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The Volkswagen Microbus is a beloved motoring icon that has fans all over the globe. It's a classic machine with a dash of perennial cool attached. It's also incredibly slow. You're never in a rush when you're driving a VW Bus. Unless, of course you're talking about the T1 Race Taxi created by a mad Swiss gentleman named Fred Bernhard. Instead of a pokey VW mill out back, this van now features a twin-turbocharged 3.6-liter flat-6 plucked from a Porsche 993. It's been reworked so that it's putting out a massive 530 horsepower and nearly 560 pound-feet of torque. According to the description of...
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Faraday Future electric car teased ahead of 2017 CES debutFaraday Future has given us our best look yet at its first production model, an electric car confirmed for a debut at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show. The car looks to feature a hatch-like design with a form factor similar to the Toyota Prius. It will ride on the now standard...
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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor first drive review: One of a kind on road and offSports cars are great at going fast around corners, but you know what they can't do? They can't rip across the desert, they can't crawl over rocks, and they can't perform glorious jumps over sand dunes. You know what can? This beast can. It's the Ford F-150 Raptor, and for 2017 it's here for a...
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How do you make a better Polaris Slingshot? Add a V-8The Polaris Slingshot is a fun idea in a mediocre package. Styling is certainly subjective but the Slingshot brings the ugly. And in terms of performance the standard four-cylinder makes do with 173 horsepower, and that's a decent amount since the whole thing weighs just 1,750 pounds, but more...
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Mercedes-AMG GT R claims rear-wheel-drive Nürburgring record with 7:10.92 runNumerous prototypes for the Mercedes-AMG GT R were flung around the Nürburgring as part of the car’s development program—and it appears all that hard testing has paid off. The car is shockingly fast, as evidenced by this video from the good folks at Sport Auto. Test driver...
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Infiniti takes first American-made car to Cuba in 58 yearsAlfonso Albaisa is a Cuban exile who views himself as a product of the United States but still honors his Cuban heritage. He has risen to the role of Infiniti Executive Design Director, and with the recent normalization of Cuban-U.S. relations, he was able to return to his family's homeland with...
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Besides fuel, oil is the lifeblood of your vehicle. It keeps your engine rotating smoothly. This is accomplished by the properties of oil that allow it to lubricate moving parts and reduce heat generated by friction. If the moving parts in your engine weren't lubricated, you'd hear a lot of screeching noise followed by a car that doesn't really want to go anywhere. How does it all work? Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained is here to walk us through it all. CHECK OUT: 2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 first drive review: The deep-knee Benz The discussion above goes into the nitty gritty related to how...
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Audi launches first public vehicle-to-infrastructure system in Las VegasAs cars become more and more connected it won’t be long until they are communicating with each other as well as with the surrounding infrastructure to aid traffic flow as well as safety. In fact, some of the technology is now available. Audi is the first automaker to launch cars capable of...
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Feel the rawness of the Ferrari FXX K as it takes on DaytonaWe all know Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari-based FXX K is fast but nothing can prepare you for the rawness and sheer exhilaration of the car as it races around a track. The video from Speedracer38 gives us a tantalizing taste of what the experience is like. It was filmed during the...
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Transformers 5 trailer is full of action but short on carsThe first trailer for the fifth installment of the Transformers franchise, “Transformers: The Last Knight,” has been released ahead of the movie’s screening next summer. It gives away some sizable clues about the plot but car fans are going to be disappointed as there isn’t...
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2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 heads to the dynoThe 2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1 is a monster. It's already proven itself by setting a sub 7:30 lap time on the Nürburgring. That was achieved in part due to the supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 under the hood. It's the LT4 that also powers the Corvette Z06, and in the Camaro ZL1 it produces 650 horsepower...
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Jay Leno takes control of 20,000 horsepowerJay Leno has driven more combined horsepower than most people on this planet. Heck, his own Blastolene Special is a hand-built "thing of awesome" powered by a tank engine that produces 810 horsepower. That's nothing anymore for Leno. He recently had the opportunity to jump into the driver's seat of...
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Audi has demonstrated how it is using machine learning to help refine its self-driving system. Machine learning is a form of artificial intelligence where computers “learn” how to perform actions on their own, i.e. without the need to be explicitly programmed, typically via trial and error. Most firms working on self-driving cars are using machine learning, continuously refining their various systems by racking up millions of test miles with prototypes. Audi’s demonstration took place on Monday during the Neural Information Processing Systems conference in Barcelona, Spain...
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How to safely lift your car off the ground with jack standsIf you're going to do work on your own vehicle, you'll most likely need to get underneath it at some point. Unless you own a monster truck, this means that you're going to have to lift your car in the air. This is intimidating for many, but there's a way to make it less so and Engineering Explained...
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800-hp turbocharged and supercharged Challenger SRT Hellcat X hits the roadDidn’t think the turbocharged and supercharged Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat X was real? Well, here it is barreling down the highway, with its pair of turbochargers whooshing away while its supercharger whines. In case you’ve forgotten, the Challenger SRT Hellcat X is a one-off project...
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Mercedes-Benz unveils ultra-precise ‘high-def’ headlightsMercedes-Benz has developed a new type of headlight with such precise control of the light beam that it can project complex symbols, including words, onto the road ahead to help inform the driver of his or her surroundings. Mercedes calls the technology HD (High-Definition) headlights and plans to...
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F1 car hits the banks at Daytona for first timeFerrari [NYSE:RACE] on Sunday caps off a four-day celebration of all things motorsport. Known as the Finali Mondiali, the annual event is being hosted in the United States for the first time, at Florida’s Daytona International Speedway, and on Thursday history was made there. ALSO SEE...
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2017 Ford GT’s interior is just like on show carDeliveries of Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT supercar should be commencing any week now. Despite this, Ford is yet to fully showcase the car in production trim. We did get a glimpse at a production version during the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, but only its exterior. Now we have our first...
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Volkswagen's Australian division is gearing up for the local launch of an updated version of the Amarok pickup truck. Because it's Australia, which is the home of Mad Max, the local team decided to get creative with the launch of the refreshed ute. Taking the Mad Max theme quite seriously, VW turned to the person responsible for giving the "Mad Max: Fury Road" vehicles their look and had him create a one-off concept machine called the Korama. What does that have to the Amarok? Take a closer look at the name Korama. So this is supposed to be a reskinned Amarok, and it's meant to show off the...
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Meet Nikola's hydrogen fuel cell extended-range electric truckIt was in June that American electric vehicle startup Nikola turned up out of the blue and announced plans to unveil an electric semi-trailer truck by the end of the year. On Thursday, the company stayed true to its word and presented the One electric semi-trailer Class 8 truck. The Nikola One is...
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Kia GT (Stinger) teased ahead of 2017 Detroit auto showKia has started the teaser campaign for its new sports sedan based on the GT concept that we first saw at the 2011 Frankfurt auto show. The automaker on Wednesday released a video highlighting the car’s Nürburgring-honed handling and capability of reaching speeds of up to 232 kmh (144...
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Volvo Trucks latest stunt combines a mountain pass and a crazy paragliderIf you don't know by now, we're big fans of Volvo Trucks, not so much for the trucks themselves, as we have never driven one. Instead, we love the way the company goes about its marketing. First, we saw Jean-Claude Van Damme in the best ad ever. Next, Volvo decided to put a poor young valet worker...
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The science behind the record-breaking Dodge Viper ACRWhen Dodge brought its Viper ACR to the production car party back in 2015, the automaker also brought a long a sheet filled with brand new track records. The ACR broke production-car lap records at 13 different tracks. These weren't rinky-dink little local circuits that you've never heard of...
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Ford GT and GT40 immortalized as Lego modelsLego designers are quite good at getting us to part with our hard-earned dollars in exchange for a set of plastic bricks. That's because those bricks come in kits like the Speed Champions sets. The newest Speed Champions? A pair of iconic Ford race cars, the GT and GT40, for your scaled-down...
Jeff Glucker