Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Pininfarina electric cars, Corvette ZR1 on the ‘Ring, Ducati up for grabs: Today’s Car News Viknesh VijayenthiranPininfarina might be about to follow in the footsteps of rival Italian design house Italdesign Giugiaro and launch cars under its own brand. The first model could be an electric supercar inspired by...
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Report: Volkswagen Group mulls Ducati saleFacing costs exceeding $20 billion in the United States alone due to its diesel emissions scandal, plus a hefty bill to develop new electric car technology, the Volkswagen Group has been cutting back on staff and niche products to preserve cash. There’s always been talk that the VW Group...
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Report: Mercedes to axe SLCMercedes-Benz boss Dieter Zetsche revealed to media during last month’s 2017 Geneva auto show that the automaker would be pruning back the number of specialty cars it currently offers, namely coupe and convertibles. Zetsche said Mercedes would continue to offer multiple specialty cars but not...
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Mahindra mulls turning Pininfarina into premium EV brandHaving acquired Pininfarina in late 2015, Indian auto giant Mahindra is now considering turning the Italian design firm into a premium electric car brand. The information was revealed by Mahindra Chairman Anand Mahindra to MarketWatch during last month’s 2017 Seoul auto show. He also said the...
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Aston Martin gathered $83M worth of cars to celebrate new plantA total of 28 Aston Martins from throughout the automaker’s century-plus history recently stormed the hangers of the decommissioned airfield in St Athan, Wales, which is in the process of being converted into a new vehicle plant. The cars, which have a combined value of approximately $83...
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More Nismo-tuned Nissans coming thanks to new Nismo road car divisionFor years Nismo languished as the pseudo performance arm for Nissan but all that changed in early 2013 when the Japanese motorsport and tuning firm was named the official performance partner of Nissan. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been much to get excited about apart from the brilliant but...
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Uber on Tuesday provided the first details on an on-demand flying taxi service to be called Uber Elevate.
During the opening day of a three-day presentation in Dallas, Texas, Uber Chief Product...
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Report: Hardcore Ferrari 488 to revive ‘GTO’ badgeTest mules for Ferrari’s 488 successor are already out and about, but before the redesigned car arrives we’ll see a more hardcore version of the 488 GTB, just as the 458 Italia spawned the 458 Speciale before being replaced. According to Autocar, the hardcore 488 will revive the storied...
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NEVS to develop electric cars with Chinese automaker IconiqNEVS, the Chinese-backed electric car brand born out of the bankrupt remains of Saab, has announced it will develop cars with Chinese electric car startup Iconiq. The two firms are forming a joint venture to develop as well as manufacture electric cars for their respective brands at a plant...
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Meet the Kitty Hawk Flyer, the flying car backed by Google founder Larry PageNo, this isn’t a late April Fools’ Day prank. A startup by the name of Kitty Hawk and backed by Google co-founder Larry Page has given us our first look at a flying car that’s in development and promised on the market by the end of 2017. Well, it’s not so much of a car but...
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BMW M550d arrives with quad-turbocharged dieselDiesel is falling out of favor in many regions, including in Europe where the fuel sells at a significant discount to gasoline and has been the preferred choice of buyers for decades. Automakers, too, are looking more towards electrification to improve efficiency rather than diesel technology...
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2018 Infiniti Q50 previewThe Q50 was the first model to utilize Infiniti’s Q-based naming strategy when it arrived on the scene four years ago. The car is now at the midpoint in its life cycle and to keep it looking and feeling fresh Infiniti has made some updates. Those updates are being introduced on the 2018 Q50...
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Dodge never released an open-top version of the current Viper, and soon the car will be out of production—this time for good.
However, you can now place an order for a car very similar to what...
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Jaguar XF Sportbrake, Ferrari 488 successor, BMW X7: Today’s Car NewsJaguar’s XF is about to spawn a wagon body style. The new longroof will be unveiled in the summer but today we got our first clear look in the form of a teaser. The first test mules for Ferrari’s next-generation mid-engine platform have been spotted. This time around, we’re...
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Has the collector car market finally peaked?The collector car market in recent years has experienced never before seen levels of growth, due mostly to rock-bottom interest rates pushing up prices of almost all assets. Yes, sadly, cars are now viewed more as investment vehicles similar to jewelry or fine art, with many owners parking their...
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2018 Land Rover Range Rover spy shotsFor years, Land Rover’s Range Rover was unparalleled in the luxury SUV segment. But with demand for SUVs soaring over the past decade it was only a matter of time until rivals started to challenge it: Bentley and Mercedes-Maybach have joined the SUV game and soon Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce...
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Audi A8 to be first with ‘Level 3’ self-driving capability, but regulations holding back techLast year’s death of driver in a Tesla Model S that crashed while in Autopilot mode is a strong reminder that self-driving technology is still in its infancy. That doesn’t mean the technology isn’t advancing at a rapid rate. In fact, as early as this year we’ll see the first...
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2020 Ferrari 488 successor spy shotsFerrari’s 488 GTB was only introduced for 2016 but the mid-engine marvel is actually an update of the 458 Italia introduced for 2010, meaning a replacement model can’t be far. A 488 GTB has just been spotted by one of our photographers and is very likely an early test mule for...
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Mercedes-AMG S63 specs, Hennessey Demon mods, Continental GT spy shots: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranMercedes-AMG’s S63 has been updated along with the rest of the 2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class range. Chief among the updates for the S63 sledgehammer is a new, more powerful V-8 engine.
Dodge has...
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2017 Honda Civic Type R sets front-wheel-drive ‘Ring recordHonda has done it. The automaker’s 2017 Civic Type R is now the fastest front-wheel-drive production car around the Nürburgring. The 306-horsepower hot hatch required just 7:43.8 to lap the 12.9 miles of the full Nürburgring Nordschleife to reclaim the record from Volkswagen and its...
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Lilium flying taxi completes successful maiden test flightWhile the practical challenges to a flying car are countless, there are numerous startups attempting to be the first in the world to sell one to the public. Most are essentially small planes that can fold their wings and drive around like a regular car, while some feature more creative designs and...
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Only 3,000 M4s to receive CS treatmentBMW unveiled the first of a new series of CS models last week at the 2017 Shanghai auto show. The first is the M4 CS which CarBuzz has learned will be built in a limited run of just 3,000 cars for worldwide sale. It’s not clear, still, how many will end up in the United States. The M4 CS...
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Borgward confirms electric SUV, German plantRevived German car brand Borgward, backed by state-owned Chinese automaker BAIC, unveiled its first model in almost 50 years during the 2015 Frankfurt auto show. The model was a mid-size SUV called the BX7 that Borgward started selling in China in 2016. The BX7, which is also built in China, has...
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McLaren rules out 4-door car but says 4-seater possibleMcLaren’s most practical model at present is the 570GT which sports a bit of additional storage space on top of the engine bay. But the car is still only a two-seater which means McLaren has no alternative to rival Ferrari’s GTC4 Lusso four-seater, as well as Lamborghini’s...
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