Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Hyundai’s new Elantra has received a new performance range-topper in the automaker’s home market.
The good news is that the car is headed to the United States with a debut expected to...
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Watch a wheel hit Red Bull's Aeroscreen cockpit at 140 mphRed Bull Racing has started testing its proposed race car cockpit protection system known as the Aeroscreen. The Formula One team’s star driver Daniel Ricciardo hopped behind the wheel of a car fitted with the Aeroscreen and successfully completed some laps of the Sochi Autodrom prior to this...
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LeSee concept heralds new electric car from China's LeEcoWhile the world debates whether American tech giants Apple and Alphabet (Google’s parent company) are actually developing cars, Chinese rivals have been upfront with their intentions and have already started parading concepts previewing their future plans. One of these is LeEco (formerly...
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Ford confirms 200-mile electric car in the worksFord Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] Focus Electric will offer a 100-mile range when the 2017 model rolls in later this year, up from 76 miles at present. However, with the similarly priced Chevrolet Bolt EV and Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model 3 promising double the range or more, the Focus Electric...
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VW unveils 1.5-liter engine with variable turbine geometryVolkswagen used this week’s 2016 Vienna Motor Symposium to present its next-generation 4-cylinder engine. The new engine, dubbed the EA211 TSI evo, is a turbocharged 1.5-liter unit equipped with variable turbine geometry (VTG) like that found on high-performance engines from Porsche. VTG...
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2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport previewThere are now more options than ever in the small SUV segment and buyers are especially spoiled if looking for a little luxury. One of the newer options is Land Rover’s Discovery Sport which arrived last year as a 2016 model and replaces the aging LR2. For the 2017 model year, Land Rover is...
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Could this mystery car spotted at Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] Fiorano test track be the next Special Projects creation?
The car is clearly based on the new 488 GTB but doesn’t look to be...
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2017 Porsche Cayenne, 2017 Mini Countryman, Daytona Coupe driven: Car News HeadlinesPorsche’s Cayenne gets some updates for the 2017 model year. Among those updates is the availability of Platinum Edition models. These get a host of extras for not much money. A prototype for the next-generation Mini Countryman has been spotted. However, this one’s for the...
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Update: Cadillac compact sedan won't borrow Chevy Cruze platformUpdate: Cadillac spokesman David Caldwell has confirmed that rumors of Cadillac’s planned compact sedan being based on the front-wheel-drive D2XX platform of the Chevrolet Cruze and other General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] compacts were false. Cadillac is working on a new compact sedan...
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Report: Russian billionaire acquires rights to NürburgringThe speed limits that have dogged the Nürburgring for the last 12 months are now a thing of the past, but there’s already new drama surrounding the famous German racetrack. It’s being reported that Russian billionaire Viktor Kharitonin has acquired 99 percent of the rights to the...
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Stefano Domenicali makes first presentation as Lamborghini CEOIt was only in February that Stephan Winkelmann relinquished his role as CEO of Lamborghini after 11 long years. Replacing him was Stefano Domenicali who made his first public presentation as Lamborghini CEO at this week’s 2016 Beijing Auto Show. Domenicali is no stranger to performance, as...
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2017 Porsche Cayenne gets Platinum special edition trimPorsche plans to enhance its Cayenne range with new Platinum Edition models. Arriving in showrooms later this year, the Platinum Edition models are based on the base Cayenne and gasoline-electric Cayenne S E-Hybrid and offer a host of extras for a reasonable price. CHECK OUT: Lexani unveils...
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It was in 2011 that we first heard Porsche was investigating a new mid-engine supercar to fill the gap between the top 911 variants and the 918 Spyder hypercar.
Thankfully, the rumors haven’t...
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PSA’s luxury brand DS debuts DS 4S at 2016 Beijing Auto ShowDS, the new luxury brand of French auto giant PSA Group (formerly PSA Peugeot Citroën), used this week’s 2016 Beijing Auto Show to launch its latest model. The car is a compact hatch not much bigger than DS’s first model, the DS 3. It’s been developed exclusively for the...
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Smart ForTwo gets more power thanks to BrabusSmart used this week’s 2016 Beijing Auto Show to roll out some Brabus-enhanced versions of its ForTwo and ForFour minicars. We’re not talking about the simple appearance packages we saw earlier in the year—this time there’s more power plus some chassis mods. Before you get...
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2017 Jaguar F-Pace, 2016 VW GTI Clubsport S, Karma Revero: Today’s Car NewsWe’ve just taken a spin in Jaguar’s new F-Pace. It’s a handsome SUV that puts just as much emphasis on sport as on utility. The competition should be worried. Volkswagen is bringing out a hotter version of its GTI called the Clubsport S. The car will pack 310 metric horsepower, or...
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Claim of wagon demise at Jaguar incorrect, says design chiefJaguar Design Director Ian Callum took to Twitter yesterday to explain he was misquoted in a recent Automotive News article that claimed he had ruled out Jaguar ever launching another wagon. In his Tweet, Callum said he had simply stated there would be no wagon based on the XE, as opposed to...
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Australia Supercars Championship is new name of V8 SupercarsIn response to changing trends, the popular Australian touring car series known as V8 Supercars has been rebranded with a new name that does away with the “V8” component. The FIA-sanctioned series from July 1 will be known as Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, with airline Virgin...
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Yet another China-exclusive long-wheelbase sedan has debuted at this week’s 2016 Beijing Auto Show.
The latest is the A4 L based on the new “B9” A4.
Its wheelbase measures 114...
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VW drops Golf R 400 in favor of 306-horsepower GTI Clubsport SVolkswagen is out testing a new version of its GTI. The car offers more performance than last year’s 261-horsepower (286 hp with overboost) GTI Clubsport and makes its world debut at the upcoming Wörthersee Tour GTI tuning fest in Austria. The car may look like the previous GTI Clubsport...
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BMW X3 M, Mercedes sports car platform, new Citroën C6: Car News HeadlinesBMW’s next-generation X3 is set to receive the M treatment. Today we spotted a prototype for the new X3 M. What's immediately clear is that the prototype is wider, lower and much more aggressive looking than testers for the regular version of the upcoming SUV. Mercedes-Benz is out testing its...
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FreeValve 'camless' engine shown in Qoros concept at 2016 Beijing auto showEngineering outfit FreeValve, a sister company to Swedish supercar marque Koenigsegg, is developing a new type of engine that does away with the camshaft. The so-called “camless” engine relies on pneumatic valve actuators to open valves, which are then closed by air pressure or springs...
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Report: Geely to go global with new Volvo-based brandChinese automaker Geely may be about to introduce a new mainstream brand selling cars developed with Volvo. Since acquiring the Swedish automaker from Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] in 2010, Geely has set about transforming it into a luxury marque. That leaves room for Geely to compete in mainstream...
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Citroën C6 makes return…as China specialCitroën’s last C6, which bowed out of production in 2012, is one of the best examples of the quirkiness of the French brands that many find so appealing. It's a luxurious, full-size sedan that sports a coupe-like profile—something it featured before the design was the industry du...
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