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From the man who brought us 2007's stunning Mazda Furai concept comes a coach-built supercar called the Salaff C2. It made its debut Friday in Monterey, California and later presented on the concept lawn during Sunday's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Salaff was founded by American automotive designer Carlos Salaff. From Rochester, New York, he is a graduate of California's Art Center College of Design and spent most of his professional career at Mazda. He left the automaker in 2013 to establish his own design and coach building business, following in the foot steps of other distinguished...
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Radical speedster concept hints at future design, powertrains for InfinitiInfiniti will start switching over to an electrified lineup around 2021 when the first models based on a new modular platform are introduced. That date's a few years off but in the interim Infiniti is providing a glimpse into its future with concept cars. The Q Inspiration unveiled in January gave...
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Ex-Phil Hill Ferrari 250 GTO sets record for highest price paid for car at auctionThe Ferrari GTO stands as one of the most beautiful and exclusive cars of all time, and it boasts a racing record to back up its unparalleled collectibility. This, however, has seen prices soar to insane levels in recent times, and things don't appear to be cooling down one bit. Case in point is a...
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Vettel avoids chaotic start to win 2018 Formula 1 Belgian Grand PrixFerrari's Sebastian Vettel executed a brilliant pass of Mercedes-AMG's Lewis Hamilton on the first lap of Sunday's Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix and didn't look back, winning the race with an 11-second gap to Hamilton. Both drivers were lucky to avoid a major collision in the first corner, caused...
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Ferrari 488 Pista drops its top at Pebble Beach ConcoursFerrari surprised visitors to Sunday's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance with the unveiling of the 488 Pista Spider. The car is the 50th convertible from the Prancing Horse, and one of the most powerful on the market today. It shares its mechanical package with the 488 Pista coupe unveiled in March...
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McLaren 720S GT3 race car ready for arrival in 2019McLaren is a brand with a rich racing heritage. Sure, lately it's been known for kicking out tremendous road cars. That doesn't mean that motorsport isn't always on the minds of McLaren engineers and designers. Woking's latest and greatest is the 720S, and now there's an even faster version...
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After a 17-day roller coaster, Tesla [NASDAQ: TSLA] CEO Elon Musk announced Friday via a blog post on the automaker's website that Tesla will remain a publicly traded company. The announcement comes more than two weeks after Musk tweeted his idea of taking Tesla private at $420 per share and said funding for the move was secure. Musk said Tesla will remain public as "it’s apparent that most of Tesla’s existing shareholders believe we are better off as a public company." He said institutional investors may be prohibited from owning significant portions of a private company. Musk...
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SSC Tuatara is America's 1,750-hp, all-carbon challenge to Bugatti, KoenigseggIt's time for the likes of Bugatti and Koenigsegg to step aside, as bespoke hypercar manufacturer SSC North America is ready to reclaim its previously held title of maker of the world's fastest cars with the long-awaited Tuatara. The homegrown hypercar was originally penned by Jason Castriota, a...
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This Week's Top Photos: The 2018 Monterey Car Week editionMonterey Car Week in recent years has morphed into an event rivaling the major auto shows when it comes to new model debuts. This year's event, which concludes Sunday with the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, was no different. We'll start this list with one of the most anticipated reveals: the...
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Mercedes' EQ Silver Arrow concept is an electric streamliner with 738 hp of gruntPrior to the onset of World War II, the grand prix racers of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union (today Audi) were dominating race tracks all over Europe. The cars were referred to as the Silver Arrows, a name Mercedes-Benz still applies spiritually to its current Formula 1 cars, and one of the most...
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1966 Ford Bronco Roadster gets the Icon Derelict treatmentBack in 1966, Ford created the Bronco in an effort to capture the growing enthusiasm for off-road adventure. The most basic example is a model called the Roadster, which arrived from the factory sans doors and roof. Expert restorer Jonathan Ward and his Icon outfit got ahold of one and turned it...
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Bugatti Divo bows with bespoke looks, focus on agility, $5.8M priceMeet the latest member of the Bugatti family: the Divo. The French luxury and supercar maker unveiled its latest creation on Friday at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering in Monterey, California. And the Divo isn't just about straight-line speed, but a nimble and track-focused experience. The Divo...
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Readers may not recognize the Kalashnikov name, but they will recognize one of its best-known products: the AK-47 assault rifle. Now, the same company has decided to gun for the electric car market. It's called the CV-1 and the Russian firm unveiled the car at the 2018 International Military Technical Forum in Kubinka, Russia. Autocar reported Friday that the CV-1 is meant to recall the 1970s Izh 2125 Combi with retro design cues. It's hard to believe this is a new vehicle given its design. The look is, indeed, retro-inspired and the ride height and wheel combination makes the CV-1 look like...
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Hennessey Venom F5 breathes 1,600-plus-hp of fire from 6.6-liter twin-turbo V-8Almost a year on since Hennessey Performance Engineering first showed us its Venom F5 hypercar, the company has now locked in the first of the car's specs. Using the backdrop of Friday's The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering in Monterey, California, Hennessey confirmed the Venom F5 will come with a...
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Watch Bugatti reveal the Divo hypercar live, here, todayUpdate: The Bugatti Divo has made its Monterey Car Week debut. You'll find all the details at this link. Bugatti has a track-focused hypercar coming today. It's called the Divo, and we'll see livestreamed from the The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering in Monterey, California at 11:20 am PDT. A new...
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Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, Infiniti Prototype 10, Audi PB18 e-tron: Car News HeadlinesLamborghini took the covers off the Aventador SVJ overnight, and the performance being touted is even better than had been expected. Sadly, Lamborghini will build just 900 examples for worldwide sale and 63 of these will be a special model celebrating the founding of the firm in 1963. Infiniti...
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2018 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix previewWith the summer break now over, the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship picks up again this weekend with the Belgian Grand Prix. The race is once again being held on the 4.35-mile Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium's Ardennes region. It's an historic circuit that has been the venue of some of the...
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VW reportedly tried buying Aurora to catch up in self-driving car raceThe Volkswagen Group looks to be a bit behind in the mobility and self-driving car segments compared to some rivals as the automaker is on the hunt to scoop up experts on the subject. It appears Aurora Innovation, a self-driving car startup based in California, was one of the firms VW approached...
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EC stands for Enea Casoni, an Italian gentleman responsible for bringing his vision of a bespoke supercar to life. The car is called the EC OnlyOne P8, which is a bit of a mouthful. But the styling is very to the point. The car stands out. And when a Ferrari powertrain figures into the mix, our full attention is commanded. Casoni bills himself as a race car driver, and he's entered and participated in a number of races over the years. Never to great success, but simply getting out on a track and returning a car in one piece is an accomplishment on some level. Casoni is putting his love of...
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VW spends big to make its vehicles digital devices on wheelsThe automobile's days of simply transporting drivers will be a thing of the past at Volkswagen. The German automaker wants to turn its cars into digital devices on wheels. And to ensure it's competitive in the near future, VW will spend over $4 billion to invest in digitalization by 2025. The...
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Lamborghini Aventador SVJ arrives with thundering 759 horsepowerIt's finally here. Lamborghini's Aventador SVJ, the current record holder for production cars at the Nürburgring, was unveiled Thursday night in Monterey, California. The covers came off during The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, where Lamborghini confirmed all of the specs including a...
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Project Gold: 911 restomod celebrates 70 years of PorschePorsche isn't done with its celebrations for its 70th anniversary this year. Having already built a highly authentic replica of its very first sports car, as well as unveiling a spiritual successor in the form of the 911 Speedster concept, Porsche on Thursday unveiled a restomod based on a...
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2019 Acura NSX: New color, new options, new tireIt took Acura 15 years to bring back the NSX nameplate in 2017, but the Japanese automaker is giving the hybrid supercar an update after just two years. On Thursday Acura revealed the revised 2019 NSX at Monterey Car Week. It will take a keen eye to discern the 2019 NSX from earlier...
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Audi PB18 e-tron combines Le Mans prowess with electric futureAudi dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the better part of a decade with its R18 TDI prototype diesel race car and the German luxury brand is now on the front lines of the race for an electric future. At Monterey Car Week on Thursday, the brand unveiled a concept car that combines the two, the...
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