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New Audi A7 spied, Porsche 917 replica planned, Vulcano Titanium on sale: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranAudi’s next-generation A7 has been spotted in prototype form. The car is looking a lot like the automaker’s Prologue concept but retains the signature shape of the outgoing model....
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2017 Mini Countryman spy shotsThe Mini Countryman was updated for 2015 but development of a successor is nearing its final stages. A prototype for the new Countryman has just been spotted, revealing many of the details of the next-generation compact crossover. It appears designers have adopted a boxier, more rugged look for the...
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Doubts raised over China’s traffic-straddling busChina’s Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) made headlines last week after the company behind the project, TEBtech, conducted a first real-world test. However, questions have been raised as to whether it's just one big scam. As China’s Global Times points out, much of TEBtech's capital has been...
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Rimac gives behind-the-scenes look at testing of 1,088-hp Concept_One electric supercarCroatian firm Rimac showed us its Concept_One electric supercar in production trim in March at the 2016 Geneva auto show. The company is still fine tuning the design, though, and recently provided a behind-the-scenes look at some of the testing helping to hone this 1,088-horsepower steed. In the...
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Kimi Räikkönen marries model girlfriend Minttu VirtanenFormula One is currently on its summer break and Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] driver Kimi Räikkönen, 36, took advantage of the time off to marry his 29-year-old model girlfriend Minttu Virtanen. The couple, who have a son together, Robin, tied the knot on Sunday in the town of Siena, located in...
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Chevy Camaro ZL1 pricing, Bugatti 100P, Karma Revero: Today’s Car NewsChevrolet’s sixth-generation Camaro spawns 1LE and ZL1 models for the 2017 model year. We now have the all-important pricing information and it reveals that for the ZL1, Chevy is charging less than $100 per horsepower. In 1939 Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti unveiled an airplane called the...
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Karma, the company born out of the remains of bankrupt automaker Fisker Automotive, hopes to be selling its updated version of the Fisker Karma by the end of 2016.
The extended-range electric sedan,...
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2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 priced from $62,135When it comes to democratization of horsepower, you can’t beat a Detroit muscle car. The 707-hp 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat started the current trend with its base price of only $60k. Now the even more capable 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 has picked up the baton with its starting price...
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Woman backs car onto hood of Ferrari 458 Speciale while parkingCars and Coffees are great for getting acquainted with other car lovers in your area, but the events aren’t always a pleasant affair as one Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 458 Speciale owner recently discovered. A woman driving a Mercedes-Benz 380SL at a Cars and Coffee in Great Falls, Virginia on...
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Bugatti 100P project leader killed in test flight crashTragedy struck Saturday morning at an airfield near Burns Flat, Oklahoma when a replica of an airplane designed by Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti in the 1930s crashed during a test flight, killing its pilot Scotty Wilson. Wilson, an Air Force veteran, was the leader of the small team developing the...
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BAC Mono gets ultra-strong, ultra-light graphene panelsBAC has unveiled a version of its street-legal Mono track car fitted with body panels made from graphene. The advanced material is similar to carbon fiber but consists of sheets just one atom thick. Its strength is derived from the arrangement of the carbon atoms which form rigid, honeycomb-like...
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Focus RS output boosted to 370 hp with factory-backed Mountune kitBritish tuner Mountune is an expert at extracting more performance from Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] products. And in recent years we’ve seen the company come out with upgrades backed by the factory, including here in the United States where it has a local arm. Now Mountune has teamed up with...
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Mercedes-Benz made significant weight savings with its latest C-Class thanks to the use of materials much lighter than conventional steel in the car’s construction, such as aluminum and even...
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2017 Porsche Panamera, 2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1, 2016 Shelby GT350 fireball: The Week In ReverseWe rode shotgun in the 2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo, learned that the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will have more power than originally thought, and heard the story of a track enthusiast in a 2016 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Shelby GT350 losing his brakes at 100 mph. It's the Week in Reverse...
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Atieva electric car test mule beats BMW i8, Dodge Viper in 1/4 mileIn late 2015 a little known automotive startup by the name of Atieva announced plans to compete in the electric car space. Beyond that intention, the company, which is based in Silicon Valley, has been mostly quiet on all fronts. Now, however, Atieva has previewed the performance of its powertrain...
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Hot Rod revealed in robot form for Transformers 5The hero of 1986’s animated movie The Transformers: The Movie is finally making an appearance in the live-action version. Director Michael Bay in his latest teaser for Transformers: The Last Knight has confirmed the appearance of the Autobot Hot Rod. This time, though, Bay revealed the...
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Report: Mercedes plans sub-brand for new electric carsMercedes-Benz plans to launch a handful of electric cars over the coming years to counter models already offered by Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA], as well as newcomers from its fellow German rivals Audi and BMW. The first of these electric cars are to include a pair of sedans and a pair of SUVs, and...
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Vettel takes on Ferrari 488 GTB driver in a… ambulance?Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel recently went up against a driver in a 488 GTB in a race against the clock. However, the four-time world champion wasn’t in one of his F1 cars, or even in another exotic. Instead, he faced the 488 in an ambulance. To make the competition...
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The owner of a C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 recently found out the hard way why it’s never a good idea to do burnouts and speed on public roads.
His car ended up a total wreck after he pulled some...
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More details on mid-engine C8 Chevrolet CorvetteThe mid-engine C8 Chevrolet Corvette is coming. Prototypes for what’s clearly a mid-engine car with Corvette styling cues have been spotted at a General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] test facility. There have also been substantial upgrades made to the Corvette’s plant in Bowling Green...
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New VW Polo GTI, Honda Civic Type R concept, Jon Snow and the Q60: Today’s Car NewsVolkswagen’s next-generation Polo has been spotted testing, and the version spotted is the sporty GTI. The new subcompact looks to be growing in size and the GTI version may offer slightly more power than its predecessor. A new generation of the Honda Civic Type R will bow in 2017, and this...
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Roborace autonomous racing edges closer to reality with reveal of final car designWhile autonomous driving technology may still be in its infancy, there are efforts underway to get a fully autonomous racing series up and running. The series has even been given a name: Roborace. We first learned of Roborace back in March. The cars would be identical, right down the various...
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Manthey-Racing builds extra hardcore Porsche Cayman GT4 ClubsportPorsche introduced a race car based on its limited edition Cayman GT4 for the 2016 motorsport season. Ahead of the 2017 season, there’s a new, more hardcore version. It’s called the Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR, and it was developed by German motorsport and engineering firm Manthey-Racing...
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Jon Snow helps flog new Infiniti Q60When he’s not out waging war in Westeros, it appears Jon Snow has a penchant for reciting poetry and driving luxury coupes. More accurately, Kit Harington, who plays the popular character on HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, was been recruited by Infiniti to help promote its new Q60...
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