Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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While it may seem like an unlikely occurrence, cars traveling in the wrong direction of traffic is becoming more and more prevalent. Just last year for example, even we reported on two such...
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You Saw It Break A World Record, Now Buy The Hennessey Venom GT At Half PriceUpdated with input from John Hennessey himself. The Hennessey Venom GT has just entered the record books for being the fastest accelerating production vehicle to 186.411 mph (300 kilometers per hour), needing just 13.63 seconds to achieve the feat or about 1 second less than a Bugatti Veyron Super...
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Watch The 2013 SRT Viper Being Built: VideoProduction of the 2013 SRT Viper can be seen taking place at Chrysler’s Conner Avenue Assembly plant.
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Hyundai Hires Michel Nandan As Team Principal For WRC TeamJust as the 2013 World Rally Championship kicks off, with newcomer Volkswagen already achieving some success, Hyundai has made some announcements about its campaign plans for 2014. It’s only been a few months since the Korean automaker confirmed its return to international motorsport, but now...
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Porsche Sales Soar To New High In 2012Porsche is well on its way to achieving its goal of 200,000 sales by 2018, having set a new record for sales in 2012 and edging closer to the launch of several all-new models. Porsche has reported worldwide sales of 141,075 units for 2012, an increase of 18.7 percent on 2011’s record tally of...
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC Finishes Second On DebutVolkswagen’s Polo R WRC rally car finally made its motorsport debut this past weekend, having taken part in the Rally Monte Carlo in Europe and thus marked the culmination of more than 15,000 miles of testing, the development from scratch of more than 1,700 parts, and close to 18 months of...
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A one-off Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 built by Shelby American and Ford Racing as a tribute to the late Carroll Shelby sold at auction over the weekend.
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Sergio Marchionne Reaffirms Alfa Romeo’s 2013 U.S. ReturnOriginally due for its official return on these shores in 2012, Alfa Romeo begrudgingly postponed its arrival another year. The reason was due to a significant redesign of one of the brand’s core models, the 159-replacing Giulia mid-size sedan, at the behest of Sergio Marchionne, the boss of...
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Early Look At Nissan GT-R From Fast And The Furious 6: VideoAfter making a brief cameo in the fifth installment of the Fast and the Furious film series, Fast Five, the latest version of the Nissan GT-R, the R35, has been confirmed for a prominent role in the sixth installment, Fast and Furious 6, due out on May 24, 2013. But it won’t just be any old...
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X-Raid Team Drives MINI Countryman To Second Consecutive Dakar Rally WinFollowing their win at last year’s race, the duo made up of Frenchmen Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret have won the Dakar Rally once more, and in dominant style. They piloted their Monster Energy X-raid Team-sponsored MINI ALL4 Racing to victory in the arduous race in a time...
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First 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray Sells For $1.1 MillionThe 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray with VIN ending in #0001 has sold at auction for an incredible $1.1 million, more than 20 times the expected cost of the latest ‘Vette. Of course, getting to own the very first example to be sold to the public has its premium, and all proceeds from the...
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Original TV Series Batmobile Sells For $4.2 Million At AuctionZ-Z-Z-ZWAP! The original Batmobile from the ‘60s and ‘70s Batman television series sold at auction this weekend for a staggering $4.2 million. Not bad considering the car it was based on, a one-off 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car, was bought for just $1 and transformed into the vehicle...
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A 1958 Chevrolet Corvette owned by General Motors CEO Dan Akerson sold at auction late on Friday for $270,000.
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Detroit’s Best, Wide-Body Shelbys, Audi RS 7: This Week’s Top PhotosWith press days for the 2013 Detroit Show now over, boy do we have a lot of top photos to bring you this week. We’re sure photos of cars like the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, the BMW 4-Series Coupe concept and the updated Acura NSX concept are still fresh in your mind, but there were...
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Sergio Perez’s First Day At McLaren: VideoIn just a matter of weeks we'll be bringing you all the details on the new Formula One race cars of 2013, but also changing this season are the teams for a number of high-ranking drivers. Probably the most significant shakeup is taking place at the teams McLaren and Mercedes-AMG. Lewis Hamilton...
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Aston Martin Seeks Technical Partner, Mercedes Remains Open: ReportIn the same week Aston Martin turned 100, news that the historic British automaker is seeking a technical partner has emerged. While Aston Martin has been rumored to be in talks with several firms over technology sharing for years, one of its key investors has now confirmed it. Speaking with...
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New Rolls-Royce Wraith To Debut At 2013 Geneva Motor ShowRolls-Royce has announced it's bringing a new model to the 2013 Geneva Motor Show taking place in early March. The new model will be called the Rolls-Royce Wraith, a name we haven't seen since the Silver Wraith ended production in 1959. While no other details about the Wraith have been revealed...
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Lamborghini Calà Concept To Take Part In 50th Anniversary DriveThe Lamborghini Calà, a concept car dreamed up by Italdesign Giugiaro as a possible replacement for the Jalpa, and unveiled for the first time in 1995, will be hitting public roads in the very near future. The Calà will be taking part in the Grande Giro Lamborghini, an epic rally that...
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In May 2012, Mazda and Fiat announced plans to co-develop a new Alfa Romeo convertible sports car based on the underpinnings of the next-generation MX-5 Miata.
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Toyota Regains Global Sales Crown From GM In 2012After its sales were hampered in 2011 by an earthquake in Japan and flooding in Thailand, not to mention ongoing unintended acceleration claims, Toyota rebounded in 2012 to reclaim the title of world’s largest automaker which it had lost to General Motors the preceding year. The Japanese...
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New 'Home Of Rolls-Royce' Bespoke Collection PreviewedRolls-Royce recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the launch of its latest Phantom, an occasion that also signified the start of the automaker’s tenure under BMW. For the start of production of the latest Phantom, Rolls-Royce also constructed a new state-of-the-art facility at its...
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2014 Jeep Liberty Spy ShotsFollowing the earlier sighting of crudely-built test mules, the first completed prototypes for the 2014 Jeep Liberty have now been spotted testing ahead of the vehicle’s debut later this year. While it’s not clear whether the new vehicle will retain the Liberty name, or possibly end up...
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Abu Dhabi By Black Falcon Wins Dubai 24 Hours, Nissan GT Academy Drivers Make Strong DebutFor the second year in a row, a team fielding the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 race car has taken overall victory at the grueling Dubai 24 Hours endurance race. Additionally, the winner this year was also the overall winner at last year’s event. That winner was the team Abu Dhabi by Black...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA Live Photos And Video From DetroitThe first of Mercedes-Benz’s new generation of compact cars to reach the U.S., the 2014 CLA Class four-door coupe, made its debut this week at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show ahead of its sales launch later this year where it will wear a $30k pricetag. A new video plus our own live photos of the...
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