Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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Spies have captured the 2014 Bentley Continental Flying Spur on video, showing off the big car as it runs up a tight and twisting mountain road.
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Local Motors, Domino's Crowdsourcing 'Ultimate Delivery Vehicle': VideoThe open-source minds behind the Local Motors Rally Fighter have joined forces with Domino's pizza to conceive the Ultimate Delivery Vehicle. And you (or people like you) are the brains that will imagine it. Domino's is "reinventing the way pizza is delivered, and [they] want your help," according...
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Top Gear USA Returns Tomorrow, Sixteen Episodes PlannedWhether you love the flannel-clad antics of Rutledge Wood, the humor of Adam Ferrara, or the behind-the-wheel skill of Tanner Foust, the most American version of Top Gear will be back on The History Channel this week, starting up tomorrow, August 14th, at 9 p.m. Eastern. A total of sixteen episodes...
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Infiniti Emerg-E To Make North American Debut At Pebble BeachThe sleek and sultry electric Infiniti Emerg-E we first saw at this year's Geneva Motor Show will make its North American debut at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. While we've already brought you live photos of the car, as well as all of the official details, there's something about...
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Pikes Peak Crash & Record, 2013 Range Rover Spied, Lamborghini's 50th: Today's Car NewsThe 2012 running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb took place this Sunday, and even though the finish had to be moved down part way through the day due to weather (only the third time in the race's history) Rhys Millen set a new record, and our friend Jeremy Foley had a major crash (but...
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Jeremy Foley's Insane Pikes Peak Crash: VideoYesterday, while many of his friends were autocrossing near Dallas, Texas, they were thinking about Jeremy Foley. Why? Because he'd be running up Pikes Peak in a 560-plus-horsepower (at the wheels) Mitsubishi Evolution by Evolution Dynamics. That's Most of our idea of a very good day. But...
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We love cars: new, old, weird, fast, whatever--they're fun. But they can also be funny.
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Pikes Peak 2012: The Standings So FarWith everything from the likes of the Banks Power/Dallenbach 1,400-horsepower beast to Monster Tajima's electric prototype to smaller privateers like the Evolution Dynamics Mitsubishi Evolution IX piloted by Jeremy Foley, the action at Pikes Peak is already underway. Qualifying is in the books, and...
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Lamborghini Aventador Vs. Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster: 1 Mile Drag RaceThe team at Hennessey Performance never let us down when it comes to high-horsepower fun. Here, we see what a Lamborghini Aventador eats for a light snack: A Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster. Played out over the course of a one-mile drag race, but over and finished before more than a few hundred feet...
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Ricky Gervais Is A Nervous Nellie: VideoThe second episode of Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee is out, and while it's as funny and offbeat as the first episode with Larry David, the most interesting aspect of the new episode is Ricky Gervais' obvious fear and discomfort in the passenger seat of a 1967 Austin-Healey 3000...
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Russian Car Chase Ends In Crash, Gun Play: VideoWe have to thank the ever-present threat of insurance fraud for Russia's dashcam video boom, or we might never have seen these gun-wielding Russians chasing a hit-and-run driver until it ends in a crash and a foot chase. If you listen closely near the beginning of the video when the chasing car...
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Verano Turbo, Project 370Z, Audi Digital Rear-view: Car News HeadlinesBuick priced the 2013 Verano Turbo from just a tick under $30,000. At 250 horsepower, 0-60 mph in 6.2 seconds, and 31 mpg highway, is that a bargain, or a bad bet? Nissan's Project 370Z is complete, and it's a turbocharged, built suspension, big-brake version of the Z car, specced out by fans as a...
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Whether you're into NASCAR in general or not, the road races the series runs often provide spectacular racing--unafraid of some contact, hustling big machines, and with hired-gun road course... -
Lightly-Used Neon Green 2012 Lexus LFA For Sale (Update)This lightly-used Lexus LFA apparently didn't meet its owner's requirements--or the owner didn't meet Lexus'.
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Chris Harris Races The Radical SR3 With Andy Green, Bloodhound SSC PilotThe Bloodhound SSC is fairly mental all on its own: basically, a jet without wings intended to skim the surface of a salt lake bed. The driver, accordingly, is slightly more mental--especially since he plans to take it to about 1,000 mph. That man is Andy Green, shown here racing with Chris Harris...
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2013 BMW Alpina B3 Spy ShotsAlthough BMW has its M Division, the Alpina custom shop provides a different take on higher-performance luxury, with perhaps a more balanced, less motorsports-derived approach. The next to come from the makers of the 7-Series-based B7 is the 3-Series-based B3. Like the B7, the B3 is likely to be...
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Bugatti Veyron Pulled Over By Bike Cop: VideoThose of us who have spent more than our fair share of time above the posted speed limits are fond of a sobering, self-limiting saying: You can't outrun radios. Perhaps that's the thought that went through this Bugatti Veyron driver's mind as he was being pulled over by a policeman on a bicycle...
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Nissan Juke-R Production Sketches RevealedThe first sketches of the upcoming production version of the Nissan Juke-R have been revealed, depicting--as expected--a crossover with a decidedly sporty and agressive look. Just as insane as the prototype Juke-R, based on the Nissan GT-R's powertrain and intended for exhibition racing duty, the...
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Despite having just unveiled a 2013-spec Dodge Charger for NASCAR Sprint Cup competition, the brand will be leaving NASCAR at the end of the 2012 season. The news was confirmed on an official...
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2013 MINI Paceman, Ford Car-To-Car, Audi R8 e-tron: Car News HeadlinesSpies have captured the 2013 MINI Paceman, MINI's new compact Countryman-style coupe, testing at the Nordschleife. Ford is moving forward with its car-to-car communications systems, with a new test regimen underway in Germany. Audi's R8 e-tron set a Nürburgring lap record not long ago, and now...
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1963 Split-Window Corvette Barn Find: 33 Years In StorageWhen a California man passed away recently, he left behind a barn full of stuff. Amongst the stuff was a 1963 split-window Corvette (pictured below) in what appears to be fairly good, if neglected, condition. There is, of course, the usual three-decades coating of dust, and what looks like a fair...
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Audi TT RS Five-Cylinder Sounds Off With Quattro Heritage: VideoThe five-cylinder engine in the Audi TT RS traces its history back to the brand's racing 90 Quattro of the last 1980s.
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40-Piece Musical Drum Kit Built From Car Parts: VideoThose of us that love cars often see the art in their designs, in driving them, in the sounds of their engines, even in their construction--but it's not often we see them made into the tools of art, or music, to be exact. But that's exactly what Jordan Hill calls Motor Rhythms. Hill terms his Motor...
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Audi Teases RS 5 For 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb: VideoColorado wildfires delayed the 2012 running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, but it's getting underway this week--and it looks like Audi has something up its sleeve. An image posted to Facebook teases us, saying there will be a surprise "to pay homage to [Audi's] record-breaking past" at...
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