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The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is almost ready for its showroom debut but before that happens there’s still plenty to learn about the latest generation of one of America’s most iconic sports cars. Today we’re taking a close look at the digital gauge cluster that will be fitted to every new Corvette. The advanced unit can provide up to 69 unique sources of information, ranging from an interactive performance timer to a tire tread temperature display. In order to make it easy to stay on top of all the info, designers have added three configurable modes. The main feature...
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BMW Teases Engine Sound For New M3 And M4: VideoKeep this video on repeat as those growls you hear are the sweet sounds of the new straight-six engine developed for the latest generation of the BMW M3 and the all-new M4 (basically a new M3 Coupe). Also shown in the video is a small sliver of the new M3’s power dome hood, whose yellow hue...
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Elon Musk Reveals Details On 800-MPH HyperloopAfter first dropping hints a year ago on a revolutionary form of transportation dubbed the Hyperloop, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has now revealed the details behind the concept. Musk, one of few men in history to have ever established two completely unrelated billion dollar firms, could be on his way...
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Five Design Goals Of The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: VideoThe design of the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is close to being an undisputed knockout, which is very impressive considering the car’s developers started with a blank sheet of paper, both for the car’s exterior as well as the platform underpinning it all. From its distinct...
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Super Trofeo Version Of Gallardo Successor To Make Race Debut In 2015The Lamborghini Gallardo is near the end of its life cycle, and engineers at Sant'Agata are known to be developing the follow-up. That car, which may be called the Lamborghini Cabrera, has already been spotted in prototype form. A concept version is likely to be unveiled soon and a sales launch is...
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2014 Dodge SRT Viper’s Base Price Rises To $101,309If you're in the market for a 2014 Dodge SRT Viper, be prepared to dig a little deeper. Prices for the V-10-powered supercar are on the rise. The 2014 SRT Viper’s base price is now $101,309, including destination, which equates to a rise of $1,919 on last year’s model. Both prices...
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One of Great Britain's major political parties says it wants to see diesel-powered and non-hybrid gasoline-powered passenger cars banned from British roads by 2040. The Liberal Democrats, part of the U.K.'s current coalition government, said it would even be willing to accelerate the timing of the ban, if the availability and affordability of fuel-sipping hybrids and battery-powered electrics matched those of regular gas and diesel cars. The proposal, which excludes vehicles used for freight purposes, was published in a paper submitted by the political party titled Green Growth And Green Jobs...
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2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray Already Attracts Steep Dealer MarkupsThe 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is one of the most anticipated cars of the year and pent-up demand, both from hardcore fans and first-time ‘Vette buyers, is sure to cause a stampede at showrooms when the car officially arrives in early October. Not surprisingly, dealers have already been...
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Fox Sports Acquires Broadcast Rights For Formula EFox Sports has signed a multi-year deal with organizers of the Formula E Championship for broadcast rights of the new electric car racing series. The deal includes broadcast exclusivity across the Fox family of networks in the U.S., including the new Fox Sports 1 channel which launches on August...
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FWD Jaguar Compact Still Under ConsiderationJaguar is once again considering launching a front-wheel-drive compact to help lower its fleet-wide average fuel economy and better compete with its German rivals, all of which already offer such models and have even more in the pipeline. Of course, Jaguar still has to catch up on its rivals by...
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Cars In Hell, 2015 Lexus RC F, Viper Price Increase: Today's Car NewsSRT has increased the base price of the 2014 Viper to $101,309, which excludes the $2,600 gas guzzler tax but includes destination. While the base price has increased, pricing for the Viper GTS model has remained the same as last year at $122,390. The price increase reflects the additional standard...
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Toyota Already At Work On RWD Sports Car Smaller Than FR-SPrior to the last decade, Toyota sold a trio of sports cars that catered to a relatively wide spectrum of the new car market. Even now the names of those sports cars, Supra, MR2 and Celica, hold a certain cachet with performance buyers, despite Toyota losing its way and dropping all three model...
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Lexus will soon launch a new coupe to challenge the Audi A5, BMW 4-Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe, and just as those rivals all have high-performance variants so too will the Lexus. The new Lexus coupe will essentially be a two-door IS but a unique name, in this case RC, and differentiated styling will help set the two apart. The high-performance variant of the new Lexus coupe will be the RC F, which we’ve already spied testing in prototype form. We expect the car to come on the market next fall, as a 2015 model, and feature a revised version of the outgoing IS F’s...
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The Nine Cars You'll Drive In HellMaybe you take two spots up front near the Best Buy. Or refuse to cede the left lane. Or tailgate, then slow down when we get out of your way. You, sir, are a terrible driver. And for that, you're going straight to Hell. We're not guessing here, we're just taking the word of every driver in a...
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BMW Sees U.S. As Top Market For 2015 i8It was four years ago at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show that we first saw BMW roll out its Vision EfficientDynamics concept and announce its commitment to launching an advanced sports car with stellar gas mileage based on it. At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show in one month’s time, BMW will finally...
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2015 Mercedes GLK, 2014 Jaguar XFR-S, Subaru BRZ tS Concept: This Week’s Top PhotosThe first prototypes for the second-generation Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class have started testing, and we’ve already scooped some photos. They show a larger and more refined GLK, which makes sense since Mercedes’ upcoming 2014 GLA will now fill the role of the automaker’s entry-level...
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2014 Jaguar XJR first drive reviewThe new 550-horsepower Jaguar XJR is indeed a stormer of a big sedan. We knew that much, even before heading out for our first drive in one this past week. But what we learned after a few hours behind the wheel is that this super-sedan (in size and performance) retains all of what comprises the...
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Audi Injects R18 Le Mans Racer In Its Latest RS 6 Ad: VideoThere are few cars that mimic a race car-like experience on the street. A few Porsche products can do it, and some supercars certainly deliver in this area. Some automakers, however, have created vehicles that retain a daily usability while also offering up perfectly packaged potent powerplants...
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Tungsten is a rather important element. Bearing Atomic Number 74, Tungsten is used in a wide range of applications including the production of LCD screens to internal parts of high-performance engines such as crankshafts. There are mines around the globe that supply the planet with its Tungsten, and most of it comes from China. In fact, China produces 85 percent of the world's Tungsten. Some of this Tungsten, however, comes from sources that aren't exactly on the up and up... and that's putting it mildly. It may be less than one percent of the global supply of Tungsten, but Revolutionary...
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Powerball Winner Wants To Buy Original Acura NSXThe recent $448 million Powerball jackpot was won by a lucky few. One of those few was Minnesota resident Paul White, who took home a share of the prize worth $58 million after taxes. Not a bad pay day, and an amount we'd most certainly use to acquire a few choice automobiles. White thinks the same...
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All-Wheel-Drive Tesla Model S In The Pipeline: ReportTesla CEO Elon Musk has said in the past that more Model S variants were in the pipeline, which led us to speculate that one would likely be an all-wheel-drive version built using the dual-motor setup previewed in the Model X crossover. Since both cars are spun from the same underlying structure...
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First Subaru, Now Toyota Previews Tuned Version Of RWD Sports CarIn the same week Subaru showed a new STI-tuned BRZ concept, Toyota rolled out a version of its GT 86 sports car, a Scion FR-S to U.S. readers, fitted with some of its own performance upgrades. The vehicle, described as a prototype, was presented to Australian media at an event organized by Toyota...
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2014 Jaguar XFR-S, Ayrton Senna's Acura NSX, BMW X4 Spied: Today's Car NewsOne of the most famous race car drivers of all time is Ayrton Senna, and a first-generation Acura NSX has popped up on eBay with a claim that Senna was the original owner. In fact, the driver-side floor mat supposedly still has Senna's footprint on it. If this isn't a collector's item we don't know...
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Sébastien Loeb Drives Citroën’s New WTCC Car, Is Joined By Yvan Muller: VideoBetter brush up on your French because one of the most exciting entries for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship is France’s Citroën, which is fielding two cars driven by two world champion French natives. We’ve already told you that the unstoppable Sébastien Loeb, a...
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