Car News
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Australia is an unlikely place for the birth of a mid-engined supercar but considering the place is home to some of that fastest four-doors in the world (thank you Holden and Ford), not to mention the Mad Max series of movies, it’s easy to picture a bubbling car culture down there. But yes, a company by the name of Joss is working on a new supercar that’s nearing the production stage of its development and in the lead up to its final unveiling this new teaser shot has been released. On initial inspection, the teaser shows us a car with very generic styling for a supercar. This is a view...
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BMW Reports $1.1 Billion Profit For The Second Quarter Of 2010Just days after Audi announced that it had posted a record $1.7 billion profit for the first half of 2010, BMW has gone one better and revealed that its own profit has risen more than sixfold, ending the second quarter of the year at $1.1 billion. The results are on the back of significantly...
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Cadillac Escalade Once Again Tops America’s Most Stolen Vehicle ListThe Cadillac Escalade is undoubtedly popular with a wide range of people, but especially so with car thieves, who made the luxury SUV and pickup their number one choice for stealing this year. Meanwhile, the Volvo S80 sedan was the least popular with thieves and was 14 times less likely to be...
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Cadillac CTS-V Coupe vs. Audi RS5: ComparisonWe tend to look to Europe, specifically the Germans, for the best in sport sedan performance, styling, and luxury - while Detroit sets the bar for 2-door muscle cars. BMW's 3-Series coupes have a long standing reputation as a pleasant combination of the two, and has become a benchmark for...
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Spy Shots: Ferrari 458 Challenge Takes To The TrackThe 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia, in stock form, already represents one of the largest leaps forward in technology, performance and emissions ever seen from the legendary sports car brand so just imagine what the hardcore 458 Challenge race car, with its full assortment of go fast goodies, will be able...
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Video: Dirt 3 Trailer Explodes Gymkhana StyleFresh off its debut at the X Games this weekend, the Dirt 3 is ready to blow up your monitor with incredibly realistic snow, dirt, and gravel action. Whether you like it rally style or gymkhana, Dirt 3 has you covered. Featuring Ken Block's Ford Fiesta gymkhana/rally car, the new trailer features...
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The Saab 9-2 may get some premium German underpinnings.
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Video: Official Pagani Zonda Nurburgring DocumentaryThis video depicts the factory's take on its mission to conquer the Nurburgring.
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Nissan GT-R Club Track Edition RevealedThe Nissan GT-R gets a new, focused track edition--in Japan, at least.
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Alyssa Milano Is Charmed By The Nissan LeafThere's been a lot of talk about electric rides lately, most of it having to do with the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf. (They're not the only EVs on the market, obviously, just the two getting most of the publicity right now.) What's weird is this: much of the chatter about the Volt seems...
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Report: New Details On BMW ActiveHybrid Sports CoupeThe upcoming BMW hybrid sports car is shaping up to be both mean and green.
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First Full Images Of Zonda HH RevealedThe Zonda HH is a special commission for an American buyer.
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Without the deadweight that was Mercury dragging it down, Ford’s premium division, which now only consists of Lincoln, finally has the resources and freedom to transform into the upmarket luxury brand it should have always been. This means that we’ll likely be seeing Lincoln expand into new segments and differentiate itself more substantially from the regular Ford lineup in the future. To do this, Lincoln will likely add smaller models than we’re used to seeing, with front-wheel drive compacts and crossovers potentially making the cut. There could also be greater influence from European...
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Ford completes sale of Volvo to GeelyIt’s official. Ford (NYSE: F) has announced today that it has completed the sale of Volvo and its related assets to the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited (Geely). The total purchase price for Volvo and the assets set forth in an agreement signed back in March was $1.8 billion...
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Future Car Flashback: General Motors EV1As we prepare to receive Chevy's upcoming Volt plug-in electric car, some may recall the short life of the EV1, General Motors' first publicly available electric vehicle. Before Toyota's Prius inherited the "tree-hugger" stereotype, there was the homely EV1, a purely electric vehicle, designed to...
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Video: 2011 Audi A7 Gets OfficialThe video taken from the premiere of the 2011 Audi A7 shows off the car's good looks in moving pictures.
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Roush-Shelby SR-71 Mustang Sells For $375,000 At AuctionThe unique joint-custom project was sold to support the EAA's Young Eagles Program.
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Full Details, Gallery For 2011 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMGMercedes has given us the outlines before, but today we get the full whammy.
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Is Mark Webber Red Bull's "number two" driver? Are we going to see another battle between Webber and Sebastian Vettel at Hungary? Things are shaping up for it, with the Red Bull cars taking the two fastest spots during today's second practice. Qualifying will tell the true story of pace and place for Sunday's grid, but until then, we have this preview of the Hungarian Grand Prix circuit at Budapest with Webber. Like all of RBR's race previews, the show is put on in one of the team's fantastic simulators, featuring a full F1 cockpit and widescreen view of the track and the car's front tires...
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Report: Toyota Re-Trademarks Supra NameThe revival of the Supra nameplate could go in several directions, including the FT-86.
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Video: Jay Leno's Garage Puts 911 GT3 Through Its PacesWho doesn't love the 911 GT3? Better yet, who doesn't love to see Jay Leno put a car through its paces? Today, we can bring you a combination of both, courtesy of Jay Leno's Garage. The video follows Leno's format, with the addition of Justin Bell, race driver and son of famed racer Derek Bell...
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Today In Mysteries: Who Is Kim G And Why Do We Care?It's the end of July, which means that summer is quickly coming to a close, which leaves us feeling a little wistful -- a little introspective. And so, we're doing some soul-searching, asking questions of ourselves we might not ordinarily ask. Such as: 1. Why do we watch reality television? 2. More...
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Owning a Koenigsegg or Lambo Doesn't Mean You Can Park At WillAh, supercar owners. The very wealthy amongst us, the ones who drive the toys we crave. Especially through the cities we live in. Even owning a supercar, though, doesn't exempt you from abiding by the laws of the land. Including, ummmmmm, parking regulations. As two London drivers learned the hard...
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Jeep Planning Major Overhaul For Entire LineupJeep’s entire lineup is in for a major overhaul, with the brand being transformed into a global player and injected with fresh new models and technology borrowed from new parent company, Fiat. We’ve already seen the first of Jeep’s new lineup in the form of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee...
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