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Although BMW was the first to announce plans to introduce laser headlights to its cars, revealing the technology in concept form as far back as 2011, Audi hinted earlier this year that it may in fact be the first automaker to actually start selling a car with laser lights with the reveal of its R8 LMX. In turns out BMW had nothing to worry about as its laser headlight-equipped i8 has been in production for several months now and the first examples were finally delivered to customers this week. The first eight customers from Germany received their i8s as part of an official ceremony at...
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2015 BMW X6: Rear-Drive Option, Fresh FaceThe U.S.-built 2015 BMW X6 takes the brand’s four-door-coupe-SUV formula to the stylistic limit and adds a new rear-drive option to the previously all-wheel-drive-only range. The new model, dubbed the X6 sDrive35i in BMW-speak, offers rear-wheel drive, the familiar 300-horseepower...
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Jim Pace Rips McLaren M6B Around Road America: VideoFrom 1966 to 1987, the Canadian-American Challenge Cup delighted motorsports fans around the world. Better known as Can-Am, this series saw amazing drivers win hard fought races in a wide range of truly wonderful machines. The glory days of the late 60's and early 70's featured Phil Hill and Jacky...
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Dubai police cars are the world’s fastestIf you’re a fan of supercars, you know Dubai is one of the world’s hottest places to spot them in the wild. But the police have met this arms race with their own supercars, making it the world’s fastest road-going police force. DON'T MISS: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06: 650 hp, 650...
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Volvo Opts For Bowers & Wilkins Audio In New XC90Volvo's next-generation XC90 SUV won't just introduce a new design language and interior layout to the brand, it'll also offer one of the world's best automotive audio systems. That's because Volvo has teamed up with British audio equipment company Bowers & Wilkins to develop a system for the...
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Meet the first Porsche 911 TurboIt was at the 1973 Frankfurt auto show that Porsche first showed a concept of a turbocharged 911 that would go on to spawn the original 911 Turbo presented at the 1974 Paris auto show and put into production the following year. However, what many may not know is that 1975 wasn’t the first...
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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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2015 Volkswagen Golf, GTI Score Top Safety Pick+ Rating From IIHS: VideoThe all-new 2015 Volkswagen Golf and its high-performance GTI variant have proven to be among the safest compact cars on the market, with the entire range scoring the coveted Top Safety Pick+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) after acing the institute’s latest...
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Ford Fusion Lightweight Concept Car Goes All-Out With High-Tech Weight Savings: VideoWhen it comes to vehicle performance, weight is the enemy. But saving weight can do more than make a car turn better, accelerate better, and stop better. It can also make it more efficient. ALSO SEE: Homebrewed Chinese Batmobile Tumbler Replica Proving Wise Investment That’s why so many...
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Ferrari FXX Evoluzione Does What It Does Best At Monza: VideoFerrari's track monster laps Monza.
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Anatomy Of Bloodhound SSC's 1,000 MPH Record AttemptAccording to the laws of physics, speed is relative. To a snail, human walking pace is an incomprehensible velocity, yet virtually everything in the universe is standing still compared to the speed at which light travels. MUST SEE: McLaren P1 Vs. Bugatti Veyron Drag Race In The Wild: Video To us...
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McLaren F1 Owners Spend Two Loud & Lovely Days Together: VideoWhen you own a McLaren F1, you enter a small club. Just 106 examples were produced, and all became immediate prized possessions the moment they left the Woking assembly line. If you own and drive a McLaren F1, it's highly unlikely that you'll come across another example while out tooling around...
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The Mille Miglia should be on any gearhead's bucket list. While today's event is merely an homage to the original race that ran each year from 1927 to 1957—stopping only for the second World War—it's still a race of impossible romance and deep appeal. MUST SEE: McLaren P1 Vs. Bugatti Veyron Drag Race In The Wild: Video If you're Jay Leno, it's even better—since companies like Jaguar invite you to compete in immaculately-prepared examples of cars that ran the original race. Partnered with Jaguar design boss Ian Callum, Leno's chariot for the 2014 Mille Miglia was an XK120 in...
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Volvo Shows Off New XC90’s Button-Less Interface: VideoIn just a couple of months Volvo will reveal its first all-new XC90 since the launch of the original SUV all the way back in 2002. The new XC90 is shaping up to be a much more luxurious and refined model than the one it replaces, and it will also be packing some of the latest technology found in...
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McLaren P1 Vs. Bugatti Veyron Drag Race In The WildWhile we can never condone street racing in any form, we have to admit these guys are doing it with style. On the road in some nameless desert (perhaps part of the ongoing Goldrush Rally), a McLaren P1 finds a Bugatti Veyron and 2,000-plus horsepower is uncorked. Which wins? It’s hard to...
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Cosworth Pumps Up The Power On BRZ & FR-S Sports Cars"Power" is a bit of a dirty word to some Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S owners. Subaru and Toyota went to great lengths to make their cars fun despite a relatively modest power output, and some believe this delicate balance need not be altered. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At Lamborghini...
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Choose Your Own VW GTI Adventure With Tanner Foust & GoPro: VideoSo you have a GoPro. Maybe you even have two. But you don’t have dozens. Volkswagen does, and it stuck them all over the car, put stunt driver, racer, and Top Gear USA host Tanner Foust behind the wheel, and came up with this. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At Lamborghini...
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Watch This Lexus LFA Race Car Lap The Nürburgring: VideoEverybody wants a quick fix these days. A few seconds of entertainment, followed by a few more. But if you can spare about ten minutes today, you should use it to watch Gazoo Racing's Lexus LFA race car circumnavigate the famous Nürburgring-Nordschleife in preparation for this year's...
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Not everyone has the time or money to visit Porsche's official museum in Stuttgart, but that's okay, as Porsche is bringing its museum to you. In a series of videos revealing secret Porsche concepts, the German automaker has revealed an old V-8 prototype 911 and even a mid-engined concept—but the latest shows a 1980s experiment in aerodynamics. DON'T MISS: First LaFerrari Replicas Already In Production? Yes, But Not At Mansory Cars At a glance, the 1984 concept doesn't look particularly special. Okay, so it lacks the large impact bumpers and myriad plastic trim of a mid-eighties 911...
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More Transformers 4 Cars Revealed In New Television Spots: VideoThe fourth installment of the Transformers movie franchise, Transformers: Age of Extinction, is now just a few weeks out from its June 27 theatrical debut, and in the lead up four new television spots have been released. Each of them are about 40 seconds in length and blend previously seen footage...
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Ferrari F40 Gets Nasty With Smoky Burnouts, Hard Launches: VideoThe Ferrari F40 may be the most hardcore, utterly bonkers supercar ever. Stripped down, minimalist, and without any regard for things like driver safety nets or passenger comfort, it’s a purified, surgical machine. And it’s utterly brilliant. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks...
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Lego V-8 And Six-Speed Sequential Gearbox Are AwesomeSo you want to get to better know the inner workings of a V-8 engine, and, perhaps, how a sequential gearbox works? Well, you could always build your own. Out of Legos. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At Lamborghini Aventador: Video That’s exactly what Huib van der Hart has done...
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Mitsubishi brings Concept XR-PHEV Evolution Vision Gran Turismo to virtual lifeIt's dead. No wait, it's alive! Okay, it's kind of dead, but we might bring it back as something different. Fine, it's dead... or is it? It is. Nope, we fooled you because it's coming back to life, as a playable piece of a video game. If you're a fan of the Mitsubishi brand, you'll immediately know...
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Lexus Details Its 2015 RC F Development: VideoLexus is set to launch a new RC F sports coupe to do battle with the likes of the Audi RS 5, BMW M4 and a future C63 AMG Coupe from Mercedes-Benz, and just to make sure the car is fully capable of competing with its German rivals Lexus took several prototypes to the home of German performance car...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran