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One of Cadillac’s most famous concepts, the imposing ‘Sixteen’ sedan from 2003, will be the highlight of a special showing of past concepts from the American luxury brand at next... -
2014 Alfa Romeo 4C Full SpecsIt was at the Geneva Motor Show just two years ago where Alfa Romeo first unveiled its stunning 4C concept car. Now, just a week out from this year’s show, Alfa Romeo has revealed full specifications for the production 4C, which heralds the return of the illustrious Italian brand on U.S. soil...
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Audi Delivers Five Millionth Vehicle Equipped With Quattro All-Wheel DriveAudi is today celebrating the delivery of its five millionth vehicle equipped with quattro all-wheel drive. The car is a white 2013 Audi A6 Allroad built at the automaker’s plant in Neckarsulm, Germany, and destined for a customer in Europe. This means that Audi, by far, is the top luxury...
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Most GM Models To Offer High-Speed 4G LTE Broadband From 2014It was just two years ago that we brought you details about a prototype version of General Motors’ OnStar connectivity system with full 4G LTE support, which at the time we said could potentially offer services like Skype video chat, voice-to-text, vehicle and home monitoring, and more...
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2013 Porsche 911 RSR Race Car RevealedPorsche has revealed the 911 RSR racing version of its latest-generation, 991-based 911 sports car. Sitting at the top of a three-tiered hierarchy of 991-based Porsche 911 race cars, with the 911 GT3 Cup serving as the entry point and the yet-to-be-revealed 911 GT3 R (and R Hybrid) taking up the...
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Bertone’s Geneva Concept Is An Aston Martin Rapide Shooting BrakeIt turns out Bertone’s new concept for next week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show isn’t a four-door coupe as earlier predicted, but a stunning shooting brake based on the latest 2014 Aston Martin Rapide. The new concept, dubbed the Jet 2+2, is a follow-up to the Italian design...
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Jeep’s lauded Cherokee nameplate is back, though the vehicle it returns on shares little resemblance with any previous generation of the popular mid-size SUV.
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McLaren P1, Bentley Flying Spur, FPV Ford Falcon: This Week’s Top PhotosMcLaren this week revealed the all-important powertrain details for its upcoming P1 supercar, the spiritual successor to the legendary F1, a car that to this day remains the fastest naturally aspirated production car the world has ever seen. The P1 travels a very different route for its...
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Wrap-Up Of Formula One Testing In SpainOfficial testing for the 2013 Formula One season is underway at various race tracks around Spain, with most teams now at the Circuit De Catalunya, just outside of Barcelona. It was local favorite Fernando Alonso quickest at the end of the most recent session, with his new Ferrari F138 responding...
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Gas Monkey Garage Back For Another Season Of Motor Mania: VideoAfter a stellar performance in the first season of the Discovery Channel’s Fast N’ Loud series, the crew from Gas Monkey Garage is back for another action-packed season, the first episode of which aired on Monday night. For those unfamiliar with the series, Fast N’ Loud sees motor...
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Nismo Gearing Up For Major AnnouncementOver the years Nissan’s performance and motorsport partner Nismo has been working away on numerous projects, including launching its own mildly-tuned models like the 370Z Nismo and more recent Juke Nismo, as well as its own range of performance parts. Despite the credibility of the Nismo name...
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2013 Goodwood FoS Central Feature To Mark 50 Years Of The Porsche 911We’re starting to lose count of all the automotive anniversaries taking place this year, but one of the most significant is the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911 sports car. Clearly Porsche has a lot planned to mark the occasion but so do organizers of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, an...
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Daimler’s supervisory board has decided to extend the contract of the company’s CEO and Chairman, Dieter Zetsche, for a further three years.
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Video Recap Of Volvo’s Facelifted 2014 Model RangeThis week Volvo announced a series of updates across most of its 2014 model range, with only the discontinued C30 and soon-to-be-replaced XC90 remaining unchanged for the new model year. That means updated versions of the S60 and S80 sedans as well as updated versions of their respective XC60 and...
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First Photo Of The Phoenix-Based Saab 9-3 That Never WasA few weeks ago we brought you some blurry renderings of a car that was destined to be Saab’s next-generation 9-3, had the Swedish automaker not gone bankrupt and its remnants sold off to the highest bidder. Now photos of the actual car, well, a pre-production prototype, have hit the Web. You...
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2014 Volkswagen XL1, The 261-MPG Car, DebutsLess than six years after promising the world a car capable of returning a fuel economy of 1.0 liter of fuel burned per 100 kilometers driven, roughly equivalent to an insane 235 mpg, Volkswagen has done even better, revealing today, in production trim, a car capable of returning a fuel economy of...
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2013 Rolls-Royce Phantom Recalled Due To Missing Anti-Misfueling DeviceWhen you’re paying upwards of half a million dollars for a car, you’d hope it wouldn’t be involved in a recall. Unfortunately for owners of certain Rolls-Royce Phantom models, the ultra-luxury cars are involved in the latest NHTSA recall. The recall affects 2013 Rolls-Royce...
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Second Pagani Teaser Confirms Partnership With Sonus faber: VideoA couple of weeks ago Pagani released a mysterious teaser video filled with clues about the supercar manufacturer’s latest project. This quickly got the rumor mill churning, with some suggesting Pagani was about to debut a convertible version of its latest Huayra supercar. Even we suggested...
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Audi may have given up on plans to launch an R8 e-tron supercar, but the brand with the four rings hasn’t completely given up on electrified cars just yet, revealing today its 2014 A3 e-tron...
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2014 Volkswagen Golf GTD Revealed Ahead Of 2013 Geneva ShowFollowing the launch of the MkVII Golf in Paris last year, Volkswagen has revealed one of the car’s first variants, the sporty Golf GTD. The diesel-powered hot hatch is scheduled to make its debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show on March 5, where it will likely join the highly anticipated MkVII...
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Michigan Next To Legalize Testing Of Autonomous Cars?First it was Nevada that allowed a commercial entity, in this case Google, to start testing an autonomous car on its roads, including alongside other motorists. Soon after Florida and California passed legislation to allow the self-driving cars to be allowed on their respective roads, with...
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McLaren P1 Powertrain, VW E-Golf, 2014 Bentley Flying Spur: Car News HeadlinesOne of the last pieces in the McLaren P1 puzzle fell into place today: the final specifications for the upcoming supercar’s powertrain. That powertrain consists of a twin-turbo V-8 mated to a hybrid system, which will deliver a peak output of 903 horsepower and 663 pound-feet of torque. A...
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Volvo to develop modular compact car platform with GeelyAfter a failed attempt to source a compact car platform from a rival automaker, Volvo has confirmed it will develop its own platform together with its Chinese parent Geely, which plans to use the platform for its own range of compact cars. The two firms announced today they will form a new R&D...
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Volvo Releases Details For Updated 2014 S60, XC60, XC70 And S80Following a quick video preview of its updated 2014 model range, Volvo has decided to release all the official details. The updated models include the S60 and S80 sedans, as well as the XC60 and XC70 crossovers, all of which are scheduled to be revealed to the public at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show...
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