Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Honda’s Civic Type R is one of the fastest hot hatches in the world, despite it skipping an all-wheel-drive system and sticking with a good ol’ manual transmission.
The current...
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Video explains what is an air suspensionA lot of new cars and trucks are available with air suspension. A better name for the technology is air springs, as air suspension is essentially an alternative to the more familiar steel springs found on most cars and leaf springs found on older trucks. As the name suggests the technology uses air...
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Mercedes-AMG GT R teased ahead of June 24 debut at Goodwood Festival of SpeedThe hardcore version of Mercedes-AMG’s GT sports car is now a little over a week away from its debut. The official tuner to Mercedes-Benz has confirmed the car will be called the GT R and make its debut June 24 at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Along with the confirmation, Mercedes-AMG...
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Mercedes: Next-gen batteries to double density, halve costsThe biggest hindrance to electric cars has been their limited range and poor battery durability. However, thanks to companies like Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] electric cars are starting to catch up with their internal-combustion counterparts as we now have some that can travel more than 300 miles on a...
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LaFerrari dukes it out with KTM motorcycle in a good ol’ tug of warWe don’t know the story behind this video but we think you’ll agree it doesn’t need one. There’s just a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari, KTM 1290 Super Duke and some rope. Oh, and all three elements are attached to one another. It’s time for vehicular tug of war...
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2017 BMW 7-Series previewBMW’s 7-Series has always been seen as the sportier option in the full-size luxury sedan segment, and we’re glad to report that hasn’t changed with the latest generation. Introduced for the 2016 model year, the latest 7-Series’ evolutionary styling belies the technological...
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Hyundai unveiled a new generation of its Elantra compact sedan (shown below) at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. And like the previous Elantra, this new one will eventually spawn an Elantra GT...
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Mercedes confirms wireless charging for S550e plug-in hybridAnyone that’s owned a plug-in car of some sort will know the pain of coming home late, fiddling around with a cable and actually plugging the car in for charging. The solution to this admittedly minor problem is wireless inductive charging, where to start the charging process one need only...
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A. Kahn Design turns its attention to Land Rover’s Discovery SportIf you’ve just taken delivery of a Land Rover Discovery Sport and wished it was as plush as one of the British automaker’s Range Rover models, then vehicle customizer and coachbuilder A. Kahn Design might be worth a look into. A. Kahn Design has unveiled a sinister-looking Discovery...
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Mazzanti Evantra Millecavalli: Italy’s most powerful car in all its gloryLast week Italian supercar marque Mazzanti introduced to the world its Evantra Millecavalli. The car is a hardcore version of Mazzanti’s already extreme Evantra supercar launched in 2013 and the “Millecavalli” in the name, Italian for “a thousand horses," signifies that the...
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2017 Maserati Quattroporte, 2017 Subaru BRZ, 2017 BMW 3-Series: Car News HeadlinesMaserati’s Quattroporte receives a sharp new look for the 2017 model year. The big sedan also gets a more refined interior though sadly there’s no extra power under the hood. Subaru’s BRZ is also being updated for the 2017 model year and yes it has a few extra horsepower. Subaru...
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Polestar tuning makes the XC90 T8 most powerful Volvo everVolvo’s in-house tuner Polestar offers everything from off-the-shelf parts to dedicated performance cars like the S60 and V60 Polestar. In between, Polestar, which started out life as an independent racing team but was brought into the Volvo fold a year ago, offers dealer-installed...
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Subaru’s BRZ has just been updated for the 2017 model year with a new look, a small bump in power and a more refined cabin.
But the rear-wheel-drive sports car also gets a special edition...
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Mercedes announces inline-6 with 48-volt mild hybrid systemMercedes-Benz is spending up big on technology to reduce the average emissions of its fleet. The automaker has committed to spending almost $8 billion in just the next two years on green technology, including everything from clean diesels to fuel cells to next-generation batteries for electric...
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2017 BMW 3-Series previewThe current generation of BMW’s venerable 3-Series is now entering its sixth year on the market and even though a successor has been spotted there are still some significant updates to be found on the existing car. For the 2017 model year, expected to be the last for the current 3-Series...
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Elemental RP1: Britain’s latest track car ready for productionThere’s no shortage of lightweight track specials hailing from the United Kingdom. After all, that’s where we got classics like the AC Cobra and Lotus Seven. The segment has seen a resurgence in recent years thanks to companies like Ariel, BAC and KTM and their respective Atom, Mono and...
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Transformers 5's Barricade revealed as Ford Mustang cop carDirector Michael Bay has revealed a new vehicle mode for one of the giant robots in the fifth Transformers movie currently under filming, Transformers: The Last Knight. The vehicle mode is for the Decepticon Barricade who in previous movies was represented by a fifth-generation Ford Motor Company...
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GLC F-Cell previews Mercedes fuel cell car coming in 2017Mercedes-Benz first tested the waters with a vehicle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell with the unveiling of the B-Class F-Cell in 2009, which the automaker didn’t actually sell to the public but leased to a small number of customers and fleet buyers to learn about usage patterns. The automaker...
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German brands may dominate the full-size luxury sedan segment, but there are a few compelling alternatives that aren’t as predictable.
One is Maserati’s Quattroporte, which has just...
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2018 Volvo V90, Transformers 5 Ford Mustang, Mercedes electric car platform: Today’s Car NewsVolvo is going after the German mid-size luxury sedans and wagons with its new S90 and V90 duo. We’ve driven them back-to-back and have come away thoroughly impressed. They’re genuinely stylish, different, and rather enchanting. The S90 arrives this year as a 2017 model while the V90...
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First look at Mercedes' modular platform for electric carsMercedes-Benz has crafted a dedicated platform for its next-generation electric cars. Revealed this week during a tech briefing at the automaker’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, the platform will make its way into a handful of models, the first of which will be previewed in concept form...
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Hamilton shrinks 2016 Formula One Championship gap with Canadian GP winThere are now just nine points separating the top two drivers in the 2016 Formula One World Championship after an impressive performance put in yesterday by Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton at the Canadian Grand Prix. The reigning world champion fended off Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] Sebastian...
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Musk: 37 of 40 Tesla Model S suspension complaints were fraudulentThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently examined the suspension of the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S after receiving a number of complaints about parts breaking. The CEO of the electric car company Elon Musk revealed in a Twitter post on Friday that NHTSA determined...
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Jannarelly Design-1, 2017 Nissan GT-R at Spa, 2018 Mercedes A-Class: This Week’s Top PhotosSports car startup Jannarelly this week unveiled its gorgeous Design-1 roadster. The best part is that Jannarelly, based in Dubai, is hoping to get the car into U.S. showrooms for just $55k. It sure would be a tasty track toy. This week we spent some time behind the wheel of the 2017 Porsche Macan...
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