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If you thought the 1LE was going to be the biggest, baddest Camaro on sale this year, then you’d be wrong. The folks at Chevrolet have just dropped a new Camaro ZL1 at this week's 2016 New York Auto Show, and the car is packing a staggering 640 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque. Just let those numbers sink in for a bit. Six hundred and forty horsepower… in a factory-built Camaro. All those horses are courtesy of the familiar supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 found in cars like the Corvette Z06 and Cadillac CTS-V. ALSO SEE: Here are 5 things to avoid doing with a manual...
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2017 Nissan GT-R gets new look, 565 horsepower: Live photos and videoNissan today at the 2016 New York Auto Show showed the most extensively updated GT-R since the car debuted in 2007. Performance fans will care that "Godzilla" adds 20 horsepower, but it also gets an extensively updated interior, a new infotainment system, and revised styling front and rear. The...
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2017 Subaru Impreza debuts in New York: Live photos and videoSubaru’s all-new Impreza has been revealed today at the 2016 New York Auto Show. The new generation of the popular compact has been revealed in both its sedan and 5-Door hatchback bodystyles. Both will be on sale late this year as 2017 models. The new Impreza, the nameplate’s fifth...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe revealed: Live photos and videoMercedes-Benz has a busy 2016 New York Auto Show ahead of it. Not only is Mercedes introducing new GLC43 and E43 performance offerings, as well as an updated CLA range, the German automaker is also introducing its new GLC Coupe. The GLC Coupe goes on sale early next year, as a 2017 model, and as...
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2017 Mercedes-AMG GLC43 revealed before New York Auto ShowMercedes has a boatload of product to reveal at the 2016 New York International Auto Show and the PR team is trickling out information on those vehicles on what seems like a daily basis. The next one up is the sport version of the compact GLC crossover. It's called the Mercedes-AMG GLC43 and it...
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Prepare to drool as Pennzoil is back with another high-speed driving videoLast time we saw a bright yellow Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat storming through a deserted city landscape. Now there’s a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 488 GTB doing the same and it, too, is dressed in yellow. That can mean only one thing: the folks at Pennzoil have put together another of their awesome...
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Lamborghini has brought a new supercar to this week’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of company founder Ferrucio Lamborghini this year. The car will be built in a limited run, just like the previous Veneno and Sesto Elemento special editions, and it has been confirmed to deliver an impressive 759 horsepower. The car is called the Centenario, “centenary” in Spanish, and as expected it is based on Lamborghini’s Aventador platform. Like the Aventador, the Centenario is available as either a coupe or roadster, though all build slots...
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Hear the Bugatti Chiron’s 8.0-liter W-16 engine roarBugatti’s Chiron is one of the major stars of this week’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show. The car is the replacement for the Veyron and just like its predecessor the Chiron is powered by a quad-turbocharged engine with 16 cylinders displacing a total 8.0 liters. The engine in the Chiron is much...
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Tesla Model X With Ludicrous Mode Runs The Quarter Mile In 11.61 Seconds: VideoThe Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S has proven itself in drag races against all kinds of high-performance cars, but what about Tesla's new Model X hatch? It may be a bit taller and heavier than the Model S, but the Model X shares the sedan's powertrains. That includes a P90D performance option...
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2017 Maserati Levante Spy Shots And VideoThese are the latest spy shots and video of prototypes for Maserati’s upcoming SUV, the Levante, which will enter production in the coming months and—hopefully—go on sale before the year is out, as a 2017 model. Earlier shots showed a test mule but now the Levante is wearing a...
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Watch The Car Ads That Debuted During Super Bowl 50: VideoThe Super Bowl is big business, particularly for automakers who each year line up to pay millions of advertising dollars for a bit of airtime. While in past years there were always the luxury brands trying to outdo each other, this year they’ve mostly taken a backseat and left the task up to...
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Matt LeBlanc Confirmed As 'Top Gear' Co-Host, Schmitz’s Role DoubtfulMatt LeBlanc will join Chris Evans as one of the new hosts of Top Gear when the popular motoring show makes its return this May. No, it’s not April 1. The producer of the show, the BBC, confirmed the news today. ALSO SEE: Fast And Furious 9 And 10 Dates Confirmed That’s right. Joey...
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When it comes to Super Bowl spots, animals and celebrities tend to be the two most popular options. We’ll be seeing both during Super Bowl 50, where on February 7 the Carolina Panthers will take on the Denver Broncos at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Yesterday, we saw Honda’s sheep-studded ad for its all-new 2017 Ridgeline, and now we have two ads from Hyundai and MINI. These two latest ads both feature celebrities. MINI has a long list of big names appearing, including actors and athletes The ad, which will air during the third quarter of the game, includes Serena...
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8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Shelby Daytona Coupe: VideoLast fall’s Goodwood Revival served as the stage for Shelby American’s 50th anniversary celebrations of the monumental 1965 World Sportscar Championship, a championship in which Shelby finished ahead of Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] to secure a manufacturers’ title—a first for an...
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Here’s Acura’s Super Bowl 50 Spot Starring The NSX: VideoIf we said there was a connection between the Acura NSX and Van Halen, we bet you’d be hard pressed to guess it. Perhaps Sammy Hagar’s a fan? We’re not sure on that front, but what we do know is that the Van Halen classic Runnin' with the Devil features in an ad starring the...
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Company In Texas Cleared To Start Building New DeLoreansThere’s a company out in Humble, Texas that for the past two decades has been restoring original DeLorean DMC-12s and offering parts for the stainless steel sports cars made famous by the Back to the Future trilogy. The company is DeLorean Motor Company, no relation to the original DeLorean...
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Tiny Working V-8 Engine Crafted From... Paper: VideoBuilding an engine is a great way to get in tune with a vehicle. To really dig in and understand its guts. You learn what makes it tick, and what makes it go. Building a scale version of an engine is typically fairly difficult when compared to the real thing because the parts are so much smaller...
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Manifesto Supercar Wins 2015 Ferrari Design Challenge: VideoFerrari [NYSE:RACE] recently ran a challenge that pitted students from some of the world’s top automotive design schools against one another in a mission to pen the supercar of the future. Student projects from around 50 schools were submitted and then these were whittled down to four...
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Opel is set to unveil a new GT concept at March’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show and to build excitement is running a teaser campaign. Video clips below feature Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann who talks about seeing the brand with a “fresh pair of eyes.” We also get a partial reveal of the concept, which so far looks like a sleek, futuristic sports car. The red front tire, visible for an instant, pays homage to the Opel Motoclub 500 motorcycle from the 1920s. And the two tailpipes shown in one of the teaser shots, with the GT logo in the middle, alludes to the Opel Experimental GT...
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GM gets into the car-sharing gig with new service MavenLike many of the major automakers, General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] is transitioning into a mobility company, whereby it not only provides means of private transport through traditional car sales but also through car and ride sharing services and eventually, it seems, on-demand autonomous car...
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VW Comes Up With Fun Ad For New Trailer Assist Feature: VideoVolkswagen's Passat sold overseas has an innovative Trailer Assist feature that makes it easy to back up when you're lugging around a trailer thanks to some semi-autonomous systems working in the background. You basically use a controller dial to tell the vehicle where to back up the trailer, and...
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Christian von Koenigsegg Talks About The Regera In This 30-Minute VideoChristian von Koenigsegg simply cannot hide how excited he is about his company’s latest creation, the Regera. The hybrid supercar was shown for the first time at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show and is due to start production at the end of this year. In this latest video, von Koenigsegg gives the...
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Former Stig Ben Collins Details Ford Focus RS Drive Modes: VideoThe 2016 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Focus RS is almost here. The car goes on sale in the spring, priced from $36,605 when you include Ford's standard $875 destination charge, which isn’t a bad deal considering you’re getting a 350-horsepower, all-wheel-drive, manual-only performance...
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Watch A Red Bull F1 Car Hit The Slopes: VideoThe Austrian Alps isn’t exactly a place you’d expect to see a Formula One car but that’s exactly what skiers at the legendary Streif ski course in Kitzbuhel witnessed yesterday. As part of a promotional stunt, Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen took to the slopes in the Red Bull...
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