Car News
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Some of the world's most famous racetracks have been captured by an astronaut riding in the International Space Station and using a powerful camera. Many of the major Formula 1 tracks are there, along with some small sites like Mid-Ohio.
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Meet the man who owns not one, but five Mercedes-Benz SLR McLarensThe Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren has been somewhat of a forgotten supercar from the last decade. It boasted major performance credentials, but we don't hear about them too often. For American supercar collector Manny Khoshbin, it's his favorite. How much does the entrepreneur like them? He owns five...
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2021 Ford Bronco reportedly looks retro, has removable doorsThe 2021 Ford Bronco will soon be wrangling Jeep owners. A prototype for the 2021 Bronco was reportedly shown to Ford's top-selling dealers in February at a closed-door event in Palm Beach, Florida, according to Automotive News (sub required). Ford confiscated attendees' cellphones during the event...
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Opinion: What's the point of the mid-engine 2020 Chevrolet Corvette?The mid-engine 2020 Chevrolet Corvette might be the single worst kept secret in automotive history. Set to debut in 2019, the eighth-generation Corvette, known as the C8, will be a mid-engine supercar. That’s a monumental shift from every production Corvette made in the last 66 years. Why...
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Ferrari P80/C: New Special Projects car imagines a modern-day Sports PrototypeFerrari's latest one-off supercar from the Special Projects division is a track-only car based on the 488 GT3 race car. The car is Ferrari's vision of a modern Sports Prototype and takes inspiration some classic racers like the 250 LM and 330 P3/P4.
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Evelozcity changes name to Canoo as it readies first EV for 2021Evelozcity, an electric car startup based in Los Angeles and formed by ex-Faraday Future staff, announced Monday that it has changed its name to Canoo. The odd name was picked because of its connection with the word “canoe,” which the company hopes will conjure up thoughts of both...
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A Dodge Charger concept sporting the same pumped fenders found on various Challenger Widebody models was unveiled on Saturday at the annual Mopar gathering known as Spring Fest, which was held at the historic Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California. Dodge SRT spokesman Dan Reid on Wednesday confirmed to Motor Authority that the car is strictly a design study to be used to gauge interest from the public. The Charger Widebody concept is based on the Charger SRT Hellcat, which packs 707 horsepower, but there a number of unique details that may hint at changes in store for the Charger line for...
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Take a closer look at the McLaren 720S supercar's complex suspensionNumerous systems go into making a high-performance car, and while a powerful engine is almost always one of them, engineers never forget about the suspension. What's a lot of power good for if it handles like a sloppy mess? The McLaren 720S uses a very neat system, although it's mighty complex...
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The I.C.E. event puts Ferrari F50s, Lamborghini Countachs and more on frozen lakeThese days, many supercar and classic car owners look at their vehicles as investments. That's the opposite case for the owners who brought their cars to the first I.C.E. event in Sankt Moritz, Switzerland, on March 2. I.C.E. stands for International Concours of Elegance in St. Moritz, and it's a...
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Here's what every button on an F1 steering wheel doesGlancing at a modern Formula 1 race car's steering wheel reveals a very complex contraption, and it's just as in-depth of a wheel as it suggests. Mercedes-AMG, the reigning F1 champion, recently published a video with driver Valtteri Bottas to give fans a closer look at what action each button...
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Court sides with Jaguar Land Rover in Chinese Evoque copycat caseJaguar Land Rover scored a rare victory for intellectual property patents in China.
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2019 BMW X7, Subaru WRX STI S209, Porsche Cayenne Coupe: The Week In ReverseBigger BMWs, stickier Subarus, and posh Porsches headlined our week at Motor Authority.
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Tesla's new referral program for buyers rewards word-of-mouth but at a different rate than the old system. Getting a free Tesla is still possible, but the rules have changed.
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Future special edition Porsches may only be available as a leasePorsche CEO Oliver Blume may propose a model to lease or sell supercars or special-edition models to keep spectators at bay for the iconic brand.
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Lamborghini has considered an off-road LM002 successorLamborghini CEO Stefano Domenicali said a successor to the Rambo Lambo has been discussed in the halls of Sant'Agata but the window for an LM002 appears to be very small.
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New Chevrolet electric car coming, $300M investment in Michigan plantThe General Motors Orion Township plant in Michigan will be home to a new Chevrolet electric car, the automaker announced Friday. GM will invest $300 million in the facility, to build the new Chevy electric vehicle and bring 400 new jobs to the plant. The announcement did not address specifics on...
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Volkswagen looks to develop European batteries for EVsLast week Volkswagen Group announced plans to double-down on building electric cars with 20 new models and an additional 7 million cars over five years. So far it's said that the battery cells for its MEB vehicles will come from four different global suppliers: CATL, LG Chem, Samsung, and SK...
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Next in Ares' Legends Reborn series is an homage to 1950s roadstersAres, the Modena-based coachbuilder and tuner formed by ex-Lotus CEO Dany Bahar, has provided a first look at the latest model in its Legends Reborn series. The series reimagines iconic cars using modern design techniques and materials, not to mention performance, with the first model, aptly...
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Porsche is open to turning every model it sells into an EV, bar the 911, which CEO Oliver Blume said last fall would never be a pure electric car. But any EV that Porsche launches won't be offered with an alternative powertrain utilizing an internal-combustion engine, Blume told Auto Express during Thursday's reveal of the 2020 Cayenne Coupe. “When we do a fully electric car it has to be designed purpose built for electro mobility, like the Taycan,” he said. “I’m not a fan of doing everything in one car because our vehicles are high performance and to achieve that with...
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McLaren's new carbon fiber center delivers first tubMcLaren continues to post record after record in sales, meaning capacity at its plant in Woking, England, is tighter than ever. And with more models on the way, the company last November established a separate plant in Sheffield, England, to build the carbon fiber monocoque tubs that underpin each...
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2020 Volkswagen T-Roc Cabriolet spy shots and videoA new open-top version of Volkswagen's trendy T-Roc has been spotted. Its sighting follows February's reveal of the high-performance T-Roc R. The T-Roc is a compact crossover SUV based on Volkswagen Group's flexible MQB platform. It isn't sold in the United States so don't count on this open-top...
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Get your swagger on in an armored Mercedes-Benz G63 AMGCanadian firm Inkas built a bullet-resistant Mercedes-Benz G-Class that can withstand rifle fire and hand grenades for its exclusive clientele.
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2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe: Jumping on the fastback SUV bandwagonPorsche has an answer for the on-trend SUV "coupes" from other automakers. Their answer, the 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe, of course is shorthand for "speed."
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Bureko 6x6 pickup is a Chevy Silverado on steroidsThe three-axle, six-wheeled brute from Czech builder Bureko is based on a Chevrolet Silverado pickup with some extreme mods.
Sean Szymkowski