Car News
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A 52-year old man driving a Ferrari 458 Italia managed to crash his exotic supercar into a roadside barrier in Munich during the early hours of Sunday morning. The crash occurred near the city center, with the silver Ferrari ending up on one of the German city’s tram lines once it finally came to rest. The force of the impact was so severe that the door on the passenger side was torn completely from the vehicle’s body. It is alleged the driver was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash, and also speeding. While the driver and his passenger escaped with only minor...
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Aston Martin One-77 Supercar Is Officially Sold OutWith a production run spanning just 77 examples, it’s amazing it’s taken Aston Martin this long to reach the sale of its final One-77 supercar. Yes it’s true; the last pre-built example of the One-77 has been bought, which means if you still want one of the £1.2 million...
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2013 Audi Q5 PreviewAudi has unveiled its updated Q5 crossover, which is expected to land in showrooms later this year as a 2013 model. While on the outside there isn’t much to mention, there are numerous changes under the skin including a revised engine lineup that now features a hybrid option. For the global...
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Bentley Honors The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee With Special MulsanneOnly 60 of the Bentley Mulsanne Diamond Jubilee Editions will be built.
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2013 Scion FR-S First DriveThis car is the real deal. Really. Shod in crappy European Prius tires (seriously--that's the standard tire), loosed in the hands of a dozen journalists, and ham-fisted silly for hours on track, the FR-S never once failed to impress the assembled host. In fact, it took its licks and asked for more...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class Official Walkaround: VideoSo you've seen the photos, you've read the reviews, but you're still eager to see more about the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class? You're not alone, and you're in luck: Mercedes-Benz itself offers us this up-close look at the luxoroadster in a detailed walkaround video. From design to heritage to specs...
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After recently announcing the establishment of the Denza brand for the Chinese market, German auto giant Daimler, together with its Chinese partner BYD, has now unveiled the Denza New Energy Vehicle (NEV) concept at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. The Denza brand is a 50:50 joint venture between Daimler and BYD and is aimed at the launch of a new generation of electric cars in China. Its new NEV concept previews just one of the vehicles Denza is planning, prototypes for which are already testing on public roads. It features a four-door coupe bodystyle with suicide-style rear doors, a lounge-like...
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BMW Works To Perfect The Virtual Test DriveImagine this: you walk into a BMW dealership to test drive a 1-Series M, and your sales adviser sits you down to go over the fast line around its racetrack. Before handing you the keys, he tells you, “Try not to stack the car, but if you do we have an endless supply.” If that sounds...
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Richard Hammond And Jimmie Johnson Talk NASCAR And Top Gear, Pastrana's MulletSo Richard Hammond and Jimmie Johnson hopped on a NASCAR conference call that was quickly sidetracked into the minutia of NASCAR racing and politics. But from the mists emerged a few choice nuggets of wider appeal. Among them was Travis Pastrana's new mullet. Given to Pastrana by Jimmie Johnson...
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First AMG-Only Dealership Opens In BeijingThe Beijing Sanlitun AMG Performance Center is unlike any other Mercedes-Benz dealership in the world; you can’t buy a Mercedes-Benz E Class or C Class model there, but you can buy anything in the current AMG high-performance portfolio. The idea of an AMG Performance Center is nothing new...
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2013 Audi R8 e-tron Test Mule Spy ShotsIt looks like Audi is going to meet its stated goal of producing the R8 e-tron--albeit in limited numbers--by 2012. Due later this year as a test fleet of just 1,000 cars, the R8 e-tron is expected to cost about 100,000 euros--or about $131,000 at today's exchange rates. Just yesterday, we brought...
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Senna's First F1 Steering Wheel Hits The Auction BlockIn 1984, a young Brazilian driver by the name of Ayrton Senna da Silva (most frequently shortened to Ayrton Senna) rose from the British Formula Three ranks to make his Formula One debut, driving for Toleman Group Motorsport. What happened over the next decade, before Senna’s untimely death...
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Self-driving cars, for better or for worse, are most likely inevitable. We wouldn’t expect them to appear in the next few years, or even the next decade, but much beyond that some degree of autonomous driving is all but guaranteed. Between now and then is the gray area, where the building blocks for self-driving cars are put in place. Mercedes-Benz has already equipped its latest S-Class with many of the tools necessary to create a driverless environment, even if the car (and local laws) still requires driver input under most conditions. Not to be left behind, Audi’s latest A8...
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2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Altitude Edition AnnouncedJeep has announced a limited production "Altitude Edition" of its popular four-door Wrangler Unlimited, available at dealers in May.
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Chrysler Narrates The Evolution Of The 2013 SRT Viper: VideoChrysler has released a series of videos giving the back story to the 2013 SRT Viper.
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Steven Tyler buying Hennessey Venom GT SpyderSteven Tyler may well be the hardest working man in show business. When the 64-year-old singer isn’t fronting Aerosmith (which is gearing up for another tour this summer), he’s one of the judges on American Idol. In between is the occasional solo project, new Aerosmith recording or...
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Ferrari Enzo Abandoned In Dubai To Finally Be Auctioned OffRemember the poor Ferrari Enzo supercar abandoned in Dubai that we reported on last August? Well, it’s still sitting in the same police impound lot we last saw it in, but it may have a bright future ahead. The Enzo, along with several other exotics, is to be auctioned off in what the Daily...
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McLaren F1 Successor (P12) Spy ShotsA day after bringing you spy shots of Ferrari’s replacement for the Enzo supercar, McLaren’s successor to the legendary F1 has now been spotted by one of our stealthy spy photographers. This is a very early prototype for the new car, which carries the code-name P12. It reveals a number...
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With the introduction of the 2013 Acura ILX, Acura’s aging TSX now has to compete with a much newer model that’s almost the same size and occupies a very similar price segment. This has led to suggestion that the TSX will be dropped from Acura’s lineup once the current model has run its course. To fill the gap between the entry-level ILX and recently previewed RLX flagship in Acura’s sedan lineup will still be the TL, however, Motor Trend reports that the TL could eventually converge with the TSX to form a new ‘TLX’ model. What’s all this got to do...
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Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Wei Long 2012 Edition Debuts In BeijingBugatti rolled out another in its growing list of special edition Veyrons at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show this week, the Wei Long 2012. No doubt already snapped up by one of the automaker’s wealthy clientele, the Wei Long 2012 is based on the Veyron Grand Sport convertible and was built to...
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BMW’s Electric Cars Will Get “eDrive” DesignationIf you were already confused by the launch of BMW’s new ‘i’ sub-brand for its upcoming electric cars, things are about to get a whole lot more complicated when it comes to the naming of the automaker’s future lineup. At the 2012 Beijing Auto Show this week BMW rolled out its...
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Supercars Get High-Speed Escort From New Jersey State Police: VideoIn the NSFW video you're about to see, a duo of highly excitable and vocal young men narrate the travel of a fleet of super- and sports cars through New Jersey at speeds that are, at times, simply too fast for their poor Mitsubishi Evolution 8--even though speeds only appear to be around 100 mph...
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First Customer Caterham SP/300.R Delivered To Dyson Racing ALMS TeamDespite the funky name, the Caterham SP/300.R is a sleek little beastie, built for track days and wheel-to-wheel racing. In the U.S., Dyson Racing has signed on as the car's distributor, and now, the first of the customer cars has shipped. Designed by Caterham and Lola, the car is aimed at...
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Rolls-Royce Debuts Phantom Series II Extended Wheelbase In BeijingIf you need further proof that the Chinese auto market is critical to luxury automakers, consider this: Rolls-Royce has chosen the Beijing Auto Show for the world premier of its Phantom Series II Extended Wheelbase model. The 2012 Beijing Auto Show marks the second consecutive year that Rolls-Royce...
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