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Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Chases 962C At NOLA Motorsports Park: VideoIf you haven't heard, there's a new road course and motorsports park in southern Louisiana called NOLA Motorsports Park. The facility is impressive, but as with any track, it's as much about what's happening on course as it is about the site itself. Here, we have a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car chasing a...
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SSC Tuatara’s 1,350-HP Output Confirmed On The DynoNot much has been seen or heard lately of SSC’s upcoming Veyron-rival, the Tuatara, which has led to speculation that the project may have hit a roadblock. According to the latest from SSC, however, development is progressing as scheduled and a major milestone recently reached. That milestone...
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McLaren Can-Am, Veyron Vitesse Record, 10-Speed DSG: Today's Car NewsMcLaren's Can-Am racecars old and new will be on display at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. Racing history meeting racing future, filtered through the lens of one of the best motorsports festivals in the world? Yes, please. The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is the fastest production...
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Rolls-Royce CEO Hints At Wraith Convertible, Rules Out SUVGiven the success of the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, it’s safe to assume the prestigious British automaker will launch a similar drophead version of its latest 2014 Wraith. However, we can’t say with certainty that a Wraith Drophead Coupe will be launched until we either see...
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Historic McLaren Can-Am Racers To Be Joined By 12C Can-Am In Goodwood: VideoMcLaren turns 50 in 2013 and to celebrate it is pulling out all the stops. The company has already revealed its new flagship supercar, the P1, which it will show in anger for the first time at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK this July. But this being McLaren’s 50th year, the...
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One of Alfa Romeo’s most attractive cars that we barely hear of is its tiny MiTo hatchback, which has been on sale since 2008. The MiTo comes exclusively as a three-door and competes with other subscompacts such as the Audi A1 and MINI Cooper. Although the Alfa Romeo brand returns to these shores later this year, the MiTo won’t be making the trip as the car’s design is already several years old and predicted demand in the U.S. has been deemed too low. The good news is that a successor is planned and Fiat Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne wants the new car in the U.S...
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Hennessey Builds 445-HP Ford Taurus SHOFew cars available today fit the description of a “sleeper” better than the Ford Taurus SHO. Almost indistinguishable from a stock Taurus, the high-performance SHO, with its 365 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque, will put many sports cars to shame. The guys at Hennessey, however...
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Man Charged For Letting Nine-Year-Old Drive Ferrari: VideoAn Indian man is facing charges for allowing his nine-year-old son to drive his Ferrari F430 on public roads. News of the stunt first broke a few weeks ago when video, filmed by the father, Mohammed Nisham, went viral on YouTube. The video showed the boy driving the mid-engine supercar on a...
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Watch Bugatti’s Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Break A Land Speed Record: VideoBugatti now has two world records under its belt: the production car land speed record and the production car land speed record for an open-top car. While the first record, which stands at 267.8 mph, was set almost three years ago by the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, the second was set only this...
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10-Speed DSG Among Volkswagen’s Future TechGiven the proliferation of announcements for eight-, nine- and even 10-speed automatic gearboxes of late, it would appear the world’s major automakers were giving up on dual-clutch technology, which remains stuck at seven forward gears. Nothing could be further from the truth, however, as...
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F-Type Engineering, SLS AMG Joy Ride, Tajima’s GT 86 Pikes Peak: This Week’s Top PhotosWelcome to our latest Top Photos Of The Week post, which this week has an assortment of pics from a number of different events. The first is a new Pikes Peak racer from a brand we’re not used to seeing compete in the famous Race To The Clouds, Toyota. This wild Toyota GT 86 sports car, sold...
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The Jaguar E-Type is nothing less than a legend, a classic, a car that stands alone. And striking cars should come with startling stories. A certain Jaguar 1968 E-Type Coupe offered for sale in Rockville, Maryland, has that, in spades: In its 45 years, it has been loved, abducted, found, denied, shot, rescued, and then ignored. Sounds like a soap-opera heroine, doesn't it? According to the eBay listing (via the always entertaining Bring A Trailer), the '68 XK-E Coupe ("NOT a 2+2") had been owned since new by one man. It was stolen after it was put into storage in the late Eighties, and not...
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GRID 2 Extended Multiplayer Gameplay VideoThere's still about a month left before Codemasters' GRID 2 racing game hits the shelves, but we've already brought you detailed coverage of the game and its features. Today, we get an extended look at the multiplayer aspects of the game. With up to a dozen competitors across discplines as diverse...
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Do You Match Lincoln's Luxury Buyer Profile?With vehicles that are often intriguing, but haphazardly executed at times, Ford's luxury marque, Lincoln, is struggling to carve itself a niche in the market. To better formulate its plan, Lincoln has put together a profile of sorts, explaining what it sees as the modern luxury consumer. Do you...
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Would You Track Your Tesla Model S If Laguna Seca Had A Supercharger?Just how likely is anyone to track their Tesla Model S?
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2013 Maserati Trofeo MC World Series Starts This WeekendThe racing version of the Maserati GranTurismo sets out on a new season this weekend.
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2014 Jaguar F-Type Suspension: 30 Days Of F-TypeThere's a lot more to building a fast road car than just dropping a powerful engine in a relatively light body. In fact, there's some very complex math that goes into making a car handle well. The engineers of the 2014 F-Type have done their math well. Stable, predictable, and hugely fun to drive...
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Bold new styling, hugely improved interior design and materials, and even greater performance stand to make the 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray a significant upgrade from the already impressive sixth-generation Corvette. Despite the upgraded look and feel, the seventh-generation 2014 model will cost just $2,000 more. Starting at $51,995, including destination fee, the 450-horsepower 2014 Stingray is a bargain for its power and predicted handling and performance level, nearly matching the 265-horsepower base Porsche Boxster, and nearly $50,000 less expensive than the 911 Carrera S and its 400...
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2013 Mercedes SLS Roadster Driven, Audi R18 Long-Tail, Volvo KERS Hybrid: Today's Car NewsWe recently spent a few days behind the wheel of the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Roadster, covering the drive on social the whole way. Check out our impressions and more in this Joy Ride drive. Audi is headed back to Le Mans again this year, but this time, it's bringing the R18 e-tron race car...
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SRI EV1 First Electric Off-Road Race Car To Run Baja Peninsula: VideoElectric cars are many things: efficient, quiet, high-tech, expensive. With few exceptions, however, electric cars are not exciting. This is one of those exceptions. The first all-electric off-road race vehicle will tackle the Mexican 1000 race in the National Off Road Racing Association's series...
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Ford Celebrates 50 Years Of The Mustang With Special Shinola Watch: VideoJust yesterday we saw Hublot’s new watch commemorating Ferrari’s LaFerrari supercar, and today we have a new watch from Detroit-based Shinola that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang. Though the actual anniversary isn’t until April 17, 2014, Shinola is launching...
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Meet Renault’s F1-Inspired TwizyThe Renault Twizy is an electric city car that retails for less than $10k and has a power output starting as low as 4 kilowatts (5 horsepower) and topping out at about 13 kilowatts (17 horsepower). It’s not exactly the type of vehicle you’d use to highlight the link between the world of...
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Geely And America's Detroit Electric To Develop EVs TogetherDetroit Electric, a startup based in downtown Detroit, Michigan, will be teaming up with Chinese automotive giant Geely to develop a new range of electric cars and related electric drive systems, to be used primarily in China. Geely is the current owner of Swedish automaker Volvo and has a number...
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