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The Lexus RC F has just gone on sale, priced from $63,325, and while it may be a tad overweight the car is still impeccably fast and offers plenty of fun behind the wheel. But the days of only one dedicated F car in the Lexus lineup are over, as the Japanese automaker has more performance offerings in the pipeline. Next up will be the oft-rumored GS F, a prototype for which was last seen a year ago. The new GS F is now expected to be launched in time for the 2016 model year and bring to the table a more powerful version of the RC F’s 5.0-liter V-8. According to Autocar, the new GS F...
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2016 BMW M6 Spy Shots
Few cars on the market offer a better combination of style, performance and luxury than BMW’s M6, but the German automaker isn’t resting on its laurels and plans to introduce an updated version of the car for the 2016 model year. Today, we have spy shots of a prototype for the updated...
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Watch BMW’s 600-Horsepower M5 ’30 Jahre’ Edition Burn Rubber: Video
BMW launched a special version of its latest M5 to celebrate the nameplate’s 30th anniversary this year. The special version is called the M5 30 Jahre Edition, German for “30 years,” and just 300 of them will be built for worldwide sale. And of these, only 30 will make it to U.S...
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Wiesmann Seeks New Investors
Wiesmann, the German manufacturer of lightweight, retro-styled sports cars powered by BMW M engines, finally went out of business earlier this year after several years of barely scraping by. But for brothers Martin and Friedhelm Wiesmann, it’s still not quite over for the company they founded...
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V-8-Powered Karma To Be Sold Under WM Brand Following VL Automotive's Merger With WM GreenTech
VL Automotive, founded by former GM exec Bob Lutz and industrialist Gilbert Villarreal, has made headlines in the recent past because of its plans to sell Fisker Karma sedans stripped of their electric drivetrains and powered by Corvette V-8s. The modified Karmas were to feature the Destino name...
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2016 Audi TT Roadster Spy Shots
Prototypes for the convertible version of the upcoming 2016 Audi TT coupe have been spotted again, this time undergoing high-speed testing at Germany's Nürburgring. The new convertible is expected to debut in the coming months and join the coupe in showrooms early next year, also as a 2016...
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Hopping into a brand new Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is now much more affordable thanks to the introduction of a new V-6 model for the 2015 model year. The V-6 model is called the SL400 and it’s priced from just $84,925 including a $925 destination charge. This represents a significant saving on the $107,825 starting price of the next model up the rung and the previous point of entry, the V-8-powered SL550. And it’s not like the SL400 is a slouch. The car’s twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 is good for 329 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque. Paired with a seven-speed automatic...
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Sebastian Vettel Drives The Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge On Eau Rouge: Video
Infiniti’s Q50 Eau Rouge, which is officially ‘just’ a prototype, despite Infiniti’s non-stop announcements concerning it, has finally met the famous corner from which it derives its name. We’re talking, of course, about the Eau Rouge corner of the Spa-Francorchamps...
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Cadillac ATS-V To Debut At L.A. Auto Show, CTS-V At Detroit: Report
Cadillac is gearing up for a raft of new model arrivals in the next 12 to 18 months, the highlight of which will be a new flagship sedan. The good news is that we don’t have long to wait until we see the brand’s new model onslaught start, as the first new arrival will reportedly appear...
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Aston Martin Trademarks New Names, DB9 Replacement Tipped To Be A DB10
Aston Martin is developing a new platform that will underpin all of its next-generation models, starting with the next DB9 due around 2016. There is now some debate within the company as to what name should be used for the new car. The "DB" part, the initials of David Brown, who owned and ran the...
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Callaway C7 Corvette Confirmed With 627 HP And 610 LB-FT
Corvette tuner extraordinaire Callaway showed us its first take on the seventh-generation ‘Vette earlier this year and now the company has confirmed performance specs. The company has also announced pricing, with the basic ‘SC627’ package—complete with a 3 year/36,000 mile...
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Bentley Continental GT3-R Priced From $337,000
Bentley’s most dynamic road car in the company’s history, the Continental GT3-R, is heading to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this weekend, after which it will be racing into showrooms with a staggering $337,000 price tag. That might seem steep at first, especially...
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Mercedes-Benz is set to launch a second-generation GLK-Class next year, and it may feature a high-performance AMG variant. The key is the AMG division’s new twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8, the M178, which debuts later this year in the Mercedes-AMG GT sports car and will eventually become the sole V-8 offered by the AMG hot house. According to Car and Driver, the M178’s smaller 4.0-liter displacement compared to the existing 5.5- and 6.2-liter engines offered by AMG makes the new unit more favorable in countries where tax regulations are based on engine size. This will allow the...
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2015 Volvo S60 And V60 Polestar Priced, Selling Fast
Polestar doesn't yet have the mystique or history of BMW's Motorsport division, AMG or even Audi's RS line of vehicles. But what it does have is a team of engineers capable of building race-winning vehicles, access to some excellent Volvo vehicles, and several tins of bright blue paint. DON'T MISS...
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2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Spy Video
Mazda’s all-new, fourth-generation MX-5 Miata is set for a reveal on September 3, and while the Japanese automaker has done a good job of keeping its prototypes hidden, one has finally been spotted. This particular prototype was spotted in Japan and shows that the new MX-5, which goes on sale...
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Q By Aston Martin Showing Four Bespoke Cars At Pebble Beach
It still seems a little unbecoming that Aston Martin's personalization division is called 'Q by Aston Martin' (we get it guys, you're proud of all the James Bond stuff...) but there's little doubt that the real-world 'Q branch' turns out some spectacular vehicles. Four of those will appear at the...
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Toyota Takes Supra-Previewing FT-1 Concept To The (Virtual) Track With Gran Turismo
Toyota’s stunning FT-1 concept car revealed at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show may be a preview of the next-generation Supra, but it’s also the Japanese automaker’s entrant for Gran Turismo’s Vision challenge, which celebrates the popular video game’s 15th anniversary. The...
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2016 BMW X4 M Performance Model Spy Shots
These are the first spy shots of prototypes for a new high-performance version of the recently revealed BMW X4. BMW isn’t expected to launch a dedicated M version of its small coupe-like crossover; instead, we’re more likely to see an M Performance version positioned just above the...
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Both the Aston Martin Rapide S and the Vanquish have a handful of things in common. As they should, considering they're both from the same automaker: styling cues can be traced between each machine; the guttural growl of the 6.0-liter V-12 engine cuts through traffic as quickly as the cars themselves do; the asking price of each is perfectly super as well, considering each is nearly worth the super car moniker. Another similarity exists, however, in the fact that each car falls a bit short of earning that super superlative. For the 2015 model year, Aston Martin has upgraded each car under the...
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Nissan GT-R Hits 237 MPH During Sun Valley Road Rally: Video
The Sun Valley Road Rally is quickly making a strong case to become our new favorite high-speed motoring event. This Idaho-based contest of speed sees a section Highway 75 closed to the public so that folks can drive their machines at extremely high speeds. We told you about a Bugatti Veyron that...
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2016 Cadillac ATS-V Spy Video
Cadillac’s award-winning ATS sedan is about to spawn a high-performance variant, and a prototype has been spotted at the Nürburgring. The car is the all-new ATS-V, which will join the upcoming ATS-V Coupe and CTS-V in the American luxury brand’s high-performance lineup. Designed to...
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2016 Audi TT Sound System Gets Symphoria Tech
Audi deploys new sound tech on the latest TT
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Mercedes-AMG GT’s New Twin-Turbo V-8 M178 Engine: Gallery
The Mercedes-AMG GT is shaping up to be a worthy successor to the SLS AMG family of cars, with a sleek and sensual design and, now, a powerhouse of a twin-turbo V-8 engine. MUST WATCH: 5,000-HP, 348-MPH Devel Sixteen Spotted In The Wild: Video Displacing just 4.0 liters, the previously revealed...
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Aston Martin In No Rush To Appoint New CEO
It was revealed as far back as May of 2013 that Aston Martin’s Dr. Ulrich Bez would be stepping down from the CEO position after running the company since 2000. A replacement for Bez is yet to be appointed but senior executives from the firm say there is no rush to find a successor because...
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