Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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Former Jaguar managing director Mike O’Driscoll, the man credited with overseeing the British automaker during its transition from Ford’s Premier Auto Group to new owner Tata, has been...
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Fisker Board Member And First Karma Owner Ray Lane ResignsIt has been confirmed that a board member and key investor of distressed electric car company Fisker Automotive has resigned. Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers confirmed to Reuters that Ray Lane, the owner of the first Fisker Karma delivered to a customer, resigned from...
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Drayson Racing Aims To Set New Record With Electric Le Mans PrototypeGreen technology motorsport firm Drayson Racing, the brainchild of former British science minister Lord Paul Drayson, is out to break some records using an electric version of a race car originally developed for the American Le Mans Series. Using its B12 69/EV Le Mans prototype, Drayson Racing will...
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Hear The Aston Martin CC100 Rev Its V-12 Engine: VideoSnap, crackle and pop! No, we’re not talking about breakfast cereals here but the signature sound of the burly V-12 fitted to Aston Martin’s CC100 Speedster concept. The car was first shown at the recent Nürburgring 24 Hours, where it made a historic lap of the Nürburgring...
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BMW’s U.S. Chief Confirms Local Launch Of Front-Wheel-Drive ModelsDespite reports to the contrary, BMW is expected to launch its new front-wheel-drive cars in the U.S. The first of these front-wheel-drive cars will be a compact MPV that is likely to be labeled a 1-Series Gran Turismo. The vehicle has been testing in prototype form for over a year and was...
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Kamui Kobayashi Tests Ferrari F1 Car, But Don’t Get Too ExcitedJapanese racing driver Kamui Kobayashi recently headed to Ferrari’s Fiorano test track to try out the Scuderia’s 2010 Formula One car, the F10. Though we’d love to tell you that the former Sauber driver is being considered as a possible replacement for one of Ferrari’s...
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Talk of an affordable electric car from Tesla dates back all the way to 2009, and we have no doubt the company’s CEO Elon Musk had envisaged launching such a model when he co-founded Tesla back...
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Lexus Airs First Of Arty New Film Series In Cannes: VideoLexus wants new car shoppers to see the brand as representing sophistication and a design-centric philosophy, and recently launched a new campaign to help get the message across. As part of the campaign, the Japanese automaker launched a new lifestyle magazine and announced it would be sponsoring...
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Sebastian Vettel Hones Future Infinitis At Paul Ricard Circuit: VideoIn its quest to further differentiate itself from Nissan and position itself as a credible player in the global luxury automotive market, Infiniti recently appointed reigning Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel to help fine tune its cars. Serving as the brand’s official director of...
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Roberto Cavalli’s 2013 Life Ball MINI Raises Almost $200k For CharityThis past weekend, MINI unveiled its latest custom ride developed in support of the Life Ball charity event that takes place annually in Vienna, Austria. This was the 13th consecutive year MINI has been involved with the event, which saw a Paceman crossover created by Roberto Cavalli auctioned off...
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Find Out Who The Fastest Nissan GT Academy Driver Is: VideoNissan’s GT Academy is about to enter its sixth year, with 2013’s round of competition to be the biggest yet in the event’s history. But have you ever wondered who is actually the fastest of the current crop of GT Academy winners? Here’s your chance to find out. The top...
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1953 Le Mans-Racing Ferrari Sells For $12 MillionThis rare Ferrari 340/375 MM Berlinetta ‘Competizione’ that was entered in the 24 Hours of Le Mans back in 1953 has sold at auction for a staggering 9.2 million euros (approximately $12 million). The car was sold by RM Auctions at an event coinciding with the 2013 Concorso...
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A 1938 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic owned by fashion icon Ralph Lauren was awarded the ‘Best Of Show’ title at this past weekend’s 2013 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este.
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2015 Audi R8 GT Sport Spy ShotsCould Audi be working on an even more extreme version of its R8 supercar, one beyond the already hardcore R8 GT? It certainly looks that way following the sighting of this latest R8 prototype at the Nürburgring race track in Germany. With the launch of the latest 2014 Audi R8 range, the most...
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Up Close And Personal With BMW’s Gran Lusso Coupe: VideoThe BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe has made its official debut at the 2013 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este and we now have the first video footage of the striking concept. The video highlights many sumptuous details of the design, such as its complex mesh pattern over the lower intakes...
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Henrik Fisker Joins Bidding War For Fisker Automotive: ReportLess than a week after it was revealed that a consortium that included auto industry veteran Bob Lutz was bidding for control of Fisker Automotive, new reports are out claiming Henrik Fisker has now joined the bidding war. Henrik Fisker, of course, is a co-founder of the distressed electric car...
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Tony Kanaan Wins 2013 Indy 500Tony Kanaan, driver of the #11 KV Racing Technology Chevrolet, won the 2013 Indianapolis 500 yesterday. The win was Kanaan's first at the event after 12 starts. Of course, it was no easy feat, especially with strong drivers Marco Andretti, Carlos Munoz and Ryan Hunter-Reay also eager for the title...
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Fast And Furious Star Paul Walker Drives The Lexus LFA: VideoWe bet many of you are still coming down from your Fast and Furious 6 highs of the past weekend, but just in case you still haven’t got your fix of vehicular action, here’s a new video featuring Paul Walker driving a Lexus LFA. Walker is no stranger to performance cars; the actor has...
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As they say in Monaco, qualifying is everything, and Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg showed exactly why.
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Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg Qualifies On Pole For Monaco GPMercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg has beaten all the odds, including some rain, to secure pole position for tomorrow’s Monaco Grand Prix, his third in a row in the 2013 Formula One season. The German driver posted a best time of 1:13.876, edging out his team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s best...
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Aventador SV, Hennessey VelociRaptor, BMW Gran Lusso Coupe: This Week’s Top PhotosWelcome to the latest installment of This Week’s Top Photos. Over the past few days, we saw several exciting vehicles make headlines and many of these are yet to be officially announced. The first is a prototype for a new high-performance Lamborghini Aventador variant, which many, including...
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Formula One Monaco Grand Prix Weather ForecastThe current weather forecast for the 2013 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix is sunny skies, low wind speeds and mild temperatures. Peak temperatures are expected to be around 63 degrees F (17 degrees C), which should equate to high-70s (mid-20s) at track level. Some rain is predicted for...
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BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe RevealedThis weekend is the prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Northern Italy and BMW will be out in force with two concepts, the Concept Ninety motorcycle celebrating the 90th anniversary of its Motorrad division and the lavish yet somewhat restrained Gran Lusso Coupe. BMW...
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Renault Twin’Run Racing Concept Previews Next Twingo: VideoRenault has unveiled a racy new concept car at the Monaco Grand Prix that the French automaker is using to preview its next-generation Twingo minicar, more specifically, the Twingo RS performance model. The new concept goes by the name Twin’Run and its design pays homage to the legendary R5...
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