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Ford's upgraded SYNC 911 Assist will debut on the 2015 Mustang.
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575-Horsepower Jaguar F-Type Project 7 Revealed: VideoThe first undertaking of Jaguar Land Rover’s new Special Vehicles Operations personalization department is the F-Type Project 7, the production version of last year’s Project 7 concept car. Yes, Jaguar has confirmed that it will build 250 examples of the stunning speedster, and will...
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#GiveAShift: The 7 Best Manual Transmissions You Can DriveEvery single day, a sportscar gets overlooked. Abandoned. Rejected. It’s fast, it’s beautiful…but it has a stick shift. Automatics, CVTs, dual-clutches—they find their forever homes while thousands of stick shifts are left behind. It's sad, but it's true. Manual...
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2015 Alfa Romeo 4C first drive reviewQuick--ignore these unabashedly erotic images, pretend you never saw a thing...and name this car. It’s a mid-engined two-seater not from Germany or Japan. It flaunts a supercar monocoque and a humbler suspension. It cauterizes corners courtesy a dual-clutch gearbox and turbocharged power...
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Audi Prices 2015 S3 Sedan, A3 Cabriolet, A3 TDI SedanThe stylish and high-tech Audi A3 and S3 range is soon to expand in the U.S., and based on pricing information released today, it’s fairly affordable, too. The enthusiast’s pick of the range, the S3 sedan, starts from $41,100 (all prices excluding destination). Packing a 292-horsepower...
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New Track-Focused McLaren To Debut At Goodwood Festival Of SpeedMcLaren has announced a global premiere for the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed taking place this month and has released this teaser image to whet our appetite. The global premiere will be a new track-focused version of one of McLaren’s supercars, developed by the automaker’s McLaren GT...
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The four-door coupe segment is rapidly growing, but the progenitor of the niche, the Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class, is still powering along. Currently in its second generation, the CLS has just undergone a mid-cycle update, bringing new styling, a revamped interior and plenty of tech upgrades to the table. ALSO SEE: 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray And All Fifth-Gen Camaros Involved In Recall The update affects the full CLS range—regular four-door, high-performance CLS63 AMG, and the CLS Shooting Brake sold overseas—and includes the addition of MULTIBEAM LED headlights, a 9G-TRONIC...
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2015 Bentley Flying Spur V8 First DriveWhen last we left the Bentley Flying Spur, we were wending our way through Beijing traffic, hurtling toward the Great Wall and dodging an Olympian course of randomly placed and chosen obstacles, all while soaking up the Spur's leathery, woodsy accoutrements and the sonorous W-12. A year later, and...
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Nissan Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo Revealed, Likely Hints At R36 GT-RNissan has revealed its latest vehicle destined to join the pantheon of 148 different Nissans to have appeared in the Gran Turismo video game series over the years. The popular racing sim turned 15 last year and to celebrate the anniversary its creator Kazunori Yamauchi asked design studios from...
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2015 Nissan GT-R Quick DriveThe Nissan GT-R is outrageous. Even if your exposure to seeing one has been limited to watching one race by on the street, or to choosing it in Gran Turismo, you know that it's larger than life in some respects. There's no surprise it continues to carry the nickname 'Godzilla' from the enthusiast...
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Arrinera Hussarya supercar priced from $218K, production to start in late 2015Polish supercar startup Arrinera has confirmed that production of its first model, the Hussarya, will commence in late 2015, close to five years after the initial concept version was unveiled. For those unfamiliar with the Hussarya, it is a bespoke supercar powered by a V-8 engine and developed...
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2015 Chevy Corvette Z06: 650 hp, 650 lb-ft, Most Powerful GM EverThe most powerful car General Motors has ever built will soon hit the streets, packing 650 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. It’s the new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, and it promises to be America’s fastest production car, in both coupe and convertible forms. MUST SEE: Dubai...
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The all-new 2014 MINI Cooper Hardtop just hit the auto show circuit last November at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and recently hit the streets for its first drives by the press. Now, a new five-door model has joined the family, rolling Countryman-like access into a Cooper-sized package. MINI calls the five door a “consistent expansion of the model program,” which “creates new opportunities for the brand’s signature driving fun,” which is a rather dispassionate way of saying things, but gets the point across: this is a slightly larger, five-door hatchback, but...
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First look at production-spec Spyker B6 VenatorWhen Spyker showed its B6 Venator concept at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, it was easy to write off the shapely coupe as just another design exercise from a company struggling to find its niche (and even stay afloat in a changing market). The response to the B6 Venator, however, was overwhelmingly...
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2016 Audi RS 7 PreviewFollowing the debut of the updated Audi A7 and S7 models at the Leipzig Auto Show in Germany a week ago, Audi has now revealed the updated version of the bahn-storming RS 7 model. There’s no additional power under the hood, which is fine by us since the RS 7 was all-new just a year ago, but...
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First LaFerrari Replicas Already In Production? Yes, But Not At Mansory CarsUPDATE: Earlier today we brought you a story about a company called Mansory Cars (no relation to German tuner Mansory) claiming to offer replica supercars for sale, including one styled like Ferrari’s LaFerrari flagship. After receiving some accusations that the company is a scam we decided...
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First 500 Ford Mustangs For Europe Sell Out In 30 SecondsFord recently opened up the order books for its 2015 Mustang in Europe, and within 30 seconds the first 500 cars destined for the old continent were snapped up. In an interesting move, Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] opened up the order books during last weekend’s final for the UEFA Champions...
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Google Unveils Its First Self-Driving Car Prototype: VideosCute as a button and spelling doom for the enthusiast; no, it’s not the Rabbit of Caerbannog. It’s Google’s first in-house-designed self-driving car prototype, built from the ground up to deliver a seamless driving experience. But you won’t be doing the driving. Still a...
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A partnership between Lamborghini and Zagato that dates back to 1965, when the Italian design house built a pair of special 3500 GTZ models on the bones of Lamborghini’s first model, the 350 GT, has just seen a new chapter written. That chapter is the Lamborghini 5-95 Zagato, which made its debut over the weekend at the 2014 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View: Video The one-off supercar, based on Lamborghini Gallardo underpinnings, was commissioned by collector Albert Spiess and not only shows off Zagato’s...
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2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat: Live Photos And VideoFollowing the debut of the updated 2015 Challenger lineup at the 2014 New York Auto Show last month, Dodge has dropped the first details on the high-performance variant developed by the brand’s in-house tuner SRT: the 2015 Challenger SRT. We can confirm that the car will come in two flavors...
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2015 Lincoln Navigator Priced From $62,475Though it does without a V-8 engine option entirely for the 2015 model year, the Lincoln Navigator brings with it some new upgrades to exterior and interior style, features, and technology. Starting at $62,475, the Navigator jumps off at about $10,000 less than the all-new 2015 Cadillac Escalade...
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2015 Ford Mustang Priced From $24,425The wait is almost over for muscle car fans looking to get a hold of the all-new 2015 Ford Mustang. The car won’t be arriving at Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] dealerships until the fall, but the order books are now open and pricing starts from just $24,425 including destination. That nets you a...
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620-HP Tushek TS 600 Makes Surprise Showing In MonacoSlovenian supercar startup Tushek has been rebranded Tushek & Spigel and is now based in Austria. The new company used the recent 2014 Top Marques Monaco for its coming out party, where it also debuted its first model, the Tushek TS 600. The first model of the previous company Tushek, the...
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Genty Updates Design And Specs For Akylone Supercar: VideoBack in 2011 we brought you the first details on a French startup by the name of Genty, which was working on a new supercar called the Akylone that would have the performance to match the latest crop of hypercars like the McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari. Not much has been heard from Genty since...
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