Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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American supercar startup PSC Motors has kept to its world of revealing a new hybrid supercar by today’s date, but right now it’s hard to believe the company will be able to fulfil its...
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America’s PSC Motors Announces Plans For 1,700-Horsepower Hybrid SupercarDespite the challenges of designing and building the world’s next great supercar, there’s no shortage of ambitious startups promising new models to take on the best offerings from established firms such as Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren. Some have been successful, such as Koenigsegg...
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Chip Foose 2015 Mustang, 2016 Camaro Production, Audi R8 e-tron: This Week’s Top PhotosAmerican tuning legend Chip Foose revealed his first take on the 2015 Ford Mustang this week. He and the team at Modern Muscle Design have packed the car with a supercharged V-8 delivering more than 800 horsepower, and they’re going to give this first one away. Zagato’s latest...
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LR4-Replacing Discovery SUV To Be First With ‘SVX’ Special Off-Road TreatmentEarlier this month we reported that Jaguar Land Rover’s new Special Vehicles Operations (SVO) was looking at SVX branding for fully-capable off-road versions of Land Rover’s SUVs, something along the lines of the hardcore off-roaders found in events like the Dakar Rally and the...
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GM Product Chief Mark Reuss To Pace 2015 IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix In A Corvette Z06IndyCar heads to Detroit this weekend for the ‘Chevrolet Dual in Detroit’ hosted on the Belle Isle Park road course, and none other than General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] product chief Mark Reuss will be handling pacing duties. Last year he was behind the wheel of a Corvette Stingray but...
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2016 Audi A8 Gets New Sport TrimAudi has started work on its next-generation A8 but the new model is still a couple of years away. In the meantime, the current one is still looking fresh thanks to a facelift introduced for the 2015 model year. And now for 2016, Audi’s flagship sedan benefits from new Sport trim designed to...
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2016 Toyota Land Cruiser, PSC SP-200 SIN Supercar, Koenigsegg One:1 At Suzuka: Today's Car News Viknesh VijayenthiranScans of what’s alleged to be a brochure for an updated version of the Toyota Land Cruiser have hit the web. The updated Land Cruiser, which is expected for the 2016 model year, appears to be...
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$165k McLaren 540C Won’t Be Sold In U.S. Due To Apparent Lack Of InterestMcLaren’s 540C unveiled at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show a month ago won’t be coming to the U.S., the British performance marque has confirmed. The car was originally due here in early 2016 and was set to be McLaren’s most attainable model ever thanks to a price tag of just...
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Watch BMW’s 3.0 CSL Hommage Concept Start Up And Roll: VideoThey say styling is a subjective thing, but given the comments our original post on the reveal of BMW’s 3.0 CSL Hommage concept at last weekend’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este generated, it’s safe to say that the automaker’s designers got it wrong this time...
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2016 Chevy Cruze To Debut June 24, Be Compatible With Android Auto And Apple CarPlayHot on the heels of Hyundai’s announcement that its 2015 Sonata is the first vehicle available with the Android Auto smartphone integration system, Chevrolet has announced the system for a range of 2016 models including the next-generation Cruze sedan. Chevy has shown the new Cruze in its...
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Michigan’s Lansing Grand River Plant Gears Up For 2016 Chevy Camaro ProductionProduction of Chevrolet’s Camaro muscle car returns to the U.S. with the sixth generation of the General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] icon. The previous car was built at the Oshawa Car Assembly plant in Canada but the new one, revealed a week ago, is being built at the Lansing Grand River...
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2016 Range Rover Sport SVR, 2017 Jeep Patriot/Compass Replacement, Ford GT Racer: Car News HeadlinesIf you’re looking for an SUV with genuine performance credentials, then a close look at the Range Rover Sport SVR from Land Rover is a must. The vehicle is the first from Jaguar Land Rover to wear the automaker’s new SVR performance branding, and it comes with 550 horsepower under the...
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Watch as a speeding Audi RS 6 Avant driver on the streets of Poznan, Poland runs a red light and then crosses directly in front of a tram. The footage, taken by a dash-mounted camera of another...
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Ford To Unveil GT Race Car At 2015 24 Hours Of Le Mans: ReportThe Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] recently started public road trials of its new GT supercar which is expected to sail into showrooms late next year, as a 2017 model. However, Ford is also thought to be preparing a racing version that we previously reported will contest both the United SportsCar...
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Next Volkswagen GTI To Pack 300 Horsepower?Volkswagen is making moves to shorten its vehicle life cycles from seven to five years (with a mid-cycle update after the first three years) in an attempt to keep up with its American and Asian rivals. The first of its models to adopt this shorter life cycle will be the Golf, which is expected to...
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Saab Parent NEVS Forms Alliance With State-Owned Chinese Firms, Confirms Chinese PlantSaab, like fellow Swedish automaker Volvo, is now partially owned by the Chinese government, with its cash-strapped parent company National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) confirming this week it has formed an alliance with two state-owned Chinese entities. Importantly, the confirmation ends...
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Chip Foose Mustang, Android Auto, Homemade Hoverboard: Today’s Car NewsAmerican tuning legend Chip Foose has revealed his first take on the 2015 Ford Mustang. He and the team at Modern Muscle Design have packed the car with a supercharged V-8 delivering more than 800 horsepower. Android Auto is finally available, appearing first on the 2015 Hyundai Sonata. Similar to...
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Lamborghini SUV confirmed, sales to start in 2018Lamborghini has finally confirmed plans to launch on the market an SUV. Lamborghini first previewed the vehicle in 2012 with the Urus concept but concerns over the health of the global economy as well as labor relations and potential incentives from the Italian government kept delaying the green...
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The 2015 Global Rallycross Championship gets underway May 31 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and one of the cars to watch out for will be the Shark Week-themed Beetle GRC of team Volkswagen Andretti...
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Win This 810-HP 2015 Ford Mustang Built By Chip Foose And Modern Muscle Design: VideoChip Foose is one of the biggest names in the American tuning scene, so when we first heard he was working on a special 2015 Ford Mustang project we were more than just a little intrigued. Now his version of the latest Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] muscle car has been revealed, and we’re glad...
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Hyundai First With Google’s Android Auto In-Car Smartphone IntegrationThe 2015 Hyundai Sonata has become the first vehicle to offer Google’s new Android Auto in-car smartphone integration system, allowing users to seamlessly link an Android smartphone to the car so that they can use the device safely behind the wheel with the car’s own screen and...
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Man Sets Guinness World Record With Homemade Hoverboard: VideoMove over, Marty McFly. Canadian engineer Catalin Alexandru Duru has set a new world record for the furthest distance traveled on a hoverboard, and unlike McFly’s board in Back to the Future Part II, Duru’s actually works on water. He set the new record during a stunt that took place...
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Golf Going High-Tech: Gesture Control, Touch-Screen Interface Pegged For Popular CompactIn an effort to keep up with its American and Asian rivals, Volkswagen will be shortening its vehicle life cycles from seven years to five, with a mid-cycle update coming after the first three years of sale. The first of VW’s models to move to this five-year life cycle will be the Golf, which...
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Zagato Honors Maserati With Stunning Mostro Sports Car At Villa d’Este--Photo UpdateCoachbuilder and design house Zagato has a history of unveiling stunning concepts at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, held annually on the shores of Italy’s beautiful Lake Como. Some recent concepts include collaborations with the likes of Aston Martin, BMW and Lamborghini...
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