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Elon Musk early last year announced plans for the new venture The Boring Company that would look to create tunnels under congested cities through which cars could be transported riding on electric-powered, high-speed sleds. But Musk took to Twitter on Friday to announce that The Boring Company, as well as a Hyperloop venture the Tesla CEO is also planning, will prioritize pedestrians and cyclists over cars. Will still transport cars, but only after all personalized mass transit needs are met. It’s a matter of courtesy & fairness. If someone can’t afford a car, they should go...
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BT62: First Brabham in 26 years to be unveiled on May 2The recently established Brabham Automotive, led by a Brabham family member and closely linked to the Brabham racing team, is set to unveil a new car on May 2, 2018. The car will go by the name BT62, continuing a tradition that began in 1961 when Brabham co-founders Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac...
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Porsche first to bring blockchain to auto industryPorsche believes it will thrive and also set standards in the auto industry's coming electrification era, and the innovation has already begun today. The German performance marque announced it will bring blockchain to its cars, a digital ledger that records transactions chronologically and...
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Ford Mustang GT California Special returns for 2019The 50th anniversary Bullitt Mustang isn't the only special version of Ford's muscle car icon being introduced for 2019. The Blue Oval on Monday announced the return of the Mustang California Special, a special treatment that dates back to the original Mustang. “People have been talking a lot...
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Volvo drives new cars over rocks before you doEvery new car Volvo builds at its various assembly plants has driven over a patch of bumpy road reminiscent of a small Scandinavian town, long before the car lands on a dealer lot—and that's something that won't change when the automaker begins building its redesigned S60 in South Carolina...
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2018 BMW M5 video road (and track) testFeel. It's what makes us fall in love. It's what drives our passions. And it's what made auto enthusiasts revere BMW's M cars for years. But even as it got faster around a racetrack, the BMW M5 lost some of its magical feel in its last two generations. The M5 is redesigned once again for 2018, and...
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Mercedes-Benz is now the most valuable automotive brand in the world. That's according to the latest study conducted by Brand Finance. The German automaker edged out Toyota and bested rival BMW for the top spot on this list. Brand Finance says that Mercedes managed an impressive 24 percent year-over-year growth in its brand value to $43.9 billion. Toyota fell by 6 percent and now sits at $43.7 billion, which Brand Finance blames on the Japanese automaker's comparatively weak position in China. New car buyers in the Chinese market have been slow to warm up to Japanese automakers, but they're...
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Mercedes-Maybach digital headlights: more than meets the eyeMercedes-Maybach aims to rethink what a car's headlights can do for the driver and for pedestrians. The brand revealed its digital headlight technology equipped on the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, which better controls regular lighting function, but can also display information on the road itself...
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This Week's Top Photos: the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show editionPorsche pulled one of the biggest surprises of this week's 2018 Geneva International Motor Show by unveiling a new variant of its Mission E electric car concept. Called the Mission E Cross Turismo, it's a higher riding, more rugged version of the Mission E sedan, and Porsche says it will go into...
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2019 Hyundai Genesis G70 to offer manual transmission optionGenesis, Hyundai's standalone luxury brand, will offer a manual transmission on its upcoming 2019 G70 compact sport sedan, a representative for the automaker said Friday. The row-your-own option places the G70 in the segment that has become increasingly devoid of three-pedal options. Genesis...
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Porsche says 911 plug-in hybrid could make 700 horsepowerPorsche has tiptoed around a 911 plug-in hybrid for years, but the next-generation car will eventually add the option. The plug-in hybrid won't be just for efficiency and emissions, though, and the brand said it could help the car make 700 horsepower. The ballpark power figure comes from Porsche...
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Aston Martin mid-engine supercar to be hybrid, developed with Red Bull RacingAston Martin is poised to launch a mid-engine hybrid supercar fit to battle the Ferrari 488, and Red Bull Racing, its Formula One partner, is on board for development. The company's CEO told Motoring in a report published Friday that the mid-engine supercar will house plenty of Valkyrie influence...
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First unveiled in 2010, and in stunning Alitalia livery no less, the New Stratos brought one of the most iconic rally car designs into the modern era. The project was the dream of Michael Stoschek, a German billionaire with a love of rally cars of the original Statos' era. He commissioned Pininfarina to build it, which the Italian design house did using the shortened underpinnings of a Ferrari F430 Scuderia. With Stoschek's permission, Pininfarina was set to build a small run but Ferrari blocked it from happening. Now, eight years on, there's a company willing to step in where Pininfarina...
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Volvo S60 leak, LVCHI Venere, Hyundai full-size SUV: Car News HeadlinesA photo of the redesigned Volvo S60 has surfaced, revealing a design that's very close to the larger S90. The new S60 is due on sale later this year and will be sourced from a plant in the United States for the first time. Chinese firm LVCHI has surprised audiences at this week's 2018 Geneva...
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AMG boss thinks Project One will break all-time Nürburgring record of 6:11.13The upcoming Mercedes-AMG Project One hypercar is without question going to be fast: it's a street-legal car with a Formula 1 race car's powertrain. Now it seems the Project One might set a new bar for defining fast: destroying the all-time Nürburgring lap record. AMG boss Tobias Moers told...
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China's LVCHI unveils 1,000-horsepower Venere electric sedan in GenevaA new Chinese company has come out with ambitious plans to launch a family of electric cars, but unlike others this one has teamed up with an established design firm to work on its products. The company is called LVCHI, and on Tuesday it unveiled the Venere concept at the 2018 Geneva International...
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Pal-V Liberty flying car debuts in Geneva, starts at $400,000Dutch firm Pal-V is almost ready to take to the skies. The company this week unveiled its first product, a flying car called the Pal-V Liberty, at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. The Pal-V Liberty packs an internal combustion engine delivering 100 horsepower, which should be enough for a...
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Audi joins Italdesign and Airbus on Pop.Up autonomous flying car projectFirst Porsche expressed interest in a flying taxi, and now Audi has partnered with Airbus and Italdesign to bring a self-driving car with flying drone capabilities to life. Together, the companies presented the Pop.Up Next concept at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show this week, an evolution...
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Following the success of its military-themed Flying Huntsman 110 WB 6x6, Kahn Design's SUV division, the Chelsea Truck Company, has developed a slightly tamer version which it is calling the Flying Huntsman 6x6 Civilian Carrier. Unveiled on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, the vehicle loses the long-nose design of the previous Flying Huntsman 110 WB 6x6 but is still a full 34 inches longer than the Land Rover Defender 110 on which it is based, or about 200 inches in total. Oh, it also has nine seats split over four—yes four—rows. Kahn Design CEO and founder...
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2020 Hyundai full-size SUV spy shotsHyundai is about to give large SUVs another go and we've got our first spy shots of a prototype for the Korean automaker's latest attempt. Hyundai has been burned in the past with vehicles like the Veracruz and the Borrego from sister brand Kia, but given the strong demand for high-riding models...
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2019 Volvo S60 leakedA photo of the redesigned Volvo S60 has made its way onto the Internet just as the Swedish automaker begins to tease its new sedan. The photo was posted by Swedish website Teknikens Värld and reveals the S60 from the rear. A teaser photo showing the sedan from the front was released by Volvo a...
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Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain orders up a Greatest Hits Jaguar XJNicko McBrain has been the tempo provider for Iron Maiden starting back in 1982. Little did he realize that two years later, Jaguar would build a car for him that he wouldn't take ownership of until 2018. Along the way, both Nicko and Jaguar have had a number of hits but now the pair have teamed up...
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Volkswagen will kill the Beetle, squashes plans for a successorWhen the current-generation Volkswagen Beetle runs out its current lifecycle, it will be the end of the road for the nameplate. The German automaker confirmed plans for a next-generation Beetle are off the table and the car will exit production, according to an Autocar report published this...
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Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin executives fight a war of wordsA battle of words and insults erupted during the Geneva motor show earlier this week between Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce executives. On the sidelines of the show, Aston Martin design chief Marek Reichman likened Rolls-Royce to "ancient Greece" as his automaker announced intentions to push its...
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