Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Chevrolet’s SS muscle sedan is heading into the 2015 model year with some worthwhile updates, the majority of them designed to bolster the car’s performance. While it’s been little...
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2016 BMW 2-Series Gran Tourer Seven-Seater Spy ShotsBMW is out creating new niches yet again, with its latest prototype signaling a premium seven-seat compact MPV is on the horizon. The vehicle is essentially a seven-seat version of the 2016 BMW 2-Series Active Tourer, which features five seats and is the first BMW model to ride on the new UKL...
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2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR Revealed: VideoLand Rover’s high-performance Range Rover Sport has finally landed. The vehicle is the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR, and it’s the first volume production model from Jaguar Land Rover’s new Special Vehicles Operations unit. As expected, the vehicle packs the supercharged 5.0-liter...
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NASCAR’s Tony Stewart Hits And Kills Kevin Ward Jr. During Sprint Car Race: VideoWarning: The video above contains footage of the impact that killed Kevin Ward Jr. during a sprint car race on Saturday night. NASCAR star Tony Stewart was involved in a tragic accident that led to the death of up-and-coming driver Kevin Ward Jr. Saturday night during a sprint car race at...
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2015 Aston Martin Vanquish, Mercedes S-Class Pullman, Hennessey Venom F5: This Week’s Top PhotosReports of the Bugatti Veyron successor being capable of hitting 286 mph emerged this week, but while the reports are yet to be substantiated America’s own Hennessey announced plans for a new Venom variant called the F5 that it says will reach 290 mph! The new supercar should come sometime in...
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2016 Cadillac LTS, 2016 Mercedes S-Class Cabrio, World’s Fastest Truck: Today’s Car NewsCadillac’s new flagship sedan is deep in its gestation, and now we know when the covers will finally come off. Cadillac will use the 2015 New York Auto Show next April to reveal the car, which is expected to be called the LTS. Mercedes-Benz is working on a convertible version of its stunning...
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Ford is hard at work developing a successor for its Galaxy MPV sold overseas, and a prototype has just been spotted. While ordinarily a prototype for a new MPV isn’t all that exciting, the... -
Bugatti Veyron Successor To Hit 286 MPH: ReportBugatti has just taken the wraps off its final ‘Les Légendes de Bugatti’ special editions, which means we’re almost at the end of the Veyron’s 10-year, 450-car production run. A successor is planned, and we’ve heard it will feature a hybrid powertrain developing...
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HSV Planning World’s Fastest ‘Truck’Back in 2006, Holden’s official tuner HSV set the Guinness World Record for the fastest production pickup/utility with its Maloo R8. The car-based utility, essentially a two-door Holden Commodore with a tray out the back, hit a top speed of 168.66 mph (271.44 kmh). That was enough to take the...
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Toyota Takes Supra-Previewing FT-1 Concept To The (Virtual) Track With Gran TurismoToyota’s stunning FT-1 concept car revealed at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show may be a preview of the next-generation Supra, but it’s also the Japanese automaker’s entrant for Gran Turismo’s Vision challenge, which celebrates the popular video game’s 15th anniversary. The...
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2015 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Drops Four-Cylinder, Gets $27,645 Starting PriceHyundai’s Genesis Coupe drops its four-cylinder engine for the 2015 model year, meaning the car now features a V-6 as standard across the range. This also means the starting price of the 2015 model is higher than last year, but to help offset the sticker shock the Korean automaker has...
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2016 Audi Q3 Spy ShotsAudi’s Q3 has been around since 2011 but only reaches U.S. showrooms this fall, priced from just above $33k. Curiously, an updated version of the compact crossover is due next year and prototypes have been spotted by one of our photographers. As the spy shots reveal, the changes to the Q3...
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Cadillac’s current CTS sedan was all-new last year but that hasn’t stopped designers from adding a few updates for the 2015 model year. The biggest of these updates is the revised...
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2016 BMW X4 M Performance Model Spy ShotsThese are the first spy shots of prototypes for a new high-performance version of the recently revealed BMW X4. BMW isn’t expected to launch a dedicated M version of its small coupe-like crossover; instead, we’re more likely to see an M Performance version positioned just above the...
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Caparo Announces New T1 Evolution Road-Going RacerDespite a number of setbacks, including a fiery incident during a Fifth Gear shoot, the developers of the Caparo T1 (pictured below) haven’t given up on their ‘Formula One car for the road’ project. A handful of the cars have been sold and now a new version is coming, the T1...
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Ferrari’s Turbocharged 458 To Carry M458-T Title, Pack 670 HP: ReportThe Ferrari 458 Italia is already a brilliant car, but for its mid-cycle update engineers will be turning things up a notch. Key among the updates will be a new turbocharged engine. Ferrari has confirmed it will stick with V-8 and V-12 engines for the foreseeable future, but with turbocharging for...
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2016 Audi RS Q3 Spy ShotsAudi’s Q3 compact crossover is set to launch on the market this fall, priced from just above $33k, but the vehicle’s been on sale elsewhere for the past couple of years and is due to receive a mid-cycle update soon. We’ve already seen spy shots of a prototype for a facelifted...
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1965 Ford GT40 Roadster Prototype In Detail: VideoA 1965 Ford GT40 roadster prototype will cross the block at the RM Auctions Monterey sale.
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Honda’s current-generation CR-V crossover was all-new for the 2012 model year and soon it will receive its mid-cycle update, which we’re expecting to be introduced this fall, for the 2015...
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2016 Cadillac ATS-V Spy VideoCadillac’s award-winning ATS sedan is about to spawn a high-performance variant, and a prototype has been spotted at the Nürburgring. The car is the all-new ATS-V, which will join the upcoming ATS-V Coupe and CTS-V in the American luxury brand’s high-performance lineup. Designed to...
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2015 C-Class And GLA Pricing, 2015 Dodge Viper, 2016 Jaguar XE: Today’s Car NewsMercedes-Benz has released the all-important pricing details for its 2015 C-Class small sedan and 2015 GLA-Class compact crossover. Both models are all-new and hit showrooms this fall. The Dodge Viper will be getting a small bump in power for the 2015 model year. The information comes from the same...
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Cadillac Reveals Long-Wheelbase ATS-L For Chinese MarketWith most of its rivals offering long-wheelbase versions of their small sedans in China, such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, it was only a matter of time until we saw Cadillac launch a stretched version of its award-winning ATS in the market. The stretched ATS has now been revealed as the ATS-L...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Priced From $39,325Mercedes-Benz’s stunning new C-Class goes on sale this fall, priced from $39,325 including $925 in shipping charges. That may seem a little steep but the entry-level model at present is the C300, which comes with a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine good for 241 horsepower and 273...
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Porsche Remains On Top In 2014 J.D. Power APEAL StudyAutomotive Performance, Execution and Layout—APEAL—is how influential data cruncher J.D. Power measures the 'gratification' a car owner experiences with each new model on the market. Researchers survey thousands of new car buyers across the country, asking them to grade their vehicles...
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