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Ten years might as well be ten aeons in the game industry, such is the pace with which technology progresses. It takes a rare title to transcend the huge developments in graphics, game engines and hardware that a decade brings. We're pleased to confirm to you that Grand Theft Auto III, 10 Year Anniversary is one of those games. A little history From small but controversial beginnings the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series has become one of the gaming industry's biggest franchises. GTA III is the game that cemented the series' place in gaming history. With the newly three-dimensional Liberty City...
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New Lexus LX Coming To Detroit Auto ShowLexus will introduce a new version of its LX full-size SUV in Detroit, but Toyota will give its comparable Land Cruiser the year off.
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Top Ten Concept Cars Of 20112011 has been a great year for concept cars, with everything from eco vehicles to supercars, to... eco supercars. There's definitely been some imaginative shapes appearing on the motor show stands, so here are some of our favorites - in no particular order... Toyota Fun-Vii The writing is on the...
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Ferrari V-8 Powered Quad Is The Ultimate Holiday Gift: VideoA Ferrari V-8 powered quad, built by French tuner Lazareth, is for sale on JamesList just in time for holiday gift giving.
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22 Worst Crashes Of 2011, Bentley Crash, 2012 NACTOY: Today's Car NewsThe 2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards (NACTOY) are nearing completion, with the finalists named ahead of the announcement of the winners at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. A Bentley driver went a bit haywire, crashing into a police car and seven others. And, if you can stomach it, we...
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Subaru Repeats Its 'Subaru Challenge Award' For 2012For 2012, Subaru's motorsport division, STI will again be paying contingency money for podium finishes in Production Car World Rally Championship competition.
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A faulty turbo sensor bracket on certain models of the 2011 Nissan Juke crossover may brake, potentially causing the vehicle to stall.
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Mercedes-Benz Prepping SLS AMG Black Series Roadster?When AMG unleashed the Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series back in 2008, engineers decided to do away with the regular SL’s heavy retractable hard-top and replace it instead with a simple fixed roof composed from lightweight carbon fiber. Black Series cars being the most focused and hardcore...
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Savage Rivale: Netherlands' Roadyacht GTS comes to lifeSavage Rivale is an ambitious startup based in the Netherlands and working hard on not just a new car, but a whole new segment. That segment, albeit a niche one, is the four-door convertible supercar segment, a void which in the very near future will be filled by the striking Savage Rivale...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Mega-Gallery And VideoBy now you’ve probably read everything there is to know about the new 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class (if not, click here), but here’s a new mega-gallery and collection of videos to ogle. The new model is the sixth-generation of Mercedes’ luxurious grand tourer and convertible, which...
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Jaguar XJ Gets More Executive Thanks To StartechIt's always nice to see a logical tune. Let the stripped-down, two-seat super-coupes get 1,000-horsepower engines and gaudy carbon fiber body kits, luxury cars are about elegance, comfort, and of course, making the money needed to buy them. Instead of focusing all its attention on the engine bay or...
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Bentley Driver Runs Red Light, Hits Policeman And 7 Other CarsA man driving a 2009 Bentley Continental Flying Spur in Kiev, the capital city of Eastern European nation Ukraine, was involved in a serious accident last month that involved not only a police officer but a total of seven other cars--one of which was a Mercedes-Benz CL550 coupe. The driver of the...
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The 2013 Nissan Pathfinder Concept is not even out yet--it was just announced for a Detroit Auto Show debut today--and already our spies have caught it testing on U.S. roads. It's still heavily disguised, but we can derive a few details from the shots. First of all is its decidedly more car-like stance, being a crossover instead of a truck-based SUV. The previous model was based on the F-Alpha platform that also underpinned the Frontier, Xterra, and Titan-family vehicles. The 2013 Pathfinder, however, is using the FF-L platform, a front-engine/front-drive platform used on the Infiniti JX...
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Ford Commits To WRC Through 2013, Latvala And Solberg For 2012The World Rally Championship doesn't get much in the way of U.S. air time, but it nonetheless supports a rabid fan base. U.S. fans will be happy to know Ford has confirmed its presence in WRC through 2013 today, campaigning the Fiesta RS WRC under the revised rules. Lead driver Jari-Matti Latvala...
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Nissan Pathfinder, Electric Van Concepts Coming To Detroit Auto ShowNissan will debut the all new Pathfinder SUV concept and an electric-powered van at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show.
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Google Awarded U.S. Patent For Driverless Car TechThe news that Google has been working on a driverless car, or autonomous vehicle, probably won't come as a shock. We've followed Google's progress closely, but now the BBC has revealed that Google has been awarded a U.S. patent for the technology. Specifically, the patent refers to the technology...
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BMW Shows More Of Its Mystery X6 M: VideoBMW has released a second teaser video of a new X6 M variant believed to be the first diesel-powered M vehicle.
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Volvo Prices Its Convertible Swan Song, The C70 InscriptionVolvo will offer a limited production Inscription package to buyers of 2012 and 2013 C70 hardtop convertibles.
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The 2012 Detroit Auto Show is the locus of many a new-car unveiling and concept preview, but it's also where the 2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year will be named. Today, the NACOTY jury released the three finalists for each award. In the car category, we have: Ford Focus Hyundai Elantra Volkswagen Passat And for the "trucks," we have: BMW X3 Honda CR-V Land Rover Range Rover Evoque The quotation marks around trucks above are clearly applicable--there's not a true truck in the group, or even a moderately truck-like vehicle. But such are the vagaries of applying a static rubric to...
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Fisker Appoints Industry Veteran Tom LaSorda To Board Of DirectorsFisker Automotive has appointed automotive industry veteran and former Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda to its Board of Directors
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Drift Thug Hoons Genesis Coupe Through Hyundai HQ: VideoWhat do you get when you add a drift-crazy Kiwi criminal to the Hyundai Genesis Coupe drift car, mix in a little humor, a donut-munching security guard, some pretty marginal acting, and a suitably X-treme!! soundtrack? This video. Made by Hyundai just weeks before the planned demolition of the old...
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2013 Mazda CX-5: The Challenge Of Designing A New PlatformBeing a carmaker is, in theory, quite easy. You build cars, sell as many of them as possible and ensure your outgoings are as low as possible. One of those outgoings is research and development, which can cost hundreds of millions of dollars, so when a manufacturer develops a new platform, they had...
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Roush Working On New ‘Stage 3’ Tuning For 2012 Ford FocusEach year famous Ford tuner Roush would unveil a slew of new upgrades under its ‘Stage 3’ banner for the Ford Mustang, the most recent iteration of which offers up to 540 horsepower and all the chassis and suspension mods you need to make the most of it. However, as consumers around the...
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