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Despite only going on sale in December as a 2013 model, Land Rover’s new Range Rover SUV is already available for order as a 2014 model.
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McLaren P1 Coming With 903 Horsepower From Hybrid V-8 ComboOne of the most sought-after pieces of information concerning the upcoming McLaren P1 supercar has been revealed today. We can confirm that the P1 will deliver a peak output of 903 horsepower and 663 pound-feet of torque from a newly-developed hybrid drivetrain consisting of an electric motor setup...
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Williams’ 2013 Formula One Car, The FW35, Is RevealedThe 11th and final car contending the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship has been revealed this week in the form of the Williams FW35. The British team’s latest car was unveiled yesterday at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain ahead of a busy testing schedule planned for the remainder of the...
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2014 Audi RS Q3 Crossover Revealed Ahead Of Geneva Motor ShowRevealed as a concept less than a year ago, Audi’s new RS Q3, the first tall-riding model to don the automaker’s esteemed RS badge, has now been revealed in production trim. Unfortunately, with Audi yet to bring its Q3 compact crossover to U.S. soil, as promised, this little ball of...
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Chevy SS Wagon?, BMW’s New Ad Slogan, C7 Z06 And ZR1 Details: Today’s Car NewsGeneral Motors’ Australian division Holden today unveiled its VF Commodore-based Ute and Sportwagon. While the new Ute, which in a former generation was considered for sale in the U.S. as a Pontiac, has zero chance of making it to local showrooms, according to Mark Reuss, the Sportwagon could...
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Spyker Teases B6 Sports Car Concept Ahead Of Geneva ShowSpyker, the Dutch sports car manufacturer that once owned Saab, has released the first teaser image of a new sports car concept the company plans to unveil at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show on March 5. The teaser image reveals the profile of the new concept, which will be called the B6 and appears to...
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From the original ‘The Ultimate Driving Machine’ and more recent ‘Sheer Driving Pleasure’ and ‘JOY’ advertising campaigns, the slogans and taglines BMW has come up... -
2013 Toyota TS030 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype Makes DebutAfter a disastrous 24 Hours of Le Mans campaign last year, where both of its TS030 Hybrid prototypes ended up crashing, Toyota is back to fight again in 2013, with an updated version of its advanced gasoline-electric race car. The 2013 Toyota TS030 Hybrid prototype made its debut today at a special...
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Rolls-Royce Shows Off Interior Details For New 2014 WraithIn the lead up to the reveal of the new 2014 Rolls-Royce Wraith at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show on March 5, more teaser photos of the car have been released, revealing parts of its interior for the first time. The earlier teasers showed the car’s profile and muscular flanks, confirming that the...
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VF Holden Commodore Ute and Sportwagon revealed, US sales of wagon not ruled outFollowing the reveal of the new VF Holden Commodore, a car that--in performance trim--will be sold in the U.S. as the new 2014 Chevrolet SS, comes the reveal of its additional bodystyles, the Ute and Sportwagon. The new Ute and Sportwagon retain much of the styling of their VE Commodore-based...
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2012 Is Best Year On Record For FerrariFollowing yesterday’s announcement it had the most powerful brand in the world, according to the results of a leading study, Ferrari, the maker of some of the finest sports cars on the planet, has now revealed it’s just recorded its best financial result in its 66-year history. Over the...
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New Welding Technique Helps Acura Integrate More Aluminum In Its CarsAcura engineers have come up with a new welding technique that allows them to join ordinary steel components with lightweight aluminum pieces in a much simpler process than traditional methods. The key is a new “3D Lock Seam” structure, where the steel and aluminum pieces are layered...
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Porsche is gearing up for the launch of the latest generation of its 911 GT3 at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show next month, and the final prototypes are about to be signed off for production any moment... -
Half A Million BMWs Affected By Wide-Ranging RecallBMW has issued a wide-ranging recall on several of its model lines, ranging from the 1-Series to the Z4 sports car. In total, there are 504,545 vehicles affected by the latest recall in the U.S. alone. The recall affects: - 2007-2012 BMW 1-Series Coupes and 1-Series Convertibles built from December...
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MINI Nails The Perfect (Unassisted) Backflip: VideoMINI and its stunt driver Guerlain Chicherit have done the impossible: executing the perfect “unassisted” backflip. Using a heavily modified MINI Cooper Countryman, Chicherit, a French rally driver and avid skier, completed the stunt recently at a resort in Tignes, France. The stunt...
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Ford Starts Production Of FPV Muscle SedansWith all of the excitement surrounding the launch of the new 2014 Chevrolet SS, a performance variant of the Australian Holden Commodore, it’s easy to forget that Holden’s arch rival Down Under, Ford, also has some formidable performance sedans of its own. Unfortunately, the Blue Oval...
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Ferrari Rated World's Most Powerful BrandAccording to the results of a latest study, Ferrari is the world’s most powerful brand, outperforming much larger automakers such as BMW, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen. The Prancing Horse also managed to outpace giants such as Apple and Coca Cola when it came to brand power, although it...
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Citroen’s Air Hybrid Concept To Feature At Geneva Motor ShowRemember the Hybrid Air drivetrain concept from French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen? Well, the revolutionary technology, which is essentially a hybrid drive system that instead of using electric motors to support an internal combustion engine, uses compressed air, will be appearing at the 2013...
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Chevrolet’s new flagship sports sedan, the 2014 SS, finally made its debut this weekend at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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2014 Chevrolet SS Debuts At Daytona International SpeedwayAfter years of conjecture and rumor, a new, rear-wheel-drive performance sedan has finally been unveiled for the bowtie brand, and it’s called the 2014 Chevrolet SS. The new sports sedan makes its debut today at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida, where it will be showcased...
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Commodore SS V In Oz, E63 AMG In Spain, McLaren P1 In Bahrain: This Week’s Top PhotosThis weekend plays host to the reveal of the long-awaited 2014 Chevrolet SS, but we already have a pretty good idea as to what the new sports sedan will look like thanks to the recent reveal of its Australian cousin, the VF-series Holden Commodore SS V. Though the car is just a facelift of the...
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Display At Audi Plant Shows Rate Of Car Production In Real TimeAudi has come up with a novel display at one of its plants in Germany, which the automaker likes to call a pulse-rate monitor for the plant. The brand with the four rings has installed a giant digital panel at one its plants near its headquarters in the city of Ingolstadt, which shows, in real...
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Bentley Teases Its 2014 Continental Flying Spur Again: VideoA revised Continental Flying Spur has been captured in testing by our spy photographers on several occasions, as well as on video. Bentley has released a stylized sketch and the second teaser video of the car, which is expected to land in showrooms in time for the 2014 model year and no longer...
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2007-2010 BMW X5 Recalled For Potentially Faulty BrakesBMW has issued a recall on certain versions of its X5 due to a potential problem with the luxury SUV’s brakes. The recall only affects V-8 versions of the BMW X5 built from September 12, 2006, through to March 18, 2010. This includes X5s from the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 model years...
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