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150 cars from Gosford car museum up for grabs, including Aston DB5 and Porsche 911 R Viknesh VijayenthiranAustralia's Gosford Classic Car Museum, home to one of the biggest and most diverse car collections in the world, closed its doors for good in February due to a dispute with tax authorities.
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Lucid sells $1B stake to Saudi Arabia, plans production of Air sedan in 2020EV startup Lucid Motors has received a $1 billion investment from Saudi Arabia, which it will use to start production of the Air luxury sedan in 2020.
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A month out on bail, ex-Renault Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn is arrested againCarlos Ghosn was arrested again in Tokyo, just a day after he said he was ready to "tell the truth" about his alleged financial misconduct while running the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance.
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Self-driving VWs hit the streets of HamburgVolkswagen Group's self-driving car prototypes are testing on the streets of Hamburg, Germany. The goal is to have a trial service up and running by 2021.
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2021 Ford Puma spy shotsFord is developing a new subcompact crossover SUV which is due for a reveal in 2019 and confirmed as the Puma—a name that recently surfaced in trademark filings. The Puma is related to the latest Fiesta and judging by a teaser shot released on Wednesday the exterior designs of the two...
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Infiniti Qs Inspiration concept previews new electric sport sedanInfiniti will preview a planned sport sedan at April's Auto Shanghai 2019 with the Qs Inspiration concept. The sport sedan will be an electric car based on a new modular platform.
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2020 Buick Encore, 2020 Chevy Trailblazer, 2019 Mercedes-AMG CLS53: Today's Car News Viknesh VijayenthiranGeneral Motors has a number of new crossover SUVs planned for this month's Auto Shanghai 2019. One of them is a redesigned Buick Encore, which we'll see later in the year as a 2020 model.
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2020 Chevrolet Trailblazer spy shotsChevrolet's Trailblazer is about to return as a compact crossover SUV. The new model makes its debut at Auto Shanghai 2019.
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2020 Buick LaCrosse made handsome just as it's dropped in USThe Buick LaCrosse has ceased production for North America but over in China, where sedans still rule, an updated, much more handsome LaCrosse will go on sale later in 2019.
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BMW's 3-Series spawns long-wheelbase variant for ChinaBMW has revealed a stretched 3-Series with almost 5 more inches in the wheelbase, but this model is built exclusively for China.
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Ahead of new Flying Spur, Bentley remembers an originalBentley will unveil a redesigned Flying Spur later this year. The new model adopts the platform originally developed by Porsche for its latest Panamera and should combine this with the beauty and pure elegance we've already tasted in the latest Continental GT, only in the familiar 4-door form...
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2020 Jeep Gladiator, 2020 Mercedes-AMG CLA45, Daimler and Torc deal: Car News HeadlinesJeep's Wrangler-based pickup, the Gladiator, is ready to roll out to showrooms and we've just had some time behind the wheel. We found it to be a bit less nimble around town thank the Wrangler, but other mid-size pickup trucks aren’t much different. Mercedes-Benz has a new generation of its...
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The McLaren Senna is a wild, track-focused hypercar. That much is clear.
But there's always more, and the automaker recently inched forward with the more extreme McLaren Senna GTR unveiled in March....
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Daimler to bring self-driving trucks to the road with America's Torc RoboticsThe commercial vehicle arm of Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler on Friday announced it acquired a majority stake in Torc Robotics, a company based in Blacksburg, Virginia, developing self-driving systems for multiple vehicle categories, ranging from SUVs to 300-ton mining trucks. The deal, which...
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Rolls-Royce's new design chief is the man who penned the VeyronRolls-Royce has been without a head designer since Giles Taylor stepped down last September after a 6-year stint to join China's FAW Group, where he's been tasked with helping shape future products from a revived Hongqi. The situation at Rolls-Royce finally changed on Monday with the appointment of...
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2020 Mercedes-AMG CLA45 spy shots and videoMercedes-Benz unveiled the redesigned 2020 CLA at January's 2019 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but the versions we're more interested in, those from Mercedes-AMG, are still being developed. Yes, “versions” isn't a typo as AMG is working on two performance levels...
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Hamilton clinches Bahrain F1 victory after reliability issues plague LeclercThere was heartbreak for Charles Leclerc on Sunday at the 2019 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix, with reliability issues stealing a likely first victory for the Ferrari newcomer. Leclerc was the fastest all day but with 15 laps of the Bahrain International Circuit remaining, his car's power unit went...
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Ferrari P80/C, Dodge Charger Widebody, Mercedes-AMG A35: This Week's Top PhotosFerrari unleashed a monster this week in the form of the P80/C. The car is a one-off created by the Special Projects division, and we're told it was the division's most extreme creation yet. The P80/C is based on the bones of a 488 GT3 race car and has been designed as a modern interpretation of...
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The 2020 Jeep Gladiator mid-size pickup truck has been priced from $35,040, including destination, Jeep confirmed on Saturday. That's about $2,000 higher than the base price of the related 4-door...
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2019 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix previewMercedes-AMG's Valtteri Bottas leads the pack as we go into round two of the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship, the Bahrain Grand Prix held at the Bahrain International Circuit.
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Lyft IPO priced at $72 per share, values company at $24BLyft has become the first ride-hailing company to go public, with its shares to be listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LYFT.
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Nissan Skyline GT-R's RB26 engine back in productionNissan has expanded its Nismo Heritage Parts program with components to allow you to build new RB26DETT engines for the R32, R33 and R34 Skyline GT-Rs.
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2020 Audi RS 6 Avant spy shots and videoAudi Sport is currently working on the next RS 6 Avant. Spotted in prototype form, the new RS 6 Avant has an aggressive front fascia, massive brakes, and oval-shaped exhausts.
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BMW M8 spy shots, Kia Mohave concept, Hennessey F-150 Raptor V-8 swap: Car News HeadlinesBMW's M8 Gran Coupe has been spied testing, Kia has unveiled a concept previewing the next Mohave SUV, and Hennessey has swapped out the Ford F-150 Raptor's V-6 for a V-8.
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