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Yesterday marked a significant milestone in the advancement of self-driving cars with Internet and technology giant Google being awarded the nation's first license for autonomous cars. The license was issued by Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles and comes less than a year after the state first allowed Google to start testing a fleet of self-driving Toyota Prius hybrids on its roads. The issuing of the license also comes just one week after Google announced it was seeking a partnership with a major automaker to accelerate the development of its autonomous car technology and eventually...
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Ferrari To Honor Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond JubileeThe United Kingdom is honoring 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign with a Diamond Jubilee event stretching from May 10-13. As part of the celebration, Ferrari owners and collectors will display some of the marque’s most historic and significant cars on the grounds of Windsor Castle...
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Chevy Corvette, Dodge Viper And McLaren Crash Within Days On Same Stretch Of AutobahnThree supercars managed to crash on the same stretch of the A7 autobahn in the region of Kirchheim, near Germany’s center. The cars included a Chevrolet Corvette, a Dodge Viper ACR and the most severely damaged of the lot, a McLaren MP4-12C. The carnage all took place within a period of two...
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Porsche Silverstone Experience Centre Fun: VideoEver wondered exactly what goes on at the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone? Wonder no more. And if you're not in the U.K., or not planning a trip there, rest easy: we're getting two of our own Experience Centers here in the U.S., complete with properly-ordered "e"s and "r"s. In this...
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Sometimes Your Head's Just Not In The Right Place: VideoWe’ll warn you in advance that the video below is NSFW, courtesy of a pair of bared female buttocks about seven seconds in. It’s tasteful nudity, but if that kind of stuff offends you, it’s probably best if you just skip this video. While this commercial wouldn't even get a second...
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Subaru Explains The Development Of The BRZ Coupe: VideoThere isn’t much we can say about the Subaru BRZ that hasn’t already been said. Designed to introduce the joy of driving to a new generation of enthusiasts, the car was built to provide exceptional handling and great ride comfort, all at an affordable price. The key to the car’s...
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Chrysler has released a series of videos giving the back story to the 2013 SRT Viper.
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Rugged Ridge PowerTop Adds Convenience To Jeep’s Wrangler UnlimitedIf you’ve ever owned a Jeep Wrangler or Wrangler Unlimited, you understand the simple joy of go-anywhere, topless motoring. As entertaining as the Wrangler is, owners soon learn that there are two types of convertible tops: those that are quick and easy to install and remove, and those that...
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2013 Porsche Cayenne GTS Revealed Ahead Of Beijing Auto ShowPorsche has finally unveiled a successor for its hardcore Cayenne GTS, an SUV with sports car-like performance and which at the time of its launch was billed as one of the fastest production off-roaders on the planet. The new model, which also bears the GTS badge, makes its official world debut...
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Toyota Considering World Rally Championship Return: ReportWith newcomers MINI and Volkswagen set to enter the World Rally Championship in the coming years, rival automakers including some of the sport’s previous greats are now considering doing the same. One of these is Toyota, whose current CEO Akio Toyoda is keen to inject some excitement into the...
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Rhys Millen Gets A New Drift Car, But So Does Vaughn Gittin, Jr.: VideoLong-time Hyundai spokesman Rhys Millen earned his name as a rally driver before turning to pro drifting as a way to make a living. That is, of course, on top of being a Hollywood stunt driver, Pike’s Peak competitor or Global RallyCross Championship contender behind the wheel of his new...
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Nissan To Field Production GT-R In 2012 Nürburgring 24 HoursNissan will compete in the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race using one of its stock 2013 GT-R supercars, albeit a race-ready Club Track Edition. The team fielding the car will be the GT-R’s own development team, headed by none other than the car’s chief engineer Kazutoshi...
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The designer of the original Porsche 911 has died.
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Jaguar’s New Sports Car Will Be Called The F-TypeJaguar used the backdrop of this week’s 2012 New York Auto Show to confirm that its new sports car based on the stunning C-X16 concept will be called the F-Type when it goes on sale in mid 2013. The car’s construction will be mostly from aluminum, just like its big brother, the XK, and...
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2013 Lincoln MKZ Debuts At 2012 New York Auto ShowThe live reveal of the 2013 Lincoln MKZ recently took place in New York City, and we have the full details on the brand's newest luxury sedan. The latest addition to the Lincoln lineup is crucial as it not only represents the future of Lincoln in both style and substance, but the car's success is...
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NASCAR’s Carl Edwards Surprises Ford Engineers With A Spin In The Taurus SHOFord has launched a new series of television spots centering on its latest 2013 Taurus SHO. The series features NASCAR's Carl Edwards taking several of Ford’s own engineers for a ride in the big sports sedan at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. The engineers that were invited to star in...
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Chrysler Releases Four Follow-Up Ads To 'Halftime' Super Bowl CommercialFollowing on from its successful It’s Halftime In America commercial, which aired during Super Bowl XLVI and featured Hollywood celeb Clint Eastwood, Chrysler has released four new ads, one for each of its brands and all based around the same comeback theme. The ads were all scripted and...
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Vintage Ferrari Chop Shop: High Art Or Heresy?Jürgen Ulmer is a daring man. He takes vintage Ferrari bodies, attacks them with a cutoff wheel and a torch, and ends up with what he calls art. Some might call it heresy. Ulmer's Ferrari Project is simply named, but much more difficult to decipher. The German artist says he only uses bodies...
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So you thought folding clamshell hardtop roofs were the new hotness? Savage Rivale has another idea: the retractable telescopic multi-panel roof system, or RTMP. We like. It's pretty simple--so simple, in fact, we can't believe it hasn't been done before. Of course, so far, it's just a computer animation, though Savage Rivale says they'll unveil the real prototype today. The RTMP was developed in cooperation with Inalfa Roof Systems. After the unveiling, it will undergo another year of testing and fitting before going on a production Savage Rivale--though the company hasn't yet specified...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK Class Preview: 2012 New York Auto ShowMercedes-Benz is introducing a facelifted version of its GLK Class compact crossover this summer and has revealed the vehicle today ahead of its world debut next month at the 2012 New York Auto Show. The latest GLK Class, which arrives as a 2013 model, adopts fresh new styling, more standard...
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Mads Østberg Sets New World Snow Jump Record: VideoNorwegian rally driver Mads Østberg has set a new (unofficial) world record for jumping a car on snow.
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Fashion Icon John Varvatos Designs One-Off Chrysler 300S For CharityAmerican fashion designer John Varvatos has partnered with Chrysler once again, this time to design a special 2012 Chrysler 300S that will be auctioned to help raise funds for the charity organization Stuart House. Varvatos previously starred in one of Chrysler’s Imported From Detroit...
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Jaguar Updates Leaper Logo, Launches New Marketing CampaignAfter a recent return to profitability and the promise of some very exciting models in the pipeline, Jaguar is now on a mission to establish itself in the eyes of consumers as one of the major brands in the luxury autos segment. To help spur things along, Jaguar recently launched a new marketing...
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Houston Half Mile Preview Videos: Lamborghini Aventador, Mercedes SLS AMGThe Houston Half Mile allows drivers to run their cars flat out, in a controlled environment.
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