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At a special gala event held at Red Bull Racing’s headquarters in Milton Keynes, England, the team’s new race car for the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship was unveiled. On hand to pull the covers were the team’s drivers, Sebastian Vettel, now a triple world champion, and Mark Webber. In RBR tradition, the new race car carries the RB9 designation and, as these photos reveal, the controversial stepped-nose design from last year’s car remains. That shouldn’t come as much of a surprise considering the similarities between the regulations this year, and the...
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Chevrolet Airs First Ad For 2014 Corvette Stingray: VideoIt won’t be on sale until the third quarter of the year, but the first television ad for the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has just aired, revealing car in motion for the first time, and at a race track, no less. Titled Enemy Of The Same, the ad is likely to be the first in a series of...
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Bruce McLaren Narrates The Story of McLaren: VideoOn June 2, 1970, Bruce McLaren was killed in a crash at England’s Goodwood circuit, testing his new M8D Can-Am race car. The car’s rear bodywork came loose at speed, creating a spin-inducing loss of downforce that even Bruce McLaren couldn’t correct. His M8D left the track and...
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Calling All Virtual Racers: Check Out Heat Online And RaceRoom Racing ExperienceWhile games like Gran Turismo, Forza Motorsport and Need For Speed are well-known, and well-loved, there’s a new breed of realistic racing simulators emerging, and they don’t even require you to leave your desk. That because these new racing simulators are offered for free and playable...
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Mercedes-Benz Launches More Powerful C63 AMG “Edition 507”Mercedes-Benz is introducing for the 2014 model year a new, more powerful version of its C63 AMG dubbed the “Edition 507.” As its name suggests, the car comes packing a 507-horsepower version of the regular C63 AMG’s 6.2-liter V-8, which, for those at home wondering, is 56...
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Lincoln Readies Its 'Steer The Script' Super Bowl Ad: VideoWhen Lincoln revealed it would use comedian Jimmy Fallon to write the script for its upcoming Super Bowl ad, based on Twitter submissions about epic road trips from fans, we’ll admit that our first thought was “this isn’t going to end well.” Lincoln, after all, has been...
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Back in 2008, Volvo made the bold promise of zero injuries or deaths in its vehicles by 2020. Now, just five years on, the automaker is predicting that it will be able to eliminate crashes altogether for anyone driving one of its cars by the same 2020 deadline. To achieve its ambitious and somewhat noble goal, Volvo will rely on a number of technologies ranging from its City Safety low-speed collision avoidance system to its high-speed road train system that allows cars to follow each other in a platoon along the highway. Volvo already has a strong reputation for safety and remains at the...
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McLaren’s 2013 Formula One Car, The MP4-28, Makes DebutTesting for the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship gets underway at Spain’s Circuito de Jerez next week, so that means we’ll be seeing the race cars of the 11 teams contending the new season unveiled over the coming days. The Lotus F1 Team was first off the ranks, with its new E21...
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GM Consolidates Powertrain Divisions, Moves Performance Build Center To Corvette PlantGeneral Motors Company [NYSE:GM] is overhauling the structure of its powertrain division, including investing up to $200 million in the construction of a new testing facility and consolidating several other facilities with its Global Powertrain Engineering Headquarters in Pontiac, Michigan. The...
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Does Mercedes’ Super Bowl Ad Explain Justin Bieber’s Popularity? VideoWe tip our hats to Mercedes-Benz, who admittedly had us beyond puzzled with the build up to its Super Bowl XLVII ad. While we certainly don’t mind reviewing footage of Kate Upton, we couldn’t see where she fit into the grand scheme of things - until now. While we can’t say...
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Inside Koenigsegg Goes... Inside The Koenigsegg: VideoAs we’ve seen in previous installments of the Inside Koenigsegg video series, the Swedish automaker overlooks no detail with the Agera R’s paint, suspension and carbon fiber body. Given the supercar’s high-end price point, you’d expect nothing less on the inside, which...
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Watch A Corvette ZR1 Chase A Camaro ZL1 At The Circuit Of The Americas: VideoOn paper, the performance of the latest Corvette ZR1 and the Camaro ZL1 may be wide apart, but on the track, as you’ll see in this video, that gap starts to get a little hazy. Taken at a recent track event at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, this video, uploaded by the guys at High...
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Audi’s A1 hatchback is still no closer to a U.S. launch, though that may change with the arrival of the second generation of the car. But at least we can still dream, and, thanks to Audi, we don’t even have to use our imaginations. The latest video from the brand with the four rings shows the range-topping A1 Quattro being thrown about a snowy track, with DTM driver Filipe Albuquerque behind the wheel. It also shows that Audi doesn’t always have to take itself too seriously: we think Audi is having a bit of a laugh, contrasting its serious side with the stiff Jeremy in the...
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Top Gear Season 19 Airs In The U.S. On February 4: VideoIn years past, those of us living on this side of the Atlantic were forced to wait months for the debut of a new Top Gear season, leading us to believe the episodes were shipped by the BBC via tramp steamer to save money. Sure, we could have streamed them off the internet, but that isn’t...
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Cadillac Launches Its Own Driving School, The V-Series Academy: VideoMercedes-Benz offers its customers the AMG Driving Academy, Porsche offers driver training at its “Experience Centers” and Jaguar staffs its own Performance Driving Academy. It stands to reason, then, that Cadillac would launch a driving school of its own, centered around the CTS-V line...
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Volkswagen's 'Happy' Super Bowl Ad Stirs Controversy: VideoVolkswagen’s upcoming ad for Super Bowl XLVII doesn’t feature scantily clad bikini models, singing dogs or an adorable pint-sized version of a famous movie villain. There are no pyrotechnics, driving stunts or rock bands, either. Instead, it centers on the quest of a lowly office drone...
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Arabia’s First Supercar, The W Motors Lykan Hypersport, Makes DebutChances are you’ve never heard of W Motors. We can now remedy that as the company’s first product, the Lykan supercar, has just made its world debut at the 2013 Qatar Motor Show and we have all the juicy details. Billed as the world’s first Arabian supercar, the Lykan is set to go...
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Lamborghini Aventador Roadsters Take To Miami Airport Runway: VideoThis year is Lamborghini’s 50th, so the Italian sports car manufacturer is celebrating the anniversary in a fashion that only it could: by storming a runway at Miami International Airport using five of its latest Aventador LP 700-4 Roadsters. After receiving special authorization from the...
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The flagship of the Tesla Model S range, the Model S Performance, comes with a power rating of 301 kilowatts (416 horsepower) as well as an 85 kWh battery pack that the EPA says is good for about 265 miles of driving range. As we’ll see in this video posted up by Drag Times, a regular Tesla Motors [NASDQ:TSLA] Model S Performance accelerates to 60 mph from rest in just 3.9 seconds and goes on to pass the quarter mile in 12.371 seconds at 110.84 mph. This makes it the quickest electric car currently in production. With seating capacity for seven (five adults and two children using...
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Designing The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: VideoThe design of the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is almost universally loved. From its distinct aeronautical lines to its intricate ventilation systems to its sleek, sculpted finish, the new Corvette, the seventh generation of the iconic American sports car, looks good from virtually any...
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Lotus E21 2013 Formula One Car Revealed: VideoIn the highly competitive world of Formula 1 Racing, Lotus has already won the very first race of the year. With today’s unveiling of the Lotus E21 chassis, the team becomes the very first Formula 1 constructor to show its wares for the upcoming season. Those expecting to see a big change...
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2013 SRT Viper Visits Jay Leno's Garage: VideoThe new 2013 SRT Viper has barely hit the streets, but it's already slithered its way into Jay Leno's Garage. To be exact, not one, not two, but three new SRT Vipers--along with CEO of SRT and VP of Chrysler Design, Ralph Gilles--dropped by Leno's place, giving Jay the opportunity to see the new...
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Bosch Gives Update On Its Autonomous Car Development: VideoMajor automotive supplier Bosch has given an update on the development of its autonomous car technology, which it says will first start appearing on new cars by as early as 2014. The development of autonomous car technology is a gradual one but it’s already in its deeper stages. That's...
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Mercedes, Ford And Nissan Join Forces On Hydrogen Fuel Cell ResearchThe parent company of German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz, Daimler, has announced it’s formed an alliance with Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] and Nissan to help accelerate the development and eventual launch of hydrogen fuel cell technology for cars. The announcement comes just days after it...
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