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The Week In Reverse is where we take a look back at the most significant stories of each week and pull them all into once place for you to ponder, ogle, or catch up on what you missed. From motorsports to spy shots to new cars and more, these are the stories we'll all be talking about this weekend. Sit back a spell, grab a good beverage, and dig in. Friday Listen, kids. It’s OK to be mad about things. It’s OK to show your displeasure. But it’s not OK to throw rocks at cars, even when it’s an Aventador “racing” by. Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At...
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Lamborghini Huracán Racer, Mercedes Autonomous Car, LaFerrari Replica: Car News HeadlinesLamborghini has recruited some new drivers for its Squadra Corse motorsport division to help develop its new Huracán LP 610-4 Super Trofeo race car ahead of the 2015 racing season. The new race car will start testing later this year and will feature the same 601-horsepower output as the...
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VW GTI Wolfsburg, Golf SportWagen Concepts Star At WörtherseeEvery year since 1981, thousands of Volkswagen and Audi enthusiasts have convened in the Austrian town of Reifnitz, beside lake Wörthersee, for one of the world's biggest Volkswagen group festivals. And for several years, recognizing the value of such a gathering, Volkswagen group brands have...
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Lexus Details Its 2015 RC F Development: VideoLexus is set to launch a new RC F sports coupe to do battle with the likes of the Audi RS 5, BMW M4 and a future C63 AMG Coupe from Mercedes-Benz, and just to make sure the car is fully capable of competing with its German rivals Lexus took several prototypes to the home of German performance car...
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Mercedes Doesn’t Want You To Forget Its Autonomous Car Development: VideoThis week Google unveiled its first car, a prototype autonomous vehicle devoid of a steering wheel and brakes yet capable of transporting passengers at speeds of up to 25 mph. Like most fully autonomous cars, Google’s prototype can only travel on pre-set routes but the plan is to eventually...
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Will The Next Porsche 911 GT3 RS Be Turbocharged?Porsche was originally due to reveal its new 911 GT3 RS this summer but decided to delay its arrival following the discovery of a fault with the 3.8-liter flat-six engine in the 911 GT3 that the 911 GT3 RS was to share, albeit in uprated form. Now it’s being reported that the new 911 GT3 RS...
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Ford already offers electronic power steering, which helps to conserve fuel by using an electric motor to assist the steering instead of a hydraulic system drawing energy from the engine. Now Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is enhancing its steering system with a new feature called Adaptive Steering. MUST READ: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At Lamborghini Aventador: Video Due to be offered on certain Ford vehicles within the next 12 months, the Adaptive Steering system builds on the existing speed-sensitive function of Ford’s electronic power steering system by altering the steering...
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Mastretta Founders Walk Away From Sports Car StartupMexican sports car startup Mastretta has hit a roadblock, with the company’s founders, brothers Carlos and Daniel Mastretta, announcing they have left the company due to differences with a key investor, believed to be Latin Ideas Ventures. The two brothers founded Mastretta back in the 1980s...
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Lamborghini Recruits Test Drivers For New Huracán LP 610-4 Super Trofeo Race CarNow that Lamborghini’s new Huracán LP 610-4 supercar has been revealed and is on its way to customers all over the globe, attention turns to its racing variant being developed for the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo racing series that runs in North America, Europe and Asia...
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Hyundai Reveals Veloster Midship Concept And AG Luxury Sedan In BusanAt the 2014 Busan Auto Show in South Korea yesterday, Hyundai revealed a radical race car concept based on its Veloster sports car as well as a new luxury sedan codenamed the AG. The concept is the Veloster Midship, which as its name suggests is a mid-engined version of the Veloster sports car. The...
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Ur-Dashcam: Ride Along With A 1920s Fire Chief Through New York City MayhemIf you’ve ever wondered what it was like to drive to a fire through the streets of New York City in the 1920s, wonder no more. This video shows what it was like—and it’s one of the earliest dashcam videos anywhere. MUST SEE: First LaFerrari Replicas Already In Production: Video...
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Hear The Mercedes-AMG GT Start Up And Rev: VideoMercedes-AMG recently started the official teaser campaign for its upcoming GT sports car by launching a new microsite that is to be continuously updated with new info leading up to the car’s final reveal this fall. Today we have the next installment of the teaser campaign: a series of videos...
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Subaru will launch a special-edition BRZ with some aesthetic upgrades.
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Hatchbacks Driven In Anger Is Our New Favorite Racing Series: VideoMotorsport exists in a massively wide range of styles. Some prefer the sweet science of Formula 1, while others like the dusty, dirty circle tracks that exist scattered around the Southern U.S. No matter what type of car or course you like, there exists something for everyone. Today, however, I've...
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Batman v Superman Batmobile: New PhotosA new Batman means, well, many things. It's time for a new actor to don a hopefully iconic suit, while a new director helms the course of a beloved franchise. It also means that it's time for us to get a brand new Batmobile. Although this is extremely debatable, it seems that each successive...
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Porsche Tells Us Just How Efficient Its 919 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype Is: VideoAs the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race draws ever closer—now just three weekends away—Porsche has revealed even more details of its 919 Hybrid endurance racer. Not only is the car aiming for success at the famous French endurance race, but Porsche sees it as a test-bed for future...
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Volkswagen Amarok Power Concept Set To Rock Wörthersee With 5,000-Watt AudioVolkswagen Commercial Vehicles unveils a mobile DJ station at Wörthersee.
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2015 Chevrolet Corvette, Lexus IS 200t, Hyundai Veloster Midship: Today’s Car NewsIf you’re thinking of purchasing a Chevrolet Corvette soon, we have leaked information on some of the options that will be offered for the 2015 model year. One of the highlights is a new metallic orange paint scheme called Daytona Sunrise. Lexus has registered the “IS 200t” name...
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You've probably never heard of the Volvo Sport P1900 before. The beautiful P1800 coupe or the handsome Amazon have probably registered on your car-guy radar, but in 1954, Volvo produced just 68 units of the Sport P1900—a chic convertible that pointed the way for the more popular P1800 in the following years. MUST SEE: Who Needs A Big Block? Supercharged Smart Car Does Wheelies, Whips Mustang: Video Like many of its era, the P1900—known only as 'Sport' on the showroom floor—used humble mechanicals, in this case those of the Volvo PV 444. The wheelbase was 7.8 inches shorter...
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First 500 Ford Mustangs For Europe Sell Out In 30 SecondsFord recently opened up the order books for its 2015 Mustang in Europe, and within 30 seconds the first 500 cars destined for the old continent were snapped up. In an interesting move, Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] opened up the order books during last weekend’s final for the UEFA Champions...
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Lexus Trademarks 'IS 200t' NameAt the 2014 Beijing Auto Show last month, Lexus unveiled its new NX compact crossover and confirmed that the base model for the U.S. would be a NX 200t powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. The engine, Lexus’ first turbo, will eventually make its way into other models from...
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Volkswagen GTI Roadster, Vision Gran Turismo Revealed: VideoBuilding cars for Gran Turismo 6 has become almost as popular with carmakers as building actual cars. The latest to join the fray is a futuristic concept of the venerable Volkswagen Golf GTI, called the GTI Roadster, Vision Gran Turismo. Yes, there's a comma in the name. And no, we still...
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McLaren Moving Towards All-Hybrid LineupMcLaren has just launched its 650S as a replacement for its 12C, and next year the company will be launching an entry-level model code-named the P13. This will be followed by another new model code-named the P15, which will arrive in 2017 and be positioned between the 650S and P1 flagship. Looking...
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Audi A3 clubsport quattro Concept Mega Gallery And VideoThe Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG better watch out, because Audi is hinting at a new performance version of its A3 sedan that may just upset our 2014 Best Car To Buy winner. That hint has come in the form of the stunning A3 clubsport quattro concept car, which made its official debut this week at the...
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