Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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It was at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show that Lotus first unveiled its current Exige S, and now, three years on, the British automaker has announced that it has just built the 1,000th example.... -
2017 Buick Verano Spy ShotsBuick’s Verano first hit the scene in 2012 but the next generation of the compact sedan has already been spotted. The reason for the current model’s short lifespan is due to the introduction of General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] new D2XX compact car platform, which will not only...
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Facelifted Audi Q3 And RS Q3 Revealed: VideoAudi’s Q3 has just been launched on the market, priced from about $33k, but overseas the vehicle has been around since 2011. It’s now undergone a mid-cycle update, which sees the compact crossover receive a few visual tweaks, more efficient engines and some new tech features. ALSO SEE...
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Jaguar Confirms All-Wheel-Drive F-Type For L.A. Auto Show, Partners With Bloodhound SSC TeamJaguar’s F-Type is already available in a number of variants but the expansion of the sports car range is far from complete. The strategy mimics that used by Porsche for its 911, which caters to a wide variety of buyers, and it’s one Mercedes-AMG plans to implement for its new GT sports...
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Mercedes-Benz Previews New Metris Van With Four SEMA ConceptsMercedes-Benz’s Sprinter van is about to get a smaller sibling in the form of the new Metris, previewed in concept form at the 2014 SEMA show this week and due to go on sale in the fall of 2015. If you’re thinking the Metris looks a bit familiar that’s because it’s...
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2015 Ford Mustang Already Suffers Its First CrashWell that didn't take long. Deliveries of the 2015 Ford Mustang have only just commenced but already photos of a crashed example have turned up on the web. The car is a base V-6 model equipped with an automatic transmission, and it had been driven just 469 miles before its mishap. The crash...
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Audi is set to reveal a concept at the upcoming 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show that lays out the design strategy of its new design chief Marc Lichte, who only took over the design reins at the German...
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Yes, You Can Get Left-Hand-Drive Holden Utes In The U.S.General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] came close to importing the Holden Commodore Ute (short for utility) as a Pontiac G8 Sport Truck late last decade but was hampered by CAFE regulations and its own bankruptcy. That doesn’t mean all is lost as a number of smaller firms are independently...
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2015 Porsche Cayenne Base And GTS Models Headed For L.A. Auto ShowWhen Porsche introduced its updated 2015 Cayenne range at the recent Paris Auto Show, the base model and sporty GTS were noticeably absent. It turns out Porsche were saving these for this month’s Los Angeles Auto Show, and we now have the first photos and details ahead of the show’s...
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2015 RC Coupe Headlines Lexus' 2014 SEMA Show LineupThe 2015 RC coupe is the star of Lexus’ stand at the 2014 SEMA show, which is currently underway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two of the standouts are a custom RC 350 and RC F developed using off-the-shelf parts by Gordon Ting at Beyond Marketing. ALSO SEE: 2015 Chevrolet COPO Camaro Debuts At SEMA...
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New Ford Performance Car, 2015 Chevy COPO Camaro, 2016 Audi R8 LMS: Car News HeadlinesFord plans to unveil a new performance car on November 17, and today the automaker released a teaser video that suggests the car could be the long-awaited Mustang GT350 built by the SVT performance division. The 2014 SEMA show is currently underway in Las Vegas, and one of the highlights is the...
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2015 Ford Mustang RTR Revealed, Offers Up To 725 HorsepowerDrifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. has completed development of his RTR package for the all-new 2015 Ford Mustang, which he revealed today at the 2014 SEMA show taking place this week in Las Vegas. The 2015 Ford Mustang RTR is available with any of the 2015 Mustang’s engines, with a Spec 1 package...
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The Chevrolet Corvette is one of the more popular blank canvases for tuning firms presenting their wares at SEMA, but two of the standouts this year come from Chevy itself. One is a 1971 Corvette...
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2015 Ford Mustang Gets 600+ HP With Ford Racing And Roush Supercharger Kit: VideoThe 435-horsepower of the 2015 Ford Mustang GT a bit too tame for you? Well, the Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] performance partners Ford Racing and Roush have come up with a new supercharger kit that will help the car’s 5.0-liter V-8 deliver more than 600 hp. CHECK OUT: 2015 Ford...
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2015 Chevrolet COPO Camaro Debuts At SEMAIt was at the SEMA show back in 2011 that Chevrolet first revealed its COPO Camaro based on the fifth-generation version of the Chevy muscle car. The limited-production, factory-built drag racer has been a hit ever since and is now about to enter its fourth year on the market. The latest version...
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Florida Tuner Reveals LaFerrari-Inspired W70 SupercarA company by the name of Exotic Rides and based in Orlando, Florida has come out with a series of renderings for a new supercar it plans to build. The company has already started taking orders for the car, which is called the W70, and promises to have it ready by 2015. CHECK OUT: 2015 Ford Mustang...
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2016 Audi R8 LMS ultra Race Car Spy ShotsAudi is working on a second generation of its R8 supercar, and that means a new version of the R8 LMS ultra race car is also due. We now have photos of a prototype for the new R8 LMS ultra taken during a recent shakedown test at the Nürburgring. We first saw the race car back in May but the...
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2015 Chevrolet Camaro Commemorative Edition Rolls Into SEMAIt turns out the emerald green Camaro Chevrolet wants you to name isn’t the only special edition Camaro on show at SEMA this week. The bowtie brand has also unveiled the 2015 Camaro Commemorative Edition, which celebrates the success of the fifth-generation model (it’s set to be the...
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Mercedes-Benz has opened a new R&D center in Beijing, China and to mark the occasion unveiled the new G-Code concept car, whose design was influenced by Chinese market tastes. The vehicle is...
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Aston Martin Sales Won’t Be Blocked In U.S.In August it was revealed that Aston Martin’s DB9 and Vantage models would be on the wrong side of regulations when new side-impact federal safety standards take effect later this year, potentially leading to a sales ban. We can now confirm that no sales ban will take place as Aston Martin...
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Nürburgring sold again?It’s being reported that German engineering group Capricorn, which bought the operator rights to the Nürburgring earlier this year after the previous owner become insolvent, is facing financial troubles of its own and may have already sold the rights to the legendary race track to...
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Radical Reveals SR3 RSX And SR8 RSX Track CarsRadical Sportscars, the company that made headlines back in 2009 after setting a Nürburgring lap time of just 6:48 in its street-legal SR8 LM, unveiled two new models over the weekend. One is a tweaked version of Radical’s mid-range SR3 and the other is a yet-to-be-built high-performance...
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2014 Formula One United States Grand Prix ResultsMercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton edged closer to securing his second Formula One World Championship by winning yesterday’s United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. His teammate Nico Rosberg finished second, 4.3 seconds behind the leader. Rosberg started the...
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Rosberg Beats Hamilton To Formula One United States Grand Prix PoleNico Rosberg took pole position after the qualifying session for this weekend’s 2014 Formula One United States Grand Prix, with his teammate Lewis Hamilton completing a Mercedes AMG front row lock out at the Circuit of the Americas where the race is being held. The German’s time in Q3...
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