Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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No sooner had last weekend’s race in China ended that all the Formula One teams headed off for Bahrain for the fourth round of the season, scheduled for this weekend. The Bahrain Grand Prix is...
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Plug-In Hybrid Audi A6 Debuting At 2015 Shanghai Auto ShowAudi is committed to electrifying its lineup and has already revealed plug-in versions of its A3 Sportback, Q7 and R8 models. Now the A6 is getting a plug-in option in the form of the A6 L e-tron, revealed today ahead of its debut at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show. ALSO SEE: Audi Prologue Allroad...
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Bentley’s Latest Mulsanne Special Edition Honors Historic Blue Train RaceIn the early parts of the last century, well-heeled car enthusiasts would attempt to beat a train—nicknamed the “Blue Train” because of its blue carriages—that ran across France, between Calais in the country’s north and Cannes in the south. According to Bentley, the...
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Audi Prologue Allroad Concept Set For 2015 Shanghai Auto ShowA new form of Audi’s stunning Prologue concept car makes its debut next week at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show: the Prologue Allroad. As the name suggests, the new concept has been designed as a soft-roader and hints at future developments for cars like the A4 and A6 Allroad. It joins previous...
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Saab Owner NEVS Exits Bankruptcy ProtectionAfter running out of cash last May due to a failed deal with a Chinese backer, Saab’s owner National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) was facing bankruptcy but was thrown a lifeline by a Swedish court that awarded the struggling firm a reorganization period. That same court, the District Court...
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Volvo S60L T6 Twin Engine Revealed Ahead Of 2015 Shanghai Auto ShowVolvo will use next week’s 2015 Shanghai Auto Show to launch a new plug-in hybrid sedan based on the long-wheelbase version of the S60, the S60L, which is on sale here as the S60 Inscription. The sedan is called the “S60L T6 Twin Engine”, and while we’re unlikely to see the...
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2017 Buick Verano, 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT3, Final Mitsubishi Evo: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranBuick’s next-generation Verano will make its debut next week at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show, before arriving on these shores as a 2017 model. A teaser has been released that hints at the svelte...
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2016 Cadillac ELR Comes With More Power And TechCadillac chief Johan de Nysschen has hinted that the ELR might not spawn a second generation but that doesn’t mean General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] premium division has completely given up on the car. An updated version is being introduced for the 2016 model year, and has been...
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Addition Of New R8 In 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Will Be Done With CGI: VideoWe recently told you that a fleet of new Audis, including the all-new R8 supercar, will appear in the upcoming movie Avengers: Age of Ultron. What we didn’t know at the time was that the R8 used for filming was actually the previous-generation model and not the new one that made its debut...
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2016 Mercedes-AMG GT3 hits the NürburgringMercedes-AMG has a new race car based on its stunning GT sports car to replace the hugely-successful SLS AMG GT3, which is being phased out at the end of the 2015 motorsport season. We got our first look at the new GT-based racer, aptly named a “GT3”, at the recent Geneva Motor Show...
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Mitsubishi Rolls Out Lancer Evolution Final Edition In JapanMitsubishi doesn’t have much in the way of interesting product these days, and the situation is due to become more dire as the last bastion of excitement at the brand, the Lancer Evolution, is set to be culled later this year. Previously, Mitsubishi’s U.S. chief Don Swearingen said a...
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Volvo XC90 Excellence, Jaguar F-Pace SUV, Bob Lutz On Racing: Today’s Car NewsVolvo will use next week’s 2015 Shanghai Auto Show to present a new range-topping version of its XC90 SUV. Called the “XC90 Excellence”, the vehicle ditches the seven-seat layout of the standard XC90 for an opulent four-seat arrangement that should appeal to China’s...
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If you’re a fan of the original Fiat 500 but can’t live with a car that’s decades old, then the Fiat 500 1957 Edition may just be for you. It was launched last year to celebrate...
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New Ford GT Inspires Designs For Racing Boat, Foosball TableThe new Ford GT is without doubt one of the best-looking cars we’ve seen in years, but can its design ethos be successfully transferred to objects outside the auto industry? The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] and its team of designers have set out to determine just that, with a showcase of...
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Volkswagen Reveals GTI Supersport Vision Gran Turismo Concept: VideoNot satisfied with only designing a single Vision Gran Turismo concept, in this case the 503-horsepower GTI Roadster from 2014, German automaker Volkswagen got its top designers working on a hatchback version that’s every bit as extreme as the previous roadster. It’s called the...
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Volvo Rolls Out XC90 Excellence Flagship For 2015 Shanghai Auto ShowWith the launch of its all-new XC90, Volvo is hoping to convince new car buyers that it can build an SUV that’s just as dynamic, high-tech and luxurious as the Germans, albeit it with a Scandinavian twist. To really send the message home, the automaker at next week’s 2015 Shanghai Auto...
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More details emerge on potential BMW i5 Tesla Model S rivalIt’s long been thought that the next model to emerge from BMW’s i division for enviro-friendly cars would be badged an “i5” (“i7” has also been rumored), positioning the vehicle somewhere between the electric-only i3 city car and plug-in hybrid i8 sports car. The...
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BMW M1 Wrecked 30 Years Ago Up For SaleNormally we’d say a car this extensively damaged has no value except for whatever scrap metal is left, but the wreckage you see here used to be a BMW M1, which means it was one of just 456 examples of the car to ever leave the BMW factory. That gives it some serious cachet, but whether the...
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Poland’s First Supercar, Porsche 918 In The Outback, 2015 BMW X6 M: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranPoland’s first supercar, the Arrinera Hussarya, has finally been revealed to the public. The car was presented at an auto show in the country of its birth, and it's been revealed to be packing...
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Toyota And Lexus Unite Most Motorsport Activities Under Gazoo Racing BannerToyota has announced it is consolidating a number of its individual motorsport programs around the globe under the Gazoo Racing banner. The automaker says the move will help clarify its motorsports efforts and hopefully foster a better link between its cars designed for racing and those designed...
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New 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Trailer Reveals Even More Vehicular Mayhem: VideoMax Rockatansky is back, only this time he’s played by Tom Hardy instead of Mel Gibson, and it’s not gasoline that’s scarce in his world but water. We are, of course, talking about the fourth installment of the Mad Max franchise, Mad Max: Fury Road, which hits theaters on May 15...
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Aston Martin Vantage GT12 Made Official, Still Not Coming To U.S.Aston Martin chose to rename its track-focused Vantage GT3 the Vantage GT12 after Porsche complained about the car’s usage of “GT3” in its title, which it would seem the German automaker has exclusive rights to when it comes to road-going applications (GT3-badged cars from other...
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Porsche 918 Spyder Completes World-First Stunt In Aussie Outback: VideoEverybody knows about Germany’s speed-unlimited autobahns, but what many may not know is that there’s another stretch of road where drivers can push their cars to the limit without fear of losing their license: the Stuart Highway in Australia’s Northern Territory. To demonstrate...
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Poland’s Arrinera Hussarya supercar makes auto show debutThe Hussarya supercar of Poland’s Arrinera has evolved considerably since the original concept was unveiled in 2011. While the original was criticized for being somewhat of a Lamborghini knockoff, the final version has turned out to be a handsome, well-proportioned machine that’s every...
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