Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Nissan has recently been discovered to have filed a trademark filing for the “IMX” name with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The filing, discovered by Autoguide, was made...
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Mercedes what3words navigation, VW Group fully self-driving car, Ferrari Singapore GP crash: Car News HeadlinesMercedes-Benz has partnered with a firm that has a, well, let’s just say interesting idea for simplifying navigation. The basic idea is dividing the entire globe into tiny 9.0-square meter blocks with each assigned a 3-word name. The Volkswagen Group is serious about developing a fully...
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Genesis cars won't get N treatmentContrary to previous claims, Hyundai’s new N performance division won’t be tuning models from Genesis anytime soon. That’s the word of Genesis boss Manfred Fitzgerald. “I don’t think so right now,” he told Motoring when quizzed about an N-tuned Genesis at this...
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Report: redesigned Fiesta ST to skip USFord unveiled a redesigned Fiesta last November, but almost a year on the Blue Oval remains cagey on whether we’ll see its latest subcompact in the United States. Based on recent comments made by a senior Ford executive, it seems at least the redesigned Fiesta ST won’t be sold here...
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Disastrous start for Ferrari in Singapore helps Hamilton extend F1 championship leadSunday’s 2017 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix is a race Ferrari definitely won’t want to remember. Things were ominous from the get-go as it was the first wet start in the history of the Singapore race. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was on pole and the only real challenger in the 2017...
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This Week’s Top Photos: the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show editionThings are finally starting to settle in the halls of Messe Frankfurt after one heck of an auto show. Mercedes-AMG’s Project One was easily the show stopper. It’s very low and wide and from some angles you get the sense you’re looking at a Formula 1 racecar with a beautiful body...
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In July, a highly modified Subaru WRX STI, driven by Kiwi racer Richie Stanaway, managed to lap the Nürburgring in a time of 6:57.5.
That’s the fastest that any car with four doors has...
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Ford dealer builds its own 650-horsepower F-150 LightningRemember the Ford F-150 SVT Lightning? The performance pickup lasted through two generations of the F-150 but eventually bowed out with the arrival of the 2004 model, never to return. That is, until now. This Lightning isn’t built by Ford, though. It’s a tribute truck built by the...
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Renault Nissan’s new 6-year strategy calls for 12 electric cars, self-driving taxi serviceThe automotive alliance that consists of French automaker Renault together with Nissan and Mitsubishi, plus their respective brands, has branded itself the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance. And on Friday, Carlos Ghosn, who serves as chairman and CEO, laid out the new strategy “Alliance...
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2019 Genesis G70, 2018 Lexus LS, McLaren ditches Honda: Today’s Car NewsHyundai’s new Genesis luxury brand has revealed a small sport sedan designed to take on the BMW 3-Series and its ilk. The sedan, dubbed the G70, is a looker, although there’s no doubting the influence of some of its rivals in its design. Lexus’ LS is long overdue for a redesign...
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2017 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix previewThe 2017 Formula 1 World Championship battle continues this weekend with round 14 taking place in the hot and steamy conditions of Singapore. Yes, the Singapore Grand Prix, one of F1’s highlight events, is on this weekend at the Marina Bay Circuit. Being F1’s only night event, the race...
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McLaren F1 team to ditch Honda for Renault power in 2018Honda’s return to Formula 1 in 2015 as a power unit supplier to McLaren has been disastrous, with the Japanese firm’s power units so far proving unreliable and lacking in performance. As a result, McLaren on Friday finally confirmed what had been rumored for some time—that it...
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Mercedes-Benz is already whipping Ferrari’s tail in Formula 1, but the German automaker’s star racing driver Lewis Hamilton thinks Mercedes can beat Ferrari in road cars as well.
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Genesis G70 revealed, on sale early 2018Genesis’ rival to the BMW 3-Series and other small sport sedans is finally here. The car is the G70, and it was revealed on Friday at Genesis’ design center in Namyang, Korea. Genesis has confirmed we’ll see it in the United States in early 2018, as a 2019 model. The segment is a...
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2018 Ford Shelby Raptor roars with 525 horsepowerFord’s F-150 Raptor is an impressive machine straight out of the box, but is there room for improvement? Shelby American seems to think so as the Ford tuner extraordinaire has built a Raptor with more power and torque, plus a host of other mods. Shelby already offers an F-150 Super Snake with...
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Porsche InnoDrive, Ferrari FXX K Evo, Bentley sports car: Car News HeadlinesDespite being a brand focused on driving, Porsche isn’t backing away from self-driving technology. The sports car marque has a new technology called InnoDrive which relies on various data inputs including GPS to determine the ideal speed for corners. Ferrari looks to be readying the Evolution...
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2018 BMW i3 previewThe i3 wasn’t the home run BMW had hoped when it launched the vehicle for 2014. As Tesla has shown with its Model S, electric car buyers in the premium segment aren’t looking for quirky, ordinary to drive vehicles with only enough range to cover a day’s commute. BMW gave the i3 a...
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Lamborghini readies next one-off supercarLamborghini is close to announcing its next limited-edition supercar. The information was revealed to CarAdvice by Maurizio Reggiani, Lamborghini’s R&D boss, at this week’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show. “Soon we will present to our most important customers a new version of what we...
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Maserati in August pulled the wraps off an updated Ghibli at the 2017 Chengdu auto show in China. The car has since made an appearance at this week's 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show.
The updates are...
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Mazda CX-8 revealed: a new 3-row SUV for JapanCrossover SUVs with three rows are all the rage with families, and one of the more handsome options in the mainstream segment is the Mazda CX-9. However, the CX-9 is just a tad too big for some markets so Mazda is introducing a slightly smaller, more dynamically-styled 3-row SUV called the CX-8...
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Kia hires ex-BMW designer Pierre Leclercq as new design bossHyundai Motor Group is boosting its arsenal of top designers by adding Belgian Pierre Leclercq to its ranks. Leclercq will fill the new role of Head of Styling for Kia, where he will be in charge of shaping the long-term design strategy for the brand. He’s also been tasked with ensuring...
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More details on Audi Sport’s electric car plansOnly in August, Audi Sport boss Stephan Winkelmann let slip that the Audi go-fast division was working on an electric car. He didn’t reveal much, saying only that the first Audi Sport electric car would be a “coupe-ish sedan” or “coupe-ish SUV,” and that it would hit...
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Bugatti Chiron makes 0-248-0 MPH dash in record 41.96 secondsWe always knew the Bugatti Chiron was going to be faster than the Veyron, though we’re only just coming to realize how much faster it is—and the gap is mindboggling. With racing driver Juan Pablo Montoya behind the wheel, a Chiron went from standstill to 248.548 mph (400 kmh) and back...
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New video probably shows Ferrari FXX K Evo testingFerrari on Monday stated testing a camouflaged version of its LaFerrari-based FXX K at Italy’s Autodromo Nazionale Monza racetrack. Clearly visible modifications made to the car, the most notable being the full length rear wing, suggest we might be looking at a prototype for the FXX K’s...
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