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A tragic accident on Sunday saw motorcycle land speed record holder Bill Warner suffer a high speed crash that took his life. Warner, 44, was attempting to hit 300 mph on a modified Suzuki Hayabusa...
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Fleet Of Seized Supercars Including Two Bugatti Veyrons Sells For Just $4 MillionA fleet of 11 supercars, which included two Bugatti Veyrons, have sold at auction for just 3.1 million euros (approximately $4.06 million). The cars originally belonged to Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the son of Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, but were seized by French...
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Forbidden Fruit: A. Kahn Design’s Custom 2009 Ford Focus RSIn 2009, Ford unleashed on the market a version of its humble Focus hatchback powered by a turbocharged 2.5-liter straight-five good for 300 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque. Oh, and all of that was channeled through the front wheels only. Sadly, this beast, known as the Focus RS, was based...
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Nissan GT-R Midnight Opal Edition Limited To 100 Units WorldwideNissan has unveiled a new special edition GT-R sports car that will be limited to just 100 units for worldwide consumption. The new special edition is the 2014 Nissan GT-R Midnight Opal, which derives its name from the unique Midnight Opal color scheme applied to its exterior. The paint is applied...
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FPV Range Of Hot Ford Falcons To Be Culled Early: ReportFollowing May’s sad announcement from Ford that it will be ending production in Australia in 2016, and in the process seal the fate of the local Falcon sedan as well as its ute and SUV spinoffs, reports have emerged claiming the FPV performance brand will be disbanded even earlier. FPV is the...
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2014 BMW M4 Spy VideoOne of the most significant models in BMW’s lineup, the M3, is due for renewal, and as a result prototypes for its replacement have been spotted all over Europe and in the U.S. Once again there will be sedan, coupe and convertible variants, but where previous models were all badged M3s, the...
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Featured in the video above is Jaguar chief vehicle integrity engineer Mike Cross talking about the automaker’s latest Project 7 concept car based on the F-Type sports car. The one-off... -
Porsche 918 Spyder Makes Dynamic Debut At Goodwood: VideoPorsche’s 918 Spyder, now with an output of 887 horsepower and 940 pound-feet of torque, made its dynamic debut over the weekend at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, providing a fascinating insight to the performance potential of its advanced hybrid drivetrain. The car’s...
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VŪHL 05 Live Photos From The 2013 Goodwood Festival Of SpeedMexican performance car startup VŪHL has presented its new 05 track car at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where Formula One rookie Esteban Gutiérrez, also from Mexico, drove the car up the event’s famous hill climb. For those unfamiliar with VŪHL, the company is the brainchild...
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Formula E Finalizes Calendar, Lures IndyCar TeamThe German capital Berlin has emerged as the tenth and final race location for the inaugural season of Formula E, the world’s first sanctioned racing format for electric cars. The first Formula E race will take place in September, 2014, with the season running through the winter and ending in...
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Mercedes CEO Reveals More Details On Potential Mexican PlantA month ago, it was reported that Mercedes-Benz was considering production in Mexico, with the most likely scenario seeing the CLA Class compact sedan built at an existing plant from Mercedes alliance partner Nissan. Nissan’s upmarket Infiniti brand will soon launch its own compact car based...
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Jenson Button Hits Goodwood Hill Climb In A McLaren P1: VideoMcLaren’s Formula One ace Jenson Button took time out from his busy schedule to drive the company’s new P1 supercar at its dynamic debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed this past weekend. Button not only drove the car but raced it up the event’s famous hill climb where he...
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Before you file the Sin R1 as just another Corvette-powered supercar from some company you’ll probably never hear of again, take a moment and just factor in the car’s performance.
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2013 Goodwood Festival Of Speed Mega GalleryThe Goodwood Festival of Speed is currently underway at Goodwood House in the U.K. and has already turned out to be a blockbuster, with the number of vehicles on show being the highest in the event’s 20-year history. More importantly, many of the vehicles on show are making their respective...
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2014 Bentley Continental GT3: Photos And Video From GoodwoodThe completed version of Bentley’s Continental GT3 race car made its official world debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival Of Speed in the U.K. this week, and we now have photos and video taken at its unveiling. The race car is based on the road-going Continental GT V8 and is an evolution of the...
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Twin-Engine Supercar, Jaguar F-Type Speedster, 2015 Acura TLX: This Week’s Top PhotosIt may not look like much at the moment, but pictured above is one of the first sketches of a new supercar being developed in Australia that will be powered by not one, but two 7.0-liter LS7 V-8 engines fused together and delivering a combined 1,200 horsepower. The supercar is the brainchild of...
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Porsche Designer Explains The Lines Of The 2014 Cayman: VideoLooking almost as good as the 911 and coming close to being its equal at the track, the mid-engine Cayman makes a strong case for driving enthusiasts after a modern-day Porsche. The second generation of the car, which is new for the 2014 model year, improves the breed even further thanks to a...
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Garmin Launches Portable Head-Up DisplayHead-up display systems have been around for decades but despite their added safety (by allowing you to keep your eyes on the road) you still won't find it a standard feature in many cars. If you’ve bought a car and discovered that it didn't have a head-up display, there are a growing number...
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A demo version of Gran Turismo 6 has just been launched and allows players to drive at the Silverstone circuit, but when the final version arrives at the end of the year players will also be able to... -
Fernando Alonso Gives Interview While Driving A Ferrari F12 On The NürburgringFormula One ace Fernando Alonso has given a candid interview to German television station RTL. Oh, and he just so happened to conduct it while driving a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta on the notorious Nürburgring Nordschleife. Alonso provides some honest insight into his own performance and the...
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BMW Predicts China Will Overtake U.S. As Its Biggest Market In 2013With a population exceeding one billion and a voracious appetite for luxury goods, it’s only a matter of time until China overtakes the U.S. as the single biggest market for premium cars. China is already the biggest market for new cars and this year the country is expected to overtake Europe...
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2014 Bentley Continental GT3 Race Car Breaks CoverBentley’s new Continental GT-based race car made its official world debut today at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where the big bruiser also made a dramatic run up the event’s famous hill climb. The new race car follows on from an original concept version unveiled at the 2012...
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2013 Goodwood Sculpture Celebrates 50 Years Of The Porsche 911The 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed is officially underway and as in every year a massive sculpture has been unveiled on the grounds of Goodwood House. This year the sculpture has been designed to mark the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911 and as such the iconic sports car has been incorporated...
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2014 Mazda 3 Sedan: Official Details, Photos And VideoOfficial details for the all-new 2014 Mazda 3 sedan have finally hit the Web, revealing the stylish compact from virtually every angle. As expected, the redesigned sedan shares its styling with the 2014 Mazda 3 hatchback revealed last month, except for its trunk section, which adopts a traditional...
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