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"Kill all tires." It's a bumper sticker on the back of the Hoonigan cars that compete in the FIA World Rallycross Championship series. It's more than a bumper sticker or a pithy adage, though. It's a philosophy for the whole series. The Series The FIA World Rallycross Championship is a relatively new rally racing series that kicked off in 2014. It's not to be confused with Global Rallycross, which, despite its name, is held only in the United States. The World RX is truly a world event, with races in Canada, Argentina, and throughout Europe. World Rallycross also shouldn't be confused with...
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Mercedes bringing AMG winter driving school to North AmericaMercedes-Benz has a winter driving school here in North America. What we do not have, however, is an AMG winter driving school. That's changing, though, as the more powerful Benz cars are set to hit this continent this coming winter. If you're interested, better start acting friendly and drinking...
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Ford Maverick serves as Fast and Furious star Sung Kang’s latest project carAfter wowing crowds with his custom 240Z at SEMA in 2015, Fast and the Furious star Sung Kang has a new project car in the works for this year’s show, and this time he’s enlisted a little help. Kang has teamed up with Alexis, Christian and Tony, all of them students from Alhambra...
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2018 BMW M4, 2017 Audi S3, Karma Revero reveal: Car News HeadlinesBMW’s M4 is about to undergo its mid-cycle update. A prototype has been spotted and reveals that some of the changes will include a few parts lifted from the high-performance M4 GTS. A car that has just been updated is Audi’s S3. Unfortunately there’s no extra power on offer for...
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Karma Revero: first look at reborn extended-range electric sedanThe long road to getting the Fisker Karma back in production is approaching its end. It was in early 2014 that China’s Wanxiang bought the remains of Fisker, including the rights to the failed automaker’s handsome albeit somewhat flawed extended-range electric sedan. Since them Wanxiang...
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McLaren bringing 570GT, MSO concept to MontereyMcLaren is about to introduce a new model in the United States in the form of the 570GT, which as the name suggests is a car more suited to grand touring than carving up a race track. We first saw the 570GT in March at the 2016 Geneva auto show, but now it’s ready to make its North American...
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Audi has just updated its A3 range of compact sedans, hatchbacks and convertibles. The updates, which are being introduced for the 2017 model year, affect the sporty S3 models as well. They include styling tweaks, a digital instrument cluster, updated menus for the infotainment system, and new electronic driving aids. The 2017 S3, which in the United States is offered exclusively as a sedan, sticks with the current model's turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4 delivering 292 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque. The engine is mated to a 6-speed dual-clutch transmission and powers all four...
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Tesla Model S P90D runs 10s at the drag stripA YouTube channel with the name of Tesla Racing Channel has posted a video showing a Model S breaking into the 10-second range at a quarter-mile drag strip. The car is a Model S P90D with Ludicrous Mode and the revised front end. In the video, you can see the car run a 10.8 with a trap speed of 121...
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Here's a chance to buy that Porsche tank you always wantedThe idea of owning a tank is both endlessly appealing and incredibly daunting. You have images of a massive beast rolling on tracks; a vehicle that requires all hands on deck to operate in a safe manner. What if there was an easier sort of tank out there for you to park in your driveway? The folks...
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Ultra low-mileage Mercedes 190E Evo II heads to auctionGroup A officially ran from 1982 up through 1994, with respect to touring cars. It was a glorious form of motorsport filled with modified production cars. These were machines that saw road-going versions sold to eager customers. Homologation rules are a wonderful thing, aren't they? Well, for the...
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Don't do these 5 things in a vehicle with a CVTJason, the host of Engineering Explained, gets the first point that we were going to make right out of the way. His latest video tackles things you should or should not be doing in a vehicle equipped with a CVT. We'd say that step one is to avoid these vehicles, but as Jason points out, that is the...
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2017 Audi A3 previewAudi’s entry-level model in the United States, the A3, receives some significant updates for the 2017 model year. The current-generation A3 still seems like it only arrived yesterday, but the car actually made its debut overseas in 2012 and is now at the midway point in its life...
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When it comes to sports cars, less power usually isn't a good thing. But Porsche thinks less powerful but more affordable versions of its new 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman will help boost the attraction of the cars in the lucrative Chinese market. These models will have a 250-horsepower 2.0-liter flat-4 engine. In the United States, the 718 models are offered with 2.0- and 2.5-liter flat-4 engines producing 300 and 350 hp, respectively. The information was reported by Automotive News (subscription required) based on comments made by Jan Roth, who heads the 718 line at Porsche. Lower power output...
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2017 Range Rover, BMW teases Tesla, Audi suspension-energy recovery: Today’s Car NewsLand Rover’s Range Rover SUV has undergone its mid-cycle update. Among the changes is the addition of a new SVAutobiography Dynamic model that sports a 550-horsepower V-8. BMW has released some ads that make fun of the potentially long wait time for the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model 3. The...
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2017 Mazda 6 gets G-Vectoring Control, Nappa leatherThe Mazda 6 enters the 2017 model year with the same handsome design it adopted in 2014 but there’s a few technological changes aimed at improving the vehicle's dynamic qualities. Like the 2017 Mazda 3, the 2017 Mazda 6 gets the automaker’s new G-Vectoring Control (GVC) technology. GVC...
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1989 Peugeot 205 GTI achieves record price at classic car auctionPeugeot’s 205 GTI is a 1980s-era hero. Regarded as one of the best hot hatches ever built, the cars dominated not only on the road but also in rally competition, including in top-level Group B events. Peugeot 205 GTIs in good condition are highly sought, which is why it comes as little...
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Audi unveils suspension-energy regeneration technologyRecovering electrical energy from braking is common in hybrids and electric cars, but brake force isn't the only energy that can be harvested while a car is on the move. We've already written about thermoelectric technology, which recovers energy from hot surfaces such as those of the exhaust, and...
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2017 Land Rover Range Rover previewFor years, the Land Rover Range Rover was unparalleled in the luxury SUV segment. But with demand for SUVs soaring over the past decade it was only a matter of time until rivals started to challenge it. The Range Rover is still hard to beat when it comes to an SUV that offers sublime luxury and...
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The 2017 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor is nearly here. Ford has been teasing us with stories of it blasting around Baja, tearing up random off-road trails, and causing the general sort of vehicular mayhem we're hoping to see. Now comes a video from Ford showcasing some of the ways in which the Blue Oval engineers managed to make the truck a better beast off-road. ALSO SEE: 2018 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 spy shots First up, the Fox Racing Shox used on the pickup are all new. They feature custom internal bypass technology to improve the performance, while the front and rear travel...
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Chip Foose preps a classic Cadillac stunner in the Madam X CoupeChip Foose is known for his Overhaulin' efforts and the amazing custom builds that nets countless awards. The Huntington Beach, California-based builder is turning his styling and the fabricating efforts of his team onto a new project that should set Cadillac lovers' tongues wagging. It's a 1939...
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Koenigsegg burns serious amounts of tires with new RegeraThe Koenigsegg Regera should be an absolutely stunning machine. How do we know? It's a limited-production hybrid hypercar from the Swedish skunk works. The powertrain is comprised of a twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V-8 engine that's paired with a trio of high-output electric motors. And all told, the...
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Karma to build cars in China, including Atlantic small sedanIt was only yesterday that we reported on the plans of Karma, an automaker owned by Chinese auto parts giant Wanxiang and born out of the remains of bankrupt Fisker Automotive, to sell an updated version of the Fisker Karma through franchised stores as well as its own “brand experience...
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BMW 330e ads poke fun at Tesla Model 3 wait timesThe 2017 BMW 330e i Performance may be a plug-in hybrid rather than an all-electric car, but BMW hopes to snag some customers who don't want to wait for the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model 3. The 215-mile, $35,000 electric car debuted to much fanfare earlier this year, but production isn't scheduled...
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Legendary Lambo test driver Valentino Balboni starts tuning firmLong-time Lamborghini test driver Valentino Balboni has formed a new tuning firm focused on the supercars churned out of Sant'Agata Bolognese. The firm is called VB, and its first product is a titanium exhaust for the Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce that looks more like sculpture than a car...
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