Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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It was in 2013 that Hyundai established a new performance division to leverage its motorsport technology, honed primarily in the World Rally Championship, for hot versions of its road cars.
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nuTonomy to use Peugeot 3008 for self-driving car fleetLast summer, an American startup by the name of nuTonomy made headlines following the launch of the world’s first taxi service implementing a fleet of self-driving cars. Albeit a trial only, the service, which covered a few streets in Singapore, provided an early look at a likely future where...
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First look at McLaren’s new race car for the 2017 Indy 500There’s one extra reason to watch the 2017 Indianapolis 500: a McLaren will be racing at the Brickyard for the first time in 38 years. As confirmed in April, McLaren is partnering with Honda and Andretti to field a car in the Indy 500, with Fernando Alonso doing the driving. The two-time...
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Samsung joins race to develop self-driving car tech just as Apple prototypes are spottedSamsung has joined the long list of automakers and tech firms racing to develop self-driving cars and the software that controls them. The Korean conglomerate, along with roughly 20 other firms, was recently granted permission to test self-driving cars on public roads in South Korea. Samsung has...
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Ford F-150 Raptor, Karma Revero, Mercedes-Benz G-Class: Car News HeadlinesFord’s F-150 Raptor is one of the meanest vehicles on sale today. But does that mean it’s hard to live with? We spent some extended time with the beast to find out. The Fisker Karma returns in 2017 as the Karma Revero. In the lead up to the start of deliveries this month, Karma has...
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Karma Revero spot airs ahead of start of deliveries in MayKarma has aired the first television spot for its Revero extended-range electric sedan ahead of the start of deliveries in May. The spot made its debut on Sunday during the broadcast of the 2017 U.S. Open Polo Championship which Karma is a sponsor of. It shows the Revero being delivered to...
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Alpina’s B4 has been updated along with the BMW 4-Series on which it is based.
In updated the form the car is known as the B4 S, and its 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged inline-6 now beats out an...
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GAC mulls changing Trumpchi brand name for US launchState-owned Chinese automaker GAC has spent the past few years preparing for the introduction of its Trumpchi brand to the United States. But given the similarity between Trumpchi and the last name of the current President of the United States, GAC has told Reuters it’s considering using a...
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McLaren P1 LM storms ‘Ring, might set record for street-legal carsBritish motorsport and engineering skunk works Lanzante is responsible for a rare beast known as the McLaren P1 LM. This is the same Lanzante that fielded the McLaren F1 GTR race car that won overall in the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, and in 2016 the company took the beefed up P1 GTR track special...
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Nismo pickup truck, Musk's tunnel plans, Aston Martin DB11 Volante: Today’s Car NewsNissan recently established a new division focused on expanding the lineup of Nismo road cars. One of the new Nismos under consideration is a high-performance pickup truck aimed at the United States. Elon Musk late on Friday released a teaser photo for an electric semi-trailer truck from Tesla. He...
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Ferrari F40 burns to the ground in ItalyWe have some grim news to report on this Monday. A Ferrari F40 ended up as nothing but a pile of ashes and some charred metal after the car caught fire. The F40 was part of a cavalcade of Ferraris passing near Villanova d’Albenga, Italy when the fire broke out. The incident happened early...
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Acura might bring CDX to USAcura currently sells a crossover SUV sized below its RDX exclusively in China. Called the CDX, the vehicle is a close relative of the Honda HR-V we get here and has previously been hinted for more markets. One of those markets might end up the United States. Speaking with Wards Auto, Acura boss...
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Nissan is finally getting serious about its in-house tuner Nismo.
A week ago, Nissan announced the establishment of a new Nismo department focused specifically on road car development. The goal is to...
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2017 Formula One Russian Grand Prix sees Bottas secure first winMercedes AMG’s new driver Valtteri Bottas overcame the odds to secure victory on Sunday at the 2017 Formula One Russian Grand Prix. With Sebastian Vettel on pole and his teammate, Kimi Räikkönen, starting next to him, many predicted a Ferrari win. However, a brilliant overtaking...
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F1 organizers now favor Shield over Halo for cockpit protectionFormula One organizers late last week came out with the statement that a new Shield was the preferred cockpit protection solution to be introduced next year, as opposed to the previously preferred Halo solution which has been in development for the past several years and already tested by a number...
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Elon Musk teases Tesla semi truck, reveals tunnel-boring plansTesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed more details on the company’s upcoming electric semi-trailer truck as well as his plans for a separate tunnel boring company aimed at alleviating traffic. During a TED talk held Friday in Vancouver, Musk presented the first image of the new Tesla truck which...
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Chevy Corvette ZR1, Ford F-150 Raptor, quad-turbo BMW 5-Series: This Week’s Top PhotosA new Corvette ZR1 is just around the corner, and Chevrolet in recent days has been testing prototypes for the car on the Nürburgring. The prototypes were so loud that Chevy was forced to modify the exhaust system just to run. The car is shaping up to be a real beast. Kahn Design’s SUV...
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Honda to launch 3-row CR-V in IndonesiaHonda’s CR-V grew slightly when the redesigned model was introduced late last year. However, the version we get in the United States still only has five seats split over two rows. At the 2017 Bangkok auto show earlier in the month, Honda unveiled a CR-V with three rows and seven seats. The...
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Hellcat vs. Raptor, AeroMobil flying car, Kahn Design G-Class: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranWondering which is more badass—the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat or Ford F-150 Raptor? We’ve pitted them against each other in an unusual test.
AeroMobil may just end up as the first...
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2017 Formula One Russian Grand Prix previewRound four of the 2017 Formula One World Championship is the Russian Grand Prix which is on this weekend in the Black Sea town of Sochi, located roughly one thousand miles south of Moscow. The Sochi Autodrom where the race is held is a street circuit that winds its way through the former site of...
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Now you can get your G-Class modded by Kahn DesignBritish tuning firm and budding coachbuilder Kahn Design is famous for its modifications for the Land Rover Defender. The company’s even gone as far as developing a V-8-powered, six-wheel-drive Defender pickup. But with Land Rover ending Defender production last year, Kahn Design has decided...
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Look out for the Audi Lunar Quattro in “Alien: Covenant”There’s a race on to land a new rover on the moon. The race is the latest initiative in Google’s X Prize program designed to spur technological development for the benefit of mankind. Audi in 2015 teamed up with Germany’s Part-Time Scientists in the competition and aided the team...
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Production-ready AeroMobil flying car debuts at 2017 Top Marques MonacoThere are a surprising number of companies hoping to deliver the first flying car, and one of the most promising is Slovakia's AeroMobil which used this month’s 2017 Top Marques Monaco to debut a production-ready flying car. AeroMobil was only established in 2010 but its founder and lead...
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2017 Lotus Exige Cup 380 is all about the aeroWe only get the Lotus Evora in the United States, at least as far as road cars are concerned. But overseas, buyers still have new versions of the lighter, more affordable Elise and Exige models they can opt for. The latest model to come out of Lotus’ headquarters in Hethel is a harder-edged...
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