Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Volkswagen will be out to claim its third consecutive title in the grueling competition known as the World Rally Championship, with a new version of its Pole R WRC. The new rally car was unveiled...
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Jaguar Considered Reviving X-Type Name For New SUV Before Settling On F-PaceJaguar used this week’s 2015 Detroit Auto Show to confirm that its first-ever SUV, which has been previewed by the C-X17 concept car and is due to go on sale in 2016, will be called an F-Pace. The name is meant to associate the sportiness of the F-Type with Jaguar’s historic catchphrase...
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Forbidden Fruit: 2015 BMW 1-Series HatchbackBMW’s 1-Series Hatchback has come in for its mid-cycle update and has received new some styling and powertrains in the process. The 1-Series Hatchback isn't sold in the U.S., and we’re not expecting this updated version to arrive either—instead, we’ll get the...
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2016 Jaguar XF Spy Shots (With Interior)Jaguar’s next-generation XF sedan has been spotted testing once again, this time wearing the sheet metal and lights of the final production version. Earlier shots showed the car as a test mule, with the new mechanicals hidden beneath the makeshift body of the current XF. The current XF made...
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2015 Honda Civic Type R, 2016 Ferrari FF M, Next Jeep Wrangler: Today’s Car NewsA prototype for the new Civic Type R has been spotted in the wild. While the vehicle isn’t due in U.S. showrooms we hear that some of its hardware, such as its potent engine, will be fitted to some local models, starting off with a hot version of our own Civic. Ferrari is working on a...
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New Mercedes-AMG C63 Coupe To Debut At 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show: ReportMercedes-AMG has just unleashed its new C63 sedan and wagon, in both regular and more potent S trim. The car goes on sale in March and while we’ll only get the sedan here in the U.S., we can look forward to at least one additional bodystyle in the not too distant future: a coupe. Yes, a new...
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In Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ [NYSE:FCAU] five-year strategy announcement for Ferrari, it was revealed that the Italian maker of some of the finest supercars on the planet planned to give its...
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2015 Honda Civic Type R Spy ShotsWhile in the U.S. the hottest Honda Civic on offer is the lame-duck Civic Si, over in Europe they have the Civic Type R, a high-revving hot hatch with race-inspired looks, taut suspension and impeccable handling. With the release of a brand new Civic in Europe and other markets in recent years...
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McLaren Sells Record 1,648 Cars In 2014Despite only being a volume producer of cars since the start of the decade, McLaren Automotive is already well on its way to catching up with more established brands in the supercar scene, such as Lamborghini. McLaren has announced it delivered 1,648 cars to customers worldwide in 2014, which is up...
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Jaguar Land Rover Sells Record 462,678 Cars In 2014Jaguar Land Rover, like many automakers offering luxury cars, enjoyed its best year on record in 2014. The British automaker managed to sell 462,678 cars across its Jaguar and Land Rover brands, which was 9 percent better than the 425,006 it sold the previous year. Land Rover was by far the more...
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New Engine Developed For Porsche 911 GT3 RS: ReportPorsche is close to launching a new generation of its 911 GT3 RS and it seems like a week can’t go by without some new information being revealed. Recently an undisguised version of the track-focused special was spotted in a garage near Porsche’s headquarters in Germany, and now we have...
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2015 Tesla Model S, 2016 Audi Q3, 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor: Car News HeadlinesTesla’s latest Model S sedan was on show this week at the Detroit Auto Show. Two new features have been added for the 2015 model year: a dual-motor, all-wheel drive option and an Autopilot function. Audi’s new Q7 was its main attraction in Detroit this week but the German automaker also...
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Talk of an all-wheel-drive BMW M5 dates back to 2011, and over the years we’ve had both hints and denials from official sources. Now the recently appointed chief of the storied M division,...
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2016 Cadillac CTS-V Debuts In Detroit: Live Photos & VideoWhen the current, second-generation CTS-V first hit the scene back in 2008, the car’s 556 horsepower pretty much blew the competition out of the water. However, the next dedicated performance model from Cadillac, the ATS-V unveiled at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show, was outmatched in the...
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2016 Audi Q3 Debuts At 2015 Detroit Auto Show: VideoAudi finally launched its Q3 compact crossover in the U.S. last fall but overseas the vehicle has been around since 2011. That’s why an updated version has already been introduced in some markets, and now the updated Q3 has made its U.S. debut, appearing at this week’s 2015 Detroit Auto...
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2016 Audi Q7 Revealed At 2015 Detroit Auto Show: Live Photos & VideoAudi’s all-new 2016 Q7 has been revealed in full at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, ahead of the vehicle's showroom debut later this year. These latest photos reveal a handsome albeit somewhat familiar look for the new Q7, but while the exterior may not have changed much engineers have totally...
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Honda Confirms Turbo Four For U.S., Possible Hot Civic On The WayWe recently brought you news that a new turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine being developed for the not-for-U.S. Civic Type R would eventually be offered in our own Civic, finally giving the car the performance kick it needs to fend off rivals. Going some way towards substantiating the...
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Ford Performance Onslaught At 2015 Detroit Auto Show: VideoYesterday at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show was the coming out party for the new Ford Performance division, which brings all of the Blue Oval’s performance brands, such as Ford Racing, SVT and RS, under the one roof. The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has confirmed that between now and 2020 the...
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The Alfa Romeo 4C is Motor Authority’s Best Car To Buy 2015 not just because of its sexy style or carbon chassis, but because of the unique experience of driving the sporty Italian coupe. Soon,...
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2016 Porsche Cayenne, 2016 Lincoln MKX, Bentley Bentayga: Today’s Car NewsPorsche has unveiled an updated version of its range-topping Cayenne Turbo S. The vehicle is now the fastest SUV in production, able to accelerate to 60 mph in just 3.8 seconds and lap the Nürburgring in just 7:59.74. Lincoln used this week’s Detroit Auto Show to unveil its all-new 2016...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe Debuts At 2015 Detroit Auto ShowAt the 2015 Detroit Auto Show this week, we saw the covers come off the all-new 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe. However, the coupe-like crossover hasn't just debuted in regular trim but also as a GLE450 AMG 4Matic Coupe 'AMG Sport' model and as a dedicated Mercedes-AMG GLE63 Coupe model. Here we have...
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2015 Mini John Cooper Works Hardtop priced from $31,450MINI’s third-generation Hardtop has finally received its John Cooper Works variant, with the sporty hatch making its official debut this week at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. It was at the show where MINI announced that the new JCW Hardtop will go on sale in the spring, priced from $31,450...
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2016 BMW 3-Series Sports Wagon (Touring) Spy ShotsBMW is working on a mid-cycle update for its 3-Series which we’re expecting on the market late this year or early next, as a 2016 model. Recently we brought you some new spy shots of the updated version of the sedan, and now we have some new spy shots showing the updated 3-Series Sports Wagon...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE To Debut At 2015 New York Auto ShowAt the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, we’ve been treated with the reveal of the all-new 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe—in regular, AMG Sport and dedicated Mercedes-AMG flavors. But isn’t the GLE Coupe just a coupe-like version of the GLE (the new name for the M-Class)? It is, and...
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