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After the summer break, the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship returns this weekend with round 12, the Belgian Grand Prix.
The race will take place at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the beautiful...
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Hyundai Veloster N, final Ferrari LaFerrari, Audi solar roofs: Car News HeadlinesHyundai has just revealed the i30 N, the first model from its new N performance division. Soon, a Veloster N will join the ranks. A prototype for the vehicle has just been spotted and reveals many of its details. Ferrari will build one more LaFerrari Aperta, bringing the total to 210 cars. The...
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Report: Tesla semi truck to have 200-300 miles of rangeTesla in September will reveal the design of an electric semi-trailer truck currently in the works. Plans for the truck were first detailed a year ago in part two of Tesla’s overarching product strategy known as the Tesla Master Plan. And in April we got our first taste in the form of the...
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Ferrari will build 1 more LaFerrari Aperta for charityFerrari plans to build one final LaFerrari Aperta for charity. The open-top hypercar, which will feature a unique livery, will be unveiled on September 9 during the culmination of Ferrari’s 70th anniversary celebrations taking place in Maranello, Italy. It will be the 210th example of the...
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Audi electric cars will come with solar roofsAudi has inked a deal with solar panel expert Alta Devices to fit the energy-generating panels to the roofs of its future cars. Alta Devices, based in California, is renowned for its highly efficient solar panels. It will work with Audi to develop thin, lightweight solar cells that can be...
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Alfa Romeo, Maserati spinoff back in the spotlightLate last year, talk of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles spinning off its upmarket Alfa Romeo and Maserati brands emerged in investor circles. The thinking was that the money raised could eliminate FCA’s debts of around $7 billion and thus improve the company’s credit rating and better prepare...
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Hyundai N only in July revealed its first model, the i30 N hot hatch, but the official performance division of the Korean automaker has more coming.
The next will be a Veloster N, a prototype for...
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2019 Mercedes-AMG C63 spy shotsPrototypes for an updated Mercedes-Benz C-Class have been testing for a while. Today, however, we have our first spy shots of the updated version of the C63 being developed by the folks at Mercedes-AMG. This is only a mid-cycle update so any tweaks will be mild. We’re expecting new internals...
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Chevy Blazer return, Lexus RX facelift, VW T-Roc reveal: Today’s Car NewsChevrolet is working on an SUV to slot between the Equinox and Traverse models. The new SUV is tipped to revive the Blazer name, though it won’t be a rugged, truck-based model like its predecessor. The Lexus RX is one of the most popular offerings in the luxury SUV segment. It’s also...
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2019 Chevy Blazer SUV to fill gap between Equinox and TraverseChevrolet is developing a new crossover SUV to fill the gap between the compact Equinox and mid-size Traverse. The SUV is expected on sale in 2018, as a 2019 model, and according to Automotive News (subscription required) Chevy plans to revive the Blazer name for the vehicle. Chevy last used the...
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Volkswagen T-Roc revealed in production guiseVolkswagen’s SUV onslaught continues with the reveal this week of the T-Roc. The funky compact crossover SUV was first previewed in 2014 by a concept of the same name. Now the production version has been revealed just a few weeks out from the world debut at the 2017 Frankfurt auto show in...
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2019 Lexus RX spy shotsLexus is working on some subtle updates for its top-selling RX. The updated model is expected on sale in 2018, as a 2019 model. And arriving alongside it will be a stretched RX L with seven seats split over three rows. The current generation of the mid-size RX was only introduced for 2016 so Lexus...
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Chinese-backed, Swedish-based NEVS has forged two new alliances as it prepares to start production of electric cars based on former Saab platforms.
NEVS’s goal is to become an electric car...
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BMW concept for 2017 Pebble Beach Concours likely previews new Z4BMW has released a shadowy teaser image of a new open-top sports car concept set to debut on August 17 in Monterey, California. The car is set to be the automaker’s star attraction at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance taking place on August 20. The concept is thought to preview...
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Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake is a hot hatch we digAston Martin’s Vanquish Zagato family is about to expand with two new members, and one of them is a Shooting Brake. We’re talking about a proper Shooting Brake here, with two doors and a tall rear hatch. It joins a roofless Speedster in the expanded Vanquish Zagato family. Existing...
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German Chancellor Merkel says non-electrified cars will be phased out, but won’t say whenGovernments, particularly in Europe, are under pressure to curb emissions. In July, both France and the United Kingdom agreed to ban the sale of cars powered solely by gasoline or diesel by 2040. But the government in Germany, a country perhaps more closely linked with its auto industry than any...
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2018 Ford GT, 2019 BMW X5, HCCI explained: Car News HeadlinesFord’s GT supercar is about to enter the 2018 model year. Although we’re not expecting any significant changes, the automaker has confirmed there will be a limited-edition model to celebrate the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans-winning GT40. BMW is currently out testing prototypes for its...
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The first Ford GT40 Roadster is up for saleWhen it comes to rare cars, it doesn’t get much rarer than a Ford GT40 prototype, as just 12 were built. But even rarer still is a prototype for the Ford GT40 Roadster, of which just four were built and only one remains in its original condition. That one prototype, the 1965 Ford GT40...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne has been fishing for a potential merger partner or buyer for the past couple of years.
His goal is to find someone willing to share the burden of steep...
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2018 Ford F-150, 2019 Audi A7, cheaper Camaro SS: Today’s Car NewsFord’s F-150 has just been updated. It’s now got best-in-class towing, improved fuel economy, and a host of other attributes. What’s it like to drive? Click on the link below. The A7 is the next model in the Audi portfolio to be given a redesign. Our latest spy shots show clear...
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Chevy assesses more affordable Camaro V-8 to challenge Mustang, ChallengerRight now the most affordable Chevrolet Camaro with a V-8 is the Camaro SS which starts at approximately $38,000. However, Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger buyers can drive away with a V-8 under the hood for approximately $34,100, via the respective Mustang GT and Challenger R/T models...
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2019 Nissan Altima spy shotsNissan in January previewed the design of its next-generation Altima mid-sizer and now we have the first spy shots of a prototype. The car is due in showrooms in late 2018, as a 2019 model, and represents the sixth iteration of the Altima nameplate. January’s preview of the next-gen Altima...
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Opel's range-topping SUV put on hold following brand's sale to PSA GroupOpel in 2014 confirmed plans for a flagship SUV that would share a platform and production line with the Insignia range of models. But the platform in question, code-named E2XX, is a General Motors design no longer available to Opel due to the brand’s sale earlier this year to France’s...
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Mazda HCCI engine, Volvo XC40 spy shots, Tesla Model S record: Car News HeadlinesMazda is set to become the first automaker in the world with a car powered by an HCCI engine. According to Mazda, the engine should match or exceed the efficiency of diesel engines but without many of the harmful emissions diesel engines produce. Volvo’s upcoming compact SUV, the XC40, has...
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