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George Whittell, Jr., was sort of the early 20th Century's male version of Paris Hilton--the son of a rich family, he never worked, instead spending his days with fast cars and equally fast women. One of his fantastic Duesenbergs is coming up for auction at the Gooding & Co. Pebble Beach event. Decked out in more chrome than you could fit on a modern-day car (literally) the 1931 Duesenberg Model J is a two-passenger coupe with a bootlegger's compartment in the trunk and a polished aluminum faux-convertible top. Nautical navigation lights, a wool headliner, and a painstaking attention to...
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Formula 1 Looking At New Jersey In Addition To Austin?So, F1 fans, after spending four years without a U.S. Grand Prix, we'll finally get another in 2012, thanks to the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. But could a New Jersey street circuit join the party, too? According to the Wall Street Journal, it's on the table. We're not looking up air travel...
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Gamers Rejoice: iRacing 2.0 Makes The Best Sim Even BetterRacing fan? PC owner? Real-world racing too expensive? Sounds like you need iRacing 2.0, the next generation of one of the PC's top racing simulations. PC games are updated all the time but the 2.0 branding marks a new build for the game, improving the realism of tire modelling and offering a...
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Chrysler Goes Gospel With Latest Imported From Detroit AdThe gospel version of Eminem's Lose Yourself track is now available to download from iTunes.
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2014 BMW i3: Autonomous Urban Driving Nearly With Us?Concepts featuring autonomous driving have so far concentrated mainly on highway driving, previewing the car-trains we may see some time in the future. For many people though city driving is the most stressful situation you can encounter, so surely self-driving cars would make sense in crowded...
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Ford Planning 4 Global Debuts Including New Design Concept For FrankfurtFord will have its biggest stand ever at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, one spanning more than 34,400 square-feet.
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The 2012 Infiniti FX gets revised styling inspired by the stunning Essence concept car from 2009 and is scheduled to go on sale in October, 2011.
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Stretched Audi A8 L By Russia’s ArmorTechRussian firm ArmorTech adds around 400 mm to the wheelbase of the already long Audi A8 L by extending both the front and rear doors.
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2013 Audi A4 Avant Wagon Spy ShotsThe facelifted 2013 Audi A4 Avant Wagon should go on sale in the second half of next year alongside the sedan.
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Need For Speed: The Run Features Aventador, New 911 And ZL1Need for Speed: The Run is now available for pre-order and ships on November 15, 2011.
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2012 Fiat 500 Cabrio Gets Gucci Touch: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show PreviewThe 500C by Gucci will goes on sale in Europe this month but there's no word if a version is planned for the U.S. market.
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Cop Run Over By Criminal, Gets Up And Chases, Arrests Him: VideoThis English cop must have eaten his Weetabix one fateful morning: while attempting to setup a road block to stop a fleeing criminal, the officer is sent flying when the crook's car rams the police vehicle. That's not the end of the story for this British cop, however. Surrey, England police...
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Whether you use it to sharpen your skills between events, to keep your edge over the off-seasons, or just to get in some realistic motorsports action without the expense and time commitment of running a real car, iRacing is a great tool, and a great game. It just got better with version 2.0. The new version adds a lot of new functionality and content, including driver aids like brake assist, throttle assist, and an on-track driving line. We'd stay away from the first two as they'll just reinforce bad habits, but the driving line could help speed up learning a new track--a very useful aid if...
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Don't Trust Your Teen? Track Them With GM OnStar Family LinkIf you're trusting your teenage son or daughter with the car for the night it's nice to know that their journey has gone safely - or that they're actually going where they said they would. For that extra piece of mind GM is testing a new OnStar service called 'Family Link' that allows subscribers...
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EcoVelocity's Modern Tech Transforms Classics (Virtually...)We may spend the day writing about modern car technology, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate the classic cars that helped form the industry we know today. Some might even suggest "they don't make 'em like they used to", and they'd be right. Unfortunately, they also lack all the safety...
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Parked Illegally In Lithuania? Your Car May Be Crushed: VideoThe mayor Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, has taken to using an armored personnel carrier to crush illegally parked cars.
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2013 Audi A4 Sedan Spy ShotsThe 2013 Audi A4 is soon to join the 2012 A5 with a fresh new face, revised to keep the model fresh as it reaches mid-cycle status. These images, the first to capture the facelift, show LED running lights like the revised A5, among other features. Some of those other features, visible despite the...
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Maserati's 2012 GranTurismo Convertible Sport In Action: VideoThe 2012 Maserati GranTurismo Convertible Sport--or GranCabrio, as it's known elsewhere--isn't the fastest convertible around. It's not the most expensive. It's not even the most exclusive. But it is beautiful, and sounds just as good, and this video expresses those traits wonderfully. Settle in...
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Jaguar is gunning for the Porsche Boxster with the 2014 XE. [MotorAuthority] Tesla wants to keep people interested in the 2012 Model S so it has released video of Alpha build cars track testing. [MotorAuthority] MINI is giving away a car to its 2,000,000th Facebook fan. [SocialCarNews] Heartbreaking images of the Bugatti Veyron crash testing have made their way onto the Internet. [MotorAuthority] Audi will offer both a hybrid and a clean-diesel powertrain in the 2012 A6. [GreenCarReports] The 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is literally the (next to) last hurrah for the 997. [MotorAuthority] Lexus...
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AMG Driving Academy Takes You Drifting: VideoIf you haven't been following the AMG Driving Academy Performance Series with Tommy Kendall since we brought you the first episode, you should have been. This is an example of why: TK and and AMG driving instructor Nick Kunewalder walk you through some of the basic how-tos of drifting. From...
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2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup: The (Next To) Last HurrahWith an all-new Porsche 911 on deck for the 2012 model year, the 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup factory racer is very likely the last of the current model's progeny, and it's a good one. Powered by an engine that's "largely identical" to the production 911 GT3 RS unit, meaning a 3.8-liter...
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Special Edition Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Sang Blanc Up For SaleThe one-off Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Sang Blanc was commissioned by a customer in the UK, albeit with a left-hand drive configuration.
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2012 Tesla Model S Testing On Track: VideoJust yesterday we brought you spy shots from what appeared to be a hot-weather testing session, and which has the same setting as this official video released today of three Model S Alpha build cars testing on track. The track is partially banked, enabling easier high-speed testing, but also has...
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British Tuner Imperium Creates One-Off Bentley Continental GTImperium only takes on a limited number of projects each year so just getting your name on the list remains a difficult task.
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