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After having a number of its race car components seized by a court in Le Mans, France earlier in the week due to an alleged financial dispute, the Lotus Praga team, run by German outfit Kodewa, has been cleared to race in this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. After an interrupted qualifying session, the team’s two 2013 T128 LMP2 prototypes managed to qualify in the 23rd and 24th positions. In a statement, team officials said they had filed a criminal complaint against Stéphane Chosse and the firms Adess and SCE Solutions. They claim that Stéphane Chosse is the one that...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG first drive reviewMainstream success gets a bad rap. Most of the time it's richly deserved, emphasis on the "rich." Bieber, Budweiser, Burger King--they're all huge, and hugely profitable. But even at their very best, they're baseline goods, zero hashmarks on the pop-culture barometer. When it's done correctly, with...
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Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Priced From $184,995After intriguing us with teasers, Aston Martin pulled the wraps of the new V12 Vantage S a few weeks ago. At the time, very few questions were left unanswered, except for price. We now know the Aston Martin V12 Vantage S will be priced from $184,995. The new V12 Vantage S has been confirmed as the...
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Lexus Airs Fourth Short Film: ‘Chan Chung Ki's Pupil’If you still haven’t taken a liking to Lexus’ new short film series, we doubt this latest job will change your opinion much. But here it is anyway. Titled Chan Chung Ki's Pupil, the story revolves around two female artists that face the same traumatic event and come out of it even more...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
SRT Viper GT3-R Ready For Race Day, Priced From $459,000You can now order a special race-ready version of the 2013 SRT Viper.
Nelson Ireson -
2014 Corvette Stingray Performance, Next-Gen Mustang Rumors, 2015 F-Type Coupe: Car News HeadlinesThe first official performance figures for the 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray Z51 are out, and it's one quick sports car. Like, barely a tenth of a second slower to 60 mph than the last Z06 quick. Awesome. The next generation of the Ford Mustang may get some interesting performance editions...
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Volvo has previewed some of its upcoming technology with a demonstration of a new self-parking system which doesn’t require the driver to even be present in the vehicle. You may recall that Audi previewed just such a system earlier this year and it’s likely many more automakers will be rolling out their own versions in the near future. Like the Audi system, Volvo’s new self-parking system, dubbed Autonomous Parking, allows the driver to use a smartphone to tell their car to go park itself or to come pick them up. Before you get too excited, Volvo’s Autonomous Parking...
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Next Ford Mustang To Feature Shelby GT350 And Mach 1 Models?We just learned that the next-generation Ford Mustang, which debuts early next year as a 2015 model, may no longer use the Shelby GT500 moniker for its SVT-engineered performance flagship but would likely stick with something familiar to Ford fans. At the time, we reported that the most likely name...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray Z51: 0-60 In 3.8 SecondsThe first official performance figures for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray with the Z51 Performance Package are in, and they're impressive for a mildly-upgraded base Corvette. Remember, this isn't the Z06, or the ZR1--this is the standard $51,995 coupe with only the $2,800 Z51 Performance...
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Nissan Releases New Teaser Photo For Electrified Le Mans CarNissan confirmed in February it would be making an official return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014 with a new race car entered through the event’s ‘Garage 56’ entry for environmentally friendly cars. At the time, Nissan said its race car would be “pioneering” and...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Porsche Tops J.D. Power’s 2013 Initial Quality StudyThe results for this year’s J.D. Power Initial Quality Study are out and it’s Porsche that’s been recognized for having the least amount of problems with its cars on average. The German sports car manufacturer knocks off last year’s leader Lexus, which dropped back to third...
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Renault Nissan Is Latest To Adopt Modular Platform StrategyRenault Nissan is the latest automaker to adopt a strategy of widespread platform and parts sharing across models, announcing today it will soon implement a modular platform architecture in 14 of its models from both the Renault and Nissan brands. Called the Common Modular Family (CMF), Renault...
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Three of the most desirable convertible sports cars currently on sale are put together in a head-to-head competition to find out which is the best. The contenders include the latest Jaguar F-Type, in V8 S guise, as well as an Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster and a Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet. Judging them is British journo Chris Harris, who filmed the comparo for the latest episode of his online series Drive. The F-Type has the advantage here in that it has a supercharged powerplant whereas its rivals only come with naturally aspirated engines. How does it fare against its contemporaries?...
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Marc Gene Surprises Man Waiting For Bus With Ride In Alfa Romeo 4C: VideoSpanish racing driver Marc Gene has lent a hand in the promotion of the 2014 Alfa Romeo 4C by providing a lucky stranger with a ride in the upcoming sports car. Gene was in his native Spain for the stunt, on what looks like an ordinary working day. Surprisingly, the first person offered a ride...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Meet Flo Rida’s Gold Chrome Bugatti VeyronThis shiny object is a custom Bugatti Veyron owned by rapper Flo Rida, real name Tramar Dillard. The car started out life in a pearlescent white hue but Flo Rida eventually got bored of this and went with a chrome finish. Clearly, just owning a Veyron wasn’t attention grabbing enough for the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Jaguar Land Rover Aims For One Million Annual SalesJaguar Land Rover (JLR) is enjoying a resurgence right now, bouyed by the sales of successful models like the Range Rover Evoque and latest Range Rover. It's aiming higher too, with one million yearly sales the eventual target--up from around a third of that today. JLR's sales are still relatively...
Antony Ingram -
Maserati MC12 For Sale On eBay: $1.6 Million (Or Nearest Offer)Maserati makes some pretty desirable cars, but better still is the option to dip into the Ferrari parts store now and then. That's just what the company did when it needed a race car to compete in international GT racing a few years back, resulting in a Ferrari Enzo-based homologation special: the...
Antony Ingram -
Aston Vanquish Volante, Model S Battery Swap, GT-R NISMO Updates: Today's Car NewsThe 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish now has a Volante, or convertible, variant. It's every bit as beautiful as the hardtop, if not more so, with the added benefits of an ultra-exclusive drop-top. The Tesla Model S will get battery swapping soon, with a special demonstration of the procedure to take...
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans is underway, with practice and qualifying sessions taking place today, and the race running this weekend. Eighteen years ago, McLaren was in the thick of it, with the F1 GTR pulling through the long night and into the checkered flag for the overall win. That F1 GTR, piloted by J.J. Lehto, Yannick Dalmas, and Masanori Sekiya, for Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing, will be on display at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, alongside several other legendary McLaren race cars. Among those others will be the F1 LM, built to honor the 1995 Le Mans victory, as well as the Gulf...
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2013 Tesla Model S Recalled Due To Faulty Seat InstallationA total 1,228 Tesla Model S electric sedans are included in the latest recall.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Lotus Le Mans Preparation Halted After Court Seizes LMP2 PrototypesThe Lotus Praga Le Mans campaign has come unstuck just days out from this year’s running of the 24-hour endurance race. A number of components for the two T128 LMP2 prototypes being prepared by German squad Kodewa, which is running the cars under the Lotus Praga banner, have been seized by a...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Argentina’s Bucci Special Supercar Project Edges Closer To ProductionA new supercar, one that’s been several years in the making, is edging closer to production and is destined to become Argentina’s first exotic car. The car is the Bucci Special and it is being showcased this week in concept form at the 2013 Buenos Aires Auto Show. The project came about...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante: Full Specs And VideoThe 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante has been revealed and is priced from $297,995.
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Elon Musk Confirms Battery Swapping For Tesla Model SWill battery swapping make the Model S the killer app in electric cars?
Nelson Ireson