Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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Today, we have new spy video of BMW's upcoming 2013 4-Series coupe. Of course, the two-door may yet be badged as a 3-Series, but whichever number it gets, it'll be the same car--and it will likely... -
Banker Admits Taking Bribes From Bernie: F1 Boss Back In SpotlightDespite being the ultra-rich boss of Formula 1, Bernie Ecclestone hasn't had an easy coupe of years. Back in December 2010, he was beaten and robbed of his Hublot watch. Then he had to buy the most expensive house in America for his daughter. Last year, allegations of $44 million in bribes paid to...
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Ferrari Auction Raises Over $2.28 Million For Earthquake VictimsTwo earthquakes devastated the Emiglia Romagna region of Italy last month, striking close to Ferrari's heart in Maranello. To aid the victims of the quakes, Ferrari held an online auction this month to raise funds in their support. It turned out quite successfully, raising more than €1.8...
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2012 Tesla Model S Gets EPA Certified 265-Mile Range, 89 MPGe RatingIf you're like us, you've been wondering--some of you may even have been doubting--whether Tesla Motors' claim of a 300-mile range in the largest-battery pack 2012 Model S would stand up to EPA testing. Wonder no more: it's close, securing a 265-mile range rating when equipped with the largest (85...
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Mercedes-Benz Giving Away Two Free AMG Driving School SpotsWhether you're an experienced amateur or a rank novice, there's a lot to be said for brushing up on your skills (or developing new ones) with a high-end driving school. Even if you're already happy with your current skill level, the chance to spend a day or three on track in some fast, expensive...
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2013 Bentley GT Speed, 2014 Mercedes CLA spied, 2014 Aston Vanquish: Today's Car NewsThe 2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed will make its official public debut at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, but Bentley has loosed its basic stats on to the web a week or so early. A 205-mph, 4.0-second-to-60-mph hyperluxury coupe? Yeah, sounds fun. Mercedes-Benz's 2014 CLA Class has been...
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The Goodwood Festival of Speed isn't yet underway, but Bentley has decided to give the Internet a preview of its newest, fastest-ever production model: the Continental GT Speed.
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Patrick Racing To Bring Natural Gas Race Cars To American Le Mans Series In 2013With the big-dog Le Mans 24 hour race just in the books for 2012, the American Le Mans Series has kicked up its program for the rest of the year, which will climax at the Petit Le Mans this fall. But the series is already looking to next year, too, with an announcement today that natural...
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Win A Corvette 427, A Camaro ZL1, And Trips To 2013 Le Mans Or Indy 500Free trips to some of the world's greatest races? Free sports cars? No gearhead/speedfreak/track rat in his or her right mind would turn such a thing down, even across brand loyalty barriers. That's probably part of the motivation behind Chevrolet's latest duo of giveaways. The other part is...
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Tesla Releases Final 2012 Model S Production Video Ahead Of Friday DeliveriesWhile there's already at least one 2012 Tesla Model S in the wild, the official start of deliveries is this Friday, June 22. To show off its all-electric luxury sedan before it starts pulling into owner garages, Tesla Motors has released a final production video of the car, showing the complete...
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2012 COPO Camaro Build Process: Behind The ScenesChevrolet's COPO Camaro drag racer is under construction, and this is an inside look at the cars as they undergo conversion from run-of-the-mill Camaro bodies-in-white into full-on race cars. The photos, from The Block, a Chevrolet Performance website, show the cars in various states of completion...
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All Three Six-Wheeled F1 Cars To Gather For First Time At GoodwoodThe Goodwood Festival of Speed is a nearly religious experience for the dedicated motorsports fan, and this year, it will feature a holy trinity of its own: three of the six-wheeled F1 cars, gathered in one place for the first time in history. Three six-wheeled F1 cars, you say? Why yes, though...
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The MINI Paceman Concept, first displayed at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, came off as a bit of an oddball, even compared to its four-door Countryman inspiration, but even so, something about it piqued... -
Mercedes-Benz Talks AMG Future, Celebrates 45 Years Of Performance BrandDaimler, Mercedes-Benz's parent company, is one of the oldest names in the automotive world. Mercedes-Benz itself bears a long history. But the AMG performance brand is quite a bit younger--just 45 this year. In celebration of the anniversary, the company has loosed its lips, a bit, about its...
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Tanner Foust Teases X Games 18 Parallel Double Loop-The-Loop: VideoContinuing his somewhat unlikely but nevertheless awesome partnership with Hot Wheels, Tanner Foust is preparing to do something even crazier than his life-sized toy car jump: a parallel double loop-the-loop. Coming on the heels of Top Gear Live's successful sequential double loop-the-loop, the...
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Hyundai Genesis Coupe Outruns An Arrow: VideoKudos to Hyundai for putting a new twist on the "can a car outrun this object" theme by outrunning an arrow with a humble Genesis Coupe--but pardon us if we take a closer look at the physics of this video before we go all googly-eyed. Most arrows from a typical modern compound bow will travel...
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Rally Co-Driver Gareth Roberts Dies In Kubica-Like Guardrail CrashGareth Roberts, a 24-year-old Welsh rally co-driver with a promising career ahead of him, died this weekend during the Targa Florio-Rally Internazionale Di Sicilia rally after the Peugeot 207 Super 2000 piloted by driver Craig Breen was skewered by a guardrail. The accident is eerily reminiscent of...
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Take A Virtual Tour Of Mercedes-AMG's Affalterbach HQ: VideoWith Mercedes-AMG dangling some very tasty-looking forbidden fruit in our faces in the form of the A45 AMG, we're currently feeling somewhat mixed toward the brand, though we have some hope for the CLA45 AMG--and we already know and love many of their other products. For those of you who aren't as...
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There's shark jumping, then there's Ken Block, which is something akin to a shark jumping a jumping shark, on fire, doing a powerslide. But hey, it's still fun--and it looks like Gymkhana FIVE is... -
Chrysler Teams With 'The Dark Knight Rises' For Video ContestChrysler has teamed with the latest Batman movie to market the 2012 Chrysler 300.
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Hyundai Elantra GT Goes Zombie For The Walking Dead's 100th Issue At Comic-ConHyundai. Zombies. Comic books. What? We're not entirely sure what's going on here, but we kind of like it. In celebration of the 100th issue of The Walking Dead comic, the Hyundai Elantra GT will get a special wrap bearing the issue's cover art. Better yet, Robert Kirkman, owner of the Skybound...
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Sebastian Loeb Rises To Pastrana's Challenge, Will Compete At X Games RallyCrossThe ultimate WRC champion Sebastian Loeb will be at this year's X Games in Los Angeles. Why? Because Travis Pastrana invited/challenged him to show up. Why would Pastrana, a favorite to win or place in the competition, make his own job exponentially harder by inviting Loeb? Because he wants to race...
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Audi SQ5 TDI Preview: 313-HP, Twin-Turbo Diesel CrossoverRumors of a performance diesel version of the Audi Q5 emerged just days ago, and now Audi has delivered the goods: the Audi SQ5, powered by a 313-horsepower, 479 pound-feet of torque twin-turbo 3.0-liter diesel V-6 engine. That's a lot of grunt for a relatively compact crossover, and the...
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Lexus IS F CCS-R And Ken Gushi Take Final Test Run Up Pikes Peak: VideoIt's incredible that Pikes Peak exists as a public road. It's even more incredible that people race up it--the narrow two-lane surface, now mostly paved, is still free of guardrails over much of the perilously long, steep drops. Nevertheless, people flock to the mountain every year to try their...
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