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Since its sale last year by General Motors to French auto giant PSA Group, Opel has refrained from using its OPC (Opel Performance Center) designation for performance models, instead opting for GSi, which traditionally has sat below OPC. It doesn't mean Opel has dropped the OPC sub-brand, however. In an interview with British website Car Buyer published Thursday, a spokesperson for Vauxhall, the brand Opel operates under in the United Kingdom, said the VXR sub-brand, Vauxhall's equivalent of OPC, will survive, suggesting the same will be true for OPC. The likely cause of the current hiatus...
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Rolls-Royce Cullinan, VW Golf GTI TCR, Mercedes-Benz GLS: Today's Car NewsRolls-Royce has entered the SUV race with a new model called the Cullinan. It starts almost $100k above the Bentley Bentayga and could quite possibly become the British brand's most popular model. Volkswagen has revealed its fastest, most powerful Golf GTI in the nameplate's history. It's modeled...
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Hennessey Demon runs the quarter mile in 9.14 secondsHennessey Performance Engineering once looked to exorcise the Demon with the Exorcist based on the Camaro ZL1, but now the Texan tuner is fully embracing the dark side. The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon has been receiving attention from Hennessey's wrenches, and the company is ready to offer its...
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290-horsepower VW Golf GTI TCR road car previewed by conceptVolkswagen's Golf GTI race car developed for the TCR International Series is about to spawn a road-going version. To be called the Golf GTI TCR, VW previewed the new range-topping GTI with a thinly veiled concept version on Thursday at the 2018 Wörthersee Tour, a tuning fest with a focus on...
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Durango Pursuit joins Dodge's police fleet offeringsPolice forces looking for extra space in their vehicles now have a new option in the form of the 2018 Dodge Durango Pursuit. Dodge says it was prompted to offer the Durango Pursuit following positive feedback from unofficial testing results conducted by Michigan State Police. The vehicle takes...
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2019 Rolls-Royce Cullinan ultra-luxury SUV revealedIt may be named after the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, but Rolls-Royce's new Cullinan ultra-luxury SUV is certainly no diamond in the rough. It's polished from the get go and answers a direct call from Rolls-Royce customers seeking a vehicle that can handle any terrain together...
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Starting with the e-tron electric SUV debuting on August 30, Audi cars will offer a new level of digitization enabling them to be upgraded with new services and features without costly hardware changes. It's part of Audi's plan to reap in almost $1.2 billion in operating profit from digital products and other new business models by the year 2025, Audi CFO Alexander Seitz revealed Wednesday. “We want to have premium electric cars and digital services that are also attractive in economic terms,” he said. “That is our clear ambition for the mobility of the future.” For...
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Reggie Jackson to sell 19 of his cars at Indy auctionReggie Jackson is known as Mr. October for a reason. The Major League Baseball Hall of Famer has 2,584 hits, 563 home runs, and five World Series titles to his name. He's also a massive lover of American cars. Jackson has plucked 19 rides out of his massive collection, and he's bringing them to...
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Drive.ai self-driving car service launching in TexasCitizens of Frisco, Texas, the self-driving cars have arrived. Drive.ai plans to launch a self-driving car ride-hailing service in the Dallas suburb this July in a limited geo-fenced area. The company follows Waymo's announcement that it will operate a self-driving taxi service in a 100 square-mile...
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New Audis can now communicate with traffic lights in 10 US citiesAudi's Traffic Light Information system (TLI) now works in 10 separate U.S. cities. The German luxury brand announced on Wednesday that drivers of select 2017 and 2018 Audi vehicles can now use TLI in Kansas City, Kansas, and Phoenix, Arizona. The two latest cities join Las Vegas, Nevada;...
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VW premieres a pair of Golf concepts for WörtherseeWörthrsee is mecca for Volkswagen enthusiasts. Every year, VW fans flock to Lake Wörthersee to share their love and appreciation for the brand. Volkswagen lets its hair down a bit here and offers up some delightful concept vehicles. A number of these cars are designed and built by VW...
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Dodge didn't build a Viper Targa, so one company did it for themWe waved goodbye to the Dodge Viper last year as production came to an end. The Viper's production end still stings, but perhaps what hurts a smidge more is the fact we never saw a factory Viper convertible or targa top for the fifth-generation sports car. After all, every other Viper generation...
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Buick on Wednesday unveiled a new generation of its Excelle compact sedan for the Chinese market. The car adopts Buick's latest design cues and gives us a hint of what a modern Verano might look like if the nameplate was still sold here. All Buick will say about its new Excelle is that the car has a wheelbase of 102.8 inches, which is about 4.0 inches shorter than the wheelbase on the Chevrolet Cruze. The original Excelle was introduced in 2003 and was basically a Daewoo with a few Buick elements thrown in. Despite its humble beginnings, the car proved a hit with families looking for...
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2019 BMW M5 Competition, 2019 Dodge Charger, 2021 Lagonda SUV: Car News HeadlinesBMW's M5 has spawned a Competition model with extra power and stiffer suspension. The result is a mid-size luxury sedan that will hit 60 mph in just 3.1 seconds. Dodge will introduce some updates for the 2019 Charger. A teaser shot released today reveals the new grille design for the Charger SRT...
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Cadillac says farewell to the ATS after 2018Cadillac's in transition. On Wednesday, the automaker confirmed 2018 will be the final model year for the compact ATS sedan. While the ATS sedan is dead after 2018, Cadillac spokesman Donny Nordlicht confirmed to Motor Authority that the ATS Coupe will continue into the 2019 model year. The ATS...
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Lagonda previews ultra-luxury electric SUV coming in 2021The Bentley Bentayga and Rolls-Royce Cullinan better watch out as Aston Martin's revived ultra-luxury brand Lagonda is preparing an SUV for launch in 2021. A preview sketch released Wednesday gives us our first look at the Lagonda SUV and hints at similar radical design themes to those featured on...
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Audi Aicon self-driving car to hit the road in 2021Audi on Wednesday revealed that its fully self-driving car due to hit the roads in 2021 will be based on its Aicon concept car unveiled at the 2017 Frankfurt auto show. The Aicon is a fully electric, fully self-driving car devoid of a steering wheel and pedals, and Audi envisions a future where the...
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2019 BMW M5 Competition drills out 617 HP for $111KBMW already won us over with the 2018 M5 super sedan. On Tuesday, it hit the gas on a more potent Competition model. The M5 Competition arrives for 2019, joining a M2 Competition unveiled in April. With slightly more power, specific suspension tune and enhancements, and new engine mounts, the M5...
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Mercedes-AMG has marked a milestone in South Korea. AMG Speedway has opened to become the first racetrack to bear the tuner's name. The new track sits outside the South Korean capital of Seoul, where it stretches 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) and will not only serve as a place for motorsports but as a home for AMG faithful who reside in the region. AMG plans to use the new circuit for the presentation of new models, dealer training, and other event formats. AMG called it a place to curate the brand experience. That will include a dedicated AMG lounge for community members. "[AMG Speedway] stands...
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BMW won't make an M2 convertible, but this German company didBMW does not offer the wonderful M2 as a convertible, but that hasn't stopped a German company by the name of Lightweight from modding the standard convertible into something comparable. With some modifications and M2 parts, Lightweight will transform a standard 2-Series convertible into a drop-top...
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Uber shows off its new flying taxi prototypeUber is dead set on bringing its ride-hailing service to the skies, and the company showed off its latest flying taxi prototype on Tuesday. The prototype bowed ahead of Uber's Elevate conference, which will bring the aviation, real estate, and infrastructure industries together with government...
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Today in first-world problems: Your Porsche 918 supercar may be recalledLast year, 30.7 million cars were recalled in the U.S. That's more or less one car, every second for the entire year—otherwise known as "routine." The Porsche 918 is anything but routine. Same goes for its recalls. Porsche announced Friday that it will recall 305 918 Spyders over a potential...
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Record-setting, Shelby-fighting 215-mph Cheetah to be auctionedThe Shelby Cobra gets all the love, but it's Bill Thomas' Cheetah that deserves plenty of praise and adulation as well. One example is heading to auction, and it's a prime example of a rare racing machine. In fact, this is probably the cleanest unrestored example out there and just 11 original cars...
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Classic Car Studio shares its 1953 Ford F100 with Jay LenoThe restomod world is filled with plenty of hopped-up cars with over-the-top styling apparently the main design concern. Today, we're looking at something different...and it's better because of that. This is a 1953 Ford F100 that's been reworked and customized by Noah Alexander and his Classic Car...
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