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Sales were down slightly, but the Ford Mustang was the best-selling sports coupe in the world for the fifth year in a row in 2019.
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Mercedes-Benz 190 2.3-16V raced by Niki Lauda at Nürburgring for sale
Niki Lauda is a living legend. The Austrian race car driver has three Formula One championships to his name, and he's considered one of the all-time greats. Immortalized as the foil to James Hunt in the motion picture "Rush," he is more known to race fans for driving for March, BMR, Ferrari...
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Incredibly rare 1981 BMW M1 AHG Studie for sale for $930k
The BMW M1 remains a brilliant but briefly offered gem in the automaker's history. It was a mid-engine supercar that arrived in 1978 out of nowhere and was gone by 1981, before the world realized what it had received. BMW built 400 homologation specials of this factory race car and every one that's...
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California villa comes with garage space for 100 cars, vineyard
If you transform an industry, you're likely to earn piles of cash in the process. Willis Johnson did that with the salvage industry when he founded Copart in 1982. That's how he was able to afford this stunning 80-acre estate in Fairfield, California. And it's also why this estate boasts a pair of...
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Street-legal McLaren F1 GTR for sale
Have you ever wanted to own a race car with actual racing provenance? Today is your lucky day. Well, really every day is your lucky day if you can afford to buy this McLaren F1 GTR. That's because it's a multi-million-dollar, race-prepped F1 that's been used in battle, now ready for road-legal...
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The mini bike from "Dumb and Dumber" is up for sale
In the world of cinema, there exists a comedy that remains a masterpiece of its genre. We refer, of course, to the glorious film "Dumb and Dumber." Starring alongside Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, one of the unsung heroes of this film is... a mini bike. It's this bike that brings Lloyd and Harry to...
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If you want the most hardcore offering built by McLaren, now's the time to act. Tom Hartley Jnr in England has a McLaren P1 GTR for sale, and this is one of the ultra-rare versions that's legal for the street. Typically, the P1 GTR is restricted to track use only, but a company called Lanzante Motorsport delivers road-legal versions after fiddling with the car. Allegedly, only 30 road-legal versions exist, and this one is waiting for a new owner. McLaren built just 58 copies of its P1 GTR. That would be the race-ready version of the hypercar P1. With the GTR version, you get 986 horsepower...
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Volkswagen delivers its 150 millionth car: a Golf GTE
The Volkswagen brand spans more than 150 markets around the world, and over the course of decades, it's finally delivered its 150 millionth car. And fittingly, it's an electrified (and rather sporty) vehicle: a Golf GTE plug-in hybrid. The brand delivered the milestone car in Norway, also fitting...
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Ferrari continues to print money as demand rises
Things are swell over at the brand with the prancing horse. Ferrari profit skyrocketed 36 percent during the first quarter of 2017, according to a financial report published by Bloomberg (via Automotive News, subscription required). Demand substantially increased for Ferrari's V-12 powered...
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The Ford Mustang is your global sports car sales leader
The world has spoken. It has used its various forms of currency to declare the Ford Mustang as the best selling sports car on the planet. Last year marked the first time that the Mustang has ventured out into the world at large. As a result, more than 140,000 people snapped them up and embraced the...
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Volkswagen Group Delivers Record 9.07 Million Vehicles In 2012
The Volkswagen Group, made up of brands such as Audi, Bentley and now Porsche, has confirmed a new record rate of sales. The German auto giant managed to deliver a staggering 9.07 million vehicles worldwide during 2012, an increase of 11.2 percent on 2011’s record of 8.16 million vehicles...
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Rolls-Royce Celebrates 10 Years Of Its Latest Phantom
It was on January 1, 2003 that the first of the latest-generation Rolls-Royce Phantom sedans was delivered to its owner, marking the reign of the prestigious British brand’s ownership under German automaker BMW. At the time, production of the Phantom was trickling along at just one car per...
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If you’re in the market for a new Subaru BRZ, you’ve probably come to the realization that the rear-drive sport coupes are in extremely short supply. With demand outpacing deliveries, U.S. Subaru dealers have been asking for additional inventory since the car went on sale in April. Unsure of BRZ interest in the United States, Subaru originally opted to import just 6,000 units annually, or about 500 per month. That’s nowhere near demand, and in the words of Subaru of America COO Tom Doll, “We are selling all the BRZ’s we can get. We’ve been sold out since...
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BMW On Track For Record Sales In 2012
The BMW Group, which represents brands BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce, is on track for record results this year, with the automaker’s sales for the first 10 months of the year already up 8.8 percent on the same period a year ago. The final number came in at 1,493,153 units, which is already the...
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Luxury Automakers Eye Brazil As Next Growth Hotspot
As sales of luxury cars in China start to mature, the major automakers are now looking for the next country or region to offer the most growth. One of the top contenders is Brazil, which is benefiting from strong demand for its resources as well as a growing service industry. Most major automakers...
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Ferrari On Track For Record Results In 2012
Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is predicting another record year for the Italian supercar manufacturer, despite the poor economic situation in Europe, the possibility of slower growth in China, and heavy investment in Formula 1. Last year Ferrari sold a record 7,195 cars, including a...
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BMW To Start Selling Cars Online: Report
BMW will be embarking on a bold new method of selling cars with the launch of its electrified i3 city car and i8 sports car next year, the first models from the automaker’s new i sub-brand for environmentally friendly vehicles. BMW will reportedly offer the cars to customers online, as well...
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Opel Boss Steps Down Amid Rising Concerns In Europe
This year Opel turns 150, but the company has very little to celebrate, with news emerging overnight that Karl-Friedrich Stracke, president of General Motors Europe and the current CEO of Opel, is stepping down from the top role to focus on special assignments reporting to GM head honcho Dan...
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Porsche delivered a total of 69,171 vehicles for the first six months of the year, a 14 percent increase compared to the same period last year. That’s saying a lot as last year’s result was already a record for the automaker, with a total 116,978 Porsches having been sold. Furthermore, despite concerns of slowing economies around the globe, Porsche’s sales show no signs of going anywhere but up, with the automaker managing to sell 12,699 cars in the month of June alone, an increase of 18.9 percent on last year. The figure of 14,338 Porsche 911s sold represents 27.9 percent...
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Chevy Launches ‘Love It Or Return It’ Policy On '12 And '13 Models
Starting today in the U.S. Chevrolet is launching a new program that allows customers to return a newly bought vehicle if they’re dissatisfied with it, for whatever reason. Called “Love it or Return it,” the new vehicle return program will be offered to buyers of all new Chevrolet...
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Audi Pushes Back No. 1 Luxury Sales Goal By 5 Years: Report
Volkswagen and its subsidiaries, including Audi, have been in hot pursuit of an industry-topping sales rank for the past several years, but the widespread economic downturn is shaping up to put those plans on hold. Previously, Audi had hoped to be the number one brand in luxury car sales by 2015...
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Fisker Teams Up With Penske Auto To Sell Karma Luxury Sedan
Dealer group Penske Automotive will help sell Fisker Karmas through a new dealership in Scottsdale, Arizona .
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2013 Subaru BRZ Quadruples Initial Sales Target In Japan
Despite its virtually identical rival over at Toyota, Subaru’s new BRZ sports car has proven a roaring success in its home market. Subaru has confirmed that the car’s first two-month sales figures for Japan have almost quadrupled the initial target of just 450 units per month. A total...
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Lamborghini Sales Increase 23 Percent In 2011
On the back of a two model lineup Lamborghini has managed to end the previous year with a double digit increase in deliveries and turnover. Its global deliveries increased by 300 units from 1,302 in 2010 up to 1,602 last year, an increase of 23 percent. Over the same period, turnover managed to...
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