Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Hot off its debut in Nissan’s Super Bowl XLIX ad, the 2015 GT-R LM NISMO LMP1-spec race car is now on its way to Chicago for the city’s annual auto show, where this year Nissan will also...
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2016 Nissan Maxima Shown In Super Bowl Spot--Updated With New PhotosThe Nissan GT-R is, without question, an impressive and engaging performance machine. The same can't be said about the Maxima, despite the "four-door sports car" moniker. But the new Maxima, due out later this year as a 2016 model, may just change that thinking as it looks to be sharing some of its...
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Ferrari 488 GTB revealed, packs 660-HP twin-turbo V-8When it first burst onto the scene back in 2009, the 458 Italia with its combination of stunning looks, impeccable performance and race-derived technology left its rivals in the dust. However, with the arrival of cars like the McLaren 650S and Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 in recent years...
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Toyota Reveals 2015 TS040 Hybrid LMP1, Confirms WEC Driver LineupThe reigning champion in the World Endurance Championship, Japanese automaker Toyota, will be out to defend its title in the premier LMP1 category this season with its hugely successful TS040 Hybrid race car. The TS040 Hybrid made its debut in 2014 and won five out of the eight races for team...
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Nissan Design Chief: Next-Gen GT-R Arriving 2018 At The EarliestThere’s been a lot of talk about Nissan’s plans for its next-generation GT-R, the R36, with senior execs recently confirming a hybrid powertrain for the car and Nissan also giving us a taste of some new design themes with its stunning Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo. Now the...
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Deadmau5 Buys Lamborghini Huracán, Plans To Turn It Into The ‘Purracan’Deadmau5 already has a McLaren 650S in his fleet, which he occasionally offers rides in to Uber users around his home town of Toronto, and next month he’s set to take delivery of one of the 375 McLaren P1s destined for production, but that hasn’t stopped him from going out and ordering...
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Volkswagen has added its sporty R-Line upgrade for its Golf hatchback over in Europe, and with any luck we’ll see it offered at dealerships here in the U.S. The R-Line upgrade adds some minor...
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New ‘Furious 7’ Trailer, Nissan Le Mans Car, Fiat Chrysler Super Bowl Ads: Today’s Car NewsThe second trailer for Furious 7 has been released. It was shown for the first time during yesterday’s Super Bowl XLIX and includes some awesome cars, one of which is the $3.4 million W Motors Lykan Hypersport. Nissan used yesterday’s Big Game to preview two new cars in a 90-second long...
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Lexus Surprises With A Super Bowl Spot For The RC 350: VideoIt turns out the ad for the NX crossover we first saw last month wasn’t the only spot Lexus had booked for this year’s Super Bowl. The Japanese automaker also ran a more youth-oriented spot for the sporty RC 350 coupe, dubbed Let’s Play. DON'T MISS: Watch The New ‘Furious...
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China's 2015 Buick Excelle GT May Hint At Next Verano, Opel AstraBuick sells a compact known as the Excelle in China. There are two versions of the car, the Excelle GT sedan, which is similar to the current Buick Verano; and the Excelle XT hatchback, which is similar to the current Opel Astra. Crucially, the three cars use common internals. Now, the Excelle GT...
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FCA Celebrates Dodge, Fiat And Jeep At Super Bowl XLIX: VideoThe marketing team of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] loves the Super Bowl. Oh, it's not because their team is any good (we assume they're all Lions fans) but rather because they get a chance to go all Mad Men and flex their creativity. It all started with the famous spot from 2011 that...
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Watch The New ‘Furious 7’ Super Bowl Spot: VideoHere it is all you Fast fans, the latest trailer for the seventh installment of the ever-expanding Fast and the Furious franchise, Furious 7. It debuted during yesterday’s Super Bowl XLIX as a 60-second spot and features plenty of action not seen in the movie's first trailer. ALSO SEE: First...
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Infiniti Red Bull Racing is the last major team to reveal its new race car for the 2015 Formula One World Championship. While the final livery is yet to be shown, many of the details of the new car,...
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First Wrecked 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Going Up For AuctionThis sorry sight is the first wrecked 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat that we know of. Yes, it's the same lime green example that ran off a road in Colorado back in December just an hour after driving off the dealer lot. Now it's headed for auction so all those mad modders out there, or perhaps...
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Lexus LF-LC GT Vision Gran Turismo Concept RevealedLexus is the latest automaker to reveal a concept for the Vision Gran Turismo challenge, which celebrates the 15th anniversary of the popular Gran Turismo video game series. The challenge started last year with the words of the game’s creator Kazunori Yamauchi: "Would you be willing to design...
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2017 Jaguar F-Pace, 2016 Discovery Sport, 2015 VW Golf GTD: This Week’s Top PhotosJaguar recently confirmed its first-ever SUV will be called an F-Pace, and this week we saw some pretty revealing spy shots of a prototype for the vehicle. The F-Pace will compete against the likes of the BMW X3 and yet-to-debut Mercedes-Benz GLC, and should be in showrooms sometime next year...
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‘Furious 7’ Behind-The-Scenes Footage Hits The Web--Updated With New VideoFollowing last November’s release of the first trailer for Furious 7, the seventh installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise, the producers of the film have now released two short teaser trailers each showing seven seconds of behind-the-scenes footage of some of the new movie’s...
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Audi Rules Out Models Smaller Than A3 In U.S.Anyone in the U.S. hoping for Audi to eventually bring over its A1 subcompact range is going to be disappointed, as the automaker has ruled out bringing over anything smaller than the A3 compact. This means we’re also going to miss out on the new Q1 subcompact crossover that’s currently...
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Spyker Not Bankrupt, Ferrari & Mercedes F1, Nissan GT-R LM NISMO: Car News Headlines Viknesh VijayenthiranSome last minute bridge financing has allowed Spyker to stave off bankruptcy. The Dutch sports car manufacturer now plans to continue work on its B6 Venator as well as complete a merger with an...
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Vettel And Räikkönen Help Launch Ferrari’s 2015 Formula One Car: VideoAfter a disastrous Formula One season last year, in which it failed to gain a single win, Ferrari has revealed the new car it hopes will turn around its fortunes. The car is called the SF15-T, with “SF” representing Scuderia Ferrari, “15” the year, and “T” the...
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Toyota Confirms 2017 World Rally Championship Return: VideoToyota has finally ended years of speculation about its World Rally Championship return by confirming its intention to enter the sport in 2017, a year that will see substantially updated regulations introduced. That may still be two years away but Toyota isn’t wasting any time in its WRC...
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2015 Nissan GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 Teased, Reveal May Come During Super BowlNissan has released the first photo of its all-new race car that will compete this year in the premier LMP1 category of the World Endurance Championship, which also means racing alongside the likes of Audi, Porsche and Toyota at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans. Nissan first confirmed its...
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Reigning World Champion Mercedes AMG Reveals W06 Hybrid 2015 Formula One CarThe Mercedes AMG Formula One team has revealed the new race car it hopes will see it win its second-straight world championship. The latest Silver Arrow is called the W06 Hybrid and it’s the successor to last year’s unstoppable W05 Hybrid, which not only saw the team take home the...
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Spyker Appeals Bankruptcy Decision, Still Plans Merger With Electric Aircraft ManufacturerSpyker was finally forced into bankruptcy late last year by a Dutch court after it was determined the struggling sports car brand, already behind in its payments, wouldn’t be able to pay back creditors. Fast forward to today and Spyker is no longer in bankruptcy thanks to a bridging loan that...
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