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Even among big SUVs, it's the little things that make all the differences. One-touch windows, real radio knobs. Yeah, that's the good stuff. This machine? Its little things are a lot different. How about a custom-made picnic basket, 115 paint colors, and a $170,000 watch stuck in the dash? Sounds like it's time for a road test of the 2017 Bentley Bentayga. MORE: Read our first drive review of the 2017 Bentley Bentayga First—if you must—the Bentayga starts at $229,000 for the privilege. Such money may seem like lunacy, but the big Bentley isn't alone: There's a Range Rover for...
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Watch the Rezvani Beast Alpha’s 'sidewinder' doors in actionCalifornian sports car startup Rezvani in November unveiled a new model called the Beast Alpha whose hallmark feature is a new type of door design called “sidewinder” doors. The name is derived from the fact the doors remain parallel to the body as they are moved outwards. Each of the...
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Watch Pagani's new factory come to lifeIt was all the way back in 2008 that Pagani approved plans for the construction of a new plant near its original facility in San Cesario sul Panaro, Italy. The construction is now complete and this video takes you through the whole process, revealing in detail the showroom located at the front and...
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Faraday Future electric car likely delayedThere are serious doubts concerning Faraday Future’s plan to bring a volume electric car to production in the coming years after the company’s Chinese backer LeEco in November admitted to a cash crunch and work on its plant in Nevada in October came to a stop allegedly for unpaid bills...
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UK’s Anthony Reid to race Polish firm Arrinera’s Hussarya GTThe long road to getting Polish supercar startup Arrinera’s Hussarya into production is approaching its end. The company first burst onto the scene in 2011 when it unveiled an initial concept for what would ultimately become the Hussarya. After an intensive development program that included...
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4 automakers join forces for 350-kilowatt fast-charging networkAs they gear up to launch a new generation of volume electric cars, the major automakers are following Tesla’s [NSDQ:TSLA] lead of rolling out charging infrastructure to help eliminate range anxiety for owners. But instead of going it alone with individual standards, as Tesla has done with...
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BMW has already unveiled its new 5-Series sedan but work on the Sports Wagon (a Touring in other markets) is still underway. The reveal isn’t far as the latest prototypes are wearing barely any camouflage gear. Unfortunately, the 5-Series Sports Wagon isn’t expected to be offered here. Instead, we’ll most likely receive a new 6-Series Gran Turismo, the replacement for the unloved 5-Series GT. Compared to the outgoing 5-Series Sports Wagon, the new model should be around 220 pounds lighter. This is thanks to BMW’s CLAR platform, which features multi-material...
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Toyota mulls Gazoo name for go-fast divisionA senior Toyota executive has revealed to Autocar that the company is considering using the name of its motorsport division, Gazoo Racing, on high-performance road cars. Koei Saga, who heads both Gazoo and Toyota’s powertrain division, told the British publication that it is his intention to...
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2018 Kia GT (Stinger) leakedKia’s rear-wheel-drive sports sedan based on the GT concept car that we first saw at the 2011 Frankfurt auto show has been outed. We've already spied prototypes but now a leaked shot courtesy of the Kia-World blog reveals what’s likely to be a pre-production model. While there are clear...
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How the elusive 4-rotor rotary engine worksAs the old saying goes, there is no replacement for displacement. That's not the case when it comes to rotary engines, which typically have very small displacement. Instead of cubes, if you want a rotary to make more power you do two things: add more rotors and/or slap on a turbocharger or two...
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You can build your own go-kart using simple toolsThere's something endlessly appealing about ripping around in a go-kart—it doesn't matter if you're 4 or 400 years old. For the average person, this means you hop in your car and drive to the nearest go-kart track. Hopefully they have gas karts, but you'll certainly still be happy on a solid...
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VW, Audi, Porsche reportedly racing for resources in boardroom battle royaleNow that Audi and Porsche won't be fighting for LeMans titles, the brands have taken their epic battle to the boardroom to compete for dwindling research and program cash, according to a Reuters report. According to sources within the Volkswagen Group's C-suite, the brands are each vying for a...
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Like everything, it was only a matter of time before the new Bugatti Chiron hypercar was crashed, and now it's happened. While it might feel like the Chiron has been around a while--that's what happened when we have concept car versions of production cars--it's actually still rather new. Customers just started taking delivery of their new toy a few months ago. Brought to our attention by Motor1 and GTBoard, this Chiron must be rather new and by the looks of license plates the car resides somewhere in Europe. Bild reached out to Bugatti for comment and spokeswoman Manuela Hohne said...
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Power Wheels Ford Mustang has traction and stability controlJust in time for the holiday season, Fisher-Price has a new Power Wheels Mustang based on the sixth-generation version of the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] icon. There’s no hulking V-8 under the hood as the car is battery-powered. But that’s where the similarities with Power Wheels of old...
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2017 BMW 5-Series gets M Performance goodiesA redesigned BMW 5-Series is being introduced for the 2017 model year. It goes on sale next spring, initially in 530i and 540i guises. Sportier variants including an M550i M Performance model and an M5 sledgehammer are in the pipeline, but buyers that can’t wait can still inject their cars...
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Volkswagen Arteon is name of CC successorVolkswagen’s CC is about to spawn a successor and along with the new design will be a new name: Arteon. Arteon is a combination of “art” and “eon” and follows the naming practice introduced with the Phideon sedan on sale in China. The Arteon plugs the gap between the...
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Rosberg is 2016 F1 champion, redesigned BMW X3 spied, Ferrari 70th anniversary liveries: Today’s Car NewsHe’s done it. Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg on Sunday secured his first Formula One World Championship crown. It didn’t come easy, though, as the German was challenged right up until the closing laps of the final race of the season. BMW’s redesigned X3 has been spied again...
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Ferrari reveals all 70 themes for its 70th anniversary special edition liveriesFerrari [NYSE:RACE] in 2017 will celebrate 70 years since the unveiling of its first car, the 1947 125 S. To mark the occasion, Ferrari plans to offer special edition cars finished in one of 70 different liveries marking important milestones of the company’s history. Each of Ferrari’s...
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Opel is working on a new generation of its Insignia mid-size sedan, a version of which will eventually make it into Buick showrooms as the 2018 Regal and into Holden showrooms as the 2018 Commodore. The outgoing Insignia is already a competent handler, particularly in OPC trim, but Opel engineers are hard at work fine-tuning the chassis of the redesigned model to take things to the next level—including testing it on the Nürburgring. They have a great starting point thanks to the car’s E2XX platform, which has allowed them to shave off as much as 385 pounds compared to the...
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Audi hires former Volvo exec as new R&D chiefAudi has named former Volvo executive Peter Mertens as its new R&D chief. Mertens is one of the first from outside the company to be given a top role at the Volkswagen Group following the emergence of the diesel emissions scandal in September 2015. ALSO SEE: VW, Audi, Porsche reportedly racing...
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Rosberg named 2016 Formula One world champion after Abu Dhabi Grand PrixMercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg was crowned the 2016 Formula One world champion after a nail-biting finish to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Teammate Lewis Hamilton comfortably won the race, having led from pole, but Rosberg only needed to finish third to win the title. In the end the German...
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2017 Acura RLX previewAcura’s RLX flagship sedan doesn’t get much attention in luxury circles but it has a lot to offer, especially for technology buffs. The RLX was introduced for the 2014 model year as the replacement for the RL, and though it isn’t on the same level of some of its German rivals when...
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Nio EP9, 2018 Audi Q5, 2019 BMW X7: This Week’s Top PhotosChinese electric car startup NextEV this week launched the new brand Nio whose first model is a 1,342-horsepower supercar that’s shaping up to be one of the fastest cars ever produced. According to NextEV, the car, dubbed the EP9, clocked a blistering 7:05.12 Nürburgring lap time, which...
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2017 Buick Envision previewBuick’s Envision raised a lot of eyebrows when it hit the market earlier in 2016 as the compact crossover SUV was the first vehicle from General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] to be imported from China. (Soon we’ll also be getting the Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid by way of China.) The...
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