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It appears Maserati’s mystery teaser for this month’s 2013 Shanghai Auto Show was in fact depicting the automaker’s upcoming Ghibli sedan, which has already been spied in prototype form for several months and was rumored to be debuting at the Chinese show. After an early leak, Maserati has now revealed its Ghibli and provided some initial details. These images, plus our own spy shots, confirm that Maserati designers have gone with a coupe-like profile for the latest Ghibli. This coupe styling, plus the long hood, is reminiscent of the original Ghibli, which was a sporty...
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Audi To Offer $15 Per Month T-Mobile In-Car Data PlanAs cars get ever more connected, sharing your already-strangled data account with the family--or just adding a new drain on it for yourself--can be troublesome. Having a separate data plan just for the car can be expensive. Audi is aiming to change that. With a new $15 per month plan via T-Mobile...
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Rick Hendrick Buys First 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible For $1 MillionHaving already dropped $1.1 million on the very first 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray to enter production, NASCAR team owner and avid Corvette collector Rick Hendrick has now also bought the first convertible version of the car. The rights to the first 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible, which is...
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Fisker Automotive: The Final Flameout?This morning, Fisker laid off all of its communications staff and most of the rest of its labor force. Far from the beginning of the end, the news today comes as the final flameout for a company that has been reduced to smoldering wreckage for some time now. That's meant both figuratively and...
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BMW Concept X4: Dividing By ZeroAs BMW's model proliferation continues, with a renaming scheme impending, we have to wonder: where will it end? Not here, apparently. The latest addition to the BMW fold is a concept, but it appears to be a concept in name only. The BMW Concept X4 brings to the X3 size class an X6-like Sports...
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2013 Buick Encore Recalled Because Of Steering Wheels That May DetachBuick has issued a recall on its Encore compact crossover because of a problem that could cause the steering wheel of some of the cars to come loose or even detach from the steering column. The recall only affects 2013 Encore crossovers built between December 9, 2012, and December 28, 2012, and...
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The battle for the title of "world's fastest production car" is as fierce as it is bizarre. Populated by extremely rare, hyper-expensive, hand-built cars, the group of contenders is as unrealistic as the speeds they reach. But there's a new king of this particular hill, as evidenced by video of the run: the Hennessey Venom GT. At least, technically. Hennessey Performance president and founder John Hennessey acknowledgdes as much, saying, "While a Veyron Super Sport did run 267.8 mph, Bugatti speed-limits its production vehicles to 258 mph. Thus, at 265.7 mph the Venom GT is the fastest...
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2014 Porsche Panamera: Plug-In And Long-Wheelbase Models Join The FoldMaking its debut at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show in China this month is the 2014 Porsche Panamera, which represents the first major update to the sporty sedan since its original debut, also in Shanghai, four years ago. On initial glance, it doesn’t look like much has changed, as the 2014...
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Tesla Model S For $500 Per Month? No. Just No.Contrary to Tesla's ambitious claims, you can't really buy a Model S for $500 per month.
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Inaugural Pinehurst Concours d'Elegance To Be Held May 3-5The Pinehurst Resort is well-known for both its golf course and its other amenities, but this year, it will also be known for its Concours d'Elegance. Joining the concours circuit with its inaugural event, the Pinehurst Resort promises to "blend the history, heritage and grandeur from three of...
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2014 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Special Edition Coming April 9The Ford Raptor is quite possibly the most awesomely insane production vehicle to come out of an American carmaker, even counting Ford's own 2013 Shelby GT500, the Dodge Viper, and the previous-generation Corvette ZR1. Soon, it will get a Special Edition. Arriving April 9 at the Motor Press Guild...
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Tesla Cancels Most Affordable 40-kWh Model S Due To 'Lack Of Demand'The most affordable, lowest-range Model S won't be built.
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It's no secret that our cars are becoming increasingly technological. For many, it's a source of unease. For some, it's a cause of outright paranoia--or so it seems, with the launch of an Indiegogo project for the funding of a physical lockout device for your car's data access port. Designed to work with all vehicles that have a Diagnostic Link Connector (DLC) port, an industry standard interface for tapping into the car's on-board diagnostics (OBD) information and other in-car networks, the Airmika AUTOcyb seeks to secure access to your vehicle's data. It's a relatively simple device...
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Battle Of The SUVS: 2014 Dodge Durango, Toyota Highlander and Nissan Pathfinder HybridIn the old days, SUVs were crude, truck-derived vehicles, purchased by those with a need to go where the busses don’t run, or a need to get from point A to point B regardless of weather. Families bought station wagons, or later, minivans. Then the SUV and crossover craze hit, and suddenly...
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Hyundai HND-9 Coupe Concept Debuts At 2013 Seoul Motor ShowCoinciding with this week’s festivities in New York is the 2013 Seoul Motor Show taking place in Korea, where the stunning new HND-9 coupe concept from Hyundai made its debut. After a brief preview last week, Hyundai has now revealed the full details for the HND-9, which the automaker has...
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2014 Hyundai Equus: Upping The Ante Against The Luxury EstablishmentWhen Hyundai first revealed its Equus several years ago, adding a model to compete with the likes of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Lexus LS, or Jaguar XJ, among others, seemed downright outlandish. But what was seen as far-fetched then is now seeming quite smart. Now for 2014, as previewed at the 2013...
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2014 Chevrolet Camaro Sees The Return Of The Z/28: VideoFor the Camaro faithful, nothing says “affordable performance” quite like the alphanumerical combination of one letter and two numbers: Z/28. Originally an option code for cars built to compete in the SCCA Trans-Am series, the name stuck and has been associated with fast Camaros since...
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Next-Gen Subaru WRX Previewed By New ConceptSubaru has gone to some length to separate the WRX from its former pedestrian platform-mate, the Subaru Impreza. In 2012, Subaru dropped the Impreza name from the WRX and introduced an all-new Impreza; since then, only spy photos have hinted at what the next WRX would look like. Thanks to...
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Though Audi’s new A3 Sedan range isn’t set for a formal debut until the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show next month, the German automaker privately unveiled the cars to a few select media, including us, on the eve of the 2013 New York Auto Show. Unfortunately, the launch of the new A3 in the U.S. is being delayed until the first quarter of next year, with the cars to list as 2015 models. CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS ON THE 2015 AUDI A3. The good news is that we’ll get several models this time, including the regular A3 Sedan, the sporty S3 Sedan you see here, an A3 Sportback five-door...
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2014 Jeep Cherokee previewHere is the new 2014 Jeep Cherokee in all its glory. The vehicle debuted today at the 2013 New York Auto Show and will go on sale in the third quarter of the year as the replacement for the Liberty. Despite having adopted the car-based Compact U.S. Wide (CUSW) platform found in existing vehicles...
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2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Sheds 800 Pounds, Gains Supercharged V-6Edgier, sleeker, and faster, the 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport is the sporting complement to the off-road specialist (with on-road credentials) found in the new Range Rover. Unveiled this evening just before the 2013 New York Auto Show, the 2014 Range Rover Sport improves upon the previous...
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2015 Audi A3: Sedans, Sportbacks, Diesels And Even A Plug-InWith the A4 now considerably larger than it used to be, there's space for a new compact sedan in Audi's lineup. And that's the all-new 2015 Audi A3 Sedan, which has been revealed today in regular A3 and sporty S3 trim. Ahead of its official world debut at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show on April 19...
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2014 Cadillac CTS: Lighter, Larger, More RefinedAmerican luxury just took another leap forward. The 2014 Cadillac CTS, on display tomorrow at the New York Auto Show, raises the bar for design, power, and value in the luxury sedan segment, continuing the CTS' legacy in forging new ground for Cadillac and the U.S. This isn't the same CTS we've...
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2014 Jaguar XKR-S GT: Track-Tuned For The StreetJaguar's ETO division, a little-known but intense group of specialty vehicle creators launched last year, has one-upped the XKR-S with this, the XKR-S GT. Track-tuned, but built for the street, this is likely the hottest version of the XK Coupe we'll see--at least in this generation. The ETO, or...
Nelson Ireson