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Hamilton wins 2016 Formula One German Grand Prix, Ricciardo and Verstappen make podium Viknesh VijayenthiranMercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton took a commanding win on Sunday at the 2016 Formula One German Grand Prix held at the Hockenheimring.
It was the Briton’s 49th career win, which means...
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Why Ford is making a huge mistake with its new GTLast week Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] sent out notices to the more than 7,000 applicants for its new GT supercar informing whether they were among the lucky individuals awarded a build slot. With only 500 slots available, at least for now, it meant many applicants, including many long-time...
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Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster, Bristol Bullet, alternative Chiron design: This Week’s Top PhotosSeventy years after its founding and five years after it was saved from insolvency, niche British sports car marque Bristol is back with a new model, the deliciously-retro Bullet speedster. The car weighs just 2,500 pounds thanks to a mix of aluminum and carbon fiber and is powered by a...
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Go on a lap of Le Mans in an Aston Martin VulcanAston Martin has released a video that gives us a taste of what it’s like to lap Le Mans’ famous Circuit de la Sarthe in the Vulcan. As you can imagine, the 820-horsepower hypercar makes light work of the 8.5-mile circuit. There’s no traffic but from what we can gauge the car is...
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Electric Corvette sets new land speed recordGenovation, a startup based in Rockville, Maryland, has earned a new land speed record using a C6 Chevrolet Corvette converted to run on electric motors. The car is the same one that hit 186.8 mph at Florida’s Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds on February 23, 2016. ALSO SEE: New Supra to feature...
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2017 Opel Insignia, 2018 BMW M4 GT4, Corvette Grand Sport vs. Z06: Today’s Car NewsOpel engineers have been spotted testing the company’s next-generation Insignia sedan. There’s a lot riding on this car as it will serve as the next Buick Regal here in the United States as well as the next Holden Commodore in Australia and New Zealand. Our latest spy shots are the most...
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After a brief hiatus last year, the Formula One German Grand Prix is back on the calendar.
The 2016 race, round 12 of the Formula One World Championship, is on this weekend at the Hockenheimring, a...
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Michael Bay confirms Combaticons for Transformers 5 with reveal of OnslaughtWith the release of his latest teaser for Transformers: The Last Knight, director Michael Bay has confirmed the appearance of the fierce Decepticons unit known as the Combaticons. Bay released an image of a Western Star 4900 SF truck on social media and revealed that it will serve as the vehicle...
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Lotus Elise Race 250 is the fastest Elise yetLotus has unveiled what it claims is its fastest Elise yet. The car is called the Elise Race 250 and as the name suggests this one’s designed for track use only. That’s good as its track-only nature means Lotus can sell it in the United States, since track cars don’t have to meet...
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2017 Opel Insignia spy shotsOpel engineers are out testing a prototype for the next-generation Insignia sedan. Though destined to compete in the mid-size sedan segment, the new Insignia looks to be growing in size, so much so that it may rival some larger models. It also looks like the design team has adopted a sloping...
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BMW M4 GT4 to go racing in 2018BMW is set to join the growing list of automakers offering FIA GT4-spec race cars straight from the factory. The German automaker on Thursday announced plans to launch an M4 GT4 race car in time for the 2018 motorsport season. The car will be the successor to the M3 GT4 offered late last decade and...
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Bristol’s Project Pinnacle revealed as Bullet speedsterThere’s been a lot of interest in recent years surrounding the return of TVR, but it isn’t the only niche British sports car marque making a comeback. Another is Bristol Cars, the maker of the Viper V-10-powered Fighter which sadly bowed out of the market in 2011. Bristol today unveiled...
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It’s emerged that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] may be looking at a Federal Grand Jury investigation into its sales numbers.
According to Automotive News (subscription required), some...
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New Supra to feature twin-turbo Lexus V-6?BMW and Toyota have confirmed they’re working on a new platform that will spawn sports cars for their respective brands. BMW’s sports car has already been spotted in prototype form and is expected to be called the Z5. It will replace the Z4 in the automaker’s lineup...
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Ferrari’s new platform, Keating Berus supercar, Hellcat-powered Ram: Car News HeadlinesFerrari [NYSE:RACE] is in the final stages of developing its next-generation platform. The platform, which sticks with aluminum construction and features a modular design, will bring weight savings as well as improvements in crash safety and NVH characteristics for the automaker’s future...
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Strong demand means some 2016 Focus RS buyers bumped to 2017 modelGiven its combination of performance, practicality and pricing, coupled with the fact it’s built at only one location, in this case a plant in Saarlouis, Germany, supplies for Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] Focus RS was always going to be a little tight. Unfortunately for some customers...
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Ferrari’s next-generation platform to be 15 percent lighterFerrari [NYSE:RACE] is close to finalizing development of a modular platform that will underpin its next generation of cars starting with a replacement for the California due out in the next year or two. The platform needed to be highly flexible so that it can underpin most of Ferrari’s...
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Police confirm kidnap of Bernie Ecclestone’s mother-in-lawPolice in Brazil have confirmed reports of the kidnap of 67-year-old Aparecida Schunck at her home in São Paulo on Friday. Schunck is the mother-in-law of 85-year-old Bernie Ecclestone, the billionaire boss of the Formula One Group, the entity which manages most of the commercial aspects of...
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A little known company by the name of Keating is celebrating 10 years in the supercar business with a new model dubbed the Berus.
It was in July of 2006 that Keating first announced plans for a...
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The Hellcat-powered Ram 1500 livesOne Ram owner, Tom Stoll, has given up on waiting for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] to offer the supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 known as the Hellcat in a pickup truck, so he went out and had Master Technician Kevin Byrnes of Midland Chrysler in Midland Ontario, Canada build him one. Several...
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Porsche tops J.D. Power APEAL study for 12th year in a rowJ.D. Power isn't the end-all, be-all of automotive evaluation, but the data crunching firm is a solid and nearly comprehensive start when looking for a new car. Along with its annual Dependability and Initial Quality studies, another of J.D. Power’s useful tools is the Automotive Performance...
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Tesla and autonomous tech firm Mobileye end partnershipTechnology firm Mobileye, which worked closely with Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] to develop the semi-autonomous Autopilot system that debuted on the Model S, has confirmed its partnership with the automaker is over. The information was confirmed by Mobileye co-founder Amnon Shashua during a conference...
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Tesla Gigafactory, Mercedes electric truck, 13-year-old drives Veyron: Today’s Car NewsTesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has opened its battery plant known as the Gigafactory. The plant is only 14 percent complete but it’s already churning out batteries for Tesla’s Model S and Model X. Soon it will also produce batteries for the Model 3. The Gigafactory will also produce batteries...
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Report: Jaguar working on rivals for Tesla Model S, Model XJaguar is reportedly planning to launch two electric cars by the end of 2019. We’re not talking about electric versions of existing cars but new additions to the lineup. One will be a sedan and the other an SUV. The information was reported by Automobile, which also claimed the development of...
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