Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Gumpert Becomes Apollo, Lewis Hamilton’s LaFerrari, ‘Fast 8’ Teaser: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranGerman supercar marque Gumpert is back from bankruptcy but now the company is known as Apollo. It was rescued by the same Chinese group that bought De Tomaso and will be unveiling something new at...
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Former Stig Ben Collins Details Ford Focus RS Drive Modes: VideoThe 2016 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Focus RS is almost here. The car goes on sale in the spring, priced from $36,605 when you include Ford's standard $875 destination charge, which isn’t a bad deal considering you’re getting a 350-horsepower, all-wheel-drive, manual-only performance...
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2017 Audi A3 Hatchback Spy ShotsAudi’s A3 compact range is about to undergo a mid-cycle update and today we have spy shots of the updated version of the three-door A3 Hatchback. While this particular bodystyle isn’t offered in the United States, the changes appearing on the car should be virtually identical to what...
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Justin Bieber gets ride in Lewis Hamilton's LaFerrariLast March, Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff confirmed that star driver Lewis Hamilton, the current Formula 1 world champion, had purchased a Ferrari LaFerrari. We’ve seen Hamilton post photos of a number of his cars on social media, though—likely due to contractual...
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McLaren P1 Suffers Serious Crash In Washington, D.C.Considering there were only 375 McLaren P1s ever built, and that such rare cars are barely driven by their owners, you wouldn’t expect to see too many of them involved in serious crashes. That isn’t the case however as we now have news of the second P1 involved in a serious crash. The...
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2016 Kia Optima Sportswagon Spy ShotsWhen Kia unveiled its Sportspace concept car at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, we were told it previewed the design of the all-new Optima, a car which made its debut a month later at the 2015 New York Auto Show, as a 2016 model. However, we were also told that the handsome concept hinted at a new...
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We’re now just a little over a year out from a new Fast and the Furious movie. Vin Diesel, who plays the lead character Dominic Toretto in the franchise, confirmed the eighth installment almost...
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2016 Detroit Auto Show EditionThe 2016 Detroit Auto Show is now well and truly over, at least for the media, so here’s a look at some of the highlights. Starting things off is the 2017 Lincoln Continental, which goes on sale later this year as the replacement for the aging MKS. Though toned down from last year’s...
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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor SuperCrew rolls into DetroitFord Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new F-150 Raptor performance pickup truck has been confirmed to go on sale this fall, as a 2017 model, and at the launch there will be both the standard two-door model as well as a four-door SuperCrew. It was at last year’s Detroit Auto Show that we first...
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Sinister-Looking LaFerrari Tears Through Prague: VideoWatch as 950 Italian horsepower tears through the Czech capital Prague in the beautiful package that is the Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari. The video comes to us from YouTube channel Cossie670 and according to the person that filmed it the owner of the LaFerrari had only owned the for two weeks but...
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Poland’s Arrinera unveils Hussarya GT racerIt’s been almost a year since Polish supercar startup Arrinera first unveiled its Hussarya. While the company continues to jump through all the hoops required to get the car certified and on sale, it will offer a dedicated racing version that was shown for the first time at Autosport...
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Ford GT Race Mode, Opel GT Concept, Godsil Manhattan V-16: Today Car NewsAt this week’s 2016 Detroit Auto Show, we learned that Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT supercar will come with a race mode. Similar to the race mode of the McLaren P1, the special mode on the GT drops the car’s ride height, extends its rear spoiler and no doubt modifies a...
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BMW enjoyed its fifth-straight year of record sales in 2015 after rounding out the year with an impressive 1,905,234 deliveries. That represents a 5.2 percent increase on the previous year and has...
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Toyota to race C-HR SUV in 24 Hours NürburgringToyota is about to take a radical step by entering a crossover in one of the world’s toughest races, the Nürburgring 24 Hours. That's right. Toyota and its motorsport partner Gazoo Racing will enter a modified version of the C-HR subcompact crossover concept. This will be the 10th year...
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2017 Kia Niro Spy ShotsKia has confirmed it will unveil a new dedicated hybrid model called the Niro at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show on next month. The automaker has been dropping a number of teaser shots in the lead up to the reveal but our spy shots give us a good idea of what the vehicle will be like out on the road...
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Watch A Red Bull F1 Car Hit The Slopes: VideoThe Austrian Alps isn’t exactly a place you’d expect to see a Formula One car but that’s exactly what skiers at the legendary Streif ski course in Kitzbuhel witnessed yesterday. As part of a promotional stunt, Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen took to the slopes in the Red Bull...
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Investigators find no emissions cheating at Renault following raidA number of vehicle manufacturers in France were raided recently by investigators on the behalf of the French government over concerns of emissions cheating. The raids hit hard for Renault in particular whose share price dropped almost 22 percent after it was revealed the automaker was being...
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Meet The Guy With The First McLaren P1 GTR In The U.S.: VideoCustomer examples of the McLaren P1 GTR recently reached the country and the very first one, a black car with orange accents, was delivered to none other than Bruce Canepa, a racing driver who’s also an expert in the field of vehicle restoration and investment at his own firm Canepa, based in...
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The McLaren Formula One team, officially McLaren Honda, has announced Jost Capito as its new CEO. He replaces caretaker CEO Jonathan Neale who will fill the new role of COO. Eric Boullier remains...
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Acura Precision Concept, BMW M3 Competition Package, 2017 Ford GT: Car News HeadlinesAcura’s Precision concept turned out to be one of the surprise stars of this week’s 2016 Detroit Auto Show. We sat down with the concept’s chief designer Michelle Christensen to find out how exactly it relates to Acura’s upcoming products. With the M3 and M4 easily...
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Behind-The-Wheel Footage Of The Koenigsegg Regera: VideoWatch as Christian von Koenigsegg takes his latest baby, the Regera, out for a spin. The hybrid supercar is still in development but as you’ll see in the video the car drives just like a production model. MUST SEE: Here's The Ford GT Going Into Race Mode: Video But the Regera is unlike any...
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Dodge Viper Production Ending Due To Airbag Regulations?If you didn’t already know, production of the Dodge Viper is scheduled to end in 2017 and there are no plans at present for a successor—although that may change at some point, according to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] CEO Sergio Marchionne. FCA hasn’t come out and stated...
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AMG Sport Models To Become Proper Mercedes-AMGs: ReportIf you’re just coming to grips with what Mercedes-Benz’s AMG Sport range is, forget what you know because the automaker is changing things up again. The AMG Sport range serves as a bridge between Mercedes’ most potent offerings and those of the Mercedes-AMG performance division...
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2016 BMW M2 priced from $52,695The first ever M2 is the star of BMW’s stand at this week’s 2016 Detroit Auto Show. And it was at the show where we learned that the handsome sports coupe will be priced from a very reasonable $52,695, including a $995 destination charge, when it goes on sale this April. With its...
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