Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Mazda will be taking its MX-5 Miata to the Nürburgring next month for the annual 24-hour race that takes place on the arduous German race track. The move is part of Mazda’s 25th... -
2015 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Spy ShotsThese are the latest spy shots of the upcoming GTS version of the current Type-991 Porsche 911 Carrera. The previous Carrera GTS was launched in 2010 and proved so popular Porsche launched more GTS models based on the Cayenne and Panamera, and most recently the Boxster and Cayman. Porsche’s...
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F1 racing legend Sir Jack Brabham dies aged 88Formula One racing legend Sir Jack Brabham died early this morning at his home in the Gold Coast, on Australia’s east coast. The 88-year-old is said to have passed away peacefully although he had been in ill-health for some time. MUST SEE: New High-Performance 2015 Ford Mustang Spied...
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620-HP Tushek TS 600 Makes Surprise Showing In MonacoSlovenian supercar startup Tushek has been rebranded Tushek & Spigel and is now based in Austria. The new company used the recent 2014 Top Marques Monaco for its coming out party, where it also debuted its first model, the Tushek TS 600. The first model of the previous company Tushek, the...
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2015 Honda Civic Type R, 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4, Audi A3 clubsport quattro: This Week’s Top PhotosA prototype for Honda’s latest Civic Type R has been spotted without any camouflage gear. We can also see that engineers are benchmarking the car against a Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG, suggesting the performance levels we can expect from the 300-plus-horsepower hot hatch. There’s a new Batman...
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Automakers Gear Up For 2014 Mille MigliaThe original Mille Miglia was a point-to-point race on public roads in Italy, held annually from 1927 through 1940, then again from 1947 through 1957. Many now famous race cars ran the course, from Brescia to Ferrara to Rome and then back to Brescia, and many drivers made their name in the grueling...
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We’ve just driven the all-new 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class and found it to be absolutely brilliant, but there are many more members of the latest C-Class family yet to be launched. One of these... -
Genty Akylone Supercar, 2016 BMW 7-Series, GM Recalls: Car News HeadlinesFrench supercar startup Genty has released some revised specs for its Akylone supercar. According to the company, the Akylone will now develop as much as 1,200 horsepower and reach 186 mph in just 14 seconds. BMW boss Dr. Norbert Reithofer has confirmed that the next-generation 7-Series will...
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BMW Boss Confirms Carbon Fiber For Next-Gen 7-SeriesBMW’s next-generation 7-Series is currently in the prototype stage and is due for a reveal sometime next year. It’s been widely reported the car will benefit from carbon fiber in its construction and now the boss of BMW Dr. Norbert Reithofer has confirmed that carbon fiber will feature...
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Nissan's Golf Rival To Revive Pulsar Name, Skip U.S. MarketNissan has confirmed that its upcoming compact hatch will revive the brand’s cherished Pulsar nameplate when it hits European showrooms this fall. There are currently no plans to bring the car to the U.S. so buyers here looking for a compact Nissan will have to stick to the Sentra or Leaf...
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Chevy Corvette And Cadillac CTS Involved In Latest GM RecallGeneral Motors has issued a series of recalls that affect about 2.7 million vehicle owners in the U.S. alone. Included in the latest recalls is the previous-generation Chevrolet Corvette as well as the Cadillac CTS from the 2013 and 2014 model years. Other General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] vehicles...
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Genty Updates Design And Specs For Akylone Supercar: VideoBack in 2011 we brought you the first details on a French startup by the name of Genty, which was working on a new supercar called the Akylone that would have the performance to match the latest crop of hypercars like the McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari. Not much has been heard from Genty since...
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The Fiat 500 lineup is set to receive a handful of updates for the 2015 model year that should keep the cars competitive against the all-new MINI that’s just gone on sale and a new generation... -
Rare Aston Martins Set To Go Under The HammerEach year, Aston Martin together with auction house Bonhams organizes a sale at its historic home in Newport Pagnell of some of its classic models. Now in its 15th year, the auction, known as the Bonhams’ Aston Martin Sale, is scheduled to take place this weekend, and there are plenty of...
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New Transformers 4 Trailer Released, Features A Lamborghini: VideoMoviegoers may currently be caught up in the new Godzilla movie that premieres this week, but a new trailer released for the fourth installment of the Transformers franchise shows that the radioactive lizard may not be the only dinosaur-like movie star going up on children’s walls this...
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Audi A3 clubsport quattro, Cadillac ELR Slow Sales, 2016 Veloster Turbo: Today’s Car NewsAudi has revealed a stunning concept based on its 2015 A3 sedan. Called the A3 clubsport quattro, the concept packs a 525-horsepower five-cylinder engine and may just be a preview of a new RS 3 sedan. Cadillac ELR sales are proceeding at a trickle’s pace, with just 241 examples finding homes...
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Bentley Celebrates 95th Anniversary With Mulsanne Special EditionIt was on January 18, 1919 that W. O. Bentley founded the automaker that bears his name. Now, 95 years on from that date, Bentley is celebrating the milestone by launching a new special edition based on its Mulsanne flagship sedan. Only 15 examples will be built, and all of them are destined to...
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Mercedes-Benz’s X6 Rival May Be Called An M-Class CoupeMercedes-Benz is working on a new crossover with coupe-like styling to rival BMW’s X6 and already we’ve seen a concept version in the form of the Concept Coupe SUV as well as spy shots of a prototype. The new crossover will share underpinnings with the M-Class and be built on the same...
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Behold the new A3 clubsport quattro concept, a hotted-up version of the 2015 Audi A3 sedan that’s powered by a five-cylinder TFSI engine developing—wait for it—525 horsepower and...
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Brabus E63 AMG Packs A Wallop: 838 HP And 848 LB-FTThe latest Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG is certainly no slouch, but the version of the car built by German tuner Brabus is an unadulterated speed machine in comparison. Called the 850 6.0 Biturbo, the sledgehammer of a sedan will sprint to 62 mph from rest in just 3.1 seconds and keep going until it maxes...
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2016 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Spy ShotsIf you’ve had a chance to sample the new Hyundai Veloster Turbo, you’ve probably come to the same conclusion that we have: as a sporty car it’s fine, but it’s still not ready to run with the big dogs of the hot hatch world, performance-wise. Hopefully that will change with...
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Toyota Shows Off Its Rally HeritageEarlier this year it was revealed that Toyota and its motorsport partner TMG had started testing a new Yaris rally car designed to tackle the World Rally Championship, but Toyota has been here before. The Japanese automaker competed in various top-level rally competitions between 1973 and 1999...
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2015 Civic Type R, 2015 Mustang EcoBoost, Huet Brothers Coupe: Car News HeadlinesA prototype for Honda’s latest Civic Type R has been spotted without any camouflage gear. We can also see that engineers are benchmarking the car against a Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG, suggesting the performance levels we can expect from the new hot hatch. An ordering guide for the 2015 Ford...
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Aston Martin To Return To Significant Profitability After 2016, Says CFOAston Martin managed to sell approximately 4,200 cars in 2013, which saw the company post a profit before tax of approximately $142.6 million. However, the automaker, which lost approximately $41 million in 2012 and a slightly smaller figure in 2011, sees much, much brighter days ahead. "Once we...
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