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Audi’s turbocharged 5-cylinder cars have a short but distinguished history. The Audi Quattro burst onto the scene in the early 1980s and won multiple driver's and manufacturer's titles in rally racing. In 1987, an Audi 5-cylinder was the first car to run up Pike’s Peak in less than 11 minutes back when it was still a gravel trail. And an Audi 90 finished third in the IMSA GTO championship in 1989. For the 2018 model year, a 5-cylinder Audi is the most affordable way you can buy a high-performance Audi Sport model. The 2018 Audi RS 3 is a 400-horsepower inline-5-cylinder hooligan...
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New Cadillac CT5 to fill void left by departing XTS, CTS and ATSIt seems there was some credibility to recent reports that Ford and General Motors would be shedding some of their large sedans in the United States. In particular, Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen on Thursday confirmed that the XTS, CTS and ATS won’t spawn direct replacements. Speaking...
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2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom sets new standard we'll never achieveThe newest Rolls-Royce Phantom was unveiled Thursday in London, the eighth-generation of the benchmark ultra-luxury sedan and the most recent iteration since 2003. The new Phantom is the second generation developed under BMW ownership and features an aluminum spaceframe "Architecture of Luxury"...
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Someone paid $138K for a brand-new 2006 Mitsubishi Evolution MRIt was pretty much a once in a lifetime opportunity. Earlier in July, a 2006 Mitsubishi Evolution MR was put up for sale, and the car was brand-spanking-new. As in, it was never even driven off of the dealership lot. It wasn’t even registered. With only nine miles on the odometer, the 2006...
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Report: Ford, GM consider axing non-premium large sedansSales of sedans from mainstream brands continue to dwindle in the United States as buyers turn to more practical crossover SUVs. It’s gotten so bad that Ford hasn’t even bothered renewing its Taurus despite a redesigned model being launched in China in 2015. In addition, Fiat Chrysler...
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2018 Jaguar XJ gets 575-horsepower performance flagshipJaguar’s XJ is still one of the sharpest looking sedans on the market, though it’s starting to fall behind in the tech race. Jaguar has sought to address the issue with some 2018 model year updates—among which is the addition of a new XJR575 performance flagship. Compared to the...
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It was in 1977 that BMW’s first 7-Series was launched. To celebrate the car’s 40th anniversary this year, BMW has introduced the 7-Series Edition 40 Jahre based on the current, sixth-generation model. Prior to the launch of the first 7-Series, known as the E23 to all the fans, BMW was known for small, sporty sedans and coupes. However, by the 1970s, BMW was starting to be recognized in luxury circles, and with Mercedes-Benz launching the first S-Class early that decade, BMW needed a response. That response came in the form of the Paul Bracq-designed 7-Series which featured new...
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Subaru WRX STI Type RA NBR claims Nürburgring sedan record with 6:57.5 lapWeather did not spite Subaru today. After torrential downpours derailed its first effort at a Nürburgring lap record, Subaru returned to the Green Hell with its WRX STI Type RA NBR and rung up a 6:57.5, a record-breaking run around Germany's most notorious race track. Subaru completed the run...
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454-horsepower BMW M3 CS in the works?BMW seems to be making use of its multiple "CS" trademark filings because the latest news pegs a 454-horsepower BMW M3 CS to arrive next year. In 2016, BMW filed to protect the "CS" name with trademarks ranging from "M1 CS" all the way to "M8 CS." The strategy is most certainly a way to keep up...
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Buick Regal GS does double duty as Holden Commodore VXR, Opel Insignia GSiBuick on Wednesday unveiled a new Regal GS for North America, but elsewhere the car will be badged a Holden Commodore VXR or Opel Insignia GSi or Vauxhall Insignia GSi. The Commodore VXR will serve as the performance flagship for the latest Commodore which is essentially a rebadged Buick Regal sold...
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2018 Buick Regal GS debuts with 310-hp V-6, all-wheel driveThe 2018 Buick Regal GS has been one of the worst-kept secrets of the year. Days after the April reveal of the Regal Sportback and TourX models, Buick’s website in Canada let slip that a Regal GS with a V-6 and all-wheel drive was coming. Shortly after, the first prototypes were spotted and...
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Rolls-Royce teases new Phantom ahead of July 27 debutHot on the heels of yesterday’s leaked shots of the new Phantom, Rolls-Royce has released its own teaser shot along with a few new details. The teaser shows some of the sculpting that’s gone into the design and provides more depth to the rather unflattering leaked shots. They also hint...
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R-E-L-A-X. Frankie said we should all do it. Aaron Rodgers famously said it when the Green Bay Packers started 1-2 in 2014 before coming within three minutes of a trip to the Super Bowl. And now, Mercedes-Benz, not content to build what it considers the best car in the world, wants S-Class customers to relax behind the wheel. The W222 generation S-Class debuted for the 2014 model year and for 2018 it gets a midcycle update that includes 6,500 new parts (not including a pair of new engines), many of which are designed to help drivers relax. Two systems in particular are aimed at that goal. The...
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New Rolls-Royce Phantom leaked ahead of July 27 debutThis is likely our best look yet at the new Rolls-Royce Phantom which is scheduled for a reveal on July 27. The images are supposedly screen shots depicting an online brochure for the eighth-generation Phantom, in Extended Wheelbase form. They were first posted to the website CarNewsChina and show...
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2019 Jaguar XE SVR spy shotsJaguar only last month unveiled its XE SV Project 8, a 592-horsepower, left-hand-drive-only super sedan that will be built in a limited run of 300 cars and priced in the six figures. It means that the XE SV Project 8, like the F-Type Project 7 that came before it, will be pretty much unobtanium for...
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Buick Regal GS leakedWell, what do we have here? It seems more photos of the redesigned Buick Regal GS have leaked. The latest shots come from Russian website Kolesa and join previous shots that surfaced on Chinese website CarNewsChina in April. They show the hottest of Regal variants sporting a more aggressive front...
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Smart money is still in sedans: 2018 Honda Accord revealedEnthusiasm for sedans may be waning across the globe, but they still represent an important segment in the United States. And one of the most popular is the Honda Accord which in 2016 managed to rack up 345,225 sales, making it the ninth most popular nameplate in the country. On Friday, Honda took...
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2018 Hyundai i30 Fastback reveals its sleek silhouetteFollowing the reveal of the i30 and i30 Tourer, and finally the i30 N hot hatchback, Hyundai has debuted the final variant of i30: the 2018 i30 Fastback. Note, the 3-door Hyundai i30 does not return from the previous generation—the i30 Fastback serves as its successor. And a sleek successor...
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Audi on Tuesday unveiled its all-new, fourth-generation A8. Noticeably missing, however, was the flagship sedan's sporty S8 variant. It turns out Audi will launch the new S8 as well as its more potent S8 Plus variant in early 2018. Prototypes have been spotted but so far reveal few cues. The regular S8 is expected to continue with a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-8. The engine will be borrowed from the Porsche Panamera Turbo and should deliver around 530 horsepower. In comparison, the current S8 produces 520 hp from its own twin-turbo V-8. Of more interest to performance fans and tech buffs...
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Here's your chance to buy the machinery that built the Chevy SSMachinery used to build some legendary muscle cars, including the Chevrolet SS, is up for sale. The machinery is located in the vehicle plant of General Motors’ Australian division, Holden, which is set to close its doors for good in October. GM has teamed up with Maynards, an expert at...
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Lucid Air hits an unrestricted 235.44 mph during testingA prototype for Lucid’s Air electric sedan hit a top speed of 235.44 mph during a recent high-speed test on the banked oval at Ohio’s Transportation Research Center. The achievement follows a test run up to a governed 217 mph which the Air prototype conducted in April. We’re...
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2018 Jaguar XEL spy shotsJaguar’s lineup is about to get its second long-wheelbase sedan in the form of the XEL, a prototype for which has just been spotted. The XEL will join the XFL in Jaguar’s lineup sometime next year. Unfortunately, just like the larger XFL, the XEL will be sold exclusively in China where...
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First production Tesla Model 3 revealed, deliveries to start July 28Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter on Saturday to reveal the first production example of the Model 3. The car, referred to internally as “SN1,” an acronym for “Serial Number 1,” was completed at Tesla’s car plant in Fremont, California on Friday. No additional details...
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Tackling Goodwood Hill in a right-hand-drive Subaru WRX STIAutomotive public relations is a funny profession. As a young writer, my editor told me ahead of my first media program to never say anything that could be construed as a request for something, even in passing, because PR people take it seriously. I apparently forgot that lesson, and ended up...
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