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This may be our best look yet at the high-performance M5 model joining the rest of the seventh-generation BMW 5-Series range in 2017.
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New Countryman to be Mini’s first hybridA new generation of the Mini Countryman is just around the corner and on Monday we received confirmation that the compact SUV will be the brand’s first hybrid. Mini says the arrival of the hybrid Countryman marks the start of a new phase for the brand, one that is electrified yet still...
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Audi electric SUV to be called the e-tronAudi’s electric SUV due in 2018 will simply be known as the e-tron, CEO Rupert Stadler has confirmed. His comments signal the end of rumors the vehicle was to feature "Q6" in the name, theorized since it will be an SUV sized between the Q5 and Q7. The new naming strategy mimics Audi’s...
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2017 Fusion Sport to join modified Ford fleet at SEMATwo of the most popular vehicles at the annual SEMA tuning fest are Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] F-150 and Mustang, in the respective pickup truck and sporty car categories. At the 2016 SEMA show, which runs from November 1-4, we might be able to add another Ford to that list, the Fusion...
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Porsche’s first race winner, BMW M550i xDrive, Ford Focus RS: This Week’s Top PhotosYou’re looking at one of the rarest Porsches in existence. This 1951 356 SL Gmünd Coupe is the first Porsche sports car converted for racing, and it’s the first to claim a victory for the German marque, in the 24 Hours of Le Mans no less. Now compare the 356 with one of...
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2018 Honda Civic Type R spy shots and videoIt’s been exactly one year since we last saw prototypes for Honda’s new Civic Type R and now we have new spy shots and video of the latest testers for the upcoming hot hatch. Honda launched a Civic Type R outside the United States in early 2015 but that car was based on the...
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New E-Class Coupe, 5-Series plug-in hybrid, Civic Si and Type R: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranMercedes-Benz’s new E-Class Coupe is almost ready for its showroom debut. It features a much nicer design than the outgoing model and we’re especially glad it’s maintaining the...
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Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya reveals restored Toyota AE86The Toyota AE86 is a legend among drift fans. “AE86” is actually the internal code for rear-wheel-drive models from the fifth-generation Corolla family, launched in the 1980s. The models became popular among Japan’s drifting scene because of their affordability and ease at which...
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Mark Webber to retire from racing at end of 2016 seasonMark Webber, a true legend of motorsport, has announced his retirement from professional racing. The Australian will step down at the end of the 2016 World Endurance Championship in which he is racing for leading team Porsche. That means his last race will be the 6 Hours of Bahrain on November 19...
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First look at NextEV’s 1,000-horsepower electric supercarIt was in September that Chinese electric car startup NextEV released a teaser shot for a supercar the company is currently working on. The first photo and some new details have since surfaced on Chinese website Autohome. The single photo reveals a two-seater coupe with similar proportions to a...
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2017 BMW 5-Series, Best Car To Buy 2017, Airbnb for cars: Today’s Car NewsBMW will launch a new generation of the 5-Series in 2017. The car was revealed overnight and looks to be a handsome replacement for the previous, sixth-generation model. It’s also lighter, more dynamic and much more advanced. We’re sure a lot of buyers will dig the fully autonomous...
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2017 Honda CR-V previewAfter years of losing market share to rivals, namely the Korean brands, Honda is now in the midst of a product renaissance that started with the arrival of the award-winning 2016 Civic Sedan. We’ve since seen new Civic Coupe, Civic Hatchback and Ridgeline models join the range and today we...
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BMW on Wednesday unveiled a new generation of its 5-Series. Just two powertrain options have been announced for the United States so far, though neither of these will be a V-8.
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Mercedes to test the waters with Airbnb-style service for carsAirbnb is shaking up the hotel industry with its online peer-to-peer accommodation sharing model, and soon we could see a similar service offered for cars. Car sharing already exists in many of the world’s major cities, but the cars are usually owned by a company, sometimes even an automaker...
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An inside look at production of the 2017 BMW 5-SeriesBMW on Wednesday took the wraps off its new, seventh-generation 5-Series sedan. The car is lighter, more dynamic and loaded with more tech than its predecessor and should prove a hit when it arrives on the market in the spring of 2017. Production is already underway at BMW’s main plant in...
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Audi cancels R8 e-tron, againAudi’s R8 e-tron launched at the 2015 Geneva auto show has been canceled. It’s not clear how many have actually been delivered but an Audi spokesman confirmed to Car and Driver that the number is “fewer than 100.” We bet it’s a lot fewer than 100, considering the...
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2017 BMW 5-Series previewMercedes-Benz has been launching hit after hit for the past few years, making it hard for rivals, even perennial luxury leader BMW, to keep up. Mercedes has catapulted to the top of the sales charts thanks to a focus on traditional values such as handsome design, plush interiors and stout...
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2017 Infiniti QX60 previewInfiniti’s QX60 remains one of the top choices in the mid-size luxury SUV segment, thanks mostly to its standard third-row seats and reasonable starting price. However, it’s starting to get a bit long in the tooth. After all, the QX60 traces its roots back to the JX, which Infiniti...
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Buy a Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Shelby GT350, get Hennessey Performance to install its HPE800 supercharger package on it, and you’re instantly the biggest badass on the block.
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Focus RS driven, Huracán Superleggera spied, sporty Cruze diesel confirmed: Car News HeadlinesWe’ve finally had some time behind the wheel of the 2016 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Focus RS, and boy is it a brilliant car. We love it so much we’re happy to call it the hottest hot hatch you can buy right now. Another car we love is Lamborghini’s Huracán. Soon, a more...
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2018 Volkswagen Golf R Variant spy shots and videoThe seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf is about to undergo its mid-cycle update. We’ll see the updated range in showrooms around mid-2017, with the cars arriving for the 2018 model year. Prototypes are currently testing around Europe. The latest shots and video show a prototype for the...
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US won’t get Hyundai i30 N but hot Elantra possibleThe new Hyundai N performance division’s first model will be a hotted-up version of the recently revealed i30, which we'll most likely see next March at the 2017 Geneva auto show. The i30 is a hatchback related to the latest Elantra and is expected in the United States as the replacement for...
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Street-legal SCG003 to be ‘fastest cornering supercar’America's Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is in the final stages of development for the street-legal version of its SCG003 supercar and more and more details are leaking out. If you recall, we first saw the SCG003 at the 2015 Geneva auto show. Back then, SCG showed both the race car (SCG003C) and road...
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2018 Lamborghini Huracán Superleggera spy shotsLamborghini has just introduced a rear-wheel-drive Huracán but a new, more hardcore version is just around the corner. We have new spy shots of what's likely to be a Huracán Superleggera (earlier shots showed a test mule). If you look closely, you'll notice the extra aero around the...
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