Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Forget carbon fiber. Forget aluminum. Heck, you can even forget ordinary steel sheet and fiberglass. One man in Lithuania chose to build his dream wheels using expanding foam. Yep, the stuff they use...
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Help Ford Break A World Record By Signing The Mustang’s Birthday CardThe Ford Mustang officially turns 50 on April 17, 2014 and as you may have guessed the Blue Oval has a lineup of events planned to help celebrate the anniversary. These include a repeat of the 1964 stunt where a Mustang was taken to the roof of the Empire State Building in New York, as well as two...
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Ford Quietly Appoints New Design Chief For LincolnAustralian designer Max Wolff has been dropped from the lead design role at Lincoln, with British designer David Woodhouse serving as his successor. Wolff, who left Cadillac four years ago to join Lincoln and is credited with the designs of the MKZ and MKC, will serve as chief of exterior design at...
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Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Makes Ward’s 2014 Best Interiors ListFor years the Corvette has been lambasted for its poor cabin design but the latest 2014 model has made it onto the annual list of 10 best interiors compiled by Ward’s Auto, joining some luxury heavyweights like the Rolls-Royce Wraith and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. As we noted in our first drive...
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Hear The Koenigsegg One:1’s 1,340-HP Engine Start Up And Rev: VideoKoenigsegg’s new One:1 supercar is the most powerful production car ever built. Its twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V-8 engine delivers a claimed 1,000 kilowatts, which equates to 1,341 horsepower or 1,360 horses if you’re into using metric figures. Peak torque, meanwhile, is an equally...
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2015 Lexus NX compact crossover revealedLexus’s first compact crossover, the 2015 NX, has finally been revealed. First previewed in concept form a year ago, the production version of the NX will make its debut on the world stage at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show next week before sailing into showrooms in the fall. Key rivals for the NX...
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Unable to ski at present because of an injury, Swedish adventure skier Jon Olsson has come up with another way to hit the slopes: behind the wheel of a 600-horsepower prototype race car. As the video...
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HEMI-Powered Ram Power Wagon Muscles Its Way Into 2014Everybody knows about Ford’s F-150 SVT Raptor but Chrysler’s Ram brand has its own powerful pickup that’s fully capable both on and off the road. That pickup is the Ram Power Wagon, which has been updated for 2014 and will be shown for the first time at the Next York Auto Show...
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2016 Opel Astra, Peugeot Exalt Concept, Ferrari FF Coupe: Car News HeadlinesOpel’s next-generation Astra has been spotted in prototype form. The vehicle is particularly interesting for U.S. readers as it is expected to form the basis of the next-generation Buick Verano. Peugeot has revealed a stunning four-door coupe concept called the Exalt. It’s powered by a...
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Bugatti Rolls Out Fifth Legend Veyron Ahead Of Beijing Auto ShowThe penultimate edition in a series of six special edition Bugatti Veyrons honoring the most important people and cars that have shaped Bugatti’s history has been revealed ahead of a scheduled debut at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show on April 20. Part of the Les Légendes de Bugatti (Bugatti...
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Buick And Cadillac Top J.D. Power’s 2014 Customer Satisfaction StudyWhen it comes to keeping customers happy, dealerships for General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] brands Buick and Cadillac take top honors, according to the latest findings of a study conducted by J.D. Power. In the annual U.S. Customer Service Index study, Cadillac ranked highest among luxury brands for...
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Ferrari FF Coupe In The Works?Even after being on the market for a few years, it seems some are still unsettled on the styling of the Ferrari FF supercar and its relatively unique shooting brake bodystyle. In fact, one well-heeled Ferrari fan even went as far as to commission the automaker’s Special Projects division to...
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French automaker Peugeot has taken the covers off a stunning four-door coupe concept that it plans to present at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show on April 20. Called the Exalt, the concept takes the... -
Marussia Sports Car Company Disbanded, F1 Team Unaffected: ReportA report out of Russia claims that sports car firm Marussia, formed in 2007 by former racing driver Nikolay Fomenko, has been disbanded and staff reassigned to a government project. Fomenko had developed a pair of sports car prototypes under the Marussia brand, the B1 and B2, and in 2010 bought a...
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Land Rover Transparent Hood, Bentley Mulsanne Hybrid, 2015 Ford Focus: Today’s Car NewsLand Rover has presented an innovative technology that allows a driver to actually see a car’s wheels making contact with the road. It’s called the transparent hood and it has to be seen to be believed. Bentley has rolled out its first hybrid, a concept based on the automaker’s...
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Ford Prepares For Next Week's Mustang 50th Anniversary CelebrationWe’re just over a week away from the Mustang’s 50th birthday, and Ford is finalizing its preparations for the celebration. The Mustang officially turns 50 on April 17, and as you may have guessed Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has a lineup of events planned. These include a repeat of the...
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Mercedes Concept Coupe SUV Previews Automaker’s BMW X6 RivalMercedes-Benz has given us our first look at a new crossover with coupe-like styling that it plans to launch in 2015 as a rival to the BMW X6. That first look comes via a new concept, which will make its world debut at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show on April 20. The concept’s profile looks very...
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Bentley Previews Hybrid Tech In Mulsanne, Confirms It For New SUVBentley has hinted at the launch of a hybrid for the past couple of years and confirmed at the reveal of its EXP 9 F in 2012 that an electrified option was being considered for the SUV concept’s eventual production version. Now the British automaker has previewed its hybrid system in a...
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The latest episode from season two of /DRIVE’s Inside Koenigsegg, which is focused on the new One:1, looks at the 1,340-horsepower supercar’s active rear wing. Earlier episodes looked at...
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Audi Announces A6 Plug-In Hybrid For Chinese MarketAudi is committed to launching plug-in hybrid versions of its mainstream models such as the A3, A4, A6 and Q7. A plug-in hybrid A3, the A3 Sportback e-tron, has already been revealed and is due in local showrooms early next year. Now, Audi has confirmed the launch of its second plug-in hybrid...
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2015 Challenger And Charger, Audi Q4 Concept, Camaro ZL1 In Pool: Car News HeadlinesDodge has confirmed that it will present updated versions of the Challenger and Charger at the 2014 New York Auto Show next week. Coming in for the 2015 model year, the updated muscle cars get new styling and tech features. Audi has released the first images of a new concept that applies the...
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Ford’s S-Max Concept Gets Vignale Makeover For Milan Fashion WeekFord’s European division has revealed the second concept previewing its new Vignale premium trim. The concept, which made its debut today at Milan Fashion Week, is based on the previously revealed S-Max concept and follows on from the original Mondeo Vignale concept shown last year. Vignale...
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Honda To Debut Two Sedan Concepts At 2014 Beijing Auto ShowHonda has released a sketch of a new concept car it will present at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show on April 20. The concept previews a compact sedan Honda will launch in China in the coming years and features themes developed using principles from the automaker’s ‘Exciting H...
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Ford Announces Final Falcon GT Muscle SedanFord’s Australian division is working on a facelift for its Falcon rear-wheel-drive sedan before production ceases in 2016, ending an almost 60-year run. However, production of the GT-badged performance Falcons is ending much sooner, with the last example due to roll off the line just prior...
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