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  • 2016 McLaren 675LT

    McLaren Automotive in 2015 enjoyed its best year of sales in the history of McLaren-branded road cars. A total of 1,654 units were delivered to customers worldwide, which was up slightly on 2014’s previous record of 1,648 units. The continued strong demand, plus the arrival of the entry-level Sports Series range, has meant McLaren needed to start a second shift at its production center in Woking, England, requiring another 250 staff. You’re probably thinking the increase in deliveries isn’t all that impressive considering the arrival of the Sports Series range. That’s...

  • Nissan IDS concept, 2015 Tokyo Motor Show
    Renault Nissan To Launch More Than 10 Cars With Autonomous Tech In Next Four Years

    Neither Nissan nor its French alliance partner Renault are out in force at the Consumer Electronics Show but the companies are keen to remind you that their autonomous car developments are proceeding at full speed. In a joint statement, the Renault Nissan alliance confirmed that together it will...

  • 2017 Ford Fusion facelift spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2017 Ford Fusion Spy Shots

    Anyone in the market for a mid-size sedan with a reasonable price tag and plenty of powertrain options will be wise to check out the Ford Fusion. The latest version offers regular gasoline as well as hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains, and if you didn’t know it was from the Ford Motor...

  • Scalextric SPECTRE Set
    Tiny Aston Martin Vs Tiny Jaguar Means Scalextric Fun: Video

    You're never going to drive the Aston Martin DB10. Even if you had the money to afford an Aston, you can't buy the DB10. Same goes with the Jaguar CX-75. Both are concept vehicles created in small batch form to perform an automotive dance on either side of good and evil. They play a starring role...

  • Jeep 75th Anniversary Badge
    Jeep Turns 75 And Offers Up Anniversary Models To Celebrate

    Jeeps first started slinging mud around back in 1941. The original Willys were created to assist the war effort and the Government or General Purpose vehicles were nicknamed GPs. That name transformed into Jeep, and 75 years later the brand remains beloved by its loyal fans. To celebrate its...

  • Koenigsegg FreeValve engine
    Video shows inner workings of Koenigsegg’s camless engine

    A subsidiary of Swedish supercar marque Koenigsegg has been working on a new type of valve system for engines that does away completely with the camshaft, hence the descriptor “camless” is often used. That subsidiary is FreeValve (previously Cargine), which has published a video that...

  • Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson - Image via Dwayne The Rock Johnson Facebook page

    Dwayne Johnson’s Fast and the Furious persona Luke Hobbs turned out to be one of the more popular characters of the franchise, so much so that there’s been talk of movie spinoffs centered on the Diplomatic Security Service agent. Now we have confirmation from the man himself—Johnson, not Hobbs—that such a spinoff is in the works, though it will be playing out on the small screen and won’t actually star Johnson. He’s producing it, though we hear he may still make a cameo. The show will be called Boost Unit, and in an exclusive interview with The Hollywood...

  • McLaren P1 on the drag strip
    McLaren 650S Goes Up Against P1 In Epic Drag Race: Video

    The McLaren 650S is a quick car, as we discovered in our first drive, but how does it compare against its big brother, the P1? You can find out in this video from TheBayAreaRacing. In the short clip, we see the 650S go up against a P1 in a drag race. ALSO SEE: Lamborghini Drivers Still Fearless...

  • Youabian Puma - Image via JamesEdition
    2017 Chevy Bolt EV, Audi e-tron Quattro, Youabian Puma: Car News Headlines

    The Chevrolet Bolt EV has finally been revealed in production trim and we’re glad to report that General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] has kept its promise of a driving range more than 200 miles as well as a starting price of less than $30,000—after all government tax credits have been...

  • Bentley Continental GT V8 S with Monster audio - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
    Bentley Continental GT Gets Monster Audio For CES

    Bentley has teamed up with America’s Monster, a firm specializing in high-performance audio, to create this one-off Continental GT V8 S known as the Monster by Mulliner. Mulliner, of course, is the name of Bentley’s personalization department. The car was rolled out this week at the...

  • 2017 Volvo S90
    2017 Volvo S90 Coming Standard With Autonomous Mode For Highways

    Volvo at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show confirmed that its all-new S90 sedan going on sale later this year will be fitted as standard with its latest Pilot Assist semi-autonomous system. The original version of Pilot Assist made its debut on the 2016 XC90 and allows the vehicle to...

  • McLaren 675LT JVC Kenwood concept - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
    McLaren 675LT With JVC Kenwood's CarOptronics Rolled Out At CES

    The Consumer Electronics Show isn’t really a place we see niche brands such as McLaren make major announcements, but this year the British brand was out in force with a new concept based on its limited edition 675LT supercar. The concept was built to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the...

  • Audi e-tron Quattro concept - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show

    Audi’s e-tron Quattro concept that we first saw at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show previews a new crossover thought to be called a Q6. An electric version of the new crossover is in the works and confirmed for launch in 2018. At this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, Audi rolled out an updated version of the concept fitted with new technologies coming soon to the brand’s cars. The new technologies are mostly in the in the areas of autonomous driving and infotainment. Audi groups its autonomous technologies under the heading Piloted Driving. Initially, Piloted Driving will...

  • Aston Martin Rapide S with Letv’s Internet of the Vehicle system - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
    Aston Martin Previews Next-Gen Infotainment System At CES

    Aston Martin recently partnered with Chinese media giant Letv on connectivity technology for cars. Letv has been described as the Chinese version of Netflix, and its billionaire founder Jia Yueting is linked with American electric car startup Faraday Future, which at this week's Consumer...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback
    2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback Revealed Before Detroit Auto Show

    Chevrolet unveiled the 2017 Cruze sedan last summer. At the time it was rumored that another body style would be added. Today, that rumor has been confirmed as Chevrolet has revealed the 2017 Cruze Hatchback. Chevrolet made a hatchback version of the first-generation Cruze but didn't bring it to...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
    2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Shown At CES: Video

    We've seen the Chevrolet Bolt for awhile now. It debuted as a concept car at last year's Detroit Auto Show, and we've spied development cars running on the streets. Today, Chevrolet revealed the production version of the 2017 Bolt EV at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The most...

  • Youabian Puma
    Purchase The Puma And Descend Deeper Into Millionaire Madness: Video

    The Youabian Puma. It's a vehicle that made headlines for a number of reasons when it launched at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. What you're looking at is the Lumpy Space Princess of the automotive world, at least design-wise. Under the hood sits the 7.0-liter V-8 engine you'd normally find...

  • Volvo Concept 26  -  2015 Los Angeles Auto Show live photos
    Volvo And Ericsson Developing High-Speed Streaming For Autonomous Cars: Video

    Volvo recently showed off a concept that previewed the interior of the future, a future where cars will be capable of driving themselves without any human intervention. To spend the time that normally would be spent on driving, the driver can simply sit back and watch a movie, catch up on some work...

  • Lamborghini Gallardo tackles flooded road

    A few years back we saw a Gumball 3000 participant navigate his way through about a foot of water in a Lamborghini Murciélago. We thought it was brave though also reckless considering how low the Murciélago—and its engine—sits. ALSO SEE: Jeep Driver Out-Jerks Corvette Driver’s Jerk Parking Job: Video Now, someone in a Gallardo has reaffirmed to us that Lamborghini drivers are still fearless when it comes to fording. This video from YouTube user Ben Reilly shows a Gallardo crossing an even wider and deeper patch of water on a flooded stretch of road. Strangely...

  • 1992 Peterbilt 379 used to depict Optimus Prime’s vehicle mode in Transformers movies
    You Can Own Optimus Prime

    Here’s your chance to become the ultimate hero of pretty much every kid on the planet, and we’d wager a few bigger kids as well. You can actually own Optimus Prime! To be more accurate, you can own the truck that was used for Prime’s vehicle mode during filming of the first three...

  • Volkswagen Budd-e Concept
    VW Microbus Concept, 2017 BMW 5-Series, U.S. Luxury Sales Race: Today’s Car News

    Volkswagen used this week’s Consumer Electronics Show to roll out the Budd-e concept. The new name mimics the Bulli name that in Germany refers to the original Type 2 van, sold here as the Microbus, which makes sense as the concept is thought to actually preview a new Bus coming around 2019...

  • 2016 MINI Clubman
    MINI Confirms Super Bowl 50 Spot

    MINI is set to return to the Super Bowl after a five-year hiatus. The automaker has teamed up with advertising agency Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners to craft a 30-second spot that will feature in the third-quarter of the game. The information was confirmed by a MINI spokesperson to Advertising...

  • 2016 BMW i8
    BMW Holds On To U.S. Luxury Car Sales Crown In 2015, Lexus Moves Into Second

    When it comes to luxury car sales in the United States, BMW was the most popular brand in 2015. This was the fourth-straight year at the top for the blue and white roundel, though Lexus, having fully recovered from the Japanese tsunami disaster several years back, is currently second in the sales...

  • Volkswagen e-Golf Touch - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
    VW Bringing Gesture Control To Mainstream Cars

    While the Budd-e concept, thought to preview a modern version of the iconic Microbus, proved the star of Volkswagen’s stand at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the automaker also had a version of its e-Golf fitted with a next-generation infotainment system that includes a gesture...

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