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Automakers are in the midst of a love affair with the continuously variable transmission (CVT). The gear-eliminating transmissions boost fuel economy, improve performance and are less complex (and hence less expensive), allowing automakers to achieve CAFE regulations and pad the bottom line at the same time. To the enthusiast driver, however, nothing has contributed to the decline of the modern automobile quite as much as the CVT. The gear-less transmissions produce more sound than fury, and feel to many of us exactly the same way that a failing automatic transmission feels. Do we need to...
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Ford To Donate Another Custom Mustang Boss 302 For CharityFord plans to auction off a custom 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca to help raise funds for the American Cancer Society.
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2013 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Convertible Pricing Starts At $60,445The 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible will join its hardtop sibling in showrooms later this year and in the lead up to its arrival GM has announced that pricing on the car will start at $60,445, including a $900 destination charge. That represents a $5,450 premium over the Camaro ZL1 coupe, but...
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Here’s A Koenigsegg We Can All AffordBeautifully constructed, stupendously fast and a rarity on most roads, a Koenigsegg supercar is a must-have in any performance fan’s garage. Unfortunately, everything that a Koenigsegg supercar has to offer comes at a price, and as you may have guessed that price lies somewhere in the...
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Ghost Coupe To Be Performance Flagship For Rolls-Royce: ReportRolls-Royce is readying a new two-door version of its Ghost sedan, which is expected to make its official world debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show next March before going on sale shortly after. Prototypes spotted earlier this year revealed development of the vehicle was well underway, though they...
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Driver Tweets Pic Of Dying Hit And Run Victim Instead Of Calling PoliceLegal obligations aside, let us throw out a moral question: if you saw someone motionless in the street, critically injured following a hit and run accident, would you phone for police and render aid, or would you snap a pic of the dying victim and Tweet about it? A nineteen-year-old driver in...
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While most of us here would argue that there’s no such thing as too much track time, we also understand that high speed lapping, under the watchful eye (and occasionally, the harsh criticism) of an instructor isn’t for everyone. Mercedes-Benz understands this, too, which is why it offers an incredibly diverse range of programs through its AMG Driving Academy. On the high-performance side, you can sign up to drive the SLS AMG GT3 racer, but only after you’ve proven your physical fitness and driving ability to the satisfaction of the school’s instructors. If a day at...
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Woman Gets Hip-Checked At Brickyard Grand Am Pit Stop: VideoRacing is serious business, and the crews that train for the furious action required at pit stops, like the Telmex-sponsored Chip Ganassi Racing crew shown here bowling over a privileged spectator during a driver and tire change practice run at the Brickyard Grand Prix last weekend. The coordinated...
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Last Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion built turns up for saleIf you’re looking for an exotic, limited-production supercar from a mainstream manufacturer, it doesn’t get much more exclusive than one of 20 built. To homologate its 911 GT1 for FIA competition, Porsche was supposed to build 25 road-going examples, called Strassenversion, and the 20...
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2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake Continues Construction: GalleryThe 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 begins its transformation in the the 2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake.
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MINI Leaks Its New Paceman On FacebookNot to be outdone by the legions of spy photographers who’ve captured the upcoming MINI Paceman and Paceman S in testing, MINI has posted these “spy shots” on its Facebook page of the Paceman (in all-wheel-drive, apparently) undergoing on-the-road testing. The Paceman, previously...
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2014 Cadillac CTS, Porsche 918 Spyder, 2013 Lexus LS: Car News HeadlinesSpies have captured the 2014 Cadillac CTS on video, showing what looks to be a sleeker, lighter car than the current model, with likely turbo power under the hood. Porsche's 918 Spyder is back again, this time wearing Martini racing livery as it tests. According to the company, it's targeting a...
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In 1983, Toyota made a corporate decision to create a luxury brand that would produce automobiles on par with any of its mainstream rivals. Six years later, Toyota launched the Lexus brand with the introduction of its flagship LS400 sedan. Since then, Lexus has pioneered many innovations on its LS series cars. The LS was the first to get a rear climate control system with an infrared sensor, it was the first to use low beam LED headlights and it was the first to hit the market with an eight speed automatic transmission. Each generation has debuted with improved performance, better fuel...
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2014 Cadillac CTS Spy VideoUpdate: The 2014 Cadillac CTS has been revealed. Click here for all the details, photos and video. The model that has virtually carried the Cadillac brand for the past several years, the mid-size CTS, is about to enter its third generation very soon and the performance of the new model, as...
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Slowing Economy Creates Used Supercar Glut - In Hong KongFor outsiders looking in, Hong Kong is the land of opportunity. A global financial hub, Hong Kong has long attracted foreign workers with impressive salaries and reasonable job security. Its booming economy has created huge demand for high-end luxury and exotic cars, but there’s a growing...
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German Tuner Alpha-N Working On New Supercar ProjectFollowing in the footsteps of fellow tuners RUF and 9FF, Germany’s Alpha-N Performance has announced plans for a wild supercar based around the chassis of a current Porsche model. Alpha-N is a relatively new name in the performance scene but the founders of the company were linked with the...
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Porsche Targets Sub-7:22 Nürburgring Lap Time For 918 SpyderDevelopment of Porsche’s upcoming supercar, the 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid, is progressing nicely, with the company moving from concept to test mule to final prototype stage in rapid fashion and with things so far remaining on track. In the past year or so we’ve spied prototypes for the...
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Soccer Player Ever Banega’s Ferrari Burns To A Crisp: VideoArgentinean soccer player Ever Banega, the midfielder for Spanish club Valencia CF, has had a series of mishaps involving cars recently, with the latest incident involving a Ferrari 360 Modena he recently acquired and was driving for the first time. While driving on a road near his Valencia...
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Just two weeks after Opel CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke announced his resignation from the top job, David Lyon, Opel’s recently appointed head designer has reportedly stepped down just a week before he was scheduled to start work at Opel’s headquarters in Russelsheim, Germany. Lyon’s last post was head of interior design at Buick and GMC, and at Opel he was set to replace former design boss Mark Adams who recently moved to Detroit to head up design at Buick and Cadillac. General Motors is yet to formally announce the latest executive shakeup though a spokesman for the company...
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2013 Lexus LS Preview: F Sport Joins The RanksLuxury gets a new flavor tonight with the unveiling of the 2013 Lexus LS 460 F Sport, the sporty and aggressively styled take on Lexus' executive-class sedan. Wearing the new "spindle grille" design prominently, the LS 460 F Sport promises not just a meaner, leaner look, but also a more sharply...
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Stillen Wants You To Design Their Scion FR-S Body Kit (Update)In what is either an increasing trend of laziness or an innovative move to involve the actual user base, more and more car companies are getting into crowd-sourced design. The latest to join the fold is Stillen, with a contest to find the best user-designed 2013 Scion FR-S body kit design--and then...
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Jay Leno Shows Off His 1963 Ford Falcon Sprint: VideoWhile most of us lust after the more exotic cars in Jay Leno’s collection, the comedian himself has a broader range of automotive interests. We’re sure he appreciates driving his McLaren MP4-12C, or his Lamborghini Muira, but Leno’s “one that got away” had much more...
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Street Drifter Meets Curb, Guardrail: Obvious VideoIt should go without saying that we're fans of motorsport, including both those about grip and those about slip. But it should also go without saying that you should confine your motorsports activities to suitable environments, like tracks. When you don't, you not only risk your life and the lives...
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2013 Camaro 1LE Laps VIR Within Six Seconds Of Camaro ZL1: VideoThe first salvo in the current affordable-pony-cars-you-can-track wars was fired by Ford, with the launch of the 2012 Boss 302 Mustang. For little more than the price of a loaded Mustang GT, you could buy a car already set up for track driving, that didn’t punish you on there way there and...
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