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We don't know what the kid was driving, but we like to think it was a Lamborghini. Norway isn't really known for much here in the U.S. It's generally assumed to be a rather quiet land of snow, fish, and funny talking. But one 10-year-old boy apparently wants to put Norway on the map for Florida-esque weirdcrime. ALSO SEE: The 991 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Might Still Get A Stick: Wishful Thinking? You see, this 10-year-old Norwegian boy woke up one night in his home near Nordsinni, stole the family car, strapped his toddler little sister in, and took off to his grandmother's house, 18 miles away...
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Simona de Silvestro Joins Sauber F1, Aims For 2015 Race SeatSwiss racing driver Simona de Silvestro has been recruited by Formula One team Sauber as an affiliated driver. The new role is described as a preparation program aimed at achieving a super license and possible race seat at the Swiss team by as early as the 2015 season. de Silvestro, 25, will be...
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BMW 2-Series Active Tourer, Subaru WRX Pricing, Reverse Car Jump Record: Car News HeadlinesBMW’s first front-wheel-drive model has finally been revealed, the new 2-Series Active Tourer. It’s essentially a premium compact MPV and if you like its looks you’ll likely be able to order one in the U.S. sometime in 2015. The 2015 Subaru WRX and the car’s more potent STI...
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New Book Charts 100 Years Of Maserati HistoryMaserati turns 100 this year and has a whole list of events planned to mark the milestone. The biggest event will be an official Maserati gathering in Modena in mid-September, but if you can’t make it over to Italy you can still take part in the celebrations with a new book that charts the...
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2015 Subaru WRX, STI Models Priced: WRX Gets Big Value BoostSubaru has at last put a price tag—well a series of price tags—on its redesigned 2015 Subaru WRX lineup. And at the same time, it's rolled out all the numbers for the 2015 Subaru WRX STI. With new features and much-improved performance, and prices bumped up negligibly if at all, the...
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Renault reveals rear-engine, rear-drive TwingoFrench automaker Renault will unveil its brand new Twingo minicar at this year's Geneva Motor Show in March. That may not seem like exciting news, but the new Twingo actually marks a radical departure for cars in the segment, as it utilizes a rear-engined, rear-wheel-drive layout. It's the first...
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Talk of a turbocharged Ferrari dates back all the way to 2007, but the rumors never really gained traction until it was confirmed that Formula One would be adopting turbocharged engines for the 2014 season. Now, just weeks after Ferrari revealed its new turbocharged F1 car, the F14 T, the Italian sports car manufacturer has revealed a new turbocharged road car, the California T. The new convertible sports car is set for an official debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show on March 4, but it's already made a private unveiling at the Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena, Italy, attended by 800 of the...
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Schumacher Manager Says F1 Legend Still Being Woken From ComaA manager for injured racing legend Michael Schumacher has revealed the winner of seven Formula One world championships is still being woken from a coma that was medically induced by doctors treating him for head injuries sustained in a tragic skiing accident late last year. Manager Sabine Kehm...
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Meet Cigarette Racing’s New Speed Boat Inspired By The Mercedes AMG Vision GTFlorida’s Cigarette Racing is back with a new speed boat concept inspired by a Mercedes-Benz model, in this case the stunning AMG Vision Gran Turismo supercar concept unveiled last year. The boat is called the Cigarette Racing 50' Vision concept and it is being shown for the first time at the...
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Chevrolet To Ensure Sinkhole-Damaged Corvettes Are Properly RestoredThe sinkhole that formed under the Sky Dome of the National Corvette Museum this week and sent eight classic and modern classic Corvettes tumbling into an early grave is an automotive tragedy. While we've tried to smile in the face of sadness, it's a remarkable and unfortunate loss to the Corvette...
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Rob Dyrdek Sets Reverse Car Jump Record In Chevy Sonic: VideoJumping cars is tough. Television and movies make it look simple to the point we've been desensitized, but it's no mean feat to jump and land a car--and that's when it's going forward. Doing it in reverse? That's just crazy. Fortunately Rob Dyrdek is crazy. READ: 2015 Subaru WRX, STI Models Priced...
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Bugatti Holding Back New Model Until Veyron Grand Sport, Vitesse Sell OutBugatti will, eventually, build a new supercar. At least, one has been rumored to be in the works, potentially with hybrid technology, though it may not seek to outperform the quad-turbocharged W-16-powered Veyron, at least at the top end. But Bugatti can't build it until it sells the last of the...
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Monkeys are popular on the big screen and small screen alike. Ross had Marcel on Friends. BJ and the Bear made it through 48 episodes in the 1970s. Dieter was constantly imploring people to touch his monkey, Klaus, on Saturday Night Live's "Sprockets." Cars, bikes, and primates had a good run in the late '70s and early '80s, as Clint Eastwood roamed the country seeking bare-knuckle brawls as Philo Beddoe, his partner in crime the beer-drinking, hard-fighting orangutan Clyde in Every Which Way But Loose and its sequel Any Which Way You Can. The list goes on. More recent examples of famous...
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2014 Dodge Challenger Sees Price Hikes For Premium ModelsPricing for the 2014 Dodge Challenger is unchanged from the previous year’s model at $27,290, including a $995 destination fee, but if you’re interested in the mid-range R/T or high-performance SRT you’re going to have to pay a little extra in 2014. Pricing for the 2014 Challenger...
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2015 Lexus RC 350 F Sport To Be Unveiled At 2014 Geneva Motor ShowLexus will add another model to the 2015 RC coupe range at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show.
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Former F1 Champ Jacques Villeneuve Joins World Rallycross ChampionshipThe U.S.-centric Global Rallycross Championship has become extremely popular since its inaugural season several years back but now it’s about to face some stiff competition from a new rallycross series being run by the FIA. Called the World Rallycross Championship, the new series gets...
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Corvette Sinkhole Conspiracy: Giant Beaked Worm On The Loose, Say TruthersThe government may be lying to us, friends and neighbors. Oh, they're always lying about something, but today it's about the National Corvette Museum's sinkhole and what really caused it: Graboids. You'll have to read the highly informative slideshow embedded below to get all of the facts the...
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Volvo S60 V-8 Race Car, Twin-Turbo Corvette Stingray, Lexus RC F GT3: Today’s Car NewsVolvo today revealed a new race car based on its S60 sedan. Powered by a 650-horsepower V-8 engine, the new race car will compete in the Australian touring car series V8 Supercars. Chevrolet’s new supercharged Corvette Z06 is one impressive ride, but Hennessey’s new twin-turbocharged...
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Subaru has just unveiled a redesigned Legacy sedan, which will hit showrooms this summer as a 2015 model. The car is being launched with two engine options, a 2.5-liter four-cylinder and 3.6-liter six-cylinder, both of which are carryover units from the outgoing model. They’ve been made lighter and refined for fuel economy gains, and now come mated to CVTs, but they don’t offer much in terms of excitement. According to Car and Driver, that won’t be the case for long as Subaru is planning some new engines for its latest Legacy and, presumably, the new Outback as well. MUST...
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Volvo And Polestar Reveal S60 Race Car For V8 Supercars: VideoThe latest contender for the awesomeness that is Australia’s V8 Supercars touring car series has been revealed, the new S60 racer from Volvo and its motorsport and performance partner Polestar. Volvo confirmed its intentions to enter the sport only last June and since then it’s managed...
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Porsche, Mercedes And Aston Martin Lock Horns In Chris Harris Comparo: VideoTake three of the hottest sports cars currently in production and throw them into a comparo and you’re guaranteed to get a great video out of it, as Chris Harris and his team at /Drive demonstrate in this latest video pitting the aging Aston Martin Vantage (in V12 S guise) and Mercedes-Benz...
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Lexus Tops Dependability Study In Year Where Average Problems RoseLexus has been rated the most dependable brand for the third year in a row in J.D. Power’s annual Dependability study, a feat the Japanese luxury brand has achieved more than any other in the 25 years that the study has been run. Furthermore, Lexus led all other brands by a significant margin...
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Lexus RC F GT3 Concept Headed To Geneva Motor ShowLexus will present a new race car concept designed to GT3 specification at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show early next month. The new concept will be based on the RC F sports car and signal the Japanese luxury brand’s intention to compete in the international GT3 circuit, just like Bentley and...
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2014 Bentley Continental GT V8 S: First DriveHow quick is the new Bentley Continental GT V8 S? How powerful? If this were the Bentley of the past, when it was intertwined with Rolls-Royce, the deflective reply to such questions would be “Sufficient.” And it would be left up to us to agree. A quarter-century ago, when the...
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