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When tasked with illustrating the “Highway Patrol Vehicle 2025,” the designers at the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studio based their idea on what a future version of the G-Class SUV would look like. For police use, it was critical that the truck be able to reach incident scenes both on road and off, and a reduced greenhouse area (basically, the vehicle’s glass) would offer up a margin of additional safety for occupants. When the rendering of a future police vehicle was finished, the designers liked the concept so much that a life-size model was built to demonstrate what...
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1969 AMC AMX Defines What A Pro Touring Car Should Be: VideoIn 1968, American Motors introduced a short-wheelbase, two-seat sports car called the AMX that many saw as a shot across the bow of the Chevrolet Corvette. Despite serving up reasonable performance (especially when equipped with the 390 cubic-inch V-8, rated at 325 horsepower) at bargain-basement...
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2015 Porsche Cayenne Plug-in, More F1 For U.S., 2014 Mercedes S Class: Today's Car NewsThe 2015 Porsche Cayenne may get a plug-in hybrid option called "e-hybrid" for better gas mileage while still providing Porsche-style performance. It could also find its way into the Panamera. More F1 races may be headed to the U.S., even beyond the current race at Austin and the projected race in...
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NTSB Publishes Recommendations For Safer RoadsThe job of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is to make passenger travel safer, whether that travel occurs by car, bus, train, or airplane. Recent advances in vehicle safety have produced safer cars, but in this case safer also translates to more expensive. Consider the 2013 Infiniti...
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New Porsche Cayman Spotted Ahead Of Los Angeles DebutPorsche has promised the introduction of a new compact sports car at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show later this month, and that car will almost certainly be the updated 2013 Porsche Cayman. We’ve published plenty of spy shots of the car in development, but hadn’t seen any images of an...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class' Autonomous Steering TestedLike it or not, autonomous cars are coming. But with any new technology, especially one that’s particularly groundbreaking, the introduction of self-driving technology in cars is being done gradually, with each introduction merely a stepping stone to the next facet of the technology. First...
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Sometime in the near future Porsche will be introducing a mid-cycle update to its Cayenne, with the updated SUV most likely being introduced for the 2015 model year. The update will include the typical retouches to the bumpers and lights, as well as some technical changes, the most significant of which will reportedly be a new plug-in hybrid option. We’ve previously told you that the Cayenne, as well as the Panamera, will be receiving a plug-in hybrid option at some point. Now Motor Trend is reporting that the option will be introduced in calendar year 2014 along with the SUV’s...
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Formula 1 United States Grand Prix PreviewFormula One has returned to the United States for the first time since the 2007 race, held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The home of the United States Grand Prix has since moved to the newly-built, Hermann Tilke-designed Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, which...
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Mercedes-Benz Racks Up 90,000 Orders For New A Class: ReportIf at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s exactly what Mercedes-Benz did with several successions of its entry-level A Class, which has transformed from a tallish MPV in its first generation to a sleek sports hatch in its current form, and is finally winning the hearts of...
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MINI Sets Another Pair Of Oddball World RecordsAutomakers used to strive for world records in categories like maximum distance traveled over a 24 hour period, or maximum average speed over time, or even maximum distance traveled on a single tank of gas. These days, however, world records set by automakers seem just a bit less... substantial...
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Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster Priced From $445,300Fresh from its global (digital) debut earlier this week, and just ahead of its real-life debut at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, the Lamborghini Aventador Roadster has been priced. In the U.S., you'll pay $445,300 for the privilege of owning one. That figure includes $441,600 in purchase price and...
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Lap The Circuit Of The Americas With Pirelli: VideoWhen the lights go out at the start of Sunday’s United States Grand Prix, drivers will be challenged by the first new Formula One track since India’s Buddh International Circuit debuted in 2011. Over the next 56 laps of the 5.52 kilometer (3.43 mile) circuit, drivers will face 15...
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Fisker’s corporate home and design studio isn’t moving from Anaheim, California any time soon, and the automaker still plans to begin Atlantic sedan production at its assembly plant in Delaware. There’s a lot of real estate, and a lot of specialized electric vehicle knowledge, located between these two fixed points, so Fisker has announced plans to open a permanent technical center in the Midwest. Though the location has yet to be finalized, the likely choice will be in southeast Michigan. During the development of its Karma sedan, Fisker maintained a temporary technical...
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Could The U.S. Get Even More Formula One Races?Bernie Ecclestone has had a love - hate relationship with U.S. Formula One fans in recent years. After the collapse of the United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2007, Bernie declared something along the lines of “Formula One doesn't need the United States.”...
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Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge Entries RevealedEvery year, the Los Angeles Auto Show offers up its Design Challenge, meant to give attendees a look into the world of automotive design. Last year, the theme was “Hollywood’s Hottest New Movie Car,” and the award went to designers from Smart. This year’s theme was the...
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Ferrari Enzo Replacement, 991 Porsche GT3 RSR, C7 Corvette Teased: Car News HeadlinesMore images of Ferrari's Enzo replacement have hit the web. We still only get to see the carbon fiber tub, but we'll take every glimpse we can get of a car that just might outstrip the Porsche 918 Spyder and McLaren P1. We also got our best look yet at the upcoming 991-based 2013 Porsche 911 GT3...
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Despite Cooling Sales In China, Lamborghini Optimistic For The FutureLast February, Lamborghini’s manager for the Asia Pacific region, Christian Mastro, predicted a cooling in the Chinese market at a time when other luxury brands were still bullish on increasing sales there. It turns out that Mastro was right, and Lamborghini is seeing decreasing demand for...
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More Photos Of Ferrari's Enzo Replacement Hit The WebFerrari’s strategy for the reveal of its new flagship, the rumored F70, appears to be to release details of a single component at a time. First, the Italian automaker gave us a peek at the Enzo-successor’s hybrid drivetrain, at April’s Beijing Auto Show. Then, at September’s...
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One of the most anticipated cars of the coming year, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette, or "C7" as it's known to fans, is set to be revealed for the first time on January 13 before making an appearance at the Detroit Auto Show the very next day. In the lead up to its arrival, Chevrolet is dropping bits of information to help quell the anticipation of the legions of fans desperate to see the car finally unveiled. Recently, the automaker revealed the new crossed flags emblem that would appear on the car. It then followed up with details on the 2014 Corvette’s 6.2-liter 'LT1' V-8 engine. Its...
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Watch KTM’s X-Bow RR Lap The ‘Ring In 7:25German racing driver Christophe Haase has taken a KTM X-Bow RR around the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife in a brisk 7:25.72, and while the car he was piloting is in fact a racing version of the KTM X-Bow, his achievement is still very impressive as you’ll see in this video. It shows...
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First Look At The 2013 Mercedes-Benz C Class' New AMG Sports PackMercedes-Benz has revealed a new AMG Sports Package for the full 2013 C Class range, which means it is available for both the sedan and coupe versions. Unfortunately, no details have been revealed apart from these initial images depicting a 2013 C Class Coupe fitted with the pack. It confirms that...
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2013 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Type 991) Race Car Spy ShotsJust two weeks after it was announced that development of the Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 race cars had come to an end, the first prototypes for one of their successors has been spotted. Our spy photographers recently snapped these photos depicting a prototype for the new Type 991 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR...
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Saab’s New Owner Looks At Electric 9-3 Convertible, Gas Models: ReportWith NEVS’ acquisition of Saab and some of the bankrupt automaker’s remaining assets now complete, the consortium, made up of Chinese and Japanese interests, is now focused on the launch of its first model. That first model is expected to be an electric version of the last Saab 9-3...
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2013 Cadillac XTS Models Recalled For Rear Seat Head Restraint IssueGeneral Motors has announced the recall of 2013 Cadillac XTS models built between October 12, 2011 and August 30, 2012. On the 12,626 cars affected by this recall, the rear seat head restraints may not fully lock in the upright position after being folded. As a result, the rear seat head rests...
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