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It may be named after the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, but Rolls-Royce's new Cullinan ultra-luxury SUV is certainly no diamond in the rough. It's polished from the get go and answers a direct call from Rolls-Royce customers seeking a vehicle that can handle any terrain together with the effortless luxury the company's cars are renowned. Rolls-Royce also has a bit of history in off-road vehicles as the company's founders, Charles Rolls and Henry Royce, competed in rigorous overland adventures such as the Scottish Reliability Trials and the London to Edinburgh event and the...
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Classic Car Studio shares its 1953 Ford F100 with Jay LenoThe restomod world is filled with plenty of hopped-up cars with over-the-top styling apparently the main design concern. Today, we're looking at something different...and it's better because of that. This is a 1953 Ford F100 that's been reworked and customized by Noah Alexander and his Classic Car...
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Watch lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano melt a MustangLava and hot gasses have spewed out of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island since Thursday, causing the evacuation of thousands of residents in the surrounding area. There haven't been any injuries but approximately 35 structures have been destroyed by the various fissures that have opened up...
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Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV teased ahead of May 10 revealRolls-Royce is set to enter the SUV game this year with a new model called the Cullinan, the name borrowed from the largest diamond in the British Crown Jewels. It was in early 2015 that Rolls-Royce first announced plans for the vehicle and on May 10 the covers will finally come off. To build the...
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Putin takes delivery of his new presidential limoIn March, Russian President Vladimir Putin was once again elected President of his nation, and he took the oath of office on Monday. With that title came a swanky new set of wheels that Putin used for his ride to his inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin. The Russian Central Scientific Research...
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Nico Rosberg takes us for a spin in Monaco in his Mercedes-Benz 300SLNico Rosberg has been quite busy since stepping down from Formula 1 at the end of the 2016 season, the same season in which he secured his first and only world title driving for Mercedes-AMG. In addition to building up a presence on social media and starting his own go karting academy, Rosberg has...
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It's hard to believe it's been almost a decade since the Aston Martin Rapide went on sale, as even to this day the sexy fastback sedan remains one of the best looking four-door cars on the market. The Rapide is on its way out, however, and there aren't any plans for a direct successor since Aston Martin is handing responsibility for sedans over to its revived Lagonda sub-brand. To ensure the Rapide is sent off in style, the British firm has a couple of things in store for fans. One will be an electric version of the car due next year and the other will be a high-performance version wearing an...
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Here's what a couple of Le Mans winners think of the Jaguar XE SV Project 8Jaguar created a monster sedan when it built the XE SV Project 8. The 592-horsepower four-door set a production car record when it went around the 'Ring in just 7:21.23 back in 2017. The full production version is being made even faster and Jaguar has quite the helping hand as the Project 8 enters...
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Watch a Porsche 919 race car cruise through New York CityPorsche has created a version of its already legendary 919 Hybrid race car to serve as a tribute machine for everything the car accomplished during its recent racing career in the World Endurance Championship. Built without the burden of motorsport regulations, the car has been made even faster and...
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2019 Porsche Macan spy shots and videoLike the Cayenne before it, the Macan has been a huge hit for Porsche. It’s the marque’s most popular model, with more than 97,000 delivered in 2017 alone. Having been introduced for 2015, the Macan is now at the midway point in its life cycle. To keep sales brimming, Porsche will...
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A "controversial" Bugatti Chiron variant is comingBugatti, Volkswagen Group's French hypercar brand, has a new Chiron variant in the works. Apparently, this won't be a typical special edition model. Instead, the vehicle is quite "controversial." That's the word YouTuber Whitesse JR used to describe the new Chiron variant. The cameraman was...
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Fast as h: Lexus out to promote performance aspect of hybridsIf we say "hybrid", your mind instantly moves to visions of slow wedge-bricks clogging up the fast lane on your local highway. Lexus is looking to change that. A new campaign called "Fast as h" aims to show the performance aspect aligned with its own hybrid offerings. Those aspects are easy to see...
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Vintage SUVs are a big business right now. Icon was ahead of the trend when it came to establishing a market for restored classic utility vehicles. Now there are a few companies out there ready to exchange a perfectly restored vintage brute for a healthy sack of cash. One of them is The FJ Company of Miami, Florida, and we're pretty sure you can guess what it's building. If not, here's a video showing the restoration process on an old Toyota FJ40. The FJ Company is focusing its efforts on old Toyota Land Cruisers. Specifically, the FJ40 and FJ43 generation vehicles. It's also completed a...
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Ford Focus Active soft-roader is sole Focus variant for North AmericaFord last month took the covers off a redesigned Focus in hatchback (regular and soft-roader), sedan and wagon body styles. The car represents the fourth generation of the popular compact and is due in most markets later this year. Unfortunately, Ford last week confirmed that North America will...
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Watch the full pilot for “Edd China's Garage Revival”Former “Wheeler Dealers” mechanic Edd China is back with a new show whose pilot episode went live Tuesday. Called “Edd China's Garage Revival,” it sees China doing what he does best: wrenching and hammering on old cars while explaining in great detail the key restoration...
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Ford's high-tech windows let the blind enjoy the sceneryFord has created a truly wonderful piece of technology. It's called Feel the View and the device allows the blind or visually impaired enjoy the scenery and world around them while traveling in a car. Created in Italy with communications agency GTB Roma and local startup Aedo, which specializes in...
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Rust will compromise your car's safety in a crashRust is never a good thing on a car. Though many simply see rust as a cosmetic issue or an eyesore, the problems go much deeper. Swedish insurance company Folksam and the homeowner organization Villaägarnas Riksförbund published a video showing how much rust compromises a car's...
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Meet the folks behind the world's first Tesla Model S wagonA company by the name of QWest Norfolk based in the United Kingdom late last year completed development of a wagon conversion for the Tesla Model S. The company is a carbon fiber specialist and chose to use the lightweight stuff for the modifications on its Model S, with some of the carbon fiber...
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Homologation is a wonderful thing. Without it, we wouldn't have some amazing street cars based on truly legendary racing vehicles. Think Ferrari 250 GTO, Ford RS200 Evolution or Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR. Another such car is the Lancia 037 Stradale, which is the road car variant of the iconic Italian rally car. Barely over 200 were built, and one ultra-clean example recently found its way into Jay Leno's Garage for a little time in front of the camera. The car is owned by Phillip Sarofim, and he's clearly infatuated with the bright red machine. He refers to it as an oft overlooked member of...
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Here's how Audi uses electric compressors to eliminate turbo lagAutomakers have started using electric compressors to help eliminate lag in their turbocharged engines. The first with the technology was Audi, which introduced it in its SQ7 TDI high-performance diesel SUV sold overseas. The SUV's engine features a pair of turbochargers, a diesel V-8, a 48-volt...
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Land Rover marks 70 years of making its own roadsApril 30th is a special day for the Land Rover brand. On April 30 day 70 years ago, the very first Land Rover was revealed at the 1948 Amsterdam auto show. Since then, a total of 7,357,676 Land Rovers have been built, as of April 30,2018. To mark the occasion, Land Rover held a special live...
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Is Porsche testing a track-only version of its 911 GT2 RS?Porsche's 911 GT2 RS is already the fastest production car around the Nürburgring but a quicker version designed strictly for track use may be in the works. Porsche over the past six months has been testing a GT2 RS fitted with additional air vents, a more aggressive rear wing borrowed from...
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Drive Toyota's GR Supra Racing concept in “Gran Turismo Sport”Toyota's new Supra won't reach showrooms until next year but you can already test the car, or at least a concept of it, in the latest update for the “Gran Turismo Sport” video game on Sony's PlayStation 4. The concept is the GR Supra Racing concept that Toyota rolled out at last month's...
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2019 Audi A1 spy shots and videoEngineers from Audi are out testing prototypes for a new generation of the A1 subcompact hatchback. The current A1 debuted in 2010 and sadly was never offered in the United States. We’re afraid there’s also little chance we’ll see the redesigned model as Audi has ruled out...
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