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Once a beacon for thieves, the Cadillac Escalade is no longer the most stolen vehicle in the country and is actually outranked by five other vehicles.
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Pitbull Promotes Dodge Dart In New Ads: VideoIn an attempt to target ‘millennials,’ those born from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, Dodge has called on popular musician and rapper Pitbull to help promote its 2013 Dart. Pitbull, whose real name is Armando Pérez, is featured in a series of television commercials for the...
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Aston Martin At The 2013 Goodwood Festival Of SpeedAston Martin’s forward-looking CC100 Speedster concept will headline the British automaker’s showcase at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which kicks off in the U.K. today and runs until Sunday. Aston Martin, of course, is celebrating its centenary this year and understandably most...
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Jaguar Design Boss Drops More Details On His Custom Mk2 SedanIn March we first reported that Jaguar design boss Ian Callum, the man responsible for the styling of the original Aston Martin Vanquish as well as the latest F-Type sports car, had commissioned the rebuild of a very special Jaguar Mk2. At the time, Callum said he would be making a few tweaks to...
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Honda Picks Milton Keynes As Site For Formula One OperationsHonda has picked Milton Keynes in the U.K. for the site of its new Formula One operations. The British town is famous in the world of motorsport for being the home of Red Bull Racing, and soon Honda’s F1 engineers will call it home as well. Honda announced in May it would be returning to F1...
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2014 Land Rover LR4 Spy ShotsLand Rover’s LR4 (a Discovery to our non-U.S. readers) is set to receive a raft of updates that will bring the go-just-about-anywhere SUV into line with the latest additions from the British automaker. This means efficiency gains across the range, LED-enhanced headlights and a much more...
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HSV, official tuner to Holden in Australia, has released its first television advertisement for its new flagship, the 2013 GTS sedan.
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2013 Lincoln MKS Recalled For Faulty Child Safety LocksLincoln has issued a recall on certain versions of its 2013 MKS sedan due to an issue with the cars’ child safety locks. Also included in the latest recall are versions of the 2013 Ford Explorer and Taurus. The recall only affects 2013 Lincoln MKS sedans built from November 29, 2012, through...
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Track-Focused McLaren 12C GT Sprint RevealedAnyone still sore from missing out on one of McLaren’s 12C GT Can-Am Edition track cars, of which just 30 were produced, now have reason to cheer. McLaren today announced a new track car that will see regular production but will still be limited to only 20 units per year. The new track car is...
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Forbidden Fruit: 2013 Peugeot RCZ RFrench automaker Peugeot has taken the wraps off its most powerful road car to date, the 2013 RCZ R sports coupe, which makes its official debut this week at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. The stylish and somewhat quirky RCZ has been around since 2009 but the latest variant adopts...
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James Glickenhaus Talks About His Next Supercar Project, The SCG 003Earlier this year we brought you details on the next supercar project from avid car collector James Glickenhaus, the man behind 2006’s one-off Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina and its racing sibling, the P4/5 Competizione, unveiled in 2011. At the time, we told you the car would be powered by a...
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2014 BMW i3 Full SpecsBMW’s revolutionary i3 electric hatch is set to be revealed on the 29th of this month, and in the lead up the German automaker is drip feeding us some juicy information in addition to several new photos. Unfortunately, we still don’t have photos of the final car although our own spy...
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McLaren is planning an unprecedented showing of its rarest race cars and production models at this week’s 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. After all, McLaren turns 50 this year and... -
2015 Acura TLX Spy ShotsAcura will launch a mid-size sedan next year that will serve as the replacement for both the TL and TSX lines, and we have the first spy shots of a prototype for it. The new sedan is expected to be labeled the TLX and fill the gap between the ILX and new RLX flagship, with Acura’s reformed...
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Ford Mustang Boss 302S Race Car Still Available For 2014Ford may have retired the Mustang Boss 302 from its lineup but the racing version of the car, the Mustang Boss 302S, will live on for at least one more year. Ford Racing is currently taking orders for its 2014 Mustang Boss 302S race car, which once again will be aimed at competitors in the various...
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James Glickenhaus Ferraris Headed To 2013 Pebble Beach ConcoursFor the first time ever, car collector James Glickenhaus will present both the road-going Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina and the Ferrari P4/5 Competizione racing version in the same place, in this case the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in August. For those unfamiliar with the P4/5 by...
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Fiat Ups Chrysler Stake To 68.49 Percent, Edges Closer To Full ControlFiat has exercised an option to buy an additional 3.3 percent of Chrysler, bringing it closer to full control of the American automaker. As part of the 2009 deal that originally gave Fiat 20 percent of Chrysler and the promise for more if certain targets were met, Fiat also gained the option to buy...
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Some Photos From The Kitzbüheler Alpenrallye In AustriaEach year, for the past 25 years, the Kitzbüheler Alpenrallye takes place in Austria and sees some of Europe’s most notable classic cars come out for some sun, a little driving and some getting acquainted with a new generation of fans. The rally first came about when classic car...
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Though British track specialist Caterham is determined to branch out into the world of production cars, the company hasn’t forgotten its roots and is still developing models based on the... -
EV Proponent Bluebird Announces New Sports Car And Formula E RacerBritish engineering outfit Bluebird, a name synonymous with setting land speed records, has announced plans to transfer its go-fast technology to the world of production cars. The last we heard, Bluebird was working on an electric car capable of reaching a top speed of 500 mph or more and in the...
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Legendary Corvette Tuner Callaway Announces Supercharged SportTruck PackageThe Callaway name is synonymous with high-powered Corvettes but what many performance fans may not know is that the company also builds a range of sport trucks and SUVs, typically based on vehicles from General Motors. With the launch of the latest 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, Callaway...
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2015 Subaru Legacy Spy ShotsSubaru’s popular Legacy mid-size sedan is about to be replaced by an all-new model, seen here testing in prototype form for the first time. This particular prototype was spotted testing in Michigan and features many of the fixtures that will appear on the final production model. The new...
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Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series Off To Flying Start In U.S.Lamborghini enjoyed a successful start to its North American Blancpain Super Trofeo one-make racing series, with the inaugural race taking place at Lime Rock Park this past holiday weekend. The race proved to be a thriller, with Lamborghini Beverly Hills’ #33 Gallardo LP 570-4 race car driven...
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Ferrari Plans Bespoke Models For 2013 Goodwood Festival Of SpeedFerrari will have a handful of its latest supercars on show at this week’s 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, but most of them won’t be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill Ferraris but bespoke versions crafted by the automaker’s various personalization departments. The newest of the...
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