Car News
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Google Glass is slowly working its way into the automotive infotainment sphere.
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2014 Lotus Elise S Cup R Officially Unveiled At AutosportThe Elise S Cup R is a track-bred version of Lotus' topless sports car.
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Dubai Penthouse Comes With Free Lamborghini AventadorIn the market for a new home? Perhaps you should consider the Damac Maison building on Dubai's Mall Street. Splurge a little and opt for one of the penthouses, because you'll be rewarded not just with an amazing view but with a car as well. That's right, the Damac real estate and building company...
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Jeff Zwart Examines The Alter Egos Of The Porsche 911Jeff Zwart is a man who's intimately familiar with all things Porsche. His father owned Porsche cars and Zwart learned to drive in a 911 that was such an early production car that it was actually a 901. Zwart now owns more modern Porsches and he takes them racing, quite successfully in fact. This...
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Fisker Wants Court To Reject Wanxiang Bid, Cites It As Cause Of BankruptcyBankrupt automaker Fisker Automotive is urging courts to approve the sale of its assets to a Hong Kong company currently bidding on it, in the hope that it can prevent Chinese auto parts maker Wanxiang from intervening and buying up the assets before the sale can take place. According to Reuters...
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GM's RFID Smart Bolt Improves Manufacturing AccuracyRFID-tagged bolts allow assembly-line workers to track blocks and heads.
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The all-new 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 has been priced at $75,000, including a $995 destination charge and gas guzzler tax, making it one of the most expensive cars ever offered by the bowtie brand. The asking price is certainly quite the leap over the more powerful Camaro ZL1’s $55k sticker, but the Camaro Z/28 comes fully equipped and features some of the best performance items money can buy. The car has just one option: a $1,150 comfort package that adds air conditioning and a six-speaker sound system (the stock Camaro Z/28 has a single speaker). Those niceties were removed on the...
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Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge, Schumacher’s Birthday, Nissan GT-R NISMO: Car News HeadlinesInfiniti’s Formula One-inspired Q50 Eau Rouge concept car has been revealed ahead of its debut at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show later this month. Exterior wise, the concept shares only its doors and roof with the regular Q50. Hopefully the drivetrain has been worked over too. Michael Schumacher...
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Idris Elba Starts New Car Show 'King Of Speed'Television stations and the internet are awash with car-themed programs, both serious and--in the case of shows like Top Gear--less so. But we always welcome more, which is why Idris Elba: King Of Speed has caught our attention. You may not have heard of Idris Elba, but the actor has appeared in...
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2013-2014 Land Rover Range Rover Recalled Due To Airbag IssueLand Rover has issued a recall on certain versions of its Range Rover SUV due to a connector that may come loose and in the process render an airbag inoperative. The recall affects Range Rovers from the 2013 and 2014 model years, of which there are said to be 3,912 examples in the country. WATCH...
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More Dealers To Receive 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: ReportNow that the initial buzz surrounding the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has worn off, Chevrolet is expanding the number of dealers eligible to sell the car. You may recall that during the car’s sales launch last fall, Chevrolet limited the Corvette Stingray’s availability to only...
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Mercedes-Benz Builds Record 1.49 Million Vehicles In 2013Mercedes-Benz had a very good run in 2013, with the German auto giant manufacturing a record 1.49 million vehicles over the course of the past 12 months. No figure for the amount of sales has been released, though Mercedes says it will be higher than 1.4 million units, which makes it also a new...
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When Audi first showed us its Sport quattro concept at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show last September, sources suggested to us that the concept hinted at styling cues, design forms, and features that are being considered for Audi’s next generation of cars. The concept, after all, sits on a next-generation version of Audi’s MLB platform, which will be used for most of the automaker’s lineup from the next A4 up. However, it seems Audi may have had a change of heart since then, as it is now being reported that the automaker is considering putting the concept into production...
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2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO Hits The Track: VideoWe’ve already seen it set an insane 7:08.679 Nürburgring lap time, but now watch the 2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO on its home turf, this time lapping Japan’s Sodegaura Forest Raceway. In terms of performance, the car outmuscles some of the most sought after sports cars on the planet...
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F1 Legend Michael Schumacher Remains In Coma On 45th BirthdayMichael Schumacher remains in a French hospital in an induced coma on his 45th birthday today. The last update given by his medical team, made on January 1, 2014, was that the Formula One racing legend remains in a stable yet critical condition. Schumacher was on holiday with family at the Meribel...
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2011-2012 Volvo S60 Recalled Due To Faulty Oil Pressure GaugeVolvo has issued a recall on certain versions of its S60 sedan due to a faulty oil pressure gauge. The recall affects S60s from the 2011 and 2012 model years, though only those examples equipped with a five-cylinder engine bearing the engine code B5254T5, and manufactured from June 22, 2010 through...
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828ci Ford V-8 Turns 2,000 Naturally-Aspirated Horsepower On DynoThis pro-stock Ford racing engine produces nearly 2,000 horsepower without forced induction.
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Fisker Founders Sued Over Company CollapseThe woes of Fisker Automotive, the electric car startup that filed for bankruptcy late last year after a series of insurmountable problems, don't look like stopping any time soon. Investor group Atlas Capital Management LP is suing Fisker co-founder Henrik Fisker as well as several former directors...
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The 2014 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona is coming up sooner than you'd think, and with it, the merged American Le Mans Series and Grand Am racing now known as the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. Audi will be among the major manufacturers contending for the inaugural title, bringing a total of four customer race teams with five R8 LMS race cars and 20 drivers. Those four race teams include Fall-Line Motorsports, GMG Racing, Paul Miller Racing, and a team long known for its success racing Porsches in GT competition, Flying Lizard Motorsports. All five cars will be at the "Roar Before" test...
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LaFerrari Up For Sale, Fiat Buys Chrysler, Michael Schumacher Stable: Today’s Car NewsOne of the 499 LaFerrari supercars destined to be built is already up for sale at a dealership in Germany. It’s not clear who the original owner was but the car has been driven for about 124 miles and is listed for more than $3 million. Fiat this week announced it will buy all remaining...
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Google, Audi Pairing For In-Car Infotainment, Announcement At CES?If there's one thing that spoils the experience of buying a decade-old luxury vehicle at a fraction of its original price, it's the hilariously outdated infotainment and navigation systems they were lumbered with. Infotainment technology has come along so quickly in recent years that OEM systems...
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Ferrari LaFerrari Already Hits The Used Car MarketDespite Ferrari’s best attempts to screen buyers of its LaFerrari, with chairman Luca di Montezemolo himself determining the final cut, an example has already hit the used car market, mere weeks after deliveries commenced. It’s listed on the website of Munich dealer SEMCO and is priced...
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2015 Volvo V60 Priced From $36,215Volvo’s V60 wagon which goes on sale across the country this month has been priced from $36,215, including $915 in destination fees. The vehicle has been on sale overseas for several years but was recently updated and now finally in local showrooms. The good news is that a high-performance...
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AMG Performance Studio Personalization Department Builds Bespoke SLS AMG Black SeriesAMG is the latest to join the personalization craze among purveyors of luxury and performance autos, with the official Mercedes-Benz tuner showcasing its potential with a bespoke SLS AMG Black Series. The striking sports car was personalized by its owner through the AMG Performance Studio. Full...
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