Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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If you haven't been keeping up with the Corvette Racing Track To Street series, you should catch up. So far it has offered us many unique and often unseen takes on what it's like to run a race team...
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2012 Charger, Challenger, Grand Cherokee SRT8 Hoon It Up: VideoWhen a new car is launched, the manufacturer typically provides the media with a few minutes of "B-roll" footage, to be used for voiceovers and the like. Typically, it's pretty tame stuff--static shots, some two-lane driving, fly-bys. The new SRT brand's B-roll is all sideways and smoking. It's a...
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2012 Dodge Charger, Challenger, Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 PricesThe fledgling SRT brand prices its first full batch of vehicles for the 2012 model year.
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Block, Foust, Gittin Jr., Deegan Launch Octane Academy With FordWant to be a motorsports hero? Think you can hang with some of the best rally, drift, offroad, and gymkhana drivers in the world? Get your video camera out and try out for the Octane Academy. Four high-profile drivers will put on a four-day driving camp for the people chosen through the video...
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Jeep Wrangler Unlimited JK-8 Pickup Conversion Package Priced At $5,499We don't usually do pickups, but this one is too cool to resist.
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Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows Stunt Driving Team: VideoWe know you don't need any excuse to spend a minute listening to the sweet sounds of V-8s revving and tires screaming, or watching the resulting smoke and lurid opposite-lock slides, but we'll give you one anyway. The video below shows the Silver Arrows precision driving team at work at...
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It's not quite Monster Tajima's breakneck pace, but the Nissan Leaf did make it to the top of the hill without flipping, going off the side, or breaking--things that can't be said for a lot of the...
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Ford's GT500 ZL1-Fighter Coming 2013, Mustang Redesign 2014: ExclusiveThe latest word from inside Ford's vehicle planning operation says the next GT500 will be ready to take on the ZL1, it won't go twin-turbo, and the whole line will get a redesign in 2014.
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The Car Show With Carolla, Farah, Neil Debuts Tonight On SPEEDThat's right folks, the car show you've been waiting for, The Car Show, will offer up its first episode this evening at 10 p.m. Eastern. Will it suck? Will it wow? You will be the judge. Color us less than optimistic, however. While Dan Neil's skilful print review background and Matt Farah's...
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2012 Lexus GS Spy ShotsThe 2012 Lexus GS is more dramatically styled than its predecessor, but will it be enough to keep up with the Germans?
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Volvo's Next Generation Of Range-Extended Electric CarsVolvo's next generation of range extenders show the potential for a peaceful co-existence between electric cars and their combustion counterparts.
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Infiniti Personal Assistant: Your Own Complimentary ConciergeInfiniti is rising to the challenge set by the established luxury marques, and even one-upping them, with a new personal concierge service.
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Get ready, readers, for an all-new look and feel here at MotorAuthority. We're always working to give you the best coverage in the performance and luxury car segment on the Web, and soon we'll...
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2012 Audi A5, S5 PreviewAudi's stylish mid-range coupe gets some minor aesthetic updates for the 2012 model year, but otherwise leaves well enough alone.
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700-HP Raybestos 1964 Pontiac GTO-R Could Be Yours: VideoYou can enter to win a modern all-out interpretation of the muscle car that started it all: the 1964 Pontiac GTO.
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2012 Fisker Karma Gets 3,000 Orders, DiCaprio FirstFisker will trot the Karma plug-in hybrid sedan out to celebrities first, continuing its practice of limited and exclusive release.
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Electric, Natural Gas Race Cars To Join ALMS?Compressed natural gas and electric race cars could have a very real future in American Le Mans Series racing, and sooner than you might think.
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New Stratos Production blocked by Ferrari--or not?Not just reviving the legend of the rally-bred, off-the-walls Lancia Stratos, the New Stratos breathes new life into the name. But it won't see production, at least beyond the extremely limited kind, because Ferrari won't consent to it. Why does Ferrari have a say in the matter? Because the New...
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Yesterday we brought you a peek inside the curriculum of the AMG Driving Academy. Today, the Porsche Sport Driving School shows its stuff.
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Revs, Roars: VideoThis video gives us the best example yet of the 2012 Camaro ZL1's meaty, mean exhaust note.
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Top Gear USA Season 2 Teaser: VideoWhether you loved it, hated it, or were somewhere in between, Top Gear USA's first season was apparently successful enough commercially to justify a second run at becoming America's car show. History has just released the first teaser for the second season, and it looks like the same gang will get...
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Ford Testing Live SYNC Operators, Should OnStar Worry?Ford is experimenting with live operators to assist SYNC customers with a limited trial. But can it make up for 15 years lost to GM's OnStar service?
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Spada Codatronca Monza: New Gallery, VideoThe Spada Codatronca Monza is a one-off design by Aznom, but we wish it were built for series production--just so we'd have a chance to see one on the street.
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2012 Audi S6 Avant Spy ShotsIt's hot, it's a wagon, it's an Audi, and it's not for you. The 2012 A6 Avant looks tempting, but it won't be sold in the U.S.
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