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Renault, engine supplier to the likes of Red Bull Racing and a former F1 champion itself, has signed up with the innovative Formula E Championship as an official technical partner.
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BMW And Pininfarina To Mark New Partnership With Gran Lusso CoupeBMW has established a new partnership with legendary Italian design house Pininfarina, the company responsible for some of the greatest performance cars the world has ever known and an expert in elegance and proportion. To mark the new partnership, the German automaker has commissioned a new coupe...
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Gran Turismo 6 Confirmed For PS3, Coming This Holiday Season: VideoSony is hosting today a special event at the Silverstone circuit to mark the 15th anniversary of its Gran Turismo racing sim, where it has just announced that the sixth installment of the series, Gran Turismo 6, will be launched for the PlayStation 3 this holiday season. It was widely known that...
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Infiniti Chief Reaffirms Flagship Plans, Promises More CrossoversIn a recent interview, Infiniti chief Johan de Nysschen reaffirmed his company’s plans to launch a new flagship sedan to sit above its current range-topper, the Q70 (former M), and also revealed that it has more crossovers in the works. “We will also in the future introduce models above...
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Chris Harris Drives The Porsche 918 Spyder: VideoEarlier today, we brought you details about an exclusive drive event organized by Porsche for its upcoming 918 Spyder. At the event, a few select media were given the chance to make a couple of hot laps in the plug-in hybrid supercar and one of the members present was Chris Harris of Drive. As a...
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Mazda Aims To Set New World Record Using MX-5 MiataMazda is hoping to set a new world record for the “largest parade of Mazda cars” using its MX-5 Miata sports car. The Japanese automaker is in the process of organizing a gathering of as many as 800 MX-5s at a meet in Lelystad, the Netherlands, on June 15, 2013. The MX-5, of course, is...
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Not wanting to be outdone by rivals Ferrari and McLaren, Porsche recently allowed a few select media some time behind the wheel of a production-spec 918 Spyder and announced some revised specs for...
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Holden Reveals New Caprice, Plans Exports To U.S. As Chevy Caprice PPVHolden has revealed an updated version of its Caprice sedan, which readers in the U.S. will recognize as the upmarket version of the Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV). The car is essentially the long-wheelbase version of Holden’s mainstream Commodore, which itself was recently...
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2014 BMW M5 LeakedPhotos of a slightly updated BMW M5 due on the market later this year have surfaced early, thanks to the inadvertent launch of the car’s configurator on BMW’s German website. The images were scooped by enthusiast website BimmerToday and have also appeared on WorldCarFans, however, BMW...
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HSV Gen-F Range Of High-Powered Holdens Debuts: VideoYou’re looking at the new Gen-F range of high-powered sedans, utes and wagons from HSV, the official tuner to Holden in Australia. The Gen-F range is based on Holden’s latest VF Commodore but receives a series of unique performance upgrades and styling enhancements. HSVs are known for...
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Acura NSX Chief Engineer Talks Performance, Ohio ProductionPerformance cars are about to enter a new era, one destined to be dominated by vehicle electrification, and in typical fashion it is the world of motorsport where the technology has been bred. It should come as little surprise then that the first round of electrified performance cars is coming from...
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Sony Teases Something ‘Big’ For Gran Turismo 15th Anniversary Tomorrow: VideoSony has organized an event taking place tomorrow at the Silverstone circuit in the UK in celebration of the 15th anniversary of its Gran Turismo racing sim. To help build excitement, the company released this teaser video, which suggests that we might get final confirmation of a launch date for...
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Aston Martin has waited until just a few days out from the 2013 Nürburgring 24 Hours to tell us about its other entries planned for the annual endurance race.
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Jaguar Land Rover Opens Development Center In Middle EastWith more and more of its luxury sedans and SUVs finding a home in the Middle East, Jaguar Land Rover has decided to increase its focus on testing vehicles to meet local conditions by opening up a new development center in Dubai. The new facility is located in the Al Barsha area of Dubai, where...
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Volvo Starts Production Of Next-Generation Engines: VideoVolvo announced as far back as September 2011 it would be implementing a strategy where its entire lineup would feature four-cylinder engines, with the engines to be based on a next-generation design and where additional performance would be drawn upon from turbocharging and vehicle...
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Lamborghini Egoista, Next-Gen 911 GT2, 2014 Hyundai Genesis: Car News HeadlinesLamborghini this weekend took the wraps off a new concept car built to celebrate the automaker’s 50th anniversary. Called the Egoista, the new concept joins the likes of the Veneno and Aventador LP 720-4 50° Anniversario in Lamborghini’s expanding lineup of celebratory models. The...
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Aussie V8 Supercars Touches Down In Texas This WeekAustralia’s unique touring car series, V8 Supercars, will be hosting its first race in the U.S. this week, the Austin 400. The race will take place at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, which becomes only the sixth venue outside Australia to host a V8 Supercars race. For years, V8...
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Ferrari's Fernando Alonso Wins Formula One Spanish GPScuderia Ferrari secured a superb first and third place finish in yesterday’s 2013 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, with star driver Fernando Alonso taking home the victory and his team-mate Felipe Massa coming in third--this despite a penalized start at ninth on the grid for the Brazilian...
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Following the reveal of the new 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo last week, we’re now down to just a few Type 991 Porsche 911 variants that are yet to surface.
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2014 Hyundai Genesis Spy VideoThe upcoming 2014 Hyundai Genesis is shaping up to be one heck of a sports sedan, as this spy video of a prototype testing at the Nürburgring reveals. The new Genesis will be Hyundai’s first model developed extensively at the automaker's recently built Nürburgring test center and...
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Lamborghini Egoista concept: Official detailsOver the weekend, the first photos and details for a brand new Lamborghini concept cropped up. We now have all the official details for the concept, which goes by the name Egoista and was developed as a tribute to Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary by a team led by Volkswagen Group design boss...
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One-Two For Mercedes AMG After Qualifying At Spanish GPPole position after qualifying today at the 2013 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix went to Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg. The young German posted a best time of 1.20.718, which was just enough to edge him past his Mercedes AMG team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s time of 1:20.972. This means it will...
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Martini Porsche 911, Nissan Juke-R Track Test, Terrafugia’s Next Flying Car: This Week’s Top PhotosMartini Racing is set to make a return to international motorsport this weekend, with the famous logo of the Italian distillery set to appear on a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car competing in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup race preceding the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona’s Circuito...
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Formula One Spanish Grand Prix Weather ForecastThe Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, home of the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, is a track that all teams know intimately and one where conditions can change significantly throughout the weekend. The current weather forecast for Sunday’s race is partly cloudy skies and a peak temperature...
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