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Rivian R1T electric pickup revealed ahead of 2018 LA auto show, R1S SUV coming too Viknesh VijayenthiranIt seems like an electric car startup surfaces every other day, but there's reason to take Rivian a bit more seriously than most.
Instead of making bold promises that get pushed back or completely...
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Nissan, Mitsubishi drop Carlos Ghosn as chairman following his arrestAt a special board meeting held Thursday, directors at Nissan unanimously voted to drop Carlos Ghosn as the automaker's chairman and representative director. The decision followed the arrest of Ghosn on November 19 on allegations of underreporting of personal income with financial regulators and...
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Hamilton ends 2018 F1 season with Abu Dhabi Grand Prix winMercedes-AMG's Lewis Hamilton didn't let off one bit during Sunday's Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix despite having already secured the 2018 title in October at the Mexican Grand Prix. Hamilton started the race on pole and was never really unsettled from there, despite a strong challenge from...
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Lamborghini SC18, Mercedes-AMG GT R Pro, Kia K900: This Week's Top PhotosLamborghini's Squadra Corse motorsport department this week unveiled a one-off project dubbed the SC18. Commissioned by an individual customer, the wild track-oriented supercar is based on the Aventador SVJ and is powered by a 6.5-liter V-12 that produces 759 horsepower and 531 pound-feet of...
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2018 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix previewThe 2018 Formula 1 World Championship concludes with this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. There were high hopes going into the 2018 season that the top teams would be more competitive. And in the first half there were plenty of great battles as Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and...
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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE, 2020 Ford Explorer, 2019 Kia K900: Car News HeadlinesMercedes-Benz has redesigned its GLE, and the SUV is now bigger and bolder than ever. The increase in size has made it possible to bring back a third row, but thankfully this hasn't upset the dynamics. This is still one of the comfiest SUVs on the market. Ford is almost ready to show us a...
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Winter is just around the corner, and Ram has rolled out a special 1500 designed to tackle the harsh conditions, especially those experienced in the Northeast.
Called the 1500 North Edition, the...
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Audi S1 reportedly not up for renewalAudi in June unveiled the second generation of its A1 subcompact for overseas markets. Unfortunately, a sporty version to succeed its predecessor's S1 model is “not foreseen” on the current platform. That's according to Audi spokesman Peter Oberndorfer, who in an interview with Car...
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Elon Musk open to working with Daimler on electric vanOnly last month, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche revealed in an interview with Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita that the company's 2014 divestiture of a stake in Tesla didn't exclude the possibility of a future cooperation between the two firms. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has since given similar comments...
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2019 Porsche Macan previewLike the Cayenne before it, the Macan has been a huge hit for Porsche. It’s the marque’s most popular model, with more than 97,000 delivered in 2017 alone. Having been introduced for 2015, the Macan is now at the midway point in its life cycle, and to keep sales brimming Porsche has...
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2019 Ford F-150 Raptor, 2020 Mercedes-AMG GT R Pro, Lamborghini Urus ST-X: Today's Car NewsFord continues to raise the performance pickup bar with its F-150 Raptor. It's still the only factory full-size truck where its maker actually encourages you use it to make jumps, and with the upgrades to the 2019 model the Raptor is now even better at handling massive air. Mercedes-AMG is almost...
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Champagne Carbon crafts a bespoke bottle for Bugatti's 110th birthdayChampagne Carbon, the beverage company with those ridiculous but awesome carbon fiber bottles of bubbly that Formula 1 drivers shower themselves with on the podium, has teamed up with Bugatti to develop a bespoke bottle celebrating the automaker's 110th anniversary in 2019. Champagne Carbon CEO...
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Following its revival last decade, Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera jumped straight back into doing what it does best: churning out beautiful, one-off, coach-built cars.
Recent hits include the Alfa...
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Jaguar reportedly considering electric option for F-TypeJaguar is in the process of drawing up plans for its next F-Type and one of the options reportedly on the table is an available electric powertrain. Autocar reported Tuesday that the next F-Type is due by 2021 and that an electric powertrain is just one of the options being looked at, though even...
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Lamborghini motorsport squad builds a wild one-off AventadorYou thought the SVJ was going to be the end of the performance road for the Aventador? It seems Lamborghini's Squadra Corse motorsport department had other plans. Helping to mark the end of the 2018 season of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo one-make series, Squadra Corse late on Friday unveiled its...
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The first Mustang coupe Ford built heads to auctionAn original Ford Mustang billed as the first hard-top example is coming up for auction. It will go under the hammer at Barrett-Jackson's annual sale in Scottsdale, Arizona running January 12-20, 2019. This is a 1965 Mustang coupe bearing a VIN ending in 00002, meaning it comes after the 1965...
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2020 BMW X6, 2020 Buick LaCrosse, 2020 Toyota Camry TRD: Car News HeadlinesA new generation of the BMW X6 has been spotted. The design is very close to what we see on the latest X4 and is overall much more muscular than what we find on the current X6. The market launch should take place next year. The first photos of Buick's updated LaCrosse have surfaced. They show...
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MG eZS is first electric car from British brandMG, owned by Chinese automaker SAIC, has been hinting over the past year at an expansion into the electric car arena, and on Friday we saw the historic British brand finally roll out its first electric car. The car is an electric version of MG's existing ZS compact crossover (gas-powered version...
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Stretched Audi A6 L debuts in ChinaAudi on Friday unveiled the stretched version of its redesigned A6 at the 2018 Guangzhou auto show in China. Known as the A6 L, the car is destined to be sold in China only. It's also built there, with its production handled by Audi's joint-venture partner in China, FAW Volkswagen. Unlike many...
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2020 Toyota Corolla revealed, hybrid powertrain comingFollowing the reveal of a redesigned Corolla Hatchback at the start of the year, Toyota has now followed up with the reveal of a redesigned Corolla sedan. The covers came off at a private reveal late on Thursday but the general public will be able to get up close with the car later this month at...
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Honda Passport SUV making a comeback for 2019Remember the Honda Passport of the 1990s? Well, the SUV is making a comeback for 2019. Honda on Thursday revealed a teaser video for the new Passport ahead of the world debut on November 27, and confirmed the market launch in early 2019. The modern Passport will be a mid-size crossover SUV sitting...
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2020 BMW 330e plug-in hybrid debuts with XtraBoost featureBMW on Thursday unveiled the plug-in hybrid version of its recently revealed eighth-generation 3-Series. Donning the 330e badge of the outgoing 3-Series plug-in hybrid, the new car also features a similar powertrain to the model it replaces but delivers more power and electric range. There's also a...
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2019 Cadillac CT6, 2019 Ford GT, 2019 Mazda 3: Today's Car NewsCadillac's CT6 flagship sedan has just undergone a mid-cycle update for 2019. Unfortunately for fans of electrification, the plug-in hybrid model will no longer be part of the lineup, at least in North America. If you were knocked back from Ford's application program for the GT, you can now bid on...
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