Car News
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Jensen has produced some of Britain's best and best-loved sports cars, but save for a brief revival over a decade ago, the company hasn't produced a car since its bankruptcy in 1976. At this time, Jensen was building one of its most famous models, the Chrysler V-8-engined Interceptor. The four-seat grand tourer featured coachwork by Carrozzeria Touring and traditional British craftsmanship, making it a truly international vehicle. The Interceptor is just one of the cars a newly-established firm bearing the Jensen name, Jensen Motors Ltd, is likely to produce to celebrate the marque's 80th...
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DAT Amphicruiser Is A Land And Water Cruiser: VideoThe Toyota Land Cruiser has been around since 1951 and is easily one of the most capable off-road vehicles ever made, but it does have its limitations. After all, it is just a Land Cruiser. Inspired by the iconic FJ40 Land Cruiser, Dutch Amfibious Transport created the Amphicruiser to tackle both...
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800-HP 1967 Shelby GT500 'Tribute' Built To Celebrate Mustang's 50thA North Carolina restoration shop celebrates the Mustang's 50th anniversary with a special Shelby.
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LaFerrari XX, Land Rover Discovery Vision, Hardcore Bentley Spied: Today’s Car NewsA senior Ferrari exec has confirmed that work has commenced on the LaFerrari XX, an experimental version of the Ferrari flagship designed strictly for the track. It’s due to be revealed in early 2015, suggesting we’ll see it at the next Geneva Motor Show. Land Rover has previewed the...
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Citroën’s Luxury Brand DS Confirms 6WR SUV For Beijing Auto ShowA few years ago French automaker Citroën revived its DS nameplate for a new sub-brand catering to premium customers. Cars sold under the DS brand featured unique styling and amenities, although they were still closely related to regular models from Citroën lineup. More recently, however...
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How To Put A 2015 Ford Mustang On Top Of The Empire State Building: VideoFor the second time in its 50-year existence, the Ford Mustang is heading to the top of the Empire State Building.
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Bentley’s motorsport comeback is off to a good start, with its two Continental GT3 race cars finishing in seventh and eighth spots respectively at the opening round of the 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series last weekend. But what about rumors of a road-going version of the Continental GT3? Well, we could be looking at the first photos of a prototype for just such a car. Spotted on Germany’s Nürburgring recently was this mysterious Continental GT V8, which features a number of enhancements that lead us to think Bentley is working on a hardcore version of its V-8-powered coupe...
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Updated Infiniti Q70 And QX80 To Bow In New YorkInfiniti has confirmed that updated versions of its QX80 SUV and Q70 sedan will be presented at the 2014 New York Auto Show this week, with the latter set to feature a new long-wheelbase variant. In case you’re still not fully up to date with Infiniti’s revised naming strategy, the QX80...
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Track-Only LaFerrari XX ConfirmedThe head of Ferrari’s newly-established Sporting Activity Department, Antonello Coletta, has confirmed that a track-only XX version of the LaFerrari supercar is already being developed. The XX designation is used by Ferrari for its experimental vehicles, which form the basis of the...
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Alpine Back For Another Season Of MotorsportAfter making its motorsport comeback last year, the Alpine performance division of French automaker Renault is now back for another season of motorsport, once again competing in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) with its A450 LMP2 race car. Partnered with formidable French team Signatech, and with...
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Land Rover Discovery Concept Solves First-World Problems With Lasers, Cameras, And TweedSo, you thought cooled cupholders, touchscreens, and high-speed connectivity were the very latest in SUV technology? This Land Rover Discovery Vision Concept has lasers for eyes and it can be driven by smartphone. MUST SEE: How To Put A 2015 Ford Mustang On Top Of The Empire State Building: Video...
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Land Rover Relaunches Discovery Nameplate, With A Rocket Ship: VideoAhead of the New York Auto Show this week, Land Rover has revealed its new Discovery Vision Concept, alongside a full-scale replica of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise—the world's first commercial spaceship. The occasion is more than just glitz, glamor, and the chance to hit...
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BMW will recall 2010-12 models equipped with six-cylinder engines over loose bolts.
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BMW Launches Track Package For 228i CoupeSure, the BMW M235i would be a wonderful machine to put in your driveway or garage. It's not cheap though, and perhaps the 228i might be more in line with your budget. That doesn't mean you can't gain access to a vehicle that wants to reward you when the going gets twisty. BMW has just announced an...
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Dodge Launches 'Double-Up' One-Year Lease On 2014 Challenger, ChargerDodge will allow customers to lease 2014 Challenger and Charger models for one year, then trade up to 2015 models.
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770-horsepower Lykan Hypersport set for 2014 Top Marques Monaco debutIncredibly, Arabian supercar startup W Motors has managed to turn what was initially a concept into a fully fledged road rocket in the space of a little more than a year. What’s more incredible still is that W Motors has already announced a second model. Now, W Motors has announced it will be...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Wagon Spy ShotsMercedes-Benz’s all-new 2015 C-Class has made its world debut, so engineers out testing different versions of the car have let their guard down a little, as these latest spy shots of the wagon variant confirm. Known as an Estate overseas, the new C-Class wagon should hit showrooms in markets...
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Man Survives 80-ft Drop From Cliff In A Ford FocusA British man survived an 80-foot drop in a Ford Focus, sustaining only minor injuries.
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First 2015 Corvette Z06 Fetches $1 Million At Auction, 1964 Ford GT40 Prototype Sells For $7 MillionViknesh VijayenthiranGeneral Motors offered up the first retail 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 to the highest bidder during a Barrett-Jackson event at the Collector Car Auction in Palm Beach, Florida over the weekend. The winning bidder, NASCAR team owner and avid Corvette collector Rick Hendrick, ended up bidding $1 million for the car, the same amount he paid for the first 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible and $100k less than what he paid for the first 2014 Corvette Stingray. MUST SEE: 770-Horsepower Lykan Hypersport Set For 2014 Top Marques Monaco Debut All proceeds from the sale will go to support the Karmanos...
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Audi RS 3 Spied, BMW M5 Turns 30, Corvette Z06 Convertible Debuts: Car News HeadlinesThe first prototype for the RS performance version of the latest Audi A3 has been spotted. The prototype is for an RS 3 Sportback, based on the five-door A3 Sportback, but we suspect the car’s mechanical package will eventually make its way into the A3 sedan as well. The first BMW M5, the...
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Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali ResignsThe team principal for the Ferrari Formula One team, Stefano Domenicali, has called it quits after failing to earn the team a Drivers’ Championship in the six years he’s been running the show. Domenicali’s resignation comes just days out from the fourth round of the 2014 F1...
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Extra Warranty For 2014 Porsche 911 GT3 OwnersIf you own a brand new Porsche 911 GT3, you're probably not enjoying it that much right now. Mainly because it's parked immobile, probably at a Porsche dealership somewhere, mitigating the risk of it spontaneously combusting. It's rather embarrassing for Porsche, which sees itself as an arbiter of...
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2015 Audi RS 3 Sportback Spy ShotsYou’re looking at the first photos of a prototype for the new generation of the Audi RS 3. The previous generation never made it to these shores but we suspect this one will because of Audi’s decision to launch more of its high-performance RS models in the U.S. market. Another reason is...
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New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Catches Fire In GermanyThe era of camera-equipped and internet-enabled smartphones means we're never more than a few taps of a thumb away from events across the world. That's not so great for Mercedes-Benz though, as it's the latest automaker to suffer a very public fire incident. Images on German website Merkur Online...
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