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You can call U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood many things, but "slouch" isn't on the list. At a time when computing and social media are expanding to fill every corner of our daily lives, LaHood is pushing back, urging automakers to limit the technology included in new cars. Not only that, but he's also asking auto companies to give up valuable ad dollars to help his campaign against texting and driving. For years, LaHood has been on an aggressive push to curb distracted driving -- and rightly so: 5,500 people were killed by distracted drivers on U.S. roadways in 2009 alone. So...
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Did Audi Rip-Off Chrysler’s Imported From Detroit Ad Starring Eminem?The recently revealed 2012 Audi A6 Avant luxury station wagon may not be coming to the U.S. but does that mean Audi can release a promo video for the car that’s almost identical to one of this year’s most popular local car commercials? We’ll leave you to be the judge as to whether...
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Aston Martin Reverie: VideoOwning a car like the Aston Martin V12 Vantage is a dream for most auto enthusiasts, but for a lucky few, it is a reality. While we certainly wish we were among those lucky few who can actually afford the $179,995 asking price for the sultry two-door, we’ll have to suffice with this latest...
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Driver ‘Arrested’ For Drifting Around Police Car: VideoBefore the angry comments start coming in, let us be the first to state that this is not real and is in fact just a mock scenario involving a rogue driver in a parking lot drifting around a police car. The video is a promotional piece for the Joe Usry Auto Group located in Jackson, Mississippi, a...
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Tanner Foust Takes Hot Wheels Jump To Record 332-Foot DistanceMaybe I was irreparably scarred by my youth watching Dukes of Hazzard, but jumping cars is just about the coolest thing a person can do. Unfortunately, cars don't magically repair themselves like the Dodge Chargers did on the show. But not all cars are used like handi-wipes when filming stunt...
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1,500-HP Twin-Turbo Corvette Hits 231 MPH At Texas MileHigh-speed runs might seem simple enough: lots of runway, a straight line, and your foot to the floor. But they can go horrendously wrong at a moment's notice. That's what makes this 231-mph standing mile run by the Late Model Racecraft 1,500-horsepower twin-turbo Corvette in the video below all...
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The F10M, as it's known internally, or 2012 BMW M5 as we'll soon know it, has just got another prototype video teaser straight from BMW, this time in high-speed testing at the Nardo Ring, where we see the car passing 315 km/h or so (about 195 mph) as the driver casually sips coffee. The German marque is clearly trying to build the hype around its uber-saloon, and we can't disagree with the premise: the M5 has been one hell of a car for several generations. It may not be the most outrageous of the hot German four-doors, and it is in fact dropping the sonorous V-10 screamer of the last model...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster In Detail: VideoThe all-new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster broke cover this past weekend, ahead of its official world debut this September at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, and now we have a new video of the elegant luxury convertible explaining its every detail. The video includes a demonstration of the...
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Ferrari 599 GTO Hits Pole While Reversing: VideoDriving an exotic supercar like the Ferrari 599 GTO on public streets can often be difficult, thanks mostly to low ride heights, poor visibility and a throttle pedal that feels like you’re about to launch a scud missile with just inches of movement of your right foot. It also doesn’t...
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Aston Martin V12 Zagato Makes Race Debut At The NurburgringWe just can’t get enough of the sultry Aston Martin V12 Zagato and we hope you can’t either as we now have a new gallery of the coachbuilt coupe at its official race debut this past weekend at the 53rd ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup leg of the VLN series at Germany’s notorious Nurburgring...
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Break Free Of Traffic Jams With John Cleese & TomTom: VideoEverybody loves John Cleese, right? Beyond his work on the popular Monty Python and Fawlty Towers TV shows -- not to mention many memorable film appearances -- he's written for stage and screen, and he's managed to inject some much-needed humor into the political climate of both the U.S. and...
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Volvo Testing Flywheel KERS, Claims 20 Percent Fuel Consumption DropWe’ve seen it in Formula 1 over the years, and Porsche has relatively successfully implanted one in its 911 GT3 R Hybrid race cars, but now Volvo is testing one with an aim to bring it to the world of production cars. We’re of course talking about a Kinetic Energy Recovery System...
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The Pagani Huayra is an unusual-looking supercar, with all its active aerodynamics and arthropod proportions, but it sounds absolutely brilliant thanks to the 7.3-liter Mercedes-Benz V-12 under the engine cover. This video is just more evidence. Or, if you wish, ear porn. Crank the speakers and enjoy. [Marchettino on YouTube] ---------- Stay up to date by following us on Facebook and Twitter.
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Chevy To Invite Customers To Camaro Homecoming In Canada: VideoThis year will mark the 45th anniversary of the Camaro and the centennial anniversary for Chevrolet. To celebrate the event, Chevrolet and the Ontario Camaro Club are inviting customers to Oshawa, Ontario, Canada from June 10-12. Planned events include a plant tour, a product announcement regarding...
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Video: Look Ma, No Driver! ZMP RoboCar Memorizes Route MapFeeling lazy? Don't feel like driving home from work tonight? Sounds like an autonomous car would be right up your street... ZMP's RoboCar doesn't quite have the aesthetics or practicality (and especially not the performance) of Google's automated Toyota Prius, but the technology it demonstrates is...
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Fernando Alonso Slides Ferrari 458 Around Track: VideoPerhaps in celebration of the extension of his Formula 1 contract with Ferrari to 2016, Fernando Alonso took a Ferrari 458 around the test track in Fiorano. He brought a passenger along for the ride, and the unidentified man seemed to enjoy it, based on his unabashed giggling. We'd probably giggle...
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2011 BMW 1-Series M Coupe First DriveYou may have already read reviews of the 2011 BMW 1-Series M Coupe (aka 1M), but if you have, you've likely suffered through strained historical analogies, detailed comparisons to previous M cars, and sheets of performance data. You'll find a minimum of that here. Instead, I offer you a fellow...
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Future Windshields Make Driving A Lot More Like Grand Theft Auto: VideoHave you ever been motoring down the street and thought, "Well, okay, this is fine, but driving would be a lot more fun if it were more like a videogame"? So have we. Thankfully, the folks at Autoglass have, too. Autoglass put together a video envisioning the windshield of the future -- 2020 to be...
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In 2009 Swiss engineering and design firm Protoscar unveiled its first Lampo electric sports car prototype, and just one year later the firm unveiled the follow up to the original Lampo, the aptly named Lampo2. Now, almost exactly two years after the unveiling of the first Lampo prototype, the guys at Protoscar have unveiled, you guessed it, the Lampo3 electric sports car prototype. The Protoscar Lampo3 is described as a ‘purpose-built’ prototype, in this case a high-performance sports car. It features a light weight chassis over which a 2+2 sports car body is draped. Power comes...
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Ferrari Superamerica 45 Flips Its Lid: VideoRemember the Ferrari 575M Superamerica? The one based on the 575M Maranello but with a cool folding hard-top that simply flipped over? Well, Ferrari has built another exotic with the innovative roof system, this time based on the 575M’s successor, the 599 GTB Fiorano. Like the previous car...
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Video: Autoglass Hints At Augmented Reality WindshieldIt's like something from a racing videogame: Your familiar view through the windshield to the world outside, but with all the information you need projected in front of you less than a glance away. It's automobile glass repair and replacement company Autoglass's vision of the future and takes the...
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1,000 Horsepower Ford GT Burns To The Ground: VideoWe’re proud to admit the Ford GT is one of our favorite supercars here at MotorAuthority. An iconic design with just enough modern touches to make it look new, the Ford GT is hard not to love and its V-8 engine just begs to be pushed hard. So hard in fact that several aftermarket tuners have...
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Nissan Leaf Nismo RC Electric Race Car Hits The Track: VideoThe Nissan Leaf Nismo RC electric race car is an intriguing look at the (very likely) inevitable future of motorsports, and the day we're all talking in volts, amps, and kilowatt-hours instead of horsepower and fuel capacity may not be that far off as we saw yesterday with the Formulec EF01. While...
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Dodge Viper Does Burnout Minus Its Body: VideoRemember the Saab 9-3 wagon that received a heart transplant from a Dodge Viper we reported on yesterday? Well, here is the Dodge Viper, minus its body, just before being inserted into the shell of the awaiting Scandinavian wagon. As we can see from this video, the bodyless Dodge Viper, complete...
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