Car News
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Bugatti has taken the wraps off yet another special version of the Grand Sport, this time called the Vitesse. At 1,200 horsepower, wrapped into a slick-looking roadster form, it's certainly not something we'd kick out of our garage. A Porsche engineer has predicted the death of the manual transmission--at least in the 911. That may seem a bit odd given Porsche just debuted a new 7-speed stick in the 2012 911, but the ascendance of the dual-clutch is too strong to resist, according to this engineer. He has a point. We also get an early look at the 2013 Lexus ES, courtesy of spies in China...
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Take A Ride With Engineers Testing The New 2013 Nissan Pathfinder: VideoWe already have a pretty good idea of what the new 2013 Nissan Pathfinder will look like thanks to the unveiling of a thinly-veiled concept at both the recent Detroit and Chicago auto shows. What we really don’t know is what the new seven-seat SUV will be like to drive. Better yet, what it...
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Porsche Engineer Predicts Demise Of Manual 911sThe Porsche 911 may no longer come with a three-pedal manual option by the end of the decade.
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New British Sports Car Lyonheart K In The WorksOur favorite Swedish designer Bo Zolland is back with another masterpiece, this time partnering with Swiss design and engineering firm Classic Factory to create the Lyonheart K sports car. The pretty renderings depict a new model that will be entirely hand-built in Coventry, England by skilled...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz Unimog Spy ShotsLast year, Mercedes-Benz celebrated the 60th anniversary of its Unimog, a heavy-duty commercial vehicle built for the toughest conditions. Time doesn't stand still though, and the next generation of Unimog has been caught testing in winter conditions, to ensure it'll play its part in the next sixty...
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Germany’s Artega And Roding To Show New Roadsters In GenevaTwo manufacturers of sports cars hailing from Germany are planning to debut some new models at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show taking place next month. One of them is Artega, the maker of the Henrik Fisker designed GT sports car, which is expected to unveil the long-awaited convertible version of its...
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Toyota has released more details and images of a new concept car it plans to unveil at next month’s 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The concept, which goes by the name FT-Bh, is a preview of a production-destined model. Its name is an acronym for Future Toyota B-segment hybrid, and according to its designers it will produce up to 50 percent less CO2 than the class average for B-segment, or subcompact, cars. To achieve this ambitious goal, Toyota focused on five key factors: weight reduction, optimization of aerodynamics, drivetrain efficiency, thermal energy management, and power saving. In...
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Guilty Pleasure: Chevrolet Sprint TurboWhen The General decided to bolster his subcompact troops by adding a Chevrolet-badged Suzuki Cultus to the lineup, even the most devoted GM apologists had to admit that the three-cylinder Chevy was miserably underpowered. What the Sprint needed was that code word for "awesome" during the...
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Ford Tourneo Custom Concept: 2012 Geneva Motor ShowHere in the U.S., vans aren't typically a big deal, and haven't been since, oh, the A-Team. That's a shame, because some are pretty cool. Ford's relatively new Transit Connect has revived a little van-love, but it has a bigger brother that's bound our way soon to replace the E-Series van. This...
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Reminder: The Only Safe Couch Is A Stationary OneA 22-year-old Canadian man was killed when the couch he was riding, towed behind a minivan, drifted into oncoming traffic.
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2013 Lexus ES Caught In ChinaThe 2013 Lexus GS was a huge step in the right direction for the brand's style and image, scrubbing away what had become a rather boring look and replacing it with dramatic, edgy lines. The 2013 Lexus ES looks to follow in its footsteps, though in slightly muted form. Not as focused as the GS's...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG UnleashedWith less weight, more power, and an advanced multi-clutch transmission onboard, there’s a lot to love about the new 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG, which has been revealed today in full ahead of its official world debut next month at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Who are we kidding? The fact that...
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Italian design and engineering firm Zagato is commemorating its 50-plus year relationsh
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Lamborghini Says Supercar Sales Slowing In ChinaA shrinking Chinese economy has high-end automakers predicting less growth in 2012 than they experienced in 2011.
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Simraceway School Of Racing Stage 1: Getting To Know Formula CarsIf you've never had a car try to rip your head from your neck at 100 mph over nothing but a high-speed turn, you've probably never driven a formula car. If you'd like to, no matter your experience, the Simraceway Performance Driving Center is a great opportunity. I just spent a couple of days...
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Mosler To Build Limited Edition MT900 S Photon For U.S.?Mosler is reportedly back with a brand new supercar based on its long-running MT900 platform, which was first introduced back in 2001 and built right up until last year when the last example, a slightly updated MT900 S, rolled off the line. Since then, reports have emerged claiming that Mosler...
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Mercedes Unveils Its W03 2012 Formula 1 Race CarMercedes-Benz is one of the last teams to unveil its race car for the 2012 FIA Formula 1 season, with the new W03 finally making its debut today at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. On hand to present the car for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team were star drivers Michael Schumacher and...
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IED Students Build A Modern Cisitalia 202 Concept For GenevaFor the ninth-year running, the up-and-coming designers at Italy’s Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) based in Turin will be showcasing a new concept car at the Geneva Motor Show. The latest concept, previewed in these teaser sketches, is the 2012 Cisitalia 202 E, a modern interpretation of the...
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Volvo announced last August that it was leaving the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship where it had semi-successfully raced its C30 hatchback, and instead would start competing in the rival Swedish Racing Elite League by TTA. Today, the automaker has unveiled its new race car for the 2012 TTA season, which is based on its popular S60 sedan. At the unveiling, Alexander Murdzevski, Volvo’s director of motorsport in Sweden, said, “We have had a big pressure on us from many curious Volvo enthusiasts as it is a new championship and a new racing car. That is why we chose to reveal...
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2012 Rinspeed Dock+Go Concept Revealed In FullIt wouldn’t be the Geneva Motor Show without some weird and whacky concept from Rinspeed, and thankfully 2012 won’t disappoint on the weird factor as this preview look at Rinspeed’s new Dock+Go concept confirms. Best known for its construction of oddball but impressive concepts...
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Jeep Preps New Production-Intent Concepts For GenevaFollowing on from its murdered-out Grand Cherokee ‘production-intent’ concept unveiled last month, Jeep has now unveiled a trio of new concepts in the lead up to March’s 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The three new concepts are based around European versions of the Jeep Grand Cherokee...
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Second 2013 SRT Viper Teaser ReleasedThe 2013 SRT Viper has been revealed. Click here for all the official details. The 2013 SRT Viper (formerly the 2013 Dodge Viper) is one of the most anticipated cars of the year, if not the decade. A few weeks ago, we got the first tantalizing teaser via DriveSRT’s Facebook page, revealing...
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Abarth 695 Tributo Maserati: 2012 Geneva Motor Show PreviewThe Fiat 500 gets another special limited-edition Abarth treatment at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, this time as a tribute to Maserati.
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Hill Climbing Buggy Goes Ape: VideoThere's something about the raw horsepower, total disregard for nature, and outright awesomeness of a proper hillclimb buggy, like Tim Cameron's "Showtime," that makes us a bit giddy. You can see it has the same effect on the crowd in this video. What you're about to see is Cameron hitting a new...
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