Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Lang Lang has inspired the design of a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. The car was presented by the world famous pianist at an event that took place last month at Chateau St. Jean in California,... -
BMW Plans Hardcore M4 As Part Of 2016 Centenary Celebrations: ReportBMW turns 100 in 2016 and no doubt the automaker has plenty in store for the celebrations. One celebratory event may turn out to be the launch of a hardcore version of the upcoming M4 sports car, similar to 2009’s M3 GTS model. The information was reported by Car Sales, citing an anonymous...
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McLaren 12C GT Sprint Track Special Priced From $315kFollowing its official debut at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, McLaren’s new 12C GT Sprint has gone on sale, priced from 195,000 British pounds (approximately $315,827). That may seem a lot for what is essentially a track toy (the car isn’t homologated for any racing...
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Formula One Korean Grand Prix PreviewOnly two names have ever appeared on the winner’s trophy for the Korean Grand Prix and this weekend at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel will again be locked in combat as the 2013 Formula One season reaches the home stretch. The circuit in...
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Mercedes-Benz To Build C-Class And GLA In Brazil From 2016Mercedes-Benz this week announced it will start production in Brazil, initially with the next-generation C-Class and the new GLA-Class crossover. The announcement comes just a few weeks after Audi announced plans to build its new A3 and Q3 models in Brazil and a year after BMW said it was seeking...
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SLS AMG Replacement, 3 Million Mile Volvo, Callaway AeroWagon: Car News HeadlinesMercedes-Benz will soon be phasing out its SLS AMG, but a successor is planned, only it won’t arrive straight after the current gullwing bows out of the market. We hear it could be a few years still until that successor arrives, but in the meantime we’ll have a different AMG sports car...
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A few years back if you were told BMW’s hallowed M division would be launching SUVs, installing turbochargers and striving for improved fuel efficiency, you’re immediate assumption would... -
Subaru Upgrades EyeSight Safety System In Preparation For Autonomous DrivingSubaru has announced an upgraded version of its EyeSight vehicle monitoring system that enhances safety performance and further reduces the burden on the driver. The changes are an upgrade to existing EyeSight functions of avoiding collisions, reducing collision damage and reducing driver's...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake Spy ShotsThese are the first spy shots of prototypes depicting Mercedes-Benz’s planned updates for its CLS Shooting Brake. The second generation of the CLS, which spans both sedan and Shooting Brake wagon bodystyles, was introduced for the 2012 model year so it’s about due for a mid-cycle...
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Mercedes-Benz Will Replace The SLS AMG, Just Not Right AwayYesterday we learned that the SLS AMG would be phased out soon, with its role as the flagship Mercedes-Benz sports car to be taken up by a smaller and more agile model likely to be called the AMG GT. Fans of the big gullwing needn’t be too sad, however, as a direct replacement is planned...
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Irv Gordon Reaches 3 Million Miles In His 1966 Volvo P1800Modern cars can do over 100,000 miles without pausing for breath. If you really pile on the miles, you might have 200,000 or even 300,000 miles on the clock. If the car Gods are really shining on you, you might have managed more than half a million. Prepare to feel insignificant. Irv Gordon from...
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Peugeot Boss Hints At Production 308 RFrench automaker Peugeot has been slowly expanding its lineup of performance cars over the past couple of years, most recently with the 270-horsepower RCZ R coupe and before that with the 208 GTI. At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show last month, Peugeot unveiled a high-performance concept car based on...
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Land Rover’s popular Range Rover Evoque is entering the 2014 model year with a series of important updates, including a world-first nine-speed automatic transmission. The good news is that... -
2015 Cadillac Escalade Interior, Mercedes AMG GT, Zenos Sports Car: Today’s Car NewsCadillac is just a week out from unveiling its redesigned 2015 Escalade, but today the American luxury brand released the first photo of the big SUV’s interior. We’re glad to report that the 2015 Escalade appears to have finally received the interior worthy of its luxury positioning...
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Watch Maserati's Ghibli Undergo Extreme Weather Testing--Indoors: VideoMaserati’s new Ghibli sedan is close to making its showroom debut, but here’s a chance to look back at the car during its development days. In addition to extensive testing in the real world, Maserati engineers also use a sophisticated climatic wind tunnel to put the Ghibli through...
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Dutch Students Smash The Electric Car 0-60 RecordStudents from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have smashed the electric car world record for the 0-60 mph run using a car built themselves. Their time, using the DUT13 electric car pictured above, was a blistering 2.15 seconds. The time is for acceleration to 100 kmh (62 mph)...
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G-Power Celebrates 30 Years With M3 Supercharger KitThe G-Power name has become synonymous with extreme BMWs; that’s because for the past 30 years the tuning firm has been churning out some of the fastest examples of the German luxury cars on the planet. In 2009, G-Power’s M5-based Hurricane RS broke the world record for the fastest...
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Former Caterham CEO Starts Zenos Sports Car BrandSince stepping down from the CEO position at Caterham a year ago, British businessman Ansar Ali has now revealed details on his next project, which, like Caterham, centers on lightweight track cars. That next project is Zenos Cars, which Ali is co-founder and director of. Ali describes Zenos as a...
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This year’s SEMA show is only a month away, which means information on some of the show’s stars is starting to trickle out. Hyundai looks to be one of the more aggressive attendees this... -
Koenigsegg Confirms 1,400-HP Output, 1,400-KG Weight For One:1 SupercarNews of Koenigsegg’s most potent supercar to date, the enigmatic One:1, has been circulating for almost a year and renderings of the car have already hit the Web. Until today, however, Koenigsegg has never released any information on it. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Koenigsegg...
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2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Priced From $63,495Land Rover’s new 2014 Range Rover Sport has hit the market, priced from $63,495 including an $895 destination charge. That’s about $20k cheaper than the regular Range Rover with which the 2014 Range Rover Sport shares its chassis, drivetrains and styling. The $63,495 pricetag gets you...
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New Nissan GT-R To Feature Williams Hybrid Tech: ReportLast month reports emerged claiming Nissan’s next GT-R, the R36, would be introduced as early as the 2016 model year and that it would likely come with some form of vehicle electrification in order to boost its performance while also cutting back on emissions and fuel consumption. In fact, a...
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Mercedes-Benz Arrow460 - Granturismo Luxury Yacht RevealedMercedes-Benz has demonstrated the breadth of its design capabilities by revealing a stunning luxury yacht concept at a boating event in Monaco this past weekend. The concept is called the Mercedes-Benz Arrow460 - Granturismo and it is described as the “Silver Arrow of the seas” because...
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2014 Lexus GS 350 Gets Eight-Speed Auto, Other UpdatesLexus’ GS 350 has only been on sale for a year but the car is already receiving its first round of updates, just in time for the start of the 2014 model year. The highlight is the addition of an eight-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters instead of the previous six-speeder. The...
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