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Ferrari has revealed its new, turbocharged California, the California T, which debuts next month at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show and sees the Prancing Horse return to turbocharged power for the first...
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Lamborghini Racks Up 700 Orders For Huracán In First Month Of SalesLamborghini’s Gallardo-replacing Huracán is a surefire hit, with the Italian sports car manufacturer racking up 700 orders in just one month since the car first went on sale. To put into perspective just how big of a deal 700 orders for the Huracán is, last year Lamborghini sold...
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SRT boss downplays Barracuda rumorsTalk of the Barracuda nameplate being revived dates back to even before Plymouth's demise at the start of the last decade, but the rumors never really got serious until Dodge rolled out its Barracuda concept at the 2007 SEMA show. The concept was based on the current Dodge Challenger and led to...
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Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Sells For $39.55 MillionInvestment in classic cars seems to be paying off even more these days. This can be seen from yet more records set during the sale of some of the most sought-after road and race cars on the planet. The latest is the sale of a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, one raced by Brit Peter Collins and American...
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Jay Leno Looks Back At 25 Years Of The Mazda MX-5 Miata: VideoThe Mazda MX-5 Miata sports car has just turned 25, and Mazda is gearing up for a whole year of celebrations that will culminate with the unveiling of a fourth-generation model, the ND, sometime in the near future. Car aficionado and an MX-5 owner himself Jay Leno decided to host his own...
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Volvo Confirms Third And Final Concept In Series Of Forward-Looking Designs For GenevaVolvo has confirmed that the third and final concept from its series of forward-looking designs that started with last year’s Concept Coupe will be unveiled at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show early next month. Volvo hasn’t said what form its third forward-looking concept will take, but a...
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2015 Mercedes S-Class Coupe, Ferrari Teases New Car, Tesla Model X Details: Today’s Car News Viknesh VijayenthiranMercedes-Benz has taken the wraps off its all-new 2015 S-Class Coupe, which will serve as the replacement for the CL-Class when it goes on sale later this year. Already we can tell that it'll be one...
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Ferrari Teases California Replacement Ahead Of Tomorrow’s RevealFerrari’s replacement for the California has been spied testing in prototype form for a while now, and tomorrow we’ll finally get our first look at the completed car. To whet our appetite further, Ferrari today released this teaser image and confirmed that tomorrow’s reveal will...
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Britain’s Arash Releases More Teaser Photos Of New SupercarSupercar startup Arash is teasing a new model, the first details of which will be announced on February 28, 2014. In the meantime, the company has released a handful of teaser photos to keep our interest piqued. Few details are known about the car but it’s expected to be a more accessible...
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Koenigsegg Founder Buys Tesla Model S, Says It's More Fun To Drive Than An M5Koenigsegg founder Christian von Koenigsegg has revealed he’s a huge fan of electric cars, and that he sees the zero-emission vehicles becoming a dominant form of transport by 2020. Koenigsegg, for those unfamiliar with the Swedish brand, is a manufacturer of some of the world’s fastest...
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Alleged Drunk Driver Crashes Into Ferrari Dealership, Then Flees: VideoAn alleged drunk driver recently crashed his Kia into a Ferrari dealership in an upmarket area of the Qatar capital Doha. The video above, sourced from YouTube user JustinsSupercars (via The Supercar Kids), was taken at the scene just moments after the crash. It shows what’s presumed to be a...
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MINI To Scale Back Number Of Variants For Fourth-Gen Cooper Family: ReportMINI is on the verge of launching its third-generation Cooper, and will soon follow up with new versions of the Convertible, Clubman and Countryman variants and possibly even a new sports car, but the first details on the fourth-gen Cooper family have already emerged, despite the cars not being due...
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BMW’s cars already have a distinctive look in your rear-view mirror with their angel-eye headlights and that view will soon start to look even more distinct. That’s because the automaker...
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Roger Penske Pays Record Sum For Lamborghini Aventador In The Name Of CharityMotorsport icon and businessman Roger Penske has paid the highest sum ever for a Lamborghini Aventador Roadster, after placing the winning bid on one at a recent charity auction benefiting the Naples Children and Education Foundation. Penske’s winning bid was an impressive $900,000, which is...
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Hear Volvo's New V8 Supercars Engine Roar: VideoFormula One may be downsizing to turbocharged V-6 engines this year, but it’s good to see there are still some motorsport categories where a good ol’ V-8 remains the engine of choice. One of the most exciting V-8 racing series is Australia’s V8 Supercars, which traditionally has...
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Toyota Supra Rumors, Audi Patent Leak, Jaguar Small Sedan: Car News HeadlinesToyota’s show-stopping FT-1 concept has been confirmed by sources to be a direct preview of a new Supra sports car. This new, fifth-generation Supra is said to arrive in 2016. New patents filed by Audi show two potential technologies being developed by the German automaker. One is a...
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First Video Of The Polestar-Enhanced Volvo S60 And V60: VideoVolvo’s first Polestar-enhanced models have finally landed, and they look particularly tasty in their signature Rebel Blue paint schemes. But with any good performance car, it’s what’s inside that counts most, and in this department the new S60 and V60 Polestar models certainly...
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Toyota FT-1 Concept Will Spawn New Supra: ReportToyota has made little secret of the fact it's keen for new mid-size sports car to fill the void left by the Supra’s exit from the market early last decade. And at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show last month, Toyota pulled the covers off its FT-1 concept, which looks very much like a Supra...
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The 2014 motorsport season has got off to a good start for Ferrari and its 458 GT. After victory in the GTD class at the recent Rolex 24 at Daytona, yesterday it took an overall win in the Bathurst... -
Toyota’s planned exit in 2017 seals fate of Australian car industryToyota has hit the final nail in the coffin of Australia’s volume auto manufacturing industry with the announcement today that it will stop building cars in the country by the end of 2017. Rival Australian manufacturers Holden and Ford have also confirmed plans to stop building cars in...
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Mazda Celebrates 25 Years Of The MX-5 Miata: VideoOn February 9, 1989, the world was introduced to the very first generation of Mazda’s MX-5 Miata convertible sports car at the Chicago Auto Show. That first MX-5, the NA, then went on to win rave reviews from many of the top magazines and would eventually spawn two successors. Now, a fourth...
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Autonomous Car Research Project Kicks Off In VW’s HometownA consortium of 29 firms including most major automakers has commenced a research project that will look into the requirements for autonomous driving. Called AdaptIVe (Automated Driving Applications & Technologies for Intelligent Vehicles), the research project is taking place in...
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2014 Chicago Auto Show EditionThe annual auto show in Chicago may not rank as one of the major events on the international auto show circuit, but it never fails to attract an important debut or two. This year was no different, with one of the highlights being the 2015 Volvo S60 and V60 Polestar models. These are the first two...
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BMW 3-Series Plug-In, Polestar Volvos, Koenigsegg One:1 Tease: Today’s Car NewsA prototype for a plug-in hybrid BMW 3-series has been spotted. The car is likely to be the automaker’s third plug-in hybrid, following on the heels of the i8 sports car and a plug-in version of the X5 SUV. Volvo’s first two models developed by its Polestar performance partner have...
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