Car News
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As Aston Martin continues its 100th birthday celebration throughout 2013, the Gaydon, England, automaker has debuted three models at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The new Rapide S is making its world premier at the event, while the Centenary Edition Vanquish and the Q by Aston Martin are making their global motor show debuts. The Rapide S sedan sports a new look in front and rear, which is designed to give the car a more aggressive appearance while improving aerodynamics. Under the hood, the car’s 6.0-liter V-12 now pumps out 550 horsepower (up from 470 in the outgoing Rapide)...
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Land Rover Shows Off Range Rover Evoque Personalization OptionsAt the Los Angeles Auto Show last November we saw Jaguar roll out some new personalization options for its upcoming F-Type sports car, grouped under the “Design” and “Black” packs. At the 2013 Geneva Motor Show this week, sister brand Land Rover is now getting some new...
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Touring Superleggera’s Production Disco Volante Debuts: VideoTouring Superleggera’s Disco Volante is without doubt one of the most beautiful cars on show this week at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, though this isn’t a concept like we saw at last year’s show but a production model the Italian coachbuilder is now taking orders for. Touring has...
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Spyker B6 Venator Live Photos From Geneva DebutSpyker is back to doing what it does best, and that’s building beautifully detailed sports cars with the performance to match their good looks. After several years of selling its C8 range of supercars, Spyker determined that what it needed was a car with the same bespoke craftsmanship and...
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Gumpert Confirms New Investor, Expanded Model RangeGermany’s Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur is a maker of some of the most extreme supercars on the planet, though for whatever reasons its cars, despite outperforming some of the best cars from established marques such as Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini, have failed to ignite the market. This...
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Pininfarina’s Ferrari-based Sergio concept debuts in GenevaOne of the highlights of this week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show turned out to be Pininfarina’s new Sergio concept car, which was built not only to showcase the latest trends and talents of the Italian design house but to also honor its late patriarch Sergio Pininfarina. The Sergio concept...
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While Subaru's crossover and SUV styling has had some notable misses, the new Viziv concept unveiled today at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show looks to put the brand on a very attractive new heading. Still a bit quirky--certainly not plain vanilla--the Viziv doesn't offer any of the awkward or confused lines of the early Tribeca. The aggressive front end is big and prominent, but it looks rugged and modern in a fresh and unique way. Laid out as a two-door, four-seater, the concept doesn't necessarily directly presage any production model, but we could see elements of the Viziv's styling in the next...
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2015 Volkswagen GTI, GTD, And 2015 Jetta SportWagen: Live From GenevaThe latest in Volkswagen's hot hatch saga is upon us, in the form of the stronger, sleeker 2015 GTI. It's also getting a new diesel equivalent in the form of the GTD, and the Golf Variant gives us a preview of what to expect of the 2015 Jetta SportWagen. They're all on display today at the 2013...
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Italdesign Giugiaro Parcour Concept: Live Photos From GenevaThe concept: Take a Lamborghini Gallardo, and add some SUV toughness, so that the Parcour can, true to its name, go anywhere--at least anywhere there's a road. Of course, since Italdesign Giugiaro is behind this new concept, shown here at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, they've also made it beautiful...
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Wiesmann GT MF4-CS Debuts At 2013 Geneva Motor ShowNiche German sports car manufacturer Wiesmann is alive and kicking, despite having recently lost one of its founders. Today, at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, Wiesmann took the wraps off its GT MF4-CS, a ‘club sport’ version of the previous GT MF4-S that we first saw in 2009. Like all of...
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2014 BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo: Live In GenevaAs the BMW 3-Series range bifurcates into four-and-more-door 3-Series models and two-door 4-Series cars, it's getting a new addition: the 3-Series Gran Turismo, unveiled today at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Like the 3-Series sedan it shares its leading moniker with, the 3er GT sports both...
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2014 Bentley Flying Spur Live From Geneva: GalleryThe Rolls-Royce Wraith is grabbing much of the hyper-luxury attention at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, but that shouldn't diminish the newly revamped Bentley Flying Spur's glow. With a smoother, sleeker take on design, the new Flying Spur also offers the latest in technological advancements at...
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The elegance of two-door motoring just grew to new heights: the Rolls-Royce Wraith has been unveiled in Geneva. With unique fastback styling, rearward-opening coach doors, and an interior that rivals the stratospheric Phantom, the Wraith promises a combination of sport and elegance that few cars can match. See the full details on the 2014 Rolls-Royce Wraith here. A stout 616-horsepower V-12 engine ensures the undoubtedly solid Wraith will accelerate to 60 mph in just 4.4 seconds, but the real ground-breaking feature of the Wraith aids performance in an unexpected way. By using satellite...
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Ferrari LaFerrari Versus McLaren P1: By The NumbersThe battle of the hybrid supercars is on, and this is the first engagement: McLaren's P1 versus the Ferrari LaFerrari. As the figures show, the two cars are closely matched, though the LaFerrari wins on outright power, with 47 more horses on tap. McLaren goes about generating its power in a...
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2014 Porsche 911 GT3 Live From Geneva: Photos & VideoSome will decry the latest 991-based Porsche 911 GT3 as "not a real GT3" because of its PDK transmission, electric power steering, and increasingly tech-driven handling. But for those interested in absolute lap times, all of this "purist" moaning is just that--moaning. Porsche's engineers are no...
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Spyker B6 Venator Sports Car Tipped For Production In 2014It’s been a while since Spyker launched a new model under its own brand. After all, its current--and only--model, the C8 Aileron, can trace its roots back to the C8 Spyder launched in 2000. Over the years, the Dutch sports car manufacturer has tried to branch out into more profitable areas...
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Ferrari LaFerrari, Lamborghini Veneno, McLaren P1: Car News HeadlinesThe 2013 Geneva Motor Show is in full swing, and the hypercars are the headline acts. Ferrari's redundantly named LaFerrari is an F1-inspired bit of brilliance, packing a whopping 950 horsepower between its V-12 engine and hybrid drive system. That one-ups the McLaren P1, if only by a bit, as it's...
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McLaren P1 Live Photos And Video From 2013 Geneva Motor ShowWith all the excitement surrounding the reveal of the new La Ferrari, it’s easy to forget that McLaren also had a new flagship supercar on show in Geneva today, the new P1. Interestingly, the two cars have very similar specs on paper, and both have similar technology onboard. That...
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The 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray Convertible makes its debut in Geneva.
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Lamborghini Veneno debuts in Geneva: Live photosWith the Ferrari LaFerrari (say that twice..wait, you already did) and McLaren P1 absorbing much of the megawatt spotlight in Geneva, the three-unit Lamborghini Veneno is easy to miss--that is, until you see it. As these live photos from the 2013 Geneva Motor Show display in detail, the Veneno is...
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2014 Volkswagen XL1 Live Photos And Video From GenevaVolkswagen’s streamlined XL1 diesel-electric plug-in hybrid vehicle has made its debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show and will soon be drafting along highways, burning nothing but the fumes of an oily rag. Okay, that may not be entirely accurate, but the XL1 is officially the most...
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LaFerrari Supercar Live Photos And Videos From GenevaIt may have a silly name but there’s nothing silly about the new LaFerrari hybrid supercar that made its world debut earlier today at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The car is the newest flagship from Ferrari [NYSE:F] and joins the rarefied list of the automaker’s "special series" cars...
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Koenigsegg Agera S Hundra Live Photos From 2013 Geneva ShowSwedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg’s highlight for this week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show is the new Hundra, based on the company’s latest Agera S model. The Hundra, whose name is essentially Swedish for “hundred,” is Koenigsegg’s 100th model built for a...
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Subaru Viziv Concept Debuts At The 2013 Geneva Motor ShowSubaru’s new Viziv crossover concept, unveiled today at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, provides vital clues towards the path the Japanese automaker will be taking with its future vehicles. The Viziv is a two-door, four-seat crossover that draws its name from “vision for innovation”...
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