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“Ghost in the Shell” is an upcoming movie based on a popular Japanese manga of the same name. It’s set in a future city landscape which means audiences will be treated to some advanced technologies and vehicles, one of which will be a futuristic motorcycle designed by Honda. The motorcycle, shown here in some design sketches, is based on the current Honda NM4. The frame is made from carbon fiber and accented with LEDs, including for the Honda logo. The brief for the designers was to make the motorcycle “neo-futuristic” and “cool.” Honda says the...
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2018 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabrio drops top at Geneva auto showMercedes-Benz has completed its fifth-generation E-Class family with the reveal of the 2018 E-Class Cabriolet. The handsome drop-top made its debut this week at the 2017 Geneva auto show and goes on sale before the year is out. It arrives as a 2018 model. The design was hardly a mystery as Mercedes...
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Aston Martin hypercar named Valkyrie, presented in GenevaThe V naming strategy at Aston Martin dates back almost 70 years to 1951, when the British brand gave a DB2 about 20 more horsepower and applied the Vantage name to the new “high performance” 125-hp car. Now, Aston Martin is applying Norse-power to the hypercar it is co-developing with...
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2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar revealed, priced from $50,895Meet the newest addition to the Land Rover lineup: the 2018 Range Rover Velar. The Velar name is derived from the Latin velare, meaning to “veil” or “cover,” and was first used by Land Rover as a code name for prototypes for the original Range Rover launched almost five...
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2018 Volvo XC60 leaked ahead of Geneva debutVolvo will unveil its redesigned XC60 tomorrow at the 2017 Geneva auto show but the first photo has already surfaced. Posted on Autoblog.nl, the leaked shot reveals that the second-generation model closely resembles the larger XC90 with which it shares a platform, in this case Volvo’s modular...
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New Volvo XC60 to automatically steer out of troubleThe latest version of the Volvo City Safety collision avoidance system will be able to automatically steer a car of trouble, within the given road rules. It will debut on the redesigned Volvo XC60 due to be unveiled at next week’s 2017 Geneva auto show, and will make its way into other...
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Genovation Cars is intent on proving that electric cars can perform. Last year, the Rockville, Maryland, company set the standing mile record for a street-legal electric car and then the land speed record. Now it's at it again. Running its prototype Genovation GXE based on a C6 Chevrolet Corvette, the company set a new standing mile speed record and a new land speed record last week. The hits just keep coming. Taking off from a stop, with just a whisper from its EV powertrain, the GXE reached 209.0 mph at the Kennedy Space Center's Space Shuttle Landing Facility in Merritt Island Florida...
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2017 Mercedes AMG F1 car revealed, introduces new naming strategyThe reigning champion—and current title favorites—Mercedes AMG Petronas is the latest to unveil its race car for the 2017 Formula One World Championship. The car is officially known as the W08 EQ Power+, and its unveiling took place Thursday at Silverstone in the United Kingdom. On hand...
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Lexus confirms multi-stage hybrid system for 2018 LS 500hLexus will unveil the 2018 LS 500h hybrid sedan at next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show, and the automaker has confirmed the car will feature the innovative multi-stage hybrid system that we first saw in the LC 500h. The system combines an internal combustion engine with two motor-generators...
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Renault Sport reveals 2017 Formula One racerRenault Sport on Tuesday unveiled its challenger for the 2017 Formula One World Championship, the R.S.17. Renault didn’t enjoy a miracle start to its comeback last year and instead ended the season third last, with only Sauber and defunct team Manor behind it. There’s renewed hope with...
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New season of ‘Top Gear’ starts March 5, coming to BBC America March 13Is there any hope for a “Top Gear” revival now that the show’s former hosts are causing up a storm on Amazon’s “The Grand Tour” rival? With Chris Evans out and Chris Harris in, we say there’s a good chance. And the first trailer out for the new season with...
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2018 Dodge Durango SRT: The family hauler gets meanerThe Dodge Durango and Jeep Grand Cherokee share different versions of the same architecture. Yet, while the Jeep has offered a high-performance SRT model for two generations, the Durango never has. Now we have it. Just ahead of the Chicago Auto Show, Dodge pulled the wraps off the 2018 Durango SRT...
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Mercedes AMG recently fired up the power unit for its 2017 Formula One race car for the first time, and the team was gracious enough to release a video providing a taste of the new sound. While it’s a far cry from the roar of the V-8 and V-10 cars of old, it’s enough to get us excited for the new season. The design of the power unit hasn’t changed much from the 2016 season. Once again teams will be fielding cars powered by turbocharged 1.6-liter V-6 engines paired with two motor-generators, one on the driveline and another integrated with the turbocharger. Renault is...
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Here are the car ads from Super Bowl LIMillions tuned in yesterday to watch Super Bowl LI go down. Many, though, were probably not even football fans. Rather, they tune in simply to watch all the ads screening during the game. This is some of the priciest airtime on television we’re talking about, so companies—many of them...
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Zenvo celebrating 10th anniversary with TS1 GT supercarIt’s hard to believe that it’s now been 10 years since Zenvo first burst onto the scene. To celebrate the Danish supercar marque is set to unveil a special 10th anniversary model at the upcoming 2017 Geneva auto show. It will be based on Zenvo's new TS1 GT, a car described as a mix of...
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Buick Super Bowl ad stars Cascada, Cam Newton, and Miranda KerrLast year at this time Cam Newton was in the Super Bowl. This year, he'll be part of the festivities again, and he'll even be playing football but it will be with Pee Wees. That's because Newton, the incredibly talented but often brooding Carolina Panthers quarterback, is featured in Buick's Super...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger helps Austrian firm Kreisel launch electric G-ClassHe may be famous for owning Hummers, Unimogs and even a tank, but Arnold Schwarzenegger is also a strong proponent of more ecological forms of transport. He demonstrated this during a recent visit to his homeland where he helped launch an electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class built by local firm Kreisel...
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2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Coupe spy shots and videoLand Rover is set to emulate BMW’s niche-oriented lead with the introduction of a new sloped-roof SUV tipped to be called a Range Rover Sport Coupe. Land Rover already has the Range Rover Evoque Coupe in its lineup, but as confirmed by our latest spy shots and video the British automaker...
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Jaguar last fall indicated that its current XF sedan would soon spawn a wagon, releasing a single teaser photo of a camouflaged prototype. We now have our own spy shots and video of a prototype for the new XF wagon testing on the Nürburgring and some surrounding roads. The wagon will be called an XF Sportbrake, just like its predecessor unveiled in 2012. Unlike its predecessor, this new one will be sold in the United States, as confirmed by Jaguar Land Rover North America CEO Joe Eberhardt in late 2016. The original XF Sportbrake is one of the most beautiful wagons ever built, so...
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Singapore firm develops Dendrobium electric supercar with a little help from WilliamsA firm out of Singapore has confirmed plans to unveil an electric supercar concept called the Dendrobium at the 2017 Geneva auto show. The firm is Vanda Electrics whose existing products include an electric scooter and a small electric delivery truck. The supercar is a much more ambitious product...
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Learn what a final drive ratio is and how it affects your carThe final drive ratio is the last bit of gearing between your transmission and the driven wheels. By changing it, you can affect the performance of your car, rather dramatically in some cases. In general, a lower final drive ratio will lead to less torque at the wheels but a higher top speed...
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'Cars 3’ trailer reveals movie plot, main villainAfter the somewhat ominous initial teaser trailer for "Cars 3" hit the web in November, we’ve been eager to find out more about the upcoming animated movie. The first full trailer is out and reveals not only the movie's plot but also the main villain—a C7 Chevrolet Corvette-resembling...
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2018 Audi A5 and S5 Cabriolet make US debut in DetroitAudi’s redesigned A5 Cabriolet was revealed in early November. It’s now made its first major auto show appearance, which took place on Monday during the 2017 Detroit auto show. The car appeared in both regular and sporty S5 trim and is due to go on sale during 2017, arriving as a 2018...
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Honda unveils NeuV and Riding Assist concepts at 2017 CESHonda’s theme of its 2017 Consumer Electronics Show presence is something it calls the Cooperative Mobility Ecosystem, where via artificial intelligence, robotics and big data the various aspects of one’s life are combined in order to foster safer, more productive use of time. For...
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