Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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Fresh from its first runs around the 'Ring, the first 2014 Corvette Stingrays are shipping to dealers today, bringing a new era of the iconic American sports car into the first retail buyers' hands.
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How To Build An F1 Car, Red Bull Style: VideoIf you're a fan of F1, you're probably pretty familiar with what an F1 car is made of. But do you know how it's made? Probably not. Fortunately, Red Bull Racing and Infiniti have decided to let us in on the less secretive parts of the process through a new video series. This is the first part. The...
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Ford Rationalizes Mustang II As A Good Idea, 40 Years LaterForty years ago, the Ford Mustang II replaced the Mustang. It was (and remains) ugly and slow. Fortunately for the Mustang II, it was only a little uglier and a little slower than the Mustang it replaced, so it sold well. It was also considerably less ugly than the Pinto it was loosely based on...
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Buy An Awesome House, Get A Jaguar F-Type For FreeWhile it might be the most expensive Jaguar F-Type ever, this deal from Surface Developments also includes a shiny designer home on Melrose. That's Melrose Avenue in Ottawa, Canada, not the Melrose Place in California (or your sweat-soaked college flashbacks). The house itself is stunning, a...
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The Newest Global RallyCross Car Is A ... Chevy Sonic?Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic boom. Sonic screwdriver. Many things go with Sonic, but Global RallyCross? Apparently that one works, too. At least, that's the plan for Pat Moro, 2012's most successful privateer in the GRC series. This weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Moro will debut the new PMR...
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Driver Bashes Way Past Taxi In Front Of Drunken Mob: VideoThere are times in life when we've all wanted to just stand on the throttle and smash our way through traffic, but few of us have been stupid or desperate enough to actually do it. This driver was apparently both. The YouTube posting describes the driver as a drunk woman, but gives no other...
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Having driven the wild yumps and bends of Bilster Berg Drive Resort, it might be the track that's attacking the cars in this video, but we'll take any chance to see the new compact AMG twins in... -
Porsche Tuners 9ff And speedART File For BankruptcyThe European car market continues to decline as the economies of most of its nations spiral downward, and the toll on the upper end of the custom and tuner segment continues to rise. Porsche-specific tuner companies 9ff and speedART have both filed for insolvency protection in Germany this month...
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Angry BMW M6 Owner Smashes Car With Axe At Frankfurt Auto Show: VideoThere are many reasons to beat an M6 to death with a bat...wait, no, there really aren't. Unless you're this guy outside the Frankfurt auto show. ALSO SEE: Wife Demolishes Cheating Husband’s Audi R8: Not So Fast, Definitely Furious Apparently dissatisfied with his M6's reliability and BMW's...
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$7.5 Million Solid Gold Lamborghini: In Dubai, Of CourseWhen you have, quite literally, everything--or at least the capacity to buy everything--what do you want? Solid gold models of $400,000 cars, apparently. That's our take-away from this $7.5 million solid gold Lamborghini Aventador model, anyway. Carved from an 1,100-pound block of solid gold, the...
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2015 Mercedes C Class Spied, Alfa 4C Stuns, BMW i8 At Full Throttle: Today's Car NewsThere's so much afoot in the world of luxury and performance cars this year it's almost impossible to keep pace with it all--but we're doing it so you don't have to. First up in today's news highlights: the 2015 Mercedes-Benz C Class has been spied in testing again, this time revealing its...
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Porsche 918 Spyder Capable Of Faster Nürburgring-Nordschleife Lap?With a blistering 6:57 lap of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife already under its belt, Porsche's 918 Spyder may be capable of still faster laps, says the driver who clocked the record-setting run. Porsche factory racing driver Marc Lieb spoke with Australia's Drive recently, saying he thinks the...
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The Tesla Model S is an undeniably quick car, especially considering its considerable weight. But just how much power does the world's only real electric car produce?
A lot, it turns out.
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Two LaFerraris Hit The Track At Fiorano: VideoNo matter which of the hot new trio of hybrid hypercars you're most infatuated with, you have to admit they're all massively impressive machines. And unlike most hybrids, this group sounds pretty great--perhaps especially the LaFerrari. HEAR MORE: Hear The LaFerrari’s Engine Bark In This...
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Ferrari 458 Speciale Steals Our Souls With New VideoThere's a lot to be excited about when it comes to the new Ferrari 458 Speciale. It is, after all, an even better version of the already life-changingly good 458 Italia. This video shows its strengths to great effect. Of course, even the best video can't convey the emotional depth of the experience...
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The Alfa Romeo 4C Is Even More Beautiful Than You Thought: Mega-GalleryThere's no doubt that the Alfa Romeo 4C is a technological standout in the compact sports car class, and a relative bargain even at a projected price somewhere north of $75,000. But it's also incredibly good-looking. Like, really, really good-looking. Even with the weird spider-eye headlight units...
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Center-Steer, Back-Seat Driving Nissan Patrol: Crazy Insane, Or Insane Crazy?There's nothing about this Nissan Patrol that makes sense. We love it while hating it. What's so different? There are no driver controls in the front row. They've been relocated to the center-mounted second row. Why? We're not sure the guys (at King of Customs in Dubai) who built it know. They...
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Mazda Furai Designer Talks About The Pain Of Its DestructionJust last week, word broke that the gorgeous Mazda Furai concept had burned to the ground while in the custody of Top Gear--way back in 2008. Today, the Furai's designer expressed his pain at seeing the photos of the car's charred corpse. Carlos Salaff, a senior designer at Mazda at the time of the...
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The American Le Mans Series will host the fifth round of the World Endurance Championship at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas this weekend, and among the highlights will be the U.S. debut... -
See & Hear The BMW i8 At Full Throttle: VideoThe BMW i8 was finally revealed in full production guise at the 2013 Frankfurt auto show, but so far, video of the hybrid sports car in action has been relatively scarce--especially in terms of real-world encounters. That's been solved by the gang at The Smoking Tire. While filming for an upcoming...
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2014 Cadillac CTS Sedan Is 1 Millionth Caddy BuiltThe 2014 Cadillac CTS packages grand design with impressive performance (in the Vsport model), building on the car that almost single-handedly revived the brand's reputation for design and excellence. Now it bears the honor of being the one-millionth Cadillac ever built. Rolled off the line at the...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG 4MATIC: 577 HP Super Sedan, LiveIf you've ever driven, say, a locomotive, and wished it were a bit more compact, but still nearly as powerful, you should take a closer look at the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG. With 4MATIC all-wheel drive, a twin-turbo 5.5-liter V-8 rated at 577 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque, and some of...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA debuts at 2013 Frankfurt auto showThe 2013 Frankfurt auto show is in full swing, and while the halls are hot, the new cars are hotter, and Mercedes-Benz's latest addition to the production fold is the GLA Class. Usually, it's tough to get very excited about crossovers--they are, after all, rather utilitarian by nature, however...
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Porsche Confirms 6:57 Nürburgring Lap Time For 918 Spyder: 2013 Frankfurt Auto ShowThere's long been a battle amongst the world's sports car and supercar manufacturers to see who can post the fastest Nürburgring-Nordschleife lap times. Today, Porsche has re-set the bar, claiming the new fastest run of the circuit in a production car with the 918 Spyder's claimed time of 6...
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