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Fisker Reveals Thunderbolt, Chevy Teases Malibu, Mercedes Dominates F1: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranDesigner and entrepreneur Henrik Fisker used the past weekend’s Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance to unveil a new car based on the bones of the Aston Martin Vanquish. It’s called...
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One-Two Finish For Mercedes AMG At 2015 Australian Grand PrixIt was like 2014’s spectacular season for Mercedes AMG never ended, with the team finishing up yesterday’s 2015 Formula One World Championship season opener, the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne’s Albert Park, with a decisive one-two finish. It was reigning world champion Lewis...
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Henrik Fisker And Galpin Build Aston Martin Vanquish-Based ThunderboltIf you ever wondered what the latest Aston Martins may have looked like if Henrik Fisker was still penning them—recall that Fisker helped design the current DB9 and Vantage—then wonder no more as the Danish designer and entrepreneur, who is now running his own design firm, HF Design...
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Mercedes AMG Locks Out Front Row After 2015 Australian Grand Prix QualifyingIt looks like the winter break has had no effect on the Mercedes AMG Formula One team, with star driver Lewis Hamilton starting his title defense by securing pole position for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix season opener. The Briton’s fastest time was a 1:26.327 set in Q3. MUST...
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Galpin Rocket Mustang, 2016 Chevy Camaro, 2018 BMW X3: This Week’s Top PhotosHenrik Fisker’s Karma may not have been a success, but his designs are still stunning—perhaps especially in a rebodied version of the Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] latest Mustang, which is known as the Galpin Rocket. The first production example has been revealed, and thankfully it...
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2015 Formula One Australian Grand Prix Weather ForecastThe traditional season-opener, the Australian Grand Prix, held at Melbourne’s Albert Park, is a fitting race to start the new season. The part street circuit layout provides an interesting challenge for the drivers, and the weather is almost always perfect given the fact that the Aussies...
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The 2015 Formula One World Championship kicks off this weekend with the Australian Grand Prix, which once again is taking place at Melbourne’s Albert Park. Despite the new season not even...
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2016 Acura RLX Gets AcuraWatch Driver Aids, Chassis TuningAcura’s RLX flagship sedan has been around since the 2014 model year. Launched as the replacement for the RL, the car offers a decent hit of luxury and in Sport Hybrid trim you also snag V-8-like performance combined with the thirst of a four-cylinder. For the 2016 model year, Acura has...
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BMW M4 GTS, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, New ‘Furious 7’ Trailer: Today’s Car NewsBMW recently showed off a new water-injection system on its M4-based safety car for MotoGP. Word on the street is that the system is coming to a new M4 GTS model due out in concept form this year. Porsche’s new 911 GT3 RS has finally made its debut. Now we have video of the car at...
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Koenigsegg Boss Hints At Four-Door ModelKoenigsegg has just introduced a second vehicle line for the first time with its electrified Regera, which made its debut last week at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The Regera delivers more than 1,500 horsepower from an innovative drivetrain combining an internal combustion engine with a trio of...
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BMW To Introduce Water-Injection System On New M4 GTS?BMW recently unveiled a new water-injection system that’s said to result in both efficiency gains and more power by improving engine combustion. The technology, popular in the aftermarket world, is being demonstrated in BMW’s M4 safety car used in MotoGP but is also destined for the...
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Mercedes To Build Next-Gen Sprinter Van At New South Carolina PlantHot on the heels of last week’s confirmation of Mercedes-Benz’s V-Class-based Metris mid-size van for the U.S. market, the German automaker has now announced that the next generation of its full-size Sprinter van will be built at a new plant located in Charleston, South Carolina. The...
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We’ve already seen two trailers and a Super Bowl spot for Furious 7, the seventh installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise, and now we’ve got a new, extended look video that...
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New Porsche 911 GT3 RS Taken To Nardo: VideoThere are few cars that better suit the description “a race car built for the road” than the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which racing driver Brendon Hartley sets out to determine in this latest video. Hartley is one of Porsche’s works drivers for its LMP1 efforts in the World...
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2015 Geneva Motor Show EditionThe dust is finally starting to settle on the floors of the Geneva Motor Show after this year’s whirly press days. There was a boatload of exciting concept and new car reveals but here are some of our favorites. At the top of the list is Bentley’s EXP 10 Speed 6 concept. It was one of...
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Kahn Design builds Land Rover Defender-based 6x6Just as Mercedes-Benz’s awesome G63 AMG 6x6 bows out of production, bespoke British outfit A. Kahn Design has saved the day with the promise of a six-wheeled version of the G-Class’ natural enemy, the Land Rover Defender. A. Kahn Design has been branching out beyond its tuning roots and...
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SCG003 Supercar, Mercedes-AMG GT Safety Car, 2016 Acura MDX: Car News HeadlinesThe first product of Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, the SCG003, has made its auto show debut in both road car and racing guises. We have a full gallery of the road-going version, the SCG003S, as well as a video interview with the main man behind the car, James Glickenhaus. Mercedes-AMG’s new...
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Mazda Starts Production Of New MX-5 MiataMazda this week began production of the all-new MX-5 Miata, which is due to go on sale here later in the year as a 2016 model. The home of the MX-5 is Mazda’s Ujina Plant No.1 located in Hiroshima, Japan, and it is at this plant that Fiat’s version of the new MX-5, which was recently...
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After revealing its upcoming SP:01 sports car in production trim earlier this year, revived electric car company Detroit Electric is now showing off its first showroom, a new flagship store adjacent...
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McLaren’s Fernando Alonso To Sit Out Australian GP, Marussia Confirmed To Join GridIt’s starting to emerge that Fernando Alonso’s crash during pre-season testing for the 2015 Formula One World Championship may be more serious than initially thought. Despite his McLaren team saying the crash was quite “normal” and the Spaniard only suffered a concussion...
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2015 MINI Countryman Park Lane Coming This SummerMINI is working on a new generation of its Countryman crossover, but the current model still has some life left on the shelf. To help keep interest a live, MINI is offering a special edition version for the 2015 model year. Dubbed the “Park Lane”, the latest addition to the Countryman...
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Mercedes-AMG GT Is The New F1 Safety CarMercedes-AMG’s new GT sports car will be taking over from the SLS AMG in official safety car duties for Formula One when the new season kicks off in a week’s time in Melbourne, Australia. Officials have picked the slightly more potent GT S model for the task, as it’s crucial the...
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2017 Lotus Evora 400 Is British Brand’s Fastest Road Car: Live Photos From GenevaIt’s no secret that British sports car brand Lotus has been struggling—heck, it only has one road-going model on sale here—but the company has embarked on a turnaround strategy devised by straight-shooting CEO Jean-Marc Gales and is planning a host of new models, starting with a...
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Ferrari Sergio Debuts At 2015 Geneva Motor ShowIt was at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show that Italian design legend Pininfarina rolled out the Sergio concept car (shown below) honoring its fallen patriarch Sergio Pininfarina who passed away one year prior. The concept proved so popular that Pininfarina, together with Ferrari whose 458 Spider was the...
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