Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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Celebrating Facebook fan milestones with videos of cars doing cool stuff has become a bit of a meme with carmakers of late, and we're not going to argue with it. Burning rubber on video is roughly 30...
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Gotham Dream Cars Ferrari F430 Involved In Fatal AccidentThe Gotham Dream Cars name may be familiar to you--just over a month ago, we brought you a report from their Dream Car Sprint experience at Met Life Stadium, not far from the grounds of the New York Auto Show. Yesterday, two cars from the event were involved in a fatal accident. While details are...
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BMW 3-Series Wagon, Maldonado F1, 2013 MINI GP: Today's Car NewsThe 2013 BMW 3-Series Sport Wagon has been unveiled and it is coming to the U.S.: longroof fans fear no more for relegation to GT-land. Pastor Maldonado drove a brilliant Spanish Grand Prix to qualify on the front row (starting from pole after Hamilton's fuel issue) and going on to win the race for...
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2013 MINI John Cooper Works GP PreviewYou know all about the MINI Cooper. The Cooper S and John Cooper Works are all over the road. But the MINI John Cooper Works GP is something different. It's the fastest production MINI ever built. A full 19 seconds quicker than the previous MINI JCW GP, the latest version scores an 8 minute, 23...
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BMW 2-Series Rename Coming In 2014: ReportThe Big Change is coming at BMW, a re-shuffling of badges that will see the current 1-Series become the 2-Series, part of the 3-Series range become the 4-Series, and more. But it looks like one of the first changes could come with the 2-Series, and it could arrive by 2014. That's the story...
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Ferrari Enzo Hybrid Coming By The End Of 2012: di MontezemoloLuca di Montezemolo is many things: a snazzy dresser, a political powerhouse in Italy, and, most relevant to us, the chairman of Ferrari. As part of the most recent quarter's financial results (which were quite good) di Montezemolo announced that the new Ferrari Enzo hybrid supercar would arrive by...
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If you don't know who Carroll Shelby is, you might as well hang up your car enthusiast credentials right now, because they're no longer valid. Though his role in the American automotive industry has...
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Ferrari XX Mega Gallery, Vettel Kung Fu, Long Goes Vintage: Today's Car NewsToday we have a racer's delight: first up, the Ferrari 599XX and FXX mega-gallery, showing off the raciest of Ferrari's current portfolio of track-dedicated excellence. Next, F1 world champ Sebastian Vettel goes kung fu fighting, though even after watching it, we're not really sure why. And Patrick...
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Hyundai Uses Dozens Of Monkeys To Test DurabilityWeird, but true: Hyundai recently loosed 40 baboons on the latest Hyundai i30 hatchback. The i30 shares most of its essentials with the Elantra, though it's a hatchback in the case of the monkey-infested durability tester. Hyundai claims it's the first test of its kind by a U.K. manufacturer...
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Patrick Long Races A Vintage 1969 Porsche 911ST: VideoPatrick Long, if you haven't met him, is one of the nicest guys in racing--off the track at least. On track, he's incredibly fast, and as this video shows, he's not shy about overtaking--or pushing a vintage racer to the absolute limits. Sent in by the owner of the car, Chad, this video shows Long...
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Ferrara Confirms Top Gear USA On For Third SeasonThere's no shortage of both haters and lovers of America's version of Top Gear. Where you stand depends as much on your sense of humor as it does your love of cars, but whichever side you're on, you'll get to experience a third season of the show. The return of Top Gear USA for season three was...
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Tesla Model S To Arrive In June, Deliver Up To 350 Miles Highway RangeWhile you have to read through the dreamy enthusiasm and salesmanship of Elon Musk any time he opens his mouth--or sets words on a digital page--about his various projects, the numbers appear to back him up on his latest claims about the upcoming Tesla Model S. The first of what we'd term "real...
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Jerry Seinfeld's love of cars is no secret, especially when it comes to Porsches. He and Jay Leno even fought out a ridiculous bribery session for rights to buy the first Acura NSX during the Super... -
Audi Shows Off R18 e-tron quattro's Ultra-Lightweight TechLightweight cars aren't just good for better gas mileage: they're also faster. Audi's race technology has been well-known to flow toward its production cars, but the level of devotion to lightweight construction shown with the latest R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans racer isn't likely to make the...
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Infiniti-Mercedes, GM Omega, 2013 MINI Spied: Car News HeadlinesInfiniti deepened its ties with Mercedes-Benz through breaking ground on the upcoming joint engine plant in Decherd, Tennessee, as well as an announcement that it will build its compact luxury car, likely based on the Etherea concept, at a Magna Steyr plant in Austria--with Mercedes-Benz...
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GM Files Riviera Trademark, But Don't Get Too ExcitedBuick's Riviera concept from the 2007 Shanghai Auto Show was designed in China, but set Buick-loving hearts all over the world to beating a little faster. But don't think that today's revelation of a recent trademark filing on the Riviera name means it's coming to production. In fact, it may not...
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2012 Indy 500 Corvette ZR1 Pace Car On Track: VideoThe 2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 will be the 2012 Indy 500 pace car, and here you can see it on video before the big race.
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Nissan Breaks Ground For Mercedes-Benz/Infiniti Engine Plant In TennesseeCarlos Ghosn and Dieter Zetsche buddied up for an alliance between Renault-Nissan and Daimler just over two years ago, and while the duo has been cooperating in the background, today's groundbreaking in Tennessee for a new plant that will build engines for both Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti is a much...
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The new BMW 3-Series sedan has been a known quantity for months now. But its wagon-shaped Touring (or Sports Wagon here in the U.S.) counterpart hasn't, beyond spy shots and spy videos, and certainly... -
2012 ALMS Laguna Seca Preview: VideoThe American Le Mans Series is headed back to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend, and the drivers are looking forward to the unique challenges presented by the track. But it's not just the track that the drivers will be up against--competition in ALMS is fierce, made all the more hectic and...
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'Top Gear' Won't Be Back Until 2013: ReportIf you're jonesing for another dose of the goofy, sometimes hilarious, sometimes awful trio of Clarkson, May, and Hammond, you may have wait until 2013. According to Final Gear, Clarkson recently told the South African radio show Ballz Visual Radio (seriously, that's what it's called) that Top Gear...
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Steve Zink's Audi A6 Allroad Pickup Project: Phase 1The idea of turning a car, wagon, or other non-pickup vehicle into a truck of some sort isn't a new one, but it never ceases to amaze when done properly. This project, turning an Audi A6 Allroad into a shop truck, looks to be off to a good start. The Alltruck, as we'll call it, began construction...
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Gilles Villeneuve Honored By His Son, Ferrari At Fiorano CircuitToday, Ferrari and Jacques Villeneuve took the wheel of the famed 312 T4 at the Fiorano Circuit in honor of Gilles Villeneuve, who died in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix on May 8, 1982. The 312 T4 Jacques Villeneuve drove at Fiorano was the same car his father piloted during the 1979 F1...
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2012 Toyota RAV4 EV unveiledThough just 2,600 RAV4 EVs will be sold over the next three years, the vehicle's unveiling today at the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles marks an important milestone for the brand: the RAV4 EV's powertrain is designed and delivered by Tesla Motors. The cooperative project is the first...
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