Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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Lateral moves in motorsports are common: race drivers finish with one series (or get pushed out) and find another place to put their talent and skill to use. Despite that, it's not every day that a...
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GreenGT LMPH2 hydrogen racer to run 2012 Le MansIt turns out the Delta Wing concept won't be the only experimental car to run the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. The hyrdrogen fuel cell electrc GreenGT LMPH2 prototype racer will also join the grid next year. So what is the LMPH2? As the name suggests, it's a hydrogen-powered Le Mans Prototype sports...
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2012 Chevrolet Corvette Price, Options Sheet RevealedPrices are going up for the 2012 Corvette, according to a dealer inventory sheet revealed today.
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Sebastian Vettel Hints At Special-Edition InfinitiCould Infiniti be set to draw some of F1's more accessible performance gains into a production car?
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Next Porsche Panamera To Drop Manual Transmission Option?Manual transmissions may not make sense in luxury sedans, even those as sport as the Panamera.
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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK On Sale This Month In U.S. From $54,800The 2012 Mercedes SLK roadster packs a slate of new and unique features, and later this year, it will be offered with a manual transmission.
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While we're still not sure why anyone would pick the 2012 Beetle over the GTI, Golf R, or other platform-sharing models from Volkswagen, VW is plunging forward with its newly re-inspired car, using...
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2013 Lincoln MKZ Delayed: ReportReports of a slight delay for Lincoln's next MKZ may not sting so much when the fuel economy of the hybrid version is taken into account.
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Subaru WRX STI sets new Isle of Man TT road car lap recordToday's road courses bear little resemblance to the historical circuits the pioneers of motorsport ran on. Even most of the "street circuits" that are still run have been massaged and made safer over the years. But there are a few circuits that still offer the difficulty and danger those original...
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Volvo V60 Gasoline Plug-in Hybrid Confirmed For U.S.Speaking at a conference in Washington, D.C. today, Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby confirmed the U.S. will receive a plug-in hybrid version of the V60, but it won't be quite the same as the European model. There, they'll get a diesel-hybrid V60. Here, we get gasoline. The diesel V60 plug-in won't be...
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Hyundai Blue Link Priced: Free Trial, 1-3 Year Contracts AvailableAt this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) we brought you the breaking news of Hyundai's Blue Link telematics system. We followed it up with a look at how BlueLink's web-assisted features are similar to cloud-based services. Today, the company has revealed pricing for the service. Buyers of...
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2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Spy ShotsEarly this spring, word emerged on the Web that the 2013 Shelby GT500 could kick out as much as 620 horsepower. Shortly after we brought you the first spy shots of the new car. Today, we update the images with a new set that hints at a turbocharger replacing the supercharger under the hood. A...
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You probably remember Delta Wing Concept from the last round of IndyCar chassis concepts. It didn't win that fight--Dallara did--but it will see the race track. Next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans will...
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2012 Corvette ZR1 Rips Up The 'Ring In 7:19.63: VideoWatching a stock production car, and an American one, no less, tag a consistent 1.5-1.6g of lateral acceleration on street tires (new Michelin Pilot Sport Cups) on its way to clicking off a 7:19.63 lap around the Nurburgring's Nordschleife is nothing short of mind-blowing, until you realize it's...
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New, Better Comment System Launches Today At MotorAuthorityIt's time to take a short break from car talk to bring you this update about the upgraded, much-improved comment system we're launching today. With a bounty of new features, our comment system now lets you interact more easily and more completely with both your fellow commenters and with us, the...
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FIA Cancels Bahrain GP AgainThe Bahrain Grand Prix is back off the schedule following a decision by the FIA that the race couldn't be held because the teams wouldn't agree to it. Article 66 of the FIA's code says amendments to the arrangements for an ongoing championship can only be made with the approval of all competitors...
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Honda CR-Z Racer Preps For Exhibition Laps At Le MansAt last year's SEMA show, Honda and its HPD division came to the plate with no fewer than a dozen different concepts. One of them was the CR-Z Racer you see above. Today, Honda announced the turbocharged race concept will strut its stuff in an exhibition event before the start of the 2011 24 Hours...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class Video PreviewYou'll have to do a little mental conversion from metric to American units, but this video gives us a good look at the new M-Class in action, with detail shots of the interior and even a mild off-road excursion. Be sure to check out our preview for the full details and these high-res photos of the...
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Sometimes stupid questions get stupid answers. In response to numerous requests for early looks at the next-generation of the Dodge Viper, the DriveSRT Facebook page gives us... a motorhome.
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Mercedes-Benz Shows Off Full Guard Security Vehicle LineupFactory-built luxury security vehicles are, without doubt, members of one of the smallest segments anywhere. But with their rarity and exclusivity comes a certain cool factor, a factor enhanced by their capabilities. Mercedes-Benz states outright that "The aim of the Guard models...is to protect...
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Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 125 Years Of Cars: GalleryDaimler's 125th anniversary celebrations have been ongoing for a while now--and we don't expect them to end anytime soon--but that doesn't mean we're tired of it. At least not when the party includes a gallery of some of Mercedes' best over the past 1.25 centuries. Our only quibble with the...
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Cadillac To Build Cars Outside U.S. In Global Brand MoveBuilding cars outside the U.S. is, for American brands, old news. Except, mostly, for Cadillac. Today GM CEO Dan Akerson announced during its first annual meeting since going public in its "new" GM form that Cadillac will be building more models outside the U.S. by the end of 2012 in an effort to...
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Lotus To Build Own Engines With Scrapped Elan Budget: ReportThe 2013 Lotus Elan, revealed at the 2010 Paris Auto Show, won't be seeing production for fear of it stepping on the toes of the all-new Esprit, but there's good news to come from its demise: Lotus will use the funds from that project to build its own engines. Lotus, in its former pre-Bahar guise...
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2013 Infiniti JX Crossover Spy ShotsThere's a new seven-seater in the works at Infiniti, and fortunately, it shares almost nothing in common with the up-to-eight-passenger QX56, at least in terms of its appearance. These spy shots offer the first good look at what to expect when the new JX makes its debut at this year's Pebble Beach...
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