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2016 Mercedes GLE Coupe, 2016 Lincoln MKX, Malloy Hoverbike: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranWe’ve just driven Mercedes-Benz’s new GLE Coupe, both in standard and high-performance Mercedes-AMG flavors. There’s no way around it: the GLE Coupe feel portly, but no more,...
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Lexus To Take On Pikes Peak Hill Climb With Track-Focused RC F GT ConceptFor the past several years, Lexus has been competing in the annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb using a specially-developed IS F sedan called the CCS-R. For this year’s 'Race to the Clouds', Lexus has prepared a new car based on its RC F coupe. The new car is the RC F GT concept, and it may just...
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Defense Department Working On Hoverbikes: VideoFans of the Star Wars movies need no convincing of the virtues of a hoverbike, and it appears neither does the military. The Department of Defense is teaming up with Malloy Aeronautics to turn the British engineering firm’s hoverbike concept into a reality, with further development and...
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Walter Röhrl Crashes Porsche 918 Spyder: VideoFor most Porsche fans, Walter Röhrl is instantly recognizable as the man vital to the development of some of the sports car marque’s greatest models. The rally legend, now 68, is currently the brand’s ambassador and key test driver. Recently, he was behind the wheel of...
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Koenigsegg One:1 Smashes Record For 0-300-0 KMH Run--Updated With New VideoWitness the power of the world’s first ‘megawatt’ car, the Koenigsegg One:1. The 1,341-horsepower supercar recently smashed the world record for the 0-300-0 kmh (0-186-0 mph) acceleration and brake test, requiring just 17.95 seconds to achieve the feat. That’s exactly 3.24...
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Could Scion End Up Using The Mazda MX-5 Miata Platform For Its Next-Gen FR-S?Toyota has made little secret of the fact that its GT 86, a Scion FR-S for readers in the U.S., hasn’t been selling well, with the poor sales performance even leading management to rule out additional variants of the car such as a high-performance version or convertible (just a thousand FR-S...
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Mercedes-Benz’s current A-Class made its debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, and an updated version of the stylish hatch is due to go on sale in select markets towards the end of this year,...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Leaked Ahead Of June 24 Reveal: VideoChevrolet recently released a teaser video for its upcoming 2016 Camaro Convertible, which the Bowtie brand has confirmed will be revealed to the world on Wednesday, June 24. However, since then official photos of the car have leaked onto the web. The leaked photos, more of which you can view over...
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Jeremy Clarkson’s New Show, 2016 Chevy Camaro Convertible, 2017 Audi A4: Today’s Car NewsJeremy Clarkson has confirmed that he and fellow former Top Gear hosts Richard Hammond and James May are set to front a new show. A formal announcement is due within weeks. Chevrolet has confirmed that the convertible version of its all-new Camaro muscle car will be revealed on Wednesday, June 24...
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Clarkson, Hammond and May confirmed for new showA final episode of Top Gear starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will air June 28, marking the end of the popular British television show’s 22nd season. It will be the last time that any of the three lads host the show as none of them renewed their contracts after Clarkson...
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New Chevy Cruze Hatchback Coming To U.S., Hopefully With Hot GTI And Focus ST Rival In TowHere in the U.S., we only get the Chevrolet Cruze as a sedan but overseas there are hatchback and wagon bodystyles as well. Not offering the hatch in the U.S. is something General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] product chief Mark Reuss once called “a pre-bankruptcy planning mistake,” a...
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2017 Audi A4 Spy Shots And Video (With Interior)Audi’s next-generation A4, the B9 series, won’t be in American showrooms until the 2017 model year (yes, the current model has one year left in it), but we’ll see the car unveiled this September at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. We already have a pretty good idea as to what the...
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Mercedes-Maybach S600 Monthly Sales In China Almost Top Worldwide Annual Figure For Standalone Maybach Viknesh VijayenthiranMercedes-Benz is selling about 500 examples of its new Mercedes-Maybach S600 luxury sedan in China every month, which is remarkable considering sales of the previous standalone Maybach models only...
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Rosberg Narrows Championship Gap After Formula One Austrian Grand Prix WinMercedes AMG driver and current points leader in the 2015 Formula One World Championship Lewis Hamilton started yesterday’s Austrian Grand Prix at pole position, but a better start by teammate Nico Rosberg sitting next to him on the front row meant the German was already in the lead going...
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Dodge Viper 1-Of-1 Personalization Program Expanded, Matte Finish Now AvailableDodge’s ultra-exclusive ‘1-of-1’ personalization program for its Viper supercar has proven so popular that for the 2016 model year the American go-fast brand is adding even more options, one of which is a striking matte finish available for most of the exterior colors. It means...
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Mercedes AMG Lock Out Front Row For 2015 Formula One Austrian Grand PrixMercedes AMG has secured yet another pole position, with star driver Lewis Hamilton the fastest at today’s qualifying session for the 2015 Formula One Austrian Grand Prix and teammate Nico Rosberg a close second. It means the team has now claimed every pole position since last year’s...
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2015 Rezvani Beast, 2015 Ford Shelby Super Snake, 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC: This Week’s Top PhotosThis sexy beast is actually called the Beast. It comes from Californian startup Rezvani, which this week launched on the market the stunning track-focused sports car. It’s an ultra-exclusive, carbon fiber-bodied track weapon with 500 horsepower on tap, and it can be yours for $165,000. Just...
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Has The Nürburgring Just Banned Lap Record Attempts?--UPDATEUPDATE: The Nürburgring operator Capricorn has confirmed that it is implementing speed limits of 155 mph in certain areas of the track, one of the fallouts of a fatal crash at the ‘Ring involving a spectator earlier this year. Forcing the operator’s hand is the DMSB...
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Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, 2017 Buick Encore, 2017 Infiniti Q30: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranAccording to our sources, Jeep’s Grand Cherokee SRT will adopt the new name Grand Cherokee Trackhawk starting from the 2017 model year. Two engines will be on offer, one of which will be the...
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2015 Formula One Austrian Grand Prix Weather ForecastThe 2015 Formula One World Championship continues with round eight, which takes us back to the Europe after a brief stint in North America. This round is the Austrian Grand Prix, which rejoined the calendar just last year after an 11-season hiatus. The race is held at the Red Bull Ring, whose high...
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2017 Buick Encore Spy ShotsBuick’s Encore subcompact, launched in early 2013, arrived just in time to take advantage of a splurge in demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient crossovers. Buick sold 138,218 of them globally in 2014, a staggering 42 percent rise on sales numbers just one year prior, and this year is...
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Extreme Mercedes-Benz G500 4x4² confirmed for productionMercedes-Benz is expanding its G-Class lineup with a new variant aimed at the serious off-roader. The vehicle is the awesome G500 4x4², first shown as a concept at March’s Geneva Motor Show and now headed for production. Mercedes says the “outstanding” response to this...
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Subaru Impreza Sport Hybrid Launches In JapanSubaru has unveiled its second hybrid though right now it’s only been confirmed for the Japanese market. The car is the Impreza Sport Hybrid, and it joins the previous XV CrossTrek Hybrid in Subaru’s slowly expanding electrified lineup. While it features the word “sport” in...
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Don’t Feel Bad For Being Nervous On Your First Day At The Track: VideoHere at Motor Authority, we love performance cars and we love driving them along our favorite roads. But we also know that the only way to truly enjoy one is at a track, where you can legally, but more importantly safely, push the car and your own skills to the limits. Of course, not everyone is...
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