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Ferrari's F1 car to don 90th anniversary livery for 2019 Australian Grand Prix Viknesh VijayenthiranFerrari as an automaker celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2017, but its race team, Scuderia Ferrari, is much older. In fact, this year marks the 90th anniversary of Ferrari's racing endeavours.
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Mercedes-AMG E63, Karma Pininfarina concept, Aston Martin DBX: Car News HeadlinesMercedes-AMG has been spotted testing a prototype for an updated E63. The super sedan looks to adopt styling tweaks planned for the entire E-Class range for its mid-cycle update, and we're hopeful of some additional horsepower being extracted from its twin-turbocharged V-8. EV startup Karma will...
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F1 introduces bonus point system for fastest lapsThe organizers of Formula 1 have agreed on a bonus point system for fastest laps. To be introduced at this Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, the system will see a point awarded to both driver and team for achieving the fastest lap during a race. It means a driver can gain...
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VW Group commits to 70 EVs by 2028Volkswagen Group announced plans to launch 70 new electric cars by the end of 2028, up from a previous plan of only 50, at its annual press conference held Tuesday in Wolfsburg, Germany. The first of these 70 EVs is the 2019 Audi e-tron that's just gone on sale. Some of the others we know of...
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SpeedKore's Demon-powered 1970 Dodge Charger visits Jay Leno's GarageIt made its debut at the 2018 SEMA show and now SpeedKore Performance Group's Demon-powered, carbon fiber-bodied 1970 Dodge Charger has paid a visit to Jay Leno's Garage. And there to explain it all was SpeedKore boss Dave Salvaggio. You may remember him from his meetup with Leno for the custom...
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Tesla to raise prices after March 18Tesla announced Sunday that it will raise prices by about 3 percent on average across the board. The only exception will be the base Model 3, known as the Standard Range, which will keep its $36,200 starting price. The increased pricing will be introduced after March 18, so potential buyers have a...
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The man who penned the McLaren F1 has joined Dendrobium to work on the technology firm's electric supercar project.
Dendrobium announced in February the appointment of Peter Stevens, revealing that...
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2020 BMW 3-Series Sports Wagon spy shots and videoThere's a redesigned BMW 3-Series in showrooms, and once again the small sport sedan will spawn a wagon variant, known in the United States as a Sports Wagon. In other markets the 3-Series Sports Wagon is called a Touring. Our latest spy shots and video show a handful of prototypes for the...
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2020 Volkswagen Golf spy shotsPrototypes for a redesigned Volkswagen Golf, the eighth generation of the popular nameplate, has been spotted. The car enters production in June and should be in local showrooms early next year, meaning we'll likely see it as a 2020 model—unless VW decides to delay it for the U.S. like it did...
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This Week's Top Photos: The 2019 Geneva auto show editionThe 2019 Geneva International Motor Show has come and gone, and it was another bumper year especially for performance fans. There were supercars and hypercars galore, and one of our favorites was the Aston Martin Vanquish Vision Concept, which previews the new mid-engine Vanquish coming early next...
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2020 Audi e-tron Sportback, 2020 Porsche Taycan, New Stratos: Car News HeadlinesAudi has only just launched its e-tron crossover SUV but the German firm's next electric car is already on the auto show circuit. The vehicle is the e-tron Sportback, which is essentially the e-tron with a more rakish, coupe-like profile. The Porsche Taycan is now less than a year away from its...
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Porsche Taycan to debut in SeptemberPorsche announced on Friday that its Taycan will be revealed in September, which points to a debut at the 2019 Frankfurt International Motor Show on the same month. We'll remind you that it was at the Frankfurt show that the original Mission E concept was first shown four years ago. When Porsche...
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Acura's well-received Precision concept from 2016 has already influenced the design of several models in the Japanese brand's lineup, most notably the 2019 RDX.
Soon, though, we could see a model...
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New Stratos arrives in production guise, classic livery at 2019 Geneva auto showFirst unveiled in 2010, the New Stratos brought one of the most iconic rally car designs into the modern era. The project was the dream of Michael Stoschek, a German billionaire with a love of rally cars of the original Lancia Statos' era. He commissioned Pininfarina to build the modern car, which...
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Audi rolls out e-tron Sportback prototype at 2019 Geneva auto showA prototype for Audi's e-tron Sportback was rolled out on Tuesday at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show, previewing the automaker's next electric car. The e-tron Sportback is a coupe-like version of the e-tron crossover SUV that went on sale for 2019. The more rakish e-tron Sportback is...
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Piech family member starts car brand, plans electric sports car with 5-minute chargingA Swiss firm by the name of Piech used this week's 2019 Geneva International Motor Show to present the Mark Zero sports car concept. Piech was founded by Rea Stark Rajcic and Anton Piech, the latter a son of former Volkswagen Group patriarch Ferdinand Piech, and the company has ambitious plans to...
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Puritalia returns with 965-horsepower Berlinetta GTNiche Italian sports car marque Puritalia made a name for itself earlier this decade with the introduction of the 427 roadster, a lightweight sports car with a Ford V-8 that we imagine Carroll Shelby might have built had he grown up in the hills around Modena. Now Puritalia is back with a hard-top...
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BMW X3 xDrive30e plug-in hybrid due in US in 2020BMW didn't have much in the way of surprises at this week's 2019 Geneva International Motor Show, but the automaker did roll out a new plug-in hybrid version of the X3. The vehicle is badged an xDrive30e and packs the same powertrain as the new 330e sedan. A 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 works...
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Tesla on Wednesday announced a new V3 Supercharger that supports charging of up to 250 kilowatts.
That's up from a peak 145 kw for the current V2 Superchargers and will see a Model 3 Long Range add...
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Maserati Alfieri locked in for 2020 Geneva auto showMaserati's Alfieri sports car will be shown at the 2020 Geneva International Motor Show but won't reach showrooms until 2021 or 2022. The information was revealed by Maserati boss Harald Wester in an interview with Autocar published Tuesday. The Alfieri was first shown as a concept in 2014 and...
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Koenigsegg Jesko deep dive: 7 clutches, 1,600 hp, $3MWhen you're developing a replacement for the fastest car on the planet, a typical update isn't going to cut the mustard. Fortunately, that wasn't an issue for Koenigsegg, as nothing the Swedish performance marque does is what you'd call typical. That's clearly evident in Koenigsegg's Jesko, which...
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Aston Martin Vanquish, Alfa Romeo Tonale, Ruf GT: Car News HeadlinesAston Martin surprised audiences at this week's 2019 Geneva International Motor Show with the reveal of not one but two mid-engine cars. One of them previews the next-generation Vanquish, which Aston Martin will offer as a rival to the Ferrari F8 Tributo and McLaren 720S. Alfa Romeo previewed a...
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Pagani Huayra replacement will feature new V-12, electric optionPagani didn't have anything new to show at this week's 2019 Geneva International Motor Show, though company founder Horacio Pagani and his son Christopher were present and dropped a few details on his next hypercar. Speaking with Road & Track, they revealed that the hypercar to replace the...
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2020 Porsche 718 Cayman Touring spy shotsPorsche booted the flat-6 engine from the Boxster and Cayman when it updated the cars for 2017, and added a 718 to their names in the process. However, the automaker will add back a flat-6 for upcoming 718 Boxster Spyder and Cayman GT4 models due later this year, and our latest spy shots suggest...
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