Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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There's getting it wrong, then there's this.
The car is a Porsche 911 RSR of the 964 flavor. The barrier is a large cement line of the Jersery flavor. The water is of the... -
2014 BMW M3 Sedan & M4 Coupe: First Official Technical DetailsRumors about the newest version of the BMW M3 Sedan and the new M4 Coupe have been circulating for years, and some of them have been pretty wild. Today, we can put many of them to rest: these are the first official technical details of the next generation of BMW's iconic performance car. While many...
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Drivers Want Autonomous Cars? Survey Says...NoWhile we've had no issues expressing our qualms about the driverless future of cars, we also can't help but find the technology interesting, even amazing, even at this early stage in its development. But most car buyers don't have a warm fuzzy feeling about self-driving cars, according to a new...
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100 Lamborghinis & A Mountain Switchback In The Rain: VideoIt's not often you'll see 100 Lamborghinis in the same place, much less such a nice cross-section of the many generations and styles of the famed Italian supercar brand's automotive excess. Here, you get more than 100 of them, scooting at varying velocities around a mountain hairpin turn. In the...
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WEC At COTA: 6 Hours Of Austin Mega-GalleryIf you haven't been to the Circuit of the Americas yet, you need to figure out a way to do it. And you should go on a race weekend. Just about any race weekend. Last weeked wasn't just any race weekend, however, as the FIA World Endurance Championship made its first-ever stop at the new track with...
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15 Year Old Girl Racer Turns Laps Like A Boss: VideoGetting into motorsports at a professional level these days requires about a decade of experience--before you turn 18. This young woman, Aurora Straus, appears to be well on her way. In this video, you can see her turning an impressive lap in a Radical SR3. And she's just 15 years old. The course...
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There's a lot of future car talk going around the web this week, with the new Alfa Romeo 4C among our favorite bits of intel: it will start at just $54,000 in the U.S., according to a new report. If... -
Mulsanne Convertible Will Not Be Produced, Says Bentley BossIn the world of $400,000-plus ultraluxe convertibles, things are rather volatile. Or at least it appears so, as the Bentley Mulsanne Convertible teased in concept sketches last year will not be built, according to the brand's CEO. Speaking with Car and Driver, Bentley boss Wolfgang Schreiber said...
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Alfa Romeo 4C To Start At Just $54,000 In AmericaThere are a handful of cars we've really looked forward to over the past several years--the new 911 and Cayman, the new Corvette Stingray, and, a bit farther from the beaten path, the return of Alfa Romeo to the U.S. in the form of the 4C. Gorgeous styling, enticing light weight (even if it will...
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Morning Pit Walk & Driver Signing, WEC At Circuit Of The Americas: GalleryThe Six Hours of Austin will see the green flag in just over an hour, but the teams and drivers are out in the pit lane showing off their hardware and signing autographs--and the fans have turned out in droves to see it all up close. There's not as much fanfare--no pomp and circumstance--as you'll...
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(Video Game) Car Culture Lives! Grand Theft Auto V Clears $800 Million In First DayAll of the talk about apathetic hipsters and indifferent Gen Y yuppies not wanting anything to do with cars is bunk. Grand Theft Auto V, a video game centered around the process of acquiring and driving cars (often to hoontastic heights) just made $800 million in its first day on sale. Take that...
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Caterham AeroSeven Concept Unveiled: A Modern, F1-Inspired SevenThe original Lotus Seven was an inspired concept--completely, utterly minimalistic, in perfect keeping with Colin Chapman's "simplify, then add lightness" ethic. The new Caterham AeroSeven is an extension of that theme into modern Formula 1 technologies and methods. Built around the Caterham Seven...
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Harley J. Earl was the vice president of design for General Motors from 1928-1958, and while he had a hand in many great design projects during his tenure, he may be most famous for his role as the... -
Infiniti Boss De Nysschen Says 'De-Americanizing' Brand Key To SuccessInfiniti's still-new boss Johan de Nysschen is not afraid to speak his mind on a variety of topics. Today, he's talking about Infiniti, and how it needs to "de-Americanize" itself to succeed. De Nysschen has previously mocked American efforts to build an extended-range electric vehicle...
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Hyundai Officially Opens Nürburgring Test Center, Ramps Up DevelopmentTesting on the Nürburgring is often made to seem like the whole enchilada when it comes to developing a "proper" sports car, and the long, arduous circuit certainly does help to suss out a car's handling issues in a relatively contained environment. Ultimately, however, it takes something more...
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Caterham AeroSeven Concept Images Leaked, Due In 2014Caterham has made quite the business out of selling updated and improved versions of the original Lotus Seven over the past several decades, but recently announced joint-venture with Renault will bring an all-new sports car to the world. This might not be that car, but it's the one that's been...
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Forza Motorsport 5 & McLaren 'FilmSpeed' MesmerizesTeased yesterday, the collaboration between McLaren and Forza Motorsport 5 to create a flipbook-style animation from a series of still images strung around the perimeter of a race track, filmed from an MP4-12C has come to life. This is Forza FilmSpeed. We can't really imagine a more impractical way...
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McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Loses Steering In Eau Rouge, Crashes: VideoThere's basically never a good time to lose steering in a race car when you're blasting at 10/10ths around a track. There's also basically no place worse to lose steering than in the high-speed Eau Rouge corner at Spa Francorchamps. Eau Rouge has claimed more than a few drivers' lives in the past...
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No, Saab isn't risen from the dead--yet anyway. But the company that bought the automotive brand after its collapse, NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB), has re-started production for the... -
BMW i3 Begins Production, Carbon Process Plays Key RoleCarbon fiber is nothing new to the upper end of the high-performance car world, whether from OEMs or from the aftermarket. It's old hat in racing. But in mass-market vehicles, extensive use of carbon fiber just hasn't taken off yet. BMW hopes to change that with the i3. Entering production today...
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McLaren And Forza Motorsport Team Up For Giant Flip-Book AnimationRemember flip books? If you're over 30 years of age, you probably played with them as a kid. You know, before we all had GameBoys in our pockets. A bunch of images are drawn on successive pages, and when you flip through them, an animated scene comes to life. Now imagine doing that with a McLaren...
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Tesla To Make Fully Autonomous Cars By 2016?Tesla's effort to build an autonomous car could reach fruition by 2016 according to a new Reuters report today. The question isn't so much whether the technology is feasible, but whether the legal and economic market is ready. Tesla's competition with Google on autonomous car technology has...
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Audi Aiming For Sixth Straight WEC Win At COTA This WeekendThe 2013 World Endurance Championship season has been a story of Audi's dominance. While the Toyota Racing TS030 Hybrid has managed some strong finishes, so far this year, the R18 e-tron quattro has won every single race. The team is aiming to keep that roll going this weekend as the WEC heads to...
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BMW Uses Scary Bank-Robbing Clowns To Promote In-Car Web BrowsingEven if you thought the new trend of allowing in-car web browsing could lead to some dangerous situations, you probably weren't thinking as far ahead as BMW is. Here, we see a trio of frighteningly clown-masked bank robbers getting some help from their getaway driver, confirming they are, in fact...
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