Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Chinese-Backed Electric Car Startup Faraday Future Plans $1 Billion U.S. Plant Viknesh VijayenthiranIn August, we first learned of the plans of Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting for a new electric car company rivaling Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA]. It turns out Yueting’s electric car startup is the...
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2015 Ford Mustang GT, 2016 Ferrari 488 Racer, 2017 Evoque Convertible: Today’s Car NewsThe Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] sixth-generation Mustang has been on sale for a while now. We recently took a closer look at the car’s GT variant. Find out what it’s like to live with in our video road test. Ferrari [NYSE:F] recently unveiled the new 488 GTB as the replacement...
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Bugatti Gears Up For Veyron Successor’s Arrival With New ShowroomsBugatti’s last Veyron was unveiled at the start of the year but work on a successor started long before the build slot for the last Veyron was even sold. The successor, which many predict will be called a Chiron, is set to debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show next March and has been spotted in...
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Toyota Investing $1 Billion In Silicon Valley Research LabToyota will establish a new research and development facility in California’s Silicon Valley at the cost of $1 billion over five years. The new facility, to be called the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), will be based near Stanford University in Palo Alto and focus initially on artificial...
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Rear-Wheel-Drive Lamborghini Huracán Headed To Los Angeles Auto Show?Lamborghini’s Huracán supercar was introduced with much fanfare back in 2014. The car replaced the most successful model in Lamborghini history, the Gallardo, and combined the stunning lines of the Aventador with a level of poise and refinement that makes it much easier to live with...
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2016 Ferrari 488 GT3 and 488 GTE racers revealed at 2015 Finali MondialiFerrari [NYSE:RACE] hosted its Finali Mondiali event for 2015 over the weekend at Italy’s Mugello Circuit and this year there were a few special unveilings. The Finali Mondiali, or World Finals if your Italian isn’t up to snuff, is the final event on the calendar for the Ferrari...
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Current Volkswagen Group design boss Walter Maria de Silva is set to retire at the end of the month, though he will continue his links with the automaker in an advisory role. The Italian designer has...
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2015 SEMA Show EditionThe official show of the Specialty Equipment Market Association has come and gone for another year so now let’s look back at some of the stars. One of our favorite cars present was the 2016 Nissan GT-R NISMO N-Attack Package. This is the version of the GT-R that set a blistering 7:08.679...
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2016 Hennessey Venom GT Gets 1,451 Horsepower: 2015 SEMA Live PhotosIt isn’t quite the Venom F5 that the company has been teasing, but Hennessey Performance Engineering has delivered an updated version of its Venom GT supercar that boasts considerably more power than before. The good news is that the Venom F5 is still coming, but to tide things over in the...
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2017 Infiniti Q60 Spy ShotsDuring this year’s Detroit Auto Show, Infiniti rolled out a sexy concept previewing its next-generation Q60. The new coupe is set to arrive in showrooms next fall, as a 2017 model, and we now have our first spy shots of a prototype. The prototype confirms that the sleek, sexy shape of the...
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Police Car Driven, Veyron Successor Spied, W Motors Supercar Teased: Car News HeadlinesWhat’s it like to drive a police car? We had the chance to find out thanks to Dodge and its 2015 Charger Pursuit. We even got to find out what the “Take Down” button does. Bugatti’s successor to the Veyron is approaching the end of its long gestation. New photos emerged this...
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Audi, Porsche and VW issue stop-sale orders on models with diesel V-6Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency issued the Volkswagen Group with a notice of violation for a 3.0-liter V-6 diesel engine used in several models from Audi as well as Porsche’s Cayenne and VW's Touareg. The violation was due to the discovery that several models fitted...
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650-HP Corvette Z06 V-8 Available As Crate Engine, Previewed In 1970 Camaro: Video Viknesh VijayenthiranOne of the coolest cars at this week’s 2015 SEMA show was a custom 1970 Chevrolet Camaro RS. Built by Chevrolet Performance, the classic muscle car was fitted with a supercharged 6.2-liter LT4...
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Tesla Plans Constraints For Autopilot System After Several Near Misses: VideoTesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] recently launched a software update for its Model S enabling the car to drive autonomously in certain situations, such as along a multilane highway. Naively, Tesla trusted that Model S owners would use the system according to certain rules, such as keeping their hands on...
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Audi Marks End Of Year With Special Edition ModelsAs we approach the end of the calendar year, Audi is offering some sweeteners to help move metal. The automaker is hosting what it calls the Season of Audi Sales Event and there are offers to be had on 2016 A3, A4, A6 and Q5 models. For the A3 and A4 in particular there are special edition versions...
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Mercedes-Benz Museum Starts Selling Off Some Classics: VideoThe official Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany must be brimming with classics as the museum is now starting to sell some of them off. The list of cars available for sale can be seen at the website www.alltime-stars.com and includes some stunners such as a 1929 Type 630 Kompressor and even...
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W Motors Bringing New Fenyr Supersport To Dubai Motor ShowArabian supercar marque W Motors shocked the world when it first announced plans for a car with a price tag of $3.4 million. The car was the Lykan Hypersport, and its production run would total just seven cars. It now appears all of them have been built and sold as W Motors is ready to bring us a...
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First Shelby Daytona Coupe, Chassis #CSX2287, Rolls Into SEMA: VideoThe Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is one of the rarest cars to ever be produced, with just six of the originals having been built. This week, one of them was unveiled at the 2015 SEMA show—and it is the rarest of the lot. The Daytona Coupe bearing chassis #CSX2287 was the first of the six cars...
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Toyota is gearing up for a return to the World Rally Championship in 2017, but the automaker is already involved in rallying. For example, it fields a version of the RAV4 crossover in the 2015 Rally...
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2016 Dodge Viper ACR, 2016 Mustang Cobra Jet, Alfa Romeo Delays: Today’s Car NewsThe 2016 Dodge Viper ACR set lap records at 13 race tracks around the country, including some of the most popular such as Laguna Seca and Road Atlanta. The car even managed to beat the fastest supercars, like the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder, despite being considerably down on power and price...
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Range-Topping SLC Won’t Have A V-8, Won’t Be A Mercedes-AMG: ReportMercedes-Benz’s entry-level sports car, the SLK-Class, is about to undergo a mid-cycle update and in the process be rebranded an SLC. According to a new report, when the SLC arrives, there won’t be a dedicated performance offering to replace the current SLK55 from Mercedes-AMG. Instead...
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Ford Mustang Named Hottest Car At 2015 SEMA ShowFor the fourth year in a row, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang has been voted the Hottest Car at SEMA, though this year’s result isn’t very surprising as another typical contender for the top spot, the Chevrolet Camaro, is in the process of being replaced by an all-new model and...
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Lexus Rules Out Building Cars In China On Quality FearsWhile many major automakers have been building cars in China for years, with Volvo even exporting a Chinese-built car to the United States, Lexus has resisted the move and is quite happy to stay that way for decades. This despite the potential for huge cost savings due to the high import duties...
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First Two Models In Alfa Romeo’s Brand Renaissance Delayed: ReportFiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] CEO Sergio Marchionne is notorious for setting goals that end up being pushed back, particularly in the case of the struggling Alfa Romeo brand. So new reports of two upcoming Alfas being delayed don’t come as much of a surprise. Automotive News...
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