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About two years ago we told you that Volvo was about to commence testing of an innovative flywheel-based kinetic energy recovery system (KERS), not in motorsport but in the realm of production cars. The basic setup called for a flywheel KERS to be fitted to the free axle of a car. When approaching a red light, the driver would hit the brakes like normal.This would cause the flywheel to spool up and keep spinning until the lights turn green and the driver hits the accelerator. At this point, the flywheel's rotation is transferred to the rear wheels via a specially designed transmission, giving...
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Hublot Celebrates Launch Of LaFerrari Supercar With New Watch: VideoSwiss firm Hublot, maker of the world’s most expensive watch, the Bing Bang 5 Million, so named because of its $5 million pricetag, has announced a new watch celebrating Ferrari’s latest flagship supercar, the LaFerrari. The new watch, called the MP-05 “LaFerrari,”...
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Meet Monster Tajima’s Toyota GT 86 Pikes Peak Racer: VideoPikes Peak legend Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima has put away his Monster Sport E-RUNNER electric car from last year, and is hopping back behind the wheel of a gas-swilling custom racer to tackle this year’s running of the annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado. The Japanese master...
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Fast & Furious 6 Featurette Gives A Peek At Plot: VideoThe next installment in the guilty pleasure/cringe fest that is the Fast & Furious series of movies is about to hit, and in anticipation, a new "featurette" video has been released. While talking about "plot" in a Fast & Furious movie is a bit beside the point, the featurette does give us a...
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What Is SCCA Pro Solo? This Is: VideoGetting started in motorsports is tough. It's not like you can just go out and buy some basic equipment or join a team and get going. Or is it? Professional racing is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor. Even among those fortunate enough to go racing professionally, few actually make any real...
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Watch Jaguar’s Short Film Desire: 30 Days Of The 2014 Jaguar F-TypeThe months of build-up for Jaguar’s new short film, Desire, is finally over, as the full clip was premiered today at a private screening at the Sundance London film and music festival taking place in the UK. In case your invite got lost in the mail, you can watch the film in its entirety...
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Like it or not, electric motorsport is coming. In fact, there’s already an FIA-sanctioned event for electric cars, the Formula E Championship, whose inaugural season starts next year. That inaugural season is to feature 10 races spread all over the globe. So far the cities of Miami, Beijing, London, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Malaysia’s Putrajaya have been selected to host one of the zero-emission races, and we can now add Los Angeles to that list. The city’s mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, officially welcomed the Formula E Championship at a special event coinciding...
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Chevrolet SS May Live Beyond Commodore Donor: VideoOne of the most anticipated cars of the year, the 2014 Chevrolet SS, finally goes on sale in the fourth quarter of the year, but it may not be around for long. That’s because the car it’s based on, the VF-series Holden Commodore, is scheduled to be replaced by an all-new model in 2016...
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McLaren MP4-12C Faces Off Against Ferrari 458 Italia At Drag Strip: VideoWhich supercar is best? That's a common but complicated question. Is it the fastest? The quickest? The best-handling? The most well-rounded? The prettiest? The most visceral? There's at least one answer to the question, however, and it's settled at the drag strip. Which supercar is best in the...
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Forza Horizon Download Pack Adds 1,000 Challenges, 2 New CarsAh, to have the roads of Colorado and dozens of sports and supercars at your disposal. That's what Forza Horizon on the Xbox 360 offers you, and developer Turn 10 Studios' tradition of frequent game updates continues unabated too. The latest update is called the Forza Horizon 1000 Club Expansion...
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Sebastian Vettel Samples Russia’s Sochi Olympic Park F1 Track: VideoRed Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel has become the first Formula One driver to experience the Sochi Olympic Park Circuit, a street circuit still under construction in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. A new Russian Grand Prix will feature on the 2014 F1 calendar and...
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2013 SRT Viper Hits The Drag Strip: VideoA 2013 SRT Viper recently covered the quarter mile in 11.1 seconds at 127.4 mph.
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If you're like us, you love rally. You might even have spent last weekend driving a Neon through a bunch of dirt and cones until its brakes failed. And you might be interested in Subaru's new web series "Launch Control," set to cover the company's rally efforts with Subaru Rally Team USA and Subaru PUMA RallyCross. The first episode, above, sees David Higgins, the defending Rally America champion, in training near his home in Wales. The team at Vermont Sports Car works to prep the car as Higgins hones his edge, and both look forward to the season ahead. In upcoming episodes, Launch Control...
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How To Draw Tony Stark's Audi R8: VideoDraw the Audi R8 (and some other comic book stuff) better than anyone else, and you could be co-creator of your own Marvel comic book.
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2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Hits Circuit Paul Ricard: VideoThe 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series takes gullwing power and handling to the next level, on track.
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Scott Speed Takes Gold At Global Rallycross X Games Brazil: VideoScott Speed was once a Formula 1 driver. Before that, he was known as one of the fastest men alive in a kart. Now he's doing all kinds of stuff, including driving the occasional Global Rallycross car. Turns out he's pretty good at that, too. While big names in rallycross like Ken Block, Travis...
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Koenigsegg Founder Looks Back Over The Past 10 Years: VideoEstablishing a new supercar brand from scratch is no easy task; if you’re not in agreement just take a look at all the stillborn concepts out there. But every once in a while, hardworking and passionate entrepreneurs succeed and for their efforts we have brand likes Bugatti, Ferrari and...
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Lamborghini Aventador LP 720-4 50° Anniversario Live Photos And VideoLamborghini’s Aventador LP 720-4 50° Anniversario special edition has made its debut at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, which means we can now reveal to you all of the tasty details. The car was built to celebrate Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary, which takes place this year and will...
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Maserati’s new Ghibli sedan made its official world debut at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show in China over the weekend and is now on its way to showrooms, scheduled to arrive before the year is out. As previously reported, the Ghibli will launch as a 2014 model and be available with two turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 engines in the U.S., while overseas markets will also receive a diesel option. This diesel won’t be the VM Motori 3.0-liter V-6 turbodiesel already offered by the Fiat Chrysler Group but a brand new unit from Ferrari. Not only will this be the first diesel engine offered in a...
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Acura Previews New Compact Crossover In Shanghai: VideoOne of the biggest areas for growth for luxury automakers is the compact crossover and SUV segment. Today, there are just a few players, with the Audi Q3 sold overseas and the BMW X1 and Buick Encore already available in local showrooms the most recognizable. There are a number of rival models on...
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Hurley Haywood Reunited With Sebring-Winning 1973 Porsche 911 RSSebring is a legendary place in motorsports, and has been for more than a half-century. Winning there is significant, whatever you're racing. For Hurley Haywood, while driving a Porsche 911 Carrera RS to the win in 1973, it was very significant. Reuniting with the car in this video, Haywood...
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GRID 2 Multiplayer Details RevealedIt's little over a month before the next installment of Codemasters' GRID series hits shops, GRID 2. The developers have thus far been cagey over exactly what gameplay elements will feature in the game, and equally so over what the game looks like in action. Perhaps an hour of information on GRID...
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2014 Jaguar F-Type In Five New Official Videos: 30 Days Of F-TypeAs we continue our ongoing 30 Days of the 2014 Jaguar F-Type coverage, it's time once again for a video break. This time, we bring you five new videos explaining the various components of the F-Type: powertrains and exhaust; chassis, suspension, and engineering; driver experience; differentials and...
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2015 BMW 2-Series Coupe Spy VideoWe have exclusive spy footage of a prototype for the upcoming BMW 2-Series Coupe, the replacement for the aging 1-Series Coupe, which was recently spotted conducting some high-speed tests on Germany’s grueling Nürburgring circuit. The car is essentially a coupe version of the latest...
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