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Shelby GT500 clues, Daytona 24 Hours results, SCG Boot confirmed: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranFord is set to revive its Mustang Shelby GT500, and we know the car is coming next year with over 700 horsepower. The Blue Oval may have just dropped a clue indicating that the final figure could be...
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Oldest driveable Bugatti stops by Jay Leno's GarageThe oldest driveable Bugatti in the world is the star of the latest episode of “Jay Leno's Garage,” and this time the car isn't a member of the Leno fleet. It belongs to Alan Travis, a lover of pre-war—we're talking pre-WW1 here—cars, who Leno met during a recent Cars and...
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Genesis to establish dedicated dealershipsGenesis is working hard to distinguish itself as more than just the luxury arm of Hyundai. It wants to be seen as a standalone brand. Genesis started out life as a luxurious mid-size sedan sold by Hyundai, but was spun off in 2016 to become its own brand. Genesis is now looking to further distance...
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Will the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 come with 772 horsepower?There's a new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 coming next year, and according to Ford it will pack over 700 horsepower. We've heard that the final figure might be closer to 800 horses and now a clue may have come our way in the form of potential Easter egg tucked away in an online brochure for the 2018...
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No. 5 Cadillac DPi-V.R drives to overall victory in 2018 24 Hours of DaytonaThe 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship kicked off this past weekend with a cracker of a 24 Hours of Daytona. It was a record-setting race that saw Cadillac and Ford continue their strong performances from last year. It was the No. 5 Konica Minolta Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R driven by...
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Report: Next-gen Minis could come from China, ride on platform deveoped with Great WallThe BMW Group is in the requirements phase for its next-generation Mini family and options on the table reportedly include building the cars in China on a platform shared with Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor. Bloomberg last October reported that BMW was in talks with Great Wall over plans to...
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Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus may be knee deep in the development of a new mid-engine sports car to be called the 004, but the motorsport and engineering firm is also exploring the potential of an...
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AMG GT sedan, BMW M8 race car, SP-110 Edonis supercar: This Week's Top PhotosMercedes-AMG will add a standalone sedan to its arsenal of fast cars this summer. A late-stage prototype was spotted this week, revealing a number of new clues about the final design. Another Mercedes in the headlines this week was the W125 grand prix racer of the 1930s. A special streamliner...
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2019 Ford Ranger Raptor teased in new videoFord has a new Ranger on its hands, and in some markets the mid-size pickup truck will have a high-performance variant bearing the Raptor name. The Ranger Raptor is coming soon. The vehicle is expected to debut on February 7 in Bangkok, Thailand, and Ford's Thai division has just released a new...
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McLaren MSO X, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, Audi RS 5 Sportback: Today's Car NewsMcLaren's 570S has just received the MSO treatment. The official personalization department of the British marque has developed 10 bespoke 570S sports cars. They feature a number of elements inspired by the 570S GT4 race car, the coolest of which is the roof-mounted intake. Mercedes-Benz has...
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AMG's SL73 nameplate to return as 805-hp hybrid?The next-generation Mercedes-Benz SL is expected to evolve into a larger, more luxurious grand tourer with 2+2 seating and a soft-top roof—and replace the S-Class Coupe in the process. Despite this move into GT territory, the car should be sportier than the current model due to the adoption...
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2020 Audi TT Roadster spy shotsAudi engineers have been spotted testing prototypes for a facelifted version of the TT Roadster. Prototypes for the coupe were spotted a year ago. The TT is into its third generation with the current model, which was introduced for 2016. We’re expecting the facelifted version to arrive in...
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McLaren's personalization department MSO has produced a run of bespoke 570S sports cars.
Unveiled on Thursday, the cars draw their inspiration from the racing version of the 570S, the 570S GT4,...
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BMW M8 race car revealedBMW previewed the racing version of its yet-to-be-revealed 8-Series coupe during last September’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show, and now after a torturous development program the completed car has been revealed. The version shown is the M8 GTE, BMW’s entry for the World Endurance...
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Volvo V60 spied, modern Edonis revealed, BMW 8-Series teased: Car News HeadlinesA redesigned Volvo S60 will be revealed this year, and alongside it will be a redesigned V60. The latter is the focus of our latest round of spy shots, and so far things look very good for fans of Volvo's small sedan and wagon. The Edonis is a supercar based on the bones of the Bugatti EB110 and...
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Range Rover Coupe teased, Mini Electric spied, BMW M2 Competition leaked: Today's Car NewsLand Rover's Range Rover is about to receive the coupe treatment. We're not talking about a coupe-like model here but a proper 2-door. It will be a limited-edition model expected to cost well north of $200k. The first prototypes for the electric version of the Mini Hardtop have been spied. The new...
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Pininfarina enters Formula E as sponsor of Mahindra RacingPininfarina on Tuesday announced it is entering the Formula E Championship as a sponsor of Mahindra Racing. In a statement, the Italian design house said its decades of experience crafting cars will help Mahindra Racing in developing its Formula E race cars, starting with the M5Electro being...
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Camaro chief says he'd like to see a sub-7:00 'Ring timeLast June, a 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE managed to lap Germany's Nürburgring Nordschleife in a time of only 7:16.04. It's a time only a handful of rear-wheel-drive cars have beaten, and coming as no surprise they're all a lot more expensive than the Chevy. But the 640-horsepower ZL1 1LE...
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France's PSA Group, the maker of Citroën, DS, Peugeot, and now also Opel cars, has a mission to sell cars in the United States, though the automaker, which is Europe's second biggest by volume,...
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2019 BMW Z4 spy shots and videoIt was in 2011 that we first caught wind of BMW and Toyota’s plans to jointly develop a “mid-size sports car platform” to spawn replacements for their respective Z4 and Supra models. Today we have new spy shots plus video of a prototype for the BMW model, previously thought to be...
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See the Tesla Semi silently cruising along a suburban streetIn case you were haboring any concerns that the electric semi-trailer truck unveiled by Tesla last November was nothing but a cardboard mockup powered by hamsters, have no fear as a prototype has just been spotted silently cruising down a suburban street. What's perhaps most remarkable is how quiet...
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AMG GT sedan spied, Ginetta G60 LMP1 revealed, Tesla talked down: Car News Headlines
Mercedes-AMG will add a standalone sedan to its arsenal of fast cars this summer. A prototype has been spotted and reveals a number of new clues about the final design. British firm Ginetta is the first to reveal a new race car for the LMP1 class of the revamped 2018/2019 World Endurance...
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BMW wants to reclaim luxury top spot from Mercedes by 2020Mercedes-Benz has been the best-selling luxury car brand in the world for the past two years running, but for the decade prior it's been BMW at the top. BMW isn't at all happy about the current situation and has a plan to reclaim the top spot within the next two years. “In 2020 we will be the...
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Bob Lutz tells collectors to buy Tesla Model S while it's "still available”Bob Lutz is back again poo-pooing on Tesla. This time the auto industry veteran was speaking to attendees of a collector car auction held Thursday in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he recommended they get hold of a Tesla Model S because it's primed to be a future collectable, and that they should do so...
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