Car News
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Last August, we broke the bad news to you as gently as we could: thanks to licensing restrictions, the Xbox 360 racing simulator Forza Motorsport 4 would have to make do without any models from Porsche. The problem was a legal one: the rights to use Porsche vehicles in video games were held by EA Sports, the rival to Forza’s creator, Turn 10. While the two companies had hammered out licensing agreements to feature Porsche vehicles in earlier Forza games, EA declined to do so for Forza 4. If you wanted to drive a Porsche onscreen, that restricted you to EA’s Need for Speed...
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Ferrari Racing Days Visits Laguna Seca: VideoFerrari’s Corse Clienti program visited California’s storied Laguna Seca circuit last weekend, tied to the Ferrari Challenge North America race. The event drew some uncommon Ferrari models, such as the 333 SP seen in the video above. Released in early 1994, the Ferrari 333 SP heralded...
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Buick Regal GS Takes Second In Nevada Open Road ChallengeLast week, we told you about Bill Rietow and John Townsend, a pair of Buick engineers who believe in practicing what they preach. Rietow and Townsend have a hobby that may not be shared by many other Buick owners: they race a Buick Regal GS in open road rallies. In September 2011, the duo ran the...
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MINI Roadster Designed For 2012 Life Ball Makes Its DebutMINI has been a part of the Life Ball charity event since 2001, and a string of designers have given various MINI models a high-profile make over. Through the years, MINIs have been restyled by the likes of Diesel, Versace, DSQUARED², and The Blonds for Katy Perry. This year, a MINI Roadster...
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Scion FR-S Race Car Wins Class Victory At Nürburgring 24 HoursToyota is celebrating a triple victory at the 40th ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race, with wins for the new GT 86 sports car, known here as the Scion FR-S, in two classes the highlight of the automaker's campaign this year. A GT 86 run by GAZOO Racing won the SP3 class and finished 46th...
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Ford Corrals Four Million Mustang Fans On FacebookThe iconic Ford Mustang has set yet another record, this time for becoming the most popular nameplate vehicle on the largest social network in the world. The Mustang has now surpassed four million Facebook fans, something that no other vehicle has yet to manage. Perhaps more surprising is that the...
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Palo Alto-based electric car company Tesla has announced the first examples of its upcoming 2012 Tesla Model S will reach customers on June 22. Tesla revealed a few weeks back that the first cars would arrive in June, and the electric sedan would deliver up to 350 miles of range at average speeds of 50 mph. The countdown is now on for the first customers to receive their electric luxury sedans, and Tesla plans to hold a webcast of the first deliveries on the launch day. In the run-up to delivery day, Tesla will also host events and web series to let fans and potential customers get a closer...
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Alpine Renault Leaked, Undisguised 911 GT3, Wrangler Recall: Car News HeadlinesWith the summer months now upon us, testing at the Nürburgring race track in Germany is heating up and our spy photographers are on surveillance to bring you the first shots of all the latest prototypes. In the past 24 hours we’ve seen new images of the 2013 BMW 4-Series Coupe, 2013...
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BMW Boss Allegedly Confirms Straight-Six Engine For 2014 M3We know this much as fact: the 4.0-liter V-8 used to power the current BMW M3 goes away with the fourth-generation car, and the next BMW M3 will be powered by a forced-induction, six-cylinder engine. Details on that engine have been lacking, and rumor had it that BMW was looking at both a V-6 and...
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New York Tops London With A Million Dollar Parking SpaceIn London, specifically the trendy and uber-expensive Knightsbridge neighborhood, $849,000 buys you a 350 square foot parking garage, complete with its own overhead door and separate entrance. In Manhattan, a new ultra-luxury condo building in Greenwich Village is asking a mind-warping $1 million...
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Ford To Present Mustang Designed And Built By Women At SEMAFord is out to prove that women are just as capable as men when it comes to modifying vehicles with aftermarket parts by getting a team mostly made up of women to help design and build a custom 2013 Ford Mustang GT for this year’s SEMA show. Dubbed the SEMA Mustang Build Powered by Women, the...
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Audi Offering 4-Year SiriusXM Traffic Subscription On Select 2013 ModelsIf you’re in the market for a new Audi, you may be pleased to know that all 2013 models equipped with the MMI Navigation Plus or MMI Navigation Plus with MMI Touch packages now come with a four-year subscription to SiriusXM Traffic absolutely free. SiriusXM Traffic is a useful service that...
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A 2013 Nissan GT-R Club Track Edition was driven to victory in the SP8T class in the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race.
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Volvo Calls On Mitsubishi To Help Develop Next-Gen Infotainment SystemVolvo has selected electronics giant Mitsubishi Electric, a subsidiary of the same group that owns the automaker Mitsubishi, to help develop next-generation infotainment systems for use in its future cars. Mitsubishi Electric will develop the central module and be the main supplier for the overall...
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BMW Voted World's Most Valuable Car BrandBrand value can be a fickle thing. It’s impossible to measure accurately and it can be affected by numerous volatile factors. However, at the end of the day, if a consumer is willing to pay more for one brand over another then brand value becomes a vital indicator of a company’s overall...
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Mercedes Bringing Golden Fleet To 2012 Cannes Film FestivalLast year it was Maybach donning its cars with diamonds but at this year’s Cannes Film Festival Mercedes-Benz will be just a tad more modest by going in gold instead. The automaker is celebrating the awarding of the 65th Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) by shuttling guests, most of whom are likely to...
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2014 Volkswagen Golf (MkVII) Spy ShotsThis 2014 Volkswagen Golf MkVII will feature a clear emphasis on environmental cleanliness, a theme that will carry throughout the Golf lineup.
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Mitsubishi Unveils Pikes Peak Challenger: i-MiEV EvolutionThis year's Pikes Peak "Race to the Clouds" could well be a turning point for electric vehicles in motorsport. As well as the converted electric BMW M3, and mountain master "Monster" Tajima gunning for the overall record in an electric prototype, Mitsubishi has announced it's to run two electric...
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Ask any driver in the Indy 500 if they’d like additional track time, in any car, and we’d bet the answer is yes. When Chevy tossed the keys to the Corvette ZR1 pace car to Indy 500 polesitter Ryan Briscoe, we’re pretty sure the Team Penske driver didn’t need any further encouragement. While the ZR1 Corvette isn’t capable of the same 226.484 mph average speed as the run that earned Briscoe the pole in this year’s race, it’s still plenty fast. We’re guessing that the IndyCar driver’s estimate of 140 to 150 mph in the corners is on the...
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Argentinean Duo Wins 2012 Mille MigliaAnyone who thinks vintage rallying isn’t serious competition should try explaining that to Claudio Scalise and Daniel Claramunt, the driver and navigator of the 2012 Mille Miglia-winning 1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 GS. As Italian site 0-100 explains, the Argentinean team fought off a serious...
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2012 BMW 3 Series Sedan, 2013 Acura RDX Get IIHS Top Safety Pick AwardsBoth the 2012 BMW 3 Series sedan and the 2013 Acura RDX crossover have earned "Top Safety Pick" designations from the IIHS.
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2013 Hennessey Venom Spyder Gets Dyno Tested: VideoLast month we told you that Aerosmith front man and American Idol judge Steven Tyler had ordered himself a Hennessey Venom GT Spyder, the roofless version of Hennessey’s Venom GT supercar. Said to come with variable output of 800, 1,000 or 1,200 horsepower, Tyler’s car should be fast...
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This Is The Alpine Renault A110-50 Concept: ReportIf you’re in Monaco this Friday, expect to see the unveiling of a very special automobile. Meant as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the legendary Alpine Renault A110 Berlinetta, the car pictured here in a rendering that leaked online today is said to mark the return of the Alpine brand...
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Monster Tajima's Monster Sport E-RUNNER Pikes Peak EV: GalleryLooking like some kind of Pikes Peak Batmobile, Monster Tajima's Monster Sport E-RUNNER Pikes Peak Special--GoPro cameras and all--is just about ready for his assault on the mountain. With a full carbon fiber body, what appears to be a very sturdy cage inside the pod-like driver capsule, and more...
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