Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor

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  Tesla vs. TopGear: Only Half Of The Story Nelson Ireson March 31, 2011

  
  
  Electric car maker Tesla is suing U.K. hit TV show TopGear for libel and malicious falsehood, seeking to right the record about its Roadster electric sports car, which the company thinks was...
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  Video: Chubby Guy Dances In Pickup, Karma Quickly Evens The Score

  John Lennon might not have envisioned this scenario when he wrote Instant Karma! but the rule still applies: this guy subjected the public to a show no one should have to watch while stuck in traffic, and quickly paid the karmic price. Karma didn't knock him right in the head, but it did knock him...

  Nelson Ireson March 31, 2011
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  2013 Chevrolet Malibu: 2011 New York Auto Show Preview

  This is the first look at the 2013 Chevy Malibu, due for a full unveiling at the 2011 New York and Shanghai Auto Shows on April 19th. So far, we get nothing but a teaser of the rear of the car and some general suggestions as to its specs, though the video below gives a better idea of what to...

  Nelson Ireson March 31, 2011
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  Alfa Romeo Zagato TZ3 Stradale Enters Limited Production

  Last summer, Zagato unveiled its Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa at the Villa D'Este as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Alfa's involvement in motorsports. The car is now entering limited production as the TZ3 Stradale. The Corsa was billed and envisioned as a pure racing car, and the TZ3 Stradale is...

  Nelson Ireson March 30, 2011
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  Goatherding Cabrera: Gallant Gallardo Replacement To Pack 600 HP, Supercharger?

  Everyone knows Lamborghini names its cars after famous fighting bulls. But those names also have Spanish meanings--and while Gallardo means "gallant" in its mother tongue, its replacement's name isn't as elegant: Cabrera means "goatherder" in Catalan and Spanish. Whatever the nominal designation...

  Nelson Ireson March 30, 2011
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  Video: NFS Shift 2 Unleashed Time Attack Pits Milner Versus McNamara

  American Le Mans Racer Tommy Milner wheels a Covette this season, while Formula D drifter Darren McNamara, or D-MAC as he's known to fans, is more at home sliding and smoking that turning fast laps--or is he? This video shows a Need For Speed SHIFT 2 Unleashed time attack challenge between the...

  Nelson Ireson March 30, 2011
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  Video: Jay Leno Does A Burnout In Lee Iacocca's Mustang Nelson Ireson March 30, 2011

  Lee Iacocca's relevance to the auto industry is gone, despite the role he once played. So, too, has his unique limited edition 45th anniversary Mustang faded from the scene with the new 5.0's...

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  2012 Jaguar XF Development Mule Sports New 2.2-Liter Diesel

  Official "spy shots" released today by Jaguar show a 2012 XF development mule packing a new 2.2-liter diesel engine. While we won't likely be seeing the oil-burner here in the U.S., the images are still relevant to what we may soon be seeing on our roads. Wrapped in swirly camouflage vinyl, it's...

  Nelson Ireson March 30, 2011
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  Ford, 'Top Gear Australia' Envision Pair Of Mad Max Interceptor Concepts

  Wild, post-apocalyptic scenes, a young and as-yet not off-the-rails Mel Gibson, and a heavily modified 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT Coupe: without these, Mad Max wouldn't have been the success it was, and it certainly wouldn't have made its way into the cockles of car-loving hearts as it has over the...

  Nelson Ireson March 29, 2011
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  Video: Stock 2012 Mustang Boss 302 Goes 11.72s @ 117.2 MPH On Drag Radials

  So just how fast is the 2012 Mustang Boss 302? Very fast, for a production muscle car priced around $41,000. In fact, if you slap a set of drag radials on the car you can break into the 11s in the quarter mile and trap north of 117 mph. This video shows a new owner--window sticker still apparently...

  Nelson Ireson March 29, 2011
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  Range Rover Returned To Dealer With Donkey Power

  Oh, those clever, dissatisfied Chinese luxury car owners and their displays. First it was beating a Gallardo to death with sledgehammers. Now it's towing a broken-down Range Rover back to the dealership with donkeys. What's next? Blowing up a Bentley on a giant pile of firecrackers? The man behind...

  Nelson Ireson March 29, 2011
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  Video: Corvette Racing Dives Into The 12 Hours Of Sebring

  We may not have liked the flavor of Corvette's latest commercial touting its production-car superiority in relation to its American Le Mans Series racing rivals, but that's no reason to hold it against the excellent Corvette Racing team. This video takes inside their run at one of the greatest...

  Nelson Ireson March 29, 2011
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  Raikkonen To Go From Rally To NASCAR This Year? Nelson Ireson March 29, 2011

  The just-ended silly season talk was all about former F1 world champ and current WRC driver Kimi Raikkonen going back into F1, but today the tide has turned in a most surprising direction: NASCAR....

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  Report: 540-HP Porsche Panamera Turbo S Coming In April

  Porsche's Panamera has taken a lot of heat and received a lot of praise for its unusual looks. Its performance, however, has been almost universally impressive, and soon, it could get even more ferocious. The Turbo S variant of the Panamera may be coming as soon as the end of this week. Reports...

  Nelson Ireson March 29, 2011
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  Video: Glickenhaus P4/5 Competizione Runs The Nordschleife

  The North Loop. The Green Hell. The 'Ring. It's known by many names, but all of them serve to call out one of the greatest racing and testing circuits in the world: the Nurburgring's Nordschleife. Today, the team behind the James Glickenhaus Pininfarina Ferrari P4/5 Competizione posted a video of...

  Nelson Ireson March 28, 2011
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  Porsche Black Edition Photo Contest Winners: Gallery

  There's no denying the simple, elegant statement made by a sleek black sports car. Porsche took a stab at celebrating that fact by holding a photo contest for its Black Edition cars, and the results are stunning. These are the eight winning photos from the contest. The "photos" were taken through a...

  Nelson Ireson March 28, 2011
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  EU Considering Banning Combustion Cars From Cities By 2050

  Can you imagine a future--thirty-nine years from now--where there are no engines humming, no exhaust smells, no car sounds of any kind in the city except the presumably Jetsons-like beeping of EVs? The European Commission, the governing body of the European Union, can, and it has a transportation...

  Nelson Ireson March 28, 2011
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  Rolls-Royce Opens Its Largest Showroom Ever In Abu Dhabi

  The Middle East is being pulled apart by internal strife, gas prices are going decidedly upward, and there's still no clear solution to any of it. Rolls-Royce and the United Arab Emirates aren't worried by all the unrest, however: the Brit hyperlux brand has just opened its largest showroom in Abu...

  Nelson Ireson March 28, 2011
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  GM To Bring Holden Commodore Sedan, Wagon, And Ute To U.S.? Nelson Ireson March 28, 2011

  The short-lived Pontiac G8 was perhaps the most missed of the cars to die with the brand, but rumors of its rebirth in Chevrolet guise persist. Today, the idea has been given another boost with a...

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  WRC Champ Gronholm Takes Victory At First Global RallyCross Event: Video

  The first event in the new Global RallyCross Championship (GRC) was held this weekend at Irwindale Speedway in California. After all was said and done, former World Rally Championship (WRC) winning driver Marcus Gronholm took the victory in the top AWD class. It was no easy victory for Gronholm, as...

  Nelson Ireson March 28, 2011
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  Video: BMW Takes Us Inside Top Secret Plant Zero

  Where is every BMW born? In a secret place the company has barely admitted exists--until now, called Plant Zero. The plant is staffed by the best of BMW's technicians, where prototype cars are built almost entirely by hand. The techs use their own methods to program the eventual robotic assembly...

  Nelson Ireson March 28, 2011
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  Video: Twin-Turbo Chevrolet Camaro Pegs The Dyno At 1,800 RWHP

  Eighteen-hundred and nine point six, to be exact. That's a lot of horsepower. Drag fiends, savor the heady aroma. The owner of this completely nutso twin-turbo Camaro built by Late Model Racecraft is Kelly Bise. It was built for the Texas Mile, and will be hitting the long and straight stretch this...

  Nelson Ireson March 25, 2011
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  GM Sues Car Hauler Over 1,700 'Hostage' Vehicles

  We've all seen the trucks, loaded with brand-new, plastic-wrapped cars headed to showrooms, but have you ever wondered who actually moves those car around? Turns out for GM, it's largely Allied. But things aren't trucking along for the outfit, right now. Chrysler is also affected by Allied's...

  Nelson Ireson March 25, 2011
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  Video: Behind The Scenes With BMW's Death Valley Hot Weather Testing Team

  If you've never been there, you can't really know. Death Valley is aptly named. It's hot. Damned hot. That's why every carmaker on earth comes to the dusty, sun-baked stretches of asphalt to test its cars to their extremes. In this video, BMW gives us a look at what hot-weather testing looks like...

  Nelson Ireson March 25, 2011