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The 2013 Formula One season is now over, with the final race in Brazil this past weekend seeing Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel emerge victorious. His teammate Mark Webber finished second in... -
Lamborghini Veneno Takes To The Track: VideoA Lamborghini Veneno took to a very wet Vallelunga circuit in Italy this weekend as part of the celebrations for the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo World Finals, which saw winners from all the Blancpain Super Trofeo series around the globe compete against one another for ultimate glory. This...
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Sebastian Vettel Takes Pole For Formula One Brazilian Grand PrixLike all sessions so far, qualifying at the 2013 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix was also rain affected, with the showers coming at various intensities throughout the afternoon, making for difficult strategic and technical choices for everyone. At the start of the session, everyone went out...
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2015 GT-R NISMO, 2015 S63 AMG Coupe, 2015 Subaru WRX: This Week’s Top PhotosWith three international auto shows all taking place this week (Tokyo, Los Angeles and Guangzhou), there’s no shortage of top photos for you to look at. The first is this menacing brute from Nissan, the 2015 GT-R NISMO. The car is the most potent version of the R35 GT-R platform we’ve...
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Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix Weather ForecastThe current weather forecast for the 2013 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix is rain, with the wet stuff expected throughout the weekend. The good news is that the weather should improve slightly before Sunday but teams will almost certainly be facing a wet race. Humidity on Sunday will be a high 73...
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BMW’s Chinese Brand Zinoro Launches X1-Based 1E Electric CrossoverBMW and its Chinese partner Brilliance recently announced plans to launch a new brand called Zinoro, which is focused on electrified vehicles or “new energy vehicles” as they are referred to in China. Earlier today, at the 2013 Guangzhou Auto Show, the first Zinoro vehicle was unveiled...
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One of the most stunning cars on show at this week’s 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show was a concept designed by Mercedes-Benz for the new Gran Turismo 6 video game, which goes on sale in the coming... -
Jaguar Shows Updated C-X17 Crossover At Guangzhou Auto ShowJaguar rolled out an updated version of its C-X17 concept at the China’s Guangzhou Auto Show overnight, a version that more closely resembles a potential production version of the stylish crossover. Jaguar is yet to officially confirm the launch of a crossover based on the C-X17, however...
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2014 BMW Alpina B4 Biturbo Makes Debut At 2013 Tokyo Motor ShowLegendary BMW tuner Alpina is expanding its range with a brand new line, the B4, now that BMW’s 3-Series Coupe has been replaced by the 4-Series. The car made its debut this week in B4 Biturbo trim at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, where Alpina also showed off its B3 model based on the BMW...
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Founder of Noble Supercars helps test Arrinera HussaryaA new supercar is brewing in Poland and it’s called the Hussarya. The car will be the first product from ambitious startup Arrinera Automotive, but the company isn’t going it alone in developing the Hussarya as it has managed to employ the talents of notable engineer Lee Noble, the...
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2015 Lincoln MKC Debuts At L.A. Auto Show: Live PhotosIt has been three years since Lincoln first promised to launch a new compact crossover and now it’s finally here in the form of the 2015 Lincoln MKC. The vehicle, which makes its debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show next week, is the production version of the MKC concept first shown in...
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2015 Kia K900 flagship sedan debuts at 2013 LA auto showKia is following the path of its corporate cousin Hyundai by unveiling a new upmarket sedan complete with powerful V-6 and V-8 engines, an impressive design and plenty of techno-wizardry. That new upmarket sedan is the 2015 Kia K900, which makes its debut today at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show...
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German tuner ABT Sportsline has reached an agreement with the organizers of the Formula E Championship that will see it become the seventh team and the only German outfit to enter the new electric...
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Nissan Sentra NISMO, Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake, Range Rover LWB: Today’s Car NewsNissan has given us a preview of its next NISMO-enhanced model with a surprise reveal of a thinly veiled concept at this week’s 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. That concept was the Nissan Sentra NISMO concept, which was powered by a 240-horsepower version of the regular Sentra’s 1.8-liter...
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Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix PreviewWe’re now at the last race of the 2013 Formula One season, the Brazilian Grand Prix, which is once again being held at Interlagos’ Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, one of the oldest and most atmospheric venues on the calendar. At more than 2,800 feet above sea level, the track is also the...
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Hyundai Veloster Turbo Gets Performance R-Spec TrimHyundai is expanding its lineup with its fourth performance oriented R-Spec model, the 2014 Veloster Turbo R-Spec. Making its debut this week at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show, the Veloster Turbo R-Spec joins existing R-Spec models like the Genesis Coupe 2.0T R-Spec, Genesis Coupe 3.8 R-Spec and...
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2015 Nissan GT-R PreviewWhile the big news for the 2015 model year concerning the GT-R is the launch of a new NISMO edition, the fact that the regular GT-R has undergone some updates shouldn’t be overlooked. While the GT-R’s former development chief Kazutoshi Mizuno was a fan of making the base GT-R the best...
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2014 Lexus CT 200h Debuts At 2013 Guangzhou Auto Show: VideoCoinciding with auto shows taking place in Los Angeles and Tokyo this week was yet another event, China’s Guangzhou Auto Show, whose doors opened today. One of the main attractions of the show is an updated version of the Lexus CT 200h, which goes on sale in the coming months as a 2014 model...
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Mercedes-Benz’s replacement for the CL-Class, the new S-Class Coupe, has been spotted in prototype form for more than a year and in September was previewed at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show by a ... -
Juke Crossover Is Basis For Nissan’s First NISMO RS ModelNissan is rapidly expanding its range of NISMO-enhanced models, but to capitalize on demand for vehicles with even stronger performance and greater exclusivity the automaker is launching a new range of top shelf products bearing an RS badge. The strategy is a familiar one, and one that is typically...
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Subaru Levorg performance wagon concept debuts at 2013 Tokyo Motor ShowAt the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show this week, Subaru took the wraps off a new performance-oriented wagon concept that will spawn a production model next year. Unfortunately, that production model is currently confirmed for the Japanese market only, but with any luck we’ll see it on U.S. shores. The...
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Nissan hints at sporty Sentra Nismo model with new conceptIn quick succession, NISMO has expanded its lineup from the sole 370Z NISMO to include a handful of new offerings such as the Juke NISMO, Juke NISMO RS and the GT-R NISMO. But the official tuner to Nissan has much more on the drawing board and at the Los Angeles Auto Show today it’s providing...
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2014 MINI Cooper Live Photos And Video From UnveilingMINI rolled out a brand new generation of its Cooper hatchback at its plant in Oxford on Monday but just a day later the car was being presented at events taking place in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Shanghai and London. Here are some live photos and a video taken at the separate reveals. The car’s...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG Revealed: Video, Live PhotosThe V-8-powered 2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG offers up everything you could ever want from a full-size performance sedan, but there’s something about having 12 cylinders nestled under the hood that simply makes a car feel a tad more special. Enter the 2015 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG, the...
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