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Porsche’s 918 Spyder is already one of the fastest cars ever produced, but incredibly customers can opt for a factory-installed package that boosts performance of the car even further. The package draws its name from the German town of Weissach, where Porsche's main R&D facility is located, and it was equipped to the 918 Spyder that racing driver Marc Lieb drove around the Nürburgring in a record-setting time of 6:57. The Weissach package’s main focus is reduced weight, helping to lower the 918 Spyder’s curb mass from 3,715 pounds to 3,616 pounds. Specific measures...
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2014 Audi S1 Featured In New Promo VideosOne of Audi’s main features for next month’s 2014 Geneva Motor Show will be this sporty new S1, which is based on its A1 hatchback sold overseas. The car is one of the only premium models in the sporty subcompact segment, with its only main rival being the MINI John Cooper Works. Sadly...
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Ferrari Forms New Sporting Activities DepartmentIn an effort to more closely align its Corse Clienti customer racing activities with its actual Formula One program, Ferrari’s motorsport division Scuderia Ferrari has formed the new “Sporting Activities Department” that will group all the separate activities into the one...
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Victory Donuts Are Now Legal In Formula 1You might call it the "Vettel Rule": victory donuts are now legal in Formula 1. That's right, after winning a race, the victor can do their spinny rings of tire death at will. In fact, the winning driver can now do an in-car celebration of just about any sort, reports The F1 Times. Stopping on...
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First GT Academy Winner To Drive For Nissan In Super GT & Le Mans, Another Being Prepped For F1The original winner of Nissan’s GT Academy, Lucas Ordonez, has certainly come a long way since his student days of 2008. After winning the first-ever round of GT Academy that year, Ordonez was propelled into the world of GT4 racing where he competed in a Nissan 350Z and then the 370Z. In 2010...
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2015 Ferrari California T Launched In Modena: VideoTalk of a turbocharged Ferrari dates back all the way to 2007, but the rumors never really gained traction until it was confirmed that Formula One would be adopting turbocharged engines for the 2014 season. Now, just weeks after Ferrari revealed its new turbocharged F1 car, the F14 T, the Italian...
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Monkeys are popular on the big screen and small screen alike. Ross had Marcel on Friends. BJ and the Bear made it through 48 episodes in the 1970s. Dieter was constantly imploring people to touch his monkey, Klaus, on Saturday Night Live's "Sprockets." Cars, bikes, and primates had a good run in the late '70s and early '80s, as Clint Eastwood roamed the country seeking bare-knuckle brawls as Philo Beddoe, his partner in crime the beer-drinking, hard-fighting orangutan Clyde in Every Which Way But Loose and its sequel Any Which Way You Can. The list goes on. More recent examples of famous...
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Satan Starts Car Collection With 8 Corvettes As Sinkhole Collapses Under Museum: Video UpdateThe National Corvette Museum has a lot of good things cooking, including a new race track just across the interstate. Unfortunately, it also has a big fat sinkhole directly underneath one of its display areas, which swallowed eight Corvettes early this morning--which you can now see in the official...
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BMW 2-Series Ad Pays Homage To Classic 2002: VideoThe classic BMW 2002 and its contemporary kin have become iconic cars for diehard Bimmer fans, so the automaker's latest advert should be a real treat. The 2014 BMW 2-Series may not be a direct descendant of the 2002, which was subsequently replaced by the E21-generation 3-Series and every model...
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BMW Pitches The i8 As The Future, But Arthur C. Clarke Might Disagree: VideoThe future is a tricky place. That's something Arthur C. Clarke knew better than most, even half a century ago. Clarke's famous 1964 prediction of the future (a portion of which is used here as narration for BMW's ad; you can see a segment of the original below) frame it as such, summing it up by...
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Renault Kwid Concept Gets Its Own DroneJesse Ventura would run screaming from the Renault Kwid concept. Not because it's scary-looking or loaded up with 50-caliber machine guns. Because it has its own drone, and Ventura doesn't like drones. That's okay, because we do, especially when they're used like they are with the Kwid: to launch...
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Audi Teases World Premiere, Most Likely The S1: VideoAudi has released the second video in a series teasing a new model the automaker is planning to unveil at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show in early March. While many were predicting the model to be the redesigned 2015 TT sports car, which is tipped for a debut at the upcoming Swiss show, the latest...
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Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction wasn’t the only major upcoming Hollywood flick previewed during last weekend’s Super Bowl; a trailer for the new Need For Speed movie was also shown and revealed some never before seen footage. MUST WATCH: Audi S5 Snow Drift Goes Very, Very Wrong: Video But that’s not all as soon after the release of the Big Game trailer the movie’s producers released another, extended trailer (below) that includes information on how you can win a new 2015 Ford Mustang, which will be starring in the movie. Need For Speed hits theaters March 14 and...
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Porsche Demonstrates The Art Of Pit Stops Using Its 919 Hybrid: VideoPorsche--understandably--is excited about its return to top-level endurance racing after sitting out for 16 years and watching sister brand Audi rack up win after win. The sports car brand has been building the excitement with the release of information surrounding its preparation for the new...
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Watch All The Car Ads From The 2014 Super Bowl: VideoSunday’s Big Game, Super Bowl XLVII, is now over, with the Seattle Seahawks trumping the Denver Broncos in what turned out to be one of the most one-sided contests in Super Bowl history. But we’re not here to report on sports results; we’re here to report on all the car ads. Audi...
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Meet The Cars Of The Need For Speed Movie: VideoToday’s console and computer games often have as much plot and back story as a Hollywood action flick, and the various iterations of Electronic Arts’ Need For Speed series is no exception to this rule--so it shouldn’t have been much of a surprise that the popular video game series...
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Atlanta Weather Turns Nation's Worst Traffic Into Zombie CarpocalypseIt seems we can hardly go a week without some "winterpocalypse" these days. The latest bunch of water to fall from the sky causes widespread idiocy, doubly so if it happens to be frozen water. Unfortunately, it's not always hype--when a southern city that's unaccustomed to snow gets a fair dose of...
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2015 Lamborghini Huracán Caught In The Wild Again: VideoThe bright orange Lamborghini Huracán in this video appears to be the first Huracan to make it to the U.S., and its first mission: to go tail out, fast, in front of a camera truck. The second video of the lambent Lambo can be seen below, wherein it dodges debris and revs happily for the...
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The 48th Super Bowl is less than a week away now, and aside from game day preparations like getting the beers in and perfecting your chili recipe, we're also being inundated by the automakers' game day adverts. Jaguar is going down the British villains route, Volkswagen has played with perfect advert algorithms, and the less said about Audi's Doberhuahua the better. Now we know what Hyundai's 30-second slot will be about too, as it promotes the all-new 2015 Genesis sedan. To the soundtrack of Bruno Mars's Count On Me, Hyundai's ad Dad's Sixth Sense dramatizes the close calls and saved...
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Rolex 24 GTD Last-Lap Incident: Penalty Reversed, Ferrari WinsUPDATE: IMSA has reversed its penalty on the #555 Level 5 Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia assessed during the last lap when driver Alessandro Pier Guidi and #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Audi R8 LMS driver Markus Winkelhock had an incident in the infield section of the course. Despite awarding the...
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Watch 900-HP Trucks Bomb Down A Snow-Covered Mountain: VideoRed Bull gathered eight Pro4 race trucks and drivers at a ski resort in Maine for a little motorsport fun.
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Season 21 Trailers Confirm New Top Gear On The Way: VideoUPDATE: Two additional trailers have been released, but they don't offer any more details unfortunately. Whether you love or hate it, Top Gear is near-essential viewing for gearheads. It's not always easy to enjoy cars these days, but the trio of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond show...
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Jaguar Names First 'British Villains' To Appear In Super Bowl Ad: VideoJaguar's cars have long been synonymous with movie bad guys, its vintage MkII sedan models frequently featuring as the getaway transport for villains of the 1960s. The British marque is clearly reveling in its bad boy image and has announced the first three "British Villains" actors to star in its...
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2015 Subaru WRX STI First Look: 2014 Detroit Auto Show VideoSubaru’s 2015 WRX STI has finally landed and is sure to suffice to the brand’s legion of fans. Subaru didn’t pull any surprises with the design, with the latest model once again packing a turbocharged four-cylinder boxer engine and symmetrical all-wheel-drive system. However...
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