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As a two-time Formula One world champion and Indy 500 winner, Brazilian racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi certainly knows a thing or two about fast cars. He’s now applying that knowledge on a...
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‘The Grand Tour’ first to test Bugatti ChironIt appears “The Grand Tour” managed to get its hands on a Bugatti Chiron. The Veyron successor will be appearing on an upcoming episode of Amazon’s new series starring former “Top Gear” hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, and Michelin, which supplies...
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Uber’s future fleet of self-driving cars to feature models from MercedesUber has made little secret of its desire to launch self-driving taxi fleets all over the globe. Uber is currently spending up big to develop the technology but it won’t limit its popular ride-sharing network to its own self-driving cars only. Instead, Uber will allow other firms including...
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Audi gets political in Super Bowl LI spotBy now you’re probably tired of all the politicized rantings across news outlets and social media. Audi doesn’t see it that way. The automaker is getting into the game by inserting its message in a 60-second spot for Super Bowl LI. It's called “Daughter,” and it features a...
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VW agrees to $1.2B settlement with owners of 3.0-liter dieselsVolkswagen on Wednesday announced it reached proposed agreements to resolve outstanding civil claims in the United States from owners of approximately 78,000 vehicles fitted with 3.0-liter diesel engines found to be equipped with the “defeat device” software at the heart of the...
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Next-gen Porsche 911, BMW 5-Series Sports Wagon, Dodge Demon weight loss: Today’s Car NewsThe first prototypes for Porsche’s next-generation 911 have finally been spotted. The testers reveal a number of interesting details including taillights and a rear spoiler that stretch the width of the car. BMW has unveiled the wagon body style for its redesigned 5-Series. The svelte wagon...
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McLaren’s new supercar to replace the 650S is now just a little more than a month away, although photos have already surfaced.
McLaren has been drip-feeding us info over the past weeks and the...
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HSV reveals last of its rear-wheel-drive CommodoresGeneral Motors’ Australian subsidiary Holden is set to wind up production of its rear-wheel-drive Commodore range in October. There will be a new Commodore arriving in 2018, but this will be a front-wheel-drive model twinned with the Opel Insignia Grand Sport and, perhaps most tragically, no...
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Burt Reynolds' latest 'Bandit' Trans Am sells for $275KAnother Pontiac Firebird Trans Am modeled like the one in the 1977 hit movie “Smokey and the Bandit” was sold last month at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. It went for $275,000. The man with what seems to be an endless store of the cars, Burt Reynolds, the Bandit...
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2017 BMW 5-Series Touring revealed ahead of Geneva debutBMW has just launched a new generation of its 5-Series, and today we have our first look at the car’s wagon body style which in most markets is referred to as a 5-Series Touring. The handsome wagon makes its debut in March at the 2017 Geneva auto show and unfortunately we’re unlikely to...
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Steven Tyler’s Hennessey Venom GT Spyder raises $800K for charitySteven Tyler was the first in the world with a Hennessey Venom GT Spyder but at the January 20 Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Aerosmith front man passed the car over to a new owner who bid $800,000 on it. The winning bid also included a guitar signed by the complete Aerosmith...
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800-hp ‘Yenko’ 2017 Chevrolet Camaro revealedRemember the Yenko 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport that debuted during the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona earlier this month? The company behind the car, Specialty Vehicle Engineering of Toms River, New Jersey, has since dropped its supercharged V-8 into the engine bay of the...
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General Motors’ Australian unit Holden is set to end local production in October, and along with the end of production will be the demise of the rear-wheel-drive Commodore, the current version...
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Mid-engine Corvette spied, Saab 9-3 back in production, Ferrari’s banned F1 tech: Car News HeadlinesThe mid-engine car everyone thinks will be the C8 Chevrolet Corvette has been spotted again. The latest shots show a prototype testing alongside the mystery C7 Corvette thought to be a new ZR1 range-topper. Saab may be dead but its 9-3 will live on. The company that bought the rights to the Swedish...
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McLaren to partner with BMW on next-gen engine techThe last time McLaren and BMW collaborated on an engine, the result was the world-beating McLaren F1. Now the two firms are joining forces again to develop next-generation engine technology. Working with a number of other firms including current McLaren engine supplier Ricardo, as well as metals...
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7th-gen Rolls-Royce Phantom production ends after 13 yearsA new, eighth-generation Rolls-Royce Phantom is due in 2018 but production of the current model has already wound up. Rolls-Royce on Tuesday revealed the final seventh-generation Phantom to roll off the line at its plant in Goodwood, England. Its build was commissioned by a Rolls-Royce collector...
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GM, Honda form joint venture for mass production of fuel cellsGeneral Motors and Honda on Tuesday announced plans to produce a next-generation hydrogen fuel cell system together starting around 2020. The two automakers are making equal investments totaling $85 million in the joint venture, labeled Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, and will use the resulting...
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Saab 9-3 production to live on… in ChinaProduction of the Saab 9-3 sedan will restart for the second time, only this time around the cars will be sold under the NEVS brand, feature electric powertrains and be produced in China. NEVS, which bought the assets of Saab following the Swedish firm’s bankruptcy in late 2011, and briefly...
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Porsche’s Panamera already comes as a hybrid but there are reports claiming a second, more potent gasoline-electric option will be offered, this one throwing a V-8 into the mix.
Last summer...
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Learn the 50-year history of Mercedes-AMGMercedes-AMG has earned quite the name for itself over the years as Mercedes-Benz's performance arm, and for those who have forgotten the past—or never really knew it in the first place—a video is making the rounds showing AMG's roots. The video takes the viewer from AMG’s...
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Maserati: What’s new for 2017Maserati’s plans to boost sales to 50,000 units annually has hit a snag. The automaker is facing slowing demand in the key market of China and plans for a redesigned GranTurismo as well as a new sports car based on 2014’s Alfieri concept have been pushed back. That doesn’t mean we...
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Dodge Challenger GT driven, Mercedes-AMG GLC63 spied, Toyota Supra rendered: Today’s Car NewsDodge’s Challenger now comes in all-wheel-drive flavor. We found it to be a big, spacious coupe with killer retro looks, and genuinely fun to drive in the snow. Another vehicle that should prove fun to drive in the snow is the upcoming Mercedes-AMG GLC63 Coupe. A prototype has just been...
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Despite scandal, VW is now world’s biggest automakerThe Volkswagen Group has overtaken Toyota to become the world's biggest automaker by volume, with its sales for 2016 coming at 10.31 million vehicles. That compares to Toyota’s tally of 10.175 million over the same period. It’s the first time VW has been at the top of the sales ranks...
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2019 Toyota Supra renderedToyota’s new sports car based on a platform developed with BMW is nearing completion. The car, which many predict will revive the Supra name, will reportedly be previewed in concept form during October’s 2017 Tokyo auto show and is likely follow in production trim shortly after. We...
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