Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Can’t wait for BMW to launch its new M5? Well, semi-official BMW tuner Alpina has just dropped its own sledgehammer based on the latest 5-Series.
Yes, the latest 5-Series has spawned its...
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Ferrari turns 70It was on March 12, 1947 that the first car to wear the now famous Ferrari badge was fired up and driven out of the factory in Maranello, Italy. On Sunday, exactly 70 years later, Ferrari kicked off its official celebrations for this milestone anniversary with a reenactment of that historic day...
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Nio Eve concept, McLaren 720S, Audi S8 spy shots: Car News HeadlinesThere’s a new contender in the race to become the next Tesla. It’s called Nio, and on Friday the brand marked its launch in the United States with the unveiling of the Eve concept. The concept previews a self-driving electric car due on the market in 2020. McLaren’s 720S made its...
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Nio previews US-bound electric car due in 2020Chinese electric car startup NextEV launched its Nio brand in the United States on Friday with the unveiling of the Eve concept car at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Nio only burst on the scene last fall when it unveiled the EP9, a 1,342-horsepower electric supercar that’s being built in very limited...
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McLaren 720S spotted in USFresh from its world debut a week ago at the 2017 Geneva auto show, McLaren’s 720S supercar has been spotted in the United States. It was spotted by Reddit user MyNameIsBUNS in the car park of the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina during Saturday night’s ice hockey match between the...
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Porsche engineer hints at mid-engine 911 road carPorsche broke with over 50 years of 911 rear-engine tradition when it rolled out the mid-engine 911 RSR race car at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. The primary benefit of going with a mid-engine design is weight distribution, since you no longer have the heavy engine behind the rear axle. Keeping...
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The 2017 Geneva auto show has come and gone. If you missed the action during the days of the show, here’s a rundown of the major stars. At the top of the list is the Mercedes-AMG GT concept....
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Cadillac announces V2V communications, just as CIA hacking allegations emergeVehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, along with vehicle vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications, is seen as a key stepping stone towards the safe deployment of fully self-driving cars. But while regulators slowly climb onboard with the establishment of rules and common standards for car...
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Detroit Electric secures $1.8B investment from Chinese firmIt’s been four years since revived electric car brand Detroit Electric first announced plans for a Tesla Roadster-esque sports car. The company managed to get the car, called the SP:01, to the pre-production stage in late 2015 but a shortage of funding has kept it from completing all the...
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2017 Mini Countryman, Mercedes-AMG hypercar, Glickenhaus SCG003S: Today’s Car NewsMini has just launched its second-generation Countryman. The newest version is a twin under the skin with BMW’s X1, and the Mini may just be the better option. Find out what it’s like in our first drive review. The boss of Mercedes-AMG has dropped a few new details on his...
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Tata reveals Racemo concept, forms alliance with VW GroupIndian auto giant Tata in February launched the Tamo sub-brand to serve as an incubator for potential new businesses and technologies and to develop exciting, low-volume models to help strengthen Tata’s image. Tata has marked the launch of Tamo with the presentation of the Racemo sports car...
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2019 Toyota Corolla spy shotsToyota engineers are out testing what’s destined to be the 12th generation of the Corolla. The engineers are still at the test mule stage, meaning most of what you see here will be changed by the time the car finally debuts. That debut is expected to take place in late 2018 or early the...
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Mercedes-AMG used this week’s 2017 Geneva auto show to divulge a few more details on its upcoming hypercar code-named the Project One.
The car will be rolled out during September’s 2017...
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Toyota Yaris GRMN debuts with supercharged engineTo coincide with its successful return to the World Rally Championship this year, Toyota has launched a high-performance version of its Yaris subcompact hatchback inspired by the Yaris-based rally car. Called the Yaris GRMN, the car made its world debut this week at the 2017 Geneva auto show and is...
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Pininfarina teams up with Hybrid Kinetic to debut H600 extended-range electric sedanIn 2010, a Chinese startup by the name of Hybrid Kinetic made headlines over plans for production of hybrid vehicles in Montgomery, Alabama. The company even had a wild concept, the Quaranta, which was actually an original Italdesign-Giugiaro creation built in 2008 to mark the Italian firm’s...
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Glickenhaus’ street-legal SCG003 debuts at Geneva auto showRight from the very start of development of the SCG003 at Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, James Glickenhaus, the founder of the American race team and supercar builder, has insisted that the car be a proper race car that with some simple mods can be turned into a road car. We’ve already seen...
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Dodge Demon Performance Pages, Airbus flying car, Infiniti Q50: Car News HeadlinesDodge’s latest installment in its teaser campaign for the 2018 Challenger SRT Demon reveals details about the car’s Performance Pages feature. This is a section of the infotainment system that displays and records performance data, including vital metrics such as 0-60 and quarter mile...
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2018 Hyundai i30 Fastback spy shotsHyundai’s i30 hatchback, which is headed to the United States as an Elantra GT, is set to spawn a few additional body styles. A wagon has just been added to the lineup and will be joined by a fastback sedan either late this year or early next. The fastback, shown here in prototype form, will...
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Drivers of the upcoming Dodge Challenger SRT Demon won’t need to bother with aftermarket timing equipment because the car will provide performance data via its Uconnect infotainment system....
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Artega Scalo Superelletra is an electric supercar designed by Touring SuperleggeraGerman sports car marque Artega in 2015 and announced plans to focus purely on electric performance, and since then the company has presented the Scalo sports car and Karo quad bike. Artega says those vehicles served as testbeds for its first production electric car, the Scalo Superelletra, which...
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Koenigsegg presents first customer Regeras in GenevaIt was at the 2015 Geneva auto show that Koenigsegg first rolled out its Regera and impressed us with the car’s innovative drivetrain. At this year’s show, which kicks off on March 7, the Swedish firm will show off the first two customer examples of the hybrid hypercar. Car number one...
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Lamborghini Aventador S revealed with 730 horsepowerLamborghini on Tuesday at the 2017 Geneva auto show unveiled the Aventador S, an updated version of the firm’s flagship supercar boasting an aggressive new look, improved handling and, most important of all, more power. The letter S has previously been used to denote enhanced models from...
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Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid revealed with 680 horsepowerPorsche revealed the 2018 Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid a couple weeks before the Geneva auto show and now it has made its public debut in Switzerland. A plug-in hybrid luxury sedan, this monstrously powerful beast combines a twin-turbocharged V-8 with an electric drive system—a powertrain...
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Ruf unveils rear-engine, carbon fiber CTR sports carFamous Porsche tuner Ruf has returned with a new generation of its CTR sports car, and the latest is the first car completely developed in-house by the still family owned business run out of Pfaffenhausen, Germany. On display this week at the 2017 Geneva auto show, the new CTR, the fourth in the...
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