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If you want to know why we’re so crazy about AMG’s new compact range of performance cars, just take a look at this quick video. It shows the A45 AMG hatch being put through its paces at the legendary Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari race track in Italy, otherwise known as Imola. Behind the wheel of the car is AMG’s own driving instructor Lance David Arnold, who quickly goes through some of the car’s main performance features. His favorite attributes are the car’s emotional driving pleasure, powerful performance and everyday usability. Under the hood is a...
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First Look At Rolls-Royce’s Wraith On The Road: VideoFresh from its appearances at the 2013 Geneva and New York auto shows, Rolls-Royce’s new Wraith finally gets a chance to stretch its legs. Here we see the elegant coupe take to some of Britain’s country roads, with the car’s product manager, Philip Harnett, sitting behind the...
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BMW Looks Back At The M3 CSL On Its 10th Birthday: VideoThe BMW M3 has been a motoring icon for many years now. It's gone through quite a few evolutions across its varied generations, and each version finds a large crowd of enthusiasts that claim their favorite is the best version. Be it E30, E36, E46, and so on, each one has something to offer for...
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Chevy Corvette C6R Laps Le Mans In The Rain: VideoThe 81st running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is just over a week away, and the testing has begun. Here, we get to see Oliver Gavin wheeling the #74 Corvette C6R around the famed street circuit during this week's damp test day. Apart from rather miserable visibility at points, there's also the issue...
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Alfa Romeo Shares Its 4C Production Secrets: VideoAlfa Romeo is following up the oh-so-sexy 8C with a smaller version that it's calling the 4C. You already know this though, because we've all been staring at the car for what seems like ages now. Style fans have had plenty to drool over with regards to all of the various curves, lines, and visual...
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2013 McLaren MP4-12C Goes 0-60 MPH In 2.8 Seconds: VideoA week ago we saw a video of a McLaren 12C Spider hitting 213 mph, a figure that’s 9 mph higher than the car’s claimed top speed. Now we see a 12C coupe accelerating from 0-60 mph, which as you may have guessed is accomplished significantly faster than McLaren’s official claim for...
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Toyota has used an upcoming toy fair in Tokyo to present a wacky sports concept you could actually build yourself. Its name is the Camatte57s and it is essentially a kit car that’s designed to be simple enough for a child to assemble. Camatte is derived from the Japanese word for “care” while the number 57 represents the number of individual body panels needed to assemble the concept. The small s at the end of the name stands for the Japanese word “sawaru” which means to touch. According to its designers, the name thus reflects the idea that people should feel...
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Need For Speed Rivals: Official E3 Game TrailerWe're big fans of hauling the mail on track, but we have learned to rein in our wilder tendencies on the street. That's why games like Need for Speed Rivals are such a good outlet for our excess hooliganism. From the scenes in this official trailer for the upcoming E3 electronics and video game...
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Wide-Body Ford Mustang Gets Feature Role In Need For Speed MovieA one-off Mustang will star in the new 'Need for Speed' movie, based on the video game.
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Mercedes-Benz Highlights 2014 S Class Features In New VideoThe Mercedes-Benz S Class has been the perennial leader for new technologies in the automotive sector for decades, and with the launch of the latest generation that trend looks set to continue. The new 2014 S Class’ tech features are numerous but the big ticket items are its advanced safety...
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2014 Chevy SS Stars In Holden’s Ads For New Commodore: VideoThe 2014 Chevrolet SS doesn’t hit showrooms until this fall, where it will wear a pricetag of $44,470, but the car’s Australian cousin, the new VF Holden Commodore, has just launched in its own market. These are two of the television ads for the VF Commodore, both of which make mention...
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‘Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee’ Season Two Trailer Released: VideoA few days ago we told you Acura had signed on as the exclusive sponsor for the second season of Jerry Seinfeld’s online hit Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. We now have a trailer for the new season whose first episode airs on June 13. Given the popularity of the little known first season...
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Lamborghini hasn’t said much about its Sesto Elemento track special ever since we first saw the car as a concept at the 2010 Paris Auto Show. Rumors of production quickly spread after the initial debut, and at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show we finally got confirmation that 20 examples would be built and sold to wealthy track enthusiasts and collectors. Since then, official lines have been quiet but photos of the Sesto Elemento being built at Lamborghini’s pre-production and prototyping center have surfaced. Now, we have our first video of the car hitting a race track, at what...
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Electric SLS AMG Sets Nürburgring Record For A Production EV: VideoA Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive has just been driven around the full course of the Nürburgring Nordschleife in a time of 7:56.234, setting a new record for a production electric car at the legendary German circuit. The overall electric car record still stands at 7:22.329, set by...
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Dodge Challenger SRT8 From Craven Claims Big Power: VideoAnother day, another hugely powerful car is presented on the Internet. We've seen plenty of dyno shenanigans as of late, including a Camaro blowing its tires and a Shelby GT500 blowing up a dyno. Those were powerful cars for sure. The Camaro owner states that the car has about 1,800 horsepower and...
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BMW Compares All Three Generations Of Its X5: VideoWith the launch of the 2014 X5 later this year, BMW’s mid-size luxury SUV will be entering its third generation. It’s hard to believe that the original X5 was only launched in 2000 but since then the vehicle has gone on to win numerous accolades, spawned high-performance M variants and...
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Explore McLaren Automotive Through Its New Web Portal: VideoThe newly established sports car manufacturing arm of McLaren, McLaren Automotive, has launched today a new web portal where fans of the brand, young and old, can get deeply familiar with the brand and its philosophies. The new site is aimed at offering unparalleled inside access to McLaren, with...
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BMW M Power App Turns Your iPhone Into A Track ToolIf you have a fast car you're probably going to want to drive it quickly. You might also want to know just how well you're doing on your local track with regards to speeds and lap times. You could spend a whole lot of dough on a multitude of data logging devices, or you could find an app that has...
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Ford’s formula race car powered by its award-winning 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine may seem tame considering it’s only producing around 177 horsepower in street-legal trim, but as Chris Harris found out there’s certainly nothing tame about a turbocharged and direct-injected 1.0-liter mill with just over a 1,100 pounds to carry. For the latest episode of his Drive series, the British journo took the Formula Ford 1.0 Ecoboost (FF1) for a spin on some public roads in Germany before finally taking it out on the Nürburging for some high-speed action. With power in the car dialed...
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2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante Spy VideoLast summer, Aston Martin took the covers off its latest flagship and in the process revived one of its most storied nameplates, Vanquish. This summer, the Vanquish’s convertible sibling, a Volante in Aston Martin-speak, is set to debut. Here, we see a prototype for this Aston Martin Vanquish...
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Porsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition Revealed: VideoIt was at the 1963 Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany that Porsche first rolled out its 901 prototype, a sports car designed by the grandson of Porsche’s founder as a replacement for the automaker’s 356 model. The car would eventually be renamed the 911 and go on to spawn seven separate...
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Lexus Releases Second Video In New Short Film SeriesLexus recently launched a marketing campaign to promote its commitment to design and sophistication. As part of the campaign, the Japanese automaker teamed up with production company The Weinstein Company in order to create a series of arty short films. The first of these, Beyond Memories, was...
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Watch Mark Reuss Drive The 2014 Corvette Stingray Pace Car: VideoAfter being driven by NFL coach Jim Harbaugh at the recent Indy 500, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Pace Car made another appearance this past weekend at the Detroit Grand Prix held at Belle Isle. This time it was General Motors North America president Mark Reuss’ turn behind the wheel...
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2014 Maserati Ghibli Spotted In Public: VideoThe recently revealed 2014 Maserati Ghibli has been spotted for the first time in public, and we’re glad to report that the upcoming Italian sports sedan looks even better on the road than it did under the auto show spotlights. This time the Ghibli sports a striking blue finish, which we...
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