Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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The Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG better watch out, because Audi is hinting at a new performance version of its A3 sedan that may just upset our 2014 Best Car To Buy winner. That hint has come in the form...
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Maserati MC12 GT1 Race Car Sounds Off: VideoThe Maserati MC12 GT1 is one of the most successful cars in endurance racing, having been driven to multiple victories in the original FIA GT series and the short-lived FIA GT1 World Championship. Powered by a 6.0-liter V-12 engine limited to 540 horsepower, the Maserati race car was capable of...
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Abarth 695 Biposto Named Official Car Of The 2014 Gumball 3000 RallyThe Gumball 3000 rally is gearing up for another year of mayhem, with participants scheduled to take off from Miami on June 4 and travel across the U.S. and Europe before ending in Ibiza one week later. Now, for the first time in the event’s history (the first was in 1999), the Gumball 3000...
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Mercedes Road Car Division To Work Closer With F1 TeamThe Mercedes AMG Formula One team is dominating the current season, with one of its drivers named the victor at every race held so far. Part of the reason for the winning streak is the hard work engineers at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, based in Brixworth, England, put into developing...
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Aston Martin Upgrading Manufacturing Facilities For Future ModelsAston Martin is working on an all-new platform to underpin its future sports, starting with a next-generation DB9, but there’s much more to the British automaker’s growth plans. Aston Martin is also investing in its manufacturing facilities and looking to hire new staff. Among the...
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Volkswagen Previews Future TechVolkswagen in July will reveal a new generation of the Passat sedan that the rest of the world enjoys. The new sedan will be packed with the automaker’s latest technologies which will eventually filter across to more of its models, and some of those technologies were recently previewed. DON'T...
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We first heard Audi was working on an electrically-driven turbocharger back in 2012, but now the automaker has revealed an engine fitted with the technology in a new concept car. The concept is based...
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2015 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet Spy ShotsPorsche is working on a new variant for its 911 family that’s expected to revive the GTS badge last used on the iconic sports car back in 2010 to help send out the previous Type-997 generation. We’ve already spied the new GTS coupe but now we have our first look at the convertible...
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Caterham To Be Sold?Caterham, the British sports car manufacturer and Formula One team, is reportedly going up for sale, with an information memorandum said to have already been sent to potential investors in the Middle East. The information was first reported by The Edge Malaysia, citing an unnamed source...
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Dodge Drops More Photos And Specs For 2015 Challenger SRT HellcatWe got our first look at the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat a week ago but now Dodge has dropped a few more details and photos for what’s shaping up to be the brand’s most potent muscle car in its entire history. No, we still don’t know how much power and torque will be...
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2015 Volvo XC90, Seven-Seat Cadillac Crossover, Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6: Today’s Car NewsVolvo has revealed the interior of its next-generation XC90 and confirmed that the SUV will be shown in full for the first time this August. The look of the interior is decisively more upmarket than in the outgoing model, and it also features some cool new tech like a touchscreen interface...
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Cadillac Drops Plans For Crossover With Third-Row Seats: ReportCadillac will no longer launch a crossover with third-row seats to slot in below its Escalade SUV, according to a new report. Instead, the role will likely be filled by premium versions of the Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia. The information was first reported by Ward’s Auto (subscription...
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Video has been released showing a dramatic scene where the female driver of an Infiniti Q60 stuck on a railroad crossing in Maitland, Florida managed to escape just moments before her car was struck...
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MINI Superleggera Vision, Lamborghini 5-95 Zagato, Indy 500: Car News HeadlinesIt may be Memorial Day but there’s still plenty of hot news to catch up on. MINI over the weekend revealed a cool little speedster concept that may just hint at a new sports car in the works at the British automaker. It was built by MINI and coachbuilder Touring Superleggera as a concept for...
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Zagato Shows Off Bespoke Lamborghini 5-95 At Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’EsteA partnership between Lamborghini and Zagato that dates back to 1965, when the Italian design house built a pair of special 3500 GTZ models on the bones of Lamborghini’s first model, the 350 GT, has just seen a new chapter written. That chapter is the Lamborghini 5-95 Zagato, which made its...
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Another One-Two Finish For Mercedes AMG At Formula One Monaco GPAs always in the Monaco Grand Prix, qualifying is critical, and this was proven yet again with polesitter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG winning the 2014 race in spectacular form. Once again the only real challenge came from Mercedes AMG’s other driver, in this case Lewis Hamilton, who...
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Mercedes AMG Drivers Fill Front Row After Qualifying At 2014 Formula One Monaco GPUPDATE: Nico Rosberg's qualifying result has been cleared by stewards and he will start at pole. Last year’s winner Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG will start at pole position tomorrow in the 2014 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix, after setting the fastest time during today’s qualifying...
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2014 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix Weather ForecastMonte Carlo’s favorable Mediterranean climate seems to have taken leave for this weekend’s Formula One Monaco Grand Prix, with some rain affecting the practice sessions on Thursday and today and the current forecast for Sunday’s race showing more rain. The temperature is expected...
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McLaren 650S Driven, Challenger SRT Hellcat Live, Bentley SUV Spied: Today’s Car News Viknesh VijayenthiranWe’ve just driven McLaren’s latest supercar, the 650S. It may share components with the previous 12C, which itself is a superb car, but the 650S is just superior on all fronts.
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Nissan GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 To Tackle WEC And Le Mans In 2015: VideoThis year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans is just a month away, with Nissan set to compete with its radical ZEOD RC plug-in hybrid race car in the event’s Garage 56 experimental entry. However, the Japanese automaker recently confirmed that it plans to compete alongside the likes of Audi, Porsche...
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2015 Infiniti QX50 Priced From $35,995, 2015 QX70 From $46,845Infiniti has revised pricing for its QX50 and QX70 models—the former EX and FX, respectively—both of which receive some minor updates for the 2015 model year. Pricing for the 2015 QX50 starts at $35,995, and for the 2015 QX70 you’ll need to fork over at least $46,845. Both prices...
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Citroën’s Upmarket DS Brand Gets Updated DS 3: VideoAs it aims to further diversify its model lineup, French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroën recently established its DS line as a standalone brand offering an alternative to Germany’s usual suspects in the luxury arena. The first model to be launched under the DS brand was the DS 3 subcompact...
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Lewis Hamilton In His F1 Car Takes On Ken Block In A Fiesta ST Rallycross: VideoThe 2014 Global RallyCross Championship got underway in sunny Barbados over the weekend, and on hand to help kick off the new season was none other than Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes AMG driver was there to participate in the coinciding Top Gear Live event and took some time out to...
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Australian Motor Show Returns In 2015 As F1-Linked FestivalDue to a combination of rising costs, a lack of interest from automakers and falling ticket sales, the annual Australian Motor Show was canceled after 2012 and has not been revived since. That’s set to change with automotive groups in Australia teaming up to launch the new Australian Motoring...
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