Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Sahara Force India is the first team to reveal its new car for the 2014 Formula One season. In Force India tradition, the car has been named the VJM07. New, however, is the livery, which brings a...
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First 2015 Ford Mustang GT Sells For $300,000 At AuctionThe rights to the very first 2015 Ford Mustang GT was sold to the highest bidder at the Barrett-Jackson auctions taking place in Scottsdale, Arizona over the weekend. The final bid, made by Sam Pack, a car collector and Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] dealer from Texas, was a respectable $300,000, the...
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1997 McLaren F1 GTR Longtail Fetches $5.28 Million At AuctionA McLaren F1 race car once piloted by ex-Formula One driver J.J. Lehto was sold at auction over the weekend for a staggering $5,280,000. The price paid is certainly an incredible sum, but you have to consider that only around 100 F1s were ever built, including racing versions like the one featured...
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2015 Audi A7 Spy ShotsAudi’s svelte A7 first hit the scene in 2010 so the vehicle is about due for its mid-cycle update. Right on cue, the first prototypes for the updated car have emerged, revealing some of the new details we can expect. The most obvious updates to the A7 are the new headlights and grille. We can...
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Next VW Phaeton To Grow In Size, Feature Aluminum Body: ReportTalk of the return of the Volkswagen Phaeton to U.S. shores dates back almost as far as the car’s exit in 2006. Most recently it was reported that a concept previewing the next-generation Phaeton, due out in the next year or two, was scheduled to be revealed at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show...
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Fans Nominate AMG Afterglow As Name Of AMG’s Latest Bespoke PaintEarlier this month we showed you a unique SLS AMG Black Series that was personalized by its owner through the AMG Performance Studio, the Affalterbach tuner's new personalization department. No details on the car were released, but AMG did confirm that its bright paint scheme would receive a name...
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Chevrolet’s new 2014 Camaro Z/28 has spawned a racing version, the Camaro Z/28.R, which will make its competition debut this weekend in the GS class of the IMSA Continental Tires SportsCar...
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2014 BMW 2-Series Driven, Porsche Boxster GTS, BMW M3 Hillclimb: Car News HeadlinesWe’ve just driven BMW’s new 2-Series, in the car’s most potent M235i guise, and can attest that it's one of the best in BMW’s current lineup. It's just an incredibly well-sorted little sports coupe. A new variant of the Porsche Boxster is due in the coming months. It’s...
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A Closer Look At The 2014 Porsche 911 Targa: VideoThe ‘Targa’ version of the latest 991-series Porsche 911 has just made its world debut, and it’s turned out to be yet another stunner from the Porsche camp. Like previous-generation 911 Targa models, the latest features a fixed roll bar crossing the center section of the car. In...
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Bugatti Experience Auction Raises $82,000 For Make-A-Wish FoundationOne generous individual has offered up an $82,000 bid for a Bugatti driving experience that includes a trip to France and four days immersed with the Veyron, including some time spent at a race track and a chance to sample some of the driving roads in the world. Oh, we forgot to mention that all...
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Bentley Sells Record 10,120 Cars In 2013Bentley, like many of its rivals, posted record sales results for 2013. The British marque managed to sell 10,120 units during the past year, which was up 19 percent on the 8,510 it sold in 2012 and finally enough to eclipse the previous record of 10,014 units sold in 2008, just prior to the...
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2014 Porsche Boxster GTS Spy ShotsThe Porsche Boxster is a favorite at Motor Authority. In fact, the latest generation of the car won our Best Car To Buy 2013 award. That’s because the Boxster sums up almost all of what a luxurious, fun, and timeless sports car should be, and it’s got a reasonable pricetag to boot...
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A brand new generation of the Audi TT, the compact sports car’s third iteration in fact, is nearing the end of its development, with the new car on track for a debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor... -
Scottsdale Auctions, Corvette Z06 8-Speed, End Of the 911 GT2: Today’s Car NewsMillions of dollars of auto exotica went under the hammer this past weekend at a series of auctions taking place in Scottsdale, Arizona. Just some of the vehicles were the first very examples of the 2015 Ford Mustang GT and 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 as well as a wrecked Ferrari F40 that was...
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First 2014 Camaro Z/28 and COPO Camaro Bring Over $1.3 Million At AuctionTwo of the most enthralling auctions witnessed at the recent Barrett-Jackson event in Scottsdale, Arizona were those of the very first 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 and COPO Camaro. Tgether, they brought in over $1.3 million, and the best part is that all of the proceeds are going to charity. The...
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Shelby Celebrates 50 Years Of The 289 FIA Cobra With Continuation SeriesIt was 50 years ago that Shelby American introduced the FIA version of the small block Cobra, the 289 FIA Cobra, which would eventually go to compete alongside the likes of Aston Martin and Jaguar in the World Manufacturers Championship. Now, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the car, Shelby...
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Wrecked Ferrari F40 Restored On Fast N’ Loud Sells For $740kA 1991 Ferrari F40 that was restored by the gearheads at Gas Monkey Garage was sold at the Barrett-Jackson auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona over the weekend for $742,500, after having passed its reserve. That may seem like a relatively good deal, considering this particular F40 had just 7,148 miles...
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X-Raid’s Joan Roma Drives MINI ALL4 Racing To 2014 Dakar Rally VictoryA trio of MINI All4 Racing crossovers took the top three spots in the 2014 Dakar Rally, which saw Spanish driver Joan ‘Nani’ Roma come first. It was the first win for Roma in a car at the Dakar Rally (he won the event on a motorcycle back in 2004 when the rally was still held in...
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The 2014 Detroit Auto Show is now over, at least for the press, so here are some of the highlights of what we saw. The biggest surprise of the show, not to mention one of the most striking, was the ... -
2014 BMW 2-Series First Look: 2014 Detroit Auto Show VideoBMW’s 1-Series Coupe and Convertible are on their way out, soon to be replaced by the stylish and sexy 2-Series, which bowed at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show this week. Fans are already dubbing the car the spiritual successor to the BMW 2002 of the 1960s and ‘70s, and in M235i trim we...
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GT4 Stinger Concept Previews New Kia Sports Car: VideoKia rolled out a striking sports car concept at this week’s Detroit Auto Show, which is believed to be a preview of the automaker’s first sports car. Talk of a Kia sports car has been making the rounds for several years now, and the GT4 Stinger unveiled in Detroit this week brings us a...
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Ron Dennis Reappointed McLaren Group CEORon Dennis has been reappointed CEO of the McLaren Group, a role he held from 1982 right up until 2012. Dennis, who is also chairman of the McLaren Group, which comprises the McLaren Formula One team as well as the McLaren Automotive supercar division, replaces Martin Whitmarsh who has been running...
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2015 BMW M3 And M4 Video PreviewBMW’s new 2015 M3 and M4 have been some of the most talked about cars for the past several years, and now they’ve finally landed, having made their respective debuts this week at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. For those still in the dark, the M4 is essentially the replacement for the...
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Bugatti Boss Rules Out Super Veyron And Production GalibierBugatti fans hoping to see the launch of an even more extreme Veyron than the 1,183-horsepower Super Sport or a second model based on 2009’s Galibier sedan concept should get prepared for some sorrow, as the brand’s boss Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber has poured cold water on the chances of...
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