Car News
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With the world debut of a new concept vehicle at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Volkswagen is signaling that it’s seriously thinking about plugging a new generation of the legendary Microbus back into its lineup—but as an all-electric plug-in van. The Budd-e Concept provides 373 miles of pure electric range, a next-generation vehicle architecture, and a new gesture-control interface—and previews a long-driving-range, all-electric vehicle that Volkswagen is considering building by the end of the decade. ALSO SEE: Faraday Future Reveals...
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Kia Announces Drive Wise Autonomous Tech, Says True Self-Driving Car Here Within 15 YearsSo far, autonomous car research has been the domain of the luxury automakers but we’re starting to see more mainstream brands embrace the technology as the realization grows that fully self-driving cars are going to be a reality in the next decade or two. While brands like Mercedes-Benz...
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Ford's Sync 3: The good, the bad and the uglyAnyone who experienced Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] MyFord Touch infotainment system is likely still recovering from the nightmare that were the blue screen of death, glitchy software, frozen screens, slow responses, and a complicated overall user experience. For the 2016 model year, Ford wiped...
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Toyota At CES: More Smartphones, More Telematics, More RobotsThe future of smartphone-connected and autonomous cars at Toyota is being mapped out at this week's CES in Las Vegas. Toyota says will join forces with Ford and tech company Livio to deliver the next generation of smartphone services to its vehicles--and it's working on developing the long-term...
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British Jaguar F-Type Gets Decidedly More BritishThe Jaguar F-Type, a British car from Britain, is getting a new special edition version. It's called the British Design Edition, and it plays up the UK heritage of the automaker and the car itself. Ian Callum, the British Director of Design for Jaguar, states that the "F-Type is a sports car that...
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Rolls-Royce starts testing next-generation aluminum spaceframe architectureAbout a year ago, Rolls-Royce announced that it was developing a new aluminum spaceframe architecture that was to eventually underpin its entire range, including a new SUV that’s currently doing the rounds under the Project Cullinan code name. The British automaker has now announced that the...
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If you’re looking to make a big splash at the Consumer Electronics Show, taking a page out of BMW’s book and rolling out an exotic sports car wearing bright orange paint on its exterior and featuring some mind-boggling tech in the cabin wouldn’t be a bad idea. The German automaker with its latest concept, officially the BMW i Future Interaction, certainly turned a lot of heads at CES during a presentation earlier today, and just looking at these shots makes it easy to see why. As its name suggests, the concept is meant to preview new methods of interacting with a car BMW is...
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1,000-HP Faraday Future Concept, 2017 Mercedes E-Class, U.S. Sues VW: Car News HeadlinesLast night, electric car startup Faraday Future unveiled a concept car boasting a 1,000-horsepower output at the Consumer Electronics Show currently taking place in Las Vegas. While the concept may be a little over the top, its technology, such as the Variable Architecture Platform, hints at...
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Ford GT Drivers Named For 2016 World Endurance Championship: VideoFord Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT supercar in race car trim will be competing this year in both the United SportsCar Championship and the World Endurance Championship, under the team banner Ford Chip Ganassi Racing. Like the road car, the race car is almost all carbon fiber and comes...
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You Can Now Lease A McLaren From $2,200 A MonthIf you aren’t too keen on dropping $184,900 on a 570S, currently McLaren’s entry-level model here in the United States, you could always lease one. McLaren has teamed up with Ally Financial to offer some pretty attractive lease deals, starting with the 570S and 650S. With the...
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Talk To Your Volvo With Microsoft Band 2 SmartwatchWill wearable technology actually become a thing? Perhaps. Volvo, however, isn’t waiting around to find out and instead is already rolling out new features on its cars that leverage some of the capabilities of wearable technology such as the smartwatch. The Swedish automaker recently teamed...
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Henrik Fisker Files $100M Extortion Lawsuit Against Aston MartinHenrik Fisker has filed a $100 million civil lawsuit against Aston Martin in a federal court over allegations of extortion. Fisker, who previously worked for Aston Martin but is most famous for his failed car company Fisker Automotive, is claiming Aston Martin made “threats” regarding...
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While it appears that Volkswagen has managed to get a handle on its emissions cheating scandal, with a handful of top executives now gone and a new focus on zero emission vehicles enacted, the German automaker is now facing a new hurdle, one that could potentially draw on for years and cost billions of dollars: lawsuits. On Monday, the Justice Department sued VW in a federal court over the installation of the “defeat device” software discovered last September on close to 600,000 vehicles in the United States. The software’s purpose was to hide the true level of emissions of...
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Faraday Future reveals 1,000-hp FFZERO1 concept and VPA platformFaraday Future—the Southern California electric automaker that's backed by billions of dollars of Chinese money and has been working in stealth mode for the past 18 months—has just unveiled the FFZERO1 Concept at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Yes, the earlier leak was...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class To Feature Drive Pilot Autonomous Driving SuiteIn a story on mercedes-benz.com, Mercedes-Benz revealed today that the 2017 E-Class will have an autonomous driving feature called Drive Pilot that will make it the most advanced autonomous driving vehicle in the brand's portfolio. The story follows Michael Kelz, chief engineer for the E-Class...
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For A Greater Dive Into Luxury, Bentley Gets StonedHey you there...yes you, you plebeian car owner with your boring aluminum, carbon fiber, cross-stitched leather, and brushed metal trim pieces. You're poor, and I can tell. I can tell because there's something more luxurious out there and it's arriving from Bentley in the form a new trim option...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Shows Fourth-Generation Uconnect At CESThe annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has become a de facto auto show. Automakers don't show new cars, per se, but they do highlight their latest in-car technologies. That's what Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] did today by showcasing the fourth generation of its Uconnect...
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Jet-Powered Go-Kart Is Your Ticket Into The VoidUnless it's Boeing, we ain't going. In this case, we're in luck because that's precisely which company built the engine powering a go-kart that's popped up on Craigslist. According to the seller, you're looking at a Boeing 502-12 gas turbine engine. The engine is related to those that Boeing...
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If you didn't know that the 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class is coming next week to the 2016 Detroit Auto Show, well, then you haven't been paying attention. The German automaker's been dripping out information and photos like a Mr. Coffee machine for months. Now, we are getting our first full look at the new, tenth-generation E-Class courtesy of leaked press images. CHECK OUT: 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class To Feature Drive Pilot Autonomous Driving Suite These images, via Auto-Press, show the 2017 E-Class in all its glory. There's little surprise here. The exterior looks like a large C-Class, while...
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Ford Upgrades Sync 3 With Apple CarPlay, Android Auto And 4G LTE: VideoOne of Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] announcements for the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show starting Wednesday is an updated version of its Sync 3 infotainment system. We’re not quite at the Sync 4 stage just yet but there are still quite a few changes being made with this update. Owners...
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GM to develop on-demand autonomous car service with LyftGeneral Motors Company [NYSE:GM] today announced it is entering a long-term strategic alliance with Uber-rival Lyft to create an on-demand ride-sharing service that will rely on a fleet of autonomous cars. GM will supply the vehicles and autonomous technology while Lyft will provide its growing...
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Best Car To Buy Named, Volvo V90 Leaked, New Pagani Teased: Today’s Car NewsMotor Authority has just named the winner of its Best Car To Buy 2016 award. If you can own just one car, this is the best all ‘round package when it comes to attributes such as luxury, performance, style and value. Volvo’s new S90 sedan debuts next week at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show...
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1,000-Horsepower Self-Driving Electric Faraday Future Concept Leaked?Here's what we know: In just about 12 hours a mysterious automotive startup out of Silicon Valley is going to unveil the future of transportation at the 2016 Consumer Electronics show. Technically, the company is unveiling a concept car, but frankly there's so much mystery surrounding Faraday...
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FCA Completes Ferrari SpinoffFiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] in late 2014 announced plans for a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] spinoff that led to the fabled Italian sports car brand being listed as a standalone company on the New York Stock Exchange last fall. The company is also listed on Milan’s Borsa Italiana. Only around...
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