Photos Of The Week
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With the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show on this week, there was a lot of headlines regarding electric and self-driving cars. Thankfully, there was also some old-school grunt like the 2017 Ram 1500 Rebel Black announced. It’s a black-on-black pickup truck with 33-inch off-road tires, air suspension with specially-tuned Bilstein shocks, and the choice of V-6 and V-8 power. We also learned of a British outfit by the name of Icon Engineering which is close to completing a highly accurate Porsche 917 replica. One of the reasons the car is so accurate is that it has been modeled off racer...
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Ford GT prototype, Infiniti QX50 concept, Jannarelly Design-1: This Week’s Top Photos
These days you’ll find that the 2000s-era Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT is overshadowed by the 2017 model, but it’s still a thing of beauty worthy of being added to any serious collector’s fleet. A very special example, the first working prototype, is headed for auction. This...
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2018 Mercedes-AMG GT C, Lucid Air, Ferrari J50: This Week’s Top Photos
You’re looking at the new Mercedes-AMG GT C coupe, the Affalterbach tuner’s rival to the Porsche 911 Turbo. It will join the GT C Roadster that we saw at the recent Paris auto show in showrooms towards the end of 2017. The DB4 GT is one of the most storied Aston Martins ever built, and...
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2017 Dodge Challenger GT, 2018 Mercedes-AMG E63, 2018 Lexus LC: This Week’s Top Photos
The Dodge Challenger has just spawned an all-wheel-drive model dubbed the GT, which means owners up north will be able to safely drive it year round. The GT doesn’t get the hulking wide-body kit of the concept version, but we’ll see that soon enough on a new range-topping Challenger...
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Cadillac DPi-V.R, one-off LaFerrari, new Toyota Supra: This Week’s Top Photos
This week Cadillac made the surprise news it’s returning to top-level prototype sports car racing. The American luxury brand will enter the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, competing in the new Daytona Prototype International (DPi) class with one of the most handsome prototype sports...
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Nio EP9, 2018 Audi Q5, 2019 BMW X7: This Week’s Top Photos
Chinese 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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Lamborghini introduced a rear-wheel-drive version of its Huracán Spyder at this week's 2016 Los Angeles auto show. The car’s arrival also marks a change in the Italian brand’s naming strategy, with the traditional alphanumeric portion of its cars’ titles to be replaced with something more descriptive. So instead of the rear-wheel-drive Huracán coupe’s LP 580-2 descriptor, the open-top car is referred to simply as the Huracán Rear-Wheel Drive Spyder. Another Italian proved to be the star of the show. We are, of course, talking about Alfa...
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2017 Chevy Camaro 1LE, 2018 VW Golf R, Acura NSX vs. Audi R8: This Week’s Top Photos
We spent some time with the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE this week, in both V-6 and V-8 trim. Regardless of which you pick, you’re in for a treat. The car is seriously good. Porsche has expanded its Panamera range with a base model as well as the long-wheelbase Executives. The latter sees the...
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2016 SEMA show edition
The SEMA show in Las Vegas is over for another year but don’t worry if you missed it because you’ll find all the highlights here. One of the standouts was this Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang speedster from Stitchcraft. It’s based on the Mustang EcoBoost and gets a healthy...
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2018 Chevy Corvette ZR1, 2017 Lincoln Continental, Mercedes-Benz X-Class: This Week’s Top Photos
Mercedes-Benz this week previewed its upcoming pickup truck with a concept. Along with the reveal of the concept, the automaker confirmed that the pickup it will spawn will be called an X-Class and offer both workhorse and lifestyle-oriented configurations. Another Mercedes in the headlines this...
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Jannarelly Design-1, Lynk & Co 01, street-legal McLaren P1 GTR: This Week’s Top Photos
Sports car fans now have a new option for a lightweight road and track car, thanks to startup Jannarelly. The company’s recently revealed Design-1 is now available in the United States as Jannarelly has signed a local importer and plans to start deliveries in November. Crucially, the car is...
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2016 Paris auto show edition
There were two prevalent themes at the 2016 Paris auto show: vehicle electrification and SUVs. In some cases, we saw these themes combined. Case in point is the Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ concept, an electric SUV that previews the first of the automaker’s planned Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] rivals...
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Rumors of its comeback have been circling for years but now, finally, we have tangible evidence that a new BMW 8-Series is in the works. A prototype for what’s clearly a large BMW coupe was spotted at one of the German automaker’s test facilities. We're expecting a market launch around 2019. Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] now has a model with two engine options. The model is the GTC4 Lusso which this week received an entry-level V-8 option, in this case a twin-turbocharged 3.9-liter borrowed from the 488 GTB. The engine is a thing of beauty and Ferrari has gone to great lengths to ensure you...
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2018 Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster, 2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country, 6-wheeled Jeep Wrangler: This Week’s Top Photos
Mercedes-AMG’s GT sports car will soon be available as a convertible. AMG blew the roof off the car this week, revealing a base GT Roadster and a more extreme GT C Roadster. Both will be on display at the 2016 Paris auto show kicking off September 29. The mid-engine Corvette is real, as...
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2018 Audi A5 Sportback, 2018 Land Rover Discovery, LaFerrari Aperta: This Week’s Top Photos
This week we saw Audi reveal the second generation of its A5 Sportback, in both regular and sporty S5 trim. The previous generation was never sold in the United States but the new one arrives in local showrooms in the first half of 2017. It’s a handsome car, though according to your comments...
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GT-R-powered Toyota 86, Lexus LC GT500, MV Agusta F4Z by Zagato: This Week’s Top Photos
A tuning firm in Australia has shoehorned the engine of a Nissan GT-R into a Toyota 86. Not content with a standard GT-R engine, the mad tuners used a stroked 4.1-liter example capable of delivering upwards of 1,000 horsepower. They also decided to add a mean-looking wide-body kit from Japan's...
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2016 Monterey Car Week edition
Cadillac’s Escala concept was a major hit at last week’s Monterey Car Week extravaganza. The svelte sedan previews the new look for Cadillac, one that’s more modern and daring than anything we’ve seen from the brand since 2002’s Cien supercar. Cadillac hasn’t...
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Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster, Bristol Bullet, alternative Chiron design: This Week’s Top Photos
Seventy years after its founding and five years after it was saved from insolvency, niche British sports car marque Bristol is back with a new model, the deliciously-retro Bullet speedster. The car weighs just 2,500 pounds thanks to a mix of aluminum and carbon fiber and is powered by a...
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You may have missed it but BMW this week unveiled a new 1-Series sedan. Unfortunately the German automaker has no plans to sell the car outside of China, at least for the time being. If it ended up here it would have been a nice rival to the likes of the Audi A3 and Mercedes-Benz CLA. Don’t sweat it, though, as we hear Cadillac is planning to enter the space, possibly with a rear-wheel-drive model. Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] unveiled the latest in its line of special edition Mustangs developed for the annual Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture aircraft show known as the...
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2017 Hyundai Elantra Sport, 2018 Audi RS 3, 2018 Porsche Cayenne: This Week’s Top Photos
Affordable performance is far from dead thanks to companies like Hyundai. This week the Korean automaker unveiled its new Elantra Sport, a compact sedan that pairs a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with either a 6-speed manual or 7-speed dual-clutch unit. Tuning firms are going to have a field day...
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Acura NSX GT3, Aston Martin hypercar, Grand Cherokee Trackhawk: This Week’s Top Photos
Acura is the midst of developing an FIA GT3-spec version of its NSX supercar. This week we saw the beauty in bare carbon fiber. Sadly, by the time it’s ready to race all that bare carbon will be covered by sponsor logos. Acura is only willing to state that its NSX GT3 will compete in a North...
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Grassroots racing, 2017 Dodge Viper Snakeskin ACR Edition, 2018 Porsche 911 GT2: This Week’s Top Photos
The 24 Hours of Lemons and race series like it just may be what saves motorsports. The competitors place fun above competition, and they get dirty building their own cars, the more creative the better. You never know what you might see at a Lemons race, and a wedding is certainly not out of the...
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2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R, 2017 Ford GT, McLaren P1 LM: This Week’s Top Photos
Yesterday saw the covers come off one of the most anticipated cars of the year: the 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R. It’s the hardcore, track-focused version of AMG’s sexy sports car, and it comes with a supercar rivaling 577 horsepower on tap. We’ve even heard the car is faster around a...
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Rolls-Royce 103EX concept, Ford GT at Le Mans, 2017 Volvo S90: This Week’s Top Photos
This week fellow BMW Group subsidiaries Rolls-Royce and Mini unveiled their own Vision Next 100 concepts to celebrate the centennial of their German parent. Rolls-Royce’s concept, code-named the 103EX, was this impressive coupe that boasts an electric drivetrain, autonomous capability and a...
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