Car News
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Over the holiday weekend, reports that Jaguar had confirmed the construction of an XF Estate (wagon) emerged. Today, it's the hotter brother, the XFR, that gets the long roof treatment, again according to chief designer Ian Callum. This time around, Callum spoke with Dutch-language Autovisie, noting that the estate wasn't part of the original plan for the XF at all, but now that they've decided to make it, they're going whole-hog and dropping the 510-horsepower supercharged V-8 shared through many other vehicles in Jaguar's lineup, including the XFR Sedan. According to Callum, designing the...
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Coachbuilt Ferraris To Storm Gooding & Co. Pebble Beach AuctionsEvery car fan should make the pilgrimage to Pebble Beach at some point in their lives. It's an unbelievable playground for some of the very best cars in the world, from their earliest stages right up to the present. Once particularly sweet slice of the past will be up for sale via Gooding &...
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Guilty Pleasure: Renault FuegoWhen you start talking about AMC cars, you often have no choice but to move right from Kenosha to Boulogne-Billancourt. Yes, when the government bailed out AMC in the early 1980s– that's the French government, of course, since the US government didn't think AMC was too big to fail— AMC...
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Report: BMW M2 to get 350-hp tri-turbo inline-6, rear-wheel driveBMW's renewal of the M2 trademark sparked the idea of a smaller M car back to life just a few weeks ago, and now a whole slew of new details have emerged from M Division managing director Dr. Friedrich Nitschke. While we take them as speculation only at this point, the figures point toward a very...
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Subaru Confirms Three New Models, Hybrid For 2013Three new models and a hybrid are on their way from Subaru over the next several years, along with an expansion of its high-tech EyeSight safety system.
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BMW 335i Performance Edition Kit, Retrofit Package: ReportThe BMW 335i range gets updated with more power and meaner looks for a surprisingly small pricetag.
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The 2012 MINI Countryman John Cooper Works edition is seen here for the first time. A higher-performance, more road-focused version of MINI's all-wheel drive hot hatch? Sign us up.
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Kia Planning Rear-Drive V-8 Concepts At Frankfurt, Detroit: ReportAccording to a report, Kia is working on a V-8 coupe concept with rear-wheel drive.
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Ford Fiesta Sport Special: Forbidden FruitThe list of fun hatchbacks sold in Europe but not the U.S. is long and depressing. Today, it gains another entry: the Fiesta Sport Special Edition. Power comes from either a Duratec 1.6-liter Ti-VCT gasoline engine that generates 132 horsepower, 12 horsepower more than the North American version of...
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Ford Hit With Patent Infringement Lawsuit Relating To SYNCA lawsuit filed by a Washington state technology company alleges that Ford has infringed on seven of their patents relating to vehicle communications.
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2012 Hyundai Genesis R-Spec Does Burnout: VideoThe 2012 Hyundai Genesis R-Spec has V-8 power, and that means old-school burnouts are possible, as this video shows.
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2015 Ford Mustang Complete Redesign RumorsThe new 5.0-liter Mustang GT is a blast, and incredibly capable considering its somewhat ancient mechanical roots (particularly in the suspension) but Ford is no longer content to let iterative upgrades dominate the Mustang range. The latest reports have an all-new model debuting in 2015. That's a...
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The car you see above purports to be the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series, revealed at a Mercedes-Benz drive event in Le Castellet, France. It certainly looks the part of the Black Series badge, with wider fenders, vents aplenty, new (very lightweight-looking) wheels. Power from the 6.2-liter naturally-aspirated V-8 is up 30 horsepower from the regular C63 AMG, rating 487 horsepower with the base package and 517 horsepower with the Performance Package. In the standard C63, 0-60 mph takes 4.3 seconds with the 487-horsepower Performance Package option, so we expect the Black Series to...
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NASCAR Moves Toward Relevance, Tests Fuel InjectionNASCAR is switching from carburetors to fuel injection for the 2012 season, and will test fuel injection for the first time at the Kentucky Speedway in advance of this weekend's Sprint Cup race.
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2013 BMW 3-Series Spy ShotsUPDATE: The new F30 3-Series has just been revealed as a 2012 model. Click here for all the official details and photos. The current E90 BMW 3-Series has been on the market since 2005, so it's only fitting that prototypes for the next-gen model are almost complete. Most agree that the next model...
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Video: Mods Bring Photorealism To Grand Theft Auto 4 GameAs any ardent PC videogamer knows, the game you load onto your computer isn't necessarily as good as it can be. Whether time and cost constraints during production or the march of technological advancement, PC games are often open to improvement at the hands of the vast online communities that play...
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Honda CR-Z Mugen RR Concept Introduced At Goodwood Festival Of SpeedHonda's CR-Z Mugen RR Concept made its debut at the Goodwood Festival Of Speed.
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2011 BMW X3 Recalled For Steering Sensor IssueA voluntary recall for a safety defect in the electric power steering system affects certain BMW X3s manufactured between April 27 and June 8, 2011.
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The IIHS's Top Safety Pick is no hurdle for Saab despite its financial struggles.
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Netherlands' Worst Driver Reality TV Show Crash Injures Host: VideoThe host of a Dutch TV show is injured as one of the contestants for the title of the Netherland's Worst Driver proves he has what it takes to win.
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Audi Q3 RS Prototype Gets Swedish Test Drive: VideoWe're not sure who the Q3 RS is for, but we can't argue with its specs.
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BMW 3-Series Exclusive And M Sport Editions: GalleryBMW offers a new Edition Exclusive and a revised M Sport package for the 3-Series.
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Terrafugia's Flying Car Closer To Reality With DOT ApprovalIt's the dream of every motorist stuck in an endless queue of traffic: Press a few buttons and quickly soar above all the other poor souls wasting their lives away at a standstill. There's probably a little more to flying cars than that, but the concept of a usable car and aircraft hybrid has taken...
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Ferrari 599 GTO Crashed, Destroyed: VideoWe mourn the loss of a vicious, beautiful prancing horse and wonder what, if any, good might come of it.
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