Sports Cars
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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 of 3,551 BRZ coupes have been snapped up by buyers between February 3 and March 27 of this year. Interestingly, it was the highest grade model that's proving the most popular, accounting for 78.4 percent of sales. The base model, most suited to customization, only managed 3.1 percent of sales...
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Camaro 1LE, Recalls, Acura NSX Shares With RL: Car News HeadlinesChevrolet has seemed one step behind Ford when it comes to the Camaro and Mustang battle, despite the Camaro selling more cars. Today, the company took the lid off its new 1LE package, which takes aim at the Boss 302's track capabilities. Check out the details in the link below. Recalls are upon us...
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2013 Chevy Camaro Gets Updated Interior And New 1LE PackageTo bring the fight to Ford’s latest 2013 Mustang range, Chevrolet has introduced a series of updates for its Camaro that will include the return of the storied 1LE track package. Key among the updates, however, is a revamped interior, which includes Chevy’s latest MyLink connectivity...
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Corvette Museum Motorsports Park Moves ForwardThe massive motorsports park planned for the area across the highway from the National Corvette Museum took another step closer to construction this week as the Warren County, Kentucky authorities approved the zoning necessary to place a track there. In addition to the National Corvette Museum, the...
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Mercedes' New SL550, And The Importance Of Paying Attention To Details: VideoThe latest version of Mercedes-Benz’s iconic roadster, the SL, comes packed full of all the best the German automaker has to offer. In addition to the quality of materials that you’d expect in a Mercedes-Benz, the SL comes with a near-dizzying array of standard and available features...
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2014 Lexus GS F Rumors Build As Planning Chief TalksThe idea of a super-sporty Lexus GS F, built after the model of the IS F but on the new 2013 Lexus GS platform, is nothing new--rumors have circulated for at least half a year now. But they may have more substance than previously thought. At the least, there appears to be strong support for the...
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Porsche is recalling some 1,232 Type 991 Carrera S models built for the 2012 model year and assembled between October 26, 2011 and January 24, 2012. At issue is a potential manufacturing defect that could cause a fuel leak under a particular set of circumstances. On certain cars, the release button on a fuel line quick-disconnect fitting was incorrectly oriented and could make contact with a coolant pipe. Movements between the fuel line and the coolant pipe can cause the fuel line quick-disconnect coupler to work loose, resulting in a fuel spill and loss of fuel to the engine. Under these...
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Lotus Selects Mansory As Official Customization StudioAny performance or luxury automaker worth its salt these days offers some level of personalization for its cars. After all, if you’re dropping the price of an average home on a new car you wouldn’t want the person up the street to be able to buy one in the exact same specification as...
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2013 Subaru BRZ To Be Priced About The Same As Scion's FR-SWith Scion yesterday announcing that its new FR-S sports car jointly developed with Toyota and Subaru will start at $24,930 (including destination) when it goes on sale later this spring, the big question now is how much its BRZ twin from Subaru will cost. While the two cars are virtually...
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Four Sports Cars To Watch In 2012: VideoThe economy is finally rebounding and people are spending money again. Well, a little. Just in time, a new batch of sportscars are coming to market. In this video, we're taking a look at four sports car to keep an eye on in 2012, in case you're one of the lucky ones to see a bounce in your paycheck...
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2013 Scion FR-S Priced From $24,930Buyers in the market for a lightweight, bare bones sports car with rear-wheel drive dynamics and a punchy boxer engine need look no further than the 2013 Scion FR-S, which goes on sale this spring priced from $24,930 including $730 in destination charges. That price gets you the standard model...
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2013 Subaru BRZ, Scion FR-S Get EPA Fuel Economy RatingsThe EPA has published fuel economy data for both the 2013 Subaru BRZ and the 2013 Scion FR-S.
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Audi is bringing back last year's successful #WantAnR8 Twitter campaign, and entrants can win the use of an Audi R8 for the day.
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Preview: 2012 New York Auto ShowVery few cars are a better fit for the phrase ‘an iron fist in a velvet glove’ than the Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG, which roars back onto the market later this year after a brief and somewhat disquieting hiatus. Yes, Mercedes' big hitter will arrive in showrooms this November after a world...
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Volkswagen Plant To Start Building Porsches This YearPorsche will call on its Volkswagen parent should additional capacity be required to build its 2013 Boxster and soon-to-be launched 2013 Cayman. That additional capacity will come from Volkswagen’s plant in Osnabrueck, Germany, where more mundane models like the Golf Convertible are built. As...
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Porsche Panamera Plug-In Hybrid Coming In 2014: ReportPorsche’s first plug-in hybrid model will be the highly-exclusive and stupendously-expensive 918 Spyder due next year, but as we confirmed only last week Porsche’s near future will be enriched with even more plug-ins. While a plug-in hybrid version of its Cayenne makes the most sense...
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2013 Ford Mustang: First DriveThe region around Portland, Oregon, offers some truly great backroads for driving enthusiasts; and while they might be perfect for testing out sports cars in the summer and fall months (the dry season), always-gray mid-March perhaps wasn’t the most appropriate place to preview the 2013 Ford...
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Propane-Powered Morgan Plus 8 Turbo Defines 'Unconventional'Found on Bring A Trailer, this propane-powered and turbocharged Morgan Plus 8 isn't for everyone.
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The 2013 Chevrolet Corvette 427 Convertible is a limited-edition model built to commemorate the Corvette's 60th anniversary. It's fitting then, that it's the car used to blow out 60 candles, trackside, at speed. We could think of at least a half-dozen other ways to blow out the 60 candles, but this is one of the better options. And we'll take any excuse to see and hear the 2013 427 Convertible in action. Happy birthday, Corvette--even if it is a bit early. The first Corvettes rolled off the assembly line on June 30, 1953. For the full details on the drop-top seven-liter, check out our preview...
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2014 Subaru Forester, 2012 Beetle Turbo, DIY Charging: Car News HeadlinesOur spy photographers grabbed the first shots of the 2014 Subaru Forester in testing, revealing little behind its heavy camouflage, but showing us it will stick with its proven formula. Our sister site The Car Connection drives the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo and reports on its best and worst...
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Chris Harris Drives Porsche's New Boxster S: VideoEvo's Chris Harris drives the new Porsche Boxster S to reveal the good, the bad and the ugly.
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10 Minutes Of 2013 Audi RS5 Action: VideoWe can’t get enough of the 2013 Audi RS5 and we hope you can’t either as we’ve now got a new video showing off the latest Audi coupe from almost every angle. We also get to see plenty of driving action and hear the sonorous sounds of the RS5’s naturally-aspirated V-8. Make...
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2013 Porsche Boxster S Sets 7:58 Nurburging Lap TimeRestyled, redesigned, and thoroughly updated for the 2013 model year, the new Porsche Boxster is undoubtedly (to our eyes, anyway) the best yet. It's also the fastest yet, lapping the benchmark Nurburgring Nordschleife in just 7 minutes, 58 seconds, according to a photo from Porsche's official...
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Chevy Celebrating 60 Years Of The Corvette At Goodwood FOSWhile the first Corvette wasn’t introduced to the public until 1953, when it was unveiled at the GM Motorama in New York City as the EX-122 concept, the original concept was born one year earlier so 2012 actually marks 60 years of the Corvette. To celebrate the event, the Chevrolet brand will...
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