Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Chevrolet's COPO Camaro dragstrip hero turns 50 next year, and the Bowtie brand is celebrating with its 2019 COPO Camaro.
Unveiled late on Monday ahead of the formal debut Tuesday at the 2018 SEMA...
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Chevy unveils electric Camaro drag racer, estimates 9-second quarter-mileChevrolet is out to prove that cars like its Camaro have a bright future in the world of electrification, at least as far as the dragstrip is concerned. The automaker late on Monday unveiled the eCOPO Camaro concept ahead of the formal debut Tuesday at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. The concept is...
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VW shows Jetta tuning potential with trio of SEMA specialsVolkswagen's Jetta has been redesigned for 2019. The latest generation is a solid option in the compact sedan. It's also a perfect blank canvas for mad modders, as the car's MQB platform has been engineered for plenty of poke and has a lot of aftermarket parts out there. VW will use this week's...
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Ford Focus ST, Porsche 718 Cayman GT4, Lewis Hamilton F1 champion: Today's Car NewsFord is working on a new generation of the Focus ST and the latest prototypes are completely devoid of camouflage gear. Unfortunately we won't see the vehicle here as Ford no longer plans to offer any Focus variants in the country. Another vehicle we spied testing is Porsche's updated 718 Cayman...
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Mercedes product roadmap confirms 2019 debut for next CLA, CLA Shooting BrakeMercedes-Benz last week presented its third-quarter financials, and tucked away in a lengthy document detailing the results was a slide providing a product roadmap for the coming year. First noticed by Motor1, the roadmap provides us with details that were already largely known but there are a...
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Next BMW 3-Series Sports Wagon could spawn M3 variantA new generation of the BMW 3-Series was unveiled earlier in the month at the 2018 Paris auto show. The car has grown in size but nevertheless promises to be dynamically superior to the outgoing model by a significant margin. There will once again be another round of the 3-Series Sports Wagon body...
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In August, the wraps were pulled off a special 993-generation Porsche 911 Turbo built to celebrate this year's 70th anniversary of the German sports car marque.
Called Project Gold, the car featured...
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Mercedes-AMG's Lewis Hamilton secures fifth Formula 1 titleMercedes-AMG's Lewis Hamilton secured the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship title on Sunday at the Mexican Grand Prix. It's the fifth time the Briton has taken the crown of motorsport's top echelon, meaning he's now in a rarefied league of drivers with five or more titles. The others are Juan...
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2019 Ford Focus ST spy shots and videoFord engineers have been caught testing the new Focus ST hot hatch set for a reveal very soon. Ford unveiled a new generation of the Focus in April, and we were meant to get one variant of the popular compact in the United States, a soft-roader called the Focus Active to be sourced from China...
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Ram readies pair of 2019 1500 pickup concepts for SEMAThis year's SEMA show is just around the corner and Ram has previewed two Moparized concept trucks it plans to unveil. Both are based on the redesigned 2019 1500, and as is typically the case the concepts probably preview a host of upgrades coming to the Mopar catalog in the not too distant future...
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Range Rover Velar SVR, McLaren Speedtail, Abt Audi RS 5: Car News HeadlinesA new prototype for Land Rover's upcoming Range Rover Velar SVR has been spotted. The high-performance SUV is due out soon and should be bringing with it a 5.0-liter supercharged V-8 good for 550 horsepower. McLaren has finally unveiled the Speedtail. The car is billed as the spiritual successor to...
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2018 Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix previewRound 19 of the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship is on this weekend at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, home of the Mexican Grand Prix, and there's a good chance we'll see Mercedes-AMG's Lewis Hamilton crowned with his fifth title. The Briton only needs to finish seventh or better...
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McLaren Speedtail is a hypercar spaceship with central driving position, 1,035 hp Viknesh VijayenthiranMcLaren on Friday unveiled a car billed as the spiritual successor to the legendary F1: the Speedtail.
It's a streamlined hypercar with a central driving position and hybrid powertrain, and just 106...
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Abt Sportsline readies hot Audi RS 5 and wide-body SQ5 for SEMAGerman tuner Abt Sportsline has been showing up to the annual SEMA show for a number of years now. The company doesn't tend to dabble in over-the-top upgrades but what you do get is quality that matches what the OEMs are offering. Two standouts Abt is bringing to the 2018 SEMA show on next week are...
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2019 Land Rover Range Rover Velar SVR spy shots and videoLand Rover’s striking Range Rover Velar only recently arrived in showrooms but a more potent version is already in the final stages of development. Our spy shots and video show prototypes for what will likely be a Range Rover Velar SVR. There are enlarged intakes in the front bumper plus a...
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Tiny T-Cross sees VW enter subcompact crossover battleVolkswagen has expanded its lineup with a new subcompact crossover called the T-Cross, which the automaker describes as the perfect vehicle to hop around town. This is the vehicle previewed two years ago by the T-Cross Breeze concept car, and in markets where it will be sold it will compete against...
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Could Volkswagen be Waymo's partner in Europe?The Volkswagen Group and Waymo are reportedly in talks over partnership in the area of mobility services in Europe. Germany's Manager Magazin reported Thursday that the two firms are interested in working together and that VW Group CEO Herbert Diess had even suggested purchasing a 10-percent stake...
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BMW Alpina B7, Ford F-150 Hoonitruck, McLaren 720S Track Pack: Today's Car NewsBMW is working on an update for its 7-Series and that means the Alpina version of the car, the B7, is also due for an update. Today we have new spy shots and video of the updated B7 which looks to be taking on a handsome, muscular look. Ken Block has revealed the latest vehicle developed by his...
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Tesla a week ago purchased a plot of land near Shanghai to build its Chinese plant.
The plant, which will be 100 percent owned by Tesla and have the capacity to build 250,000 vehicles annually...
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Ken Block now has a 1977 Ford F-150 Hoonitruck with 914 horsepowerRallycross racer and entrepreneur Ken Block is working on the tenth episode of his gymkhana series of videos, aptly named “Gymkhana 10,” and on Wednesday he revealed one of the vehicles set to appear: a heavily modified 1977 Ford F-150 dubbed the Hoonitruck. In case you're wondering...
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Q2 L is Audi's newest stretched model for ChinaBecause of congestion in many Chinese cities, the custom of having a personal driver is not uncommon as a way of relieving the stress. It's why having a big back seat is an important criteria for many Chinese buyers of means. In response, automakers in the luxury segment offer stretched versions of...
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Cadillac marks 15 years of V-Series with Pedestal Edition ATS-V Coupe and CTS-VIt's been 15 years since Cadillac launched its first V-Series model, the 2004 CTS-V, and to celebrate Cadillac has launched new Pedestal Edition models based on the ATS-V Coupe and CTS-V. They're being introduced for 2019 and can be ordered from the first week of November. Their arrival also marks...
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2020 BMW Alpina B7 spy shots and videoBMW's about to give its 7-Series a mid-cycle update, and by the time the car reaches showrooms late next year the folks at Alpina will have their own version ready. Alpina is a semi-official tuner that has been making BMWs go faster for more than 50 years, and the company's 7-Series-based B7 is one...
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XE SV Project 8 super sedan joins Jaguar's 'Ring taxi fleetJaguar's XE SV Project 8 is currently the fastest production four-door car around the Nürburgring, with one of the cars completing a lap of the notorious German racetrack last November in a time of only 7:21.23. Jaguar is now offering the chance to experience a Nürburgring hot lap in the...
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