Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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McLaren in 2016 revealed it was investigating the potential for an electric supercar as part of its Track22 business plan.
The company has since revealed it has test mules for an electric car up and...
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Virgin Hyperloop One reaches 240 mph in latest testVirgin Hyperloop One took a major step toward realizing its goal of delivering a fully functioning Hyperloop transport system by 2021 with the successful test this month of a pod at speeds of 240 mph. The full-scale test took place on December 15 at the company’s proving ground in Nevada and...
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Acura RDX teased, BMW 8-Series spied, Vulcan road car revealed: Today’s Car NewsAcura’s RDX is coming in for a redesign next year. It will be the first RDX fully designed and developed in the United States, and it will also be the first to be based on a platform that isn’t borrowed from a Honda. We’ll also see a new BMW 8-Series launched next year. The latest...
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Ford Ranger Raptor set for February 7 debutFord is rumored to be preparing the reveal of its new Ranger mid-size pickup truck at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in mid-January. But the version we’re most interested in is the Ranger Raptor, which Motoring reports will debut on February 7 in Bangkok, Thailand...
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Nio considering IPO, stake saleChinese electric car startup Nio has just introduced its first volume vehicle on the market in the form of the Tesla Model X-rivaling ES8, but the long-term plan is to offer a full portfolio ranging from city cars to self-driving cars to world-beating supercars. The company is looking to draw...
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Hennessey’s F-150-based VelociRaptor 6x6 enters productionRemember when Hennessey Performance revealed the utterly bonkers VelociRaptor 6x6 a year ago and announced plans to build it? Well, the company wasn’t kidding as it rolled out the first example in November at the 2017 SEMA show. And now customer examples are being built at Hennessey's...
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BMW has given us our best look yet at its upcoming X7. The full-size SUV is now in pre-production at BMW’s plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina and is due for a reveal late next year.
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Toyota boss hints at Le Mans-inspired hybrid sports carIn announcing on Tuesday Toyota’s commitment to future seasons of the World Endurance Championship, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, company president Akio Toyoda dropped a major hint that Toyota might be working on a hybrid sports car utilizing technology derived from the company’s...
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McLaren now has a service center for your F1 in the USWith just 106 examples in existence, we can understand why it’s taken McLaren more than two decades to open up its first dedicated F1 service center in the United States. It means local F1 owners, of which there are believed to be 20 individuals, will no longer have to ship their cars to the...
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New boss at Audi Sport as Winkelmann focuses on BugattiAfter leading Audi Sport since early 2016, Stephan Winkelmann will now relinquish his role as chief of the performance division in order to focus on Bugatti, whose leadership he was assigned after former boss Wolfgang Dürheimer stepped down in October. To replace Winkelmann, Audi has selected...
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Mini adds dual-clutch transmissionMini is adding a third transmission option to its lineup in the form of a 7-speed dual-clutch unit that boasts faster gear shifts and improved efficiency compared to the manual and automatic transmissions currently on offer. Though yet to be confirmed for the United States, the DCT will be made...
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BMW X7 pre-production starts at US plant, debut in late 2018The BMW X7 has now reached the pre-production stage in its long journey to market. BMW originally announced plans for the full-size, 3-row SUV in early 2014, and now almost four years on near-production ready examples are rolling off the line at the automaker’s plant in Spartanburg, South...
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An example of Volkswagen’s next-generation Touareg devoid of any camouflage gear has been spotted. The vehicle is set for a debut next April but sadly we’re unlikely to see it in the...
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BMW iNext due in 2021 could be badged an i9BMW on Monday confirmed it secured the naming rights for potential vehicles ranging from an i1 to i9, as well as from an iX1 to iX9, with the iX-prefixed names indicating vehicles with an SUV body style. BMW also confirmed on Monday that its much-hyped iNext due in 2021 will be its...
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2019 Jeep Cherokee first lookJeep’s revival of the Cherokee in 2014 was a joyous occasion for fans of the nameplate, though many were taken aback by the unusual, very un-Jeep-like styling of the vehicle. Rumor has it the vehicle, the fifth iteration of the Cherokee nameplate, was originally intended to be an Alfa Romeo...
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Toyota to remain in World Endurance Championship, Le MansWith Porsche’s July announcement of an exit from the World Endurance Championship, both Toyota and organizers of the series were left with the dilemma of there going to be just one manufacturer in the premier LMP1 class next season. The organizers, which include the ACO and FIA, have...
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BMW Group delivers over 100,000 electrified cars in 2017The BMW Group has reached its goal of delivering more than 100,000 electrified cars in 2017. The total includes hybrids and electric cars sold across the BMW and Mini brands. The 100,000th car was a BMW i3 finished in blue. It was handed over to its owner at the BMW Group headquarters in Munich...
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Saleen S7 LM revealed with 1,300 horsepower, $1M price tagSaleen doesn’t quite have the status of being a household name say, for example, like Shelby, but the company has been in the limelight on a number of occasions. In fact, its flagship product, the S7 supercar, has appeared onscreen several times, most notably in 2003’s “Bruce...
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Volkswagen is in the midst of an SUV onslaught that will see existing models like the Tiguan and Touareg not only redesigned but joined by several all-new models.
It all started with the Atlas that...
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BMW M3 spied, Chevy Silverado 1500 revealed, 10 Toyota EVs confirmed: Car News HeadlinesBMW’s been testing its next-generation 3-Series in public for over a year. Today, though, we have the first set of spy shots of the high-performance M3 model. The car is once again expected to pack a twin-turbo inline-6, but we hear output could be dialled up as high as 500 horsepower...
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Toyota ramps up electrification, targets 1 million zero-emission cars by 2030Toyota on Monday announced it would accelerate its vehicle electrification plans as part of an overarching strategy to reduce fleet-wide carbon emissions by as much as 90 percent from 2010 levels, by the year 2050. Under the accelerated plans, Toyota hopes to have every model in the Toyota and...
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2018 Infiniti QX80, 2018 Jeep Wrangler, McLaren Senna: This Week’s Top PhotosIt’s big, it’s tough, it’s luxurious, and now it doesn’t look too bad, either. We’re talking about Infinti’s 2018 QX80 which has received some significant updates. The vehicle is built like a tank and fully capable off the road thanks to its Nissan Patrol roots...
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Toyota GR Super Sport, Nissan Terra, Faraday Future troubles: Today’s Car NewsToyota is out to demonstrate the technology transfer possibilities between its motorsport and production divisions with a supercar concept. Called the GR Super Sport, the new concept will make its debut in January at the 2018 Tokyo Auto Salon tuning fest. The first photos of Nissan’s new...
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Alpine A110 enters production at historic Dieppe plantIt’s been a long time coming, but Alpine’s A110 is finally in production. Some readers will recall Alpine’s parent company, Renault, first announced plans for the car in 2012. It was originally to be developed alongside a similar model from Caterham, but the British firm pulled...
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