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It’s now possible to take a stroll through Lamborghini’s official museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese from the comfort of your own home, thanks to the magic of Google Maps. Using the same technology as the Google Maps street view function, you can simply click your way through the two floors of the Lamborghini museum and even peer inside many of the cars. That’s right, the virtual experience includes a feature that allows users to access an interior view of a select few models. Highlights include the Reventon, Sesto Elemento and Estoque concept car. Spread across 1,500...
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2014 Mercedes S63 AMG Driven, New GT-R Chief, Red-Light Lemmings: Car News HeadlinesWe’ve published our first drive report on the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG 4MATIC; to sum up the car, luxurious and fast doesn't even begin to describe it. Nissan’s new chief engineer for the GT-R has spilled some details on the future plans for the world-beating performance machine. He...
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2015 Porsche Macan Turbo To Feature 395-HP Twin-Turbo V-6Porsche’s Macan crossover is on track for a world debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show next month and is expected to initially be available in two trim levels: Macan S and Macan Turbo. We’ve already spotted both versions testing in prototype form, but now we have some official...
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2015 Cadillac Escalade May Still Spawn EXT Pickup And Hybrid Variants: ReportGeneral Motors is still open to launching EXT pickup and hybrid versions of its new 2015 Cadillac Escalade, according to one of the automaker's top engineers. Speaking with Edmunds, the 2015 Escalade’s chief engineer Jeff Luke revealed that the vehicle’s structure was capable of...
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Novitec Rosso Builds Wide-Body Ferrari F12 BerlinettaFerrari’s F12 Berlinetta is near perfection in standard form, yet somehow the tuners at Novitec Rosso manage to consistently improve upon the car. The German tuner was one of the first to get its hands on the F12 and now, one year on, it has released a new wide-body conversion for the...
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Red-Light Lemmings Traverse A Los Angeles Intersection: VideoMy driving skills were originally honed all around New England, where I learned how to quickly parallel park on Boston side streets, handle rear-wheel-drive cars and trucks in the snow, and quickly react to aggressive cabbies who care not for my fenders. It was a great training ground for becoming...
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The new Chevrolet Corvette is a pretty amazing machine. It offers a whole lot of performance for relatively short money. Still, the Corvette King of the past generation was, for many, the Z06 version. The Z06 is the Kentucky-bred badass that offers the best mix of furious power and potent performance at a trim fighting weight--despite the 638-horsepower ZR1 offering's punch, it also weighed quite a bit more. Since the new Stingray is the 'entry-level" Corvette and it's bursting forth with 455 (plus) horsepower, it only makes sense that 'Vette fans are licking their chops in anticipation of...
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2014 BMW 4-Series Convertible LeakedBarely disguised prototypes for BMW’s new 4-Series Convertible have been running around Europe for the past couple of months, but now we have the first official images of the completed car. The images show the 4-Series Convertible with some of its official accessories and look to have been...
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New GT-R Boss Chasing Quality And Value Rather Than PerformanceKinishi Tanuma, Nissan’s new chief engineer for the GT-R, has some pretty big shoes to fill. He’s the replacement for Kazutoshi Mizuno, the man credited with making the current R35 GT-R the world-beating performance machine that it is. He was also a proponent of keeping the GT-R’s...
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Many Modified Mopar Machines Make Way To SEMAThe Chrysler family is packing its bags for Las Vegas ahead of the upcoming 2013 SEMA show. They're packing heavy too, because there's going to be plenty of Mopar madness on display. Between Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Ram, and SRT, the automaker group is bringing 20 different vehicles to put on...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz ML Goes Blammo For IIHS, Scores Top Safety Pick+: VideoCrash tests are a necessary thing. A funny, necessary thing... which we enjoy watching. A vehicle that scores well shows us just how we can be protected in the event of an accident, and that's wonderful to see. On the flip side, a vehicle that does poorly provides an amusing vantage point of...
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Ford Announces Vortech Yellow Jacket Mustang For SEMAFord's latest SEMA concept features a retina-assaulting paint job and a supercharged Coyote V-8.
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The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid replaces a conventional transmission with two electric motors and an electronic clutch pack.
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QNX Announces Pure Software Solution For In-Car Noise ReductionNoise reduction can be accomplished with existing hardware and some clever software, QNX says.
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2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG first drive reviewThe Mercedes-Benz S Class is all new this year, and with it, we get an all-new S63 AMG with 4MATIC all-wheel drive. If there is such a thing as diamond icing on a platinum cake, this is it. First things first: this isn't a driver's car, at least not in the way a BMW M3, or a Ferrari 458 Italia, or...
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2015 Cadillac Escalade, 2015 Ford Focus, Three Mitsubishi Concepts: Today’s Car NewsThe 2015 Cadillac Escalade has been revealed, and it’s bigger and bolder than ever. While the exterior’s execution is somewhat evolutionary, it’s the interior where the biggest gains have been realized. Yes, the 2015 Escalade has finally received the interior worthy of its luxury...
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Strong Demand To Limit 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray’s AvailabilityThe 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is a very good car. In fact, it’s a great car. That’s why General Motors already has a long list of orders despite it only just reaching showrooms. In addition, dealers are expected to have few unsold examples up until the second quarter of next...
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Forget a Stingray For Your Girlfriend, Propose And Get Yourself A Ferrari: VideoThis man is Erik Dumas. He's Canadian, and therefore funny. He just proposed to his girlfriend, Mary. And he got a Ferrari out of the deal. How did this wizard perform such a feat, you ask? It's actually quite simple: Dumas' girlfriend said he could have an engagement Ferrari when she got an...
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Featured in the video above is Giorgio Sanna, Lamborghini’s chief test driver for both its production car and motorsport programs. He replaced Valentino Balboni, who officially stepped down from the role back in 2008 but has continued to influence Lamborghini's cars in a consulting role. Sanna is primarily responsible for the handling of Lamborghini’s cars and starts driving prototypes of future models up to three years before they reach the market. He also participates in Lamborghini’s one-make Blancpain Super Trofeo racing series, where he sometimes races for the factory...
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Chevrolet Performance Offers Even More For The Fifth-Gen CamaroChevrolet Performance, Chevy’s official performance parts and accessories brand, has come out with a range of new upgrades for the fifth-generation Camaro, which means they’re applicable for the first 2010 model right up to the latest 2014 range. The best part is that the upgrades will...
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Are External Airbags The Next Generation Of Car Safety Tech?An automotive supplier hopes its external airbags will be on production cars by the end of the decade.
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Mercedes Targets 60,000 Combined Annual Sales For CLA And GLA In U.S. AloneMercedes-Benz’s new compact range has proven a hit in the markets where the stylish offerings are sold, and it looks like that success will be repeated in the U.S. The automaker’s local chief, Steve Cannon, is confident of reaching 60,000 combined annual sales split evenly between the...
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Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn Tests Company’s Autonomous Car: VideoNissan has promised to launch a fully autonomous car by 2020 and is committed to eventually offering the option on its full lineup of cars. Currently, the automaker is trialing a number of its Leaf electric cars fitted with its autonomous technology, just like the one featured in the video above...
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2015 Ford Focus spy shotsFollowing yesterday’s sighting of a facelifted Ford Focus ST, we now have spy shots of a facelifted version of the regular Focus. Both are expected to hit the market in the second half of next year, as 2015 models. The current, European-designed Focus went on sale in the U.S. in 2012 but...
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