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Florida giveth ... and it asketh for so little in return. Humorous and horrifying stories for the rest of the country seem to be its chief export, and business is booming for the Sunshine State. What's also booming is your chance of putting a Batmobile in your bat cave garage. This one is based on the original Barris Batmobile, itself built on the bones of a Ford Lincoln Futura concept car. This one has a whole heaping of Ford under that skin as well, but it's not quite as old as that 1950s original. In fact, what was once a 1987 Ford Mustang is now a... Ford Mustang made to look like the...
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This stunning Spanish sports car is a $1 million barn findPegaso is a Spanish company that built trucks, buses, and armored vehicles. It had done so from its founding in 1946 through 1994, the year truckmaker Iveco took over the company. In the 1950s, though, Pegaso built another, very different kind of vehicle. It was called the Z-102, a lovely sports...
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VW celebrates 50 years of Baja desert racingA Volkswagen Beetle was made to get down and dirty. Why else would the lovable little craft be used continuously for the last 50 years to blast across the Mexican desert. Well, blast might be a strong word but these tough machines have been competing in the Baja 1000 for decades, and there's no...
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Jay Leno samples a sublime 1951 Ford CoupeA 1951 Ford is a relatively plain car. For this particular model year, the Blue Oval filled its model lineup with a Tudor Sedan, the Victoria hardtop, a Country Squire wagon, and the Crestliner sport sedan. Engine choices fell between a 3.7-liter inline-6 and a 3.9-liter flathead V-8. These were...
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Audi Sport lineup to grow to 16 cars by 2020Things are about to get a lot busier at Audi Sport in the coming years as the official motorsport and performance arm of the brand with the four rings launches a barrage of new models to catch up with BMW M and Mercedes-AMG. Audi Sport models include all the RS cars as well as the R8 supercar and...
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The Bloodhound SSC test fires its jet engineName your car Bloodhound and it needs to be something special. In this case, the Bloodhound SSC—those last three letters are for "supersonic car"—is capable of traveling at speeds faster than commercial jets. The Bloodhound SSC project is a group effort to bring about a new land speed...
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Bugatti grabbed headlines at the Frankfurt Auto Show last month when it published a video of a Chiron driven by Juan Pablo Montoya blasting from 0 to 400 kph (248 mph) and then right back to 0. The amount of acceleration necessary to reach that limit of speed is equaled only by the stopping power required to arrest that much weight. Koenigsegg is ready to dust it though. The Swedish purveyor of insane-o-mobiles has a few choices it can pull from its quiver of hypercars. In a picture posted to its Facebook page, Koenigsegg shows a One:1 with the caption "0 - 400 - OMG!" The One:1 is a...
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Hyundai bringing Moab off-roader Santa Fe Sport concept to 2017 SEMA showThe SEMA show never fails to offer extreme concept vehicles, and Hyundai has published an image of its first concept that will head to the show: the Rockstar Energy Moab Extreme Off-roader Santa Fe Sport Concept. Yes, that's a mouthful, and the laundry list of supporting modifications is nearly as...
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The Buick GNX ran the quarter mile quicker than a Ferrari F40The Buick Grand National was certainly appreciated in its time, but only recently has it resurfaced as a sought-after car. The Grand National was so powerful, and so quick, that many of its performance credentials were kept quiet to keep Chevrolet appeased—the final Grand National...
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Range Rover Sport updated, Porsche Mission E spied, Audi A7 leaked: Today’s Car NewsThe Land Rover Range Rover Sport stands out for dynamic qualities, no-nonsense design and British charm. The vehicle has now been further refined, with the high-performance SVR model getting more power in the process. A plug-in hybrid model has just been announced too. The first prototypes for...
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2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport previewLand Rover’s Range Rover Sport enters the 2018 model year with the most extensive updates since the current generation’s 2014 debut. The list includes subtle touches to the exterior, a new interior with the latest Jaguar Land Rover infotainment system, more power for the...
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Maker of Citroën and Peugeot cars starts US comeback with Seattle car sharingFrench auto giant PSA Group, the maker of Citroën, DS, Peugeot, and now also Opel cars, is committed to a presence in the United States. But PSA isn’t rushing things. Instead, the automaker will test the waters with a car sharing app, as outlined by CEO Carlos Tavares in 2016. Called...
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After taking over the CEO position at Ford in May, Jim Hackett immediately set to work on a 100-day review of the company to develop a strategy to address the massive forces afflicting the automotive industry, namely automation, electrification and falling demand for traditional passenger car models. Hackett on Tuesday presented his 5-year strategy which attempts to improve the “fitness” of Ford in this changing landscape. It calls for tighter growth assumptions, substantial cost reductions, and a new focus for product strategy. Hackett’s strategy also called for Ford to...
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2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR revealed with 575 horsepowerLand Rover’s Range Rover Sport SVR is hard to beat when it comes to a combination of performance, luxury and off-road capability. The existing vehicle is bloody brilliant but Land Rover has seen fit to add a few enhancements, one of which is, yes, more power. The enhancements are part of more...
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2019 Land Rover Range Rover Sport P400e plug-in hybrid first lookLand Rover’s Range Rover SUVs, for decades the image of inefficiency and excess, are being transformed into some of the cleanest vehicles on the road. Land Rover is starting with the Range Rover Sport which for the 2019 model year will offer a plug-in hybrid option: the P400e. Arriving in...
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Can a bad video gamer beat a professional driver?Jason Fenkse knows a thing or two about explaining the engineering of any given subject. He's managed to parlay that knowledge into a successful YouTube series in which he does so, week in and week out. What's not as good at, though, is driving a virtual car on a virtual race track. Still, it's...
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Lexus to skip plug-in hybrids and go straight to EVs, fuel cellsLexus won't enter the business of selling plug-in hybrids, as it plans to move straight to battery-electric cars and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. The comment came from Alain Uyttenhoven, head of Lexus Europe, who said plug-in hybrids are not necessary and a "loophole." Lexus will execute its...
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Next-gen Audi A7 revealed by scale modelAs we suspected, the next-generation 2019 Audi A7 will take plenty design cues from the Audi Prologue concept, which was revealed at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. Thanks to a leaked photo the Audi A7 has made its way onto the internet, albeit in scale model form. The images, published by Dutch...
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Judging by his purchase, legendary basketball player Michael Jordan has excellent taste in cars. However, the basketball star has parted ways with at least one car from his collection: this Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition, and it can now be yours. The extra-special SLR surfaced for sale on Autotrader and is located at a dealership in the Houston, Texas. Of course, the dealer made it clear this SLR comes with a very popular name attached to it. The story of the SLR is pretty well documented, but what exactly is the 722 Edition? Again, we say Jordan has good taste because the 722 Edition...
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Nissan wants to fight dehydration with sweat-sensing seatsThe consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol are well documented. However, there's something much more common that happens every single day: driving while not properly hydrated. Nissan wants to help combat dehydrated driving and teamed up with Droog, a Dutch design brand, to create a...
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German firm building the Bentley Mulsanne coupe of your dreamsBentley itself hasn't built a Mulsanne coupe—or should that be Brooklands—but that hasn't stopped others from dreaming. More importantly, one company is executing on the dream. German tuner Mcchip-DKR is currently taking a standard issue Bentley Mulsanne sedan and chopping off the rear...
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Jeep Wrangler-based Rezvani Tank revealed with 500 horsepowerHaving impressed us with its sports car designs over the years, Californian coachbuilder Rezvani has now tackled the SUV segment with the imposing Tank off-roader. Based on the Jeep Wrangler, the vehicle boasts a 500-horsepower V-8, suicide-style rear doors and night vision. Everything about this...
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Porsche 911 spy shots, Nissan Leaf Nismo, GM electric car plans: Car News HeadlinesA new generation of the Porsche 911 is just around the corner. The latest shots reveal the new digital dash that will feature in the car. Nissan has a new Leaf for 2018. The automaker wants the vehicle to appeal to a much wider audience, including performance buyers. That’s why the automaker...
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2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia scores best safety rating from IIHSAlfa Romeo’s Giulia has been shown to be one of the safest options in its class. The small luxury sedan aced the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s latest round of testing, for which it achieved the institute’s highest rating of "Top Safety Pick+." To earn the Top Safety...
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