Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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In the race to develop the world's first safe, reliable and robust driverless ride-hailing service, General Motors and its Cruise self-driving car unit just received major backing from rival...
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2019 Acura ILX, 2019 BMW 3-Series M Performance parts, Rennsport Reunion: Today's Car NewsAcura has shaved more than $2,000 off the starting price of its ILX for the 2019 model year. The compact luxury sedan has also been enhanced with more standard features and now sports the Acura brand's new design language. BMW's redesigned 3-Series has only just been revealed but already the German...
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Aston Martin shares start trading at $24, value company at $5.6BTalk of Aston Martin going public by way of an initial public offering (IPO) dates back as far as the brand’s 2008 sale by Ford to a consortium led by Prodrive founder David Richards, but the company finally took the plunge on Wednesday with its shares listing on the London Stock Exchange at...
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2019 Acura ILX brings brand's new design language, $2,200 price cutAcura's ILX enters the 2019 model year with a fresh set of clothes, representing the second time the compact luxury sport sedan has been updated since its 2013 debut. The latest tweaks inject the ILX with some much-needed aggression and adds the corporate “diamond pentagon” grille that...
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GAC global expansion continues with GS5 debut at 2018 Paris auto showGAC Motor is on track to become the first major Chinese automaker to launch in the United States. The state-owned automaker said in 2017 it plans to start selling cars in the U.S. in 2019, with the mid-size GS8 SUV (shown below) confirmed as one of the first models, though the current trade war...
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Vietnam's Vinfast launches at Paris auto show with pair of rebodied BMWsVietnam is getting into the vehicle manufacturing business with its own brand. Called Vinfast, the first two products from the newly established car company include a mid-size sedan and SUV, and they were presented to the public for the first time on Tuesday at the 2018 Paris auto show. But rather...
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Audi’s smallest crossover in the United States is the Q3 but overseas there’s a slightly smaller Q2 on sale.
The vehicle made its debut at the 2016 Geneva motor show and on Tuesday at...
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2019 BMW i3 debuts with 42.2-KWH battery, 153-mile rangeThe 2019 BMW i3 starting production in November will benefit from a bigger battery capable of an estimated 153 miles of range, BMW confirmed Tuesday at the 2018 Paris auto show. It will be the second time the automaker has upgraded the i3's battery since the electric car's 2014 launch. The last...
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2019 Audi R8 LMS, 2019 BMW 3-Series, 2019 Mercedes-AMG A35: Car News HeadlinesAudi used this week's 2018 Paris auto show to preview updates for its R8 supercar. The preview came in the form of a race version wearing the updated body that will appear on the road car next year. BMW used the French show to unveil a new 3-Series, the nameplate's seventh iteration. The new car is...
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2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC: 200-mile luxury electric SUV debutsThe luxury brands have been late to the electric revolution but that's about to change as a flood of new models arrive in the coming years, particularly from the German brands. Mercedes-Benz alone will launch 10 electric cars by 2025, one of which is the EQC small SUV that made its debut last month...
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563-horsepower Infiniti Q60 Black S prototype revealed with F1 techInfiniti's sinister Q60 Project Black S coupe has progressed from the concept stage to a working prototype. The latest version was presented on Tuesday at the 2018 Paris auto show to help kick off the Japanese brand's new electrification push. The Q60 Project Black S is a high-performance version...
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2019 DS 3 Crossback: French luxury crossover debuts with EV optionDS wowed audiences on Tuesday at the 2018 Paris auto show with the introduction of its new DS 3 Crossback. DS is the luxury arm of PSA Group, the French auto giant on a mission to enter the United States. It started out life as a sub-brand of Citroën, taking its inspiration from the classic...
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Mercedes-AMG has revealed its first take on Mercedes-Benz's new generation of compact cars.
The car is the new A35 based on the A-Class hatchback, and it was revealed on Tuesday at the 2018 Paris...
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2019 Mercedes-Benz B-Class revealed: Practicality in a luxury wrapperMercedes-Benz on Tuesday unveiled a sportier, more high-tech B-Class minivan at the 2018 Paris auto show. The redesigned model is the nameplate's third iteration. It is also the third body style from Mercedes' new generation of compact cars, following the A-Class hatchback unveiled in February and...
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Modern Ferrari 250 GTO teased, Porsche 911 GT3 spied, Chevy Silverado concepts revealed: Today's Car NewsNo, Ferrari isn't about to launch a modern successor to the 250 GTO. Instead, Italian coachbuilder Ares Design will build a modern interpretation of the original design on the bones of a donor Ferrari 812 Superfast or F12 Berlinetta. The car looks absolutely stunning in the preview sketches. A...
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Audi names new R&D bossAudi on Monday named Hans-Joachim Rothenpieler as its new R&D chief. Rothenpieler will replace the automaker's current R&D chief Peter Mertens on November 1. Mertens only took up the job in May 2017 but has decided to step down due to health reasons. “Over the past 16 months, we have...
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Watch Porsche's modern 935 take to MonzaPorsche on Thursday surprised the automotive world with the unveiling of a modern interpretation of the 1970s-era 935 race car based on the chassis of the 2018 911 GT2 RS. We now have video of the car testing at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza racetrack in Italy ahead of the start of deliveries next...
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Ares designs stunning Ferrari 250 GTO for the modern eraItalian coachbuilder Ares Design is working on a modern interpretation of the Ferrari 250 GTO for its latest project. The company, which is based in Ferrari's backyard of Modena, Italy, provided the first details on the project in an interview with Robb Report published Friday. Ares' 250 GTO has...
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It was a sad day for motorsport fans on Sunday at the 2018 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix.
Mercedes-AMG's Valtteri Bottas ceded his leading position to teammate Lewis Hamilton on team orders, thus...
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2018 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix previewThe 2018 Formula 1 World Championship heads to the shores of the Black Sea this weekend for round 16, the Russian Grand Prix, at the Sochi Autodrom. Designed by German architect Herman Tilke, Sochi is a street circuit with some permanent sections, and at 3.63 miles in length it is one of the...
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Rimac will build powertrain for Pininfarina PF0 electric hypercarThe experts in high-performance electric car technology at Rimac have been tapped to provide the powertrain for the PF0 electric hypercar being developed by Pininfarina. Rimac is most famous for its own electric hypercars, the most recent being the C_Two that debuted at the 2018 Geneva auto show...
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Mercedes-AMG One confirmed as name of F1-powered hypercarMercedes-AMG One is confirmed as the official name of the new hypercar being developed by AMG under the code name Project One. Future owners were recently invited to Munich, Germany, where they learned of the car's name and specced out their own examples. The name stands for the highest automotive...
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Breakthroughs in racing helps speed up car development at FordIt's long been known that race car technology eventually filters down to and improves cars designed for the road. However, the technology can also benefit the way cars are designed and the speed at which they are developed. That's what Ford is discovering by getting its race car engineers to work...
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AMG One hypercar, 2019 Nissan Note e-Power Nismo S, 2020 BMW X6 M: Today's Car NewsMercedes-AMG recently hosted a special event where future owners of its Project One hypercar could spec their cars. It was at this event where AMG also revealed the final name of the car (Project One is only a code name), and according to some of the people in attendance the name is simply the AMG...
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