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Owning a classic car is never an easy go. When a wheel bends, a trim piece comes loose, or a mechanical part fails, it can be difficult to find a replacement. For owners of vintage Italian cars, Coys auction house has discovered a treasure trove of parts for some of the rarest classic cars—and they're heading to auction. According to an Auto Classics report last Friday, the parts were originally part of a private collection, though the owner passed away years ago. Only now have the container's worth of parts been discovered, and they have a value of well over $1 million. Included in the...
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Mark Webber drives 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, calls it a "brutal little weapon"The 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS delivers a world-class sports car experience for even the most ham-fisted of folks. Put the car in the hands of someone truly talented, however, and it becomes a potently fast beast capable of dishing out supercar-rivaling performance. Or, as Mark Webber puts it, the...
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Season 6 of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" coming July 6Jerry Seinfeld has rounded up another slew of very funny people and invited them to go for a drive to get coffee. Season six of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" is set to land on Netflix on July 6. The lineup for the new episodes is top notch, and if you're a fan of comedy it should prove to be...
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Drones may one day fix potholesNothing ruins a spectacular piece of roadway more than cracks, bumps, and enormous potholes. These road imperfections can be more than just annoyances. They can also cost drivers and cities money in repairs for blown tires and ruined wheels. One day, drones could make the process of fixing roads...
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Roadkill Nights returning to Woodward Avenue this AugustThe ever-popular Roadkill Nights event will once again descend upon Woodward Avenue in Pontiac, Michigan, this August. Dodge will sponsor the event for the fourth year running, the brand said on Wednesday, with plans to offer rides in both the Challenger and Charger Hellcat models, among several...
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Truly keyless entry: Turo Go unlocks registered cars with a smartphoneCar-sharing service Turo is prepared to take a major step forward in the service's usability. The company announced on Tuesday that it will roll out Turo Go, which will let users unlock cars through their smartphones. Turo Go makes the entire car-sharing process easier by eliminating the need for...
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Marvel fans will have a new superhero flick to catch in theaters this summer in "Ant-Man and The Wasp," and Hyundai has a starring role in the film. Specifically, the film will feature the 2019 Hyundai Veloster Turbo, and the brand has debuted a cheeky new advertisement to celebrate. In the ad spot, a Veloster Turbo driver and police officers engage in an awkward standoff at a red light. One of the vehicles continues to rev its engine, and, of course, it appears the Veloster driver is the culprit. As the officers glare at the Veloster driver, a pint-sized version of the Veloster shows itself...
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Jon Olsson's 810-hp Rolls-Royce Wraith is up for saleProfessional skier Jon Olsson's toys come in fast and they occasionally leave just as quickly. He has the sort of car problem we all wish we had: a desire to acquire and modify as many machines as possible. Thus some of his greatest vehicular hits are shipped off to find new homes, which is what...
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This Detroit-based company just rebooted the Hummer H1Singer reimagines the Porsche 964, and makes buckets of cash doing so. Icon does a similar job on Toyota Land Cruisers, Ford Broncos, and other vintage vehicles. Now a company called Mil-Spec Automotive (MSA) plans to bring its own resto-mod vision to life, and it's doing so using an unlikely hero...
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Hardcore McLaren Sports Series member teased ahead of June 28 revealMcLaren breaks down its model range into three categories. You have the Sports Series, Super Series, and Ultimate Series, and there is a clear performance delineator between each group. Starting at the top you'll find the Senna and P1 in the Ultimate Series. The 720S resides as the Super Series...
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2019 Aston Martin Rapide AMR, 2019 Audi S7, 2018 Ford F-150 Raptor: Car News HeadlinesAston Martin has just added a Rapide AMR to its arsenal. The sexy sedan sports a 580-horsepower version of Aston's 5.9-liter V-12, turning it into one of the fastest four-doors in production. Audi's just redesigned the A7 but the S7 and RS 7 versions are still be developed. Today we have new spy...
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Toyota invests $1B in Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant GrabToyota announced Wednesday it will invest $1 billion in ride-hailing giant Grab, valuing the six-year-old company headquartered in Singapore at approximately $10 billion. It represents the largest investment by an automaker in ride-hailing and is the fourth for Toyota in the sector. The automaker...
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Ford was definitely onto a good thing when it launched the original F-150 SVT Raptor almost a decade ago. The desert-racing pickup truck is now into its second generation and it's priced quite a bit higher than the original. Per Cars Direct, Ford's latest order guides for the 2018 F-150 range reveals a starting price of $52,170 for the Raptor Super Cab and $55,155 for the Raptor Super Crew. Both figures include a $1,495 destination charge. That makes the second-gen Raptor quite a bit more expensive than when it first arrived for 2017, at which time it was priced from $49,520. It also makes...
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2019 Audi S7 spy shots and videoAudi’s A7 didn’t start the modern coupe-like sedan trend, but with its muscular proportions, beautiful surfacing and Kammback rear it managed to make us almost forget the segment’s progenitor, the Mercedes-Benz CLS. The handsome four-door has been redesigned for the 2019 model...
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2019 GMC Yukon Graphite Editions add dark hues, dose of performanceGMC has added a splash of darkness and a dose of performance to the Yukon full-size SUV. The brand on Monday revealed the 2019 Yukon Graphite Edition and Graphite Performance Edition. The better of the two is undoubtedly the Yukon Graphite Performance Edition, which gains all of the exterior design...
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2019 Volvo S60 first with Polestar Engineered performance upgradeThe redesigned 2019 Volvo S60 due to be revealed on June 20 will be the first of the Swedish automaker's cars to receive the new Polestar Engineered treatment. Recall, Polestar is now a standalone brand so will no longer be building dedicated performance offerings for Volvo like the current S60 and...
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2019 Aston Martin Rapide AMR revealedAston Martin has a new addition to its growing AMR family: the Rapide AMR. The car was shown in concept form during the launch of Aston Martin's AMR sub-brand at the 2017 Geneva auto show, but now we have our first look at the production version due in showrooms by the end of the year. Pricing for...
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Daimler recalls 774,000 diesel vehicles in Europe because of illegal emissions control devicesDaimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, has been ordered to recall some 774,000 vehicles in Europe after German transportation officials allegedly found up to five illegal emissions control devices on a handful of cars. According to Bloomberg, the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported...
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On Tuesday CEO Elon Musk announced the automaker is reducing its workforce by 9 percent in an effort to cut costs and become profitable. While Musk didn't mention how many employees specifically will be let go, Tesla's annual filing from December 2017 showed it had 37,543 full-time employees. Rough math indicates that around 3,400 employees will be looking for new jobs in the near future. Tesla has failed to ever turn a profit in its nearly 15 years of business, and Musk noted this fact in a company-wide email he posted to Twitter. Difficult, but necessary Tesla reorg underway. My email to...
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Meet the NXT 360, the next-generation HumveeThe Hummer brand may have bit the dust last decade, but Humvee is still kicking. And the next-generation Humvee, the NXT 360, wants to kick some butt on the battlefield. AM General debuted the new Humvee on Monday in Paris, France, at a defense and security exhibition and detailed the changes that...
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New 2020 Ford Explorer hybrid SUV teased first as a cop carPrepare to start memorizing another set of headlights as the police are getting another vehicle option next year. Ford announced Tuesday that its next-generation Police Interceptor Utility—Ford-speak for "cop car"—will come standard with a hybrid powertrain. With the new police...
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VW to use quantum computing to develop tailored batteries for its EVsVolkswagen says quantum computers may help the company develop batteries customized to future electric vehicles, the German automaker said June 8. The news last week came after VW announced a partnership with Google over quantum computing last November. The automaker said it planned to develop the...
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2018 BMW M5 recalled over ECU and fuel pump woesOwners of the 2018 BMW M5 should begin checking their mailboxes because nearly all of the new M5 are subject to a new recall over a faulty fuel pump. According to the recall information on the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration's website, 846 units of 2018 M5 will be recalled. BMW...
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Audi S6 spied, Mazda MX-5 upgraded, McLaren P1 Longtail teased: Today's Car NewsAudi's redesigned S6 has been spotted for the first time. The new sport sedan is due on sale in 2019 and is expected to match the performance of the current V-8 model but with a V-6. Mazda has added more power and features to its MX-5 Miata in Japan, where the car is known as the Roadster. We...
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