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The inaugural season of Formula E electric car racing is now just a couple of months away from the opening race in Beijing, and testing of the Spark-Renault SRT_01E race car common to all teams is ... -
Aston Martin Abandons SUV Plans, Focuses On Coachbuilt Cars For ExpansionIt looks increasingly likely that Aston Martin will sit out the race taking place between the high-end marques to launch luxurious SUVs, and instead focus on coachbuilt cars for its expansion. Aston Martin’s Lagonda concept from 2009 showed that the automaker was seriously looking at...
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2015 Ford Mustang Specs, 2015 Lexus NX Driven, C63 AMG S Model: Car News HeadlinesThe official performance specs of the 2015 Ford Mustang’s engines are in, and it looks like power is up across the board. The most potent is the Mustang GT, whose V-8 is rated at 435 horsepower, but unfortunately it weighs a hefty 3,705 pounds. Mercedes-Benz is almost ready to show off its...
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Hardest Time Over, Says Michael Schumacher's WifeIn a letter to fans, Michael Schumacher's wife Corinna thanked everyone for their support during the dark days following the Formula One legend’s tragic skiing accident last December and the subsequent months that he lay in a coma. The letter was published in the official program for this...
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Nissan’s self-driving car due in 2020 won’t be fully autonomousLast summer, Nissan said it would launch a vehicle with revolutionary autonomous car technology by 2020, saying that the technology at present can detect and respond to certain emergency situations and that in the future it will allow drivers to use their time behind the wheel more productively...
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2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport, 2015 Ford Mustang, Production Lexus LF-LC: Today’s Car NewsLand Rover is hard at work developing its replacement for the LR2, the all-new Discovery Sport, which debuts later this year ahead of a market launch sometime in 2015. The vehicle will be one of a new family of Discovery models, which will also include the replacement for the LR4. The first photo...
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Round 10 of the 2014 Formula One World Championship brings us to the Hockenheimring for this year’s German Grand Prix. The location of the track is not far from Mercedes-Benz’s... -
Infiniti QX30 Crossover To Be Built Alongside Q30 Hatch At U.K. PlantInfiniti will start production of its new Q30 compact hatch at a Nissan plant in Sunderland, England mid-next year, and shortly after production of a crossover version dubbed the QX30 will join it. The information was revealed via a Tweet made by Nissan executive vice president Andy Palmer, who is...
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Production Lexus LF-LC Will Be Almost Identical To Concept: ReportFans of Lexus’ stunning LF-LC concept car from the 2012 Detroit Auto Show will be glad to know that the production version, which is tipped to revive the SC badge, will look almost identical to the concept. The information was revealed by Lexus’ European chief Alain Uyttenhoven, who...
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2016 Mazda 2 Revealed: VideoThe all-new Mazda 2 made its debut in Japan overnight ahead of its market launch in the U.S. next year, as a 2016 model. The popular subcompact, which in its home market is labeled a Demio, is now in its fourth generation, although in the U.S. the new 2 only represents the second generation of the...
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2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport Spy Shots (With Interior)These are the latest spy shots of Land Rover’s all-new Discovery Sport, the replacement for the LR2. The vehicle was spotted at the Nürburgring and on some of the German race track’s surrounding roads, where it is being extensively tested ahead of its reveal later this year, most...
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New Smart ForTwo And ForFour Revealed: Live Photos And VideoGerman auto giant Daimler has taken the wraps off the latest version of its smallest car, the all-new 2016 Smart ForTwo. This time, however, the four-door variant has made a comeback, with Smart also introducing a new ForFour overnight. The tiny duo was presented at a special event in Berlin, where...
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One of the best aspects of buying a Ferrari has nothing to do with performance; it’s the fact that you’ll own one of the best-sounding cars on the planet, as this video from our friends... -
Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster, Lambo Huracán Racer, Tesla Model III: Car News HeadlinesAston Martin has revealed its new V12 Vantage S Roadster. Neat features of the car include its 565-horsepower V-12 and exhaust system design borrowed from the One-77 hypercar. Lamborghini has released the first photo of its upcoming Huracán LP 610-4 race car. The new race car is currently...
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2016 Cadillac ATS-V Spy ShotsCadillac’s rival to the likes of the BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG has been spotted for the first time. 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. We’re expecting both this ATS-V sedan...
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More Details On The Rumored Porsche 718 Sports CarPorsche is thought to be working on two new models to serve as bookends for the automaker’s sports car lineup once the current 918 Spyder flagship is out of production. One will be an eight-cylinder supercar to rival the likes of the Ferrari 458 Italia and McLaren 650S and the other will be a...
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Ford To Make Le Mans Return With New GT Supercar?A couple of years ago there was a lot of talk about Ford launching a successor to its GT supercar built briefly during the last decade. Not much has been heard since but the rumor mill is starting to spin into action with news out that the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is considering a return to the...
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Tesla Gen 3 sedan to be called Model 3, debut in 2016Tesla has confirmed via its Twitter account that the car due after the Model X SUV will be called the Model 3. The car will be based on the Californian firm’s third-generation platform and will be shown for the first time in 2016, ahead of a sales launch in 2017. Further information was...
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With the V12 Vantage S, Aston Martin followed the tried and tested method of shoehorning its biggest engine into its smallest car, and the result—as you may have guessed—is simply... -
Porsche Moving All Sports Car Production To Main Zuffenhausen PlantPorsche currently builds some of its Boxster sports cars at a Volkswagen plant in Osnabrück, Germany. The former Karmann plant has been helping Porsche build the Boxsters because capacity at Porsche’s main plant in Zuffenhausen, the official home of the Boxster, is at the limit and...
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2016 Cadillac CTS-V Spy ShotsThe BMW M5 and Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG better watch out, as Cadillac is readying a new generation of its CTS-V ballistic missile, one that’s lighter, better built and packing more power than its predecessor. These are the latest spy shots of prototypes for the new CTS-V, which we expect to be...
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New Toyota Supra, 2016 Jaguar XE, 2016 Cadillac ATS-V: Today’s Car NewsA report out of Japan claims the new Toyota Supra based on the FT-1 concept car will make its debut in 2017. The platform underpinning the car is being developed with BMW, which will reportedly use it for its next-generation Z4. Jaguar has confirmed that its XE small sedan will be revealed in...
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Next Hyundai Genesis Coupe To Offer More Space, V-8: ReportHyundai has just launched its second-generation Genesis sedan, and the vehicle continues to offer a well-built cabin, loads of technology and the option of a V-8. The good news is that Hyundai will use the platform of its new Genesis sedan as the basis for a new Genesis Coupe, but this time around...
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Porsche Exclusive Reveals 911 Turbo S GB EditionPorsche’s personalization department Porsche Exclusive has put together a special version of the 2014 911 Turbo S for the U.K. market. The car is called the 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S GB Edition, and just 40 examples will be built. The car was commissioned by Porsche’s U.K. division to...
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