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Hidden away in a hall underneath the new launches and glitzy stands, more than a few show-goers will have missed one of Geneva's highlights--an exhibition celebrating the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. MUST SEE: Crush All 93 Vipers We Gave You (Vin #4 Included), Chrysler Tells Schools: Video Vehicles from as far back as the 1920s and as recent as Audi's dominating R18 Le Mans prototype were on display, taking a brief vacation from their traditional home in the Le Mans museum, located at the famous Circuit de la Sarthe itself. A total of 20 vehicles make up the exhibit, hidden away...
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Rinspeed Reveals Tesla Model S-Based XchangE Autonomous Concept: Live PhotosThe 2014 Geneva Motor Show is currently underway, and Swiss design and engineering firm Rinspeed revealed a new concept car at its home event. Rinspeed’s new concept, called the XchangE, explores the potential designs an autonomous car could yield, taking a conventional sedan, in this case an...
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Touring Disco Volante Colored Up For Geneva: Live Photos And VideoIt first arrived on the scene in concept form back in 2012. Milanese coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera then produced a production version for last year's Geneva Motor Show. We're talking, of course, about the Disco Volante, which takes an elegant, shapely machine and transforms it even...
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Land Rover Confirms Discovery Name To Be Used For Family Of Models: VideoLand Rover used this week’s 2014 Geneva Motor Show to confirm that its Discovery nameplate, which is currently used overseas for the LR4 model, will eventually be used for a whole family of models in the same way that the Range Rover badge currently spans three different models. Land Rover...
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2015 Hyundai Sonata Teased Ahead Of 2014 New York Auto ShowThe 2015 Hyundai Sonata will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show next month.
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Tony Stewart Heads Eastbound And Down As The Bandit: VideoIt's funny how one movie can turn a car into a legend. Such is the case with Smokey and the Bandit, and the Pontiac Trans Am. Sure the Trans Am looked pretty cool thanks to its t-top and fire chicken on the hood, but it wasn't bursting with power thanks to the arrival of emission controls. That...
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Remember the Maybach? You should, since it only went away in 2012. The ultra-luxe arm of Mercedes-Benz never quite hit the sales numbers it was shooting for. In its ten year run, just over 3,000 units found their way into presumably high-end garages. Automakers like Bentley and Rolls-Royce can now hit that sales tally on a yearly basis with relative ease. Heck, the Lamborghini Gallardo found 14,002 buyers in its ten year run. Still, the Maybach 57 and 62 were certainly luxurious rolling passports to the high life... and they may be coming back. According to Australia's Carsguide, the chief...
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Camaro Z/28 Aero Improved With Addition Of The "Flowtie"Engineers working on the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 are wildly addicted to the idea of improving the aerodynamics of the car. This is a machine that is designed to devour race tracks, and in order to do so it must stick to the road and slip through the air. There's a large splitter up front, a big...
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Need For Speed Mustang Hero Car Heads To Barrett-JacksonThe Mustang hero car from the Need For Speed movie is based on a 2014 Ford Mustang GT but features a custom wide-body kit.
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Mansory's 1,600 HP Aventador And Other Geneva Stars: Live PhotosWhatever has changed behind the scenes at high-profile tuning firm Mansory, we like it. Once known for horrendous eye-gouging re-works of the world's supercars, Mansory's 2014 Geneva Motor Show stand was surprisingly tasteful, and chock-full of carbon fiber clad works of art. It may not have taken...
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Spyker Starts Bond Program To Fund B6 VenatorA bond issue will fund the launch of Spyker's latest car.
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Corvettes Rescued From Sinkhole, Transformers 4 Trailer, Gumpert Explosion: Car News HeadlinesThree of eight historic Corvettes that fell into a sinkhole under the National Corvette Museum last month are back on solid ground following a delicate removal process this week. Once removed, the cars were shipped over to a special department within General Motors Design in Warren, Michigan where...
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The 2015 Jeep Renegade will be offered with a line of Mopar accessories.
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MINI Clubman Concept: 2014 Geneva Motor Show Live PhotosMINI has given us our first official look at its third-generation Clubman in the form of a thinly veiled concept version at this week’s 2014 Geneva Motor Show. MINI’s new Clubman Concept is about ten inches longer than the current Clubman and close to seven inches wider. This puts it in...
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2014 BMW 2-Series Active Tourer debuts at Geneva auto showThe first front-wheel-drive model to wear the BMW roundel is finally here, in the form of the new 2-Series Active Tourer, which debuted this week at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. BMW first confirmed it was working on a FWD model as far back as 2010 and in between we were treated with a couple of...
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2015 Ferrari California T Live Photos And Video From Geneva DebutFerrari’s new turbocharged California T was presented to journalists at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, where, in typical Ferrari fashion, it managed to attract legions of onlookers curious to see it up close and learn about its new hardware. For those that missed our detailed preview, the...
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Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II Unveiled In Geneva: Live Photos And VideoRolls-Royce cars tend to operate on a different clock than lesser automotive brands, with the basic design of a model lasting a decade or more. But with the Ghost having launched back in 2009, the British luxury marque felt it was time for a few nips and tucks--so now we have the Ghost Series II...
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2014 SEAT Leon Cupra Sets Nürburgring Record For FWD Cars: VideoThe Volkswagen Group’s Spanish unit SEAT can now lay claim to the Nürburgring lap record for front-wheel-drive production cars, with its 2014 Leon Cupra hot hatch recently setting a 7:58.4 lap with racing driver Jordi Gené behind the wheel. The Leon is a small hatch based on the...
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Porsche used the 2014 Geneva Motor Show this week to show the world its new hybrid Le Mans prototype that will contest the 2014 World Endurance Championship, which includes the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The new Le Mans prototype is the 2014 Porsche 919 Hybrid, and it will compete in the LMP1 category of the WEC. MUST SEE: Transformers 4 Extended Trailer Released: Video Porsche is a veteran of endurance racing, having won overall in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans no less than 16 times, but developing a new LMP1 from scratch is no easy task, especially with rivals as strong as Audi and Toyota...
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2014 Audi S1 Revealed: Geneva Motor Show Live PhotosAudi’s A1 subcompact sold overseas has just received a mid-cycle update, and as part of that update the range has been expanded with a sporty new S1 variant. Audi hasn’t revealed the full details on its updates to the regular A1 but the automaker has revealed the S1, which will be...
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2015 Audi S3 Cabriolet: 2014 Geneva Motor Show Live Photos And VideoThis year's Geneva Motor Show shaped up to be an interesting affair, made all the more interesting by the arrival of the new Audi S3 Cabriolet--which may make it to the U.S. alongside its more sedate A3 Cabriolet counterpart though is yet to be confirmed. The S3 will be on sale this summer in...
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2015 Nissan Juke Gains New Styling, Engines In Geneva: VideoNissan has chosen this week’s 2014 Geneva Motor Show to introduce the latest version of its popular Juke crossover. The vehicle hasn’t been announced for the U.S. market yet, but we expect it to arrive later in the year, as a 2015 model. MUST SEE: Transformers 4 Extended Trailer...
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Transformers 4 Extended Trailer Released: VideoAfter a short 30-second Super Bowl spot earlier this year, the producers for the upcoming Transformers movie, Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction, have released a new extended trailer with more than two-and-a-half minutes of giant robot action. MUST SEE: Tony Stewart Heads Eastbound And Down As The...
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Gumpert Explosion: Live Photos Of 420-Horsepower German Sports CarIt was good to see German automaker Gumpert at Geneva, following its insolvency back in 2012. The company had kept ticking along building its Apollo supercar, and finally found an investor this time last year--allowing it to bring us the Explosion sports car at this year's Geneva Motor Show. MUST...
Antony Ingram