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Military intelligence and jumbo shrimp are the classic oxymorons that keep garden-variety morons like me awake at night. Toss in a third mindbender--"sporty SUV"--and the WTF factor does a damn fine job of counteracting jet lag. We drove headlong into all three in the course of our first drive of the 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport, wending through stupendously sunny Welsh countryside and what seemed like acres and acres of sheep, coursing like an open vein of pounds sterling, cutting through active British military training fields with live ammo on our way from one epic meal to the next...
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2014 Maserati Quattroporte Build VideoWith its stylish new shape and finely turned-out interior, the 2014 Maserati Quattroporte puts its own twist on the sporty/luxurious four-door. Here, we see a bit of how it all comes together. The video shows many of the stages of construction, including some detail work on the Bowers & Wilkins...
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Self-Driving Electric Shuttle Demoed At Circuit Of The Americas: VideoThe Induct Navia isn't a household name, and it's not likely to become one, but you might just find it, or something like it, at your next big race or sports event. The Navia, by Induct Technology, is a driverless electric shuttle unveiled earlier this year. A touchscreen onboard allows the...
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Pitbull Promotes Dodge Dart In New Ads: VideoIn an attempt to target ‘millennials,’ those born from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, Dodge has called on popular musician and rapper Pitbull to help promote its 2013 Dart. Pitbull, whose real name is Armando Pérez, is featured in a series of television commercials for the...
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Toddler Buys Sprite, 2014 Land Rover LR4 Spied, BMW CAT Outdoor: Car News HeadlinesA 14-month old girl bought a classic Austin-Healey Sprite with her father's mobile phone--and got to keep the car. It looks like it should be just about ready by the time she gets her license. Cool. The 2014 Land Rover LR4 has been spied in testing, showing us what to expect from the next update of...
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Aston Martin At The 2013 Goodwood Festival Of SpeedAston Martin’s forward-looking CC100 Speedster concept will headline the British automaker’s showcase at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which kicks off in the U.K. today and runs until Sunday. Aston Martin, of course, is celebrating its centenary this year and understandably most...
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In March we first reported that Jaguar design boss Ian Callum, the man responsible for the styling of the original Aston Martin Vanquish as well as the latest F-Type sports car, had commissioned the rebuild of a very special Jaguar Mk2. At the time, Callum said he would be making a few tweaks to improve the stance of the car, simplify some of the external trim pieces, and add a few new touches to the interior. Now that the design specification has been locked in, Callum has provided a few more details on the build. The front wings of the car will include louvers, both from an aesthetic point...
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Honda Picks Milton Keynes As Site For Formula One OperationsHonda has picked Milton Keynes in the U.K. for the site of its new Formula One operations. The British town is famous in the world of motorsport for being the home of Red Bull Racing, and soon Honda’s F1 engineers will call it home as well. Honda announced in May it would be returning to F1...
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2014 Land Rover LR4 Spy ShotsLand Rover’s LR4 (a Discovery to our non-U.S. readers) is set to receive a raft of updates that will bring the go-just-about-anywhere SUV into line with the latest additions from the British automaker. This means efficiency gains across the range, LED-enhanced headlights and a much more...
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BMW Concept Active Tourer Outdoor: Gold Race OrangeIt's rare that concept cars are very concept-y at all anymore. BMW is one of the worst offenders, showing what are basically production cars with funky wheels and calling them concepts. But sometimes we don't care. BMW's Concept Active Tourer Outdoor is ostensibly aimed at outdoorsy types. We don't...
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Does The 2014 Range Rover Sport Make Jaguar-Land Rover Three For Three?The Jaguar-Land Rover group is in the process of a new product onslaught. With the new 2013 Range Rover, 2014 Jaguar F-Type, and now the 2014 Range Rover Sport, there's no shortage of new metal being introduced. But are all these new vehicles winners? The new 2013 Range Rover was the first of these...
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HSV shuns the fun police in new ad for 580-horsepower GTS sedanHSV, official tuner to Holden in Australia, has released its first television advertisement for its new flagship, the 2013 GTS sedan. The car sits atop the latest Gen-F range of high-powered sedans, utes and wagons and comes to the market with a supercharged LSA V-8 engine delivering 580 horsepower...
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We often say the love of cars is something in our blood. For one Portland, Oregon toddler, it may be in the genes. At just 14 months old, Sorella Stoute bought a 1962 Austin-Healey Sprite on eBay. Unfortunately, it's not exactly a sterling example, its doors painted "Frankensprite." Fortunately, the purchase price was just $225. How did the barely-mobile youngster manage the jalopy purchase? With her dad's smartphone and the eBay mobile app. A few errant swipes and pokes later, Little Miss Stoute had made the buy and closed the app, leaving her dad, Paul Stoute, to discover the surprise fleet...
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Pikes Peak Purity: Jeff Zwart And His Porsche 911There's been a lot of hype around Sebastien Loeb's record run, but here we have something that needs no hype, no music, no adornment. It's just pure, beautifully shot footage of Jeff Zwart's 2013 Pikes Peak hill climb run in his Porsche 911. That 911 is no run-of-the-mill road car, either. It's a...
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Carroll Shelby-Owned 1969 Shelby GT500 Heading To AuctionA classic Ford Mustang is a wonderful item to put in anyones garage. Make it a Shelby GT500, however, and you're owning an excellent example of a rare piece of motoring history. What could you do to make it even more rare? Find an GT500 that was owned by the man whose name is on the back, Carroll...
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Bentley Continental GT3 Racer To Run Goodwood Hill: VideoThe Bentley Continental GT3 race car is already planned to make its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. But it won't just be there on display--it will be running up the hill. Tee time for the Conti GT3 is 1:25 p.m. local time Friday July 12 at Goodwood, just over three hours after its 10:15...
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McLaren 12C GT, Jaguar Project 7, Grand Theft Auto V: Today's Car NewsThe McLaren 12C GT Sprint isn't your typical special-edition supercar. It's been completely upgraded by McLaren GT, the company's racing arm, for full-on track-day duty. Jaguar's Project 7 is another factory-born race-focused special, but it's a one-off design concept. Even if it's not a production...
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2013 Lincoln MKS Recalled For Faulty Child Safety LocksLincoln has issued a recall on certain versions of its 2013 MKS sedan due to an issue with the cars’ child safety locks. Also included in the latest recall are versions of the 2013 Ford Explorer and Taurus. The recall only affects 2013 Lincoln MKS sedans built from November 29, 2012, through...
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Anyone still sore from missing out on one of McLaren’s 12C GT Can-Am Edition track cars, of which just 30 were produced, now have reason to cheer. McLaren today announced a new track car that will see regular production but will still be limited to only 20 units per year. The new track car is the McLaren 12C GT Sprint, and like all track-focused versions of McLaren’s modern supercars it has been developed exclusively by the McLaren GT squad, responsible also for the high-performance 12C GT3 race cars. The 12C GT Sprint sits somewhere between the 12C road car and 12C GT3 racer and...
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Grand Theft Auto V Gameplay Trailer: Video"Breakin' the law, breakin' the law." -- Judas Priest When you just wanna blow stuff up, fly choppers into fountains, and hoon a parking garage so hard you fly right off the top of it, there are only two places to go: the loony bin, or Grand Theft Auto. OK, so there are many more ways to get highly...
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Forbidden Fruit: 2013 Peugeot RCZ RFrench automaker Peugeot has taken the wraps off its most powerful road car to date, the 2013 RCZ R sports coupe, which makes its official debut this week at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. The stylish and somewhat quirky RCZ has been around since 2009 but the latest variant adopts...
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James Glickenhaus Talks About His Next Supercar Project, The SCG 003Earlier this year we brought you details on the next supercar project from avid car collector James Glickenhaus, the man behind 2006’s one-off Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina and its racing sibling, the P4/5 Competizione, unveiled in 2011. At the time, we told you the car would be powered by a...
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2014 BMW i3 Full SpecsBMW’s revolutionary i3 electric hatch is set to be revealed on the 29th of this month, and in the lead up the German automaker is drip feeding us some juicy information in addition to several new photos. Unfortunately, we still don’t have photos of the final car although our own spy...
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Jaguar Project 7 To Debut At Goodwood Festival Of Speed: VideoThe promised special concept based on the Jaguar F-Type is called Project 7. It will debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed--and it's not the F-Type coupe. Reduced to a single-seater with a D-Type-style fairing and carbon fiber aerodynamic work the Project 7 sprints to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds...
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