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The LFA isn’t your run-of-the-mill Lexus, so it should come as little surprise that when it’s due for a service, owners can’t simply roll up to their local Lexus dealership. While in the U.S. LFA owners are looked after by a handful of specialized dealerships, over in Europe Lexus has made the TMG motorsport and engineering center in Cologne, Germany its center of excellence for the car. MUST WATCH: Lamborghini Aventador Goes Airborne In London Crash: Video TMG was the builder of Toyota’s Formula One race cars in the previous decade, but currently it is responsible for...
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2015 BMW M4 Convertible Spy ShotsBMW’s new M4 has made its debut in coupe form, and soon it will spawn a convertible. Prototypes for the M4 Convertible have been spotted wearing the least camouflage gear we’ve seen yet, which means an auto show debut can’t be far. Like the M4 coupe (and the M3 sedan), the M4...
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McLaren Chief Tester Hints At More Potent 650SMcLaren’s new 650S should already make short work of its supercar rivals, including Ferrari’s new 458 Speciale, but McLaren is far from finished with development of the car. A new track-focused version has been hinted at by McLaren chief tester Chris Goodwin, which we presume would be...
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Aston Martin And Mecedes In Talks Over Use Of Next-Gen GL Platform: ReportThough Mercedes-Benz’s parent company Daimler has no intention of taking over Aston Martin, it may still decide to offer the British brand access to some Mercedes platforms. These are rumored to include a modular sports car platform dubbed the MSA, and a new SUV platform derived from...
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California’s Rezvani Releases Second Teaser For New Sports CarAn automotive design and manufacturing firm based in Irvine, California that we’re sure few have heard of has come out with a new teaser for a sports car it claims to be working on. The company is Rezvani Automotive Designs, a company previously linked with the designs of pieces of vaporware...
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Mastretta Updating MXT With More Power, Less Weight: ReportMexican sports car startup Mastretta’s first product, the MXT, originally hit the scene in 2008 and eventually entered production three years later. Since then Mastretta has sought to build up its customer base, initially focusing on its domestic market and nearby South America. The company...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Monday proposed a rule requiring rear visibility camera technology in all new vehicles weighing less than 10,000 pounds, meaning all cars, SUVs and minivans as well as most small trucks and busses. The rule is expected to be finalized within the next two months, after which automakers have until May 1, 2018 to have the technology implemented. MUST WATCH: Lamborghini Aventador Goes Airborne In London Crash: Video The camera must expand the field of view to enable the driver of a motor vehicle to detect areas behind the vehicle (the...
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Audi TT Exhibition: The History Of Audi's Iconic CoupeThese days, launching a production car that looks just like the concept that spawned it isn't anything special. Car designs are finalized so far in advance that usually, concept cars are just tweaked versions of actual production vehicles hitting the streets further down the line. MUST WATCH...
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Jaguar Hints At Track-Focused F-Type 'Club Sport'Senior managers at Jaguar have suggested that a hardcore, lightweight version of the stunning F-Type Coupe could be on its way--and performance could approach some bona fide supercars. According to a new report, Jaguar is looking to shed as much as 200 kilograms from the F-Type's weight--around 440...
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Maserati MC12 In Black Offered Up For SaleThe Maserati MC12 is essentially a Ferrari Enzo that went to finishing school. For some that's a great thing, while others prefer the rawness of the Enzo. Either school of thought is in luck, because there are no wrong answers here and both cars are exceptional. Still, the MC12 is far more rare...
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Drifting Mustang Cop Car Versus Drifting Bikes, We All Win: VideoThere are 12 tires attached to four vehicles in the following video. All twelve tires are up to the task of delivering a serious amount of enjoyable action. The video is from Icon Motorsports, and it pits two motorcycle riders against a cop whose patrol car is a bit unorthodox. There's also a...
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2015 Dodge Challenger V-8 Models To Receive Power Upgrades: ReportDodge is set to introduce a mild update for its Challenger for the 2015 model year, an update that's expected to include the addition of a supercharged HEMI V-8 in a new range-topping SRT model tipped to be called the Hellcat. The good news is that buyers won’t have to opt for the...
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Pricing information for the 2015 BMW M3 sedan and 2015 M4 coupe has hit the web. Both list for more than $60k, but offer plenty of standard options. BMW on Friday confirmed that it will build a full-size SUV called the X7 at its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. No launch date was announced, but most expect the vehicle to arrive by 2018. Poland is about to get its own supercar, the Arrinera Hussarya. The car is expected to weigh less than 3,000 pounds and produce as much as 650 horsepower. You'll find all of this and more in today's car news headlines from around the High Gear Media...
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How To Drive 'The Most Difficult Turn In Racing' - In A Porsche 911 GT3 CupThe team at /DRIVE have put together another brilliant little bit of motorsports madness, this time in the form of the MOMO NGT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup piloted by Henrique Cisneros. The challenge? Getting through Turn 17 at Sebring International Raceway, known to many as the most difficult turn in...
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X To Be Discontinued This Year: ReportMitsubishi’s Lancer Evolution is getting on in years, with the current generation, the Evo X, having been with us since the 2008 model year. Mitsubishi has hinted at launching a radically different successor, but there’s no official word that we’ll ever see such a car in the next...
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Ugur Sahin Reveals Ferrari 458-Based Project F Design StudyLegendary Italian design house Pininfarina stunned the world back in 2006 when it revealed the P4/5 supercar commissioned by James Glickenhaus. In coachbuilding tradition, a bespoke body was designed to fit an existing chassis for the P4/5, in this case one from a Ferrari Enzo, with the end result...
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Arrinera Hussarya supercar revealed in production formPolish supercar startup Arrinera’s first product, the Hussarya, is nearing the end of its gestation, and soon production will commence at a new factory located in the city of Gliwice in southern Poland. The design of the Hussarya has evolved considerably since it was first shown as a...
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2015 BMW M3 Priced From $62,925, 2015 M4 From $65,125The long wait for the arrival of the new M3 and M4 in showrooms is almost over, as today we have received the all-important pricing information. After exiting the market at the end of the 2011 model year, the M3 sedan returns for 2015 and sees its pricetag inflate to $62,925, which is about $6,650...
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Imagine the horror: You've turned up at the golf club in your shiny new Aston Martin Vanquish. The V-12 is ticking and dinging as it cools down, heat is radiating off the brakes and the lustrous paintwork gleams back at you in the sun. And then you realize that four other people have turned up in the same car, three of whom chose the same Skyfall Silver paint finish, because they all liked the James Bond connection just like you did. MUST SEE: 1966 Ford Mustang Meets A Volvo Wagon: A Marriage Of Convenience? That's why Q by Aston Martin exists. And no, that's not another 007 reference, but...
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Mercedes One-Two Victory At 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand PrixIt was a one-two finish for Mercedes AMG drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at the 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday, the first for the German automaker since Juan Manuel Fangio and Piero Taruffi raced at the 1955 Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton took a lights-to-flag victory...
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Honda Latest To Trial Car-2-Car Technology SystemCar-to-car and car-to-infrastructure technology will be a major factor in future autonomous driving systems, and several manufacturers have undertaken tests to get a handle on the technology. The latest to trial such systems is Honda, which is set to begin public road trials in Utsunomiya City, in...
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Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton Secures Pole At 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand PrixMercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton has managed to secure his second consecutive pole position after a stunning performance during today’s rain-affected qualifying session for the 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix. Despite some very heavy downpours, Hamilton managed to set a reasonable...
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Toyota TS040 Hybrid, Hennessey Venom GT, Volkswagen GTI Club Sport: This Week’s Top PhotosToyota this week revealed its TS040 Hybrid Le Mans prototype, the Japanese automaker’s race car rival to Audi’s R18 e-tron quattro and Porsche’s 919 Hybrid in the 2014 World Endurance Championship. The TS040 produces a staggering 986 horsepower and is Toyota’s first...
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1966 Ford Mustang Meets Volvo Wagon: A Marriage Of Convenience?If you're asking yourself why anyone would want to graft a Volvo 240DL's wagon roof and hatch onto a Ford Mustang, let us know when you find out. We're asking ourselves the same question. DON'T MISS: 1968 Ford Mustang Gets A 443-WHP Turbo 2JZ Swap: Video Okay, so it's not so hard to figure out why...
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