Car News
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Take a peek behind the scenes of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class unveiling as usually seen only by industry insiders.
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Renault-Nissan Opens Tech Research Office In Silicon ValleyRenault might not sell any cars in the United States but that won't stop them moving into town. With partner Nissan the international group has opened a research and development office in the heart of Mountain View, Silicon Valley. The Renault-Nissan Alliance was created in 1999 and now sells one...
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BMW 1-Series, 3-Series Coupes To Be Renamed 2-Series, 4-Series ?Something appears to be afoot at BMW, with a large-scale renaming of portions of its 1-Series and 3-Series lines. Why? We're not sure yet.
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First Aston Martin-Maybach Collaborative Effort Due At Frankfurt Auto Show?An uncertain future for Maybach could hold a collaborative design with Aston Martin--or it could end in July.
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Glickenhaus Ferrari P4/5 Competizione Preps For Nurburgring 24: VideoJames Glickenhaus's one-off Ferrari P4/5 Competizione race car gets ready to do wheel-to-wheel battle for a full run of the clock in these five videos.
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Designing, Engineering The Next Ferrari: The Contest Hots UpWhat do Ferraris say to you? Speed? High performance? Stunning lines? World-class engineering? Probably all of the above, but a group of design schools is aiming to take the Italian Stallions to the next level with low weight and low environmental impact taking priority too. The schools are...
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We’ll be the first to admit that when news of a new supercar from Poland first broke, we were a little skeptical about the credibility of the company behind the project and its promise to deliver to the world a brand new supercar. Since the release of the original teaser sketches, Poland’s Arrinera Automotive has now unveiled the first official prototype for its new supercar, along with its name: Venocara. As previously reported, the Arrinera Venocara is powered by a mid-mounted 6.2-liter V-8 engine that gets a little help from a four-lobe Eaton supercharger. The engine is the...
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Bernie Ecclestone Buys Priciest Mansion in U.S. (For His Kid)Money is no object when it comes to completely spoiling the FIA supremo's daughter, it seems.
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Lexus Launches New Engineering Amazing Campaign: VideoRemember Lexus’ ‘The Hard Way’ campaign that showed off the lengths that the automaker would go to in order to achieve the high levels of refinement found in each of its cars? Well, Lexus has brought out a new series of videos, this time titled ‘Engineering Amazing’...
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2012 BMW M5 Spied With Manual Transmission In U.S.Going a long way towards confirming previous reports that a third-pedal option would be offered on the 2012 BMW M5, at least in the U.S., this latest image reveals that BMW is testing prototypes on local soil fitted with a conventional manual transmission. The prototype was spotted in Los Angeles...
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Supercharged Honda CR-Z Mugen Hits The Road: VideoAt this past weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race, Honda showed off a fully customized CR-Z race car, which featured a claimed output of 200 horsepower and 175 pound-feet of torque. However, it isn’t the only force-fed CR-Z we’ve seen in recent months. You may recall that...
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Jaguar XKR-S Convertible And XFR-S Sedan In The Works: ReportThe stunning 2012 Jaguar XKR-S is still doing the rounds of auto show appearances ahead of an official showroom debut later in the year, but its time in the limelight may not last that long as there’s word that several other high-performance ‘R-S’ Jags are in the works. A Jaguar...
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We’ve known for some time that the insane 1,104 horsepower Zenvo ST1 supercar would be coming to the U.S. but now we have official availability and pricing details, as well as news that there will be a special edition launch model. The car’s local distributor, Red Sea Distribution, has announced that the Danish supercar will be arriving in a limited run of just 15 cars, 12 of them producing 1,104 horsepower and 1,055 pound-feet of torque. The remaining three are an exclusive North American special edition model called the ST1 50S. These will feature a more powerful 1,250...
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2012 Scion FR-S (Toyota FT-86) Spy VideoWe’ve already seen a string of concept cars and more than a dozen spy shots, but now we have an exclusive spy video of the upcoming rear-wheel drive sports coupe being developed jointly by Toyota and Subaru. In the U.S. Toyota’s version of the car will be known as the 2012 Scion FR-S...
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Ken Block To Test Formula 1 Car At MonzaThe master of hoonage will see what he can do at the wheel of an F1 car in Monza this August.
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GreenGT LMPH2 hydrogen racer to run 2012 Le MansIt turns out the Delta Wing concept won't be the only experimental car to run the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. The hyrdrogen fuel cell electrc GreenGT LMPH2 prototype racer will also join the grid next year. So what is the LMPH2? As the name suggests, it's a hydrogen-powered Le Mans Prototype sports...
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2012 Chevrolet Corvette Price, Options Sheet RevealedPrices are going up for the 2012 Corvette, according to a dealer inventory sheet revealed today.
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Austin Chumlee Russell Haggles His Way Into A MaseratiHere's a little celeb news to make you smile -- or cry, or maybe scratch your head, depending on your point of view: Austin "Chumlee" Russell from the reality series Pawn Stars is now motoring around Vegas in a Maserati GranTurismo. According to TMZ, the Chumster visited his local Maserati showroom...
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Could Infiniti be set to draw some of F1's more accessible performance gains into a production car?
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Next Porsche Panamera To Drop Manual Transmission Option?Manual transmissions may not make sense in luxury sedans, even those as sport as the Panamera.
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 To Offer Optional Automatic TransmissionChevrolet has released more details about the upcoming 2012 Camaro ZL1, and the biggest tidbit is that an automatic transmission will be available.
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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK On Sale This Month In U.S. From $54,800The 2012 Mercedes SLK roadster packs a slate of new and unique features, and later this year, it will be offered with a manual transmission.
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NASCAR Jumps On The Facebook Game BandwagonIt's no Farmville--but in NASCAR's new Facebook game, you'll be sure to take a faster spin around Car Town.
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2012 VW Beetle Black Turbo Edition Launches Pre-Order ProgramVolkswagen is hoping its limited-edition models will draw fans to its new pre-order program.
Nelson Ireson