Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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The 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish now has a Volante, or convertible, variant. It's every bit as beautiful as the hardtop, if not more so, with the added benefits of an ultra-exclusive drop-top.
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McLaren To Show Le Mans Heritage Cars At Goodwood Festival Of SpeedThe 24 Hours of Le Mans is underway, with practice and qualifying sessions taking place today, and the race running this weekend. Eighteen years ago, McLaren was in the thick of it, with the F1 GTR pulling through the long night and into the checkered flag for the overall win. That F1 GTR, piloted...
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Elon Musk Confirms Battery Swapping For Tesla Model SWill battery swapping make the Model S the killer app in electric cars?
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Porsche 918 Spyder In The Valley Of Fire: VideoThe Porsche 918 Spyder may not reach quite to the same stratospheric heights--on paper--that the McLaren P1 and LaFerrari hyper-hybrids do, but it's no slouch, either. Better yet, you can still order one. Here, we see a new video of a 918 Spyder prototype in hot weather testing in the Valley of...
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2014 BMW 4-Series Coupe: Official Details, Pricing And VideoSo, you've been longing for a 3-Series-sized car, but with fewer doors and a touch more style in its design? BMW has your new slice of the pie: the 2014 4-Series Coupe. Replacing the 3-Series Coupe, but growing slightly in length and width while going lower to the ground (and lower in its center of...
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Toyota Eager To Prove Pace At 24 Hours Of Le MansWhile Audi continues to set the benchmark in World Endurance Championship racing, particularly at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the newcomer to prototype racing, Toyota, is eager to prove it has the pace to win. Coming off a strong showing at last year's 24-hour race, and a trio of wins to close out the...
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The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG has made an early debut thanks to a production line video from the company. While we're still waiting on specs and equipment information, we at least have a glimpse of... -
2014 BMW 4-Series LeakedThe 2014 BMW 4-Series gets an early debut thanks to leaky web sources.
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Does Racing Really Yield Benefits To Production Cars? Audi Says 'Yes'Earlier this week, we had the good fortune to interview Audi racer Allan McNish ahead of next week's 24 Hours of Le Mans. During the interview, he made a case for the Le Mans formula being very well-designed to yield the most relevant form of racing, both now and in the future. But is that really...
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Sébastien Loeb's First Tests At Pikes Peak: VideoThe king of rally is about to take on the biggest hill climb in the world. We expect records to tumble, re-set at levels that will stand for years. What else should you expect, after all, when the eight-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb brings an 850-horsepower Peugeot to Pikes Peak?...
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2014 Mercedes S Class Production, 100K BMW i3s Reserved, Goodbye STI: Car News HeadlinesThe 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class just made its global debut in Hamburg last month, but it's already on its way to production. Does the new technology and new look of the 2014 S Class make you itch for a new super-luxe sedan? BMW says it has about 100,000 people set to test drive the new i3 electric...
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2014 Cadillac CTS Priced From $46,025, Vsport From $59,995Despite being five inches longer, the 2014 Cadillac CTS is also 244 pounds lighter than the model it replaces, and it's packed with 20 new standard features--and the new CTS will start from $46,025 including the $925 destination fee. The 420-horsepower, twin-turbo V-6 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport will...
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The current Subaru WRX STI is a beast: powerful, capable, but something less than pretty. Despite its ungainly looks, it has made fans out of us and out of a large chunk of the populace. But it's due...
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Sir Stirling Moss & Lewis Hamilton Talk About F1 Past & Present: VideoIt's not every day you see an F1 legend like Sir Stirling Moss with his old Silver Arrow racer trackside. It's even rarer to have Lewis Hamilton and his W04 Silver Arrow join the party. Fortunately, the event was captured on video. While it's not exactly a deep dive into the technological...
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Interviewing Allan McNish, Porsche's 2014 Le Mans Prototype, 2015 Ford Mustang: Today's Car NewsWe were lucky enough to spend 20 minutes with Audi R18 e-tron quattro driver and Le Mans champ Allan McNish this week, as he and the team prepare for their run at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. McNish provides some great insight into the experience. Porsche will be joining Audi and Toyota in Le Mans P1...
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Chevy Corvette C6R Laps Le Mans In The Rain: VideoThe 81st running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is just over a week away, and the testing has begun. Here, we get to see Oliver Gavin wheeling the #74 Corvette C6R around the famed street circuit during this week's damp test day. Apart from rather miserable visibility at points, there's also the issue...
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2013 24 Hours Of Le Mans Preview: Interview With Allan McNishWe were fortunate enough to be able to steal away 20 minutes of two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Allan McNish's pre-race week today, and we spent it asking about the R18 e-tron quattro race car, his hopes and expectations for the race next weekend, and his thoughts on endurance racing...
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2013 Isle Of Man TT With Subaru: Motorsports In The BloodAt nearly 200 mph, the jumps, curves, and hard stone walls of the Snaefell Mountain Course are among the most challenging in all of competitive motorsports. They're also among the most dangerous, claiming the lives of 240 competitors since the race's founding in 1907, including one more this year...
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The 2013 McLaren MP4-12C is undoubtedly a very quick car. In fact, it's among the quickest production cars on the road, as the latest 0-60 mph acceleration run video shows.
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Need For Speed Rivals: Official E3 Game TrailerWe're big fans of hauling the mail on track, but we have learned to rein in our wilder tendencies on the street. That's why games like Need for Speed Rivals are such a good outlet for our excess hooliganism. From the scenes in this official trailer for the upcoming E3 electronics and video game...
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Wide-Body Ford Mustang Gets Feature Role In Need For Speed MovieA one-off Mustang will star in the new 'Need for Speed' movie, based on the video game.
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Audi Prices 2014 A6, A7, Q5 TDI Diesel ModelsDiesel is making a comeback in the U.S., from the luxury ranks all the way to the entry level, and Audi has been at the front of the new wave. Today, the four-ringed company announced pricing for its 2014 A6 TDI, A7 TDI, and Q5 TDI. "As drivers increasingly look for high fuel efficiency and...
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Production Peugeot RCZ R Headed To Goodwood Festival Of Speed: Forbidden FruitThe French have long made beautiful, if quirky, cars. The latest addition to this fold is the production version of the 260-horsepower Peugeot RCZ R, a hot and sporty version of the standard RCZ. Introduced last year as a concept at the Paris Motor Show, the RCZ R gets its stout power output from a...
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Sesto Elemento On Track, 2014 S Class Video, Canadian Grand Prix: Today's Car NewsThe Lamborghini Sesto Elemento is a study in what's currently possible at the outer end of road-going carbon fiber technology, so what better place to show its prototype moves than on track? Mercedes-Benz's next generation of the S Class is coming for the 2014 model year, and it's packed with new...
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