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Mercedes AMG was back in form at the 2015 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix, with reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton leading home teammate Nico Rosberg at yesterday’s race at the Shanghai...
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Hyundai Testing New i20 WRC, Rally Debut Delayed Until 2016 SeasonHyundai was hoping to introduce a new i20 World Rally Championship racer this season based around a yet-to-be-revealed three-door version of the Korean automaker’s i20 subcompact. However, delays in getting the road car ready meant Hyundai’s motorsport division needed to stick with the...
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Mercedes AMG Lock Out Front Row For 2015 Formula One Chinese Grand PrixMercedes AMG was back in full form at today’s qualifying session for the 2015 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix, with its drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg locking out the front row for tomorrow’s race. Hamilton was the fastest and thus will start at pole. He posted a 1:35.782 in Q3...
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Ultima Evolution Coupe, Tesla Model S 70D, Mercedes C-Class Coupe: This Week’s Top PhotosThis week, British firm Ultima Sports unveiled an updated version of its GTR supercar, already one of the fastest cars on the planet. The new version is called the “Evolution Coupe”, and in its most potent guise will accelerate from 0-60 mph in just 2.3 seconds. If you wondering why the...
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Bentley Bentayga Bodies To Be Built In Bratislava, Final Assembly In CreweThe Volkswagen Group will spend close to 500 million euros (approximately $530 million) on upgrading its plant in Bratislava, Slovakia to handle production of Bentley’s upcoming Bentayga SUV. But only the Bentayga bodies will be built at the Bratislava plant, with the final assembly to be...
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2017 Ford Fusion, 2016 Lexus ES, 2015 Porsche 919 Hybrid: Today’s Car NewsFord is planning a facelift for its Fusion sedan, which we should see late this year or early next. Before the facelifted Fusion arrives, however, we’ll see an all-new Taurus. The latter debuts later this month at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show. Also debuting at the Chinese show will be a...
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Compared to the hot and steamy conditions of the previous Formula One race in Malaysia, where Ferrari managed to end Mercedes AMG’s winning streak, temperatures are significantly cooler at the ...
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2016 Nissan 370Z Priced From $30,815There’s been a bit of talk lately about Nissan’s plans for its next Z car but we’ll have to wait some time yet until it arrives because the current model, the 370Z, has at least one more year left in it. The Japanese automaker today announced a 2016 370Z, which sports some minor...
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Porsche Ready For 2015 World Endurance Championship With New 919 Hybrid: VideoA new season of the World Endurance Championship gets underway this weekend, with the first event on the eight-race calendar being the 6 Hours of Silverstone in the U.K. Having already had a close look at the Audi R18 e-tron quattro, the new Nissan GTR LM NISMO and the Toyota TS040 Hybrid for the...
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MINI Hints At Future Tech With Augmented Vision Concept: VideoAugmented Reality, where your normal view is ‘augmented’ by computer-generated sensory input, typically via a headset- or glasses-type device, hasn’t quite caught on in the mainstream just yet, but we’re starting to see more and more companies dabble in the field. One of...
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Alfa’s New Engines, Gordon Murray’s New Car, 2016 Camaro’s New Wheels: Car News HeadlinesAlfa Romeo has announced plans for two new engine families for its future lineup, one of which will be a Ferrari-derived six-cylinder. The engines will be made in Italy, as will all of Alfa Romeo’s new cars. McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray has teamed up with oil giant Shell to develop a new...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro 28 Percent Stiffer Than Current ModelWe’re now just a little over a month out from the debut of the all-new, sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro but that hasn’t slowed down the pace of Chevy’s teaser campaign for the car. Today we learned that that the car’s structural stiffness will be 28 percent greater than in...
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Following its world debut at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show back in January, Mercedes-Benz’s all-new GLE Coupe is now in production at the automaker’s plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In...
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2015 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix PreviewThe 2015 Formula One World Championship continues this weekend with round three, the Chinese Grand Prix. The event is once again being held at the Shanghai International Circuit, a 3.4-mile track known for its fast corners, smooth surface, and plenty of overtaking opportunities. Aerodynamic...
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Gordon Murray teams up with Shell to develop innovative city car conceptYou may recall that legendary road and race car designer Gordon Murray, the man behind the McLaren F1 supercar, recently established his own design firm where he’s been focusing his attention on diminutive city cars and more efficient production processes—which he calls...
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Alfa Romeo Announces Two New Engines Including Ferrari-Derived Six-CylinderAt present the only Alfa Romeos on sale on these shores is the 4C sports car and its 4C Spider convertible variant. Over the coming years, the automaker will start adding more models to its lineup, with an aim to have at least eight separate model lines by 2018. This will also require the addition...
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U.K.'s Ultima Replaces GTR Supercar With New Evolution CoupeIncredibly, one of the fastest supercars on the planet is one you can build yourself, as it’s available as a kit and requires neither a great degree of engineering ability nor any specialized equipment to complete. It’s called the “GTR”, and some of its performance...
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VW To Establish New Engineering Center At U.S. PlantGerman auto giant Volkswagen is furthering its commitment to the U.S. market with the establishment of a new engineering center at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The new center should help increase local input in vehicles designed for the U.S. market as well as speed up their development...
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Just when you think Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] can’t make any more updates to its award-winning Model S electric sedan, the automaker goes out and introduces a new variant. The new variant is the...
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2016 Smart ForTwo makes U.S. debutThe third-generation Smart car made its world debut last summer, in both two-door ForTwo and four-door ForFour bodystyles. The car has now made its U.S. debut, appearing at the 2015 New York Auto Show, but only the ForTwo has arrived. It goes on sale this fall, as a 2016 model. The platform of the...
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Aston Martin To Replace Rapide With New Lagonda Sedan, Launch DBX-Like CrossoverLast summer, we heard Aston Martin was planning to phase out its Rapide sedan following the introduction of the automaker’s next-generation sports car platform, which makes its debut next year in the DB9 replacement. The good news is that Aston Martin won’t be exiting the sedan segment...
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Mercedes May Offer Pickup In U.S. As Lifestyle ProductMercedes-Benz’s recent teaser sketch for a new mid-size pickup truck was no April Fools’ Day stunt, with the German automaker since confirming that the vehicle is headed for launch towards the end of the decade as a rival to the likes of the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Ranger, Toyota...
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Delphi’s Autonomous Audi Q5 Successfully Completes Cross-Country TripA couple of weeks ago, an Audi Q5 packed with automotive supplier Delphi’s autonomous car technologies set out on a coast-to-coast trip, departing San Francisco and ending up in New York City nine days later. Nearly 3,400 miles were covered, and according to Delphi an impressive 99 percent of...
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Lyons LM2 Streamliner, Ferrari FXX K, Audi RS 3: Car News HeadlinesAs promised, American supercar startup Lyons Motor Car presented a concept of its 1,700-horsepower LM2 Streamliner at the New York Auto Show. Only, the concept’s unveiling was late for the show’s press days and the vehicle itself was still far from complete. It doesn’t bode well...
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