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Audi joins the electric race later this year with the arrival of the e-tron, a mid-size SUV with space for five and all the luxury you'd typically find in an Audi. The brand with the four rings chose to roll out a prototype on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, giving audiences their first close-up look at the new SUV. Audi wasn't willing to reveal any new specs for the e-tron but hinted at a range of at least 250 miles. A 150-kilowatt fast-charging system will provide 80 percent charge in about 30 minutes. In the original e-tron quattro concept that was unveiled in 2015 to...
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2019 Jaguar I-Pace revealed: Jag's electric crossover power playThe 2019 Jaguar I-Pace electric crossover SUV broke cover Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, catapulting the small luxury automaker into the EV era with its first a long-range, battery-electric vehicle. The production version follows a long lap of the I-Pace concept, which we...
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2019 Audi A6 revealed: The key(less) to new luxury?The new 2019 Audi A6 was mostly telegraphed. The luxury four-door sedan that was revealed Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show follows the same jabs that the larger 2019 Audi A8 and 2019 Audi A7 threw first with a mid-size uppercut from Ingolstadt. The A6 combines technology found in...
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Ferrari 488 Pista revealed, packs same power as McLaren 720SFerrari's hardcore version of the 488 GTB was revealed last month as the new 488 Pista. The car made its debut on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, where Ferrari dropped a few new details. Pista, of course, is the Italian word for “track,” and a track is very much...
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Pininfarina H2 Speed supercar confirmed for productionItalian design house Pininfarina used the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show to unveil the H2 Speed concept. The sultry supercar featured a hydrogen fuel cell power source and provided a glimpse at a potential future for motorsports where race cars produce zero emissions. It turns out the concept...
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2019 Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe ready to challenge the Porsche PanameraMercedes-AMG revealed its standalone sedan on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, ahead of the vehicle's sales launch late this summer. The Affalterbach tuner is referring to the car as the GT 4-Door Coupe, with the naming practice in keeping with parent company Mercedes-Benz's...
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Chinese electric car startup Hybrid Kinetic has unveiled a new concept car at a major auto show for the fourth time in less than two years. The latest study is the HK GT, described as an electric grand tourer powered by an extended-range electric powertrain. It made its debut on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, where it stunned audiences with its sensuous lines penned by Italy's Pininfarina. The concept is a large, graceful coupe, a body style also implied by its GT name. HK's previous concepts included the H600 sedan and K550 and K750 SUVs. The sedan was shown at last...
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Lamborghini Huracán Performante Spyder is your new old-school, hairy chested roadsterToday's auto shows increasingly focus on green and autonomous vehicles, but don't tell Lamborghini that. On Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, the automaker introduced a convertible version of its lightweight Huracán Performante, offering the well-heeled enthusiast an...
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Aston Martin to make Lagonda a premium EV brandBehold the Lagonda Vision concept by Aston Martin. Unveiled on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, the concept signals Aston Martin's intention to resurrect historic British marque Lagonda as a standalone brand for electric cars in the ultra-luxury segment. It also previews the...
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Porsche rolls out Mission E Cross Turismo concept in GenevaPorsche has given us an indication of a potential second body style for its electric car arriving in 2019. At the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show on Tuesday, Porsche rolled out the Mission E Cross Turismo concept and said the show car had good prospects for making it into production. We think...
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Luxury with a conscience: Bentley Bentayga Hybrid unveiled in GenevaBuyers of the Bentley Bentayga no longer need to feel guilty lugging their 2-ton-plus luxury SUVs around town as a plug-in hybrid model will soon be available. Unveiled on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, the new Bentayga Hybrid represents the British marque's first step toward...
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This is the view of the Formula One halo from the driver's seatFormula One testing is underway ahead of the upcoming 2018 season. One of the biggest changes for this year's cars is how teams and drivers respond to that new batch of bodywork sitting in front of the cockpit. Last year, the FIA decided that a halo would be used to protect drivers from debris and...
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Mercedes-AMG is the latest Formula 1 team to reveal its car for the 2018 World Championship: the W09 EQ Power+. The car is an evolution of last year's W08 EQ Power+ that star driver Lewis Hamilton drove to a fourth title. He's odds-on favorite to win this year, too, as the W09 is expected to be even faster. Mercedes is calling it the fastest grand prix car in the automaker's history. Its reveal took place at the Silverstone Circuit, close to where the team is based, and Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas was the first to take it for a spin. After last season's dramatic changes, the...
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Waymo given green light to commercialize self-driving taxisWaymo has become the first company, at least in the United States, to receive regulatory approval for the commercialization of a self-driving taxi service where no human driver is required. The approval was given to Waymo in late January by the Arizona Department of Transportation, Ryan Harding, a...
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2019 Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe spy shots and videoIt was previewed in concept form only last March, but prototypes for Mercedes-AMG’s standalone sedan are already at a late stage of development. We’re talking about the production version of AMG’s GT sedan concept unveiled at the 2017 Geneva auto show, and judging by the latest...
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Lotus dials up 430 horses for 3-Eleven's final production runLotus has revealed a fitting farewell to its track-focused 3-Eleven with one final evolution. The British sports car maker on Tuesday unveiled the 3-Eleven 430, which comes with substantial upgrades in performance including a power bump to 430 horsepower for the stock 3.5-liter supercharged V-6...
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This is the Alfa Romeo-branded 2018 Sauber F1 carWe're just over a month out from the first race of the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship and all of the teams set to compete are slowly revealing their new race cars. The latest is Sauber, which we learned in December will compete under the banner Alfa Romeo Sauber thanks to a sponsorship deal with...
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2019 Rolls-Royce Cullinan spy shots and videoWork on Rolls-Royce’s new SUV due in 2018 continues, as evidenced by recent prototype sightings. It was in early 2015 that Rolls-Royce announced plans for an SUV, but the sighting of a test mule a few weeks later confirmed that work on the automaker’s first “high-sided...
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It was only a matter of time before Hennessey Performance Engineering got its hands on a 2018 Dodge Challenger Demon, and as usual, the Texas performance tuner performed baseline tests to see just how fast and quick the muscle car is. HPE performed three tests: a quarter-mile drag pass, a top speed run, and a dyno pull. In the first video, HPE sends the Demon down the quarter-mile to clock a 10.80 elapsed time. HPE disclosed that the Demon was not running on 100-plus-octane gasoline in the videos, instead opting for more common 93-octane fuel. By foregoing the high-octane gasoline and the...
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2018 Porsche 911 GT3 RS spy shots and videoThe track weapon that is the Porsche 911 GT3 RS is about to be sharpened just a little bit more. Our spy shots and video reveal a prototype for an updated GT3 RS that we’re expecting to be revealed next month at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. Official photos of the car have already...
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8 years after reveal, New Stratos to finally see limited productionLike something from another dimension, the Lancia Stratos' radical design still blows minds almost five decades after its introduction. The design was particularly inspiring to German billionaire Michael Stoschek who last decade commissioned Pininfarina to craft him a modern example based on the...
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SpaceX sends Falcon Heavy rocket to Mars carrying Tesla Roadster payloadHats off to Elon Musk because he's done it. He and his team at SpaceX on Tuesday successfully launched the Falcon Heavy rocket on a mission to Mars—with a Tesla Roadster strapped to the nose. This is a test run for what's likely to be more missions to Mars, and it's being used to gather data...
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2020 BMW X5 M spy shots and videoA new generation of the BMW X5 is just around the corner, and once again there will be a high-performance model developed by the M division. A prototype for the high-performance model, the X5 M, has been spotted once again. It features the large intakes typical of an M car, as well as lowered...
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Here are the top car ads from Super Bowl LIISunday's Super Bowl LII saw the Philadelphia Eagles overthrow the New England Patriots in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 41 to 33. But it also saw a number of car ads, including a record five from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. We'll remind you that the cost of a 30-second spot during the Big Game ranges into...
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