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If you've read our first drive report on the 2013 Boxster, you know just how much we love it--and how much you should too, if you're into fast, fun, good-looking and feature-packed cars, at any rate. Now, the hardtop Cayman joins its drop-top sibling, bringing with it the same upgrades and improvements over the previous model, and a touch more power than the Boxster as well. Changes from the previous Cayman are comprehensive; the 2014 model is longer, lower, and lighter, as well as faster and more powerful. The styling, however, may be the standout aspect of the new Cayman, at least on first...
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Jaguar's F-Type Stars With Damian Lewis In 'Desire': VideoAutomakers have gone a bit over-the-top in recent years, using stylistic videos to pitch their wares. While BMW’s The Driver series was a hit with fans and critics alike, Aston Martin’s promo for the Rapide, called True Power, was just plain bizarre and off the mark. To promote its new...
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Valtteri Bottas To Replace Bruno Senna At Williams In 2013: VideoFinnish driver Valtteri Bottas will replace Bruno Senna, nephew of the legendary Ayrton Senna, as one of the drivers for the Williams F1 Team in the 2013 Formula One season. Bottas will be joined by current Williams driver Pastor Maldonado in the new season. This will be Maldonado’s third...
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2014 Jaguar XFR-S Bows At 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show: VideoThe most powerful Jaguar sedan ever is ready for a world debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and the first photos have hit the Web just before its official reveal. The Jaguar XFR-S sedan counters the efficient new V-6s added to the luxury four-door's lineup with a blistering 550-horsepower...
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Jay Leno (finally) drives the Pagani HuayraIn September of 2011, supercar builder Horacio Pagani brought his latest masterpiece, the Pagani Huayra, to Jay Leno’s Garage for a bit of show-and-tell. Since the car lacked advanced airbags and hadn’t been approved for U.S. sale, Leno never got a turn behind the wheel (although he did...
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Ferrari Expert Novitec Rosso Gets Its Hands On The F12 BerlinettaThe Ferrari F12 Berlinetta has only just started deliveries in Europe, but already the people at Novitec Rosso, the German experts at tuning Ferraris and other exotics, have got their hands on the car and prepared a first round of modifications. And yes, Novitec’s engineers have managed to...
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It's often hard to get excited about hybrid cars these days. The new sheen of the technology itself has worn off, leaving behind the dull and often tarnished statistics about gas mileage and savings--neglecting, of course, the purchase price penalty. But in the case of Volvo's V60 Diesel Plug-in Hybrid sold overseas, there is some new technology--or at least new applications of existing technology--that should stir up your curious side, especially now that it has entered production for the 2013 model year. After the first batch of 1,000 of the diesel plug-ins, the car will shift to the 2014...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class Teased In New VideoUPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Mercedes-Benz will introduce its facelifted E Class range at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January, where we will get to see the latest evolution of the automaker's design language spearheaded by current...
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BMW Turns The M6 Into A Printing Press: VideoIn it’s most elemental form, a rotary printing press consists of a cylinder that’s coated with ink, rolling across a sheet of paper. Though neither economical nor practical, it’s entirely possible to turn a car into a printing press, once you engineer a solution to spray the...
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Jay Leno Shows Off His Unrestored 1918 Cadillac Type 57: VideoWe’ll admit to being impressed by unrestored and original muscle cars, dating back (in some cases) nearly 50 years. That’s why Jay Leno’s unrestored and original 1918 Cadillac Type 57 Victoria is even more amazing, as its in nearly pristine condition for its nine-plus decades of...
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1969 AMC AMX Defines What A Pro Touring Car Should Be: VideoIn 1968, American Motors introduced a short-wheelbase, two-seat sports car called the AMX that many saw as a shot across the bow of the Chevrolet Corvette. Despite serving up reasonable performance (especially when equipped with the 390 cubic-inch V-8, rated at 325 horsepower) at bargain-basement...
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Lap The Circuit Of The Americas With Pirelli: VideoWhen the lights go out at the start of Sunday’s United States Grand Prix, drivers will be challenged by the first new Formula One track since India’s Buddh International Circuit debuted in 2011. Over the next 56 laps of the 5.52 kilometer (3.43 mile) circuit, drivers will face 15...
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One of the most anticipated cars of the coming year, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette, or "C7" as it's known to fans, is set to be revealed for the first time on January 13 before making an appearance at the Detroit Auto Show the very next day. In the lead up to its arrival, Chevrolet is dropping bits of information to help quell the anticipation of the legions of fans desperate to see the car finally unveiled. Recently, the automaker revealed the new crossed flags emblem that would appear on the car. It then followed up with details on the 2014 Corvette’s 6.2-liter 'LT1' V-8 engine. Its...
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Watch KTM’s X-Bow RR Lap The ‘Ring In 7:25German racing driver Christophe Haase has taken a KTM X-Bow RR around the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife in a brisk 7:25.72, and while the car he was piloting is in fact a racing version of the KTM X-Bow, his achievement is still very impressive as you’ll see in this video. It shows...
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2014 Rolls-Royce Ghost Coupe Spy VideoDevelopment of the new Rolls-Royce Ghost Coupe is progressing nicely, as evidenced by this spy video showing a prototype being flung around the arduous Nürburgring-Nordschleife with sports car-like pace. This makes sense, as the Ghost Coupe, which may end up reviving the Corniche name, is to...
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Magnus Walker Brings His 911T To Jay Leno's Garage: VideoMagnus Walker, star of the documentary Urban Outlaw, has an extreme passion for early Porsche 911s. While he owns numerous examples, one of his favorites is a 1971 911T built as a “streetable race car.” Walker’s 911T is built much like any club racer, with a nod towards increasing...
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First Video Of The 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black SeriesLate last week the 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series made its online the debut. The car is the latest in a lineage that includes some of the most potent vehicles ever to wear the AMG badge, and it may just be the most capable model yet from the Affalterbach tuner. We won’t get to see it...
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2013 Land Rover Range Rover first drive reviewForty years ago, the plan was beautiful: take the first Range Rover to Morocco to show off its dune-stalking, terrain-conquering prowess and bedazzle the world's press. A popular uprising has a way of changing history and itineraries--like so (sweeps arm across desk)--so the launch was scrubbed...
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If you weren't aware Scion has a rally team that competes in Rally America, you're forgiven. We didn't either. But this video offers a great look at the team's season, and what they did to prep for the Olympus Rally. After working with DirtFish rally school and David Higgins from Subaru's SRT USA, driver Andrew Comrie-Picard set off on the first stage, setting a quick time for the 2WD division. A dust cloud in one of the night stages put the team behind again, but Comrie-Picard pulled it back in, finishing second in the rally, 20 seconds back. That gave the Scion Rally team enough points to...
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Nissan GT-R Chief Engineer Talks About What's New For 2014The Nordschleife has claimed its fair share of cars in races, in open tourist days, and in vehicle development. Nissan has set about turning the tables, claiming the Green Hell for the GT-R. For the 2014 model, the emphasis on Nürburgring was even greater, with engineers working to perfect its...
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Japan’s TGMY Laps Suzuka Circuit With Electric Toyota GT 86: VideoFor many readers it may seem like sacrilege, but for a company specializing in the sale of electric car components, in this case TGMY, converting a Toyota GT 86 (sold here as the Scion FR-S) to run on batteries is certainly an interesting way of promoting your wares. However, TGMY, based in Osaka...
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Porsche 911 GT2 RS Takes On Ducati 1199 Panigale With Chris Harris (Again): VideoThis summer, we brought you Chris Harris's last go around with the Porsche 911 GT2 RS and the Ducati 1199 Panigale superbike on the drag strip. As you'll remember, the Ducati destroyed the Porsche. But would things be different if the strip were a bit longer, the speeds higher? Perhaps. That's the...
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Not Your Average Grocery-Getter - TS Racing's 1,074 HP Audi S3: VideoThough forbidden fruit for those of us on this side of the Atlantic (for now, anyway), Audi’s S3 hot hatch combines above average performance with plenty of luxury amenities in a sensible hatchback body style. In stock form, the car comes with a turbocharged 2.0-liter TFSI engine, rated at...
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Sergio Pininfarina Exhibition Draws Record Crowds: VideoTo celebrate the lifelong contribution of Sergio Pininfarina, who passed away earlier this year at age 85, Ferrari is running an exhibition dedicated to the late designer at its museum in Maranello, Italy. The exhibition features examples of most of Pininfarina’s creations for the Prancing...
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