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World Rally Championship racing is heating up even as other categories appear to be struggling: MINI recently revealed its new entry for the 2013 season, and Fiat’s Abarth motorsport division is expected to announce its own entry soon. Volkswagen, too, has confirmed its interest, having already revealed its new Polo R WRC race car that’s destined to throw gravel in the 2013 season. Now the German auto giant has announced that official testing of the Polo R WRC has commenced, with the car recently being taken for a spin by WRC and Dakar winner Carlos Sainz as well as VW exec Dr...
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For GT Academy Winner Heitkotter, The Next Step Is Dubai: VideoBryan Heitkotter has turned his passion for the Gran Turismo 5 video game into a shot at a professional driving career, beginning with the 2012 24 Hours of Dubai.
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An Android App For... Cruise Control?
App writer Cellurl has created an app that interfaces with your car to act as a cruise control, and we're not sure that's an entirely good idea.
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Chevy Turns 100 Today, And Here's How It's Celebrating: Video
To honor its 100th birthday, Chevy is celebrating with regional, national and international events.
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Lexus Presents The 2013 GS 350 F Sport At SEMA: Video
Lexus chose SEMA 2011 for the official public unveiling of its upcoming 2013 GS 350 F Sport sedan.
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Fiat Teases The U.S.-Spec 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth: Video
Fiat is close to launching the U.S. spec Fiat 500 Abarth, and this first teaser video tries to position the car as a rebel and a bad boy.
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As the video for Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTAV) hits the internet, we finally have our first glimpse at what's sure to become one of the most popular - and controversial - games of 2012. Set in Los Santos, a fictional (but eerily accurate) facsimile of Los Angeles, it looks to follow the story of a retired criminal wanting to start a new life in the sun and surf of the California-like San Andreas county. Predictably, this doesn't work out for our protagonist and he's drawn into a life of crime in the new city, with robberies, car thefts and extortion likely to be the order of the day. The setting...
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Nissan Juke-R Video: Gearbox And Drivetrain
This week's video shows the challenges of adapting the GT-R's driveline to the Juke platform.
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Blake Griffin Kia Optima: 2011 SEMA Live Photos
Earlier this year, Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin pulled a wicked dunk over a Kia Optima (video below), and now Kia has taken the wraps off a Blake Griffin-themed Optima. Wearing a basketball-textured exterior in House of Color sunset and cinnamon pearl paint, custom wheels, and a host...
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Land-Speed-Record Motorcyclist Bill Warner Survives 238-MPH Crash
Veteran land-speed-record motorcyclist Bill Warner recently survived a 238 mph crash while attempting to break his existing 311.94 mph record.
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Rowan Atkinson Turns Into Mr. Bean While Watching Formula 1
We can't be sure of Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton's cooking skills, but he apparently knows how to steam a Bean. While attending the inaugural Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix over the weekend, Mr. Bean and Johnny English star Rowan Atkinson appeared progressively upset over the McLaren driver's...
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Tuned Ferrari 458 Italia Takes On Lamborghini Aventador: Video
Underground Racing upgrades the Ferrari 458 Italia enough to put it in Aventador territory.
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If you've previously taken a few liberties with speed, knowing that a radar trap will catch someone else instead, then you'd better hope your local law enforcement won't be using one of these any time soon... The Cordon photo radar system is the latest in radar speed detection technology, able to track every vehicle on the road through a certain area and make instant judgements on their speed, grading them according to lawlessness. According to Engadget, the Cordon generates two images, one wide-angle shot and another closeup to pick out drivers' licence plates. It can track up to 32 vehicles...
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2012 MINI Roadster Makes Its Video Debut
Watch as the all-new 2012 MINI Roadster shows its moves through the back alleys of Istanbul.
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Awesomely Ridiculous Supercar Traffic Jam: Video
Traffic jams are no fun, unless that traffic jam is completely full of supercars.
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Four Tuning Houses Create World's Fastest Mercedes SLR McLaren
The world's fastest SLR will debut in SEMA next week..
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Chevrolet Celebrates 100 Years Of Racing Heritage: Video
Chevrolet is choosing to mark its 100th birthday by reminding customers of it's long and storied racing history.
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Harold Martin Bringing 1,000-HP Cadillac CTS-V Coupe To SEMA
It used to be that cracking the 500 horsepower mark was an epic achievement in the world of tuner cars built for the street. Now there’s no shortage of tuning firms willing to build anyone with the money--and the cajones--cars capable of developing up to and exceeding 1,000 horsepower. Just...
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Making its debut next week at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas will be the 2013 Lexus GS 350 F Sport, a slightly less mild version of the recently revealed 2013 Lexus GS 350 though a far cry from the high-performance GS F everyone is holding out for. While the few static shots of the car released by Lexus show off some of its details, this latest video gives us the best indication of how the sporty variant of the GS 350 line will look out on the road. While we can’t say the F Sport enhancements detract from the clean lines of the regular GS 350, it...
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Watch An AMG Designer Pen A New Model In Time-Lapse Video
When designing the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG, designers first start with a pencil and a blank sheet of paper.
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2012 Porsche 911 Laps Laguna Seca At Rennsport Reunion IV
Who needs an excuse to spend a few minutes watching a 2012 Porsche 911 circulate around Laguna Seca? Certainly not us. If you do, however, we'll give you a few. First, the driver is Patrick Long, factory racer for Porsche. Second, the chase car is a Cayman R piloted by Leh Keen, GT class champion...
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Nissan Juke-R Video: The Engine
This week's installment of the Nissan Juke-R build video series shows fitting the engine into the body, and working out the details of airflow to keep the engine cool.
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Hennessey 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302: Gone In 10.9 Seconds
The tires used a super-slick drag radials but otherwise the Mustang you see here is what you get from Hennessey's HPE700 Supercharged package for the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302.
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2013 Cadillac ATS Inside The Green Hell: Video
Cadillac is taking its work on the 2013 ATS sedan very seriously--particularly the performance testing at the Nurburgring. To that end, it's showing off its effort in a series of videos. The latest focuses once again on what's being done at the Nurburgring to make it capable of competing with the...
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