Car News
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The new Le Mans prototype that will see Renault’s Alpine performance brand return to the world of motorsport has been renamed the Alpine A450. Previously labeled the Renault N°36 Alpine, the race car’s new name draws on the heritage of previous Alpine racers such as the legendary A442B, which was driven to victory at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 by Jean-Pierre Jaussaud and Didier Pironi. The last of the Alpine race cars from the 1970s was the A443, though organizers chose to go with A450 for the latest car to mark the 50th anniversary of Alpine’s first...
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Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, Challenger Recalled For Airbag IssueChrysler is recalling nearly 120,000 late-model vehicles for a potential electrical problem associated with the airbag system. The recall affects Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, and Dodge Challenger models from the 2011 and 2012 model years, with a total of 119,497 U.S. vehicles (and 139,000 in all...
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The Ultimate 2014 Jaguar F-Type Build: 30 Days Of F-TypeDay six of our 30 Days of the 2014 Jaguar F-Type brings us to what we are calling The Ultimate F-Type Build. We went to the online Jaguar F-Type configurator and built two different vehicles that we feel would be the pinnacles of the model line--depending on your goals, of course. The first F-Type...
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Iron Man Tony Stark Drives Audi R8 e-tron In New Ad: VideoAudi’s R8 e-tron electric supercar may not be dead after all. Earlier this week prototypes of the car were spotted testing in Europe and now an example has even appeared in a television commercial. The commercial is a bit of cross-promotion for Audi and its starring role in the third...
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EcoMotors' Opposed-Piston Engine To Be Built In ChinaGroundbreaking engine technology appears fairly frequently, but few designs ever make it beyond the test bench and into production vehicles. EcoMotors International's opposed-piston engine on the other hand might well have a future, as the company has just announced a $200 million deal to build its...
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Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse hits 254 mph--with top downThe week hasn’t been good for Bugatti. It started off with the Veyron Super Sport being stripped of its production car land speed record by the officials At Guinness World Records due to the version of the car being sold to the public having its top speed limited below the 267.8 mph record...
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A couple of months ago we brought you news that seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, who finally stepped down from the sport at the end of last season, would spend his days helping develop road cars for former employer Mercedes-Benz. While we were hoping that would mean Schumacher would be fine-tuning the automaker’s next sports car models, like the upcoming SLC, for example, Mercedes has announced today that the F1 ace will be helping develop new safety and comfort systems falling under the “Intelligent Drive” umbrella. That doesn’t mean...
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New Car Show Debuts Tomorrow: Fast Lane On The Travel ChannelGenuinely interesting car shows that don't cater to the lowest common denominator are hard to come by. Sure, we love ridiculous horsepower supercar powerslides and clapped-out junker antics as much as the next guy (or gal) but we also love cars for the places they can take you. A new show on The...
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Chris Harris Drives The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive: VideoSince its debut in Paris last year, there’s been little seen or heard of Mercedes-Benz’s new SLS AMG Electric Drive, which is probably due to the car not yet being confirmed for sale in the U.S. In addition, we doubt there will be many takers considering its 416,500 euro pricetag...
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Formula One Chinese Grand Prix PreviewWe’re now at the third race of the 2013 Formula One season, the Chinese Grand Prix, which once again is taking place at the Shanghai International Circuit. Built in 2004, the 3.4-mile circuit features a long back straight--also the DRS activation zone where drivers have plenty of...
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Citroën DS Wild Rubis Concept Headed To 2013 Shanghai Auto ShowFacing dwindling sales in its home market, as well as in the rest of Europe, where the bulk of its models are sold, French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroën is well aware of the need to sell more of its models overseas. At the same time, the automaker has also realized it needs greater...
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GM Commits Further $5.2 Billion To Opel TurnaroundGeneral Motors has given another sign of its commitment to turning around the sales performance at Opel by announcing today it will invest a further 4 billion euros (approximately $5.2 billion) in the struggling European automaker. The investment, which will span the next four years, is designed to...
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It's no secret that Porsche is working on a four-cylinder boxer engine; it's already admitted it's under development. The questions that haven't been answered yet are, when is it coming, and which vehicles will use it? In December we reported that a new four-cylinder boxer engine could make its debut in a Porscheas soon as the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. Now it seems that we won't see the flat four from Porsche for another three years. A Zuffenhausen-based Porsche official told Autocar that the new powerplant is still early in its development, and it's not due before 2016. It is expected to...
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AMG Chief: Hybrids Are The Future, Not DieselsMercedes-AMG has made its name on sharp-edged performance. And, until recently, that's involved cramming large-displacement engines under the hood. Now, surprisingly—representing a significant turnaround from some years ago—even AMG sees hybrid powertrains in its future. While BMW and...
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Watch a pair of Ferrari F50s throw dirt, play tug of warFrom the same group that brought us videos of a Rolls-Royce Phantom going off-road and a Ferrari Enzo being driven in rally conditions, comes a new one, this time featuring two Ferrari F50s throwing dirt and then playing a game of tug of war. Why? Because Tax The Rich. The group’s mission is...
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What Stacks Up Against The F-Type: 30 Days Of 2014 Jaguar F-TypeJaguar’s new F-Type presents buyers with an interesting proposition. Due to a variety of engine options ranging from naturally aspirated V-6s to supercharged V-8s, Jaguar has been able to stagger pricing of its F-Type so that it competes against a much wider variety of models than it could...
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2015 Cayenne Spied, 2014 Corvette Design Video, MINI World Record: Today’s Car NewsOnly a week after the reveal of the facelifted 2014 Porsche Panamera, comes the first spy shots of prototypes of the Cayenne SUV sporting similar updates. Key among the changes will be a new Cayenne S E-Hybrid model with plug-in capability. Chevrolet had five main design goals for the exterior of...
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Volvo Announces New Diesel Technology And Eight-Speed AutoVolvo hasn't yet seen fit to bring its diesel engines to U.S. shores, but if and when that day occurs the Swedish automaker will have some of the most advanced diesel technology on the road. The company promises its new fuel pressure sensor technology is as groundbreaking as its lambda sensor for...
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A new season of the Global RallyCross Championship starts this month, and returning for another year of competition is Dodge, together with star driver Travis Pastrana. Pastrana will once again be piloting a specially prepared Dodge Dart rally car built by SRT Motorsports, of which two examples will be fielded this season. The second car will be piloted by Bryce Menzies. The first race of the 2013 season kicks off on April 21 in Brazil and will be followed by eight other races, including events held in Germany, Spain and the U.S. Pastrana only finished 10th overall last season, having won...
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2014 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Special Edition RevealedSince the debut of the F-150 SVT Raptor off-roading pickup back in 2010, Ford has continuously updated the vehicle, either adding a SuperCrew option, improving the safety or adding more power with each passing year. In fact, continuous improvement has been a Raptor development imperative since...
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Limited Run Of Volvo S60 Polestar Sedans Entering Production: ReportVolvo motorsport partner Polestar has recently dabbled in the world of tuning road cars, originally starting with a C30 concept back in 2010 and then unleashing the 508-horsepower S60 concept on the world just last year. Along the way, Polestar started selling dealer-installed ECU tuning software...
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Watch Red Bull Racing Execute An F1 Tire Change In A Record 2.05 Seconds: VideoIncredibly, at the 2013 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix a fortnight ago, the record for a tire change pit stop fell no less than five times, each time thanks to the efforts of the crew at Red Bull Racing. The fastest tire change was executed in a time of just 2.05 seconds. The video above shows...
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2013 SRT Viper: Majority Of Orders Are For Ferrari-Influenced GTSIf you have any experience with the first-generation Dodge Viper, it's likely you were seduced by the exotic supercar looks, the sound, and the specs—and that brutal, unparalleled V-10 under the hood—but perhaps a little turned off by the edginess of the driving experience, and by the...
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Subaru Design Boss Talks WRX Concept: VideoSubaru has been telling us for a while that the next-generation WRX will not be just a hopped up Impreza, and it used the 2013 New York Auto Show to give us our first glimpse of this with the WRX Concept. While we've spied the next-generation Subaru WRX undergoing testing, the WRX Concept gives us...
Joel Feder