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Prototypes for Alfa Romeo's first EV have been spotted testing.
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Capri name tipped for Ford's second EV on VW MEB platform
The Ford Capri is reportedly making a comeback as an electric crossover.
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Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, 2022 Nissan Frontier, 2023 BMW Alpina B3: Car News Headlines
Bugatti's fastest car, Nissan's new pickup, and Alpina's M3 alternative all made headlines today.
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2021 Hyundai i20 N adds spice to the subcompact arena
The Hyundai N performance skunkworks has added a hot hatch packing 201 horsepower.
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New Rolls-Royce Ghost coming with all-wheel drive, rear-wheel steering
Rolls-Royce's new Ghost will introduce new drivetrain capabilities and a new type of suspension design.
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Early design document for VE Holden Commodore shows small sedan, coupe variants
When designing its VE Commodore in the early 2000s, Holden came up with multiple body styles that sadly never saw the light of day.
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The Jason Castriota-designed, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1-based Bertone Mantide is up for sale.
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2019 Audi e-tron enters production, full reveal coming Sept. 17
Audi's first volume electric car, the e-tron, is almost here. Production of the first customer example, finished in Catalunya Red, was completed on Monday at the car's plant in Brussels, Belgium, a high-tech facility where automated transport systems bring the batteries to the assembly line just in...
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2019 Opel Astra spy shots and video
Opel engineers are out testing a prototype for a facelifted version of the Astra compact hatchback. The facelifted Astra is expected on sale in markets where Opel operates sometime next year. The tweaks constitute a mid-cycle update for the current Astra which made its debut at the 2015 Frankfurt...
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2019 Hyundai i30 Fastback N spy shots and video
Hyundai's newest Elantra GT has a sporty liftback variant sold overseas, and it's about to get the N performance treatment. The standard version of the car is called the i30 Fastback. The latest spy shots and video show a prototype for what's shaping up to be a new i30 Fastback N, a car that will...
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Meet the woman who the Lotus Elise is named after
Despite no longer being on sale in the United States, the Lotus Elise has been pivotal in keeping the British sports car marque alive during decades of financial hardship. Development started shortly after Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli bought Lotus from General Motors in 1993, with the car's...
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Morgan reveals 50th Anniversary Plus 8 in Geneva
Morgan used this week's 2018 Geneva International Motor Show to introduce the Plus 8 50th Anniversary Edition. As the name suggests, the car, of which just 50 units will be built, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Plus 8 line. Morgan tells us that well over 6,000 of the V-8-powered sports cars...
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Audi on Tuesday confirmed plans for two new electric SUVs. The vehicles will be built at Audi’s main plant in Ingolstadt, Germany from 2021. Audi made the confirmation during a meeting with employee representatives to discuss job security through 2025. Crucially, it helps to alleviate fears employees may have had about job cuts in an age of ongoing digitalization and electrification. “We have long been fighting for a job guarantee up until the end of 2025,” Peter Mosch, who represents Audi’s employees, said in a statement. “That is why specifically the decision...
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Aston Martin’s new Lagondas won’t be traditional 3-box sedans
Aston Martin’s turnaround plan, known as the Second Century plan since it was announced just as the British automaker entered its second century of operation, calls for seven cars in seven years. The plan kicked off with the arrival of the DB11 in 2016 and will soon see a new Vantage...
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2017 Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix preview
Round 15 of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship takes us to Kuala Lumpur’s Sepang International Circuit, a Hermann Tilke-designed venue that was first in the spate of modern circuits built in emerging markets. It opened in March 1999 and has been a permanent fixture on the F1 calendar as...
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Jaguar XJR575, Infiniti QX70, BMW 7-Series Edition 40 Jahre: Today’s Car News
Jaguar’s added a slew of updates to its XJ, among which is a new performance flagship called the XJR575. As the name suggests, the car packs 575 horsepower which Jaguar says is enough for 0-60 mph acceleration in 4.2 seconds and a top speed of 186 mph. The 2017 model year will be the last for...
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2018 Volvo XC60 preview
Crossover SUVs are the new wagons, according to popular wisdom, but at Volvo the heritage is clearly visible. The Swedish automaker’s wagon-like SUVs have been met with great success in the market, and together with the various actual wagons Volvo offers, they’ve accounted for more than...
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2018 Audi RS 3 Sportback debuts at 2017 Geneva auto show
Audi’s RS 3 Sportback has finally received the upgraded powertrain of the all-new RS 3 sedan that debuted last fall at the 2016 Paris auto show. It means the handsome hatch is now extracting 400 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque from its turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-5, all of which is...
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Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has just started deliveries of its 2017 GT but the previous model still attracts plenty of buzz. One of them is up for sale. It will be going under the hammer at the Russo and Steeles auction taking place in Scottsdale, Arizona from January 19-22, 2017. This is a very special version of the Ford supercar. It’s a pre-production prototype, officially a Confirmation Prototype 1, and it bears a chassis number ending in 004. It’s the first prototype of this generation GT to be fitted with a working drivetrain, though it’s never traveled faster than 5...
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Audi Quattro division renamed Audi Sport
Audi Quattro is a subsidiary of Audi formed in 1983 originally tasked with designing and developing high-performance cars for the automaker. Since then it’s been expanded to handle other projects including customer racing and personalization work via Audi Exclusive. Confusingly, Audi uses the...
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More details on the Ford Focus RS500
Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is out testing a more extreme version of its Focus RS thought to be a successor to the previous generation Focus RS500. The tester was sporting some new vents on the hood as well as a larger rear wing. According to Autocar, the tester is in fact for an RS500, which could...
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2017 Audi A4 Allroad preview
Audi fans lamenting the automaker’s decision not to bring over the svelte A4 Avant wagon can take solace in the knowledge the related A4 Allroad is coming here. The small, luxury softroader made its world debut at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show in January and will land in showrooms this fall. It...
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Report: Geely to go global with new Volvo-based brand
Chinese automaker Geely may be about to introduce a new mainstream brand selling cars developed with Volvo. Since acquiring the Swedish automaker from Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] in 2010, Geely has set about transforming it into a luxury marque. That leaves room for Geely to compete in mainstream...
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Long-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz E-Class launches in China
A new generation of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class arrived on the scene earlier this year, bringing with it a fresh new look, a lightweight platform and some of the most advanced technology offered on a production car. So far we’ve only been treated to the new E-Class sedan but there are...
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