lap of the full Russian GP circuit. MUST SEE: Rally Driver Rolls Car, Continues On To Win Anyway: Video Filmed from on...
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LED Retrofit Headlights Now Offered For Huge Range Of ClassicsOld cars are great, aren't they? Characterful, beautiful, noisy, interactive, nostalgic. Right until you go out for a drive at night and realize your headlights are as effective as a pair of unenthusiastic glow worms. DON'T MISS: Tiny V-8 Nitro Engine Looks, Sounds Amazing: Video If that sounds...
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Rally Driver Rolls Car, Continues On To Win Anyway: VideoIf there’s one thing that illustrates the indomitable spirit it takes to win in racing, it’s the scenes of a rally driver and co-driver overcoming a late barrel roll into the woods to save the overall win. MUST SEE: Red Bull F1 Car Goes Technicolor With Tire-Melting Infrared Burnout...
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Tiny V-8 Nitro Engine Looks, Sounds Amazing: VideoYou might not be able to swap this V-8 into your car to make it into a mean drift missile or rocket it to 60 mph in sub-three-seconds, but you could strap it to a bicycle or put it in an RC car for some ridiculous fun. Why? Because it’s a tiny nitromethane-powered V-8. SEE ALSO: The Internet...
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