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Easily one of the most elegant sedans in the world, the Aston Martin Rapide is near perfect straight from the factory.
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New VW GTI Coming In Fall Of 2013, May Be Followed By GTD DieselVolkswagen will be taking the covers off its new MkVII Golf at the 2012 Paris Auto Show in September, though first sales of the car in the U.S. aren’t expected to commence until the fall of next year to coincide with the start of the 2014 model year. Though European buyers will be offered the...
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2013 Audi R8 e-tron Crashes Into Barrier At The NürburgringJust a few weeks after setting a new record for the fastest lap of the Nürburgring in a production-destined electric car, Audi’s R8 e-tron has run into a little trouble while conducting further tests on the arduous German circuit. A prototype for the zero-emission supercar ran off the...
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2013 Audi RS 5 Priced From $69,795Joining the TT RS in Audi’s performance stable here in the U.S. is the new 2013 Audi RS 5, which the automaker confirmed today is priced from $69,795, including an $895 destination charge. By comparison, the similarly performing BMW M3 Coupe starts at $60,100 while the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG...
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Ferrari F1 Corse Clienti mega galleryFerrari’s [NYSE:RACE] Corse Clienti group, headquartered right next to the former office of Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari, continues to grow in popularity at each event held throughout the year. In addition to organizing races for owners of the 599XX and FXX experiment cars, the group is also...
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BMW Reveals London 2012 Olympics PavilionThe opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics is less than two weeks away and in the lead up BMW has revealed its new pavilion, which is expected to draw thousands of visitors each day of the games and be the location for several formal events. Located in the official Olympic Park, the pavilion...
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It turns out that the Ford GT40 that met its demise over the weekend when its driver lost control on a highway in Tennessee in the rain isn't the real deal but a replica made to look like an original... -
Nürburgring Operator Files For BankruptcyDespite its significant links with the auto industry and the world of motorsports, the Nürburgring race track is in severe financial distress, with news coming overnight that its private operator has filed for bankruptcy. The track itself is owned by the German government, with the private...
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Car Speeding Down The Wrong Way Of Highway Ends In Crash: VideoVideo footage taken by a man traveling north on a highway in Collins, Mississippi, shows a frightening crash involving another man driving down the opposite side of the highway in the wrong direction. Taken earlier this month, the footage shows a car speeding down the wrong side of the highway for...
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Audi Swayed To Build More RS 3 Sportbacks Due To Popular DemandIt still isn’t coming to the U.S., at least in this generation, but a few hundred buyers in the UK will be able to drop their hard-earned on an Audi RS 3 Sportback even though production of the car officially came to an end last year. Demand for the car was so strong that Audi decided to...
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A. Kahn Design Unveils Upgraded Range Rover Evoque VesuviusA. Kahn Design, a customizer of cars for celebrities like Just Bieber, and an expert when it comes to the modification of Land Rovers, has unveiled its latest package for the Range Rover Evoque. Building on the previous Vesuvius package we saw earlier this year, A. Kahn Design has further refined...
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Nissan Green Lights Front-Wheel Drive Compact Sports Car: ReportThe future is looking bright for sports car fans, with news coming out this week that Nissan has given the green light for a new compact sports car positioned below the Z line and targeted at the likes of the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ. But while its intended rivals are lightweight rear-wheel drive...
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Opel has announced that Thomas Sedran, one of the struggling automaker’s strategy heads and chief of operations, will serve as interim chairman until a permanent replacement can be found.
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Porsche Issues Recall On Cayenne And Panamera Turbo ModelsPorsche has issued a recall on the range-topping Turbo models from its Cayenne and Panamera lines, explaining that the turbine wheels from the turbocharging system featured in the cars may fracture under certain conditions. The recall affects all Cayenne Turbo models from the 2012 model year and...
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2013 Suzuki SX4 SportBack Spy ShotsThe Suzuki SX4 in recent years has grown to include a whole family of subcompact sedans and hatchbacks, powered by economical four-cylinder engines, in front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive configurations. Developed together with Fiat, which sells a version of the car overseas labeled a Sedici, the...
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Hoon Driver Crashes Head-On With Truck, Then Flees: VideoPerhaps after watching Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift one too many times, the driver of a fourth-generation Honda Civic sedan in Japan recently decided to take to the streets for some drift action. With onlookers on hand to film his antics, the driver proceeds to burn some rubber before...
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Driver Fails To Notice Passenger Ejected From CarEvery now and then we come across a news report where the accounts really do need to be seen to be believed. For example, take this latest story of a crash near Blackduck, MN, where a passenger was ejected from a car yet the driver and another passenger initially failed to even notice. According to...
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Mercedes-Benz confirms GLA compact SUVThough we’ve known for several years that Mercedes-Benz was planning to launch a new compact crossover based on its latest ‘MFA’ small car platform, which currently underpins the latest versions of the A Class and B Class models overseas and is set to debut in the U.S. next year...
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Lexus will be introducing a completely redesigned IS sedan next year, followed by a successor to the convertible IS C a year or two later.
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Spain’s Aspid Reveals GT-21 Invictus Sports CarSpanish sports car manufacturer Aspid’s follow up to the strange, albeit somewhat alluring, Super Sport from 2008 is the new GT-21 Invictus, revealed today in full and earmarked for production within the next two years. Aspid’s latest model sticks with the brand’s distinctive semi...
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Nissan Consults With Blue Angels On Sports Car Development: VideoNissan is taking a leaf out of Lamborghini’s book and looking to the aviation industry for inspiration for the development of its future range of sports cars. A team of designers and product planners from Nissan recently landed in Pensacola, Fl, to visit the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels...
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Research Shows Autonomous Tech Is Reducing Crashes: VideoOne of the strongest arguments for the introduction of autonomous cars is the increased safety brought about by eliminating the possibility of human error, believed to be the main cause of crashes. So far the increased safety factor with autonomous cars has generally been assumed but now a leading...
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Next BMW 7-Series To Feature An M Model, Just Don't Call It An M7Mercedes-Benz has been selling AMG versions of its S Class quite successfully for the past several years, and soon Audi will launch a new generation of its potent S8, but BMW doesn’t have a similar performance-themed full-size sedan in its portfolio, and that doesn’t appear to be...
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Need For Speed Movie Release Date Set For February 7, 2014After confirming just last month that a new movie based on the popular Need For Speed video game series was in the works, DreamWorks Studios, the production company that acquired the rights to make the film, has now announced that it will be releasing it in theaters on February 7, 2014. The project...
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