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At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next week Land Rover will show off new hybrid versions of its Range Rover and Range Rover Sport SUVs, but the company isn’t slowing the pace of its green car...
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Lexus Previews New NX Crossover With Frankfurt Auto Show ConceptLexus’ concept car for the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show is a preview of the automaker’s new compact crossover due to go on sale next year. That compact crossover will be called the NX and a stylized version of it will be on display next week in Frankfurt in the form of the LF-NX concept...
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Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R Concept Hints At Great Things To ComeThe debut of Toyota’s new Yaris Hybrid-R concept car at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show represents the Japanese automaker’s first foray into the world of high-performance hybrids for road car applications. Toyota has been racing a hybrid Le Mans prototype for the past two years but this is...
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Ford Going Premium With New Vignale Sub-BrandFord is going after buyers in the near-premium segment by announcing a new luxury-oriented sub-brand called Vignale (pronounced: Vin-ya-lay), which makes its formal debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next week. Vignale will provide Ford with upmarket offerings in markets where its Lincoln brand...
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Transformers 4 Movie Name And Poster ReleasedHollywood director Michael Bay has confirmed that the name of the upcoming fourth instalment of the Transformers movie franchise will be Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction. Along with the latest revelation, Bay also posted up the first of the film’s promotional posters, which confirms a June...
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Nissan GT-R NISMO, Bentley Conti GT V8 S, Melting Jaguar: Today’s Car NewsThe first prototypes for Nissan’s upcoming GT-R NISMO have been spotted. They show some significant updates to the basic GT-R and hint at the world-beating performance we can expect from the car. Porsche’s latest 911 Turbo better look out. Bentley has launched new ‘S’ trim...
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British track car specialist Caterham is working on a new entry-level model based on the legendary Lotus Seven chassis. Caterham is targeting a pricetag of approximately 17,000 British pounds... -
2015 BMW i8 Teased One Last Time Ahead Of Frankfurt Debut: VideoAfter years of development and a handful of concept versions, BMW’s i8 plug-in hybrid sports car is about to make its auto show debut. We have just one week to go until the covers finally come off but in the lead up BMW has released this teaser video to help build excitement. We don’t...
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2015 Volkswagen Golf R: New Photos And VideoVolkswagen’s latest Golf R performance hatch is due to hit showrooms early in the near year alongside a redesigned seventh-generation Golf. We were recently treated with a first look at the 296-horsepower track star but now we have a full gallery and even a video. The Golf R makes its world...
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Bentley’s V-8 Continental Models Get Sportier ‘S’ TrimBentley is expanding its Continental range with two new sporty editions based on its GT V8 coupe and GTC V8 convertible. These V-8 models are positioned as the sportier option for drivers, thanks to the lighter weight of their V-8 engines compared to the big W-12 mills also offered in the...
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Jay Leno Buys P1, Is First Outside McLaren To Drive One: VideoJay Leno is officially the first person outside of McLaren to drive the new P1 supercar. Having already put down an order for one of the 375 P1s destined for production, a bright yellow example similar to the one in the video above, Leno recently flew out to McLaren’s headquarters in Woking...
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2014 Land Rover LR4 Preview: 2013 Frankfurt Auto ShowLand Rover’s LR4 has received a raft of updates that bring the go-just-about-anywhere SUV into line with the latest additions from the British automaker. The LR4 is a rugged, luxurious mid-size SUV that offers more practicality and space than any other option within the Land Rover lineup, and...
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Daniel Ricciardo has been confirmed as the newest driver of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team and is set to compete alongside reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel come the 2014 season.... -
Jaguar Crossover Concept, Cadillac Future Plans, 2014’s Must-Have Cars: Car News HeadlinesJaguar has confirmed plans to reveal a new crossover concept next week at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. The automaker calls it a design study but we know a production version is already in the works and is due out around 2015. Cadillac has several new models in the pipeline including a large sedan...
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Porsche Panamera Diesel Gets Power BoostPorsche’s 2014 Panamera has a wide variety of powertrain options for what is arguably a niche model, ranging from gas and diesel V-6s to plug-in hybrid and high-performance twin-turbo V-8 setups. Today the focus is on the Panamera Diesel variant, whose turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 is completely...
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Toyota Preparing Updated FCV-R Concept For Frankfurt Auto ShowToyota is committed to launching an affordable fuel cell vehicle by 2015 and has already previewed it with the original FCV-R concept first shown in 2011. At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next week, Toyota will present an updated version of its FCV-R concept that’s said to more closely...
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Car Narrowly Misses Getting Crushed By Giant Boulder: VideoThe driver and passenger of this white Toyota sedan in Taiwan are lucky to be alive after a massive boulder that repelled down a roadside hill came within inches of crushing the car. The event occurred in the southern city of Tainan on Saturday. As the dashcam footage from a following vehicle...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG Spotted During Photo Shoot: VideoThe 2014 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG has been spotted without any camouflage bar a small strip of tape over its “S65 AMG” trunk lid badge. The car is AMG’s V-12-powered S-Class variant and is expected to make its world debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show in November. It was spotted...
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2015 Volvo XC90, 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo, 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport: This Week’s Top Photos Viknesh VijayenthiranThis week Volvo revealed a new coupe concept that previews the styling of its next generation of vehicles. During a presentation held at the concept’s unveiling, Volvo also showed a few teaser... -
2015 Audi A3 Cabriolet Spy ShotsThe all-new 2015 Audi A3 compact has already been revealed as a three-door Hatch, five-door Sportback and four-door sedan. Now we have a new batch of spy shots of an upcoming fourth variant, the A3 Cabriolet. Audi’s new A3 arrives on U.S. shores early next year in Sportback and sedan...
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2014 Porsche 911 Turbo Driven, M4 Convertible Spied, Gumpert Bankruptcy: Today’s Car NewsWe’ve driven Porsche’s new 911 Turbo based on the latest 991 generation of the iconic sports car. We won’t spoil the review for you but will tell you that the car dishes up supercar performance together with the civility of any other 911, apart from the GT2 of course. We’ve...
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Toyota Gives Details On Yaris Hybrid-R Concept’s PowertrainAt the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show on September 10, Toyota will present a new concept car based on its Yaris hatchback that leverages the automaker’s hybrid technology developed for its TS030 Hybrid Le Mans prototype. We’ve already had our first look at the concept, dubbed the Toyota Yaris...
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Win A Shelby GT500 Super Snake Just Like The One In 'Getaway'Fandango is giving away a 2014 Shelby GT500 Super Snake inspired by the one driven by Ethan Hawke in the movie ‘Getaway.’
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Maserati Triples Sales On Strong Demand From ChinaMaserati is well on its way to achieving 50,000 annual sales by the middle of the decade, with the company already having received 17,000 sales over the first seven months of the year, almost triple its sales for the whole of 2012. Should the success continue, Maserati aims to be profitable by...
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