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2020 Chevy Corvette C8.R, 2020 Lexus RC F Track Edition, Nissan GT-R50: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranA video is out showing the new race car based on the yet-to-be-revealed mid-engined C8 Chevrolet Corvette. The car has been testing in secret at night at major racetracks and the video, taken during...
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Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign confirmed for production with $1.1M price tagThe Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign is headed for production. Just 50 are planned and the price tag is set at $1.12 million. The car was developed to celebrate the GT-R and Italdesign, both of which turned 50 this year, with Nissan describing it as the “ultimate expression” of the GT-R...
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No paint, no clear: Koenigsegg crafts Regera wearing "naked" carbon fiberKoenigsegg is an expert when it comes to carbon fiber. After all, the small Swedish company was the first to offer carbon fiber wheels straight from the factory. Now it's ventured into a new realm concerning the light yet sturdy material: Koenigsegg Naked Carbon. Shown here on a Regera, Koenigsegg...
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Waymo One, WEC hypercar class, 2020 Chevy Silverado HD: Today's Car NewsWaymo had promised to launch the first commercial service for self-driving cars within 2018, and while a service has been launched it isn't open to the general public just yet. It's called Waymo One, and it allows several hundred invited users to take a ride in one of Waymo's self-driving cars...
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2020 Chevy Silverado 2500HD High Country: More bling, less butchChevrolet on Thursday revealed the second of five planned variants for its redesigned 2020 Silverado 2500 Heavy Duty pickup truck. This time it's the new Silverado 2500HD High Country, which represents the range-topper of the HD family. It follows Tuesday's first look reveal of the redesigned truck...
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Opel to launch 3 electric cars by 2020Opel's new owner, France's PSA Group, is moving quickly with the introduction of new models based on its own platforms, some of which will offer electric powertrains. The first to arrive will be a redesigned Corsa subcompact hatch that Opel on Thursday confirmed will be available to order in...
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Organizers for the World Endurance Championship, which includes the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, on Wednesday agreed on regulations governing the new “hypercar” class being introduced...
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VW's next-gen cars could be its last with internal combustion enginesVolkswagen's generation of cars scheduled to start arriving around 2026 will likely be the brand's last to be fitted with internal combustion engines in most major markets. That's according to Michael Jost, strategy chief for the VW brand, who said the automaker will slowly phase out internal...
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VW boss hints at second US plant, sharing capacity with FordVolkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess dropped further hints about the German automaker's potential partnership with Ford following a meeting at the White House on Tuesday. Diess, together with Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche and BMW Group CFO Nicolas Peter, met with U.S. officials including Commerce...
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Pre-production SSC Tuatara hypercar tests on public roadsThe team at SSC is currently cooking up America's first hypercar and a pre-production prototype has just been spotted testing on public roads. These photos were sent in to Motor Authority by a reader and were snapped on a stretch of road near SSC's headquarters in West Richland, Washington. The new...
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Aston Martin to electrify its classic carsAston Martin is following Jaguar's lead with a reversible electric car conversion for classic models, and the first to receive the treatment is a 1970 DB6 MkII Volante. Jaguar last year rolled out an E-Type whose original powertrain was swapped for a battery and electric motor. It proved so popular...
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Alfa Romeo compact crossover will be based on Jeep RenegadeFiat Chrysler Automobiles in late November announced $5.7 billion worth of investments in its Italian plants, which includes a plan to steer them away from slow-selling, unprofitable vehicles and refocus them toward in-demand models, particularly luxury crossovers. Part of the plan is production of...
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Ford has two very nice performance cars in the form of the GT and Mustang GT. Apart from their Blue Oval badges and the fact they both have GT in their names, there's not much else they have in...
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Could Ford's Mustang-inspired electric SUV be called a Mach E?Ford irked the Mustang community early this year when it announced that the cherished Mach 1 name would be used on an electric crossover SUV with styling inspired by its iconic pony car. Due to the strong negative response to the use of the name on something other than a Mustang, Ford in August...
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2020 Chevrolet Silverado Heavy Duty is ready to get to workChevrolet on Tuesday unveiled the heavy-duty version of its redesigned Silverado full-size pickup truck that arrived in 1500 light-duty guise for 2019. The new Silverado Heavy Duty, shown here in 2500 guise, arrives for 2020 and makes its formal debut next February, most likely at the 2019 Chicago...
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2020 BMW M8 leakedHere it is. The new BMW M8 courtesy of a leak on German Car Forum. The particular version shown is the hotter M8 Competition. It features a number of carbon fiber accents that will likely be absent on the standard M8. It should also come with extra horsepower but we won't know for sure until BMW M...
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AMG's new GT R Pro runs a 7:04.63 Nürburgring hot lapThere's a new top dog in AMG's GT sports car family, the GT R Pro, which the Affalterbach tuner unveiled last week at the 2018 LA Auto Show alongside an updated GT range. AMG announced at the debut that the GT R Pro is capable of a Nürburgring lap time of 7.04.632, and now we have the video of...
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Trump tweets China will “reduce and remove” tariffs on US-made carsFollowing the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, over the weekend, President Donald Trump late Sunday took to Twitter to announce that China has agreed to “reduce and remove” the current 40-percent tariff on cars imported into the country from the United States. China has agreed to...
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Just 6 minutes and 30 seconds. That's the targeted lap time for the 12.9-mile Nürburgring-Nordschleife for Porsche's next hypercar.
The information was confirmed to Top Gear magazine at last...
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2019 Volvo V60: Svelte Swedish wagon slips in under $40,000Volvo's redesigned V60 wagon arrives in showrooms in early 2019 priced from $39,895, including destination. The base sticker nets you a 2019 V60 T5, a model that comes with a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 delivering 250 horsepower to the front wheels. Should you want all-wheel drive, you'll need...
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This Week's Top Photos: The 2018 LA Auto Show editionRivian turned out to be a surprise star of this past week's 2018 LA Auto Show. The American electric car startup showed up with two production-bound vehicles: a crew cab pickup truck and related SUV with third-row seats. What's impressive is the no-nonsense nature of the vehicles and the...
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Nissan reveals Leaf Nismo RC race car that won't actually raceNissan in 2011 graced us with a race car concept based on the first-generation Leaf electric hatchback. Nissan built the concept to draw attention to the seemingly untapped performance potential of electric cars, though the concept wasn't particularly fast, its electric motor generating just 107...
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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500's engine teased, sales start fall 2019Behold the slippery snake that will sit atop the nuclear warhead posing as an engine in Ford's next Mustang Shelby GT500. After confirming on Wednesday the debut of the new GT500 at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit next January, Ford on Thursday released a new teaser photo...
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GM president takes over Cruise self-driving car businessAs a sign of the growing importance of its Cruise self-driving business, General Motors President Dan Ammann is taking over as CEO of the San Francisco-based startup. GM announced Thursday that Ammann will take over from current Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt on January 1, 2019. Vogt founded Cruise...
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